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 UT $588,000 500 South, I-15 to Redwood Road (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Bennett, Hatch
2008 WV $764,400 WVU Exhaust Emission Testing Initiative (Research [FTA]) NBR S THUD Byrd
2008 CA $3,331,515 Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, Parlier and Davis (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Thompson (CA) Feinstein
2008 CA $337,620 Water Management Research Laboratory, Brawley (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Filner Feinstein
2008 WI $86,391 Conservation internships (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Kohl
2008 ID $47,000 Idaho Department of Corrections, Boise, for a web-based offender information system (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Simpson (Mike) Craig
2008 MA $705,000 Large Millimeter Telescope at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (NASA) NBR H COM Olver
2008 IL $376,000 City of Springfield (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM LaHood
2008 $1,880,000 Educational Advancement Alliance Math, Science, and Technology Program (NASA) NBR H COM Fattah
2008 TX $705,000 Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, for crime lab technologies (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Brady (Kevin) Hutchison, Cornyn
2008 IA $613,000 Project STORM Air Quality Initiative air quality research, University of Northern Iowa (NOAA) NBR S COM Harkin, Grassley
2008 IA $291,000 Department of Public Safety, Polk County, to intercept imported meth (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Harkin
2008 WA $1,000,000 National Defense University Technology Research Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Smith (WA)
2008 $1,600,000 Small Boat Family Integrated Combat System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $1,000,000 Advanced fabric treatment for flame resistant uniforms (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Lee, Doolittle, Price (NC)
2008 $2,400,000 Proton therapy (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Hastert Durbin
2008 $4,000,000 Rapid Response System for protection of air and ground vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Cramer
2008 $1,600,000 Direct motor driven waterjet (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Altmire
2008 RI $1,600,000 Automated Submarine Command and Control Center (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Reed
2008 IL $3,200,000 Next Generation Manufacturing Technologies for Defense Supply Chain (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Durbin
2008 Multi-State $590,400 Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Program (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR ENERGY Salazar Domenici; Ben Nelson; Bingaman
2008 OH $2,854,000 Ashtabula Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY LaTourette Voinovich
2008 VA $744,888 Norfolk Harbor and Channels (Deepening) (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Drake; Scott, R. Warner; Webb
2008 MD $738,000 Gulf of Maine Research Institute Lab upgrades (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Allen Snowe; Collins
2008 MI $154,488 Sebewaing River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 MN $97,000 International water studies (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 KS $1,941,000 Melvern Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 NV $400,000 Hispanic business and demographic information initiative, University of Nevada, Reno (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Reid
2008 MA $147,660 William Cullen Bryant Home Homestead, Cummington (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Olver
2008 WA $492,200 The City of Puyallup for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Adam Smith Cantwell
2008 FL $185,000 Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service, Boca Raton, to provide outreach to at risk study (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Wexler, Robert
2008 CA $97,000 Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, Los Angeles, for a longitudinal study on high school graduation rates (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Roybal Allard, Lucille
2008 VA $48,000 Network for Instructional, TV, Inc., Reston, for training program for child care providers (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Moran (VA), James
2008 IA $243,000 Bueno Vista University, Storm Lake, for curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS King (IA), Steve Grassley
2008 PR $121,000 Quebrada Health Center, Municipality of Camuy, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Fortuno, Luis
2008 PA $165,000 Geisinger Health System, Danville, for construction and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Carney, Christopher Specter
2008 VT $2,925,000 University of Vermont, Burlington, to establish the Educational Excellence Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Leahy, Byrd, Harkin, Inouye
2008 PA $87,000 Lackawanna College, Scranton, for laboratory equipment and technology upgrades and acquisition (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 MS $97,000 University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, for equipment for the School of Dentistry (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Cochran
2008 IN $11,800,000 Special weapons assessment facility, Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center (Navy) NBR C MILCON Ellsworth Bayh
2008 OH $980,000 Harrison County Road 29 (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Space
2008 NJ $196,000 Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, Inc., Orange for the Berg Hat Factory Commercial Arts Center to build out a business incubator and community arts complex (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Payne Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 CA $147,000 San Jose Conservation Corps and Charter School Youthbuild for construction of low-income housing (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Lofgren
2008 NC $392,000 Montgomery County Regional Airport Improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Hayes
2008 VA $49,000 Fairfax County Park Authority in Annandale for revitalization of athletic facilities at Mason District Park (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Davis
2008 TX $98,000 Arlington Chamber of Commerce for commercialization of technology at University of Texas at Arlington (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Barton Hutchison
2008 WV $7,490,238 West Virginia Route 2 improvements (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Byrd
2008 NV $490,000 Reno Rail Access Corridor enhancements (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Reid, Ensign
2008 CA $315,774 Sudden Oak Disease, Davis (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Thompson (CA) Feinstein
2008 CA $1,630,506 Pierce's Disease (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Farr, McCarthy (CA), Radanovich, Thompson (CA) Boxer, Feinstein

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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