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 $13,000,000 Vertical Launched ASROC [VLA] (Weapons Procurement – Navy) NBR C DEF
1997 $19,600,000 International Fund for Ireland (Agency for International Development) NBR H FOROP
1997 WA $934,000 Bangor Naval Submarine Base, Housing Office (Navy) H MILCON
1997 IA $893,000 Cedar Rapids Hybrid Electric Bus Consortium (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 AR $750,000 Institute for Food Science and Engineering (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $5,000,000 Emitter Modifications (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1997 $394,010,000 Environmental Restoration (Operation and Maintenance – Air Force) S DEF
1997 $2,500,000 Democracy and humanitarian programs in Burma (Agency for International Development) NBR S FOROP
1997 FL $821,000 Patrick AFB, Housing Office (Air Force) H MILCON
1997 IA $1,192,000 Cedar Rapids Park and Ride Lots (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 MI $445,000 Improved Fruit Practices (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $2,300,000 Seismic Research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF
1997 $287,788,000 Environmental Restoration (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) S DEF
1997 $2,000,000 International Fertilizer Development Center (Agency for International Development) NBR S FOROP
1997 DC $6,900,000 Fort Leslie J. McNair, National Defense University Facility (Phase II) (Army) H MILCON
1997 IA $1,270,900 Regions 6, 13, 14, 15, and 16 (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR C THUD
1997 PA $296,000 Improved Dairy Management Practices (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $8,500,000 AEOS (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1997 $36,722,000 Environmental Restoration (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) S DEF
1997 $500,000 United States Telecommunications Training Institute (Agency for International Development) NBR S FOROP
1997 TX $3,100,000 Dyess AFB, Marine Corps Reserve Center (Naval Reserve) NBR S MILCON
1997 IA $3,721,580 Statewide Buses and Bus Facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 Multi-State $1,316,000 Illinois-Missouri Alliance for Biotechnology [IL, MO] (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $6,500,000 AMOS (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF
1997 $339,109,000 Environmental Restoration (Operation and Maintenance – Army) S DEF
1997 $5,000,000 Refugee Resettlement Assistance (Department of State) NBR H FOROP
1997 TX $3,100,000 Fort Sam Houston, Dining Facility Modernization (Army) NBR S MILCON
1997 IA $855,760 Iowa City (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR C THUD
1997 NY $622,000 Human Nutrition Research (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $3,000,000 General Increase for Industrial Preparedness (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
1997 $10,000,000 Commercial Technology Insertion Program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) S DEF
1997 $3,000,000 Housing Guaranty Program Account (Agency for International Development) (House requested no funds except $500,000 for South Africa. Conference agreement provided $3.5 million.) S FOROP
1997 TX $1,358,000 Bryan, Organizational Maintenance Shop (Army National Guard) NBR S MILCON
1997 IN $1,000,000 Indianapolis Metro, New Buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 NY $100,000 Environmental Risk Factors/Cancer (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $3,000,000 Blade Repair Program Modeling (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF
1997 $85,000,000 Dual Use Applications Programs (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) S DEF
1997 AL $1,500,000 Talladega NF (Pinhoti Trail) (Forest Service, Land Acquisition) C INT
1997 TX $71,600,000 Family Housing Construction Improvements (Army) (Above Budget Request) NBR MILCON
1997 IA $61,400 Ottumwa (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR C THUD
1997 WI $221,000 Food Systems Research Group (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $3,000,000 SPARES (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR C DEF
1997 $10,000,000 NATO Research and Development (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) S DEF
1997 CO $1,000,000 White River NF (Warren Lakes) (Forest Service, Land Acquisition) C INT
1997 TX $5,000,000 Lackland AFB, Family Housing (82 Units) (Air Force) (Above Budget Request) NBR H MILCON
1997 IN $5,500,000 South Bend Intermodal Facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR H THUD
1997 MI $750,000 Michigan Biotechnology Consortium (Cooperative State Research Service – Special Research Grants) NBR AG
1997 $5,000,000 FLD Advanced Airborne Sensor (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR C DEF
1997 $30,000,000 Corps Surface-to Air-Missile — TMD — DEM/VAL (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) S DEF
1997 CA $600,000 Trinity Alps (Forest Service, Land Acquisition) C INT

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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