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 CO $228,390 Russian Wheat Aphid (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Musgrave Allard, Salazar (Ken)
2008 DE $74,475 Avian Bioscience (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Castle Biden, Carper
2008 UT $5,560,800 Agricultural Research Center, Logan (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG Bennett
2008 CO $493,500 Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation Native American Law Enforcement Court System Detention Improvement Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Salazar (John) Salazar (Ken)
2008 WV $94,000 CHANGE Inc. at-risk youth program, Wheeling (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Mollohan
2008 CA $352,500 Riverside County Sheriffs Department (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Issa
2008 CT $282,000 Sea Research Foundation After School Program for at-risk youth, Mystic (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM DeLauro, Courtney Dodd, Lieberman
2008 NV $164,500 Las Vegas Youth Initiative (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Berkley, Porter Reid
2008 MS $376,000 City of Jackson for law enforcement technology upgrades (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Cochran
2008 $1,000,000 Land and Sea Special Operations (LASSO) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Young (AK)
2008 $4,800,000 Orthopedic Extremity Trauma Research Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Ruppersberger Harkin, Hutchison
2008 KS $2,400,000 Smoky Hill Range Urban Operations/Disaster City Training Site (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR H DEF Moran (KS)
2008 $4,400,000 Advanced Mobile Microgrid System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Kilpatrick, Conyers Levin, Stabenow
2008 $2,000,000 Acellular Matrix Constructs for Military Casualties (ACM) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Ferguson Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 $2,000,000 Counterinsurgency Biometrics Tactical Census Authentication Enrollment and Identification System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Capito
2008 $1,600,000 Shipboard production of synthetic logistics and aviation fuel (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Bennett, Hatch
2008 $4,000,000 Rapid repair UV curable structural adhesives (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Reed, Whitehouse
2008 $6,100,000 Operationally responsive space (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2008 IN $2,079,192 White River, Anderson (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Pence Lugar; Bayh
2008 MD $984,000 Submerged aquatic vegetation, Maryland (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Hoyer, Gilchrest Mikulski; Cardin
2008 IL $468,384 Melvin Price Lock & Dam (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Costello
2008 NM $1,476,000 WIPP in Carlsbad to support neutrino research (Department of Energy: Science) NBR S ENERGY Domenici; Bingaman
2008 PA $344,000 General Edgar Jadwin Dam and Reservoir (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 LA $40,000 Bayou Cocoorie and Tributaries (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River & Trib: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Landrieu
2008 NY $282,000 Phoenix House, Drug-free workplace initiatives (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Weiner
2008 MA $2,000,000 Chelsea Street Bridge, Chelsea (Coast Guard Alteration of Bridges) NBR HS Michael Capuano Edward Kennedy, John Kerry
2008 CA $984,400 The City of Big Bear Lake, Department of Water and Power to Upgrade the Pipeline Infrastructure (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Jerry Lewis Feinstein, Boxer
2008 Multi-State $319,930 Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wildlife Management Area (United States Fish and Wildlife Service – Land Acquisition) NBR S INT Tim Johnson, Thune
2008 MA $243,000 Children's Friend and Family Services, Salem, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Tierney, John
2008 OH $97,000 Canton Symphony Orchestra Assoc., for the Northeast Ohio Art Education Collaborative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Regula, Ralph
2008 MA $82,000 Anna Maria College, Paxton, for program development at the Molly Bish Center for the Protection of Children and the Elderly (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS McGovern, James Kennedy, Kerry
2008 WA $975,000 Northwest Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, for a Community Health Education and Simulation Center (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Inslee, Jay Murray, Cantwell
2008 IN $146,000 Madison Center, South Bend, for facil. and equipment for a clinic for ADHD (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Donnelly, Joe Bayh
2008 CA $146,000 Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Bono, Mary
2008 VA $390,000 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, for equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Warner, Webb
2008 PA $87,000 Seton Hill University, Greenburg, for substance abuse prevention programs (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 TX $731,000 Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, Austin, for the Presidential Timeline Project (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 TX $7,400,000 Child development center, Fort Hood (Army) NBR S MILCON Cornyn, Hutchison
2008 CA $147,000 Asian Youth Center of San Gabriel for acquisition of a multipurpose facility for the center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Schiff
2008 PA $49,000 The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in Greensburg for expansion of McKenna Hall (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Murphy, Tim
2008 MI $735,000 Detroit Science Center In Detroit for construction of the Michigan Careers in Engineering Theater (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Knollenberg
2008 NC $1,470,000 Statesville Regional Airport improvement (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Foxx, McHenry Dole, Burr
2008 FL $294,000 City of Tampa for construction of the Tampa Riverwalk as part of a redevelopment plan (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Castor
2008 MS $686,000 Audubon Mississippi, Pascagoula River Audubon Center, Moss Point to construct a nature-based education facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Cochran
2008 MN $1,102,500 St. Cloud Airport (Airport Improvement Program) NBR S THUD Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 CO $358,473 Water conservation project (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR AG Musgrave Allard, Salazar (Ken)
2008 DE $74,475 Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR AG Castle Biden, Carper
2008 $251,229 Driftless Area Initiative (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Klobuchar, Kohl
2008 OH $235,000 United Methodist Community Centers PATH Program, Youngstown and Warren (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Ryan (Tim)
2008 WV $235,000 KidsPeace/West Virginia KidConnect, Moundsville (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Mollohan

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