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 MD $680,205 Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization, Beltsville (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Hoyer, Kaptur
2008 Multi-State $326,697 Small Fruit Research [ID, OR, WA] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Baird, Blumenauer, Dicks, DeFazio, Hastings (WA), Hooley, Larsen, McMorris Rodgers, Simpson, Walden, Wu Craig, Crapo, Murray, Smith (OR), Wyden
2008 MD $446,500 Maryland Regional Gang Initiative, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Van Hollen Cardin, Mikulski
2008 MN $223,250 Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension St Paul for a system to improve accurate identification of individuals (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Ramstad Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 IL $352,500 Northern Law Enforcement Initiative (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Manzullo
2008 IL $282,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, Rock Island (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Hare
2008 SC $470,000 Safe Haven After School and Mentoring Program, Columbia (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Clyburn
2008 TX $846,000 Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston, to facilitate the translation of nanotechnology from the laboratory to clinical practice (NASA) NBR S COM Hutchison
2008 AL $47,000 A Child Is Missing, Montgomery, for maintaining and upgrading technology (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 $1,600,000 Production of nanocomposites for aerospace applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Turner Voinovich
2008 ND $3,000,000 Engineered surfaces for weapons life extension (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Pomeroy Conrad, Dorgan
2008 $1,600,000 Electroosmotic Pain Therapy System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Matheson
2008 $1,600,000 Thermal and electrical nanoscale transport (TENT) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Honda
2008 WA $1,600,000 U.S. Army Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS) Hand Protection System (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR DEF Dicks, Baird, McDermott, Reichert Cantwell, Murray
2008 $2,400,000 Recon-Navigation System (RNAV) for the DPD (Other Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Bishop (NY), Ros Lehtinen, Mica Clinton, Schumer
2008 $1,000,000 SOCOM computer research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Hutchison
2008 $6,000,000 SOVAS handheld imager (Procurement – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Gregg, Sununu
2008 NM $147,600 Jemez Canyon (Dam Safety) (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Udall, T. Domenici; Bingaman
2008 FL $295,200 Flagler Beach (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Mica Bill Nelson; Martinez
2008 TN $6,656,000 Dale Hollow Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Gordon Alexander; Corker
2008 FL $1,262,472 Horseshoe Cove (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Boyd
2008 NY $49,200 Lake Chautauqua (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Schumer; Clinton
2008 ME $1,017,000 Disposal area monitoring (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 Multi-State $98,400 Minnesota River Basin, MN & SD (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Coleman
2008 MI $282,000 Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Business Attraction program (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Kilpatrick Levin, Stabenow
2008 FL $492,200 The City of Weston for Bonaventure Storm Water Pumps (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Wasserman Schultz
2008 CA $984,400 South Lake Tahoe Public Utility Commission Water System Improvements to Increase Fire Response Capacity (Forest Service – Wildfire Management) NBR INT Doolittle Feinstein, Boxer
2008 TX $344,540 Knights of Pythias Building, Cuero (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR S INT Hutchison
2008 NC $268,000 Transylvania Community Hospital, Inc., Brevard, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Shuler, Heath Dole, Burr
2008 TX $97,000 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, for the Centralized Clinical Placement System (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Paul, Ron
2008 GA $97,000 Fulton Cnty, Atlanta, for Project Excel, an intensive outpatient treatment program for homeless males (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Lewis (GA), John
2008 WA $195,000 Central Washington University, Ellensburg, for curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Hastings (WA), Doc Cantwell
2008 FL $243,000 Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, for purchase of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Crenshaw, Ander
2008 LA $243,000 Louisiana Delta Community College, Monroe, for a job training initiative (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Alexander, Rodney
2008 CA $87,000 Berkeley Unified School District, for a nutrition education program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Boxer
2008 MA $204,000 Museum of Afro-American History, Boston, for the development of youth educational programs (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 MO $10,400,000 Chapel, Fort Leonard Wood (Army) NBR C MILCON Skelton
2008 OR $2,461,760 Roberts Field, Redmond Municipal Airport (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Walden Wyden, Smith
2008 OH $98,000 Stark County Park District in Canton for purchase of 100 acres and additional right of way to link to Towpath Trail (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Regula
2008 NC $490,000 U.S. 74 Interchange at NC 211, Brunswick County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD McIntyre
2008 NY $196,000 Sayville American Legion Post for renovation and buildout of a historic building (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Israel
2008 CA $245,000 Mountclair, Ramona Ave. grade separation (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Dreier
2008 KS $98,000 City of Fredonia for sidewalks and streetscape improvements in the central business district (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Boyda
2008 KS $205,800 Wichita, for the 21st Street Industrial Corridor Revitalization Plan and pre-engineering designs NBR S THUD Roberts
2008 ID $294,000 Upper Valley Industries Plant Facility, Idaho Falls, for planning and design of a new facility to provide job services for people with disabilities (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Craig
2008 MD $64,545 Potato Diseases, Beltsville (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Hoyer Cardin, Mikulski
2008 NY $624,597 Grape Genetics, Geneva (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Arcuri, Hinchey, Walsh Clinton, Schumer
2008 MD $235,000 Community Crime Prevention Initiative in Langley Park (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Van Hollen
2008 WV $188,000 Huntington Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Rahall
2008 NY $47,000 Parent Corps, New York University Child Study Center (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Maloney, (Patrick), King (Peter) Clinton, Kennedy

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