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 KY $487,000 Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, for the Infrastructure Management Institute (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS McConnell
2008 UT $206,000 National Ability Center, Park City, to provide trans. for indiv. with cognitive and phys. disabilities (Rehab – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Bennett
2008 RI $750,000 Bachelor quarters addition, Naval Station Newport (Navy) NBR S MILCON Reed
2008 PA $1,960,000 Hybrid-Electric Bus Acquisition (SEPTA) (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Sestak, Murphy (Patrick) Specter
2008 CA $1,146,600 Friant Road widening (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Nunes Feinstein
2008 WA $637,000 U.S. 2 safety improvements (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Larsen Murray, Cantwell
2008 NY $122,500 Renovation for Historic Hudson Opera House Arts Community Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Gillibrand Schumer
2008 TN $490,000 North Second Street Corridor upgrade, Memphis (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Cohen
2008 NY $147,000 Louis Armstrong House Museum in Flushing for design and construction of a visitor's center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Ackerman Clinton, Schumer
2008 AL $1,543,500 Franklin Field Airport (Airport Improvement Program) NBR S THUD Shelby
2008 PA $1,372,000 U.S. Route 30/Harrisburg Pike Gateway Interchange Project (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Specter
2008 PA $259,173 Improved Dairy Management Practices (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR H AG Peterson (PA)
2008 AL $871,854 Catfish Genome, Auburn (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Davis (AL), Rogers (AL) Shelby
2008 LA $74,475 Disease Prevention (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR S AG Landrieu, Vitter
2008 CA $70,500 Youth Mentoring Program, Burbank (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Schiff
2008 NY $329,000 Local Initiatives Support Corporation Community Safety Initiative (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Moore (Gwen), Kennedy (Patrick)
2008 OH $423,000 University of Toledo Program to Increase Effective Services for Child Victims of Commercial Exploitation (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Kaptur Voinovich
2008 PA $376,000 Duquesne University Cyber-Security Program, Pittsburgh (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Doyle
2008 GA $94,000 Building Toward Wellness Community Coalition programs for at-risk youth, Columbus (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Bishop (Sanford)
2008 AZ $94,000 City of Phoenix Police Department for an interoperable communications network (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Kyl
2008 FL $1,000,000 Underwater acoustic imaging for maritime domain awareness (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $1,000,000 High power microwave system for vehicle immobilization (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Schiff
2008 VA $1,600,000 DIFAR Sensor System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Moran (VA)
2008 $3,200,000 Combat Arms Training System (CATS) for ARNG (Other Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Kingston, Gingrey Chambliss, Isakson
2008 $2,400,000 Lightweight Trauma Module (LTM) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Frelinghuysen, Pascrell Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 CA $3,000,000 Fort Hood training lands restoration and maintenance (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF Carter, Edwards
2008 $1,600,000 Electrodeposited coatings systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Kohl
2008 DC $4,000,000 Gynelogical Cancer Center WRAMC (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF
2008 $16,000,000 National Aerospace Leadership Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2008 NC $3,745,104 Wilmington Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Price; McIntyre Dole; Burr
2008 NC $885,600 Bogue Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Jones, W. Dole; Burr
2008 VA $92,000 Little Wicomico River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Davis
2008 CO $270,600 Costilla County Economic Development Council, Inc. Biodiesel Project (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR S ENERGY Salazar
2008 NY $539,000 Almond Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 TX $571,000 Lake Kemp (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AR $7,441,000 Blakely Mt. Dam, Lake Ouachita (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Lincoln; Pryor
2008 Multi-State $4,000,000 National Transportation Security Center of Excellence (Science and Technology Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations; General Provision) NBR C HS Rosa DeLauro, John Boozman, Joe Courtney, John Larson, Zoe Lofgren, Christopher Murphy, Mike Ross, Vic Snyder Dianne Feinstein
2008 MI $492,200 The Township of Waterford, Oakland County Drain Commission for the Evergreen-Farmington Sanitary Sewer Overflow Control Demonstration Project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Knollenberg Carl Levin, Stabenow
2008 ID $984,400 Idaho's Strategic Plan for Managing Noxious Weeds (Bureau of Land Management – Management of Lands and Resources) NBR S INT Craig
2008 NY $97,000 Hamilton-Madison House, New York, for services and equipment for a social services program (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Velazquez, Nydia
2008 AZ $195,000 Gila County Community College, Globe, for the registered nursing program, including purchase equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Renzi, Rick
2008 MA $199,000 Northern Essex Community College, Lawrence, for equipment for an allied health program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Meehan, Martin Kennedy, Kerry
2008 LA $146,000 St. Charles Parish, LaPlace, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Jindal, Bobby
2008 MI $195,000 Cherry Street Health Services, Grand Rapids, for an electronic health initiative (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Ehlers, Vernon Levin
2008 KS $97,000 Kansas Regional Prisons Museum, Lansing, for educational and outreach programs (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Boyda (KS), Nancy
2008 UT $48,000 Weber State University, Ogden, to provide mentoring for minority disadvantaged students (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Hatch
2008 IA $414,000 Barnabus Uplift, Des Moines, for job training and supportive services (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 ME $97,000 Jeremiah Cromwell Disabilities Center, Portland, for awareness training for students (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Collins, Snowe
2008 RI $810,000 US property and fiscal office, North Kingstown (Army National Guard) NBR S MILCON Reed
2008 PA $490,000 69th Street Terminal Parking Facility Upper Derby Township (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Sestak

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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