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 AL $1,000,000 City of Haleyville (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Aderholt, Robert
2008 Multi-State $1,722,700 Highlands Conservation Act—easements (United States Fish and Wildlife Service – Land Acquisition) NBR INT Engel, Pascrell, Saxton, Holden, John Hall, LoBiondo, Dent, Schwartz, Christopher Murphy, DeLauro, Gerlach, Frelinghuysen, Garrett, Shays Clinton, Schumer, Dodd, Specter, Lautenberg, Lieberman, Menendez
2008 MS $1,968,800 Gulf Islands National Seashore, Cat Island (National Park Service – Land Acquisition) NBR S INT Cochran
2008 ID $292,000 Lee Pesky Learning Center, Boise, to provide educational materials for the Literacy Matters! Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Simpson, Michael Crapo
2008 CA $1,267,000 City and County of San Francisco Dept. of Public Health, for enhancements to HIV/AIDS services (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Pelosi, Nancy Feinstein
2008 CA $282,000 City of San Jose for devel. of a Smart Start early childhood devel. training and certification prog. at National Hispanic University (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Lofgren, Zoe
2008 CA $146,000 Shasta Community Health Center, Redding, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Herger, Wally
2008 TX $633,000 Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston, facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Culberson, John
2008 NY $73,000 Kelberman Center, Utica, to expand programs for pre-school and school age children with autism spectrum disorder (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Arcuri, Michael
2008 HI $975,000 Primary Care Association of Hawaii, for the state's health center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Inouye, Akaka
2008 MA $121,000 Holbrook Public Library, for the development of exhibits (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 SC $3,500,000 Nuclear, biological & chemical training facility, Beaufort (Navy) NBR C MILCON Wilson Graham
2008 TN $98,000 Hamilton County for construction of a building to house the Center for Entrepreneurial Growth (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Wamp
2008 TX $490,000 City of El Paso Paratransit Van Replacement (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Reyes Cornyn
2008 MA $98,000 United Teen Equality Center in Lowell for renovation and buildout of a youth center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Meehan
2008 LA $490,000 New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Jefferson Vitter, Landrieu
2008 TX $137,200 City of Hillsboro, Downtown Streetscape Project, for streetscape improvements (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Edwards Hutchison
2008 FL $235,200 City of Maitland for the Minihaha Park development (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C THUD Brown
2008 MA $196,000 Mercy Housing Incorporated, housing project in Holyoke to bulid 50 new homes for low-income senior citizens (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Kennedy, Kerry
2008 NH $490,000 Easter Seals New Hampshire, Flood Repair and Renovation Project, Manchester for reconstruction and renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Sununu
2008 OH $407,130 Agriculture Science (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR H AG Kaptur
2008 AR $269,103 Rice research, Stuttgart (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Berry
2008 OR $352,500 Oregon Partnership – Target Meth Oregon Program (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Walden, Blumenauer, Hooley, Wu Smith (Gordon), Wyden
2008 MT $206,800 Billings Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Rehberg Baucus, Tester
2008 GA $61,100 Perry Police Department mobile data terminals (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Marshall
2008 SD $361,900 South Dakota Children's Home Society for family support services forensic interviewing centers and emergency shelter operations (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Herseth Sandlin Johnson (Tim) SD
2008 MI $188,000 Ruth Ellis Center Street Outreach Program, Highland Park (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Conyers, Kilpatrick, Levin (Sander)
2008 NE $1,786,000 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, to help establish a degree program in space and telecommunications law (NASA) NBR S COM Nelson (Ben)
2008 WY $94,000 Nation's Missing Children Organization and National Center for Missing Adults, Wyoming, for technology to locate missing persons (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Enzi
2008 $1,200,000 Rapid and Accurate Pathogen Identification/Detection (RAPID) Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Visclosky Bayh, Lugar
2008 $1,600,000 Silicon carbide MOSFETs for electric power systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Price (NC) Burr, Dole
2008 $3,200,000 Alternate carbon stationary fuel cell demonstrator (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF McCrery Landrieu, Vitter
2008 $3,200,000 Special Operation Forces advanced mission planning tools (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Hulshof, Akin Bond
2008 $1,600,000 Advance Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery System for Army Combat Hybrid HMMWV and other Army vehicle platforms (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Dingell Kerry, Levin
2008 $1,200,000 Electronic medical records technology infrastructure (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Bonner
2008 ID $2,000,000 Electromagnetic signature assessment systems using multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Crapo
2008 $5,000,000 Single generator operations lithium ion battery (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Reid
2008 IN $5,392,000 Burns Waterway Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Visclosky
2008 CA $2,856,000 Suisun Bay Channel (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Miller, George; Tauscher Feinstein
2008 TX $492,000 Northeast Texas Community College Biodiesel (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Hall, Ralph
2008 IA $984,000 University of Dubuque Environmental Science Center (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Braley Grassley
2008 VT $2,460,000 Lake Champlain Watershed Initiative (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Leahy
2008 MI $5,109,000 Detroit River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 OH $295,200 Cuyahoga River Bulkhead Study (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Voinovich
2008 IA $650,000 Entrepreneurial Development Center Business Accelerator, Cedar Rapids (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Loebsack Harkin, Grassley
2008 MS $35,500,000 National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage new construction (CIO1) NBR S HS Thad Cochran
2008 MO $492,200 Mark Twain National Forest, Methamphetamine Prevention (Forest Service – National Forest System) NBR H INT Emerson
2008 MI $344,540 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Park Service – Land Acquisition) NBR S INT Carl Levin, Stabenow
2008 ID $487,000 St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Ltd. Boise, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Simpson, Michael Craig, Crapo
2008 CA $1,462,000 City and County of San Fran. Dept. of Public Health, for mental health and substance abuse service for homeless in supp. housing (CMHS – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Pelosi, Nancy Feinstein, Boxer

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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