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
2008 TX $146,000 Houston Community College, for the Accelerated Nursing Proficiency Center (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Hutchison
2008 NV $1,462,000 University of Nevada School of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Reno, for equip. and construction (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Reid
2008 CO $7,300,000 Replace squadron operations, Buckley AFB (Air National Guard) NBR MILCON DeGette, Lamborn, Musgrave, Perlmutter, Salazar, Tancredo, Udall (CO) Allard, Salazar, Ken
2008 AR $147,000 Conway County for renovation and buildout of the historic Morriton Post Office building (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Snyder
2008 AZ $196,000 Laveen Community Council in Phoenix construction and buildout of the Laveen Community Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Pastor
2008 NJ $98,000 Atlantic County for development of an industrial park to foster economic development (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD LoBiondo
2008 FL $196,000 City of Lauderdale Lakes for renovation and construction of a new educational and cultural addition to the library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Hastings
2008 TN $686,000 Upper Cumberland Regional Airport improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Davis Alexander
2008 GA $294,000 Morehouse University School of Medicine in Atlanta for land acquisition and construction of the medical school campus (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Barrow
2008 AK $2,499,000 Medallion Program (FAA) NBR S THUD Stevens
2008 CA $1,960,000 Telegraph Avenue-International Boulevard-East 14th Street Bus Rapid Transit Corridor improvements (Small Starts) NBR S THUD Feinstein
2008 TX $1,390,200 US Agricultural Research Facility, Knipling-Bushland Laboratory, Kerrville (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG Smith (TX) Hutchison, Cornyn
2008 CA $1,869,819 US Agricultural Research Station, Salinas (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR H AG Farr
2008 Multi-State $429,969 Great Lakes Basin Soil and Erosion Control (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Clinton, Klobuchar, Levin, Schumer, Stabenow
2008 NC $94,000 Madison Sheriff's Department methamphetamine enforcement (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Shuler
2008 WI $235,000 Barron County Restorative Justice and Truancy Prevention Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Obey
2008 MI $590,320 West Bloomfield Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Knollenberg
2008 AL $470,000 City of Dothan for an interoperable communications system (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Everett Shelby
2008 KS $94,000 Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office public safety equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Boyda
2008 Multi-State $1,645,000 To support res. in long-ranging atmos. sound below the perception of human hearing to provide better warnings of the effects of hurricanes end volcanic eruptions (Univ. of MS Univ. of HI Univ. of AK and Univ. of Cal. at San Diego) (NOAA) NBR S COM Cochran
2008 VT $1,000,000 Vermont Department of Public Safety, Waterbury, to combat increased heroin methamphetamine and other drug activity (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Leahy
2008 $2,750,000 Accelerating fuel cells manufacturability and their application in the Armed Forces (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Slaughter Clinton, Schumer
2008 $2,400,000 Virtual medical trainer (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $1,600,000 Self powered, lightweight, flexible display unit on a plastic substrate (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Latham Grassley, Harkin
2008 IL $11,500,000 Rock Island Arsenal – Arsenal Support Program (Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicle Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Hare Durbin, Grassley, Harkin, Obama
2008 $800,000 Optikey, Optical Maximum Entropy Verification (OMEV) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Courtney, Harman, Porter Reid
2008 $2,400,000 Smart valve (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Allen Collins, Snowe
2008 $1,600,000 Microsatellite Target System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Allard, Salazar
2008 ND $3,000,000 Electronics and Materials for Flexible Sensors and Transponders (EMFST) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Conrad, Dorgan
2008 OH $836,400 Brookfield (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Ryan
2008 IA $98,400 Humbolt (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR C ENERGY Latham Grassley
2008 CA $935,784 Placer Country (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Doolittle
2008 LA $98,400 Spring Bayou (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR ENERGY Alexander Landrieu
2008 RI $186,960 Warwick Cove (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Reed; Whitehouse
2008 MS $9,840,000 Pascagoula Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Cochran; Lott
2008 Multi-State $149,000 Missouri River – Kenslers Bend to Sioux City [IA; NE] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 LA $45,000 Women's Business Resource Center, New Orleans (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Landrieu
2008 CO $590,640 Arkansas Valley Conduit for drinking water project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Musgrave, John Salazar Allard, Ken Salazar
2008 WA $246,100 Washington Family Forest Foundation Private Land Management Database (Forest Service – State and Private Forestry) NBR S INT Murray
2008 VT $487,000 Family Center of Washington County, Montpelier, for childcare and related services (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Welch (VT), Peter Leahy
2008 DC $487,000 National Hispanic Medical Association, for a Hispanic health portal to provide online health education materials (Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Roybal Allard, Gutierrez; Grijalva ;Velazquez; Becerra; Napolitano; Reyes; Sires; Baca; Solis
2008 WI $73,000 America's Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee, for exhibits and edu. prog., includes acquisition of interactivemedia cntr. kiosks (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Moore (WI), Gwen
2008 MI $97,000 L.I.F.T. Women's Resource Center, Detroit, for services to improve women's self-sufficiency and life skills (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Kilpatrick, Carolyn Levin, Stabenow
2008 CA $438,000 Parent Institute for Quality Education, San Diego, for a parent training program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Filner, Bob
2008 MA $243,000 Boston University Medical School, Boston, for facilities and equipment for biomedical research (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Capuano, Michael
2008 NJ $331,000 Camden County, to purchase equipment and staff a mobile health van (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 ND $409,000 Minot State University, to monitor and treat individuals with autism, spectrum disorder in rural areas with limited access to health professionals (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Dorgan, Conrad
2008 NE $97,000 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, for the College of Nursing (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Ben Nelson. Hagel
2008 CA $3,000,000 Main gate (Gate 6) improvements, San Diego (Navy) NBR C MILCON Davis, S
2008 AR $3,116,400 Interstate 430/630 Interchange modifications (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR THUD Snyder Lincoln, Pryor

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