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 $5,500,000 Aircrew laser eye protection (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF
2005 $4,200,000 AN/UYQ-70 based IT-21 C4ISR upgrades (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $3,400,000 Genomic medicine project and gene therapy (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Portable methanol fuel cell (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Patch Technology Project to prevent leaks and hazardous material spill (Procurement, Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $11,100,000 AN/SQQ-89 modernization (Other Procurement, Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,500,000 LENS X hypervelocity ground testing (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 NJ $125,000 Barnegat lighthouse [Small Beach Erosion Control Projects] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY
2005 FL $300,000 C-1 Rediversion, Brevard County [Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 OR $225,000 Umpqua River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
2005 CA $1,010,000 San Lorenzo River (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 IN $1,000,000 Energy Efficiency Project at Valparaiso University (Biological & Environmental Research – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 DC $500,000 National Capital Children's Museum/exhibit development (Federal Payment to the Office of Chief Financial Officer) NBR C FINSER
2005 TN $350,000 Oconee Whitewater Center maintenance and interpretive upgrades, Cherokee NF (Capital Improvement and Maintenance – Department of Agriculture) NBR H INT
2005 NH $750,000 Hubbard Brook Foundation, Mirror Lake (Economic Action Program – Department of Agriculture) NBR C INT
2005 TX $350,000 Tarleton State University, Stephenville, for equipment and technology for its Center for the Advancement of Rural Nursing Education (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 AK $475,000 Alaska Educational Services in Anchorage, for its Youth Summer Challenge Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 KY $500,000 Cumberland College, Williamsburg, for equipment and curriculum development for its science programs and facilities (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MI $500,000 Delta-School Craft Intermediate School District in Escanaba, for educational programs in the global economy (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IN $150,000 University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, for technology (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $200,000 Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, to develop nurse educator programs to instruct nursing students (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 KY $50,000 Corinthian Development Cooperation, Louisville for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IL $450,000 Proctor Hospital in Peoria for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MS $1,000,000 Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, Jackson (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 RI $250,000 Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island for the Rhode Island Community-Based Medical Interpretation Network (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IL $150,000 Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, for continued implementation of its Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities demonstration program (Administration on Aging – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $25,000 Covenant House Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, to provide support services to homeless and runaway youth (Social Services & Income Maintenance – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2005 FL $2,500,000 Hurlburt Field SOF Operations Training Facility (Defense-wide) NBR H MILCON
2005 KY $650,000 Williamsburg/Whitley County Airport, various improvements (Grants in Aid for Airports – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR H THUD
2005 WA $750,000 Washington State Ferries, smart video surveillance for ferry security (Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MI $370,000 Braves Avenue, City of Gladstone (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NV $1,000,000 Lake Mead Parkway/Lake Las Vegas Gateway (Federal Lands – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NY $500,000 Central New York Job Access and Reverse Commute (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Adminstration) NBR C THUD
2005 MI $500,000 Tenth Street Menominee (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MS $1,350,000 Highway 25-US 84 Connector, Mississippi State (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NY $2,000,000 Buffalo Niagra Medical Campus (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 $1,500,000 Track geometry vehicle (Safety and Operations – Federal Railroad Administration) S THUD
2005 WI $100,000 Town of Scott for wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 AL $200,000 City of Addison for sewer infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NV $1,000,000 Desert Research Institute for western Nevada for regionally based clean water activities (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 KY $150,000 Trinity Family Life Center of Louisville for facilities construction of a multi-purpose center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 VA $100,000 Loudon Cares in Leesburg for facilities construction and renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NC $50,000 City of Etowah for the Etowah Community Park for streetscape improvements (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 ME $97,000 City of Lewiston for renovation of a public theatre (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 OH $1,000,000 Glenn Research Center for the National Center for Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (NASA) NBR VAHUD
2005 ND $1,000,000 Red River flood prevention/Energy and Environmental Research Center (Conservation Operations) NBR S AG
2005 TX $1,820,000 Sustainable agricultural freshwater conservation (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities) NBR H AG
2005 NE $100,000 Boys and Girls Home (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2005 ID $900,000 Clearwater Economic Development Association for the Idaho-Montana Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Bi-State Safety Project (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM
2005 $2,000,000 National Spatial Reference System (NOAA – National Ocean Service, Geodesy) 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