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 $411,000 Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, for technology improvements (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CT $250,000 Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, for the Haskins Early Reading Success Project for a mentor model of teacher professional development in reading instruction (FIE) NBR C LABHHS
2005 FL $1,000,000 Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Largo, for the community college/vocational industry cluster hubs project (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IA $300,000 Des Moines Community School District and Urban Dreams, to continue a demonstration on full service community schools (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 WI $250,000 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, to expand mentoring programs to assist students of Hmong descent in attaining teacher certification (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IL $200,000 International Center on Deafness and the Arts, Northbrook, for a teacher training program (Research & Innovation in Special Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CA $100,000 Community Medical Center, Fresno (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 RI $800,000 Rhode Island Hospital in Providence for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $300,000 Jamaica Hospital, Brooklyn, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CT $300,000 New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 RI $25,000 Leon Mathieu Senior Center, Pawtucket, for the HOME ALONE program of services to help elders maintain themselves in the community as long as possible (Administration on Aging) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MA $100,000 Anna Maria College, Paxton, for program development at the Molly Bish Center for the Protection of Children and the Elderly (Social Services & Income Maintenance) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CT $4,420,000 New London Gates 3 and 5 security improvements (Navy) NBR H MILCON
2005 NY $4,000,000 New York Corridor T (Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) – Federal Highway Administration) NBR THUD
2005 KY $1,000,000 Albany Bypass, Clinton County (National Corridor Planning and Border Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 PA $1,000,000 American Parkway Project (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 AK $1,500,000 Louis Reef Road and Boswick Lake Road (Federal Lands – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NM $400,000 City of Santa Fe (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Adminstration) NBR C THUD
2005 OH $1,000,000 Trotwood Center City Roundabout (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NY $1,000,000 High Line Project, New York City (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MI $100,000 Cadillac/Wexford Transit (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 IL $750,000 NIU fuel cell research (Transportation Planning, Research & Development – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2005 WV $200,000 Kanawha County Commission for the Upper Fishers Branch/Guthrie Water Project (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 AL $400,000 City of Falkville for sewer infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 Multi-State $750,000 Integrated Petroleum Environmental Consortium (AR, OK) (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 LA $280,000 Biomedical Research Foundation of NW Louisiana for industrial park development in Shreveport (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 VA $75,000 City of Big Island for the Sedalia Center Restoration (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NC $475,000 Brevard for the Brevard Public Library for facilities construction and renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
2005 MN $97,000 Leech Lake Tribal College for facilities construction and renovation in Cass Lake (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 MD $3,000,000 Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium (NASA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 MS $900,000 Cattle and nutrient management in stream crossings (Conservation Operations) NBR S AG
2005 $1,000,000 Global Environmental Management (Funded Thru NRCS in 2004) (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities) NBR H AG
2005 $1,500,000 World Vision for at-risk youth programs (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM
2005 $100,000 National Association of Promoting Success (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM
2005 $2,000,000 Extramural research (NOAA – National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) NBR S COM
2005 GA $100,000 Interagency Communications (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2005 OK $250,000 Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR H COM
2005 $1,000,000 DODEA – Professional Development Project – instruction for dyslexic students (Operation and Maintenance, Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $500,000 Material Characterization and Metrology Center (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR C DEF
2005 $1,600,000 Multifunctional materials for Naval structures (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $3,750,000 Gulf War illness (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,300,000 Nonlinear Systems Research Center (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $4,300,000 Gynecologic Disease Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Study to identify and evaluate alternative fixed-wing lift platforms (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $3,500,000 Chem-bio collective protection (Procurement, Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2005 $2,000,000 Common depth sounder (Other Procurement, Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $3,250,000 Army Missile and Space Technology Initiative (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 MA $150,000 Nantasket Beach, Hull [Small Beach Erosion Control Projects] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 FL $245,000 Lake Hell 'N Blazes Ecosystem restoration [Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 OR $92,000 Skipanon Channel (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR C 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