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 NV $286,977 Carson City Waterfall Fire Restoration (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR AG Heller Ensign, Reid
2008 KY $627,576 Health education leadership (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Extension Activities) NBR S AG McConnell
2008 SC $282,000 Rock Hill and York County Public Safety Communications (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Spratt
2008 CO $111,625 Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for anti-meth equipment (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Perlmutter Salazar (Ken)
2008 CA $47,000 Youth Alternative to Violence and Crime Project, Oakland (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Lee
2008 CA $164,500 Ventura County District Attorney's Office (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Gallegly
2008 WV $235,000 Jefferson County Sheriff's Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Capito
2008 MD $1,786,000 Chesapeake Bay Oyster restoration funding for on the water/in the field oyster restoration efforts Oyster Recovery Partnership (NOAA) NBR S COM Mikulski, Cardin
2008 AL $282,000 Baldwin County Commission for interoperable communications equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 UT $2,400,000 M65 bismaleimide carbon fiber prepeg (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Tauscher, Aderholt, Bishop (UT), Larsen, Shays Bennett, Hatch, Sessions
2008 $1,600,000 Development of enabling chemical technologies for power from green services (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Olver
2008 $2,400,000 Cyber Threat Analytics (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $2,400,000 Unmanned threat emitter modernization (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Higgins, Berkley, Meehan, Renzi Clinton, Reid, Schumer
2008 $1,600,000 Engineering Training & Knowledge Preservation System Lean Process Improvement (Operation and Maintenance – Air Force) NBR DEF Davis (KY) Bunning
2008 NE $1,600,000 Rapid Identification of biological warfare agents (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Bartlett, Cummings, Sarbanes Hagel, Nelson (NE)
2008 $800,000 Semiconductor-based nanotechnology applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Craig, Crapo
2008 $2,400,000 CISRT enabling materials technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Reid
2008 PA $590,400 Juniata ultra low emission locomotive demonstrator (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Shuster Specter
2008 Multi-State $1,476,000 Advanced Engineering Environment at Sandia Laboratory (CA, MA) (Department of Energy – Weapons Activities) NBR H ENERGY Lynch
2008 CA $738,000 Direct carbon fuel cell prototype (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research & Development) NBR H ENERGY Eshoo
2008 CA $196,800 Sun Valley Watershed (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Becerra; Berman; Napolitano; Roybal Allard; Schiff; Sherman; Soils; Waters; Watson; Waxman
2008 MI $108,240 Frankfort Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 NC $1,681,000 B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 CA $4,239,000 Los Angeles County Drainage Area (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 DE $500,000 First State Innovation, Inc. for business development organization focused on high tech businesses, Wilmington, (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Castle Biden, Carper
2008 AR $492,200 The City of Pine Bluff for Sewer Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Ross
2008 CA $492,200 The City of San Clemente for Expansion of Water Reclamation Facility (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Calvert Boxer
2008 KY $97,000 Louisville Department of Public Health and Wellness, for providing preventive healthcare to men (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Yarmuth, John
2008 MD $487,000 Villa Julie College, Stevenson, to expand the Nursing Distance Learning Program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Sarbanes, John Mikulski
2008 NC $146,000 Gaston College, Health Education Institute, Dallas, for a nurse training program (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Myrick, Sue Burr
2008 IL $341,000 MacMurray College, Jacksonville, for technology upgrades (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS LaHood, Ray
2008 TX $292,000 Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, for coordianation of family and child services (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Gohmert, Louie Hutchison
2008 KY $341,000 Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Winchester, for equipment and technology (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Chandler, Ben
2008 IA $292,000 Iowa Caregivers, for training and support of certified nursing assistants (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 UT $48,000 Beaver Valley Hospital, for renovation and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR S LABHHS Hatch
2008 IA $110,000 Oelwein Community School District, for technology and program needs for a math and science academy (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Grassley
2008 NC $4,270,000 Main gate security upgrade, New River (Navy) NBR C MILCON Jones Burr, Dole
2008 MS $980,000 SR 601 from 1-10 to SR 26 Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR H THUD Taylor
2008 MS $245,000 East Metropolitan Corridor – Rankin County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Pickering Cochran
2008 MA $245,000 Tri-County Community Action Program, Inc., in Malden for acquisition, renovation and buildout of facilities for low-income families (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Markey
2008 OH $490,000 Diley Road widening, City of Pickerington (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Hobson
2008 MA $490,000 Nantucket Municipal Airport facility replacement (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Delahunt Kennedy, Kerry
2008 CA $490,000 Leucadia Boulevard/At-grade rail safety improvements (Grade Crossings on Designated High Speed Rail Corridors) NBR H THUD Bilbray
2008 AR $393,960 Business Support Incubator at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to complete construction of the support job creation in central Arkansas (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Lincoln, Pryor
2008 MO $2,205,000 Improvements at Route 266 and Interchange with Interstate 44 (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Bond
2008 WA $264,138 Organic Cropping (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Hastings, Larsen, Smith (WA) Cantwell, Murray
2008 IA $74,475 Children Farm Safety (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Extension Activities) NBR S AG Harkin
2008 SC $235,000 York Police Department technology and records management (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Spratt
2008 IN $267,900 City of Muncie to acquire and integrate a radio system with a public communications system (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Pence Lugar, Bayh
2008 CA $282,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center Youth Violence Prevention Program, Oakland (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Lee

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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