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 MA $165,000 Brockton Area Private Industry Council, Inc., for workforce development programs (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Lynch, Stephen Kennedy, Kerry
2008 TX $312,000 University of Tex. Pan American, Edinburg, for the S. Tex. Border Hlth Disparities Cnt Prog. on prev. obesity in minority pops. (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Hinojosa, Ruben
2008 KY $195,000 North Kentucky University Research Foundation, Highland Heights, for the METS Center (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Davis (KY), Geoff
2008 SC $243,000 Erskine College, Due West, for an elementary and secondary school arts initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Barrett (SC)
2008 PA $87,000 Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington, for construction and renovation of Wash. Hospital (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 MI $292,000 United Way Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, for the Communities of Early Learning Initiative (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Levin, Stabenow
2008 UT $48,000 George S. Eccles Ice Center, North Logan, to expand the science, physical education, and creative movement program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Hatch
2008 VT $1,323,000 Rutland State Airport Lighting (MALSR) Improvements (Facilities and Equipment) NBR THUD Welch Leahy
2008 MI $490,000 Latson Road Interchange at I-96 in Livingston City (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR H THUD Rogers (MI)
2008 ME $490,000 Arnold Bridge improvement, Willimantic (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Michaud
2008 WI $490,000 Outagamie County Regional Airport improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Kagen
2008 MO $245,000 Route 63 Howell/Oregon Counties (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Emerson
2008 NC $367,500 US 17 in Beaufort County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Butterfield Dole
2008 IN $137,200 Randolph County YMCA to build a new licensed child care facility for 93 children (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Lugar
2008 VT $328,300 Vermont Federal Lands Projects Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR S THUD Leahy
2008 GA $144,978 Poult Enteritis-Mortality Syndrome, Athens (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Kingston Chambliss
2008 GA $368,403 Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality Enhancements (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Bishop (GA), Kingston, Marshall Chambliss, Isakson
2008 CA $47,000 Gardena Police Department security enhancements (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Waters
2008 AZ $564,000 City of Sedona (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Renzi
2008 MN $564,000 St. Paul Police Department interoperable 800 MHz radio equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM McCollum Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 HI $1,339,500 Imiloa Astronomy Center, Hilo, for operations (NASA) NBR COM Hirono Inouye
2008 NY $164,500 Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, Bronx (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Crowley
2008 AL $28,200 Altoona Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Aderholt
2008 MS $705,000 Local Initiative Support Corporation, Jackson, to provide community law enforcement training (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Cochran
2008 $1,600,000 Integrated Medicine, Communications, Compassion, Chronic, Care Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Visclosky
2008 $1,000,000 Improved collapsible urethane fuel storage tanks (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Regula, Davis, David Voinovich
2008 $1,600,000 Acid alkaline direct methanol fuel cell technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF McIntyre, Price (NC)
2008 $1,600,000 Distributed Detection Classification and Localization (DCL) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Israel
2008 $1,000,000 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Networked Tactical Training System (NTTS) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Drake
2008 $800,000 Minesweeping System replacement (MCM-1 Class Combat System Upgrade/Acoustic Generators) (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF Boyd
2008 UT $2,000,000 Aging landing gear life extension (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Bennett, Hatch
2008 CO $10,000,000 Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction) NBR S DEF Allard, Salazar
2008 Multi-State $196,800 Walla Walla River Watershed, OR & WA (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Walden; McMorris Murray; Wyden; Smith; Cantwell
2008 CO $984,000 Northern Hemisphere Pierre Auger Observatory in Colorado for the Northern Hemisphere location of a Particle Detection Observatory (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Musgrave Allard
2008 SD $2,952,000 Perkins County Rural Water System (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR ENERGY Herseth Johnson; Thune
2008 CA $411,312 Heacock and Cactus Channels (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Calvert Feinstein
2008 IA $34,440 Maquoketa River Flood Warning (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Grassley
2008 OR $1,189,000 Detroit Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AK $172,200 Homer Harbor modification (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Stevens
2008 CA $282,000 San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, SPUR Urban Center (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Pelosi
2008 OH $500,000 City of Whitehall (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS David Hobson
2008 MD $98,440 Rackliffe Plantation House (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Gilchrest
2008 NH $492,200 The City of Manchester for stormwater facilities construction project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Gregg
2008 WA $48,000 Communities in Schools of Tacoma, for after-school programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Smith (WA), Adam
2008 PA $282,000 Clarion Health Center, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Peterson (PA), John Specter
2008 MA $341,000 Gavin Foundation, South Boston, for the Cushing House facility for adolescents (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Lynch, Stephen
2008 NY $97,000 Institute for Family Health, for health information system across all eight academic health centers (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Hinchey, Maurice
2008 IL $234,000 Home of Life Community Development Corp., for a financial services training and placement program (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Davis (IL), Danny
2008 IA $536,000 St. Ambrose University, Davenport, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Barley (IA), Bruce Harkin, Grassley
2008 VT $195,000 University of Vermont, Burlington, to establish a child psychiatry fellowship program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Leahy

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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