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 $1,000,000 Photovoltaic hydrogen and flexible PV for portable power (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,500,000 SPIKE missile development and production (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Emergency Eye Care Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $3,000,000 Highly Mobile Tactical Communications (HMTC) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,100,000 Cobra ball long wave infrared mid-course data collection Capability (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,550,000 Army Trailer Technology Insertion (TTI) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $4,500,000 Modular Causeway System (Other Procurement, Army) NBR S DEF
2005 OR $250,000 Columbia & Lower Willamette River below Vancouver, Astoria boat basin (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
2005 MO $50,000 Confluence Point State Park [Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY
2005 TX $2,000,000 Matagorda Ship Channel (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR C ENERGY
2005 SC $187,000 Pawleys Island [planning] (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2005 MI $700,000 Michigan Research Institute for Life Science Research (Biological & Environmental Research – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 DC $850,000 Women's Center/Family Strengthening Program Initiative (Federal Payment to the Office of Chief Financial Officer) NBR C FINSER
2005 ID $10,000 Slickspot peppergrass (Resource Management – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR INT
2005 VA $100,000 Phoenix Bank (Historic Preservation Fund – National Park Service) NBR C INT
2005 TX $325,000 Communities in Schools of Northeast Texas, Pflugerville, for services for at-risk students (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IL $150,000 Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, Illinois for Community Unit School District #300 for school improvement (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Dept. of Ed.) NBR C LABHHS
2005 GA $650,000 Darton College, Albany, for the rural technology network (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 AK $200,000 Fairbanks North Star Borough School District for the 4 R (Reading, Reasoning, Relationships and Relevance) Children's Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 TN $250,000 University of the South, Sewanee, for equipment and technology (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 AL $315,000 Sci-Quest, The North Alabama Science Center, Huntsville, for science and mathematics education programs (Institute of Museum & Library Sciences – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $250,000 Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NV $400,000 Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Henderson (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 UT $50,000 Wayne Community Health Centers, Inc., Wayne County (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IL $1,600,000 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, for facilities and equipment for a new Prentice Women's Hospital (Health Resources and Services Administration – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $100,000 Upper Catskill Television Network, Inc., Oneonta (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IL $100,000 Advocate Metro Outreach Initiative, Oak Brook, to implement an initiative to provide comprehensive health education and services to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community (CMMS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NJ $9,502,000 Fort Dix Controlled Humidity Storage (Phase I) (Army Reserve) NBR H MILCON
2005 $500,000 Community Transportation Association of America Nationwide Joblinks (Transit Planning and Research – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2005 NY $300,000 Jamaica Bay Transportation Hub (Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 OH $1,500,000 Beall Avenue Economic Redevelopment Project (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MA $2,000,000 I-93 Interchange (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 CO $3,250,000 Colorado Transit Coalition JARC (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Adminstration) NBR C THUD
2005 NJ $400,000 Phillipsburg to Northeastern NJ/NYC commuter rail study (Transit Planning and Research – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2005 KY $500,000 Louisville Medical Center Development Corporation Project (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MA $1,000,000 Amesbury Bus Facility (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 CA $300,000 Sonoma County CNG buses (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NY $275,000 Warnerville Water District for a water and sewer project (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 PA $250,000 York City Sewer Authority for wastewater collection system improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 CA $200,000 City of East Palo Alto for the storm water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 MI $300,000 Motown Center in Detroit for costs associated with the relocation of the center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 AL $121,250 Huntsville-Madison County Botanical Gardens in Alabama for improvements to facilities (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 FL $150,000 Alachua County for streetscape improvements for the Partners for a Productive Community Enhancement Initiative (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NC $97,000 East Market Street Development Corporation for facility renovations to the old post office site in Greensboro (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 IN $750,000 Purdue University in West Lafayette for the Advanced Manufacturing Institute (NASA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 WI $287,500 Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Committee cooperative agreement (Conservation Operations) NBR S AG
2005 WA $697,000 Citrus tristeza (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
2005 FL $250,000 Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM
2005 MN $500,000 Hennepin County CrimeNet (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM
2005 $1,619,000 Hazardous Materials Response Program (NOAA – National Ocean Service, Response and Restoration) NBR S COM

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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