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 $1,000,000 Center for Advanced Sensor and Communications Antennas (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Olver
2008 CA $1,000,000 Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $2,000,000 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle fuel cell power source (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Higgins Clinton, Schumer
2008 $1,000,000 Electromagnetic geolocation (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Davis (CA) Boxer
2008 MD $1,600,000 Laser Marksmanship Training System (LMTS) for the Navy Reserve (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF Bartlett
2008 MD $800,000 Naval Aviation Technology Exploration Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Cardin, Mikulski
2008 $2,400,000 Improved VARGO/UAV compression system development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Leahy
2008 NC $826,560 Green Energy Xchange (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Shuler
2008 NY $246,000 South County Nature Preserve, Irvington (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Lowey
2008 PA $984,000 Clean and efficient diesel locomotive (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY English Specter
2008 CA $590,400 Los Angeles River ecosystem restoration (Cornfields) (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Becerra; Berman; Millender McDonald; Napolitano; Roybal Allard; Schiff; Sherman; Soils; Waters; Watson; Waxman Boxer; Feinstein
2008 MI $93,480 Paseville Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 NJ $162,000 Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 CO $262,000 Bear Creek Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 MA $182,000 Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Workforce Development Initiative (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Capuano
2008 TX $196,880 The City of Sabinal for Wastewater Treatment Facility Project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Rodriguez
2008 IN $492,200 The City of Carmel for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Burton Bayh, Lugar
2008 KY $97,000 Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Louisville, for programs to address school readiness needs of visually impaired children (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Yarmuth, John
2008 MD $312,000 Baltimore Medical System, for a community health care facility (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR LABHHS Sarbanes, John Cardin, Mikulski
2008 CO $146,000 Healing Tree Addiction Treatment Solutions, Inc., Sterling, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Musgrave, Marilyn
2008 IL $243,000 County of Peoria, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS LaHood, Ray
2008 OH $146,000 Owens Community College, Toledo, for a first responder training initiative, including curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Gillmor, Paul
2008 KY $48,000 Berea Health Ministry Rural Health Clinic, Inc., for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Chandler, Ben
2008 AK $975,000 Skills Alaska, Anchorage, for a statewide teacher training and mentoring program, Anchorage (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Stevens
2008 SD $292,000 South Dakota State University, for construction of a pharmacy education space (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Johnson
2008 IA $1,500,000 AFL-CIO Working for America Institute (Federally Administered Programs) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 MD $9,450,000 Advanced energetics research lab, Indian Head (Navy) NBR C MILCON Hoyer Cardin
2008 CA $147,000 City of Livermore for capitilization of a housing loan fund through the Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Tauscher
2008 MS $1,960,000 Jackson Evers International Airport Airfield Infrastructure Improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Pickering Cochran
2008 MA $735,000 Massachusetts Avenue design and reconstruction, Arlington (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Markey
2008 HI $392,000 Public Transportation Vehicle Enhancement Project (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Hirono
2008 MA $3,185,000 Bernstable Municipal Airport (Facilities and Equipment) NBR THUD Delahunt Kennedy, Kerry
2008 IL $735,000 Lewis University Airport (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Biggert Durbin, Obama
2008 MS $980,000 Marks Airport (Data Regional Transportation Development Program) NBR S THUD Cochran
2008 MO $735,000 U.S. 54 Corridor expansion (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Bond
2008 WA $285,984 Potato Research Enhancement, Prosser (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Hastings (WA), McMorris Rodgers Murray
2008 AK $656,373 Alaska Association of Conservation Districts (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Stevens
2008 OH $47,000 Uhrichsville Police Department Emergency Radio System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Space
2008 CA $225,600 Project Avary, San Rafael (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Pelosi, Woolsey
2008 CA $94,000 Alameda County Violence Prevention Initiative (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Lee
2008 NJ $78,960 Sheriff's Association of New Jersey State-wide Accreditation Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Frelinghuysen, Rothman
2008 UT $352,500 Utah Valley State College Forensic Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Cannon Bennett, Hatch
2008 AL $940,000 Aquatic Genomics and Biosecurity Research to serve as a system for early detection and warnings for pathogens and other contaminants in our aquatic environments, Auburn University (NOAA) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 KS $282,000 Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas City, for crime victim services (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Brownback
2008 CO $1,600,000 Joint METOC Program (SOCOM) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Tancredo, Udall (CO) Allard, Salazar
2008 $1,600,000 Hyperspectral sensor for UAV surveillance/targeting (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Olver Kennedy
2008 CA $1,000,000 3D electronics (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $1,800,000 Mobile Corrosion Prevention and Abatement Program (Operation and Maintenance – Army Reserve) NBR DEF Higgins Akaka, Clinton, Schumer
2008 CA $1,200,000 Strategies to mitigate individual stress reactivity and operational stress reactions in the military (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Davis (CA)
2008 $2,000,000 Heavy duty hybrid electric vehicle (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Bartlett Cardin, Mikulski

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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