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 SC $106,000 Pest Control Alternatives (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR C AG
1997 $2,000,000 Helicopter Active Structural Control (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1997 $3,000,000 OICW (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
1997 LA $100,000 Sabine Diversion Canal (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $51,000,000 Regional Education Laboratories (Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 WA $1,000,000 Thurston County Intercity Transit Buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 SC $162,000 Peach Tree Short Life (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR C AG
1997 $2,000,000 Lead Time and Cost Reduction Program Increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $1,000,000 Advanced Light Antiarmor Weapons System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 MI $250,000 Sault Ste Marie (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR ENERGY
1997 $1,000,000 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS
1997 WA $4,000,000 Seattle, Metro King County Multimodal (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 UT $200,000 Pasture and Forage Research (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $1,000,000 Military Cargo Methods (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR C DEF
1997 $8,000,000 MLRS Guided Rocket (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 KY $100,000 Lower Cumberland River (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $3,100,000 National Writing Project (Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS
1997 WV $3,180,000 Charleston, Renovate Maintenance Facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 NM $100,000 Organic Waste Utilization (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $15,000,000 Electronic Commerce Resource Center (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1997 $40,000,000 Miscellaneous Equipment (Procurement – Marine Corps Reserve) NBR DEF
1997 LA $100,000 Bayou Blanc, Crowley (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $79,182,000 Consolidated Account (Gallaudet University – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS
1997 WI $11,900,000 Statewide Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 NM $175,000 Oil Resources from Desert Plants (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $15,000,000 DoD/VA Cooperative Research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF
1997 $100,000,000 Miscellaneous Equipment (Procurement – Army National Guard) NBR DEF
1997 KY $100,000 Panther Creek (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR ENERGY
1997 $450,000 Research on Certain Health Profession Issues (Health Resources and Services/Health Professions – Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS
1997 WY $1,000,000 Fremont County, Shoshone and Arapahoe Nation's Buses and Facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 $1,940,000 North Central Biotechnology Initiative (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $15,000,000 Combat Hybrid Power Systems (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $10,000,000 Miscellaneous Equipment (Procurement – Air National Guard) NBR DEF
1997 KY $100,000 Metropolitan Louisville, Mill Creek (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $37,244,000 Field Replacement (National Health Service Corps – Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS
1997 WA $4,500,000 Tacoma Dome (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 NE $64,000 Non-food Agricultural Products (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $10,499,000 Guidance Technology Program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $209,000,000 C-130J (Procurement – Air National Guard) NBR H DEF
1997 IN $100,000 Tippecanoe River (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $78,189,000 Recruitment (National Health Service Corps – Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS
1997 WA $1,000,000 Port Angeles Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 NM $127,000 Nematode Resistance Genetic Engineering (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $6,500,000 Collaborative Brain Research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF
1997 $40,000,000 Miscellaneous Equipment (Procurement – Marine Corps Reserve) NBR DEF
1997 LA $200,000 Amite River (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY
1997 $532,000 Grants to Communities for Scholarships (Health Resources and Services/Health Professions – Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS
1997 OR $175,000 Hood River Buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 HI $127,000 Multi-cropping Strategies for Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $6,000,000 Shallow Water Anti-submarine Warfare (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H 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