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 RI $250,000 Pawtucket Armory Association in Pawtucket for renovation of the armory into a performing arts and art entertainment center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 CA $97,000 Valley Economic Development Center in Pacoima for facilities construction of the Pacoima Community Development Federal Credit Union (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 TX $72,750 City of Dallas for facilities construction and buildout of the Joppa Rodeo (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NY $97,000 Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. for restoration and renovation of the hall into a performing arts building in Harlem (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 MO $90,000 Special Learning Center in Jefferson City for staffing, training, equipment, supplies and renovations (Neighborhood Initiatives Program) NBR S VAHUD
2005 AR $182,000 Beef producers improvement (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Extension Activities) NBR S AG
2005 SC $3,000,000 U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG
2005 $1,750,000 Girl Scouts Beyond Bars and PAVE programs (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR S COM
2005 $1,000,000 Operation Streetsweeper (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM
2005 DC $5,000,000 NMNH East Wing (NOAA – Research, Ocean Exploration) NBR S COM
2005 ND $500,000 Fargo for law enforcement technologies (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR H COM
2005 $1,000,000 Brown Tree Snakes (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF
2005 $2,100,000 Mission support operations/information assurance activities (Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,700,000 Technology Commercialization and Management Network (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $3,400,000 Precision polishing of large optics (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,200,000 Quantitative inspection techniques for assessing aging of military aircraft (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2005 $1,500,000 Advanced laser diode arrays (ALDA) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,400,000 Cost Effective Targeting System (CETS) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Rare Blood Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $3,000,000 Broadband Language Training System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Hydrogen for fuel cells (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $7,000,000 PGU-28 AVB, 20mm ammunition (Procurement of Ammo, Navy and Marine Corps) NBR DEF
2005 LA $100,000 Waterway from Intracoastal Waterway to Bayou Dulac (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR C ENERGY
2005 MN $50,000 Lower St. Anthony Falls (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY
2005 MS $994,000 Yazoo Basin Main Stem (Corps of Engineers: Flood Control – Mississippi River and Tributaries) NBR H ENERGY
2005 FL $1,250,000 Broward County shore protection (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 CA $600,000 San Joaquin Community Hospital, Bakersfield (Biological & Environmental Research – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 $2,000,000 International Real Property Fund (Development Assistance) NBR S FOROP
2005 $2,500,000 Chesapeake Gateway (Statutory or contractual aid – National Park Service) NBR S INT
2005 AK $346,000 Chugach Regional Resources Commission (Operation of Indian Programs – Bureau of Indian Affairs) NBR S INT
2005 $1,000,000 Establish an interagency committee to examine major regulations governing the health care industry to simplify them to reduce costs (Office of the Secretary – Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS
2005 IL $600,000 Academy of Urban School Leadership, Chicago, for the Chicago Academy and Chicago Academy High School, including resident stipends (Fund for the Improvement of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NJ $225,000 Georgian Court University, Lakewood, for distance learning (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 AK $500,000 Galena School District, to support operation of its boarding school for low performing Native students from remote villages across Western Alaska (Fund for the Improvement of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 TN $150,000 Maryville College, Maryville, for the Center for Effective Communities (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $25,000 Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, to expand parent and teacher training programs and to increase resources available regarding learning disabilities (Research & Innovation) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport to build a radiation oncology wing at the Patterson Cancer Care Center (HRSA – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 MO $500,000 Saint Joseph Health Center in St. Charles for a Community Health Education Resource Center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 Multi-State $150,000 INOVA Health System, Falls Church, VA, for facilities and equipment for the CBP Hospital, Pignon, Haiti (Health Resources and Services Administration – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 SC $100,000 Silver Ring Thing South Carolina, Columbia, to establish an innovative abstinence education program (Social Services & Income Maintenance – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IL $400,000 Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $25,000 Lake Erie Research Institute, Inc. (LERI), Girard, for their Child Abuse Prevention Program (Child Abuse – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NV $12,853,000 Henderson Readiness Center (Army National Guard) NBR S MILCON
2005 KY $200,000 Harlan Tucker Guthrie Airport, fencing (Grants in Aid for Airports – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR H THUD
2005 AL $500,000 Luverne downtown revitalization (Transportation and Community and System Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MA $1,000,000 Convention Center Turnaround (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 $500,000 Preliminary investigations of the potential of low cost, low power, lightweight, polymer array technologies, FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute (Federal Aviation Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 AL $300,000 Prattville Park and Creek Walk (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 CA $1,000,000 Van Ness Avenue Project (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 WV $6,000,000 Fairmont Gateway Connector System (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