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
2009 OK $223,000 Expanded Wheat Pasture (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Special Research Grants) AG Lucas, Frank D. Inhofe
2009 UT $2,457,000 Utah Conservation Initiative (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) AG Bennett
2009 TX $450,000 San Antonio Fighting Back San Antonio Fighting Back San Antonio (Juvenile Justice) COM Smith, Lamar
2009 MN $300,000 Itasca County for the implementation of a new 800 MHz public safety radio system Grand Rapids (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) COM Oberstar, James L.
2009 OH $500,000 Lucas County. OH Lucas County, OH Mobile Data Recorders Lucas County (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) COM Kaptur, Marcy
2009 MI $500,000 Downriver Community Conference for equipment upgrades to improve public safety interoperability among member communities Southgate (Byrne Discretionary Grants) COM Dingell, John D. Levin, Stabenow
2009 CA $100,000 CARECEN Community Technology and Recreation Center Los Angeles (Juvenile Justice) COM Becerra, Xavier
2009 TX $500,000 Texas A&M University to develop new robotic technologies College Station (NASA) COM Hutchison
2009 OH $800,000 Nano-Composite Structures Manufacturing Technology Development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) DEF Turner Brown
2009 $1,600,000 Self Healing Target System for Laser and Sniper Ranges (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) DEF Porter Reid
2009 $1,600,000 Technology Commercialization and Management Network (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) DEF Lewis (CA), Hinojosa
2009 $1,600,000 Reconfigurable Tooling System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) DEF Heller
2009 $2,400,000 Autonomous Cargo Acquisition for Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) DEF Cramer, Aderholt Shelby
2009 $3,200,000 M24 Sniper Weapons System Upgrade (Operation and Maintenance – Army) DEF Arcuri Schumer
2009 AL $4,000,000 Joint Biological Standoff Detection System (Procurement – Defense Wide) DEF Shelby
2009 NE $2,960,000 Soldier Survival in Extreme Environments (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) DEF Hagel, Nelson (NE)
2009 IN $2,000,000 Lake Michigan Waterfront (Corps of Engineers: Construction) ENERGY Visclosky, Peter
2009 NJ $77,000 Brigantine inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Construction) ENERGY LoBiondo, Frank A. Lautenberg, Menendez
2009 KY $951,500 University of Kentucky coal-derived low energy materials for sustainable construction project (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy R&D) ENERGY Davis, Geoff McConnell, Bunning
2009 Multi-State $200,000 PAS: Delaware estuary salinity monitoring study, DE and NJ (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) ENERGY Lautenberg, Menendez
2009 RI $234,746 East Providence Special Waterfront Development District Commission small business green development, RI (Small Business Administration) FINSER Kennedy Reed, Whitehouse
2009 Multi-State $3,000,000 Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision making Exercises (Science and Technology Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations) HS Bishop, Rob, Heller Bennett, Leahy, Lieberman, Voinovich
2009 MO $375,000 City of Plattsburg, Water Transmission Line Construction (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Water and Wastewater Infrastructure) INT Graves, Sam
2009 UT $2,000,000 Wasatch-Cache National Forest (US Forest Service – Land Acquisition) INT Bennett, Hatch
2009 ID $285,000 College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, for curriculum development, to include the purchase of equipment (Education: Higher Education) LABHHS Simpson, Michael K.
2009 WI $428,000 Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids, for a training program in renewable energy technology (Labor – Employment and Training Administration) LABHHS Obey, David R.
2009 MI $428,000 Automation Alley, Troy, for an at-risk student and displaced worker training program (Labor – Employment and Training Administration) LABHHS Knollenberg, Joe
2009 CA $238,000 Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County, Scotts Valley, CA to treat uninsured patients (HHS – CMS Research and Demonstration) LABHHS Farr, Sam
2009 SC $143,000 Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital, Charleston, for purchase of equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) LABHHS Brown, Jr. Henry E. Graham
2009 IA $238,000 Systems Unlimited, Inc., Iowa City, for construction, renovation, and equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) LABHHS Harkin, Grassley
2009 PA $95,000 Cornerstone Care Inc., Burgettstown, for construction, renovation and equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) LABHHS Specter
2009 MS $285,000 Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, for enhancing K-12 science and math preparation, including purchase of equipment (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) LABHHS Cochran, Wicker
2009 TX $900,000 Security Forces Building Ph 1, Lackland AFB (Air Force) MILCON Gonzalez Hutchison, Cornyn
2009 AR $237,500 Highway 64: Vilonia Bypass (Transportation, Community, and System Preservation) THUD Snyder
2009 NJ $475,000 Multi-Use Pathway, Sandy Hook (Federal Lands – Public Lands Highways) THUD Pallone
2009 MI $950,000 Commercial Vehicle Rollover Prevention Technology Demonstration (Transportation, Community, and System Preservation) THUD Knollenberg
2009 AL $570,000 Highway 55 Hurricane Evacuation Corridor Study (Transportation, Community, and System Preservation) THUD Everett
2009 FL $166,250 City of Sarasota for renovation of the Robert L. Taylor Community Center (Economic Development Initiative) THUD Buchanan Martinez
2009 MA $950,000 Long Island Ferry Dock Construction, Boston (Ferry Boats and Terminals) THUD Kennedy, Kerry
2009 VT $380,000 Southwestern Vermont. Council On Aging for Vermont Senior Centers Renovations and Maintenance (Economic Development Initiative) THUD Sanders
2009 OK $177,000 Integrated Production Systems (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Special Research Grants) AG Lucas, Frank D. Inhofe
2009 MO $382,000 Upper Locust Creek (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed/Flood Prevention) AG Bond
2009 WA $300,000 King County Sheriffs Office Digital Information Gathering System (DIGS). King County Sheriff's Office, King County. Washington Seattle (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) COM Smith, Lamar Cantwell
2009 MN $25,000 Grand Rapids Police Department Grand Rapids Police Department In-Vehicle Video Cameras Grand Rapids (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) COM Oberstar, James L.
2009 PA $200,000 Bloomsburg University Center for Computer Bloomsburg (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) COM Kanjorski, Paul E. Casey
2009 MI $300,000 First Step Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Taylor (Byrne Discretionary Grants) COM Dingell, John D.
2009 IL $100,000 WINGS Program Inc Domestic Violence Project Schaumburg (Byrne Discretionary Grants) COM Bean, Melissa L.
2009 NC $50,000 Wake Forest University Health Sciences for the Institute for Regenerative Medicine Winston-Salem (NASA) COM Dole
2009 $2,000,000 Multi Climate Protection System (Other Procurement – Navy) DEF Tsongas; Hodes; Olver; Rogers (MI); Shea-Porter; Walberg Kennedy, Kerry, Stabenow
2009 $1,600,000 Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety (ALERTS) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) DEF Pomeroy Conrad, Dorgan

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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