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 PA $126,900 Ambler Township Police Department equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Schwartz
2008 KS $141,000 Kansas Bureau of Investigation (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Moran (Jerry)
2008 RI $94,000 KidsPeace Rhode Island (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Kennedy (Patrick)
2008 VA $188,000 Virginia Beach Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Drake Warner, Webb
2008 NY $334,875 Parents for Megan's Law,Stony Brook, for the National Megan's Law Helpline Crime Victims Center Advocacy & Counseling Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Bishop, McCarthy Schumer, Clinton
2008 NV $178,600 Nye County Sheriff's Office, Pahrump, for a law enforcement license plate scanner (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Reid
2008 FL $1,200,000 Advanced Dynamic Optics Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 VA $800,000 Center for Information Assurance (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Scott (VA) Warner, Webb
2008 CT $4,000,000 Soldier portable solid fuel hydrogen generator cartridge (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Murphy (CT), Whitfield Dodd, McConnell, Lieberman
2008 $2,800,000 Quick Reaction Advanced Tactical Vehicle technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Knollenberg Levin
2008 $2,400,000 2kW military tactical generator product improvement (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Garrett, Rothman, Frelinghuysen, Pascrell Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 $2,400,000 Health Informatics Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Castor
2008 FL $1,600,000 High Performance Computing (HPC) for defense modeling and simulation research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Nelson (FL)
2008 MS $4,080,000 Center for Military Vehicle Technologies (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Cochran, Lott
2008 $60,000,000 C-130 AMP (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2008 WV $49,200 Cherry River Basin (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Rahall Byrd
2008 PA $196,800 Bloomsburg (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Kanjorski Specter; Casey
2008 CA $590,400 Utility integration of distributed generation (Department of Energy: Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability) NBR H ENERGY Davis, S.
2008 RI $1,476,000 University of Rhode Island, research and technology development for genetic improvement of switchgrass, biomass (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR S ENERGY Reed
2008 NY $444,000 East Rockaway Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Clinton; Schumer
2008 TX $1,857,000 North San Gabriel Dam and Lake Georgetown (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 CA $419,000 Farmington Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 MD $6,100,000 Capital Wireless Information Net, University of Maryland (National Protections and Programs Directorate Infrastructure Protection and Information Security) NBR H HS Steny Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen
2008 CT $295,320 The City of Southington for wellhead cleanup (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Larson Lieberman
2008 UT $1,230,500 Wasatch-Cache National Forests, High Uintas (Forest Service – Land Acquisition) NBR S INT Bennett
2008 OR $287,000 Hood River County, for construction of an integrated health care facility (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Walden (OR), Greg Wyden, Smith
2008 NY $341,000 Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, for equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Reynolds, Thomas Clinton; Schumer
2008 LA $1,170,000 Tulane University, to support the rebuilding of New Orleans schools (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Melancon, Charlie Landrieu
2008 TX $438,000 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, to digitize library holdings (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Johnson, Sam; Neugebauer, Randy
2008 IL $243,000 Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Emanuel, Rahm
2008 IA $243,000 Gundersen Lutheran Health System, West Union, for a mobile health unit (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Braley (IA), Bruce
2008 MD $292,000 Harford County Board of Education, Bel Air, to support a science and math program at Aberdeen High School (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Mikulski
2008 HI $97,000 Maui Economic Development Board, for the Lanoi Women's Initiative (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Inouye
2008 NV $585,000 Touro University, Henderson, for construction and equipment for the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Reid
2008 AL $20,000,000 Systems software engineering annex, Redstone Arsenal (Army) NBR S MILCON Shelby, Sessions
2008 IL $147,000 City of Greenville for construction of a business incubator (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Shimkus
2008 WI $2,450,000 Taylor County Airport, Medford improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Obey Kohl
2008 CT $196,000 Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut in Bristol for construction of an educational facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Larson Dodd
2008 GA $245,000 Union Grove Interchange, Gordon County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Gingrey
2008 TX $245,000 Concho Valley Multi-Modal Terminal Building (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Conaway
2008 MO $245,000 Upgrade and partly relocate MO Route. 141, St. Louis County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Akin
2008 IL $1,313,200 Grand Avenue Underpass, Chicago (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Obama
2008 PA $2,058,000 American Parkway (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Specter, Casey
2008 Multi-State $372,375 Agricultural Diversity/Red River Corridor [MN, NO] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Pomeroy Conrad, Dorgan
2008 OR $502,458 Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Dicks, Hastings (WA), Hooley, Larsen, McMorris Rodgers, Musgrave, Reichert, Wu Craig, Smith (OR), Wyden
2008 WV $1,529,220 Appalachian Fruit Lab (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG Byrd
2008 Multi-State $188,000 Girl Scouts of the USA, New York, for outreach and volunteer training in New Mexico [NM, NY] (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Schultz Domenici
2008 VA $282,000 KidsPeace Therapeutic Services for At-Risk Foster Care Youth, Alexandria (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Moran (James)
2008 RI $94,000 Institute for International Sport Nonviolence Program, Kingston (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Kennedy (Patrick)
2008 VA $37,600 Accomack County Sheriff's Office (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Drake

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