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 CA $492,000 Tujuana Wash environmental restoration (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Becerra; Barman: Napolitano; Roybal Allard; Sherman; Solis; Waters; Watson; Waxman; Schiff Feinstein
2008 MI $251,904 Bay Port Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 Multi-State $1,494,000 Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton [NJ, PA] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Lautenberg; Menendez; Specter
2008 IN $1,871,000 J. Edward Roush Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IA $500,000 Student Business Incubator at the University of Northern Iowa (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Braley Grassley, Harkin
2008 VA $1,575,040 James River National Wildlife Refuge (United States Fish and Wildlife Service – Land Acquisition) NBR INT Robert Scott Warner, Webb
2008 IA $492,200 The City of Davenport for water system improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Braley Harkin, Grassley
2008 KY $243,000 Center for Health Equity, Louisville, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Yarmuth, John
2008 CA $741,000 Santa Ana, for the Work Experience and Literary Program (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Sanchez, Loretta Feinstein, Boxer
2008 PA $731,000 United Mine Workers of America, Washington, for the UMWA Career Center's mine worker training and reemployment programs (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Murtha, John
2008 NY $341,000 St. Bonaventure University, for equipment at the science facility (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Kuhl (NY), John; Walsh, James T.
2008 OH $170,000 Defiance College, for training autism caregivers (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Gillmor, Paul Brown
2008 KY $195,000 Boyle County Public Library, Danville, for education materials and equipment (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Chandler, Ben
2008 MA $146,000 School at Jacob's Pillow, Beckett, for the development of youth cultural and educational programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 IL $341,000 Golden Apple Foundation, Chicago, for a math and science teacher training initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Durbin
2008 $5,000,000 Pediatric dentistry (Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry) NBR LABHHS
2008 PA $6,300,000 Operations and training facility, Fort Indiantown Gap (Air National Guard) NBR MILCON Holden Casey, Specter
2008 TN $147,000 Carrooll County Watershed Authority for land acquisition (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Tanner
2008 WI $588,000 Engineering project for NFDL Railyard Crossing (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Petri
2008 IL $245,000 Algonquin Road extension, McHenry County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Manzullo
2008 TX $245,000 City of San Juan for planning, design and construction of a new library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Hinojosa
2008 CO $147,000 National Sports Center for the Disabled in Denver for land acquisition, planning, design and construction of a multipurpose facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD DeGette, Tancredo, Udall (CO) Salazar
2008 IL $245,000 Pace Bus Park-N-Ride Facility, Plainfield (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Biggert Obama
2008 MS $2,744,000 Canton Parkway (Data Regional Transportation Development Program) NBR S THUD Cochran
2008 MO $551,250 Paseo Street Corridor improvements (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Bond
2008 OR $460,752 Hops Research, Corvallis (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Hastings (WA), Hooley Cantwell, Murray, Smith (OR), Wyden
2008 MS $3,723,750 Natural Products Lab (General Provisions) NBR S AG Cochran
2008 OH $284,820 Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force methamphetamine enforcement (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Space
2008 CA $423,000 San Francisco District Attorney's Office Community Response Networks (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Pelosi
2008 CA $235,000 City of Oakland Radical Roving Recreation Program (RRR) (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Lee
2008 NJ $940,000 Morris County (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Frelinghuysen
2008 CA $940,000 Riverside County Sheriff's Department (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Calvert, Bono
2008 MS $7,520,000 Ctr. for Mar. Aquaculture to construct a center to apply recent advances in aquaculture biotech. pathology nutrition genetics engnr. microbiology and econ., Univ. of Southern Miss. (NOAA) NBR S COM Cochran
2008 AL $493,500 Troy University for cyber crime prevention and training (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 $1,200,000 Personnel Armor System Ground Troops (PASGT) helmet retrofit pad sets (Operation and Maintenance – Army Reserve National Guard) NBR DEF Tancredo Allard
2008 $4,000,000 Technologies for military equipment replenishment (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Obey Kohl
2008 $1,000,000 Carbon nanotube thin film near infrared detector (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $800,000 LENS XX hypervelocity ground testing (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Higgins
2008 CA $1,000,000 Wireless Imaging and Sensor Network (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Davis (CA)
2008 $2,400,000 Vibration Management Enhancement Program (Aircraft Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Barrett, Brown (SC), Clyburn Feinstein, Graham
2008 $800,000 Ground vehicle fastening and joining research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Levin, Stabenow
2008 $2,400,000 Project FORTITUDE (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Bunning
2008 NH $112,176 Hampton Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Shea Porter
2008 NJ $876,744 Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet (Absecon) (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY LoBiondo Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 NY $492,000 Rockland Community College Science Laboratory (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Engel
2008 CA $128,904 Los Angeles River watercourse improvement – headworks (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Becerra, Berman, Napolitano, Roybal Allard, Schiff, Sherman, Solis, Waters, Watson, Waxman Feinstein
2008 MS $9,840,000 Yazoo Basin – Yazoo Backwater (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR S ENERGY Cochran
2008 NJ $2,914,000 Raritan River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 IN $898,000 Monroe Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 VA $282,000 Alleghany Highlands Economic Development Corporation to develop business assistance software tools (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Boucher

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