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 $1,600,000 Advanced combatant materials research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 MA $6,400,000 Project Athena (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Langevin Kennedy, Reed, Whitehouse
2008 TN $1,600,000 Advanced Portable Power Institute (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Gordon
2008 OK $2,000,000 Joint Fires and Effects Training System (JFETS) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Cole, Tom Inhofe
2008 $800,000 Marine mammals – effects of sound (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Abercrombie
2008 $1,120,000 Defense Medical Surveillance System upgrades (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF
2008 $3,000,000 Military applications of medical grade chitosan (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Inouye
2008 KY $9,647,000 Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Rogers, Harold; Whitfield McConnell
2008 FL $492,000 Broward County (Segment III Reimbursement) (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Klein Bill Nelson; Martinez
2008 FL $246,000 St. Thomas University – Corte (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Diaz Balart, L.
2008 KY $1,968,000 Kentucky Rural Energy Consortium at the University of Louisville (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR S ENERGY McConnell
2008 OH $1,600,000 Mosquito Creek Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 TX $8,060,000 Matagorda Ship Channel (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Hutchison
2008 ID $1,611,000 Lucky Peak Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 NE $250,000 Center for Rural Affairs for small business training and technical assistance website, Lyons (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Nelson (NE)
2008 CA $1,575,040 Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, Agua Dulce project area (Forest Service – Land Acquisition) NBR INT McKeon, Blumenauer, Larsen, Walden, Tauscher, DeFazio, Hooley, Kevin McCarthy Feinstein
2008 TN $295,320 Morgan County for Gobey Community water system improvement project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Lamar Alexander
2008 FL $331,000 Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, for construction, renovation and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Wasserman Schultz, Debbie Bill Nelson, Martinez
2008 KY $97,000 Southeast Community College, Cumberland, for facilities and equipment for an allied health training center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Rogers (KY), Harold
2008 CA $243,000 Fighting Back Partnership, Vallejo, for an intervention prog. targeting elementary and high school students (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Miller, George
2008 FL $195,000 Arnold Palmer Hospital, Orlando, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Keller, Ric
2008 OK $97,000 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OK City, for const., renovation, and equipment of a biotech research tower (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Fallin, Mary Inhofe
2008 CA $341,000 Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, for the High School Science Initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Calvert, Ken
2008 GA $82,000 Georgia Rural Water Association, Barnesville, for the National Fluoridation Training Institute (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Chambliss
2008 NJ $146,000 Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, for heart disease screening (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Menendez, Lautenberg
2008 IN $160,000 Fort Wayne, for training of emergency medical personnel, including equipment purchase (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Bayh
2008 SC $11,000,000 Child development center, Charleston AFB (Air Force) NBR MILCON Brown Graham
2008 NJ $294,000 Hudson County Intermodal Station Pedestrian Bridge (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Sires Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 MA $318,500 Community Health Connections in Gardner for renovation of a former elementary school for a multipurpose health facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Olver
2008 CA $196,000 for construction and site improvements for a civic and community center (City of Desert Hot Springs) (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Lewis
2008 TX $1,715,000 Trinity River Vision bridges, Ft. Worth (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Granger Cornyn, Hutchison
2008 AL $539,000 Scottsboro Municipal Airport improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Cramer Shelby
2008 CA $196,980 San Bernardino Boys and Girls Club, for facility expansion (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Baca Boxer
2008 WV $980,000 Paw Paw Bends Trail, Morgan County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Byrd
2008 SD $382,200 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Connector Road (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Johnson, Thune
2008 KY $770,568 Kentucky soil erosion control (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR AG Rogers (KY) Bunning, McConnell
2008 MO $220,446 Crop and Aquaculture Losses in Southeast Missouri (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR H AG Emerson
2008 TX $297,900 Medicinal and Bioactive Crops (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Federal Administration) NBR S AG Hutchison
2008 PA $79,900 Ridley Park Policev community educational programs (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Sestak
2008 CA $446,500 Parents in Action Project to prevent child maltreatment and gang involvement, Pomona (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Napolitano
2008 WI $211,500 Stepping Stones Child Advocacy, La Crosse (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Kind
2008 MO $235,000 South Central Missouri Drug Task Force (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Emerson
2008 IA $141,000 Creative Visions programs for at-risk youth, Des Moines (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Boswell
2008 HI $321,480 Hawaii rain gages purchase install and maintain rain gages, NOAA National Weather Service Pacific Region Headquarters (NOAA) NBR S COM Akaka
2008 $1,000,000 UH-60 MEDEVAC Search and Rescue thermal imaging upgrades (Aircraft Procurement – Army) NBR H DEF Young (FL), Cole, Hooley, McNulty, King (NY), Walsh
2008 $1,400,000 Long range initiator (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Shuler
2008 $1,000,000 Cold spray wear cooling for FCS (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $2,000,000 America's Future Soldier Trainer Acquisition Program (Other Procurement – Army) NBR H DEF Lampson, Boyd
2008 TN $4,000,000 Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Tennessee (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities) NBR DEF Gordon Alexander, Corker
2008 OK $2,000,000 Infrared Materials Laboratory (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Cole Inhofe

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