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 AL $393,000 Alabama beef connection (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Extension Activities) NBR AG
2005 WI $4,900,000 Nutrient Management Laboratory in Marshfield (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG
2005 IA $600,000 Iowa Mentor Center for a rural mentoring program in partnership with Big Brothers/Big Sisters (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR S COM
2005 RI $550,000 Brown University nanotechnology DNA sequencing (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR C COM
2005 HI $500,000 Pacific tropical ornamental fish (NOAA – Research, Other Partnership Programs) NBR S COM
2005 NY $250,000 Ulster County Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technologies (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR H COM
2005 $3,500,000 Digital Stores Management System (Aircraft Procurement, Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $3,100,000 Mission Support Operations/Regional Geospatial Service (Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard) NBR S DEF
2005 $2,100,000 Optical technologies research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,300,000 All Source Analysis System (ASAS) Analysis Control Element (ACE) Light (ASAS ACE Light) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,000,000 3-D weaving/braiding technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2005 $12,600,000 Transportable Laser Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) Demonstration System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 NJ $5,600,000 Flexible Display Initiative: High performance displays for military applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
2005 $3,900,000 CENTURION surveillance prototype demonstration (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF
2005 $8,500,000 MACS (Procurement of Ammunition, Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Academy for Closing and Avoiding Achievement Gaps (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $3,400,000 FLU-12/P life vest inflator (Procurement of Ammo, Navy and Marine Corps) NBR H DEF
2005 ME $625,000 Kennebunk River, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
2005 MO $1,500,000 Missouri and Mid-Mississippi Rivers Enhance (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY
2005 ME $250,000 Scarborough River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
2005 FL $550,000 Brevard County shore protection (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 NY $700,000 Syracuse University Environmental Systems Center (Biological & Environmental Research – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 $5,000,000 Right to Play (Development Assistance) NBR S FOROP
2005 PA $250,000 Flight 93 Memorial (Statutory or contractual aid – National Park Service) NBR C INT
2005 MT $500,000 Rocky Mountain Technology Foundation (Operation of Indian Programs – Bureau of Indian Affairs) NBR S INT
2005 DC $500,000 Institute of Medicine, training of physicians for public health careers (Office of the Secretary – Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS
2005 AL $100,000 Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, for a computer lab (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 GA $100,000 Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Paul Coverdell Institute and Archives (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CA $50,000 Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc., Paramount, for the Math Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Enrichment Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 GA $600,000 Morehouse College, Atlanta, for an Education Technology and Telecommunications Project (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $100,000 Learning Disabilities Association of Central New York, E. Syracuse, for educational consulting services (Research & Innovation in Special Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CA $290,000 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, for recruitment and appointment of new clinical faculty (HRSA – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NH $1,000,000 Saint Joseph Hospital in Nashua (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 ID $250,000 Idaho Commission on Nursing Education, Idaho Falls, for the Idaho Nursing Leadership and Workforce Network (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $75,000 Silver Ring Thing, Sewickley, for abstinence education (Social Services & Income Maintenance – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $75,000 Impact Services Corporation, Philadelphia, to support its Community Job Placement and Training Program (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MO $400,000 Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc., Sikeston, for the Fatherhood First Project (Child Abuse – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2005 WA $8,200,000 Fort Lewis, Chapel (Army) NBR S MILCON
2005 NC $700,000 Harnett County Airport, runway and parallel taxiway extension, apron expansion/overlay, and localizer installation (Grants in Aid for Airports – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR H THUD
2005 AL $800,000 Coosa River Boardwalk, Gadsden (Transportation and Community and System Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 OR $1,000,000 Cooley Road Interchange (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 AK $7,000,000 Alaska statewide Rural Airfield Lighting Program, acquire and install airfield lighting (Approach Lighting System Improvement Program [ALSIP] – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR S THUD
2005 CA $360,000 Project design for improvements to Refugio Road (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 CA $500,000 Vasco Road safety improvements (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 PA $1,000,000 Fayette County Business Park roads (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MA $244,000 BRTA Storage Facility upgrade (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 WA $200,000 Puget Sound Action Team of Hood Canal for the Hood Canal Depleted Oxygen Study (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 TN $50,000 City of Bean Station for wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 IL $300,000 Village of East Hazel Crest for water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 TX $500,000 University of Houston for the GulfStar Grid Program in Houston (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD

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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