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 $1,400,000 Assessing Aging of Military Aircraft (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
2003 $2,000,000 Advanced Distributed Learning Prototypes (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,750,000 Thermally Activated Chiller/Heater (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2003 $2,100,000 Naval Modeling and Simulation (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2003 $2,000,000 Secure Terminal Equipment (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 OH $100,000 Woodtick Peninsula and Toledo Harbor (Corps of Engineers: General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
2003 WV $17,000,000 National Energy Technology Laboratory (Environmental and Other Defense Related Activities: Office of the Administrator) S ENERGY
2003 MS $300,000 Vicksburg National Military Park, security upgrades (Construction – National Park Service) NBR S INT
2003 IN $250,000 Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (Land Acquisition – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) S INT
2003 MI $250,000 Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills to develop a curriculum for the Center for Combined Regional Emergency Services (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 RI $1,000,000 Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MA $100,000 Jacob's Pillow in Lee for the expansion of performing arts educational programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MI $450,000 University of Michigan Health System for its clinical simulation center for education and training, Ann Arbor (Public Health Improvement – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WI $50,000 African Heritage, Inc., to improve the health status of African-American residents, Appleton (General Departmental Management – Office of the Secretary) NBR C LABHHS
2003 OH $500,000 Achievement Centers for Children, Cuyahoga (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 NJ $300,000 City of Englewood, New Jersey Board of Education, for technology and other expenses to establish career academies at the Dwight Morrow High School NBR C LABHHS
2003 NJ $50,000,000 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail – MOS2 (New Fixed Guideway Systems – Federal Transit Administration) H THUD
2003 KY $7,750,000 Monticello Street Overpass (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2003 PA $1,450,000 Westmoreland County Transit Authority (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 OR $220,000 Albany (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 MI $2,500,000 Wayne County Road Information Management System (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2003 CA $750,000 Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Hybrid Bus BRT Project (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2003 NY $67,500 Merwin Rural Services Institute for an initial planning study in northern New York (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MI $405,000 Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan for construction of facilities for the Victims of Crime Program (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MS $450,000 Pearl for the renovation of a community center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 VA $180,000 City of Norfolk for wastewater infrastructure improvements at the North Fox Hall and Sewell Garden pump stations (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 KS $270,000 City of Ottawa for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 VT $225,000 Storm water research initiative at the University of Vermont (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 CA $900,000 Central California Air Quality Study conducted by the Central California Air Quality Coalition (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 PA $400,000 Improved dairy management practices (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
2003 MD $50,000 Barley food health benefit research, Beltsville (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG
2003 $100,000 Winter Cities Conference (Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs – Department of State) C COM
2003 IN $400,000 Indianapolis Police Department to upgrade the existing laptop computer system to a wireless land area network (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 OR $250,000 Gladstone for a public safety communications system upgrade (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 UT $600,000 Utah State University for the Youth and Families with Promise Program (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 $2,800,000 Eagle Eyes (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 HI $3,400,000 AHI (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,200,000 Bioreactor Technologies Evaluation and Testing (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 MA $10,000,000 Large Millimeter Wavelength Telescope (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF
2003 $4,000,000 Plasma Energy Pyrolysis (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,400,000 Integrated Training for TAC Air Fleet (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $6,000,000 JEDMICS [PACOM] (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 FL $3,000,000 Fort Pierce Beach (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR H ENERGY
2003 CA $22,000,000 Accelerate cleanup at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Environmental and Other Defense Related Activities: Office of the Administrator) S ENERGY
2003 AL $500,000 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, oral histories (Construction – National Park Service) NBR H INT
2003 IA $250,000 Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (Land Acquisition – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) S INT
2003 CT $500,000 Norwalk Community College, Norwalk for equipment and personnel needed to launch the Community Security Institute (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 TN $1,100,000 Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 $100,000 American Vitiligo Research Foundation for education and awareness for outreach (Public Health Improvement – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IA $100,000 Partners in Economic Progress in Des Moines for a mentoring and education support program for disadvantaged children (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) 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