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 MA $2,679,000 New England Multi-Species Survey for multi-species groundfish surveys, School of Marine Science and Technology (NOAA) NBR COM Frank Kerry, Kennedy (Edward)
2008 NC $282,000 Chowan County Emergency Operations Center equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Butterfield Dole
2008 AL $258,500 Coastal Weather for Catastrophic Events to provide coastal Ala. appropriate weather monitoring equip. to measure wind gusts water surge and rain fall levels during a catastrophic event University of South Alabama (NOAA) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 KY $376,000 University of Kentucky Research Foundation Lexington to encourage and prepare students from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue careers in law (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM McConnell
2008 $800,000 Wearable Video Capture System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Stupak Levin
2008 WI $4,000,000 Modular Advanced Ultra Light Weapons System prototype mount (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Obey Coleman, Kohl
2008 $4,000,000 Range Transformation Initiative (Operation and Maintenance – Marine Corps) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $4,000,000 Advanced Electronics Rosebud Integration (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Herseth Sandlin Johnson, Thune
2008 TX $4,000,000 Alliance for NanoHealth (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Culberson
2008 $3,200,000 Magnetic refrigeration technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Baldwin Kohl
2008 IL $1,320,000 Submarine Targeting Agile Array with rapid zoning (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Durbin
2008 $2,400,000 Army Virtual Emergency Research Testbed (AVERT) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Shelby
2008 CT $5,608,800 Norwalk Harbor Dredging Initiative (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Shays Dodd; Lieberman
2008 NJ $132,840 Absecon Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY LoBiondo Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 MO $256,824 Southeast Missouri Port (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Emerson Bond
2008 MD $738,000 Sustainable Energy Research Facility construction (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Bartlett
2008 MS $24,600 Yazoo Basin – Main Stem (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR S ENERGY Cochran
2008 NJ $5,000 Delaware River at Camden (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 KS $806,000 Hillsdale Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 LA $650,000 Greater North Louisiana Community Development Corporation (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Alexander
2008 MT $295,320 The City of Helena for Missouri River wastewater treatment plant improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Rehberg Baucus, Tester
2008 CA $393,760 Coachella Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Bureau of Land Management – Land Acquisition) NBR INT Bono Feinstein
2008 OR $82,000 Jewish Family & Child Services, Portland, for seniors programs and services at a naturally occurring retirement community (Administration on Aging – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Wu, David Smith
2008 ID $438,000 Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Sali, Bill Craig, Crapo
2008 PA $87,000 Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Murphy, Tim Specter
2008 MI $585,000 Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, to lead a consortium on workforce development for emerging business sectors (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Knollenberg, Joe; McCotter, Thaddeus; Levin, Sander Levin
2008 AZ $390,000 Chiricahua Community Health Centers Inc., Elfrida, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Giffords, Gabrielle
2008 DE $292,000 Jewish Family Services of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington for a nat. occurring ret. comm. demo. proj. (Administration on Aging – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Castle, Michael Biden, Carper
2008 NV $341,000 Washoe County School District, Reno, for equipment for a parental notification system (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Reid
2008 OR $81,000 Oregon Partnership, Portland, for mental health services and programs (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Smith
2008 MI $165,000 Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program, for student tracking and curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Levin, Stabenow
2008 GA $3,700,000 Child development center, Fort Benning (Army) NBR C MILCON HCA
2008 OH $196,000 El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Inc in Loraine for renovation and buildout of the South Lorain Lincoln Community Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Sutton
2008 MN $490,000 Bemidji Regional Airport Terminal Modernization/Expansion (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Peterson
2008 FL $98,000 U.S.-41 capacity improvements in Lee County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Mack
2008 IN $1,225,000 State Road 62/337 construction, Harrison County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Hill Lugar
2008 GA $147,000 SR 151 at CR 162/Colbert Hollow Road, Catoosa County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Deal
2008 AR $1,803,200 Westside (Caraway) Overpass, City of Jonesboro (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Berry Lincoln, Pryor
2008 MO $367,500 Caruthersville Downtown Infrastructure Road Redevelopment, Caruthersville (Data Regional Transportation Development Program) NBR S THUD Bond
2008 KY $3,920,000 Paducah Waterfront Development Project (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD McConnell
2008 MO $535,227 Little Otter Creek Watershed Project (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations) NBR AG Graves Bond
2008 AL $223,425 Southeast Bioenergy (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Sessions
2008 CA $47,000 Barrio Action Youth and Family Center learning excellence-achieving Dreams, Los Angeles (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Solis
2008 NJ $94,000 Safe Haven Program, Irvington (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Payne Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 IA $2,820,000 Iowa State University forensic science (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Latham Harkin, Grassley
2008 MA $376,000 Mill River Habitat Restoration (NOAA) NBR H COM Frank
2008 NC $47,000 Washington County Courthouse security (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Butterfield
2008 MS $940,000 Fishery Survey Vessel (Number 5 Shallow Draft) (NOAA) NBR S COM Cochran
2008 AK $752,000 State of Alaska, Juneau, to continue alcohol interdiction investigation and prosecution of bootlegging crimes (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 $800,000 Integrated systems in sensing, imaging, and communications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Stupak 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