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 NY $2,400,000 Nanoscience Nanotechnology Institute (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Rangel
2008 NY $400,000 Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF McHugh
2008 $4,800,000 Net-Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Inslee
2008 $800,000 Advanced lightweight transparent armor for tactical wheeled vehicles and force protection (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Doyle
2008 $2,500,000 China Geospatial Data Project (Intelligence) NBR H DEF Boustany, Everett, Jindal
2008 $1,800,000 Commodity management systems consolidation (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Byrd
2008 $12,000,000 Unmanned Ground Vehicle Initiative (UGVI) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Levin
2008 IN $984,000 Notre Dame geothermal ionic liquids research (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Visclosky Lugar
2008 PA $246,000 Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Murphy, P.
2008 NV $984,000 Truckee Meadow Water Reclamation Facility (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Heller Reid
2008 IN $246,000 Indiana Wesleyan University School of Nursing (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Burton Lugar
2008 HI $68,880 Honolulu (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Inouye
2008 MD $130,000 Rhodes Point to Tylerton (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AK $172,200 Whittier Breakwater (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Stevens
2008 NY $282,000 Sephardic Angel Fund Financial Literacy & Business Youth Education Project, Brooklyn (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Nadler, Weiner
2008 PA $200,000 Wayne County Commissioners (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Christopher Carney
2008 NJ $2,461,000 Sparta Mountain South (Forest Service – Forest Legacy) NBR INT Garrett Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 ND $295,320 The City of Riverdale for water treatment plant upgrades (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Dorgan, Conrad
2008 NJ $97,000 Visitation Home, Inc., Yardville, for programs to assist developmentally disabled residents (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Smith (NJ), Christopher
2008 PA $195,000 PE4life, Kansas City, for physical education programs in the Titusville, Pennsylvania School District (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Peterson (PA), John
2008 OK $97,000 Redlands Community College, El Reno, for nursing programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Lucas, Frank Inhofe
2008 IN $73,000 Indiana University, for facilities and equipment for the School of Nursing (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Hill, Baron
2008 CA $78,000 Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc., for construction, renovation, and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Davis (CA), Susan Boxer
2008 LA $195,000 Louisana Arts and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, for curriculum development and purchase of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Baker, Richard
2008 TN $4,875,000 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the Baker Center for Public Policy (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Byrd, Cochran, Harkin
2008 PA $29,000 Nueva Esperanza, Phildalphia, for abstinence education and related services (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 PA $87,000 Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 NC $588,000 Rowan County Airport land acquisition (runway protection zone) (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Watt, Coble Dole
2008 KY $980,000 Interstate 66 Pike County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Rogers
2008 FL $490,000 Flager County bus and bus facilities (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Mica
2008 OH $490,000 Cuyahoga County Airport pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Jones Voinovich
2008 IL $686,000 Chicago Parks District for renovation of the historic Theatre on the Lake (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Emanuel
2008 TX $147,000 Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth for renovation of the Neighborhood Empowerment Zone (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Burgess
2008 HI $196,000 Pearl City Foundation, Momilani Community Center Adult Day Care and Child Care Facility Construction Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Inouye
2008 SD $617,400 SD 44 and SD 73, Paving in Jackson and Melletta Counties Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR S THUD Thune
2008 RI $474,654 Environmental Biotechnology (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Kennedy (RI), Langevin Reed, Whitehouse
2008 GA $338,613 Water Use Management Technology, Tifton (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Bishop (GA), Kingston Chambliss, Isakson
2008 TN $446,500 University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Wamp, Duncan
2008 WA $470,000 Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs DNA Initiative (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Reichert, Dicks Cantwell, Murray
2008 NY $305,500 Gateway Youth Outreach After School Homework Assistance Program for At-Risk Youth, Elmont (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM McCarthy (Carolyn)
2008 NY $28,200 SUNY Ulster/Woodstock at-risk youth programs, Stone Ridge (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Hinchey
2008 AL $564,000 Ala. A&M Univ., Normal, for comprehensive, diverse, and flexible pool of talent at lower labor rates in the civil service environ. to facilitate res. and dev., studies and analyses of all areas of higher temperature advanced materials res. and dev. (NASA) NBR COM Cramer Shelby
2008 HI $893,000 Honolulu Police Department for improvements to the crime lab (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Abercrombie Inouye
2008 MN $178,600 Hennepin County, Minneapolis, to create an electronic charging process to allow for electronic signature of court charging documents (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 $2,000,000 USJFCOM's Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC) Joint Training Blended Learning Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Visclosky
2008 $1,600,000 Rotorcraft survivability assessment facility (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Ramstad, Ruppersberger Cardin, Mikulski
2008 $800,000 Track Over Tire System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF McHugh
2008 $3,200,000 Real-Time Measurement Weight and Balance System for C-130's (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Inslee Murray
2008 $800,000 Advanced Panoramic Sensor Systems for UAV's (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Doyle
2008 $1,000,000 Littoral Battlespace Sensing (LBS) & Autonomous Underwater Vehicle System (UAV) Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Boustany Landrieu

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