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
1997 $15,000,000 Flat Panel Display Program Increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $500,000 Trichloromelaine Testing (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 NJ $300,000 Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Harbor Inlet (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR ENERGY
1997 $1,989,000 Clearinghouses (Special Education/Special Purpose Funds – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 FL $2,000,000 Orlando Lynx Light Rail Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR THUD
1997 MO $1,000,000 Watershed initiative cooperative demonstration project with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute to link economic and environmental data with ambient water quality.(EPA) NBR S VAHUD
1997 Multi-State $873,000 PM-10 Study [CA, WA] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration) NBR AG
1997 $7,000,000 High Temperature Superconducting/Cryogenic Electronics (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF
1997 $8,000,000 Neurofibromatosis (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 NJ $200,000 Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR ENERGY
1997 $23,996,000 Secondary and Transitional Services (Special Education/Special Purpose Funds – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 FL $1,500,000 Metro-Dade Transit East-West Corridor (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR S THUD
1997 MO $300,000 Evaluation of ground water quality in Missouri. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 IA $300,000 National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration) NBR S AG
1997 $3,000,000 Thermal Management Diamond (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $7,500,000 Ovarian Cancer (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 NJ $200,000 Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $4,000,000 Child Welfare Training (Children and Families Services Programs – Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS
1997 CA $1,500,000 San Diego Mid-Coast Corridor Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR H THUD
1997 $250,000 Demonstration program on the Potomac River's north branch of an acid mine drainage remediation project. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 MS $583,000 Mississippi Valley State University (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration) NBR AG
1997 $2,000,000 Hard Carbon-based Coatings (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $6,000,000 National Medical Testbed (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 NJ $250,000 Masquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $27,332,000 Economic Development (Children and Families Services Programs – Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS
1997 MO $32,000,000 St. Louis-St. Clair Extension Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR THUD
1997 AK $2,000,000 Leaking above ground storage tank demonstration. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 $844,000 Geographic Information System (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration) NBR AG
1997 $1,500,000 Small Low-cost Interceptor Device [SLID] (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $2,000,000 GEISEL Engine (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
1997 NV $300,000 Walker River Basin (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR C ENERGY
1997 $3,500,000 Rural Community Facilities (Children and Families Services Programs – Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS
1997 NC $2,000,000 Research Triangle Park Regional Transit Plan (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR S THUD
1997 $1,000,000 Watershed coordinators for salmon protection in the Pacific Northwest, funded through the non-profit For the Sake of the Salmon. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR C VAHUD
1997 $564,000 Agriculture Development in American Pacific (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration) NBR AG
1997 PA $4,000,000 Discovery Center of Science and Technology (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR C DEF
1997 $12,000,000 Tissue Replacement (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 NV $100,000 Tahoe Basin (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY
1997 AK $8,000,000 Alaska Native Education Equity (School Improvement Programs – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS
1997 VA $3,000,000 Virginia Rail Express Richmond to Washington Commuter Rail Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR S THUD
1997 IA $300,000 Recycling and reuse technology development at the Iowa Waste Reduction Center. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 IA $355,000 Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration) NBR AG
1997 $5,000,000 Agile Fort Demonstration (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR C DEF
1997 $38,000,000 Prostate Cancer Peer Reviewed Research Program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 NJ $100,000 New Jersey Intercoastal Waterway (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR ENERGY
1997 $4,000,000 Community Food and Nutrition (Children and Families Services Programs – Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS
1997 CA $3,000,000 Orange County Transitway Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR H THUD
1997 $400,000 Ala Wai Canal water improvement demonstration project. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 ND $218,000 Alternative Fuels Characterization Lab (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration) NBR AG
1997 $7,000,000 Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF

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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