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 IA $292,000 Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, Davenport, for exhibits and Community outreach (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin, Grassley
2008 NJ $5,900,000 Tactical training base, phase I, Fort Dix (Army Reserve) NBR MILCON Saxton, Rothman Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 IN $1,225,000 Calumet Avenue and 45th Street grade separation, Munster (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Visclosky Bayh, Lugar
2008 TX $245,000 SH66 from SH205 to FM 549, Rockwall (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Ralph Hall
2008 MA $735,000 Blackstone River Canal Replication Project, Worcester (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD McGovern
2008 SC $490,000 SC 9 improvements (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Inglis
2008 PA $98,000 Focus on Renewal in McKees Rocks for planning, design and construction of the Sto-Rox Cultural Arts Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Doyle
2008 LA $274,400 Acadiana Outreach Center housing redevelopment (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Boustany Vitter, Landrieu
2008 AK $137,200 Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, Soldotna, for expansion (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Murkowski
2008 SC $147,000 Dillon County, 1-95 Industrial Park spec building for construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Graham
2008 MD $90,363 Obesity Interventions (Nutricore), Beltsville (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Hoyer Cardin, Mikulski, Specter
2008 Multi-State $313,788 NE Center for Invasive Plants [CT, ME, VT] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Federal Administration) NBR AG Allen, Courtney, DeLauro, Michaud Collins, Lieberman, Snowe
2008 NY $47,000 Covenant House Regional Training Center Program, Brooklyn (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Towns Schumer, Clinton
2008 WV $94,000 Barboursville Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Rahall
2008 FL $366,600 Hendry County law enforcement communications equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Mahoney Nelson (Bill), Martinez
2008 AZ $94,000 City of Yuma for a regional communications network (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Grijalva Kyl
2008 SC $470,000 Voorhees College Dating Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention and Services (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Clyburn
2008 AL $1,175,000 Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, to produce a common intelligent sensor module through the near-term development of the sensor technologies and integration algorithms necessary for on-orbit assembly and other AR&D missions (NASA) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 AK $940,000 Alaska Native Justice Center Anchorage AK for programs to support Native Alaskans involved in legal issues (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 $1,000,000 Integrated Advanced Communications Terminal (iACT) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Tierney
2008 $3,100,000 Simultaneous Field Radiation Technology (SFRT) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Pickering Cochran, Lott
2008 $2,800,000 U.S. Army Battery Management Program utilizing pulse technology (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR DEF Marchant Sessions
2008 $800,000 Advanced packaging solutions for biotherapeutics (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Holden
2008 WA $1,200,000 National Bureau for Asian Research (General Provisions) NBR H DEF Dicks
2008 $800,000 Recapturing the Army's training ranges (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF Bishop (GA)
2008 $800,000 Arabic Language Training Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Brownback
2008 $6,000,000 Intelligent data distribution training (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR S DEF Murray
2008 CO $98,400 South Boulder Creek (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Udall, M Salazar
2008 NY $1,279,200 SUNY Cobleskill Bio-waste to Bio-energy Project (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY McNulty Schumer; Clinton
2008 NY $688,800 Upper Delaware River Watershed (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Gillibrand; Hall; Hinchey Schumer; Clinton
2008 VA $147,600 Philpott Lake (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Boucher; Goode
2008 LA $3,453,840 Town of Carencro, Lafayette Parish (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Landrieu
2008 KY $2,000,000 Fishtrap Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 FL $70,000 Miami Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 DC $52,500 Howard University College of Dentistry, Community Based Dental Education (District of Columbia) NBR H FINSER Holmes Norton
2008 IN $492,200 The Town of Merrillville for Water Infrastructure Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Visclosky
2008 WA $1,968,800 Mason County for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements for the Community of Belfair (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Dicks
2008 CO $344,540 The City of Manitou Springs for drinking water system improvement project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Allard
2008 NH $146,000 Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, for a nursing education program, which may include equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Shea Porter, Carol; Hodes, Paul
2008 NJ $243,000 Jewish Federation of Middlesex County, South River, for a naturally occurring ret. com. demo. proj. (Administration on Aging – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Pallone, Frank
2008 CA $682,000 St. Bernardino Medical Center, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Lewis (CA), Jerry
2008 IL $312,000 Richland Community College, Decatur, for an alternative fuels ed. and training prog. (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Hare, Phil; Johnson (IL), Timothy
2008 CT $243,000 Johnson Memorial Hospital, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Courtney, Joe
2008 AL $292,000 City of Gadsden, for technology upgrades in city schools (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Aderholt, Robert Shelby
2008 VA $121,000 Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Health Systems, Norfolk, for neonatal and pediatric population (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Warner, Webb
2008 $8,910,000 Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners Program for activities authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Innovation and Improvement) NBR S LABHHS Cochran, Inouye, Kennedy, Stevens
2008 NJ $531,000 Tactical training base phase I [design], Fort Dix (Army Reserve) NBR C MILCON Saxton, Rothman Lautenberg
2008 IN $392,000 Improve bike trails in Highland (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Visclosky
2008 TX $245,000 IH30 Interchange at Monty Stratton Pkwy – Greenville (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Ralph Hall
2008 MA $735,000 Holy Cross Road Safety Project, Worcester (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD McGovern

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