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 $231,369 Southwest Pecan Research, College Station (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Edwards
2008 MO $734,820 National Center for Soybean Technology (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Bond
2008 NY $940,000 Bronx Riverrestoration (NOAA) NBR H COM Serrano
2008 CO $235,000 Weld County Gang Task Force (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Musgrave
2008 NY $178,600 John Jay College for the Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Kennedy (Patrick), Nadler Schumer, Clinton
2008 IN $719,100 Terre Haute emergency communications (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Ellsworth Lugar, Bayh
2008 AR $267,900 Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences in Fayetteville, for research and technology (NASA) NBR COM Boozman Lincoln, Pryor
2008 RI $893,000 Mill Creek Conservation, conservation of coastal environment (NOAA) NBR S COM Reed
2008 $1,600,000 Tactical Operation Centers (ELAMS/ESAMS/MECGS) (Operation and Maintenance – Army Reserve) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 NH $1,200,000 Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Applications Center (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Shea Porter Collins, Gregg, Snowe, Sununu
2008 $4,800,000 Roll-on, roll-off reconnaissance pallet improvement (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $1,000,000 Nursing Clinical Simulation Lab (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF LaHood
2008 $2,000,000 Covert WPM waveform modules (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Gingrey Chambliss, Isakson
2008 $3,253,000 Advanced photonic composites research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Clyburn Graham
2008 $1,600,000 Technologies for Metabolic Monitoring (TMM) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Wicker, Cochran, Lott
2008 $4,000,000 Laser Marksmanship Training System (LMTS) (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR S DEF Cardin, Mikulski
2008 $3,200,000 Thin film amorphous solar arrays (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Levin
2008 AZ $78,720 Little Colorado River Watershed (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Renzi
2008 Multi-State $608,112 Driftless Area Initiative (IL, IA, MN & Wl) (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Kind
2008 MA $728,160 Treats Pond (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Delahunt
2008 PA $3,936,000 Penn State University, solid oxide fuel cells (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research & Development) NBR S ENERGY Specter
2008 OH $5,402,000 Dillon Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 VA $1,868,000 Gathright Dam and Lake Moomaw (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AR $4,491,000 Ozark-Jeta Taylor Lock and Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 $5,000,000 Marla Ruzicka Fund (Economic Support Fund – Other Bilateral Economic Assistance) NBR S FOROP
2008 CO $984,400 Arapaho National Forest, Beaver Brook (Forest Service – Land Acquisition) NBR INT Mark Udall Allard, Ken Salazar
2008 WV $590,640 Monongahela National Forest, Campground Improvements (Forest Service – Construction) NBR S INT Byrd
2008 NY $243,000 Loretto, Syracuse, for facilities and equipment for elderly health care and skilled nursing programs (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Walsh, James
2008 MS $292,000 Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, for strengthening partnerships btw K-12 parents and their chldn's teachers (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Roger Wicker
2008 NC $170,000 WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, for the Emergency Operations and Regional Call Center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Miller (NC), Brad Dole
2008 PA $826,000 Medical Education Development Consortium, Scranton, for construction (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Kanjorski, Paul Specter, Casey
2008 PA $329,000 Precision Manufacturing Institute, Meadville, for high technology training programs (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS English (PA), Phil
2008 FL $219,000 New College of Florida, Sarasota, for the Public Archaeology Laboratory, (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Buchanan, Vern; Nelson, Bill
2008 VT $195,000 Vermont Healthcare and Information Technology Education Center, Williston, for management training of displaced workers (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Leahy
2008 MA $165,000 Bristol Community College, Fall River, to expand adult literacy and career development academic programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 VA $146,000 Child and Family Network Centers, Alexandria, for education services for at-risk youth (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Warner, Webb
2008 GA $9,980,000 Combat vehicle warehouse, Albany MCLB (Navy) NBR C MILCON Bishop Chambliss, Isakson
2008 PA $196,000 Expansion of the Huntington County Community Center in Huntington (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Shuster
2008 MA $196,000 Massachusetts Landscape Connectivity Study (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Olver
2008 OH $98,000 Western Reserve Land Conservancy in Geauge County for purchase of 246 acres to be converted to a public park (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD LaTourette
2008 VA $220,500 Halifax County Historical Society in South Boston for installation of the Crossing of the Dan exhibit project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Goode
2008 CT $490,000 Intermodal Center, Mansfield (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Courtney Lieberman
2008 PA $735,000 Freedom Crider Road upgrade, Beaver County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Altmire
2008 KS $686,000 Rehabilitation and Improvements, US24 and Marlatt Avenue, Manhattan (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Brownback, Roberts
2008 PA $1,357,300 Dillersville Rail Yard relocation (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Specter, Casey
2008 NC $406,137 Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation, Raleigh (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Price (NC) Dole
2008 TX $71,496 Water Protection Plan for Hood County (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR H AG Edwards
2008 MT $148,950 Montana Sheep Institute (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Baucus, Tester
2008 NY $188,000 Association Tepeyac Community Center Programs for At-Risk Youth, South Bronx, New York (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Serrano
2008 PA $1,974,000 Somerset Fayette Greene Cambria Westmoreland Indiana Armstrong Allegheny and Washington Counties Police Department law enforcement technology (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Murtha

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