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 SC $98,000 Anderson Arts Center in Anderson for completion of the renovation of the Anderson Arts Warehouse Facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Barrett
2008 TX $137,200 City of Beaumont, Downtown Improvement Program for streetscape improvement (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Hutchison
2008 CA $1,960,000 Perris Valley Line Metrolink extension (Small Starts) NBR S THUD Feinstein
2008 ID $1,086,342 Rainbow Trout, Abardun (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Simpson Craig, Crapo
2008 NC $372,375 Swine and Other Animal Waste Management (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Etheridge, Price (NC) Burr, Dole
2008 MS $697,086 New satellite and computer-based technology for agriculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Cochran
2008 IL $211,500 Fayette County Sheriff's Office (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Shimkus
2008 WI $235,000 Marathon County Sheriff's Department methamphetamine response (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Obey
2008 FL $446,500 Pompano Beach (Law Enforcement Technology (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Klein
2008 AL $235,000 City of Greenville for mobile data terminals (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Everett Shelby
2008 KS $47,000 Riley County Police Department public safety equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Boyda
2008 RI $1,339,500 Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative research and monitoring projects in Southern New England, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (NOAA) NBR S COM Reed
2008 AR $89,300 Women's Council on African American Affairs, Little Rock, for support for the Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits Prevention of Black on Black Crime Initiative (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Lincoln, Pryor
2008 $3,000,000 Virus mutation and virus transfer from humans to animals (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Slaughter Clinton, Schumer
2008 $2,400,000 Pocket J for NORAD Immediate Warfighter Need (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Murtha Baucus, Tester
2008 $1,480,000 HyperAcute vaccine development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Latham Grassley, Harkin
2008 $6,000,000 Rock Island Arsenal, Building 299 Roof Replacement Phase II (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR DEF Hare Grassley, Harkin, Obama
2008 $3,200,000 Twinline Thinline Submarine Towed Array (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Courtney Dodd, Lieberman
2008 $350,000 Mass Decontamination and Biosecurity Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Alexander, McCrery Landrieu, Vitter
2008 $1,600,000 Advanced surface technologies for prosthetic development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Baucus, Tester
2008 $3,000,000 Regenerative Fuel Cell System for silent camp operations (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Dodd, Lieberman
2008 MD $186,960 Atlantic Coast of Maryland (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Ruppersberger Mikulski; Cardin
2008 CT $492,000 Photovoltaic Demonstration Project (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Larson
2008 IN $234,192 Mt. Zion Dam, Fulton County (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY Donnelly
2008 LA $467,000 Lake Providence Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Alexander Landrieu; Vitter
2008 OH $3,911,000 Toledo Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Voinovich
2008 MS $1,548,000 Okatibbee Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Cochran
2008 GA $11,237,000 West Point Dam and Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 MD $400,000 Small business trade assistance office, Prince George's County (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Cardin
2008 PA $664,470 The Borough of Stoystown, Somerset Township Municipal Authority for Stoystown Water Project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Murtha Casey
2008 WV $1,646,901 Wood Education and Resource Center (Forest Service – State and Private Forestry) NBR S INT Byrd
2008 NY $185,000 Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, for the New American's Center (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Weiner, Anthony Clinton, Schumer
2008 NJ $121,000 Adler Aphasia Center, Maywood, for a program to improve communications and other life skills for people with aphasia (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Rothman, Steven
2008 WI $243,000 City of Milwaukee for a project to train youth in construction trades (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Moore (WI) Gwen
2008 MI $390,000 City of Detroit, for an individual development account initiative (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Kilpatrick, Carolyn Levin, Stabenow
2008 NJ $487,000 Children's Specialized Hospital, Mountainside, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Ferguson, Mike Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 MA $243,000 JFYNetWorks, Boston, for academic support for the Adequate Yearly Progress Initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Capuano, Michael
2008 IA $117,000 Food Allergy and Anaphlyaxis Network, Fairfax for the Iowa Food Allergy Education Program (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 MD $438,000 Maryland Hospital Association, Elkridge, for the Nursing Career Lattice Program (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Mikulski
2008 NE $97,000 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, for statewide lung cancer screenings (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Ben Nelson, Hagel
2008 VA $10,000,000 Electromagnetic launch RDTE facility, Dahlgren NSWC (Navy) NBR C MILCON Davis, Jo Ann Warner, Webb
2008 NJ $49,000 Arc Mercer Inc. in Ewing for upgrading facilities to serve people with developmental disabilities (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Smith
2008 NJ $245,000 South Orange Avenue roadway improvements, Essex County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Pascrell, Rothman, Sires Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 IL $245,000 Saint Richard Parish in Chicago for construction, renovation and buildout of a new community center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Lipinski
2008 CA $1,078,000 Municipal Transit Operators Coalition (MTOC) (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Harman, Napolitano, Waters, Watson, Waxman
2008 MD $196,000 East Baltimore Development, Inc., to provide for workforce development, clean and safe programs, and infrastructure improvements NBR THUD Cummings Mikulski, Cardin
2008 SC $931,000 ILS at Aiken Municipal Airport (Facilities and Equipment) NBR THUD Barrett Graham
2008 WA $392,000 City of Battle Ground, Battle Ground Community Center, for a construction of a community center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Murray
2008 IL $490,000 Public education and enforcement research study (PEERS) (*Research [FRA]) NBR C THUD Durbin
2008 ID $96,321 National Plant Germplasm Program, Aberdeen (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Simpson Craig, Crapo

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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