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 MN $1,000,000 Southeast Main Avenue/20th/21st Street Railroad Grade Separation Project (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2003 VA $180,000 Town of South Hill for the restoration of the Colonial Theatre (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MA $157,500 City of Lowell for construction of the Jackson/Appleton/Middlesex Area Garage (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AL $202,500 National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds for construction of the National Peanut Festival Agriculture Arena in Dothan (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 SD $315,000 Community of Dakota Dunes for a drinking water infrastructure connection project (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 NY $90,000 Metropolitan Development Association in Syracuse to update the VISION 2010 Strategic Economic Development Plan (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AL $247,500 Town of Littleville for wastewater system improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 FL $810,000 Taylor County Water and Sewer District for wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MI $348,000 Bovine Tuberculosis (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 IL $100,000 Trees Forever Program (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR H AG
2003 NY $1,000,000 FHR – Bronx River Restoration (Habitat Conservation Research and Management Services – National Marine Fisheries Service) NBR C COM
2003 $500,000 ARISE Foundation for at-risk youth (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 OK $505,000 Cherokee national meth enforcement and biohazard disposal; Program in Tahlequah (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup – Drug Enforcement Agency) NBR C COM
2003 AK $2,000,000 Kodiak Pier (NMFS – PAC) NBR S COM
2003 $1,000,000 Electronic Commodity Program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 $6,800,000 Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2003 $1,700,000 Courseware to Educate IT Managers (Operation and Maintenance – Army National Guard) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,000,000 Nuclear Posture Review DERF – Info Warfare Supt (Operation and Maintenance – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Modular Advanced Composite Hull Form (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2003 $5,600,000 Regional Medical Distributive Learning (Other Procurement – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 $4,300,000 Solid State High Energy Laser Transmitters for LADAR (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 PA $100,000 Streets Run Watershed (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2003 DC $500,000 Caribbean American Mission for Education Research and Action to build linkages between Caribbean education entities and regional higher education institutions to share U.S. educational methodologies NBR H FINSER
2003 AK $2,000,000 Alaska conveyance (Management of Lands and Resources – Bureau of Land Management) NBR S INT
2003 TX $440,000 YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth for the Together Reaching Unity Concerning Everyone (TRUCE) project (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 AL $70,000 Snead State Community College, Boaz for computers and technology enhancements (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 NC $500,000 Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $750,000 San Francisco Department of Public Health in San Francisco (Center for Mental Health Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 KA $250,000 Cowley Community College, Wichita for the Southside Learning Center for equipment (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MO $500,000 Guadalupe Center for Early Childhood Education to expand quality early education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WI $83,000 Valley Packaging Industries, Inc., Appleton (Training & Employment Services – Employment & Training Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 $940,000 Mechanical renovation, Dirksen Senate Office Building NBR S LEG
2003 CA $500,000 San Luis Obispo City to Sea Bikepath (Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2003 MI $450,000 Yates Township Transit System (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 MD $400,000 Western Maryland Low Impact Welcome Center at Byron Overlook (Federal Lands – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 AL $750,000 Center for Coastal Transportation Engineering Research at the University of South Alabama (Research and Technology – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 WA $150,000 Community Transportation Association of America (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 KY $1,000,000 Southbound Hurstbourne Lane (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 VA $162,000 Eastern Shore Community College for construction of the Eastern Shore Workforce Training and Business Development Center in Melfa (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MA $135,000 Salem State College for construction of an arts center/theater (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AL $202,500 Huntingdon College in Montgomery for repairs and renovations to the Bellingrath Natural Sciences facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 SC $900,000 Mount Pleasant Waterworks Commission for the Snowden Community Wastewater Collection Program (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 PA $67,500 LaRosa Boys & Girls Club of McKeesport for recreation facility construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AL $180,000 West Morgan-East Lawrence Water Authority for drinking water improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 FL $450,000 City of Clearwater for wastewater and reclaimed water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 FL $450,000 Diaprepes/Root Weevil (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
2003 ID $1,000,000 Conversion to sprinkler irrigation (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR S AG
2003 $12,000,000 Fisheries habitat restoration (Habitat Conservation Research and Management Services – National Marine Fisheries Service) NBR C COM
2003 VA $250,000 Page County for a juvenile crime prevention program (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 SC $500,000 Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department to fight meth (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup – Drug Enforcement Agency) 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