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 WI $250,000 City of Madison for the construction of low-income housing (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2004 ME $250,000 Town of Machias for wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2004 ID $711,000 Increasing shelf life of agricultural commodities (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2004 MS $671,000 Biotechnology (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Federal Administration) NBR S AG
2004 OK $500,000 For a crime fighting initiative with the University of Central Oklahoma, the City of Edmond and the State Bureau of Investigation (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2004 MD $500,000 Calvert County Sheriff's Department for squad car mobile data terminals (Safe Schools Initiative – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2004 CA $750,000 Placer County Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technologies (Safe Schools Initiative – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2004 CA $3,400,000 OEA – George Air Force Base (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2004 $1,000,000 Nanomaterials research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2004 $25,900,000 WMD Civil Support Teams (Other Procurement – Army) NBR C DEF
2004 $1,050,000 Bioinformatics equipment (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2004 $1,500,000 Arsenal Support Program Initiative (Procurement of Ammunition – Army) NBR H DEF
2004 $2,000,000 OSD – employer support of the Guard and Reserve (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2004 $1,500,000 Composite Fire Safety Initiative Consortium (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2004 $2,550,000 AN/UYQ-70 based IT-21 C4ISR upgrades (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2004 TX $275,000 Cedar Bayou (Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR S ENERGY
2004 HI $250,000 Waikiki Beach Erosion Control Project, Oahu (Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR ENERGY
2004 NC $1,000,000 Carolinas Medical Center (Science – Department of Energy) NBR C ENERGY
2004 HI $450,000 Hawaiian water monitoring (Surveys, Investigations, and Research – United States Geological Survey) NBR S INT
2004 $500,000 Cooperative research units (Surveys, Investigations, and Research – United States Geological Survey) NBR S INT
2004 PA $100,000 People's Emergency Center, Philadelphia, for workforce preparation & training to homeless mothers (Training & Employment Services – Employment & Training Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2004 PA $50,000 Holy Family University, Philadelphia for teacher training and teacher certification programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 DC $400,000 Sister to Sister – Everyone Has a Heart Foundation to increase women's awareness of heart disease (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2004 IL $150,000 Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2004 VT $400,000 University of Vermont in Burlington to continue and expand the Office of Nursing Workforce Program (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2004 PA $150,000 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, for the Strategic Medical Intelligence Initiative (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2004 PA $200,000 Center for Integrative Medicine at Inner Harmony, PC, Clarks Summit, for a pilot program to assist children in coping with stress (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 IA $400,000 Davenport Music History Museum (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2004 NM $1,026,000 War Reserve Material Storage Facility, Holloman Air Force Base NBR S MILCON
2004 NJ $750,000 Advanced Ticket Collection and Passenger Information System (Intelligent Transportation Systems – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2004 RI $2,500,000 Rhode Island Airport Corporation (Approach Lighting System Improvement – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR S THUD
2004 SC $1,000,000 Arkwright Connector (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2004 CA $4,500,000 Golden Gate Bridge seismic retrofit (Bridge Discretionary Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2004 $800,000 US 36, Wadsworth, State Highway 128 Interchange (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2004 MA $1,250,000 Route 8, Berkshire County (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2004 WA $1,000,000 Mukilteo Lane Park and Ride (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2004 NM $2,000,000 Double Eagle II Airport – runway 17-35 reconstruction (Grant in Aid for Airports – Federal Aviation Administration) NBR S THUD
2004 TX $100,000 City of Greenville for renovations of downtown buildings (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2004 NY $200,000 City of Syracuse for renovation of the Girls Inc. building (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2004 AL $900,000 Spring Hill College in Mobile for construction of a new library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2004 WV $3,500,000 Institute for Scientific Research for construction related to high-technology diversification initiative (Neighborhood Initiatives Program) NBR C VAHUD
2004 MO $450,000 Carrolton for the Downtown Revitalization Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
2004 ME $500,000 City of Gardiner for sewer infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2004 MI $213,000 Improved fruit practices (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2004 PA $223,000 Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Federal Administration) NBR S AG
2004 OH $110,000 Virtual Simulation Project for Clark State Community College's Police Academy in Springfield (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2004 NJ $300,000 Manchester Township Police Department for law enforcement technologies (Safe Schools Initiative – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2004 CA $500,000 Plumas County Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technologies (Safe Schools Initiative – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2004 NY $1,200,000 Bioinformatics Research in Buffalo (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2004 $3,500,000 Optical technologies research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF

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