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 KS $85,000 Canola (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $70,000,000 Space-based Laser (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR C DEF
1997 $16,000,000 SSQ-53E (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR DEF
1997 MD $8,200,000 New classroom building at the Rowley Secret Service Training Center in Beltsville (U.S. Secret Service) NBR C FINSER
1997 $1,000,000 Institute for International Public Policy (Higher Education – Department of Education) S LABHHS
1997 PA $2,000,000 Williamsport Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 Multi-State $423,000 Grass Seed Cropping Systems for a Sustainable Agriculture [ID, OR, WA] (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $24,300,000 Boost Phase Intercept Theater Missile Defense Acquisition (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $25,567,000 Pioneer UAV [DARP] (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR C DEF
1997 NE $2,000,000 Demonstration project sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to develop electronic databases that can be coordinated with federal on-line services (GSA, Repairs and Alterations) NBR C FINSER
1997 $1,035,000 Telecommunications Demo Project for Mathematics (Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement – Department of Education) S LABHHS
1997 PA $2,000,000 Erie Intermodal Complex (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 ME $220,000 Lowbush Blueberry Research (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $10,000,000 Rocket Launch Facility Upgrades (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF
1997 $16,000,000 Radar Support (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR DEF
1997 MO $1,500,000 Design prospectus of the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse located at 811 Grand Avenue in Kansas City (General Services Administration, Repairs and Alterations) NBR S FINSER
1997 $7,000,000 Ready to Learn Initiatives (Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement – Department of Education) S LABHHS
1997 SC $1,500,000 Spartanburg Intermodal Facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 Multi-State $445,000 Livestock and Dairy Policy [NY, TX] (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $2,500,000 GPS Protection (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1997 $54,400,000 Oceanographic Ships (Ship Building and Conversion – Navy) NBR DEF
1997 DC $100,000 Restoration and maintenance of the multi-purpose field at Wallenberg Place in Washington, DC (Transfer: General Services Administration, Repairs & Alterations to National Park Service, Construction) NBR C FINSER
1997 $29,117,000 Byrd Honors Scholarships (Higher Education – Department of Education) S LABHHS
1997 TX $2,200,000 Statewide Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 GA $300,000 Landscaping for Water Quality (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $2,200,000 Redcap Option C (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1997 HI $45,000,000 Oceanographic Ships – SWATH (Ship Building and Conversion – Navy) NBR S DEF
1997 AL $6,000,000 Continuing construction of the U.S. Courthouse in Montgomery (General Services Administration, Repairs and Alterations) NBR C FINSER
1997 $96,000,000 Healthy Start (Health Resources and Services/Other Programs – Health and Human Services) S LABHHS
1997 TX $1,000,000 Corpus Christi Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 WA $296,000 Jointed Goatgrass (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $3,000,000 Redcap Option E (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1997 $3,000,000 LCAC SLEP [AP-CY] (Ship Building and Conversion – Navy) NBR S DEF
1997 OR $1,450,000 Renovation of the Pioneer Courthouse located at 520 SW Morrison in Portland (General Services Administration, Repairs and Alterations) NBR C FINSER
1997 $13,000,000 Health Care Facilities [$11 million over Budget Request] (Health Resources and Services/Other Programs – Health and Human Services) S LABHHS
1997 PA $1,029,000 Cambria County Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 IA $1,738,000 Iowa Biotechnology Consortium (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $3,500,000 TBM Core Systems (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1997 $17,500,000 Drones and Decoys (Weapons Procurement – Navy) NBR S DEF
1997 MD $10,000,000 Montgomery County, White Oak environmental cleanup activities (General Services Administration, Repairs and Alterations) NBR C FINSER
1997 TX $450,000 Lackland AFB, Housing Office (Air Force) H MILCON
1997 IN $3,750,000 Statewide Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 $329,000 International Arid Lands Consortium (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $7,000,000 WPAFB Simulation Facility (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
1997 $7,000,000 Penguin (Weapons Procurement – Navy) NBR H DEF
1997 LA $3,500,000 New Orleans, Customhouse (General Services Administration, Repairs and Alterations) NBR S FINSER
1997 CA $956,000 Twenty-nine Palms Marcor Air-grnd. Comb. Ctr., Housing Office (Navy) H MILCON
1997 IA $1,192,000 Des Moines (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR C THUD
1997 OK $161,000 Integrated Production Systems (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $7,000,000 UH-1N Simulator for TACCSF (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) 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