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
2004 OH $100,000 Ashland Community Arts Center for Arts in Downtown Project (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 CT $150,000 Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, for the Nursing Center of Excellence (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 GA $50,000 Spellman College, Atlanta, for the Teacher as Leader Educational Initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 CA $500,000 Give Every Child A Chance, Manteca, to provide tutoring services to children in grades K-12 (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 GA $954,000 Operations and training complex, Savannah International Airport NBR H MILCON
2004 LA $1,250,000 Houma (Intelligent Transportation Systems – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2004 OK $1,820,000 Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2004 GA $500,000 I-285 noise walls, Henderson Mill to Chamblee Tucker Road (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary Fund – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2004 WV $8,000,000 Canvas Bridge, Nichols County (Bridge Discretionary Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2004 NJ $3,500,000 Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor Project (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2004 LA $2,000,000 LA Highway 28 (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2004 NY $5,500,000 Rochester Central Bus Terminal (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2004 CA $500,000 Stockton Airport – air cargo center (Grant in Aid for Airports – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR H THUD
2004 KY $500,000 University of Louisville Center for Infrastructure Research (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2004 OR $275,000 Union and Wallowa Counties for purchase of a railroad line for tourism development (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2004 FL $150,000 Mainstreet Fort Pierce, Inc. for the restoration and renovation of the Sunrise Theater building in Fort Pierce (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2004 UT $1,000,000 Utah State University in Logan for the Intermountain Region Digital Image Archive and Processing Center (NASA) NBR S VAHUD
2004 VT $400,000 Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Montpelier, for the creation of affordable rental housing in downtown Brattleboro (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2004 CA $1,650,000 Cities of Arcadia and Sierra Madre for water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2004 WA $750,000 Skagit Public Utility District for sewer improvements for Simlik Beach (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR VAHUD
2004 AS $398,000 Little Red River Irrigation Project (Conservation Programs) NBR AG
2004 OK $270,000 South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Lane (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG
2004 $600,000 Pacific Ocean monitoring buoy augmentation (National Weather Service – Operations, Research and Facilities) NBR S COM
2004 CO $100,000 City and County of Denver for law enforcement technologies (Safe Schools Initiative – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2004 VA $200,000 City of Virginia Beach Sheriff's Department for law enforcement expenses (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2004 PA $460,000 Philadelphia District Attorney's Office for criminal justice enhancements (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2004 $3,000,000 Portable and Mobile Emergency Broadband Ssystem (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
2004 $1,800,000 Geosciences technology research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2004 $4,250,000 Fleet-wide upgrade capability, improved data analysis tools and technology refresh backfit kits (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2004 $2,000,000 Secure digital coherent optical communications (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR C DEF
2004 $1,000,000 Therapeutic vaccines for biological threat (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2004 $1,200,000 Miniature autonomous vehicles (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2004 $1,000,000 Secure Interactive Distributive Learning Program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2004 $3,400,000 Non-linear dynamics – control of chaos (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2004 FL $1,000,000 Lee County – shore protection, all elements (Corps of Engineers – Construction General) NBR H ENERGY
2004 MO $2,000,000 Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers enhancement (Corps of Engineers – Construction General) NBR S ENERGY
2004 $14,500,000 Operation Safe Commerce (Maritime and Land Security: Security, Enforcement and Investigations) NBR HS
2004 PA $975,000 Allegheny National Forest recreation projects (Capital Improvement and Maintenance – United States Department of Agriculture) NBR H INT
2004 TX $250,000 City of El Paso Border Health Medical Complex for construction, renovation, and equipment (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2004 AL $50,000 Tuskegee University for the development of an Aviation Science and Aero-technology Program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 CA $200,000 Children's Hospital Central California, Madera (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2004 PA $500,000 Aliquippa Community Hospital, Aliquippa for construction (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2004 PA $75,000 Athenaeum of Philadelphia to preserve library materials and information access in form of digital images on Internet (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 FL $250,000 North Florida Community College, Madison, for a Registered Nurse Program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 OR $75,000 Southern OR Univ., AuCoin Inst. For Ecological, Econ., and Civic Studies to be an ed. resource for federal employees (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 MO $250,000 Franklin Technology Center, Joplin, for equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 IL $754,000 Composite air support operations center/air support operations squadron training facility Greater Peoria Regional Airport NBR H MILCON
2004 FL $750,000 Hillsborough Area Regional Transit: bus tracking, communication and security (Intelligent Transportation Systems – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2004 PA $600,000 Centre Area Transit Authority, Advanced Public Transportation Systems Initiative (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2004 NM $1,500,000 I-25/Tramway Interchange, Albuquerque (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD

Legend

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