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 $1,600,000 Advanced composite materials research for air and ground vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Rogers (MI) Levin, Stabenow
2008 FL $1,000,000 Joint Gulf Range Complex Test and Training Independency Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Miller (FL), Boyd
2008 $1,000,000 Internal base facility energy independence – wind/turbine (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Kaptur
2008 $2,400,000 Ultra Light Camouflage Net Systems (ULCANS) (Operation and Maintenance – Marine Corps) NBR DEF Etheridge Dole
2008 FL $1,600,000 Portable continuous monitor for biodetection (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Brown (FL)
2008 $2,000,000 Low acoustic and thermal signature battlefield power source (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Baucus, Tester
2008 $6,400,000 Tri-Service Nursing Program (Defense Health Program) NBR C DEF
2008 CA $7,429,000 Dry Creek (Warm Springs) Lake and Channel (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Woolsey Feinstein
2008 NJ $98,400 Shrewsbury River and Tributaries (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Pallone Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 OH $984,000 Columbus Children's Hospital Imaging Equipment (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Hobson; Pryce
2008 KY $295,200 Eastern Kentucky University chemical research instrumentation (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Chandler
2008 MD $280,440 Cumberland (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Mikulski, Cardin
2008 PA $2,882,000 Blue Marsh Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 WA $135,000 Tacoma, Puyallup River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 PA $300,000 Altoona-Blair County Development Corporation's Entrepreneurial Institute, Altoona (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Shuster Specter
2008 AL $3,750,000 Fourteen Mile Bridge, Mobile (Coast Guard Alteration of Bridges) NBR HS Jo Bonner Shelby, Spencer Bachus
2008 NH $98,440 Daniel Webster Farmhouse, Franklin (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Hodes
2008 ME $295,320 The City of Presque Isle for wastewater treatment plant relocation project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Snowe, Collins
2008 OK $195,000 Tulsa Public Schools, for innovative programming for students at risk of dropping out, including curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Sullivan, John Inhofe
2008 OH $195,000 The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Pryce (OH), Deborah Voinovich
2008 CA $78,000 California Senior Legal Hotline, Sacramento, for a demo. proj. to increase services to non-English-speaking seniors (Administration on Aging – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Matsui, Doris
2008 OR $550,000 Chemeketa Community College, Salem, for health sciences education and training programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Hooley, Darlene Wyden
2008 CT $97,000 Gateway Community College, New Haven, for a radiography and radiation therapy training program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS DeLauro, Rosa
2008 GA $97,000 YBH Project, Inc., Albany, for nutrition, fitness and education programs for middle school students and their families (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Bishop (GA), Sanford
2008 WA $136,000 Pacific Mountain Workforce Consortium, Tumwater, for training of qualified foresters and restoration professionals in Lewis County (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Murray
2008 MT $170,000 Northcentral Montana Healthcare Alliance, Great Falls, for health information technology (Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Tester
2008 NY $146,000 Abyssinian Development Corporation, to support and expand youth and family displacement prevention programs (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Clinton, Schumer
2008 OR $147,000 City of Astoria for planning, design and construction of the Chinese Heritage Park (Economic Development Initative) NBR H THUD Wu
2008 OH $196,000 Kent State Multimodal Transportation Facility, Kent (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Ryan Voinovich
2008 VA $980,000 Route 1 Bus Rapid Transit, Potomac Yard-Crystal City, Alexandria and Arlington (Small Starts) NBR THUD Moran Webb, Warner
2008 IA $245,000 U.S. 34 Bridge Mills County (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR H THUD King (IA)
2008 PA $637,000 Philadelphia International Airport runway rehabilitation (9R/27L) (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Fattah
2008 PA $656,600 Valley View Business Park Access Road (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Carney Casey
2008 MS $784,000 John C. Stennis Institute for the Capacity Development Initiative (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Cochran
2008 SD $196,000 City of Watertown, uptown revitalization (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Johnson
2008 Multi-State $893,700 Biomass-based Energy Research [MS, OK] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Lucas Inhofe
2008 Multi-State $7,110,873 Tropical and Subtropical Research/T-Star (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Boyd, Fortuno, Hirono, Young (FL) Akaka, Inouye
2008 VA $188,000 Northwest Regional Drug Task Force (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Wolf Warner, Webb
2008 NJ $94,000 Ohel At-Risk Youth and Child Abuse Prevention Program, Teaneck (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Rothman, Garrett Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 FL $211,500 City of Flagler Beach (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Mica Nelson (Bill)
2008 MD $470,000 Bowie Police law enforcement technology upgrades (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Hoyer
2008 CA $164,500 City of San Diego Children's Initiative Youth Diversion Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Davis (Susan)
2008 WI $493,500 Fitchburg Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Baldwin
2008 CT $223,250 KidsPeace Inc, New Haven for a children's mental health crisis program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR S COM Dodd
2008 $1,600,000 ARH-70A Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Vehicle Health and Usage Management System (VHUMS) Demonstration (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Welch
2008 $1,600,000 Air-supported temper tent (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF Rogers (KY)
2008 $1,600,000 Moving target strike (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Miller (FL)
2008 $1,000,000 Domestically produced atomized magnesium for defense (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Kaptur
2008 $2,400,000 Myeloid Progenitor for Acute Radiation Syndrome (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Eshoo, Lantos Boxer
2008 $1,600,000 Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) training (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) NBR H DEF Brown (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