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 $3,000,000 Fido explosive detector (Other Procurement – Army) NBR S DEF Inhofe
2008 Multi-State $3,276,720 Red River emergency bank protection, AR & LA (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Ross, M. Landrieu; Lincoln; Pryor
2008 TX $935,784 Clear Creek (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Lampson; Edwards Cornyn
2008 MI $1,968,000 National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Dingell Levin
2008 NY $196,800 North Hempstead (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Ackerman
2008 OH $1,615,000 Paint Creek Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 MS $24,000 Water/environmental certification (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 CA $1,211,000 Port Hueneme (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Feinstein
2008 MO $700,000 University of Missouri for an Asian Equities Research Center, Kansas City (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Bond
2008 WV $812,130 The City of Westover for Sanitary Sewer Service Upgrade (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Mollohan
2008 Multi-State $639,860 Northeastern States Research Cooperative (Forest Service – Research) NBR S INT Clinton, Leahy, Snowe, Collins, Schumer
2008 NC $68,000 University of North Carolina, to address the shortage of speech language pathologists (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Watt, Melvin Burr, Dole
2008 IL $195,000 Adventist Glen Oaks Hospital, Glendale Heights, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Roskam, Peter
2008 WV $292,000 Preston Memorial Hospital, Kingwood, for information technology equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Mollohan, Alan
2008 RI $877,000 Rhode Island Quality Institute, Providence for health info. Tech.in conjunction with RI mental health organizations (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Kennedy, Patrick Whitehouse, Reed
2008 PA $97,000 Philadelphia Academies, Inc., Philadelphia, for a longitudinal study of the impact of the organization career-based education model (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Fattah, Chaka
2008 WV $97,000 James Rumsey Technical Institute, Martinsburg, for the Automotive Technology Program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Capito, Shelley
2008 SC $205,000 Healthy Futures, Columbia, to recognize obesity of youth in the minority community (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Graham
2008 TX $365,000 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, for the Center for Research and Re-Emerging Infections Diseases (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Hutchison
2008 FL $414,000 University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, for the Center for Patient Safety (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Bill Nelson
2008 AL $2,000,000 Child care center, Redstone Arsenal (Army) NBR C MILCON Cramer
2008 TX $98,000 Rainbow Senior Center in Boerne for equiping a health and wellness center with senior-oriented facilities and equipment (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Smith
2008 NJ $490,000 South Amboy Intermodal Transportation Initiative (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Pallone Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 KY $98,000 The Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville for expansion and renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Lewis (KY)
2008 IL $490,000 MetroLINK Transit Facility, Rock Island (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Hare Durbin, Obama
2008 TX $735,000 Reconstruction of Long Point Road in Houston (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Culberson
2008 LA $245,000 LA-42; Ascension Parish (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Baker
2008 NC $2,298,100 North Carolina Statewide Ferry System (Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities) NBR S THUD Dole
2008 NM $176,400 West Lea Street improvements, Carlsbad (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Domenici, Bingaman
2008 ID $624,597 Aquaculture Research, Aberdeen (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Simpson Craig, Crapo
2008 ID $698,079 Sugarbeet Research, Kimberly (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Enzi, Simpson, Thomas Craig, Crapo
2008 NM $186,684 Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought and Disease Resistance (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Bingaman, Domenici
2008 NH $117,500 Manchester Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Shea Porter
2008 MN $18,800 Minnesota State Patrol 8th Congressional District digital cameras (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Oberstar
2008 IL $846,000 Waukegan Police Department – North Suburban Gang Task Force (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Kirk
2008 CA $669,750 Gulf of Farralones NMS Exhibit enhance the public awareness of the Sanctuary and human dependence upon a healthy ocean ecosystem, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. (NOAA) NBR COM Eshoo, Lantos Feinstein
2008 FL $188,000 Leon County Joint Emergency Communications Center (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Boyd
2008 LA $491,150 Louisiana Fisheries Recovery Resource Center for planning and initial costs to launch a center in coordination with Seedco Financial Services, Xavier University (NOAA) NBR S COM Landrieu
2008 $15,200,000 Drug Courts (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM
2008 $1,600,000 Small accelerators and detection systems for homeland defense and national security applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Simpson Craig, Crapo
2008 $2,000,000 Improved sensor systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $3,000,000 Universal control full authority digital engine controls (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Larson Dodd, Lieberman
2008 $1,600,000 Protective self-decontaminating surfaces (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Grijalva, Aderholt
2008 $2,400,000 Medical Free Electron Laser (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Cooper, Calvert, Lynch, Meehan, Sanchez, Loretta, Wamp Alexander, Boxer, Burr, Dole, Feinstein, Kennedy
2008 $4,000,000 Space control test capabilities (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Aderholt, Everett Shelby, Sessions
2008 AK $1,000,000 Warrior transition unit support for the 4/25th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR S DEF Stevens
2008 IL $3,000,000 Copper Antimicrobial Research Program (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF
2008 IL $492,000 Energy efficient press and sinter of titanium powder (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Roskam
2008 CO $146,616 Fountain Creek and Tributaries (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Lamborn; Salazar Allard; Salazar
2008 MI $393,600 Michigan State University, advanced hybrid vehicle technology, Hybrid Electric Vehicle Group (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Dingell Levin

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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