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 $1,000,000 Promote basic financial literacy and education (Financial Policies and Programs – Department of the Treasury) NBR S THUD
2005 KY $1,000,000 Somerset Downtown Revitalization Project (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MD $800,000 Intercounty Connector (Federal-Aid Highways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 FL $9,300,000 Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 VA $7,000,000 WMATA bus purchase (Bus & bus facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2005 MD $250,000 Hurlock for wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2005 MI $100,000 Wayne County for the lead prevention initiative (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 MI $900,000 Wayne County for the Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2005 OH $257,000 City of Columbus for construction of the YWCA Family Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2005 TN $250,000 Chattanooga African-American Chamber of Commerce to construct the Martin Luther King Business Solutions Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 AL $400,000 University of South Alabama for the Mitchell College of Business Library in Mobile (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 IA $121,250 City of Des Moines for land acquisition for a technology park (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
2005 KS $300,000 Veterans Memorial Park of Wichita for a renovation project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2005 OR $262,000 Meadow Foam (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
2005 AZ $150,000 Aflatoxin in cotton, Phoenix (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG
2005 VA $100,000 For southside Virginia "law enforcement" (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM
2005 VA $3,000,000 Potomac Watershed (NOAA – National Ocean Service, Construction) NBR C COM
2005 RI $150,000 Smithfield Police Department Emergency Management Operation Center (Law Enforcement Technology – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2005 IA $300,000 Anhydrous Ammonia Nurse Tank Locks (Metamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2005 $3,900,000 Rack mounted improved AIS (Operation and Maintenance, Air Force) NBR S DEF
2005 $5,300,000 Future Medical Shelter System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 Diminishing manufacturing source (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2005 $2,000,000 Zumwalt program for countermeasures to biological and chemical threats (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,950,000 Force protection – advanced tactical geolocation (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2005 $1,700,000 Multi-functional, high-performance dual band imaging (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 $2,500,000 Self-decontaminating selectively permeable membranes (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2005 $1,000,000 REMIS (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2005 $4,250,000 Prophet Block I (Other Procurement, Army) NBR H DEF
2005 $3,500,000 Shipboard Non-tactical Application Interface System (Other Procurement, Navy) NBR H DEF
2005 CA $25,000 Lake Elsinore environmental restoration (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR C ENERGY
2005 NC $3,000,000 Morehead City Harbor, beneficial uses of dredged material (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 OH $1,000,000 Village of West Jefferson, water treatment facility [Ohio Environmental Infrastructure] (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY
2005 MO $500,000 Clarence Cannon Dam and Mark Twain Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR C ENERGY
2005 Multi-State $140,000 Chesapeake Bay shoreline erosion [MD, PA, VA] (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2005 NY $500,000 Hospital for Special Surgery National Center for Musculoskeletal Research (Biological & Environmental Research – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2005 TX $250,000 Concho water snake delisting efforts (Resource Management – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR C INT
2005 PA $49,000 Johnstown Area Heritage Association (Statutory or contractual aid – National Park Service) NBR C INT
2005 WY $2,655,000 Yellowstone NP, replace existing court facilities w/new courthouse (Construction – National Park Service) S INT
2005 CA $60,000 Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts, for arts education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $150,000 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Harrisburg, to develop a model program to assist teachers in integrating technology (FIE) NBR C LABHHS
2005 CT $100,000 New London Public Schools, for the development and implementation of preparatory academics and teacher training (Fund for the Improvement of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 LA $320,000 Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, for faculty research fellowship and student internship programs (Institute of Museum & Library Sciences – Department of Ed.) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $400,000 Saint Joseph's College, Brooklyn, for equipment and technology for "smart classrooms" at its Brooklyn and Patchogue campuses (Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education) NBR C LABHHS
2005 ID $100,000 Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, Montpelier, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 NY $200,000 Staten Island University Hospital (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 GA $400,000 Valdosta State University in Valdosta for facilities and equipment for a health sciences facility (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 DC $200,000 Georgetown U. Med. Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center for Carey Lackman Slease metastatic breast cancer treatment enhancement program (HRSA – HHS) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $100,000 Pennsylvania Learning Network, Harrisburg, to provide workforce development and professional training (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS
2005 PA $250,000 Clarion University in Clarion to create the Pennsylvania Smoking Cessation and Prevention Campaign (Public Health Improvement and Leadership – Health and Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2005 FL $400,000 Florida Certification Board, Tallahassee – Florida Center for Prevention Workforce Development (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – SAMHSA) NBR C LABHHS

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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