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 TX $334,000 Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, for an English as a Second Language Program (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 AZ $250,000 Kids Voting USA, Tempe, for voter participation programs through its national and affiliate offices (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Eastern University, St. Davids, for equipment, professional development and outreach to develop the Nueva Esperanza Center for Higher Education as a branch of the university (FIPE) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CA $320,000 Fontana Teen Center, for after school programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 Multi-State $890,000 Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, for a globalization research network, including the Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa; George Washington Univ.; and the Univ. of California, Los Angeles (FIPE) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Reading Company Technical and Historical Society, Inc., Reading, to expand interpretive activities (Institute of Museum & Library Sciences – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Elk Regional Health Systems, St. Marys (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $125,000 Primary Care Center of Mount Morris (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Wistar Institute in Philadelphia (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 FL $200,000 Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 OK $320,000 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, for Oklahoma Business Commercialization Center (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Strength Incorporated, Wilkinsburg, for a drug and alcohol prevention program that provides individuals with life skills (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention – SAMHSA) NBR C LABHHS
2005 LA $2,580,000 New Orleans Indoor Small Arms Range (Navy Reserve) NBR H MILCON
2005 MN $1,200,000 Hennepin County Community Works (Transit Planning and Research – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2005 WI $500,000 City dock repairs, Bayfield (Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 FL $1,000,000 Aucilla River Bridge (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 KY $1,000,000 I-75 in Rockcastle County (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 PA $1,500,000 Philadelphia Unemployment Project (PUP) (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Adminstration) NBR C THUD
2005 DE $5,000,000 Wilmington-Newark Commuter Rail improvements (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 SD $2,500,000 Fox Ridge Road, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 AK $1,500,000 Anchorage Museum/Transit Intermodal Depot (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 FL $2,000,000 Key West bus and bus facilities (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 VA $150,000 Fauquier County for a sewage treatment plant in Catlett/Calverton area (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 RI $1,000,000 Narragansett Bay Commission for combined overflow infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 CA $200,000 City of Brea for sewer infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 WA $300,000 St. Anne's Children/Family Center in Spokane for costs associated with construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 VA $200,000 Facilities expansion and renovation of the Virginia Historical Society (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
2005 CT $250,000 Foodshare, Inc., in Hartford County for the construction of a new distribution center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 MD $121,250 Anacostia Watershed Society for facilities renovation of the George Washington House in Prince George's County (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 AL $500,000 University of Alabama in Huntsville for a Space Flight Guidance, Navigation and Control test bed (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 WI $300,000 Cooperative agreement with Pioneer Farm (Conservation Operations) NBR S AG
2005 Multi-State $316,000 Alliance for Food Protection [GA, NE] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2005 $750,000 Residential Care Consortium for delinquency prevention programs (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM
2005 NH $3,000,000 Consolidated Advanced Technology Laboratory at UNH (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM
2005 $5,000,000 Marine debris (NOAA – National Ocean Service, Response and Restoration) NBR S COM
2005 VA $400,000 Alexandria Police Department for law enforcement technologies (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR H COM
2005 IA $1,500,000 Meth Clandestine Lab Task Force (Metamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR COM
2005 $1,000,000 ERP for Army Guard installations (Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,550,000 United Services Organization NBR C DEF
2005 $1,500,000 Nanoscience research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,500,000 Stable Articulating Backbone for Ultralight Radar Project (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Tactical radio frequency environment monitor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,200,000 Perimeter defense technologies (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Virtual At-sea Training Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR C DEF
2005 $1,400,000 Buster Backpack UAV (Procurement, Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 M110 155mm WP smoke projectile (Procurement of Ammunition, Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $4,700,000 Advanced information technology services (Other Procurement, Army) NBR H DEF
2005 KS $16,000 Walnut and Whitewater River Watersheds (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2005 NC $100,000 Streambank restoration, Concord [Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY
2005 WA $500,000 Grays Harbor and Chehalis River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY

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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