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 $2,400,000 Automated language translation (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Harman
2008 $2,400,000 Aircraft Structural Condition Monitoring (ASCM) for diagnostics and prognostics (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Cramer
2008 $1,600,000 Innovative methods for ship-building affordability (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Allen
2008 FL $1,500,000 Sensor arrays for multiple applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Nelson (FL)
2008 MO $3,200,000 HYPERSAR Radar (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Bond
2008 OH $984,000 NE Ohio Carbon Sequestration Pipeline Scoping Study (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research & Development) NBR H ENERGY Ryan, Tim
2008 IA $1,476,000 Iowa Stored Energy Plant (Department of Energy: Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability) NBR ENERGY Latham Grassley; Harkin
2008 VA $93,480 Sandbridge Beach (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Drake Warner; Webb
2008 Multi-State $11,651,000 Ouachita and Black Rivers [AR, LA] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Alexander; Jindal; Ross Landrieu; Lincoln; Pryor; Vitter
2008 SD $2,804,400 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Johnson; Thune
2008 NC $467,000 Masonboro Inlet and connecting channels (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Burr; Dole
2008 IA $3,377,000 Red Rock Dam and Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Grassley
2008 WV $1,000,000 Wheeling Park Commission for a conference center at National Training Center for Public Facility Managers, Wheeling, WV (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Byrd
2008 WI $1,968,800 Forest Products Lab for Demonstration of Converting Biomass to Ethanol (Forest Service – Wildfire Management) NBR H INT Obey
2008 WV $2,953,200 The City of Moorefield for wastewater treatment plant improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Byrd
2008 IL $146,000 Bureau County Health Clinic, Princeton, to expand rural health services (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Weller, Jerry
2008 CA $390,000 California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Roybal Allard, Lucille
2008 KS $195,000 Prairie Star Health Center, Hutchinson, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Moran (KS), Jerry
2008 WI $287,000 Chippewa Valley Hospital, Durand, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Kind, Ron Kohl
2008 NE $195,000 Peru State College, for the Adopt a High School Initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Fortenberry, Jeff Nelson, Ben, Hagel
2008 MO $97,000 Lemay Child & Family Center, St. Louis, for early childhood education and family literacy programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Carnahan, Russ
2008 AK $248,000 University of Alaska/Southeast, Juneau, for the Alaska Distance Education Technology Consortium for Distance Learning (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Stevens
2008 MA $165,000 Holyoke Community College, for educational equipment and information technology (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 SD $146,000 Glory House, Sioux Falls, to construct a methamphetamine treatment center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Johnson
2008 VA $5,300,000 Parachute drying facility, Dam Neck (Defense Wide) NBR C MILCON Drake
2008 IN $245,000 Saint Francis University Achatz Hall at Fort Wayne for renovation and equipment (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Souder Lugar
2008 AZ $147,000 City of Phoenix for streetscape improvements as part of the Maryvale Revitalization Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Pastor
2008 IA $147,000 City of Benicia for renovation, construction and buildout of a facility for veterans (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Loebsack Harkin
2008 WA $294,000 Implementing Red Mountain Area Plan, Benton Co. (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Hastings Murray, Cantwell
2008 VA $490,000 Route 1/619 Traffic Circle at Quantico Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR H THUD Davis
2008 MD $245,000 Western Maryland Welcome Center Frederick Co. Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR H THUD Bartlett
2008 ID $171,500 City of Boise, Public Works Department, for design and construction of city's geothermal system expansion (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Crapo
2008 WA $2,058,000 Spiroid winglet fuel efficiency research (Research [FAA]) NBR S THUD Murray
2008 CA $1,869,819 Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree Crop Research, Davis (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR H AG Thompson (CA)
2008 CA $222,432 Greenhouse Lettuce Germplasm, Salinas (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Farr
2008 AK $329,676 New crop opportunities (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Stevens
2008 PA $117,500 Cambria County (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Shuster
2008 MA $188,000 Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center youth empowerment services, Pittsfield (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Olver
2008 OH $517,000 Cleveland Botanical Gardens Green Corps programs for at-risk youth (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Kucinich
2008 CA $267,900 Monterey County for a gang task force (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Farr Boxer, Feinstein
2008 KS $70,500 Leavenworth Police Department public safety equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Boyda
2008 OR $446,500 Oregon Salmon Weak Stock Solutions Research reducing by-catch of weak salmon stocks and avoiding long term closures of the salmon fishery, Hatfield Marine Science Center (DOC-NOAA) NBR S COM Smith (Gordon), Wyden
2008 VT $83,300 Vermont Protection and Advocacy, Montpelier, for communication support for the disabled in court proceedings (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Sanders
2008 NJ $1,600,000 Power dozer side-casting technology operational capability/integration evaluation (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Smith (NJ)
2008 $1,600,000 Carrier/LHA Ship Self Defense System open architecture and security upgrades (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $1,200,000 Pneumothorax detection device (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF LaTourette Voinovich
2008 $2,400,000 DICAST system enhancement (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Harman
2008 $2,400,000 Integrated Modeling of Air & Ground Environments (IMAGE) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Cramer
2008 ME $1,600,000 Ripsaw Unmanned Ground Vehicle Weaponization (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Allen Collins, Snowe
2008 $1,500,000 Lightweight multi-functional material technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Lautenberg, Menendez

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