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 $2,500,000 Library Education and Training (Libraries – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 AR $2,000,000 Little Rock Junction Bridge Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR S THUD
1997 $348,000 Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $3,000,000 Virtual Reality and Simulation Based Design (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF
1997 $2,000,000 Wavenet Technology (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 $2,500,000 Central Heating Plant Rehabilitation Phase I (Energy Research – Other Energy Research) NBR ENERGY
1997 $5,000,000 Research and Demonstrations (Libraries – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 MO $3,000,000 Kansas City Southtown Corridor Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR THUD
1997 Multi-State $169,000 Red River Corridor [ND, NM] (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $15,000,000 Optoelectronic Consortia (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $12,000,000 ASTAMIDS (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 $1,500,000 Electrical Safety Rehabilitation (Energy Research – Other Energy Research) NBR ENERGY
1997 $6,641,000 Regional Resource Centers (Special Education/Special Purpose Funds – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 MS $5,500,000 Jackson Intermodal Corridor (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR S THUD
1997 OK $226,000 Preservation and Processing Research (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $4,000,000 Counterproliferation (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1997 $5,000,000 Microwave Stand-off Ground Penetrating Radar (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
1997 $2,960,000 Multiprogram Laboratory Rehabilitation, Phase I (Energy Research – Other Energy Research) NBR ENERGY
1997 $3,000,000 Edmund S. Muskie Foundation (Higher Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS
1997 CT $1,000,000 Griffin Light Rail Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR H THUD
1997 KS $212,000 Preharvest Food Safety (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $36,000,000 Increases to Classified Programs (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF
1997 $5,000,000 Field Laser Radar Demonstration Data Analysis Center (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 $4,000,000 Renewable Indian Energy Resources (Solar Energy and Renewable Energy) NBR C ENERGY
1997 $9,200,000 Urban Community Service (Higher Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 CO $1,500,000 Denver Southwest Corridor Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR H THUD
1997 $1,214,000 Potato Research (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $5,000,000 Plasma process Equipment for Microelectromechanical (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1997 $15,000,000 HIV Research, Vaccine Development and Clinical Studies (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
1997 $27,650,000 Transportation (Solar Energy and Renewable Energy – Biomass/Biofuels Energy Systems) NBR ENERGY
1997 $1,400,000 Bethune Cookman Fine Arts Center (Higher Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS
1997 AK $6,390,000 Alaska-Hollis to Ketchikan Ferry Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR S THUD
1997 MS $350,000 Spatial Technologies for Agriculture (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $52,666,000 Small Unit Operations (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $4,000,000 Future Missile Technology Integration (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 $1,000,000 Hydropower Development (Solar Energy and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY
1997 $3,600,000 Early Intervention Scholarships and Partnerships (Higher Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS
1997 GA $661,000 DeKalb County Light Rail Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) NBR H THUD
1997 CA $100,000 Postharvest Rice Straws (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $5,000,000 Joint DARPA/NASA Thermophotovoltaics (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $20,000,000 Battlefield Integration Center (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 $750,000 International Solar Energy Program (Solar Energy and Renewable Energy) NBR C ENERGY
1997 $3,000,000 Pell Institute International Relations (Higher Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
1997 WA $1,000,000 Chelan-Douglas Multimodal Center – Amtrak Platform (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 $500,000 STEEP II — Water Quality in Northwest (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $2,400,000 Two Megawatt Carbonate-based Fuel Cell (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $8,100,000 Vehicular Mounted Mine Detection System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
1997 $27,650,000 Power Systems (Solar Energy and Renewable Energy – Biomass/Biofuels Energy Systems) NBR ENERGY
1997 $1,000,000 Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation (Higher Education – Department of Education) NBR C LABHHS
1997 WA $3,000,000 Everett Intermodal Center (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) 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