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 CA $984,000 Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Project (Previously in House Cal-Bay Delta) (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR ENERGY Calvert, Dreier Feinstein
2008 Multi-State $6,836,832 Lock & Dam 27, Mississippi River (Rehabilitation) (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Durbin; Bond
2008 OR $1,275,000 Fern Ridge Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AK $257,808 McGrath (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Stevens
2008 ND $250,000 Great Plains Energy Corridor Coordinating Office, Bismarck (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Pomeroy Dorgan, Conrad
2008 NC $7,500,000 RTI International (Science and Technology Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations) NBR C HS David Price
2008 NY $492,200 The Town of Halfmoon for the Halfmoon Water Line (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Gillibrand
2008 NJ $196,880 Pennsauken Township for combined sewer study (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 WA $146,000 Clover Park Technical College, Lakewood, for an institute for environmental sustainability in the workforce (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Smith (WA), Adam
2008 WI $195,000 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Petri, Thomas Kohl
2008 MA $204,000 Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, for medical technologies professional training programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Lynch, Stephen Kennedy, Kerry
2008 HI $487,000 Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, for educational activities (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Hirono, Mazie
2008 KY $292,000 Gateway Community and Technical College, Ft. Mitchell, for the Center for Advanced Manufacturing Competitiveness (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Davis (KY), Geoff
2008 GA $243,000 Washington County, Regional Medical Center, Sandersville, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Barrow, John
2008 NH $330,000 University of New Hampshire, Manchester Campus, to expand academic programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Sununu
2008 PA $25,000 Shepherd's Maternity House, Inc., East Stroudsburg, for abstinence education and related services (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 DC $97,000 First Book, Washington, for the Maine Literacy Initiative for Low-Income Children (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Collins, Snowe
2008 VT $490,000 Streetscape Improvement Project, Bennington (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Welch
2008 CA $490,000 San Diego Freeway (I-405) widening and improvement (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR H THUD Rohrabacher
2008 ME $147,000 Penobscot Theatre Company to renovate the Bangor Opera House (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Michaud Collins, Snowe
2008 WI $1,470,000 Austin Straubel International Airport, Runway 6/24 pavement reconstruction (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Kagen
2008 MO $784,000 Nash Road/Route AB, Cape Girardeau County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Emerson
2008 IN $490,000 Ronald Reagan Parkway, Hendricks County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Buyer Lugar
2008 RI $196,000 Ocean Community YMCA, Camp Watchaug redevelopment, Westerly (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Reed, Whitehouse
2008 SD $196,000 City of Spearfish, Industrial Park Infrastructure Construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Johnson
2008 GA $246,264 Nematology Research, Tifton (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Kingston, Marshall Chambliss, Isakson
2008 GA $700,065 Water Use Reduction, Dawson (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Bishop (GA), Kingston, Marshall Chambliss
2008 CA $423,000 Inglewood Computer-Aided Dispatch/Records Management System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Waters
2008 NY $164,500 Amherst Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Reynolds
2008 LA $94,000 North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory Commission, Shreveport, for forensics equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM McCrery Vitter
2008 OH $940,000 Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Hobson
2008 WY $470,000 Rural Criminal Justice Center at Central Wyoming College (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Cubin Barrasso
2008 AL $761,400 Jasper Police Department (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Aderholt Shelby
2008 NV $446,500 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police to upgrade a command vehicle to coordinate law enforcement activities (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Reid
2008 $1,600,000 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell 7 Battery Recharger Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Visclosky
2008 $2,500,000 Distributed Multi-Platform Sensor Support System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Rehberg
2008 $1,000,000 Lithium ion battery cell Production (Defense Production Act) NBR H DEF McKeon
2008 $1,440,000 High pressure airbeam shelter cost reduction technology improvements (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Issa
2008 $3,000,000 MBU-20/P oxygen mask and mask light (Operation and Maintenance – Air Force) NBR H DEF Dreier
2008 $1,000,000 Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Center (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Boyd Martinez
2008 $2,000,000 Joint technical network test environment (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Bingaman, Domenici
2008 $10,000,000 Peer-reviewed Ovarian Cancer Research Program (Defense Health Program) NBR DEF
2008 NY $393,600 Irondequoit Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Walsh
2008 NC $492,000 Building Materials Reclamation Program (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Myrick Dole
2008 NY $1,986,000 Buffalo Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Higgins
2008 CA $98,400 Riverside Corona feeder (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR C ENERGY Calvert
2008 LA $246,000 City of Gretna GIS (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Landrieu
2008 OR $1,247,000 Yaquina Bay and Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Smith; Wyden
2008 AK $257,808 Little Diomede Harbor (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Stevens
2008 PA $175,000 Mifflin County Industrial Development Corporation (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Peterson (PA)

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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