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
2005 IL $150,000 Village of Niles for law enforcement technologies (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2005 IL $1,300,000 Technology enhancements for law enforcement agencies in Northern Illinois (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR H COM
2005 $2,000,000 Staff management/civil support team trainer (Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Ground Combat Vehicle laser warning (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $4,200,000 Decision related structures (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,500,000 Cell-level battery controller (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2005 $5,100,000 Force Protection Electronic Attack Systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,400,000 Human polymerized pyridoxilated hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $2,500,000 Tissue and limb transplantation medical technology development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $40,000,000 Miscellaneous equipment (National Guard and Reserve Equipment, Army Reserve) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,200,000 Cockpit Air Bag System (Aircraft Procurement, Army) NBR H DEF
2005 Multi-State $5,600,000 Rock Island, Pine Bluff, Anniston AIT Automation Initiative (Other Procurement, Army) NBR S DEF
2005 NM $80,000 Las Cruces Dam, environmental restoration, Dopna Ana County [Project Modifications for Improvement of the Environment] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY
2005 AR $61,000 Yellow Bend Port (Corp of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
2005 IN $500,000 Indiana Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
2005 CA $200,000 Santa Clara River study (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR C ENERGY
2005 CT $500,000 Startech plasma conversion technology [Hydrogen] (Renewable Energy Resources – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 $1,500,000 Gridwise (Electricity Transmission and Distribution – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 GA $400,000 Augusta Canal NHA (Heritage Partnership Program – National Park Service) NBR INT
2005 MT $5,000,000 Blackfoot River Watershed (Land Acquisition – Bureau of Land Management) NBR S INT
2005 TX $500,000 University of Texas Health Center at Tyler for facilities and equipment for the Texas Lung Injury Institute (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 VA $50,000 Piedmont Community Foundation, Middleburg, for after school programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NC $85,000 Isothermal Community College, Spindale, for operation of a Material Testing Laboratory (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 WV $18,000 Pendleton County Board of Education, Franklin, for a Distance Learning Initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 TN $250,000 University of Memphis, for the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, which may include support for an endowment (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $12,000 Greenburgh Public Library, Tarrytown, for computers and technology (Institute of Museum & Library Sciences – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 TN $100,000 East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City for facilities and equipment for a mobile surgical unit (HRSA – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $500,000 University at Buffalo, State University of New York, for facilities and equipment for the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics (HRSA – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Wilkes-Barre (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 KY $300,000 New Horizons Medical Center, Owenton, for technology improvements (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 DC $100,000 Second Chance Employment Services to develop a nationwide program that helps abused and other at-risk women find employment (ETA – Dept. of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Community Services for Children, Allentown, for a substance abuse prevention program (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention – SAMHSA) NBR C LABHHS
2005 TX $2,900,000 Fort Bliss, tactical equipment shop – AAMDC (Army) NBR H MILCON
2005 NY $500,000 Pelham Intermodal improvements (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2005 $250,000 NAS tire study (Highway Safety Programs – Federal Highway Traffic Safety Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 CA $1,000,000 Los Angeles Union Station Communication System (Intelligent Transportation Systems – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 ND $2,000,000 I-29 Northbound reconstruction (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 AL $500,000 Easter Seals Central Alabama JARC (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Adminstration) NBR C THUD
2005 $950,000 Nanostructured catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells (CATV UA) (Transit Planning and Research – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2005 SD $1,000,000 Little Eagle and Wakpala Streets on Standing Rock Indian Reservation (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MA $150,000 Essex County buses (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 WA $5,000,000 King County Metro Clean Air buses (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NY $600,000 Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority for water infrastructure improvements in the town of Huron (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 OH $100,000 City of Delphos, Allen, Putnam and Van Wery counties for the Tri-County Regional Water System Project (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 FL $200,000 City of Gainesville for the depot regional storm water park (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 OH $250,000 Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority for the Northwest Ohio Brownfield Restoration Initiative (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 GA $100,000 City of Marietta for capitalization of the Marietta Growth Fund (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 FL $250,000 City of Tampa for facilities construction and renovation of the Bay History Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 MO $194,000 Missouri Sheriff's Association for construction of an indoor firing range in Jefferson City (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 Multi-State $6,000,000 Continuation of the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program for business incubators in Florida and New York (NASA) NBR H VAHUD

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