Earmark Database

Since 1991, Citizens Against Government Waste has chronicled how lawmakers have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on pork-barrel spending through the process of congressional earmarking. CAGW’s Earmark Database collects almost 30 years of work identifying wasteful spending projects and makes the information available online in one searchable database for the very first time. The earmark database is a powerful tool for lawmakers, citizens, and researchers alike.
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FY State Cost Description Status Chamber Appropriation House Senate
2016 $7,500,000 MQ-9 capability enhancements (Procurement – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2016 $30,000,000 SOF Combatant Craft Systems – program increase – high speed assault craft (Procurement – Defense-Wide) ABR DEF
2016 $20,000,000 Alternative energy research – combat vehicle and automotive technology (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $35,000,000 Weapons and Munitions Technology – program increase (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $16,000,000 Medical advanced technology – peer-reviewed neurotoxin exposure treatment Parkinson's research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $15,000,000 Medical advanced technology – peer-reviewed neurofibromatosis research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $6,000,000 Combating terrorism technology development – force protection radar development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $14,000,000 Army missile defense systems integration – program increase (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $10,000,000 C-RAM program – Air Defense Command, Control and Intelligence – SDD (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $7,500,000 Threat simulator development – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $17,000,000 Munitions standardization, effectiveness, and safety – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $30,000,000 University Research Initiatives – program increase – basic research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2016 $15,000,000 Automated test and re-test – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) ABR DEF
2016 $10,000,000 Lightweight torpedo development – program increase – small business technology insertion (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) ABR DEF
2016 $6,000,000 Medical development – program increase – military dental research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) ABR DEF
2016 $9,000,000 Advanced materials for weapon systems – program increase – metals affordability research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) ABR DEF
2016 $4,100,000 Technology transfer – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) ABR DEF
2016 $12,000,000 Operationally responsive space – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) ABR DEF
2016 $6,400,000 C-130J in-flight propeller balancing system (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) ABR DEF
2016 $37,000,000 Combating terrorism technology support – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2016 $63,074,000 Israeli Cooperative Programs – short range ballistic missile defense (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2016 $5,000,000 Department of Defense Corrosion Program – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2016 $4,000,000 MQ-9 UAV capability enhancements (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2016 $4,000,000 Peer-reviewed alcohol and substance abuse disorders research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $7,500,000 Peer-reviewed ALS research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $15,000,000 Peer-reviewed Alzheimer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $7,500,000 Peer-reviewed autism research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $3,000,000 Peer-reviewed bone marrow failure disease research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $120,000,000 Peer-reviewed breast cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $50,000,000 Peer-reviewed cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $3,200,000 Peer-reviewed Duchenne muscular dystrophy research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $7,500,000 Peer-reviewed epilepsy research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $20,000,000 Peer-reviewed Gulf War illness research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $12,000,000 Peer-reviewed lung cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $278,700,000 Peer-reviewed medical research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $6,000,000 Peer-reviewed multiple sclerosis research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $30,000,000 Peer-reviewed orthopedic research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $20,000,000 Peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $80,000,000 Peer-reviewed prostate cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $30,000,000 Peer-reviewed spinal cord research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $12,000,000 Peer-reviewed reconstructive transplant research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $5,000,000 Peer-reviewed tickborne disease research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $125,000,000 Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $6,000,000 Peer-reviewed tuberous sclerosis complex research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $10,000,000 Peer-reviewed vision research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $8,000,000 Global HIV/AIDS prevention (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $12,900,000 HIV/AIDS program increase (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $50,000,000 Joint warfighter medical research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $10,000,000 Orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2016 $10,000,000 Trauma clinical research repository (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF

Legend

Status ABR – Above president's budget request
NBR – No budget request by president
Chamber C – Inserted in conference committee
H – Inserted in the House
S – Inserted in the Senate
HS – Inserted in the House and Senate
Appropriation AG – Agriculture
COM – Commerce
DEF – Defense
FINSER – Financial Services
FOROP – Foreign Operations
HS – Homeland Security
INT – Interior
LEG – Legislative
MILCON – Military Construction
THUD – Transportation/HUD
VAHUD – VA/HUD