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 IL $750,000 Melrose Park Rail-Grade Separation (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 SC $7,000,000 South Carolina Vehicles and Facilities (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 ID $7,000,000 US-95, Worley to mica, Stage 2 (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR C THUD
2003 TX $1,000,000 Texas Transportation Institute (Transportation Planning, Research, and Development – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2003 CT $1,500,000 Hartford Downtown Circulator (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 WA $225,000 Port of Grays Harbor for facilities construction and buildout of a boat yard (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MI $225,000 Michigan Jewish Institute Academic Activities facility for construction and renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 LA $450,000 University of Louisiana, Lafayette for the National Wetlands Research Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 WI $900,000 City of Racine for the Racine Advanced Water Treatment System (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR S VAHUD
2003 TX $1,800,000 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 NM $810,000 Construction, renovation, and restoration of the historic Rio Grande Theater in Las Cruces as planned by the Dona Ana Arts Council, Inc. (Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
2003 IL $630,000 Village of Montgomery for removal of lead-based paint from water storage tanks (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AK $500,000 Staff for each SWCD Public Info and assistance in rural AK (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR C AG
2003 MT $500,000 Ft. Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Miles City (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR S AG
2003 TX $10,820,000 Brownsville Border Patrol Station (Construction – Immigration and Naturalization Service) NBR C COM
2003 $2,000,000 NB planning and design (Construction – Immigration and Naturalization Service) NBR C COM
2003 AR $600,000 Arkansas Crime Information Center for phase II of the JailNet system (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 SD $580,000 St. Josephs Indian School for juvenile delinquency prevention programs (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 $1,050,000 Airborne Separation Video System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $3,000,000 Desert Environmental Research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Battlespace Logistics Readiness and Sustainment (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,200,000 Advanced Lithography – Thin Film Research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
2003 $4,675,000 AAAV (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $2,125,000 Chemical Biological Multi-Sensor Analyzer/Detector (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $3,400,000 Universal Water Activated Release System (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 VT $100,000 Vermont Dams remediation (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR S ENERGY
2003 $48,000,000 Denali Commission (Independent Agencies) S ENERGY
2003 WY $175,000 Thunder Basin grasslands initiative (Resource Management – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR S INT
2003 AK $200,000 Alaska Center for Independent Living Personal Assistance Services project (Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research – Department of Education) C LABHHS
2003 LA $400,000 Nicholls State University, Thibodaux for Advanced Technology Center or Intergenerational Center (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 MA $1,200,000 Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Initiative (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $50,000 Santa Barbara High School District, Santa Barbara, for the San Marcos High School Health Careers Academy (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 LA $550,000 Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for its Breast Cancer Center (Public Health Improvement – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 NY $25,000 Alley Pond Environmental Center for environmental education programs, Douglaston (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $50,000 Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia to develop a school based mentoring program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 OH $125,000 Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 TX $1,250,000 "I" Road From FM 495 to US281, Hidalgo County (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 WI $6,000,000 McCleary Bridge, Wasau (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR H THUD
2003 PA $3,000,000 TEA-21 Altoona (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2003 ID $1,000,000 US-95 Milepost 536 Stage 2 Construction Boundary County (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 WV $10,000,000 WV Route 9 Jefferson and Berkeley Counties (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 CA $1,500,000 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Clean Fuel Bus Program (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR THUD
2003 WV $162,000 Upper Kanawha Valley Enterprise Community for facilities renovation for a business and community center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 MI $225,000 City of St. Ignace, Michigan for the construction of a public library (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 LA $450,000 Ernest Memorial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority for the expansion of the Morial Convention Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 WI $832,500 Town of Mercer for the extension of their water infrastructure to the new business park (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 SC $450,000 University of South Carolina for a geologic study of uranium groundwater contamination (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 VA $1,350,000 Newport News for the development of the Newport News Fine Arts Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 IL $180,000 Dallas Rural Water District for water infrastructure improvements in Hancock County (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 DE $290,000 Expand cooperative efforts with Delaware State for plant materials (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Operations) NBR H AG

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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