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 $163,889,000 Fund for the Improvement of Education (Department of Education – Innovation and Improvement) ABR LABHHS
2016 $14,189,000 Health Careers Opportunity Program (Health Resources and Services Administration – Primary Health Care) NBR LABHHS
2016 $30,250,000 Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages: Area Health Education Centers (Health Resources and Services Administration – Health Workforce) NBR LABHHS
2016 $6,500,000 Rural Community Facilities (Administration for Children and Families – Children and Families Services Programs) NBR LABHHS
2016 $1,000,000 Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign (Office of the Secretary – General Departmental Management) NBR LABHHS
2016 $16,368,000 School Leadership (Department of Education – Innovation and Improvement) NBR LABHHS
2016 DC $84,680,000 House of Representatives – House office buildings (Architect of the Capitol) ABR LEG
2016 $15,000,000 Missile Defense Agency (Worldwide Unspecified – Planning and Design) NBR MILCON
2016 $3,784,000 Advanced materials/structural safety (Airport and Airway Trust Fund – Research, Engineering, and Development) ABR THUD
2016 $5,000,000 Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account – guaranteed loans subsidy (Maritime Administration) NBR THUD
2015 $4,861,000 Habitat conservation: national wetlands inventory (Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR INT
2015 NM $3,364,000 Valles Caldera National Preserve (National Forest System) NBR INT
2015 $15,409,000 Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants (Rural Health) ABR LABHHS
2015 $214,776,000 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account) ABR LABHHS
2015 $298,724,000 Fund for the Improvement of Education (Innovation and Improvement) ABR LABHHS
2015 $5,000,000 Abstinence education (General Departmental Management) NBR LABHHS
2015 $1,000,000 Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign (General Departmental Management) NBR LABHHS
2015 $27,548,000 Supported employment state grants (Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research) NBR LABHHS
2015 $45,000,000 Buildings and facilities (Agricultural Research Service) NBR AG
2015 $4,000,000 Rural Community Development Initiative (Rural Community Facilities Program) NBR AG
2015 $5,778,000 Economic Impact Initiative Grants (Rural Community Facilities Program) NBR AG
2015 $3,000,000 Delta Regional Authority (Rural Business-Cooperative Service) NBR AG
2015 $15,000,000 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ABR COM
2015 $80,000,000 Program increase – body armor (Industrial Preparedness) (Operation and Maintenance – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $31,000,000 Program increase – Youth Challenge (Civil Military Programs) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2015 $25,000,000 Program increase – STARBASE (Civil Military Programs) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2015 $52,000,000 Patriot mods – Program increase – radar digital processors (Missile Procurement – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $28,500,000 Bradley Program (MOD) – program increase – unfunded priority (Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $50,000,000 Family of heavy tactical vehicles – program increase (Other Procurement – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $255,000,000 Joint Strike Fighter – program increase – two aircraft (Aircraft Procurement – Navy) ABR DEF
2015 $81,700,000 Tomahawk – program increase – 96 missiles (Weapons Procurement – Navy) ABR DEF
2015 $7,838,000 Civil Air Patrol Aircraft – program increase (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) ABR DEF
2015 $20,000,000 University Research Initiatives – program increase – basic research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $12,000,000 Electronics and electronic devices – silicon carbide research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $16,000,000 Medical advanced technology – peer-reviewed neurotoxin exposure treatment Parkinson's research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $15,000,000 Medical advanced technology – peer-reviewed neurofibromatosis research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $4,000,000 Threat simulator development – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $15,000,000 Munitions standardization, effectiveness, and safety (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) ABR DEF
2015 $15,000,000 New design SSN – program increase – small business technology insertion (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) ABR DEF
2015 $75,497,000 Defense research sciences – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) ABR DEF
2015 $8,000,000 Advanced materials for weapon systems – program increase – metals affordability research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) ABR DEF
2015 $20,000,000 Tech transition program – program increase – alternative energy research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) ABR DEF
2015 $10,000,000 Historically Black Colleges and Universities – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2015 $25,000,000 Combating terrorism technology support – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2015 $12,500,000 Environmental Security Technical Certification Program – restore funding to the fiscal year 2014 enacted level (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2015 $10,000,000 Department of Defense Corrosion Program – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2015 $4,000,000 Peer-reviewed alcohol and substance abuse disorders research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2015 $7,500,000 Peer-reviewed ALS research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2015 $12,000,000 Peer-reviewed Alzheimer's research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2015 $6,000,000 Peer-reviewed autism research (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