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 IA $479,619 Human Nutrition (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Latham Grassley, Harkin
2008 DC $695,100 U.S. National Arboretum, Washington (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR H AG Blumenauer, Norton
2008 IL $460,000 Will Countyfor technology interoperability improvements (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Weller, Biggert Durbin
2008 AL $150,400 City of Rockford (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Rogers (Mike) AL
2008 CA $540,500 Tri-Valley Cities East Bay Regional Communications System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM McNerney, Tauscher Boxer
2008 NJ $305,500 City of Trenton YouthStat Crime Prevention Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Holt, Smith (Christopher) Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 AL $141,000 City of Bessemer for emergency operations and communications (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Davis (Artur) Shelby
2008 PA $235,000 Beaver County Emergency Services Center for public safety radio systems acquisition and upgrades (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Altmire Casey, Specter
2008 KY $705,000 University of Louisville Research Foundation for forensics equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM McConnell
2008 TN $3,500,000 Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System demonstration at UTC SimCenter (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Wamp
2008 $1,000,000 Oblique imaging and software tool for marine installations (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Reynolds
2008 $2,400,000 Cold Weather Layering System (Operation and Maintenance – Marine Corps) NBR DEF Meehan, Rogers (MI), Walberg Kennedy, Kerry, Levin, Stabenow, Sununu
2008 $2,400,000 Secure grids for network centric operations (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Johnson, Sam Cornyn
2008 $3,200,000 Military High Pressure Packaging Project (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Ellsworth Bayh, Lugar
2008 IL $2,000,000 Castings for improved defense readiness (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Boyda, Bean, Kennedy Casey, Durbin, Reed, Roberts, Whitehouse
2008 ND $2,400,000 MEMS antenna for wireless comms/UAVs (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Conrad, Dorgan
2008 $41,700,000 Advanced hypersonic weapon technology Demonstration (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Cochran, Sessions, Shelby
2008 IL $492,000 Will County (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Weller
2008 WI $442,800 St. Croix Falls (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Obey
2008 HI $738,000 Surge and wave island modeling studies (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Hirono Inouye
2008 CA $227,304 San Joaquin River Basin, West Stanislaus County, Orestimba Creek (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Cardoza Feinstein
2008 MD $438,864 Baltimore Metropolitan Water Resources, Gwynns Falls (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Mikulski; Cardin
2008 OK $3,423,000 Tenkiller Ferry Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Inhofe
2008 WI $1,405,000 Milwaukee Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IL $125,000 Rochester Tooling and Machining Association for workforce development programs (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Reynolds
2008 KY $8,800,000 Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (FEMA State and Local Programs) NBR C HS Harold Rogers
2008 IL $295,320 The Village of Steward for Wastewater Infrastructure (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Hastert
2008 OK $295,320 The City of Ardmore for wastewater and water quality protection project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Inhofe
2008 OH $268,000 Knox Community Hospital, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Space, Zachary Voinovich
2008 ND $975,000 Bismarck State College, for an instrumentation and control training program for the energy industry (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Pomeroy, Earl Dorgan, Conrad
2008 MA $365,000 Whidden Memorial Hospital, Everett, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Markey, Edward
2008 NH $146,000 Plymouth State University, for an evidence-based model for promoting and enabling appropriate daily physical activity (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Hodes, Paul
2008 OR $97,000 Springfield Public School District No. 19, for an Academy of Arts and Academics (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS DeFazio, Peter Wyden
2008 CA $121,000 St. John's Well Child and Family Center, L.A., for a patient education program (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Becerra, Xavier
2008 RI $828,000 Salve Regina University, Newport, for historic preservation education programs including equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Reed, Whitehouse
2008 NY $487,000 North Country Children's Clinic, Inc., Watertown, for construction and renovation (Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Clinton, Schumer
2008 PA $165,000 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter, Casey
2008 KY $1,960,000 Paducah Area Transit System (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Whitfield McConnell
2008 CA $98,000 Red Car Trolley engineering study (Alternatives Analysis) NBR H THUD Roybal Allard
2008 AZ $490,000 Main Street Bus Rapid Transit Buses, Mesa (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Mitchell Kyl
2008 FL $245,000 Hurricane evacuation route signalization (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Keller
2008 CA $392,000 Palo Alto Intermodal Transit Center (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Eshoo
2008 UT $4,018,000 Provo Orem Bus Rapid Transit (Small Starts) NBR THUD Cannon Bennett, Hatch
2008 KS $205,800 United Methodist Youthville, Dodge City, to provide a central kitchen/dining facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Roberts
2008 MO $550,760 Synergy Services, Inc in Kansas City to design and construct a homeless youth shelter and campus NBR S THUD Bond
2008 IA $223,425 New Century Farm (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Latham Grassley, Harkin
2008 OR $260,166 Multi-commodity Research (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Blumenauer, Hooley, Wu Smith (OR), Wyden
2008 IL $350,000 McLean County for a drug court (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Weller Durbin, Obama
2008 AL $61,100 Calhoun and Cleburne Counties Drug and Crime Task Force (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Rogers (Mike) AL
2008 CA $94,000 San Joaquin County interoperable communications equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM McNerney, Cardoza

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