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 $63,200,000 GPS user equipment (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2008 ND $295,200 Missouri River restoration (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Pomeroy Dorgan
2008 TX $12,792,000 Dallas Floodway Extension, Trinity River Project (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Johnson, E.; Edwards; Sessions Hutchison, Cornyn
2008 TX $738,000 Alliance for Nanohealth (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Culberson
2008 CT $984,000 DBS Energy, Inc. Gustonbury Connecticut Biofuels Technology Project in Suffield (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR S ENERGY Dodd
2008 NY $5,685,000 New York Harbor (Drift Removal) (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Clinton; Lautenberg; Menendez; Schumer
2008 TX $2,172,000 Proctor Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AL $462,000 Alabama-Coosa Comprehensive Water Study (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IL $2,000,000 Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway Company Bridge, Morris (Coast Guard Alteration of Bridges) NBR HS Ray LaHood, Jerry Weller Durbin, Richard
2008 CA $1,378,160 Central California Ozone Study—San Joaquin Valley Pollution Control District (EPA – Science and Technology) NBR INT Kevin McCarthy Feinstein, Boxer
2008 ND $196,880 Fort Mandan, Fort Lincoln (National Park Service – National Recreation and Preservation) NBR S INT Dorgan, Conrad
2008 MI $341,000 Kalamazoo Valley Community College, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Upton, Fred Levin, Stabenow
2008 MI $292,000 Madison County, Virginia City, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Rehberg, Dennis Baucus
2008 CA $170,000 Employment & Economic Development Department of San Joaquin County, Stockton, for at-risk youth (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS McNerney, Jerry
2008 TX $195,000 Harris County Hospital District, Houston, for an outpatient therapy center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Jackson Lee (TX), Sheila
2008 TX $146,000 Shiloh Economic Development Center, Bryan, for a substance abuse prevention program (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Edwards, Chet
2008 FL $146,000 Bay Haven Charter Academy Middle School, Lynn Haven, for it's physical education program, which may include equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Boyd (FL) Allen
2008 KY $1,462,000 Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, Bowling Green, for the science, technology and engineering facility (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS McConnell
2008 SC $82,000 Oconee Memorial Hospital Seneca to design, develop, and implement a comm-wide health info. exchange system (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Graham
2008 MO $247,000 Rainbow Center for Communicative Disorders, Blue Springs, to expand programs available to individuals with severe disabilities (Rehab – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Bond
2008 MI $18,500,000 Ground systems power and energy laboratory, Detroit Arsenal (Army) NBR S MILCON Levin, Stabenow
2008 NY $220,500 Rocking the Boat in Bronx for construction of a facility for educational programs (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Serrano
2008 MA $196,000 City of Northampton, Northampton State Hospital renovation, (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Neal Kennedy, Kerry
2008 CO $2,214,800 I-25/SH 16 (Fort Carson Interchange) (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR THUD Lamborn Allard, Salazar
2008 PA $1,225,000 Franklin Street Station Intermodel, Reading (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Gerlach Specter
2008 SC $98,000 Brainerd Institute of Chester for renovation and buildout of multipurpose facilities (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Clyburn
2008 UT $4,214,000 Intermodal Facilities (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Bennett, Hatch
2008 IL $735,000 Waukegan Regional Airport (Airport Improvement Program) NBR S THUD Durbin
2008 MS $857,500 LOU Public Transit System, Oxford (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Cochran, Wicker
2008 WI $368,403 Red Cliff Tribal Hatchery (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Extension Activities) NBR H AG Obey
2008 CT $148,950 Bioenergy (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Courtney, DeLauro Lieberman
2008 NV $36,741 Weed Management (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR S AG Reid
2008 CA $94,000 El Centro de Accion Social Pena Juvenile Program for Youth, Pasadena (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Schiff
2008 KS $376,000 Unified Government of Kansas City victims of crime services (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Moore (Dennis)
2008 GA $188,000 Rockdale County Methamphetamine Initiative (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Johnson (Hank), Westmoreland Isakson
2008 TX $352,500 Travis County Sheriff Regional Law Enforcement Training Center (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Doggett
2008 GA $141,000 Dooly County Family Resource Center, Vienna (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Bishop (Sanford)
2008 IN $178,600 City of South Bend to obtain an automatic fingerprint identification system for latent palm prints (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Lugar, Bayh
2008 FL $4,000,000 Ballistic missile technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $3,200,000 Life Support for Trauma and Transport (LSTAT/LSTAT Lite) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Sanchez, Young (FL)
2008 VA $1,600,000 Joint experimentation visualization (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Moran (VA)
2008 $500,000 Real-time Identification and Total Asset Visibility (RITAV) (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF Kingston
2008 $4,000,000 Energetic formulation and fabrication (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Frelinghuysen
2008 $800,000 UGV mobility & coordination in joint urban/littoral environments (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Carney Specter
2008 $1,600,000 Lightweight water purifier (Other Procurement – Army) NBR S DEF Landrieu, Vitter
2008 $3,600,000 Direct squadron readiness training (Aircraft Procurement – Navy) NBR S DEF Byrd
2008 $6,000,000 GBU-49 (Procurement of Ammunition – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2008 PA $492,000 Messiah College Biodiesel Fuel Generation Project (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Platts Casey
2008 LA $964,320 Larose to Golden Meadow (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Jindal; Melancon Landrieu
2008 TX $98,400 Buffalo Bayou and Tribs, White Oak Bayou (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Culberson

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