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
1998 $3,000,000 Army conservation and ecosystem management (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR S DEF
1998 $500,000 Great Lakes sediment transport models (Army Corps of Engineers – Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
1998 $15,000,000 Purchase of 3 Blackhawk Utility Helicopters by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs for the Columbian National Police (Dept. of State, International Narcotics Control) NBR C FOROP
1998 $750,000 Melvin R. Laird Center for a telemedicine communication network (Health and Human Services – Health Care Financing Administration) NBR H LABHHS
1998 PA $2,000,000 Towanda Borough intermodal bus facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1998 AZ $4,000,000 National Memorial Cemetary of Arizona, columbarium component of the development and improvement project (DOVA, Construction) NBR C VAHUD
1998 MS $642,000 Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1998 $3,000,000 Enhancements for special ops intelligence vehicle (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1998 $2,000,000 Parachute maintenance and repair (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF
1998 VA $174,000 Potomac River at Alexandria (Army Corps of Engineers – Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
1998 $80,000,000 Refugee Assistance to Israel (Dept. of State) S FOROP
1998 PA $1,130,000 Maintain and interpret a historical medical library collection of notes at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia (Education – Inst. of Museum and Library Services) NBR S LABHHS
1998 PA $7,500,000 SEPTA buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR THUD
1998 PA $12,400,000 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania VA Medical Center, patient privacy/environmental improvements project (DOVA, Construction) NBR S VAHUD
1998 LA $330,000 Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1998 $36,400,000 Advanced seal delivery system (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR C DEF
1998 $30,000,000 Readiness Training – NTC rotation shortfall (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF
1998 VA $176,000 Potomac River below Washington, D.C (Army Corps of Engineers – Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
1998 $30,000,000 Multilateral Investment Fund S FOROP
1998 $500,000 Commission to study the creation of a National Health Museum NBR C LABHHS
1998 PA $1,500,000 Scranton buses and bus facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1998 PA $2,000,000 Goodwill Industries of Northeast Pennsylvania in Scranton to renovate and convert the North Scranton Intermediate School into low-income elderly housing (HUD, Economic Development Initiative) NBR C VAHUD
1998 IL $158,000 Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1998 $1,000,000 ABIT system test and evaluation (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1998 $6,000,000 Variable stability in-flight simulator test aircraft (Research, Development, Test,and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1998 VA $1,000,000 Neabsco Creek (Army Corps of Engineers – Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
1998 AK $350,000 Joint DOD, DOI land cover mapping project in Alaska (Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management) ABR S INT
1998 MT $1,000,000 Demo project to provide interactive connections via Internet to the information resources available between universities and their satellite campuses (Education – Inst. of Museum and Library Services) NBR S LABHHS
1998 PA $1,000,000 Philadelphia Eastwick intermodal center (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1998 $400,000 Support for efforts to ensure notification of lead-based paint hazards during real estate transactions through the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (EPA, Environmental Programs & Management) NBR C VAHUD
1998 Multi-State $1,521,000 Animal science food safety consortium [AR, IA, & KS] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1998 $7,000,000 E-O Framing technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1998 $5,000,000 UGV/VTC development (Research, Development, Test,and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1998 VT $200,000 Connecticut River basin [master plan] (Army Corps of Engineers – Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
1998 WA $6,500,000 Columbia River Gorge (Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Land Acquisition) ABR S INT
1998 NY $1,000,000 Digitize the New York public library card catalogue (Education – Inst. of Museum and Library Services) NBR S LABHHS
1998 PA $750,000 New Castle area transit authority buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1998 $500,000 Clean air status and trends network (EPA, Science and Technology) NBR S VAHUD
1998 AK $400,000 Alternative salmon products (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1998 $8,000,000 Vertical takeoff and landing (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1998 $20,000,000 Organizational clothing and equipment (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF
1998 TX $400,000 Corpus Christi ship channel [Rincon canal] (Army Corps of Engineers – Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY
1998 $500,000 Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (Dept. of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Land Acquisition) ABR S INT
1998 $4,000,000 For projects to use the resources of Children's Museums in Pa., M.D., & Mass., to provide innovative learning opportunities for at risk children (Education – Inst. of Museum and Library Services) NBR S LABHHS
1998 PA $200,000 Schuykill County buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1998 MD $1,500,000 Establishment of a National Center for Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University's School of Hygiene and Public Health (EPA, Science and Technology) NBR S VAHUD
1998 MS $308,000 Alternative marine and fresh water species (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1998 $4,000,000 MSAG (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1998 $5,000,000 Maintenance of real property (Operation and Maintenance – Army Reserve) NBR H DEF
1998 VA $535,000 Rudee Inlet (Army Corps of Engineers – Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY

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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