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
2012 $3,388,000 National fish hatchery system operations (Fish and Wildlife Service) ABR INT
2012 $8,408,000 Heritage Partnership programs (National Park Service) ABR INT
2012 $18,836,000 Education (Bureau of Indian Affairs)(Construction) ABR INT
2012 CA $1,000,000 Geographic program: San Francisco Bay (Environmental Protection Agency) ABR INT
2012 WA $10,711,000 Geographic program: Puget Sound (Environmental Protection Agency) ABR INT
2012 NY $1,000,000 Geographic program: Long Island Sound (Environmental Protection Agency) ABR INT
2012 Multi-State $1,000,000 Geographic program: Gulf of Mexico (Environmental Protection Agency) ABR INT
2012 Multi-State $1,000,000 Geographic program: Lake Champlain (Environmental Protection Agency) ABR INT
2012 LA $1,000,000 Geographic program: Lake Pontchartrain (Environmental Protection Agency) ABR INT
2012 $10,000,000 State fire assistance (Forest Service) ABR INT
2012 $5,000,000 Research: national priorities (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR INT
2012 $15,000,000 Environmental protection: national priorities (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR INT
2012 NM $3,432,000 Valles Caldera National Preserve (Forest Service) NBR INT
2012 $14,918,000 Rural hospital flexibility grants (Health Resources and Services) ABR LABHHS
2012 $2,500,000 Rural and community access to emergency devices (Health Resources and Services) NBR LABHHS
2012 $5,000,000 Abstinence education (Office of the Secretary General Departmental Management) NBR LABHHS
2012 $2,130,000 Services account (Family Housing, Air Force)(Operation and Maintenance) ABR MILCON
2012 $72,226,000 Medical and prosthetic research (Veterans Health Administration) ABR MILCON
2012 $14,630,000 Capital program (Armed Forces Retirement Home – General Fund) NBR MILCON
2012 $6,000,000 Small community air service development program (Grants -In-Aid for Airports)(Federal Aviation Administration) NBR THUD
2012 $48,500,000 Safety belt performance grants (Federal Highway Administration) NBR THUD
2012 $7,000,000 Child safety and booster seat grants (Federal Highway Administration) NBR THUD
2012 $44,000,000 Research and university research centers (Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2012 $9,980,000 Assistance to small shipyards (Maritime Administration) NBR THUD
2012 $810,000 Guaranteed subsidy (Rural Utilities Service – rural water and waste disposal) ABR C AG
2012 $9,500,000 High energy cost grants (Rural Utilities Service) NBR S AG
2012 $5,000,000 Youth ChalleNGe (Civil Military Programs) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense-Wide) ABR S DEF
2012 Multi-State $5,000,000 STARBASE Youth Program (Civil Military Programs) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense-Wide) ABR S DEF
2012 $12,500,000 Test and training range upgrades (Weapons Range Support Equipment) (Other Procurement – Navy) ABR S DEF
2012 $10,000,000 Improved T-AH tender boats (Medical Support Equipment) (Other Procurement – Navy) ABR C DEF
2012 $45,000,000 Enterprise – land mobile radios infrastructure (Radio Systems) (Procurement – Marine Corps) ABR H DEF
2012 $6,800,000 Program increase (Civil Air Patrol Aircraft) (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) ABR S DEF
2012 $47,200,000 AESA Radar for ANG F-15s (F-15) (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) ABR S DEF
2012 $15,800,000 HH-60G obsolete equipment replacement (H-60) (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) ABR H DEF
2012 $40,000,000 GPS IIF production support (Global Positioning) (Space) (Missile Procurement – Air Force) ABR H DEF
2012 $12,500,000 Test and training range upgrades (Combat Training Ranges) (Other Procurement – Air Force) ABR S DEF
2012 $64,000,000 Program increase – HSAC unfunded requirement (SOF Combatant Craft Systems) (Procurement – Defense Wide) ABR DEF
2012 $12,500,000 Unexploded ordnance and landmine detection research (Countermine Systems) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR S DEF
2012 $16,500,000 Power generation research (Warfighter Technology) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR S DEF
2012 $16,000,000 Peer-reviewed neurotoxin exposure treatment Parkinson's research programs (Medical Advanced Technology) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR S DEF
2012 $40,000,000 Alternative energy research (Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR S DEF
2012 $12,000,000 Cyber security/information assurance research (Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR S DEF
2012 $50,000,000 Program increase (Army Test Ranges and Facilities) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) ABR S DEF
2012 $40,000,000 Alternative energy (Force Protection Applied Research) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) ABR S DEF
2012 $20,000,000 Advanced radar innovation fund (Electromagnetic Systems Advanced Technology) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) ABR S DEF
2012 $31,500,000 Program increase – bone marrow registry program (Warfighter Protection Advanced Technology) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) ABR H DEF
2012 $7,200,000 Program increase – tactical athlete program (Warfighter Protection Advanced Technology) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) ABR H DEF
2012 $20,000,000 Advanced Radar Innovation Fund (Advanced Hawkeye) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) ABR S DEF
2012 $15,000,000 Program increase – small business technology insertion (New Design SSN) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) ABR H DEF
2012 $5,100,000 Program increase – military dental research (Medical Development) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) ABR H 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