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 Multi-State $3,097,167 Shrimp Aquaculture [AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Federal Administration) NBR AG Grijalva, Hirono, Neal, Pastor Cochran
2008 NM $186,684 Oil resources from desert plants (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Bingaman, Domenici
2008 CA $225,600 Irwindale communications interoperability (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Solis
2008 CA $1,034,000 San Francisco Community Justice Center (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Pelosi
2008 IA $194,000 Iowa State University, Ames, for forensics equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Latham Harkin, Grassley
2008 MA $1,786,000 Scallop Fishery Assessment (MFI) to determine conservation and sustainability measures to ensure a strong future for the New England scallop fishery, Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute (NOAA) NBR COM Frank Kerry, Kennedy (Edward)
2008 NC $47,000 Pitt County Gang Prevention Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Butterfield
2008 IL $352,500 Geodesy/Height Modernization Illinois (NOAA) NBR S COM Johnson (Tim) SD
2008 KY $376,000 University of Louisville Research Foundation, Louisville, to develop methods for detecting child abuse (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM McConnell
2008 $1,600,000 Highly integrated optical interconnects (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Stupak Levin, Stabenow
2008 WI $3,600,000 Sustainability of AN/SPS-49 common signal data processor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Obey Kohl
2008 $4,000,000 Inter turbined burner for turbo shaft engines (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 SD $480,000 Novel extremity body armor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Herseth Sandlin Johnson
2008 TX $1,600,000 Carbon nano-materials for advanced aerospace applications, AQW Rice University (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Culberson
2008 WI $1,200,000 Wound Infection Treatment Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Baldwin
2008 $1,360,000 DNA safeguard (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Craig, Crapo
2008 $2,400,000 Advanced ceramic surface engineering for helicopter compressor blades (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Baucus, Tester
2008 CT $4,019,640 Stamford Mill River restoration (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Shays Dodd; Lieberman
2008 NJ $4,779,288 Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY LoBiondo Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 MO $492,000 St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR ENERGY Emerson Bond
2008 TX $492,000 Advancing Texas biofuel production (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Barton
2008 MS $1,476,000 Yazoo Basin – Reformulation Unit (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR S ENERGY Cochran
2008 NJ $139,000 Shrewsbury River, Main Channel (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 IN $769,000 Salamonie Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 LA $450,000 Northeast Louisiana Business and Community Development Center, University of Louisiana at Monroe (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Alexander Landrieu
2008 MT $492,200 The City of Conrad for Conrad Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Rehberg Baucus
2008 CA $492,200 San Bernardino National Forest, Santa Rosa San Jacinto National Monument (Forest Service – Land Acquisition) NBR H INT Bono
2008 OR $112,000 Providence Cancer Center, Portland, for the rural and underserved cancer outreach project (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Wu, David; Blumenauer, Earl; Hooley, Darlene; Walden (OR), Greg Wyden, Smith
2008 ID $390,000 United Way of Treasure Valley, Boise, for a substance abuse treatment program (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Sali, Bill; Simpson, Michael Crapo
2008 PA $87,000 Jefferson Regional Medical Center, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Murphy, Tim Specter, Casey
2008 OH $185,000 Vocational Guidance Services, Cleveland, for equipment and technology in order to increase employment for persons with disabilities (Rehab – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Kucinich, Dennis Brown, Voinovich
2008 AZ $414,000 University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Giffords, Gabrielle; Grijalva, Raul
2008 DE $390,000 Delaware Department of Education, Dover, for the Starting Stronger Early Learning Initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Castle, Michael; Biden, Carper
2008 NJ $370,000 Kennedy Health Sys, Voorhees, for the Women and Children's Hth Pavilion's Adv. Cancer Prev. and Treat. Initiative (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 IA $731,000 George Meany Center for Labor Studies- the National Labor College for curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 DE $370,000 University of Delaware, Newark, for the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Biden, Carper
2008 NV $1,400,000 Wabuska railroad line spur, Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant (Army) NBR MILCON Heller Reid
2008 OH $490,000 Improved Access to Cuyahogo Valley National Park Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR H THUD Sutton
2008 MN $98,000 Stony Run Township Road in Yellow Medicine County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Peterson
2008 FL $196,000 Burnt Store Road: evacuation route widening (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Mack, Mahoney Nelson
2008 IN $656,600 City of Columbus, Mill Race Center for Active Adults for construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Hill Bayh
2008 OR $245,000 LTD alternatives analysis for Third EmX, Corridor (Alternatives Analysis) NBR THUD DeFazio Smith
2008 AR $490,000 Highway 165 Overpass, Stuggart (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Berry Lincoln, Pryor
2008 WA $34,300 Pacific Transit Vehicle Replacement (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Murray, Cantwell
2008 KS $245,000 87th Street Parkway improvements, Lenexa (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Brownback
2008 AZ $426,990 International Arid Lands Consortium (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Grijalva, Herseth Sandlin, Johnson (IL), Pastor Bingaman, Domenici, Johnson (SD), Thune
2008 WV $286,977 Big Sandy Tri-State Watershed Inventory and Analysis (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Byrd
2008 CA $28,200 City of Irwindale Teen Activity Center (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Solis
2008 NM $89,300 New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Santa Fe, for equipment to combat meth (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Pearce, Wilson (Heather), Udall (Tom) Domenici, Bingaman
2008 IA $423,000 Iowa Central Community College (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Latham

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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