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 NC $3,400,000 North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS David Price
2008 Multi-State $935,180 Chesapeake Bay Forestry Program (Forest Service – State and Private Forestry) NBR INT Gilchrest Cardin, Mikulski, Warner, Casey, Webb
2008 NH $295,320 The City of Greenfield for wastewater treatment project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Sununu
2008 WA $195,000 Thurston-Mason County Medical Society, Olympia, for Project Access for the uninsured (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Smith (WA), Adam
2008 PA $195,000 Venango Technology Center, Oil City, for the purchase of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Peterson (PA), John
2008 MA $312,000 Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Lynch, Stephen Kennedy, Kerry
2008 TX $312,000 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, for epidemiological reseach and educational outreach (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Hinojosa, Ruben Hutchison
2008 KY $390,000 Mason County Board of Health, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Davis (KY), Geoff
2008 SC $97,000 Laurens County Health Care System, for an electronic health records initiative, including equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Barrett, J.
2008 KS $341,000 Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, for telehealth upgrades (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Brownback
2008 IA $146,000 Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa in Des Moines, for exhibits, multi-media collections, display (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 DC $219,000 First Book, Washington, for the expansion of programs in West Virginia (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Byrd
2008 VT $196,000 Highgate Recreation Center for renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Welch
2008 CA $245,000 Center for Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies (Research [FRA]) NBR H THUD Rohrabacher
2008 ME $245,000 Town of Millinocket for planning and design of the Penobscot Indian Cultural Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Michaud
2008 WI $392,000 City of Green Bay for construction of the Riverfront Boardwalk, as part of a redevelopment plan (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Kagen
2008 MO $245,000 Route 221, St. Francois and Iron Counties (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Emerson
2008 NC $245,000 Wilson Community Improvement Association, Inc. for renovation, construction and buildout of the Gee Corbett Village Senior Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Butterfield
2008 NE $588,000 Red Cloud, Cather Foundation for the Moon Black Project for historic renovations (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Hagel, Nelson
2008 WA $1,029,000 116th Street NE Interchange Improvement Project, Tulalip Tribes Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR S THUD Murray, Cantwell
2008 GA $70,503 Altamaha River Basin water quality project (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR AG Kingston . Chambliss, Isakson
2008 GA $581,898 Water Resources Management, Triton (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Bishop (GA), Kingston, Marshall Chambliss, Isakson
2008 CA $235,000 Gardena (Law Enforcement Technology (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Waters
2008 TX $1,222,000 El Paso Broadband Mobile Network (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Reyes Cornyn
2008 MN $470,000 St. Paul Police Department Police car camera and audio systems (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM McCollum Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 HI $408,900 Zero to Three Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers, Honolulu (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Hirono, Abercrombie
2008 WY $470,000 Public Safety Officer Training Center, Casper (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Cubin
2008 AL $131,600 Lamar County Sheriff's Department (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Aderholt
2008 NM $267,900 Laguna Pueblo Integrated Justice Center, Mescalero, for law enforcement courts detention equipment and operations (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Bingaman
2008 $1,600,000 Battlefield Automatic Life Status Monitor (BALSM) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Visclosky
2008 $5,600,000 Advanced Materials & Process for Armament Structures (AMPAS) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Regula, Sutton Brown
2008 $2,800,000 Ground combat systems open architecture electronic enhancements (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF McKeon Stabenow
2008 $1,600,000 Ground Multiband Terminal (GMT) (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Israel Clinton, Schumer
2008 VA $1,000,000 Automated Fiber Optic Manufacturing Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Drake, Meehan, Scott, (VA) Warner, Webb
2008 $800,000 Robotic Mobility Platform System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Boyd Gregg
2008 $2,000,000 Information Networking For Operational (INFORM) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 $10,000,000 CEROS (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Inouye
2008 NY $492,000 Onondaga Lake (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Walsh
2008 CO $984,000 Sorghum to ethanol research (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Musgrave; Perlmutter Allard
2008 SD $344,400 Watertown (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Herseth Johnson; Thune
2008 CA $236,160 San Clemente Shoreline (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Calvert
2008 IA $98,400 Wapello (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Grassley
2008 OR $1,225,000 Cougar Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AK $214,512 Kenai River Bluff erosion (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Stevens
2008 PA $175,000 Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Peterson (PA)
2008 WI $630,000 City of Stanley (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS David Obey
2008 MD $393,760 Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (United States Fish and Wildlife Service – Land Acquisition) NBR INT Gilchrest Mikulski
2008 NH $221,490 Lancaster for drinking water improvements project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Gregg
2008 WA $195,000 Northwest Center, Seattle, to provide and expand academic and vocational resources (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Smith (WA), Adam Murray, Cantwell
2008 PA $146,000 Bradford Area School District, Bradford, for the purchase of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Peterson (PA), John

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