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 MA $400,000 Northern Tier Dial-A-Ride (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 MI $2,900,000 Kalamazoo Metro Transit – transfer center (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2003 OR $162,000 Renovation of the Tower Theatre in Bend (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 FL $360,000 City of Largo for construction of a new downtown Largo library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MT $1,800,000 Center for Life in Extreme Environments at Montana State University (NASA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 KY $585,000 City of Sebree for the city of Sebree Sewer Project (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 VT $90,000 Northeastern Vermont Development Assoc. to support the Northeast Kingdom Enterprise Collaborative and the Northeast Kingdom REAP zone in promoting economic dev. (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 IL $225,000 City of Peoria for infrastructure improvements to foster economic development in the biosciences field (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 CA $500,000 Sustainable agriculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 MI $250,000 Pasteurization of shell eggs (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Federal Administration) NBR C AG
2003 MN $1,500,000 Twin Cities area for communications radios for the Metro Radio Board (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 WA $3,000,000 Continuation of the Washington State Methamphetamine Program (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup – Drug Enforcement Agency) NBR S COM
2003 ND $350,000 Turtle Mountain Community College's Project Peacemaker (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR S COM
2003 NJ $3,000,000 Meadowlands (Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program – National Ocean Service) NBR C COM
2003 $2,000,000 Thermionics Technology (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 CA $8,750,000 Center for Nanosciences Innovation (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,250,000 OSD – Intelligence Fusion Study Continuation (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,800,000 Modular Advanced Vision System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,550,000 Periscopic Surgery Research Project (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,600,000 AN/AAR-47 (Aircraft Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 IN $3,000,000 Iroquois Bioenergy Cooperative (Renewable Energy Resources: Department of Energy) C ENERGY
2003 CA $750,000 Coyote and Berryessa Creeks (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR H ENERGY
2003 $23,000,000 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Depletet the Ozone Layer (International Organizations and Programs) C FOROP
2003 NC $1,250,000 Cheoah RD office reconstruction (Capital Improvement and Maintenance – United States Department of Agriculture) NBR H INT
2003 CA $1,000,000 University of San Francisco for education, service and research programs at the Center for Public Service and the Common Good (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $50,000 Drug Free Pennsylvania, Inc., Harrisburg, to enhance its media literacy project (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MO $2,200,000 Discovery Center, Springfield (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education NBR C LABHHS
2003 WI $50,000 School District of Flambeau, Tony, for equipment and technology to create a national parks virtual reality education program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IL $50,000 Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate, Springfield, for a financial literacy program (Fund for the improvement of education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $700,000 Hi-Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IL $1,000,000 Marklund Children's Home, West Chicago (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 GA $1,158,000 Aviation Support Facility, Fort Stewart NBR H MILCON
2003 LA $500,000 LA-820 Lincoln Parish (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 MA $300,000 CTS Northern Tier Buses (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 FL $1,000,000 Capital Circle widening, Leon County (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 VA $2,188,000 Route 7 Bypass West of Leesburg (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 MA $1,000,000 Community Transportation Association of America (Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 GA $1,500,000 Statewide Bus Replacement Program (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2003 OH $270,000 Where Toledo Grows/Greenhouse Row in Toledo for construction of a welcome center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 FL $337,500 City of Plantation for construction of an amphitheater (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 $19,000,000 Mars program to cover recent cost increases (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 LA $90,000 St. James Parish for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements coordinated with the Town of Gramercy (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 RI $90,000 Providence Black Repertory Theatre (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 MI $450,000 Detroit Housing Group, Inc. for the Alter Kercheval Housing Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
2003 MI $435,000 Sustainable agriculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 MS $750,000 Biotechnology research (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Federal Administration) NBR S AG
2003 MI $2,000,000 Detroit homeland security technology and training needs (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 AL $750,000 Marshal, Cullman, Walker and Etowah Counties for methamphetamine initiatives (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup – Drug Enforcement Agency) NBR C COM
2003 TN $750,000 University of Tennessee to continue the development of technology, forensic training, and research (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR S COM
2003 NC $750,000 State Attorney General for a computer forensics initiative 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