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 HI $3,000,000 PMRF Flood Control (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) NBR S DEF Inouye
2008 WA $738,000 Proton beam therapy (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Reichert Cantwell
2008 MI $2,806,000 Saginaw River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Kildee Levin; Stabenow
2008 OR $1,968,000 Wave Power Demonstration Project, Reedsport (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY DeFazio Wyden; Smith
2008 NM $1,476,000 membrane technology for produced water at Lea County (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research & Development) NBR S ENERGY Domenici
2008 OK $557,000 Birch Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Inhofe
2008 VA $830,000 Hampton RDS, Norfolk & Newport News HBR (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AR $6,482,000 Dardanelle Lock and Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 $14,878,000 International Fund for Ireland NBR H FOROP
2008 MA $393,760 Ironworkers Training Program (Bureau of Indian Affairs – Community and Economic Development) NBR C INT Lynch
2008 AL $738,300 Alabama National Forests (Forest Service – Land Acquisition) NBR S INT Shelby
2008 NY $243,000 Manufacturing Association of Central New York, Syracuse, for a workforce training project (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Walsh (NY), James
2008 TX $170,000 Cactus Health Services, Inc., Sanderson, for primary health care services (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Rodriguez, Ciro
2008 FL $146,000 National Flight Academy, Naval Air Station Pensacola for technology upgrades (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Miller (FL), Jeff
2008 WI $195,000 Bay Area Medical Clininc, Marinette, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Kagen, Steve
2008 NY $195,000 Hatzoloh EMS, Inc., Monsey, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services)) NBR H LABHHS Engel, Eliot
2008 FL $243,000 New College of Florida, Sarasota, for equipment at the Jane Bancroft Cook Library (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Buchanan, Vern
2008 OH $146,000 Rhodes State College, Lima, for high-tech engineering technology programs (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Brown
2008 CA $243,000 Deaf West Theatre, North Hollywood, for cultural experiences for the deaf (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Boxer
2008 IA $390,000 Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, to support the residency program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 AR $9,800,000 Multi-purpose education facility, Little Rock Air Force Base (Air Force) NBR C MILCON Berry, Snyder Lincoln, Pryor
2008 NC $137,200 City of Asheville for Reid Center renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Shuler Burr
2008 WI $392,000 North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausa for a revolving loan fund for new business development (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Obey
2008 IA $205,800 Our Children's Homestead, Central Iowa, for housing/vocational education program for foster children (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Latham Grassley, Harkin
2008 VA $98,000 Town of Boydton for development of the Walking Tour of Boydton (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Goode
2008 CA $588,000 State Route 198 Expressway widening, Kings County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Costa
2008 ME $367,500 I-295 Exit 4 Improvement Project (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR THUD Allen Collins, Snowe
2008 IN $328,300 Rennovation of Monument Circle, Indianapolis(Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Bayh, Lugar
2008 NJ $196,000 West Orange Township Senior Citizen & Handicap Shuttle Bus (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Lautenberg
2008 ND $192,642 Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center – Wheat Quality Research, Fargo (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Pomeroy Conrad, Dorgan
2008 MI $368,403 Phytophthora Research (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Dingell, Ehlers, Hoekstra, Rogers (Ml), Upton, Walberg Levin, Stabenow
2008 UT $559,059 High Performance Computing (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Bennett
2008 NY $94,000 El Museo del Barrio Educational Programs in the Bronx for at-risk youth (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Serrano
2008 PA $117,500 Neighborhood First Program Inc. at-risk youth assistance, Bristol (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Murphy (Patrick)
2008 RI $470,000 Narragansett Bay Window Program (NOAA) NBR COM Kennedy (Patrick), Langevin Reed, Whitehouse
2008 TX $658,000 Baylor Physical Sciences Laboratory enhancement at Baylor University (NASA) NBR H COM Edwards
2008 AL $470,000 Mobile County Commission Mobile for interoperable communications systems (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Bonner Shelby
2008 WV $4,465,000 Marshall University Forensic Science DNA Laboratory in Huntington for forensic lab equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Byrd
2008 $1,000,000 Research support for nanoscale sciences and technologies (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Young (FL) Nelson (FL)
2008 $500,000 Advanced wireless technologies (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Sestak, Ackerman Casey, Clinton, Schumer
2008 $600,000 Circuit breaker for Navy shipboard power distribution systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Murphy, Tim Specter
2008 $1,600,000 Next generation non-tactical vehicle propulsion (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Kuhl Clinton, Levin, Schumar, Stabenow
2008 $800,000 Remote Sighting System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Gillibrand Clinton, Schumer
2008 $1,200,000 CT-QAS Counterterrorism – Quality Assurance Science Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Clay, Wm.
2008 $1,600,000 Structural life tracking (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Warner, Webb
2008 $4,000,000 JHITS for Blue Force Tracking and Training (Other Procurement – Army) NBR S DEF Baucus
2008 NM $3,000,000 New Mexico National Guard counter-drug support (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities) NBR S DEF Bingaman
2008 MT $5,904,000 Center for Zero Emissions Research and Technology (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research & Development) NBR ENERGY Rehberg Baucus; Tester
2008 RI $1,239,840 Ten Mile River restoration (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Kennedy Reed; Whitehouse
2008 OR $691,000 Siuslaw River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY DeFazio Smith; Wyden

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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