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 WI $3,000,000 Milwaukee Police Department to purchase and install mobile digital radios in its squad cars and increase public access to data (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 CA $4,000,000 California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement for the Calif. meth strategy (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup – Drug Enforcement Agency) NBR C COM
2003 IL $2,700,000 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Center for Military Biomaterials Research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Laser Induced Surface Improvement Technology (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,400,000 Apprentice, Engineering Technician and CO-OP Program NUWC Keyport (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Low Cost Retractable Needle and Safety Syringe (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,600,000 Coal Based Jet Fuel (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Signal Data Recorder Set (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 CO $100,000 Cache-la Poudre (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR S ENERGY
2003 WA $1,000,000 Yakima Water Basin storage (Water & Related Resources: Bureau of Reclamation) NBR C ENERGY
2003 NE $300,000 Homestead National Historic Site (Construction – National Park Service) NBR H INT
2003 WV $1,340,000 Monongahela National Forest facilities improvements (Capital Improvement and Maintenance – United States Department of Agriculture) S INT
2003 KY $15,000 Youth Alive, Inc., Louisville, for after school programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MI $450,000 Oakwood Healthcare System, Dearborn (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MN $150,000 International Wolf Center, Minneapolis (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 OR $300,000 Oregon Children's Foundation for a volunteer early literacy program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MI $500,000 Arab-American and Chaldean Council for mental health initiatives (Center for Mental Health Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WA $300,000 Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $100,000 Centre County AVTS, Pleasant Gap, for technology infrastructure (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IN $2,500,000 Northern Indiana South Shore Commuter Rail Project (New Fixed Guideway Systems – Federal Transit Administration) H THUD
2003 KS $2,750,000 Lenexa Prairie Star Expressway (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 NY $250,000 Frink Park Pier Project Clayton (Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 FL $3,000,000 U.S. 319 Expansion (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 OH $250,000 US Route 42 & US Route 35 Upgrade Study (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 AL $1,000,000 Anniston East Bypass (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 NY $45,000 Institute for the PuertoRican/Hispanic Elderly in New York for facilities renovations (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 NC $90,000 Orange County for construction and build out of the farmer's market facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 CA $135,000 Spanish Speaking Unity Council in Oakland for rehabilitation of affordable elderly housing (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 VA $472,500 Chesterfield County for drainage and wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 KY $900,000 City of Corbin for wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 WA $45,000 Northwest Straits Commission (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 MI $450,000 Great Lakes Hydrological Center f Excellence at Western Michigan University (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 OK $233,000 Integrated production systems (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 MS $500,000 Catfish health, Stoneville (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR S AG
2003 TX $800,000 Rule of Law Forum Southern Methodist University (Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs – Department of State) C COM
2003 VT $250,000 United Way of Chittendon County to continue the Champlain Mentoring Initiative Project (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 $3,000,000 Law Enforcement On-Line information system which provides criminal justice information to law enforcement agencies throughout the country (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 AR $500,000 Arkansas Meth Law Enforcement Initiative (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup – Drug Enforcement Agency) NBR S COM
2003 $1,500,000 Pyrotechnic Self-Destruct Fuze (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,200,000 Center for Geosciences (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,100,000 Airborne Separation Video System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 MD $2,550,000 Amputee Care Center of Excellence at Walter Reed (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Southeastern Coastal Ocean Observation Program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR C DEF
2003 CA $2,000,000 Center for Adaptive Optics (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,400,000 BOL-515 Countermeasures Dispensers (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 CO $100,000 Arapahoe County (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR S ENERGY
2003 WA $250,000 Salmon Creek Watershed restoration (Water & Related Resources: Bureau of Reclamation) NBR S ENERGY
2003 NM $1,000,000 Hispanic Cultural Center, complete (Construction – National Park Service) NBR S INT
2003 CO $500,000 San Sophia Station (Capital Improvement and Maintenance – United States Department of Agriculture) S INT

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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