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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Title Cost State Status Bill Chamber Year House Sponsors Senate Sponsors
Center for Creative Land Recycling, San Francisco for technical assistance related to redevelopment project, including environmental project scoping and feasibility (Economic Development Initiative) $427,500 CA THUD 2009 Pelosi
Bristol Township Police Department Bristol Township Police Department for law enforcement technologies Bristol (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) $400,000 PA COM 2009 Murphy, Patrick J.
North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park, for K-12 STEM teaching materials and teacher training (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) $95,000 NC LABHHS 2009 Miller, Brad
Lenwood Road Grade Separation Project (Surface Transportation Priorities) $237,500 CA THUD 2009 McKeon
Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, for the GreenForce center, including outreach and recruitment of students for clean energy training (Education: Higher Education) $238,000 CA LABHHS 2009 Matsui, Doris O.
Gundersen Lutheran Decorah Clinic, Decorah, for purchase of equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $95,000 IA LABHHS 2009 Latham, Tom Harkin
Literacy Council of Alaska, Fairbanks, to train adult volunteers to tutor school-age children in reading, writing and mathematics (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) $81,000 AK LABHHS 2009 Young, Don
City of Council Bluffs for housing rehabilitation and construction in the Playland Park neighborhood located north of I-480 and west of I-29 in Council Bluffs (Economic Development Initiative) $475,000 IA THUD 2009 King, Steve Harkin, Grassley
Center for Innovative Food Technology (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Federal Administration) $793,000 OH AG 2009 Kaptur, Marcy
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Powered Tactical Smart Charger (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $1,600,000 NY DEF 2009 Walsh
Naval Ship Hydrodynamic Test Facilities (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) $4,000,000 None DEF 2009 Van Hollen Cardin, Mikulski
Radio Personality Modules for SINCGARS Test Sets (Other Procurement – Army) $2,400,000 None DEF 2009 Tiahrt Roberts
Lightweight Composite Structure Development for Aerospace Vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) $800,000 OK DEF 2009 Sullivan Inhofe
Black Hills National Forest (US Forest Service – Land Acquisition) $1,900,000 SD INT 2009 Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie Johnson, Thune
Advanced Radar Transceiver IC Development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $800,000 None DEF 2009 Harman, Hayes
Equine Research and Science (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Federal Administration) $235,000 TN AG 2009 Gordon, Bart
Police Athletic League Norristown Youth Program Support Norristown (Juvenile Justice) $92,000 PA COM 2009 Gerlach, Jim
University of Nebraska-Medical Center, Omaha, NE to establish an environmental health informatics database (HHS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) $238,000 NE LABHHS 2009 Fortenberry, Jeff, Terry, Lee Ben Nelson
Senior Citizen Transportation Vehicle, North Arlington (Buses and Bus Facilities) $95,000 NJ THUD 2009 Rothman
Shubert Center, Minneapolis (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) $240,000 MN INT 2009 Ellison, Keith Coleman
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, Pittsburgh, for science and technology initiative, which may include the purchase of software and equipment (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) $285,000 PA LABHHS 2009 Doyle, Michael F.
City of Doral City of Doral Police Department City of Doral (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) $500,000 FL COM 2009 Diaz-Balart, Mario Bill Nelson
Kinzua Dam Marina Repairs (US Forest Service – Capital Improvement and Maintenance) $300,000 PA INT 2009 Peterson, John E.
Southwest Consortium for Plant Genetics and Water Resources (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Special Research Grants) $271,000 NM AG 2009 Pastor, Ed; Grijalva, Raul M. Bingaman, Domenici
Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern CT Boys and Girls Club Groton (Juvenile Justice) $125,000 CT COM 2009 Courtney, Joe
Engenuity SC for the Commercialization and Entrepreneurial Training Project (Small Business Association) $294,772 SC FINSER 2009 Clyburn
The New Castle County Police Department for a program to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of license plate scanning technology for law enforcement New Cause (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) $200,000 DE COM 2009 Castle, Michael N. Biden, Carper
Santa Maria River levees (Corps of Engineers: Construction) $6,699,000 CA ENERGY 2009 Capps, Lois; Gallegly, Elton Feinstein, Boxer
U.S. Agricultural Research Service Laboratory, Canal Point (Agricultural Research Service: Buildings and Facilities) $1,096,000 FL AG 2009 Melancon, Charlie; Boyd, Allen Martinez, Bill Nelson
City of Marlborough, Westerly Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Water and Wastewater Infrastructure) $500,000 MA INT 2009 McGovern, James P.; Olver, John W. Kennedy, Kerry
Advanced Lower Limb Prostheses for Battlefield Amputees (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $1,600,000 MA DEF 2009 Markey, McGovern Kennedy, Kerry
Logistics Technology Improvements (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Marine Corps) $1,600,000 None DEF 2009 Bishop, Sanford Chambliss, Isakson
Spintronics Memory Storage Technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $2,400,000 CA DEF 2009 Lewis (CA)
Defense Applications of Carbonate Fuel Cells (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $1,600,000 None DEF 2009 Larson
Louisiana Primary Care Association, Inc., Baton Rouge, for purchase of equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $190,000 LA LABHHS 2009 Alexander, Rodney Landrieu
Kapolei Interchange Complex (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) $475,000 HI THUD 2009 Abercrombie, Neil
Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health (Defense Health Program) $3,000,000 None DEF 2009
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, for construction, renovation and equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $571,000 TN LABHHS 2009 Alexander
Automated Language and Cultural Analysis for National Security (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $2,000,000 MD DEF 2009 Hoyer, Cummings, Edwards (MD), Sarbanes, Van Hollen Cardin, Mikulski
Turning Points Network!< Turning Points Network!< Economic Independence and Self Sufficiency for Domestic Violence Survivors Program Claremont (Byrne Discretionary Grants) $380,000 NH COM 2009 Hodes, Paul W.
Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA, to continue the Harkin Wellness Grant program (HHS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) $951,000 IA LABHHS 2009 Harkin
Readiness Center, Elko (Army National Guard) $11,375,000 NV MILCON 2009 Heller Reid, Ensign
United Way of Anchorage, for the 211 project to provide a statewide health and human services management system for Alaska (HHS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) $571,000 AK LABHHS 2009 Murkowski
Montana Department of Commerce, for technical assistance and operating expenses of the Native American and WIRED program (Small Business Association) $494,000 MT FINSER 2009 Baucus, Tester
STRATCOM Replacement Facility Design (Air Force) $10,000,000 Multi-State MILCON 2009 Nelson (NE)
Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) $1,200,000 HI DEF 2009 Akaka
Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute. IA, MO, WI, NV (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Special Research Grants) $1,139,000 Multi-State AG 2009 Emerson, Jo Ann; Hulshof, Kenny C.; Latham, Tom Bond, Grassley, Harkin, Kohl, Reid
AVANCE, Inc., Waco, for a family literacy program (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) $95,000 TX LABHHS 2009 Edwards, Chet
Vermont Global Trade Partnership to assist small businesses to participate in trade missions, Montpelier (International Trade Administration) $400,000 VT COM 2009 Leahy
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Schnecksville, for purchase of equipment (Education: Higher Education) $209,000 PA LABHHS 2009 Dent, Charles W.

Legend

Status ABR – Above president's budget request
NBR – No budget request by president
Bill AG – Agriculture
COM – Commerce
DEF – Defense
FINSER – Financial Services
FOROP – Foreign Operations
HS – Homeland Security
INT – Interior
LEG – Legislative
MILCON – Military Construction
THUD – Transportation/Housing and Urban Development
VAHUD – Veterans Affairs/Housing and Urban Development
Chamber C – Inserted in conference committee
H – Inserted in the House
S – Inserted in the Senate
HS – Inserted in the House and Senate