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 $3,200,000 Combustion light gas gun projectile (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Byrd
2008 OH $1,968,000 Hybrid hydraulic drivetrain demonstration (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Ryan, T. Voinovich
2008 IA $738,000 Luther College Science Building Renovation Project (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Latham Grassley
2008 VA $640,584 Onancock River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Drake Warner; Webb
2008 LA $11,620,000 J. Bennett Johnston Waterway (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Alexander; Jindal; McCrery Landrieu; Vitter
2008 SC $457,560 Folly River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Graham
2008 NC $462,000 New River Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Burr; Dole
2008 IA $2,931,000 Coralville Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Grassley
2008 VA $500,000 Virginia Small Business Workforce Web Portal Project, Richmond (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Warner, Webb
2008 WI $2,264,120 Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin Wild Waterways (Forest Service – Land Acquisition) NBR INT Obey Kohl
2008 WA $393,760 The City of Winlock for wastewater treatment plant upgrades (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Murray, Cantwell
2008 IL $195,000 Helen Wheeler Center for Community Mental Health, Kankakee, for mental health services (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Weller, Jerry
2008 CA $268,000 AltaMed Health Services Corp., Los Angeles, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR LABHHS Roybal Allard, Lucille Boxer
2008 KS $146,000 National Teacher's Hall of Fame, Emporia, for teacher professional development and retention programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Moran (KS), Jerry
2008 WI $394,000 Boscobel Area Health Care, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Kind, Ron
2008 VA $97,000 City of Chesapeake, for an infant mortality and chronic disease prevention program (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Forbes, J.
2008 CA $438,000 City of Stockton, for facilities and equipment for a health care facility (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Cardoza, Dennis
2008 ME $143,000 University of Maine, Orono, to maintain healthy interscholastic youth sports programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
2008 OR $248,000 Hermiston, to support programs and systems for Latino education (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Smith
2008 NM $3,656,000 University of New Mexico, Albquerque, for construction, renovation, and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Domenici
2008 VA $14,200,000 Joint forces command, headquarters, Building One, Norfolk (Navy) NBR MILCON Drake Warner, Webb
2008 CA $147,000 City of Azusa for renovation of the Azusa National Guard Armory to become a recreational facility for seniors and youth (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Solis
2008 AZ $1,225,000 Sky Harbor, Phoenix taxiway improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Pastor Kyl
2008 IA $490,000 Reconstruct Interstate 80, Johnson County (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR THUD Loebsack Harkin
2008 WA $196,000 Beaudry Road Crossing and Pathway, Yakima Co. (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Hastings
2008 AL $392,000 Birmingham Intermodel Transit Facility (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Davis Shelby
2008 GA $392,000 Chatham County, Savannah Bus Facility (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Barrow, Kingston
2008 MT $328,300 City of Billings, Big Sky Economic Development Authority, for historic preservation of the Cobb Field facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Baucus, Tester
2008 WA $514,500 Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Center (Research (FAA)) NBR S THUD Murray
2008 CA $232,362 Olive Fruit Fly (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR H AG Thompson (CA)
2008 CA $470,682 Verticillium Wilt, Salinas (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Farr
2008 ID $142,992 Little Wood River Irrigation District Gravity Pressure Delivery System (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Craig
2008 NC $94,000 Swain County (Law Enforcement Communications Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Shuler
2008 MA $470,000 On-Site Academy's Law Enforcement Counseling Program, Gardner (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Olver
2008 MI $651,420 Oakland County Sheriff's Department (CLEMIS) (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Knollenberg, Levin (Sander) Levin (Carl), Stabenow
2008 CA $446,500 Pelagic Tagging a west coast blue-fin tuna research program, Monterey Bay Aquarium (NOAA) NBR COM Farr Feinstein
2008 KS $94,000 Miami County Sheriff's Office public safety equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Boyda
2008 Multi-State $1,410,000 PORTS Pilot (NOAA) NBR S COM Shelby, Cochran, Vitter
2008 VT $188,000 Vermont Police Academy, Pittsford, to train new recruits to deal with violent and drug related crimes (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Sanders
2008 $1,200,000 Project Kryptolite (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Smith (NJ)
2008 $1,600,000 Body armor improved ballistic protection (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $2,500,000 Regenerative chemical biological filtration systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF LaTourette
2008 $800,000 Big Antennas Small Structures Efficient Tactical (BASSET) UAV (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Harman
2008 $2,400,000 Autonomous cargo acquisition for rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Cramer
2008 $1,000,000 Critical composites technologies for enabling Special Operations Forces medium range endurance craft (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Allen Collins, Snowe
2008 $1,500,000 Laser Perimeter Awareness System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Coleman
2008 $3,200,000 National Biometrics Security Project (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Byrd
2008 OH $984,000 Windham (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Ryan
2008 IA $22,632 City of Perry (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Latham Grassley
2008 Multi-State $4,920,000 International Alternative Cleanup Technology Agreement (PA, SC) (Department of Energy: Defense Environmental Cleanup) NBR ENERGY Doyle; McHenry Specter

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