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 MI $1,500,000 Ann Arbor-Detroit Commuter Rail (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MO $5,000,000 I-635/Van de Populier Road Interchange (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 IA $2,000,000 Iowa statewide JARC (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Adminstration) NBR C THUD
2005 PA $1,500,000 West Philadelphia Streetscape/Gateway Improvements (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 CO $500,000 Grade separation, Union Pacific Rail Bypass at Union Junction (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 CA $120,000 Bellflower Dial-a-Ride (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 AZ $2,750,000 Sun Tran CNG replacement bus, Tucson (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 TX $150,000 City of Alvin for water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 OR $250,000 City of Coquille for a wastewater treatment plant (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 CA $450,000 City of Banning for the Brinton Reservoir (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 WI $300,000 City of Madison for the South Madison Redevelopment Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 VA $150,000 Mary Washington College Foundation for facilities construction and the renovation of the Maury Center Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 AL $50,000 City of Gordo for construction of a public library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 MD $145,500 Baltimore School for the Arts for building upgrades in Baltimore (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 $3,000,000 Mobile Broadband Network Project, a joint effort between NASA and the Air Force Research Lab (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 WV $4,418,000 GIS Center of Excellence at West Virginia University (Conservation Operations) NBR S AG
2005 Multi-State $1,444,000 Animal Science Food Safety Consortium [AR, IA, & KS] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2005 NY $300,000 Violence Intervention and Prevention Project in Syracuse (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2005 MA $890,000 Holyoke Community College Information Security System (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM
2005 MS $2,000,000 Mississippi Center for Marine Education and Research (NOAA – National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles) NBR S COM
2005 TX $250,000 El Paso Police Department for law enforcement technologies (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR COM
2005 WA $2,000,000 Washington State law enforcement methamphetamine initiative (Metamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR COM
2005 $3,400,000 Rural access to broadband technology (Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard) NBR H DEF
2005 PA $2,000,000 American Red Cross Greater Alleghenies Blood Services Center NBR C DEF
2005 $1,300,000 Dynamic Re-Addressing and Management for Army (DRAMA) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,000,000 Super-resolution Sensor System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
2005 $2,600,000 SOCOM Microelectromechanical Systems and Nanotechnology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,100,000 Minimally invasive approaches to surgery (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Battlespace preparation autonomous undersea vehicles for mine countermeasures (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,700,000 Magnum universal night sight (Procurement, Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $3,400,000 Procurement of electronic personal dosimeters (Other Procurement, Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $7,000,000 Unmanned Systems Initiative at AMRDEC (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 KY $50,000 Licking River (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR C ENERGY
2005 IN $100,000 Chapman Lakes, Kosciusko County [Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 OH $273,000 Deer Creek Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR C ENERGY
2005 TX $50,000 Rio Grande Basin (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR C ENERGY
2005 OH $1,100,000 Ohio Distributed Hydrogen Project [Hydrogen] (Renewable Energy Resources – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 DC $100,000 STRIVE/job readiness program (Federal Payment to the Office of Chief Financial Officer) NBR C FINSER
2005 $2,300,000 Heavy truck engine research (Vehicle technologies, Energy Conservation – Department of Energy) NBR INT
2005 PA $150,000 Moravian College Brethren House (Historic Preservation Fund – National Park Service) NBR C INT
2005 TX $340,000 Donald R. Watkins Memorial Foundation, Houston, for a comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and research demonstration program (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 OH $300,000 JASON Foundation for Education, Needham Heights, for STEP-UP (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 OH $300,000 Clark State Community College, Springfield, for equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 KY $40,000 First Gethsemane Center for Family Development, Louisville, for education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NC $100,000 Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, to implement a first responder training program (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 OH $250,000 Stark County Park District, Canton, for exhibits (Institute of Museum & Library Sciences – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CA $800,000 County of San Mateo for facilities and equipment for the San Mateo Medical Center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $140,000 Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in Philadelphia for development and dissemination of internet-based educational materials regarding integrative medicine (HRSA – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CA $1,500,000 White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IA $100,000 New Melleray Abbey (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS

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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