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 $1,500,000 American Cities Foundation for the Neighborhood Environmental Action Team Program and other community environmental efforts (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 MI $300,000 Livingston County Drain Commission for drain construction in Livingston County (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 NC $200,000 North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center for a statewide water and wastewater assessment (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 VA $500,000 Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton for planning, construction, and renovation of the facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 NY $75,000 Onondaga County for the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame for facilities expansion and renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 PA $72,750 North Hills Community Outreach in the Borough of Millvale for facilities construction and renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
2005 IN $250,000 City of Jefferson for costs associated with the redevelopment of Spring Street (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 OK $200,000 Preservation and processing research (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2005 NM $63,000 Noxious weeds in the desert, Las Cruces (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG
2005 MI $100,000 Wayne County Teen Court (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2005 SC $20,000,000 Bonneau Ferry (NOAA – National Ocean Service, Coastal/Estuarine Land Acquisition) NBR S COM
2005 $4,325,000 Safe Schools Initiative (Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2005 AL $20,000 Boaz Police Department for law enforcement technologies (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR H COM
2005 $5,300,000 AFATDS regional training team (Operation and Maintenance, Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Waste minimization and pollution prevention (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Three-dimensional imaging technology development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Remote detection of concealed explosives (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Advanced shipboard acoustical communications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,700,000 Large unmanned undersea vehicle (LUUV) Test Bed (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Micro-electromechanical Systems Reliability Assessment Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $4,900,000 Science and engineering lab date integration (Other Procurement, Air Force) NBR S DEF
2005 $11,400,000 Tactical fire fighting equipment for Army National Guard and Reserve (Other Procurement, Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $2,300,000 Sea Fox remote controlled surface vessel (Other Procurement, Navy) NBR S DEF
2005 NJ $100,000 Woodbridge River Basin (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2005 TN $65,000 Oakland [Streambank & Shoreline Protection for Public Facilities] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 TX $4,000,000 Houston – Galveston navigation channels (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 NJ $795,000 Barnegat Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
2005 FL $25,000 Port Everglades Harbor [Planning] (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR C ENERGY
2005 MI $1,000,000 Large Scale Energy Center (Electricity Transmission and Distribution – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 $23,000,000 Urban search and rescue (Preparedness, Mitigation, Response & Recovery – Emergency Preparedness and Response) NBR S HS
2005 KY $1,000,000 Cumberland Gap (Fern Lake) (Land Acquisition & State Assistance – National Park Service) NBR S INT
2005 IN $435,000 Hoosier NF: Hoosier Unique Areas (Land Acquisition – Department of Agriculture) NBR S INT
2005 PA $150,000 Project HOME, Philadelphia, for an after school program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Pennsylvania Ballet Association, for outreach and education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 VA $1,000,000 American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP) for activities (Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CT $100,000 Connecticut Humanities Council, Middletown, to implement the Motheread/Fatheread Family Literacy Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 KY $500,000 Northern Kentucky University for the Institute for New Economy Technologies (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 AK $400,000 Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage for its Telebehavioral Health Project (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 GA $55,000 Tattnall Community Hospital in Reidsville for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IA $600,000 Central Iowa Employment & Training Consortium for a resource center for disabled and disadvantaged individuals (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 IA $400,000 Free Clinics of Iowa in Des Moines (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 VA $150,000 Warren Coalition, Front Royal, Family Care Connections (Social Services & Income Maintenance – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2005 HI $150,000 Community Health Centers in Hawaii for the Childhood Rural Asthma Project (Public Health Improvement and Leadership – Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 WI $150,000 University of Wisconsin-Extension in Madison, for the Parent Education to Prevent Childhood Obesity Program (Public Health Improvement and Leadership – Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 TX $500,000 US 87 Big Spring Bypass (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 AZ $1,334,800 Phoenix (Terminal Air Traffic Control Facilities Replacement – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR THUD
2005 AL $750,000 Center on Coastal Transportation Research at the University of South Alabama (Research and Technology – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2005 NE $2,000,000 City of Lincoln Antelope Valley Project transportation improvements (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 SC $1,000,000 Georgetown County Airport, various improvements (Grants in Aid for Airports – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR S THUD
2005 MS $1,250,000 SR 67 and SR 605 paving and interchange (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