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 LA $223,250 New Orleans Police Foundation, Orleans Parish, to design and implement an integrated information system (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Jefferson Landrieu
2008 WA $1,410,000 Washington State Methamphetamine Initiative (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Dicks, Inslee, Larsen, Baird, Hastings (Doc), McMorris, Rodgers Reichert Smith (Adam) Murray, Cantwell
2008 AR $235,000 Save the Children Rural Literacy Program, Helena (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Berry Lincoln, Pryor
2008 NJ $357,200 City of Elizabeth for installation of wireless cameras (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Lautenberg
2008 FL $2,400,000 Lightweight Theater Transportable TCC (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $3,200,000 Combat support hospitals (Other Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Salazar Domenici, Salazar
2008 VA $1,200,000 C-130 Propeller De-Icing System safety upgrade using metal fiber brushes (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Moran (VA) Warner, Webb
2008 $2,400,000 Range Tactical Data Link (TDL) & relay capability (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Kingston Chambliss, Isakson
2008 $1,600,000 Enhanced micro-image display technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Frank
2008 $2,000,000 LEAN digital product development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Capuano
2008 AK $1,600,000 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Stevens, Murkowski
2008 $4,000,000 Helicopter Autonomous Landing System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Reid
2008 $1,600,000 Notre Dame Center for the engineering of oxide-nitride structures (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2008 PA $2,282,000 Tionesta Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Peterson, John
2008 NY $1,079,000 Fire Island Inlet to Jones Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Israel; King, Peter Clinton; Schumer
2008 FL $5,438,568 Nassau County (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Crenshaw Bill Nelson; Martinez
2008 MO $1,180,800 Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville for the Nanoscience Education Project (Department of Energy: Science) NBR S ENERGY Bond
2008 NY $626,000 Whitney Point Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 LA $2,657,000 Atchafalaya Basin, Floodway System (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River & Trib: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Landrieu
2008 FL $600,000 University of South Florida to establish a Center for the Development of Information Technology (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Young (FL), Putnam
2008 NY $30,000 Village of Elmsford (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Nita Lowey
2008 CO $393,760 The Town of Bayfield for wastewater facility upgrade project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT John Salazar Allard, Ken Salazar
2008 WV $196,880 Mussel Recovery (United States Fish and Wildlife Service – Resource Management) NBR S INT Byrd
2008 CO $312,000 Avista Adventist Hospital, Louisville, for health information systems (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR LABHHS Udall (CO), Mark Allard, Salazar
2008 MT $195,000 Marias Medical Center, Shelby, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Rehberg, Dennis Baucus
2008 NY $97,000 State University of New York at Potsdam, for teacher training initiatives (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS McHugh, John Clinton, Schumer
2008 CA $341,000 Mira Costa Community College District, Oceanside, for a nursing education program, including purchase of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Issa, Darrell
2008 VA $536,000 Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, for pediatric facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Drake, Thelma Warner
2008 IA $487,000 Mercy Medical Center-House of Mercy, Des Moines, for facil. and equip. related to sub. abuse (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Boswell, Leonard Harkin, Grassley
2008 WI $121,000 University of Wisconsin Whitewater, to establish a certification program for science teachers (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kohl
2008 PA $87,000 Philadelphia University, for the Scientific Reasoning/Inquiry Based Education initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 UT $371,000 Internet Keep Safe Coalition, Salt Lake, to provide educational materials to K-12 students regarding Internet safely (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Bennett
2008 WV $17,300,000 Replace aircraft maintenance hangar, Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport, Shepherd Field (Air National Guard) NBR S MILCON Byrd
2008 PA $147,000 Mayfair Community Development Corporation in Philadelphia for construction, renovation and buildout of the Devon Theatre of Performing Arts (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Schwartz
2008 CO $490,000 I-76 (Colorado's NE Gateway) (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR THUD Musgrave Salazar
2008 NY $392,000 Elmira College for preparation of construction plans to renovate a building (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Kuhl Schumer
2008 Multi-State $2,940,000 Northwest NJ-Northeast PA Passenger Rail Project (New Starts/Fixed Guideway) NBR H THUD Frelinghuysen
2008 $392,000 VITRAN Purchase, USVI (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Christensen
2008 LA $1,960,000 Interstate 10 Service Road Corridor, Lake Charles (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR S THUD Landrieu, Vitter
2008 DE $328,300 Airframe Maintenanvce Technology AAS Degree Program (Research [FAA]) NBR S THUD Carper
2008 TX $1,550,073 Plant Stress and Water Conservation Lab, Lubbock (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Neugebauer
2008 Multi-State $1,714,911 Efficient Irrigation [NM, TX] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Extension Activities) NBR AG Conaway, Edwards, Ortiz, Reyes, Rodriguez, Wilson Bingaman, Domenici, Hutchison, Cornyn
2008 VT $240,306 Biosafety (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR S AG Leahy
2008 CA $94,000 Garden Grove (Law Enforcement Technology (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Sanchez (Loretta)
2008 WV $79,900 Keyser Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Mollohan
2008 $940,000 Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Minority NASA Science Initiative (NASA) NBR H COM Jackson Lee, Norton, Cummings, Meek, Watt
2008 WA $394,800 Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, for a statewide meth initiative (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Dicks, Inslee, Larsen, Baird, Hastings (Doc), McMorris Rodgers, Reichert, Smith (Adam) Murray, Cantwell
2008 AR $235,000 Independence County Sheriff's Department Campus Digital Card Access System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Berry Lincoln, Pryor
2008 AL $94,000 City of Daphne for wireless technology upgrades (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 FL $2,400,000 National Terrorism Preparedness Institute counter-terrorism technology development training (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Young (FL)

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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