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 $1,280,000 Airborne threats (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Stevens
2008 $2,400,000 Development and validation of advanced design technologies for hypersonic research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 PA $1,230,000 Cheyney University stem education infrastructure (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Sestak
2008 NJ $414,000 Cold Spring Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY LoBiondo Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 MO $467,000 Caruthersville Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Emerson Bond
2008 GA $1,230,000 University of Georgia biorefinery and fuel cell research (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Barrow; Kingston
2008 LA $984,000 Mississippi Delta Region (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR S ENERGY Landrieu
2008 NH $1,145,000 Surry Mountain Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IN $108,000 Surveillance of Northern Boundary Waters (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AL $175,000 Wallace State Community College for an integrated manufacturing center (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Aderholt
2008 OH $196,880 Spring Hill Historic Home, Massillon (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Regula
2008 MO $442,980 Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (National Park Service – Land Acquisition) NBR H INT Blunt
2008 CA $292,000 County of Marin, San Rafael, for research and analysis related to breast cancer incidence and mortality (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Woolsey, Lynn Boxer
2008 CO $121,000 Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Assoc., Inc., Steamboat Springs, to construct and equip a comm. health clinic (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Salazar, John Salazar
2008 PA $487,000 St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Murphy, Tim
2008 MI $487,000 Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, for a Core Molecular Laboratory (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR LABHHS Knollenberg, Joe Levin, Stabenow
2008 PA $87,000 Alvernia College, Reading, for scholarships and nursing education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Gerlach, Jim Specter
2008 DE $243,000 Delaware Technical and Community College, Dover, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Castle, Michael
2008 PA $87,000 Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol, for autism therapy evaluation (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 GA $82,000 Georgia State University, Atlanta, for science education partnership programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Chambliss
2008 IA $292,000 Des Moines Community School District and Urban Dreams, demonstration on full service community schools (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 NY $10,600,000 Child development center, Fort Drum (Army) NBR C MILCON HCA
2008 OK $343,000 US 169 Highway widening enviromental assessment, City of Owassa (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Sullivan Inhofe
2008 MN $392,000 White Earth Tribal Nation SMART Transit and Buses (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Peterson Klobuchar
2008 MA $98,000 Year Up In Boston for construction, renovation and buildout of a technology training facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Lynch
2008 IN $147,000 Huntingburg Airport Upgrades (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Hill
2008 GA $245,000 SR 9 south of Cumming from SR 141 to SR 20 (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Deal
2008 CA $147,000 for construction and buildout of a family center (Valley Family Center in San Fernando) (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Berman
2008 WA $686,000 Spokane Transit Smart Bus Technology Moderization (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Murray, Cantwell
2008 LA $2,744,000 I-69 (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Landrieu, Vitter
2008 VA $61,566 Buena Vista Watershed (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations) NBR H AG Goodlatte
2008 ND $85,398 Rural Development Centers (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Conrad, Dorgan
2008 CA $98,700 City of Rosemead graffiti deterrence technologies (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Solis
2008 NJ $437,100 Township of Irvington for the Youth Safe Haven Police Mini-station Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Payne Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 IA $1,753,100 Des Moines Area Community College (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Latham
2008 NC $376,000 City of Winston-Salem (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Foxx, Watt Dole, Burr
2008 IN $34,000 Carmel (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Burton Lugar, Bayh
2008 VT $229,400 Eye-On-The-Sky to continue and expand meteorology reporting education and outreach efforts, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium (NOAA) NBR S COM Leahy
2008 NM $188,000 State of New Mexico First Judicial District Court Mental Health Court Program, Santa Fe, to expand services (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Domenici
2008 $3,040,000 Active Protection Systems Initiative for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Stupak Levin
2008 MN $2,000,000 FlexTrain eXprotable Combat Training Capability (XCTC), Camp Ripley (Other Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Oberstar Coleman
2008 $4,800,000 Conventional strike missiles capability demonstration (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 SD $400,000 Control system for laser powder deposition (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Herseth Sandlin Johnson
2008 $1,600,000 Enhanced landmine and IED detection technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Cubin
2008 $1,000,000 Capabilities study for improvised explosive devices detection (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Baker
2008 $1,280,000 Digital Directed Manufacturing Project (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF McConnell
2008 $2,400,000 Institute for Regenerative Medicine (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Burr, Dole
2008 NY $2,106,744 Orchard Beach, Bronx (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Serrano; Crowley Schumer; Clinton
2008 NJ $107,256 New Jersey Shoreline alternative long-term nourishment (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY LoBiondo Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 MO $11,138,000 Wappapello Lake (Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River & Trib: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Emerson Bond

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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