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 AR $330,624 White River navigation to Newport (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Berry Lincoln; Pryor
2008 LA $457,560 Barataria Waterway (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Landrieu
2008 ND $162,000 Homme Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 CO $1,260,000 Cherry Creek Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Allard; Salazar
2008 AL $200,000 Alabama A&M Research Institute for Small Business Training and Development (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Cramer Shelby
2008 CA $147,660 The City of Temple City for the Sanitation Sewer Rehabilitation Project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Schiff
2008 PA $492,200 The City of Williamsport, Lycoming Department of Planning and Community Development for a Water System for Muncy Industrial Park (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Carney Casey
2008 FL $487,000 Enable America, Inc., Tampa, for civic/citizenship demonstration project for disabled adults (Rehab – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Young (FL), C.W. Harkin
2008 IL $390,000 Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, for the Chicago Elder Project (Administration on Aging – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Schakowsky, Janice
2008 MA $312,000 Wing Memorial Hospital, Palmer, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Neal (MA), Richard
2008 TX $375,000 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Lampson, Nick, Green, Gene Hutchison
2008 VA $195,000 Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Danville, for the field of nanotechnology (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Goode, Virgil Warner, Webb
2008 MO $87,000 Portfolio Gallery and Education Center, St. Louis, for educational training (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Clay, Wm.
2008 WI $248,000 Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, Milwaukee, to assess, prepare and place job-ready candidates in construction, manufacturing, and other skilled trades and industries (ETA) NBR S LABHHS Kohl
2008 WA $195,000 South Sound Health Communication Network, Tacoma, for a community health record bank (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Cantwell
2008 NH $136,000 North Country Education Services Agency, Gorham, for the North Country Gear Up College Prep Initiative(Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Gregg
2008 TX $7,200,000 Multi-use aviation fire station, Ellington Field (Air National Guard) NBR C MILCON Lampson
2008 MS $245,000 City of Indianola for revolving loan fund to provide afordable housing, as part of the Indianola Housing Initiative (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Thompson
2008 ND $1,600,830 North Dakota Statewide-Transit (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Pomeroy Conrad, Dorgan
2008 GA $147,000 Turner County Airport Renovations (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Marshall
2008 NH $784,000 Downtown Franklin revitilization, Franklin (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Hodes
2008 CT $98,000 Farnum Neighborhood House in New Haven for renovations and buildout of Camp Farnum, a facility serving low-income children (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD DeLauro
2008 FL $98,000 Beckett Bascule Bridge alternative analysis (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Bilirakis
2008 WA $539,000 Link Transit Vehicle Replacement (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Murray, Cantwell
2008 MS $980,000 Hugh White State Park Access Road, Grenada (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Wicker
2008 SD $265,131 Seed Technology (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Herseth Sandlin Johnson (SD), Thune
2008 MS $511,395 Biotechnology (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Federal Administration) NBR S AG Cochran
2008 CA $235,000 Newark Police technology improvements (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Stark
2008 MN $470,000 White Earth Band of Chippewa Reservation Tribal Nation methamphetamine enforcement (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Peterson (Collin) Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 CA $2,444,000 Loma Linda University Space Radiation Health Research Program (NASA) NBR H COM Lewis (Jerry)
2008 PA $611,000 City of Reading Police Department for security enhancements and camera acquisition (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Gerlach Specter
2008 MA $305,500 Learning Through Listening Program, Cambridge (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Capuano
2008 AK $197,400 State of Alaska Juneau to support coordinate and train law enforcement officers to teach drug abuse resistance education (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 AL $305,500 City of Auburn for a mobile data system (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 $6,400,000 Advanced composite materials for acoustic window applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Taylor Cochran, Lott
2008 NJ $2,400,000 UMDNU Cancer Initiative (includes continuation of the Gallo Prostate Cancer Center) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Pallone, Holt, Pascrell, Payne, Sires, Smith (NJ) Lautenberg
2008 $1,600,000 Microsatellite serial manufacturing (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $4,000,000 Advanced Steam Turbine (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Hinchey, Kuhl Clinton, Schumer
2008 TN $1,600,000 Holston Army Ammunition Plant – critical reliability upgrade (Procurement of Ammunition – Army) NBR H DEF Davis, David
2008 $1,000,000 Integration of MK47, 40MM air burst fuze capability onto USA common remotely operated weapon station (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Bean Durbin
2008 $800,000 Arc fault circuit with arc location system (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Bennett
2008 $2,400,000 Novel Onboard Hydrogen Storage System development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Levin
2008 TX $3,444,000 University of Texas in Austin, to complete the construction of the Petawatt Laser (Department of Energy – Weapons Activities) NBR ENERGY Smith, L Hutchison
2008 IL $196,800 Keith Creek, Rockford (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR C ENERGY Manzullo Durbin
2008 OK $492,000 Risk-based Data Management System (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Fallin
2008 AR $2,669,000 White River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Berry Lincoln; Pryor
2008 MI $93,480 Grays Reef Passage (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 NH $617,000 Edward Macdowell Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 CA $3,141,000 Pine Flat Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 MI $500,000 Economic Development Coalition of Southeast Michigan for business accelerator, Wayne County (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Conyers Levin, Stabenow

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