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 AL $6,000,000 US 231 Southbound Tennessee River Bridge Replacement (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 NY $250,000 Albany waterfront development Corning Reserve (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 PA $135,000 City of Pottsville for sidewalks, curbs and street lighting (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 NC $180,000 Town of Mooresville for facilities expansion of the town's historic library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 CA $76,500 Tri-Counties Easter Seals for construction of a child development center in Ventura County (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 VA $855,000 Fairfax County Water Authority of Virginia for water system infrastructure and security enhancements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR VAHUD
2003 MO $1,080,000 The NASA Educator Resource Center at South East Missouri State University (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 VT $180,000 Vermont small business compliance assistance project conducted by the Vermont Small Business Dev. Center (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 CT $675,000 Shared equally between the towns of Vernon and Bolton to support the Vernon-Bolton Lake Sewer Project System (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 CO $750,000 Infectious disease research (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 MN $250,000 Cereal disease research, St. Paul (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG
2003 WV $500,000 Design/implement natural stream restoration initiatives (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR H AG
2003 VA $661,000 Virginia Community Policing Institute (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs)` NBR C COM
2003 LA $50,000 Slidell Police Department for technologies to increase information sharing (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 OK $250,000 Oklahoma City Police Department for a meth/drug hot spots initiative (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup – Drug Enforcement Agency) NBR C COM
2003 $1,500,000 155mm M795E1 Extended Range Base Burner (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,050,000 Bone Health (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $6,000,000 Mariah II Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2003 ME $700,000 Apprentice, Engineering Technician and CO-OP Program IMF Bangor (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Radar Tiles for Reduced Surface Ship Signatures (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2003 $3,250,000 Nanostructured Materials (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2003 IL $14,000,000 ALQ-135 Band 1.5 Jammers (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF
2003 IL $100,000 Keith Creek, Rockford (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2003 CO $2,500,000 Cost-shared agricultural mixed waste biorefinery using thermo-polymerization (Renewable Energy Resources: Department of Energy) NBR ENERGY
2003 CA $600,000 Japanese American History, building 640 (Construction – National Park Service) NBR S INT
2003 SD $1,500,000 Mystic Ranger District Station (Capital Improvement and Maintenance – United States Department of Agriculture) S INT
2003 IL $25,000 Youth Guidance of Chicago to implement the Corner School Development Program in additional schools (Fund for the improvement of education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $900,000 Placer County Children's Emergency Shelter, Auburn (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IA $300,000 Iowa Radio Reading Information Service (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 AZ $100,000 University of Arizona to study NikkomycinZ as a treatment for valley fever (Public Health Improvement – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $100,000 Project H.O.M.E., Philadelphia, for the planning and design of the Honickman Roberts Learning Center, to provide technology and computer education, youth academic enrichment, after-school programming, NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $150,000 Children's Hospital of Central California, Los Angeles (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $500,000 Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, for math and science teacher training programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $7,025,000 Pittsburgh North Shore Connector (New Fixed Guideway Systems – Federal Transit Administration) H THUD
2003 WA $6,000,000 Lexington Bridge Cowlitz-Wahkiakum (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 OH $200,000 Gasholder House and Underground Railroad Museum, Oberlin (Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 WV $4,115,000 U.S. Route 35 Improvements (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR THUD
2003 MN $1,500,000 US-14 Expansion and Improvements (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 SC $1,000,000 Arkwright Connector Spartanburg (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 OH $90,000 City of Toledo for site re-use planning at the former Doehler Jarvis manufacturing facility and the site of the former Toledo Federal Building (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 NC $144,000 North Carolina Community Development Initiative for renovation and build out of a vocational training facility in Durham County and a transitional housing facility in Durham NBR H VAHUD
2003 CA $135,000 City of Santa Monica for renovation of a historic structure for use as a visitor center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 VA $315,000 Accomack County for wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 NY $225,000 Niagara University for science, engineering and math programs (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 WA $630,000 Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 FL $270,000 Florida International University to utilize non-destructive techniques to characterize and develop contamination strategies (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AR $1,222,000 Institute for Food Science and Engineering (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 CO $500,000 Central Great Plains Research Station, Akron (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR S AG
2003 WV $200,000 Soil survey geographic database in Mid-Atlantic Highlands (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR H AG
2003 KY $90,000 Lewis County and the City of Vanceburg to develop and implement a drug eradication and prevention program (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S 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