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
2003 WA $800,000 Rich passage passenger ferry project (Transit Planning and Research – Federal Railroad Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 CA $600,000 Sacramento Hydrogen Bus Technology [UC, Davis] (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 WA $225,000 Friends of Youth in Renton for building renovations (Economic Development Initiative) NBR VAHUD
2003 MO $810,000 City of Springfield for construction of a community multipurpose facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 CA $90,000 Contra Costa Community College for the Regional Training Institute's facility renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 OH $720,000 Water infrastructure upgrades for Northern Perry County Water District (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 IN $620,000 City of Indianapolis for the Life Sciences Project (Neighborhood Initiatives program) NBR C VAHUD
2003 AL $135,000 Cullman County Commission for North Cullman County water system upgrades (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 $1,350,000 Ecological and Water Resources Assessment Project (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 AK $350,000 Native plant materials restoration (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR AG
2003 AL $500,000 Fish disease research, Auburn (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR S AG
2003 TX $1,000,000 Texas State University System to develop an integrated training and information sharing network to enhance criminal information (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 SC $750,000 Operation Ceasefire in Charleston (National Institute of Justice) NBR C COM
2003 IL $100,000 DuPage County for a geographic information system (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 SD $200,000 Prairie View Prevention Services in Sioux Falls (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 $1,800,000 Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Photovoltaic Hydrogen for Portable on Demand Power (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 FL $1,800,000 Tyndall AFRL (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Multi-Wavelength Surface Scanning Biologics Sensor (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,500,000 DDG-51 Optimized Manning Initiative (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2003 $7,000,000 Commercialization of Advanced Technologies (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,300,000 Back Fit of Signal Processor ECP into DDG-51, LHA, LSD, LPDs, and CVs ships (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 CA $100,000 Estudillo Canal (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2003 AK $5,000,000 Swan Lake-Lake Tyee segment of the Southeastern Alaska Intertie System (Renewable Energy Resources: Department of Energy) S ENERGY
2003 AK $300,000 Fish passage along Alaskan railroads (Resource Management – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR S INT
2003 AK $200,000 Challenge Alaska in Girdwood for equipment acquisition and program support of the Adaptive Ski School (Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research – Department of Education) C LABHHS
2003 OH $600,000 Mt. Vernon Nazarene College, Mt. Vernon, equipment, technology upgrades of the Natural Sciences and Social Sciences facility (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MO $150,000 Polk County Central 911 Dispatch Center, Bolivar (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $500,000 San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools to expand schools-to-careers initiatives, including the Virtual Hi-Tech High Program, the Virtual Career Center Library and teacher training activities NBR C LABHHS
2003 WA $250,000 Northshore School District, Bothell, for the Northeast Vocational Area Cooperative to expand information technology courses for middle and high school students NBR C LABHHS
2003 DC $350,000 Georgetown University, Washington, for the Center for the Study of Learning dyslexia project (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IN $1,000,000 Indiana Genomics Initiative, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 $2,000,000 Open World Leadership Center NBR LEG
2003 TX $10,000,000 SR-130 Right of Way Williamson Guadalupe Travis and Caldwell (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 HI $8,000,000 BRT Systems, Appurenances & Facilities (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 TN $3,400,000 Knoxville Electric Transit Intermodal Center (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2003 PA $750,000 AMTRAN Bus and Transit System Improvements (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 CA $1,500,000 Orange County Centerline Light Rail Project (New Fixed Guideway Systems – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 CA $1,500,000 Roseville Multitransit Center (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 VA $202,500 City of Suffolk for the renovation and restoration of the old Suffolk High School for use as a cultural center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MO $324,000 University of Missouri-Columbia for facilities construction for the Life Sciences Technology Incubator (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AZ $202,500 Boys and Girls Club of Scottsdale for facility construction in Fountain Hills (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 PR $450,000 Sewer and Water Authority for wastewater infrastructure improvements in the municipality of Arecibo (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MO $500,000 Logan College of Chiropractic for a mitigation compliance project consisting of retention and detention control areas in Chesterfield (Neighborhood Initiatives program) NBR C VAHUD
2003 AL $90,000 Fayette Water Board, Fayette for water security improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 IL $22,500 Village of Patoka for water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AK $450,000 Kenai Streambank restoration, water project (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR AG
2003 AR $250,000 Endophyte research, Booneville (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG
2003 TX $845,000 Williamson County Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technology and training equipment (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 SC $14,000,000 Charleston Border Patrol Academy (Construction – Immigration and Naturalization Service) NBR C COM

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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