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 $12,000,000 Applied Communications and Information Network (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
2003 $1,750,000 Display and Development and Evaluation Laboratory (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 $10,000,000 Aging Landing Gear Life Extension (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2003 $2,500,000 Portable Radiation Search Tool (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF
2003 $2,000,000 Compatible Processor Upgrade (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,500,000 General increase in Industrial Preparedness (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $3,200,000 AN/TSQ-108 v(3) Upgrades (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 IL $1,000,000 Indiana Shoreline erosion (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR H ENERGY
2003 $4,000,000 Research on arsenic removal (Science: Department of Energy) S ENERGY
2003 MN $750,000 Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Twin Cities (Construction – National Park Service) NBR H INT
2003 AR $1,500,000 Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (Land Acquisition – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) S INT
2003 OK $125,000 Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee for its Commerce Development Center (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IL $1,125,000 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $150,000 Jefferson County-Dubois AVTS, Reynoldsville, for technology infrastructure (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 NY $500,000 Public School District 31, Staten Island, for library books for 4th and 5th graders (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 VA $300,000 Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas, for the Middle School Reading and Mathematics Remediation Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 NY $350,000 Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IL $100,000 Champions for Change, Flossmoor, for early childhood education and before- and after-school programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MA $681,000 Boston South Boston Piers Transitway (New Fixed Guideway Systems – Federal Transit Administration) H THUD
2003 CT $1,000,000 Needs assessment study of the I-84/Route 8 interchange, Waterbury (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2003 DE $400,000 Dover Lincoln Park Center Project (Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 NY $22,000 Thomas Cole House Access, Catskill (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 MA $500,000 Winthrop commuter ferry project (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2003 VA $500,000 Analysis and improvements on consistent shoulder width on Route 9 (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 MD $157,500 City of Laurel for facilities renovations for the Laurel Community Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MS $90,000 City of Natchez, Mississippi for a feasibility study to develop a slack water port (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 CA $90,000 Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose for renovations necessary for theater improvements (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 VA $315,000 St. Paul College in Lawrenceville for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 KY $225,000 Spencer County Fiscal Court for water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 IA $450,000 Center for Agricultural and Rural Development – Iowa State University for the Resources and Agricultural Policy Systems program (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 IL $450,000 Ill. Waste Man. and Res. Ctr., the Univ. of Ill. at Urbana/Champaign for implem. of a program to increase the adoption of innovative pollution prev. tech. by businesses (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 ME $265,000 Lowbush blueberry research (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 MD $300,000 Bovine genetics, Beltsville (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR C AG
2003 $500,000 Tibet Exchanges (Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs – Department of State) C COM
2003 KY $35,000 Fort Thomas to develop and implement a drug eradication and prevention program in the school system (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 RI $300,000 Lincoln Police Department for technology upgrade initiatives (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 NV $1,500,000 The Family Development Foundation in Las Vegas for domestic violence prevention and intervention (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 $1,500,000 Cartledge Infuser (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,500,000 Liquid Silicone Lithium Rechargeable Battery (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,800,000 Viable Combat Avionics Initiative (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,500,000 Simulation Center HPC Upgrade (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2003 $2,800,000 Rapid Retargeting (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $500,000 Composite materials for training program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
2003 $3,500,000 On-board Retrofit (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) NBR S DEF
2003 IL $250,000 Grand Calumet River remedial action plan (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR H ENERGY
2003 CA $1,275,000 American River Watershed (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) S ENERGY
2003 MT $1,800,000 Virginia City National Historic Landmark, restoration (Construction – National Park Service) NBR S INT
2003 OR $140,000 Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Land Acquisition – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) S INT
2003 OK $1,500,000 Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education, Oklahoma City to complete Ponca City's Internet Hub project (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 VT $65,000 Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS

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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