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 $490,000 Advanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Bus Expansion (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Green
2008 NY $294,000 YMCA of Greater New York-Castle Hill in Bronx for construction of a multipurpose facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Crowley
2008 WA $367,500 Discovery Trail, Long Beach to Port of llweco Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR THUD Baird Murray, Cantwell
2008 WA $686,000 Hanford Reach National Monument transportation improvements (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Murray, Cantwell
2008 NM $588,000 Design, engineering, enviromental, assessment and initial constructions of East Aztec Arterial Route (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Domenici, Bingaman
2008 AR $339,606 Forestry Research (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR H AG Ross
2008 MO $591,828 Soybean Cyst Nematode (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR H AG Emerson
2008 MS $229,383 Rural Systems (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Federal Administration) NBR S AG Cochran
2008 CT $94,000 City of Stamford (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Shays Dodd, Lieberman
2008 TX $253,800 Abilene Police Department (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Neugebauer
2008 IA $352,500 Sioux City National Meth Training Center (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM King (Steve) Harkin, Grassley
2008 PA $423,000 Thiel College Community Partnership Security Center (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM English
2008 VA $188,000 Radford Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Boucher
2008 HI $2,455,750 Integrated Data and Environmental Applications Center for critical regional needs for ocean climate and ecosystem information (IDEA) NOAA, IDEA Center (NOAA) NBR S COM Inouye
2008 VA $45,000,000 Terrorist Explosives Device Analytical Center (Federal Bureau of Investigation) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 PA $1,600,000 Hospital Emergency Planning and Integration (HEP) Letterkenny Army Depot and Chambersburg Hospital (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Shuster
2008 $800,000 Robotics workforce and military curriculum (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $5,000,000 United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Paralympic Military Program (General Provisions) NBR H DEF Langevin, Kennedy
2008 $1,600,000 Enhanced Holographic Imaging Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Granger, Conaway, McCaul
2008 $1,600,000 Component optimization for ground systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Conyers, Dingell Levin
2008 $800,000 Optical recognition protocol for biologics detection (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Abercrombie, Hirono
2008 $1,000,000 Carbon nanotube production (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Hutchison
2008 $3,200,000 Massively parallel optical interconnects for microsatellite applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Ensign, Reid
2008 AL $492,000 Southeast Bioenergy Initiative (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Rogers, Mike (AL) Shelby; Sessions
2008 OH $492,000 Bulk production of metallic glass (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Kucinich
2008 WA $98,400 Gray's Harbor (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR C ENERGY Dicks
2008 HI $1,230,000 Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, Honolulu Renewable Energy Development Venture (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR S ENERGY Inouye
2008 OH $962,000 Lorain Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 TN $7,545,000 Old Hickory Lock and Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IL $578,000 Lake Michigan Diversion (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 KS $1,000,000 Technical Education and Training Center, Sedgwick County (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Brownback
2008 FL $442,980 The Town of Pembroke Park for Sanitary Sewage System Rehabilitation (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR C INT Meek Bill Nelson
2008 PA $196,880 Somerset County for Waterline Construction Project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Specter
2008 CA $390,000 South Bay Workforce Investment Board, Hawthorne for its bridge-to-work program (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Waters, Maxine
2008 AL $97,000 Montgomery Area Nontraditional Equestrians, Pike Road, for construction of facilities to service the disabled (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Rogers, (AL); Mike Shelby
2008 AZ $121,000 Mesa Community College, Mesa, for an online registered nurse recertification program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Mitchell, Harry
2008 RI $195,000 Education Partnership, Providence, for school leadership professional development (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Kennedy, Patrick
2008 OK $195,000 INTEGRIS Health, for a telemedicine demonstration (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Fallin, Mary, Cole, Tom, Lucas, Frank
2008 CA $146,000 Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Calvert, Ken, Bono, Mary
2008 WI $82,000 Health Care Network Inc., Racine, to coordinate dental services to low-income patients (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Kohl
2008 ME $195,000 Central Maine Community College, Auburn, for nursing education expansion and outreach (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Collins, Snowe
2008 VT $97,000 ECHO Center, Burlington, to enhance educational opportunities for students regarding the Lake Champlain Quadracentennial (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Leahy
2008 FL $3,500,000 EOD facility, MacDill AFB (Air Force) NBR C MILCON Castor
2008 MO $490,000 Interstate 44 at State Route 5, Laciada County (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR H THUD Skelton
2008 MA $882,000 United Veterans of America, Inc in Leeds for construction and buildout of housing facility for veterans in Pittsfield (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C THUD Olver
2008 KY $98,000 Campbellsville-Taylor Co. Industrial Development in Campbellsville for development of two engineered, pad ready sites in the current business park (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Lewis
2008 TX $147,000 Harris County Commissioner's Office, Precinct Three in Houston for construction and buildout, the Bayland Park Community Aquatic Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Green
2008 NY $735,000 Enviromental Shield, Queens (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR C THUD Crowley
2008 AL $245,000 City of Center Point for the Polly Reed Greenway and Pedestrian Walkway Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Bachus Shelby
2008 WA $1,234,800 A-B Street Corridor Connector (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Murray

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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