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 NV $750,000 Research Foundation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Nuclear Energy Programs: Department of Energy) S ENERGY
2003 HI $750,000 Hawaii ESA Community Conservation Plan (Resource Management – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR S INT
2003 MS $750,000 University of Southern Mississippi Center for Literacy and Assessment in Hattiesburg for program support (Special Education – Department of Education) C LABHHS
2003 NH $500,000 New Hampshire Community Technical College for the distance learning initiative, including the acquisition of technology (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CT $750,000 Quinnipiac University, Hamden (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 CA $100,000 Santa Barbara Community Youth Performing Arts Center, Santa Barbara, for salaries and expenses for the Santa Barbara Junior High Theatre (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 IL $150,000 La Rabida Children's Hospital, Chicago (Public Health Improvement – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 AK $100,000 Aleutian World War II Museum for interactive media display (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 $200,000 Youth Opportunities in Retailing, Inc. (Training & Employment Services – Employment & Training Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WI $650,000 Columbus Community Hospital Foundation (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 TX $650,000 Feasibility study, Granbury Hood (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 IA $3,000,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Des Moines (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR S THUD
2003 PA $1,000,000 SEPTA Norristown Intermodal Facility (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 MS $1,000,000 US-51 to MS Connector Road Canton (National Corridor Planning and Development Program – Federal Highway Administration) NBR THUD
2003 PA $9,000,000 SEPTA Schuylkill Valley Metro Line (New Fixed Guideway Systems – Federal Transit Administration) NBR S THUD
2003 CA $1,385,000 San Mateo County Transit District Zero-Emission Buses (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD
2003 WV $450,000 Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Authority for facilities construction in cooperation with the 4-County Economic Development Authority located in Oak Hill focused on development along the Inters NBR H VAHUD
2003 MN $180,000 Audubon Center of the North Woods in Minnesota for capital construction costs and improvements (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H VAHUD
2003 IL $450,000 City of Chicago for cleanup associated with economic development in Chicago's Pilsen/Little Village Community (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S VAHUD
2003 FL $720,000 Science, Engineering, Math, and Aeronautics Academy in Miami (NASA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 NY $450,000 Syracuse Research Corporation for a not-for-profit corporation for the continuation of environmental research at its Probability Risk Assessment Center (Science and Technology – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 AL $900,000 Fort Payne for sewerage system improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR H VAHUD
2003 IL $450,000 Village of Port Byron for drinking water improvements (State and Tribal Assistance Grants – EPA) NBR VAHUD
2003 MD $400,000 Agroecology (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education Activities: Special Research Grants) NBR AG
2003 SC $250,000 Cotton genetics research, Florence (Agriculture Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR S AG
2003 TX $750,000 Sam Houston State University to establish the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups (Edward Byrne Grants to States – Office of Justice Programs) NBR S COM
2003 WV $66,600,000 Hazelton (Buildings and Facilities – Federal Prison System) NBR S COM
2003 FL $1,000,000 Largo Police Department for laptops/mobile data terminals in vehicles (Technology Program – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR C COM
2003 AL $500,000 Youth violence prevention research project at the University of South Alabama (Juvenile Justice Programs – Community Oriented Policing Services) NBR S COM
2003 $4,250,000 Technology Development for Unexploded Ordnance in Support of Military Readiness (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
2003 $5,000,000 Advanced Medicine (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 $4,000,000 Powdered programmable process (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
2003 $2,600,000 Laser Plasma X-Ray Lithography System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
2003 $3,400,000 High Energy Laser Enhancement of Ship Self-Defense (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $1,000,000 Corrosion Center of Excellence (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 $6,000,000 Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
2003 MS $4,000,000 Desoto County (Corps of Engineers: Construction General) NBR ENERGY
2003 ID $1,500,000 Idaho Accelerator Center (Nuclear Energy Programs: Department of Energy) S ENERGY
2003 MT $400,000 Big Hole Watershed Committee (Resource Management – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) NBR S INT
2003 KY $1,000,000 University of Kentucky's Center for Instructional Technology and Learning (Special Education – Department of Education) C LABHHS
2003 MA $200,000 New England Board of Higher Education, Boston for a study of minority student participation in science and technology (Fund for the improvement of Postsecondary Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 WA $400,000 Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle (Health Resources & Services Administration – Health & Human Services) NBR C LABHHS
2003 NY $250,000 Family Support Systems Unlimited for mental health services, NY (Center for Mental Health Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $50,000 Mercer County Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, Inc., Sharon, to provide tutoring and assist with curriculum design (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Dept. of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 PA $25,000 Abington Art Center for a work-study program, Jenkintown (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 AK $400,000 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Southeast Alaska, for the Boys and Girls Club and Cook Inlet Tribal Council (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
2003 $2,000,000 Consumer-supported national technical assistance centers (Center for Mental Health Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) S LABHHS
2003 TX $250,000 New Luke Road Trade Corridor Access Project (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR C THUD
2003 WI $1,500,000 Marquette Interchange Reconstruction, Milwaukee (Surface Transportation Projects – Secretary of Transportation) NBR THUD
2003 PA $1,250,000 Williamsport Bureau of Transportation City Bus – Lycoming County (Bus and Bus Facilities – Federal Transit Administration) NBR H THUD

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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