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 $1,000,000 Marine Mammal Detection and Mitigation (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $5,600,000 Precision Terrain Aided Navigation (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,500,000 AN/UYQ-70 Secure Voice System Hardware for Surface Ships (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 FL $3,000,000 Lee County [reimbursement] (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR H ENERGY
2003 NM $5,000,000 Modify the beamlet laser at the Sandia National Laboratories (Weapons Activities: Office of the Inspector General) S ENERGY
2003 TN $250,000 Stones River National Battlefield, trails (Construction – National Park Service) NBR H INT
2003 OH $1,350,000 Ohio School for the Deaf for Virtual Reality for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Columbus (Special Education – Department of Education) C LABHHS
2003 OH $100,000 Mount Union College/Alliance City Schools, Alliance, for the Early Childhood Center (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 OH $1,000,000 Rural Health Collaborative of Southern Ohio, Georgetown (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MT $400,000 Hub Program to provide services to the low-income mentally ill, Billings (Center for Mental Health Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IL $75,000 Milliken University in Decatur to assist inner-city and rural high school students prepare for college (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $250,000 Bowers Museum for education programs, publications, and technology, Santa Ana (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $100,000 Cameron County High School, Emporium, for technology infrastructure (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MT $600,000 Choteau Elementary School in Choteau, for the Net Schools e-learning program, including the acquisition of technology (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 TN $15,610,000 Memphis Medical Center Rail Extension (New Fixed Guideway Systems – Federal Transit Administration) H THUD
2003 OH $50,000 Mahoning River Corridor of Opportunity Industrial Park Roadway Improvement (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 RI $500,000 Newport Trolley Project (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 NY $300,000 Bronx Center Transportation Project streetscape improvement (Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 CA $500,000 Ventura County Highway Video Camera Monitoring Project (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 CA $400,000 Yosemite [YARTS] (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR C THUD
2003 WI $112,500 St. Norbert College of DePere for construction of a library learning center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MO $45,000 City of Arnold for recreation facility improvements (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 WV $2,700,000 West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon for renovation/expansion of a science hall (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 NJ $450,000 Science, Engineering, Math and Aerospace Academy programs at Livingston College (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 KY $450,000 Louisville/Jefferson County Redevelopment Authority for water infrastructure improvements for a technology park in Louisville (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 WA $180,000 Columbia Basin Groundwater Area Management Study (Environmental Programs and Management – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 CT $157,500 Town of Wolcott for water infrastructure improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 KY $742,000 Precision agriculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 AR $250,000 Harbor Branch Aquaculture Initiative, Stuttgart (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR S AG
2003 TX $350,000 Rancho Nuevo Sea Turtles (Protected Resources and Management Services – National Marine Fisheries Service) NBR S COM
2003 AK $2,000,000 State of Alaska for a child abuse investigation program (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 AZ $550,000 Avondale for a new police data retrieval and records management system (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 SD $150,000 Aberdeen to establish a Youth-Adult Partnership of Aberdeen Community Youth Center (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 $3,150,000 Radar Power Technology (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,500,000 Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloys in Aircraft (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Joint Expendable Turbine Engine Concept Phase II (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Rapid 3D visualization database (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2003 $3,400,000 Advanced Medium Gun Demonstrator (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,200,000 F/A-18 APG-73 Radar Upgrades (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF
2003 $7,700,000 Q-70 Based IT-21 Advanced Tactical Servers (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 MT $6,000,000 Fort Peck Fish Hatchery (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR ENERGY
2003 NM $113,000,000 Microsystems and engineering science applications [MESA], at Sandia National Laboratories (National Nuclear Security Administration: Department of Energy) S ENERGY
2003 NY $300,000 Saratoga National Historic Park, exhibits (Construction – National Park Service) NBR H INT
2003 NJ $700,000 St. Joseph School for the Blind (Special Education – Department of Education) C LABHHS
2003 SD $300,000 Northern State University in Aberdeen for technology and equipment at the Center for Statewide E-Learning (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 OH $350,000 Rocking Horse Center, Springfield (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WI $150,000 School District of Beloit for telecommunications equipment and upgrades (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $500,000 Marin County Department of Health and Human Services in San Rafael (Public Health Improvement – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MA $400,000 Boston Public Library Foundation for the John Adams Presidential Library, Boston (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 SD $750,000 Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board to support the Northern Plains Healthy Start Project (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS

Legend

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