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 HI $148,950 Agriculture Pest Facility (General Provisions) NBR AG Hirono Inouye
2008 NV $107,244 Wildfire Support (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Reid
2008 TN $752,000 Jackson Teen Crime Prevention Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Tanner
2008 ND $2,679,000 Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, to help make data received from NASA satellite images accessible to the public for management decisions (NASA) NBR COM Pomeroy Dorgan, Conrad
2008 IA $126,900 Wapello County Sheriff's Office equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Loebsack
2008 TX $47,000 Kids Averted from Placement Services (KAPS), San Antonio, to prevent juvenile delinquency (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Gonzalez Hutchison
2008 IN $47,000 A Child is Missing, Indiana (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Carson, Burton Lugar, Bayh
2008 MT $312,550 University of Montana, Missoula County, for at-risk youth with a focus on suicide prevention high-risk behavior and violence (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR S COM Baucus, Tester
2008 WI $714,400 Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, Madison, to continue the statewide meth initiative (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Kohl
2008 $1,000,000 Laser Peening for Friction Stir Welded (FSW) aerospace structures (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Tiahrt Roberts
2008 $4,000,000 Neuroimaging & neuropsychiatric trauma in U.S. war-fighters (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Pelosi Boxer
2008 $2,000,000 ARC 210 improved communications for A-10 (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Loebsack Durbin, Grassley, Vitter
2008 $2,400,000 Ultra endurance coating (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Hobson
2008 $2,400,000 Advanced logistics fuel reformer for fuel cells (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF DeLauro
2008 AR $2,000,000 Standoff Hazardous Agent Detection & Evaluation System (SHADES) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Berry Lincoln, Pryor
2008 WV $650,000 Joint Interagency Training and Education Center (Military Personnel – Army National Guard) NBR S DEF Byrd
2008 FL $2,500,000 Pointing and Stabilization System upgrade for Cobra Ball (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Nelson (FL)
2008 MI $1,968,000 Sault Ste Marie (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Stupak; Obey Levin; Stabenow
2008 WA $590,400 Elliott Bay Seawall (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY McDermott Cantwell
2008 NE $935,784 Western Sarpy County and Clear Creek (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Fortenberry Ben Nelson; Hagel
2008 UT $3,444,000 Interdisciplinary Clean Energy Program at the University of Utah (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research & Development) NBR ENERGY Bishop, R.; Cannon; Matheson Bennett
2008 Multi-State $145,632 Memphis Metro Area, Storm Water Mgmt Study, TN 6 MS (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR S ENERGY Cochran
2008 LA $193,000 Bayou Teche (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Landrieu
2008 CA $2,359,000 Marina Del Rey (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Feinstein
2008 MI $282,000 Economic Development Coalition of Southeast Michigan, Ann Arbor SPARK Business Accelerator (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Dingell
2008 NY $98,440 Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Slaughter
2008 CT $492,200 The Town of Colchester for the Flatbrook Road Booster Station (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Courtney
2008 VT $1,787,670 Increase President's Budget for Lake Champlain Program (EPA – Environmental Programs and Management) NBR S INT Leahy, Sanders
2008 WI $341,000 Children's Hospital and Health System, Milwaukee, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Sensenbrenner, F.
2008 MN $390,000 Lutheran Social Services, Duluth, for services to runaway, homeless, and other at-risk youth and their families (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Oberstar, James Klobuchar, Coleman
2008 IA $273,000 Winneshiek Medical Center, Decorah, for purchase of medical equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Latham, Tom
2008 TX $755,000 Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Granger, Kay; Edwards, Chet Hutchison, Cornyn
2008 NC $146,000 Alamance-Burlington School District, Burlington, for the Professional Development Academy (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Coble, Howard
2008 IL $195,000 Center for International Rehabilitation, Chicago, for the Disability Rights Monitor (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 PA $87,000 Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 PA $413,000 Mentoring Partnership of SW PA, Pittsburgh, for school-based mentoring programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 NC $2,900,000 Community emergency services facility, Fort Bragg (Army) NBR MILCON McIntyre, Hayes Dole
2008 MA $392,000 Merrimack Valley RTA buses (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR C THUD Tsongas
2008 NC $490,000 Hopson Road grade separation, Raleigh (Grade Crossings on Designated High Speed Rail Corridors) NBR H THUD Price
2008 CA $245,000 16th Street, San Miguel Railroad Crossing, San Jose (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD McCarthy
2008 CA $490,000 VTA High Occupancy Toll Lane Demonstration Project, Santa Clara County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Honda
2008 WA $98,000 Olympic Theater Arts in Sequim for renovation, construction and buildout of a community theater (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Dicks
2008 OR $98,000 Portland State University for renovation, construction and buildout of a multipurpose facilty (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Blumenauer, Walden Smith
2008 NE $294,000 US 30, Columbus Viaduct (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR S THUD Hagel
2008 NV $784,000 Wind Hazard Detection Equipment (Facilities and Equipment) NBR S THUD Reid
2008 HI $638,499 Agricultural Development and Resource Conservation (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR AG Hirono Akaka, Inouye
2008 IL $1,646,394 McDowell Grove Dam Rood Plain/Wetlands Restoration Project in DuPage County (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations) NBR S AG Durbin
2008 CO $357,200 University of Colorado/National Center for Audio and Video Forensics, Denver to establish a cutting edge forensics center (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Tancredo Allard, Salazar (Ken)
2008 ND $258,500 Red River Children's Advocacy Center, Fargo (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Pomeroy Dorgan, Conrad
2008 NJ $352,500 Covenant House Rights of Passage Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM LoBiondo, Payne Lautenberg, Menendez

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