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 $800,000 East Coast Asymmetric Warfare Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Collins, Snowe, Warner, Webb
2008 $2,400,000 AT-6B for the Air National Guard (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Brownback
2008 IL $468,384 Madison and St Claire Counties (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Shimkus; Costello
2008 NY $295,200 Saw Mill River at Elmsford/Greenburgh (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Lowey Schumer; Clinton
2008 PA $672,072 Presque Isle Peninsula (Permanent) (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY English Specter; Casey
2008 CA $344,400 Ballona Creek restoration (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Becerra; Berman; Harman; Napolitano; Roybal Allard; Schiff; Sherman; Soils; Waters; Watson; Waxman
2008 MI $177,120 Bolles Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 NM $680,000 Two Rivers Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Bingaman; Domenici
2008 IN $768,000 Cagles Mill Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 NC $282,000 Federal HUBZone Incubator in Elizabeth City (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Butterfield
2008 LA $492,200 The City of Grambling for the East Martin Luther King / Tarbutton Road Sewer Extension (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Rodney Alexander
2008 FL $492,200 The City of Sarasota, Sarasota County for the Phillippi Creek Septic System Replacement (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Buchanan Martinez
2008 KY $146,000 Project One Inc., Louisville, for summer job activities for disadvantaged youth (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Yarmuth, John
2008 CA $390,000 California State University-Fullerton for programs aimed at preventing obesity and promoting health in children (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Sanchez, Loretta Boxer
2008 CO $438,000 University of North Colorado, Greeley, to develop the National Center for Nursing Education, and equip. (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Musgrave, Marilyn Allard, Salazar
2008 IL $292,000 Heartland Community Health Clinic, Peoria, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS LaHood, Ray
2008 MI $195,000 International Fellowship of Chaplains, Inc., Saginaw, for the Road to Hope training program in Seneca County, OH (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Gillmor, Paul Levin
2008 KY $73,000 Madison County Schools, Richmond, for a computer lab, which may include equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Chandler, Ben
2008 MS $243,000 Jackson State University, for the Southern Institute for Mental Health Research, and Training (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Cochran
2008 AK $975,000 So. Central Found., Anchorage, to purchase equipment for the Primary Care Center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Stevens
2008 $1,500,000 A jointly funded initiative administered by the DoEd and SAMHSA to support competitive grants to instit of higher education to develop and implement emergency management plans for preventing campus violence (Center for Mental Health Services) NBR LABHHS
2008 PA $1,000,000 Expand aircraft parking appron/relocate taxiway, Harrisburg (Air National Guard) NBR C MILCON Holden
2008 CA $490,000 Tri-Delta Transit Park-and-Ride Lots (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Tauscher
2008 WI $392,000 STH 44 – Oshkosh (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Petri
2008 TX $490,000 Lake Ridge Parkway extension in Grand Prairie (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Marchant Cornyn
2008 TX $490,000 Rio Metro Intercity Transit, Hidalgo County (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Hinojosa
2008 MA $2,695,000 Nantucker Memorial Airport (Facilities and Equipment) NBR THUD Delahunt Kennedy, Kerry
2008 IL $392,000 I-55 Noise Abatement Project (North), Woodbridge (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR H THUD Biggert
2008 MS $1,470,000 Greenville Street Revitilization (Data Regional Transportation Development Program) NBR S THUD Cochran
2008 MO $2,082,500 New Alignment South Bridge (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Bond
2008 WA $135,048 Potato Breeding, Prosser (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Hastings (WA), McMorris Rodgers Cantwell, Murray
2008 MS $1,075,419 Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Cochran
2008 OH $305,500 Stop Violence in Ross County (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Space
2008 CA $2,350,000 B-WET California (NOAA) NBR COM Pelosi, Farr Feinstein
2008 CA $188,000 Dr. J. Alfred Smith Sr. Training Academy, Oakland (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Lee
2008 NJ $1,410,000 New Jersey Network (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Frelinghuysen, Pallone, Rothman, Sires Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 MI $314,900 Midland County Courts (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Camp Levin (Carl), Stabenow
2008 AK $3,478,000 Harbor seal and stellar sea lion protection program for management measures to protect harbor seals and stellar sea lions in partnership with NMFS Alaska Sea Life Center (NOAA) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 AL $470,000 UAB Birmingham for an anti-cyber-crime computational operation (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 $1,600,000 National item identification number validation and correction (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Tancredo, Perlmutter Allard, Salazar
2008 $400,000 Injection molded ceramic body armor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Olver
2008 $1,000,000 LOX/methane cooled upper stage rocket engine (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $1,800,000 Mobile corrosion prevention and abatement (Operation and Maintenance – Marine Corps) NBR DEF Higgins Akaka, Clinton, Schumer
2008 CA $1,000,000 Critical Language Training – San Diego State University (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Davis (CA)
2008 $1,000,000 Pulsed Energy Projectile (PEP) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Bartlett Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 $800,000 Lightweight cannon recoil reduction (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Ensign, Reid
2008 $2,400,000 Perimeter & Maritime Sensor Network (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Cardin, Mikulski
2008 NH $167,280 Hampton Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Shea Porter
2008 IA $885,600 COE college scientific instrumentation (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Loebsack Grassley
2008 MI $146,616 Presque Isle Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY English Levin; Stabenow

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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