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 $250,000 Grand Valley State University for acquisition of a research facility, training and education space for the Annis Water Resource Institute in Muskegon (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 CA $169,750 City of Palo Alto for restoration of the Palo Alto Children's Library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 CA $250,000 City of Banning for construction and renovation of the city pool (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NY $194,000 Brooklyn Academy of Music Local Development Corporation for design, construction, and streetscape improvements to the District's South Site in Brooklyn (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 VA $250,000 Hollins University for upgrades to its science infrastructure (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NM $540,000 Riparian restoration activities along the Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers (Conservation Operations) NBR S AG
2005 Multi-State $3,973,000 Shrimp aquaculture [AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service — Research and Education Activities) NBR AG
2005 $750,000 Teens, crime and community (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM
2005 $300,000 The Northwest Fund – Crime Reduction initiative (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM
2005 $500,000 Coastal mapping (NOAA – National Ocean Service, Mapping and Charting) NBR S COM
2005 RI $250,000 Tiverton Police Department for law enforcement technologies (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR H COM
2005 $8,000,000 Indian Tribal Courts Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Indian Assistance) NBR S COM
2005 $2,250,000 OSD – Information Assurance Scholarship Program (Operation and Maintenance, Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2005 $3,750,000 Low-cost chem-bio protective shelter development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,500,000 Silver Fox UAV (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Cancerous brain tumors drug research (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,550,000 National Center for Excellence for Non-Lethal Technology Research, Development, Testing and Training v NBR H DEF
2005 $6,400,000 E-beam reticle and lithography inspection (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $3,400,000 Health Query and Analysis System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Universal night sight (Procurement, Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $7,000,000 Joint technical data integration/automated maintenance equipment (Other Procurement, Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $150,000,000 Initial funding for amphibious assault ship (Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 MI $75,000 Lower Rouge River, Dearborn [Project Modifications for Improvement of the Environment] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY
2005 MD $2,750,000 Cumberland (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 $225,000 Removal of sunken vessels (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR C ENERGY
2005 AZ $3,500,000 Tres Rios (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 $750,000 Electric Utility Transmission and Distribution Line Engineering Project (Electricity Transmission and Distribution – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 DC $650,000 Unity Health Care/patient educational project (Federal Payment to the Office of Chief Financial Officer) NBR C FINSER
2005 $750,000 Appliance standards (Building Technologies – Department of Energy) NBR S INT
2005 AK $1,000,000 Chugach National Forest hazardous fuels treatments (Wildland Fire Management – Department of Agriculture) NBR S INT
2005 TX $200,000 Medical Institute for Sexual Health, Austin, for the development of curricula for medical students and primary care residents related to sexual health (Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $25,000 Homeless Children's Education Fund, Pittsburgh, for technology and to develop educational programming for homeless children (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 FL $100,000 Edison Community College, Punta Gorda, to expand nursing programs (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MS $100,000 ArtsAlliance of Jackson and Hinds County, for an arts based after school and summer outreach program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MS $500,000 Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, for research and outreach programming of the Southern Women's Initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MA $225,000 Wheaton College, Norton, for program development and equipment for a new science facility (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 WI $200,000 CAP Services, Stevens Point, for facilities and equipment and to provide dental services (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NJ $90,000 Overlook Hospital Foundation, Summit, for facilities and equipment for the Emergency Department (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $200,000 John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CO $300,000 National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 WI $400,000 Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network in Madison to provide certified dementia care specialist training (Administration on Aging – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 OH $300,000 Community Services of Stark County, Inc., Canton "Stark STRONG" (Stark Standing Together Reaching Ohio's New Generations) (Social Services & Income Maintenance) NBR C LABHHS
2005 TN $9,142,000 Nashville, Readiness Center (Phase I) (Army National Guard) NBR H MILCON
2005 VA $1,000,000 Newport News/Williamsburg International, Phase II airline ramp extension (Grants in Aid for Airports – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR THUD
2005 AL $800,000 US 280 Corridor ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 RI $1,000,000 Replacement of Washington Bridge (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NM $1,250,000 Valles Caldera National Preserve (Federal Lands – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 TN $500,000 Plough Boulevard Interchange at Winchester Boulevard (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 NY $250,000 Downtown revitalization, Town of Clarkstown (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MS $250,000 Harrison County Multi-Modal Freight Connector (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD

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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