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.
Reset
Showing 50 of 141,053 earmarks
FY State Cost Description Status Chamber Appropriation House Senate
2008 NC $234,348 Mariculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Federal Administration) NBR AG McIntyre Dole
2008 CA $521,325 Fresh produce food safety (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Calvert, Fair Boxer, Feinstein
2008 KY $493,500 Louisville Metropolitan Police Department mobile data computers (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Yarmuth
2008 IL $94,000 Alsip Police Department equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Rush
2008 NC $235,000 Elon University of Law, Juvenile Justice Intervention and Mediation Clinic, Greensboro (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Miller, Brad Coble, Dole
2008 MO $188,000 Northeast Missouri Narcotics Task Force (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Hulshof
2008 MA $94,000 Right Whale Disentanglement Program Center for Coastal Studies (NOAA) NBR H COM Delahunt
2008 CA $65,800 Elyssian Valley United Community Services Center, Los Angeles, Giant Step Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Becerra
2008 IA $194,000 Department of Public Safety, Polk County, for investigation and prosecution of unsolved crimes using DNA evidence (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Harkin
2008 $1,600,000 Aluminum Nitride for Substrates and Devices (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Wilson (SC)
2008 $800,000 Advanced architecture designs supporting U.S. Army Net Centric Warfare (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Rothman, Andrews
2008 $3,200,000 NIROP industrial facilities materials staging area (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF Mollohan
2008 $3,200,000 Improved Submarine Thin-Line Towed Array Handler (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Kennedy Reed
2008 $2,000,000 Urban Warfare Analysis Center (UWAC) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Fallin Inhofe
2008 $1,600,000 Environmentally sealed, ruggedized avionics displays (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Butterfield, Hayes
2008 $1,600,000 Chemical/Biological Infrared Detection System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Collins
2008 $8,000,000 Vehicle Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Logistics Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Levin
2008 KY $98,400 Metropolitan Louisville, Southwest (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Yarmuth
2008 AZ $1,689,528 Rio De Flag Flagstaff (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Pastor; Renzi Kyl
2008 CA $438,864 Upper Guadalupe River (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Honda; Lofgren Feinstein
2008 SC $1,476,000 Hydrogen fuel cell development in Columbia (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Clyburn
2008 VT $984,000 University of Vermont in Burlington to conduct research of MRI science (Department of Energy: Science) NBR S ENERGY Leahy
2008 PA $1,190,000 Francis E. Walter Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 WY $307,000 Jackson Hole Levees (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IN $282,000 Expansion of the Incubator at the Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Visclosky
2008 NY $300,000 Bronx project, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) NBR C HS Jose Serrano
2008 IL $140,769 The Village of Hazel Crest for Water Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Jackson
2008 KY $295,320 The City of Ewing in Fleming County for wastewater construction project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Bunning
2008 TX $536,000 Texas Technology Univ. Health Science. Ctr., El Paso and Lubbock, for fac. equip. W. TX Cent. for Flu Rsch, Ed. and Treattment (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Thornberry, Mac, Reyes, Silvestre, Conaway, K.
2008 WV $273,000 Summers County Commission, Hinton, for the Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospital (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Rahall, Nick
2008 MN $487,000 Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, for nursing education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS McCollum (MN), Betty Klobuchar, Coleman
2008 MD $292,000 Best Buddies Maryland, Baltimore for mentoring programs for persons with intellectual disabilities (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Hoyer, Steny
2008 WA $243,000 Washington State University, Tacoma for it's Center for Community Education, Enrichment, and Urban Studies (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Dicks, Norman Cantwell, Murray
2008 OR $82,000 Legacy Health System, for telemedicine equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Blumenauer, Earl, Walden; Greg Smith
2008 AK $975,000 Alaska Family Practice Residency Program, Anchorage, to support it's family practice residency program (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR S LABHHS Stevens
2008 NC $97,000 University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, to study impact of a primary care practice model to improve the care of Medicare-eligible populations (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Burr
2008 PA $24,000 A+ For Abstinence, Waynesboro, for abstinence education and related services (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 FL $98,000 Eckerd College in St. Peterburg for construction of a center for programs serving low income and at-risk youth (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Young (FL)
2008 CA $147,000 Feedback Foundation in Anaheim for renovation and buildout of a facility that provides meals for low-income seniors (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Sanchez, Loretta
2008 CT $735,000 U.S. 44 improvements, Avon (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Murphy (CT)
2008 FL $980,000 I-95 Interchange of Yamato Road and Spanish-River, Boca Raton (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR H THUD Klein
2008 CA $490,000 School zone safety improvements, Chula Vista (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Filner
2008 TX $392,000 City of Round Rock for infrastructure and sidewalk improvements on Main Street from IH35 to San Saba Street (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Carter
2008 WA $102,900 Grays Harbor Transit Vehicle Replacement (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Murray, Cantwell
2008 MS $980,000 Tupela Thoroughfare Corridor, Tupela Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR S THUD Wicker
2008 MN $308,823 Cereal Disease, St. Paul (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG McCollum, Peterson, Ramstad, Walz Coleman, Klobuchar, Johnson (SD)
2008 NC $319,746 Technical Assistance to Livestock Poultry Industry (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR AG Butterfield, Etheridge, Price (NC)
2008 KY $141,000 Bates CDC programs for at-risk youth, Louisville (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Yarmuth
2008 MD $893,000 Capital Wireless Information Network (CapWIN), Greenbelt, for wireless database access and for public safety personnel in the National Capital region (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR C COM Ruppersberger, Hollen Mikulski
2008 FL $352,500 Escambia County (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Miller (Jeff) Martinez

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