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 CA $300,000 Mission Basin brackish groundwater desalting (Water & Related Resources: Bureau of Reclamation) NBR ENERGY
2003 WV $200,000 South Charleston (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2003 CA $550,000 San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear Center (Capital Improvement and Maintenance – United States Department of Agriculture) C INT
2003 MO $1,000,000 Great River National Wildlife Refuge (Land Acquisition – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR C INT
2003 MA $1,000,000 University of Massachusetts-Boston to purchase research equipment and technology infrastructure (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WV $3,600,000 Wheeling Jesuit University for the Math and Science Education Initiative (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WI $100,000 Coalition of Wisconsin Again Groups in Madison to provide assistance and education to the legal community (Social services and income maintenance research – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2003 LA $200,000 Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newlton, for instructional, technology training, and after school programs at the Tensas Charter School (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IL $187,000 Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, to establish principal-led teams (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 GA $50,000 Evans Memorial Hospital, Claxton (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $250,000 Project Amiga for the Televillage Program, South El Monte (Training & Employment Services – Employment & Training Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MD $12,900,000 National Marine Technical Information Center, Navy, Carderock NBR S MILCON
2003 $750,000 DOT's privacy practices third party evaluation (Transportation Planning, Research, and Development – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 NJ $588,000 North-south connect between Glassboro High Street commercial corridor and Rowan University (Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2003 NC $2,000,000 Charlotte/Mecklenburg County N/S Transitway (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 TX $1,200,000 Woodlands District Park and Ride (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 WA $1,000,000 Washington DOT Scenic Byways Statewide Program (Scenic Byways – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 CA $1,500,000 Foothill Transit – Bus Purchase (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 NY $890,000 LeMoyne College in Syracuse for construction of a Science Education and Teaching/Learning Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 CT $180,000 Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven for renovation and construction of a facility for transitional housing (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 NJ $900,000 Biomedical Engineering Facility at Rutgers University, Piscataway (NASA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 MI $450,000 Genesee County Drain Commission for North-East Relief Sewer and Kearsley Creek Inceptor Project (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MS $900,000 Alcorn State University for the construction and rehabilitation of buildings (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 $4,000,000 Grants to interested states to establish a long-term ambient monitoring and assessment framework (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 IA $450,000 Agriculture-based industrial lubricants (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Federal Administration) NBR AG
2003 $2,500,000 Great Lakes Basin program for soil and erosion sediment (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR AG
2003 $3,000,000 PACFIN catch effort data (Science and Technology – National Marine Fisheries Service) NBR S COM
2003 CO $1,000,000 Colorado Division of Information Technologies for a seamless state-wide wireless communications system (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 KY $8,000,000 So. and East. Ky. Counter Drug Initiative to coordinate drug interdiction, prevention, educ. and treatment initiatives in Appal. Ky. (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR C COM
2003 $2,600,000 RC-135 COMBAT SENT (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,550,000 Multiple Component Army Flight Test (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $3,500,000 Blast Mitigation Testing (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2003 $2,800,000 Hemorrhage Control Dressings (Other Procurement – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,500,000 Variable Engine Nozzle (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,200,000 Undersea Defense Warfare Systems (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $22,000,000 LCAC SLEP (Shipbuilding and Conversion – Navy) NBR DEF
2003 CA $1,000,000 Long Beach Desalination Project (Water & Related Resources: Bureau of Reclamation) NBR ENERGY
2003 AK $3,000,000 Bethel bank stabilization (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR S ENERGY
2003 GA $1,950,000 Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, visitor center/standard design (Construction – U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) H INT
2003 OH $250,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Central Union Terminal Toledo (Historic Preservation Fund – National Park Service) NBR C INT
2003 IA $1,000,000 The Franciscan University in Clinton for technology-based undergraduate and graduate teacher training program (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 KY $1,200,000 Western Kentucky University's Center for Engineering and Biological Sciences for technology enhancements (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $150,000 Father's Day Rally Committee for the Rites of Passage Program, Philadelphia (Social services and income maintenance research – Administration for Children and Families) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WI $500,000 Superior School District for after school programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $136,000 Neighborhood United Against Drugs, Philadelphia (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 LA $300,000 East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 VA $282,000 Patrick County Education Foundation, Stuart (Training & Employment Services – Employment & Training Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MD $1,450,000 Aircraft Prototype Facility, Navy, Patuxent River NBR S MILCON
2003 DE $1,000,000 Delaware Memorial Bridge collusion avoidance project (Transportation Planning, Research, and Development – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 OK $350,000 Oklahoma Transportation Center Improvements (Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD

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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