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 NC $1,000,000 Bowman-Gray Center [Wake Forest] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG
1997 $2,900,000 Classified Programs (Operation and Maintenance – Marine Corps) NBR S DEF
1997 $4,000,000 Advanced Solid State Dye Lasers (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 WV $100,000 Mercer County (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $2,000,000 Forest Legacy Program (USDA, Forest Service) S INT
1997 IA $2,000,000 Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge (Alteration of Bridges) H THUD
1997 $2,500,000 American Water Works Association Research Foundation. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR VAHUD
1997 SD $2,700,000 Animal Resource Wing [South Dakota University] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG
1997 $900,000 Wake Island Hydroacoustic System (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) NBR H DEF
1997 $2,100,000 Voice Instructional Device (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF
1997 WV $500,000 Greenbrier River Basin (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY
1997 UT $506,000 2002 Olympics (Forest Service, Reconstruction and Construction) S INT
1997 PR $4,750,000 San Juan Tren Urbano Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) H THUD
1997 NY $13,000,000 Phase I of a new national cemetary in Albany (Veterans Affairs) NBR VAHUD
1997 TN $2,750,000 Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Research Complex [University of Tennessee, Knoxville] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG
1997 $5,204,000 Classified Programs Undistributed (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) NBR H DEF
1997 $2,000,000 Integrated Battlespace Intelligence Server (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 WV $500,000 Monongahela River (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 LA $900,000 Gum Springs, modernize swimming area, phase IV (Forest Service, Reconstruction and Construction) S INT
1997 CA $1,500,000 Los Angeles-San Diego Commuter Rail Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) H THUD
1997 FL $20,000,000 Phase I of spinal cord injury unit and energy center project at the Tampa VA Medical Center (Veterans Affairs) NBR H VAHUD
1997 TN $2,585,000 Horse Science and Teaching Center [Middle Tennessee State University] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR H AG
1997 $10,600,000 P-3 Squadron (Operation and Maintenance – Navy) NBR S DEF
1997 $6,000,000 ATIRCM/ATRJ Integration (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 WA $100,000 Blair Waterway, Port of Tacoma (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 OK $650,000 Winding Stair Mountain (Forest Service, Reconstruction and Construction) S INT
1997 FL $1,000,000 Miami-North 27th Avenue Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) H THUD
1997 NJ $1,000,000 Planning of an ambulatory care addition at Lyons VA Medical Center (Veterans Affairs) NBR H VAHUD
1997 OH $2,308,000 Lake Erie Soil and Water Research and Education Center (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR H AG
1997 $10,200,000 Chemical-Biological Equipment Maintenance Support (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF
1997 $2,000,000 National Automotive Center (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 VA $100,000 Powell River Watershed (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 NH $900,000 Saint Gaudens NHS, maintenance facility (National Park Service, Construction) S INT
1997 FL $15,000,000 Jacksonville Skyway Express (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) H THUD
1997 OH $1,258,000 Completion of design of a new national cemetary in Guilford Township (Veterans Affairs) NBR VAHUD
1997 WA $7,578,000 Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility [Washington State University] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG
1997 $7,800,000 Classified Programs Undistributed (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF
1997 HI $5,400,000 Hawaii Small Business Development Center (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 VA $375,000 Norfolk Virginia, Vicinity of Willoughby Spit (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR ENERGY
1997 $16,000,000 Inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing industries (U.S. Geological Survey) S INT
1997 OH $3,500,000 Canton-Akron-Cleveland Commuter Rail Project (Federal Transit Administration – New Fixed Guideways) H THUD
1997 TN $2,300,000 Planning and design of renovation/reconstruction of psychiatric care facilities at Mufreesboro VA Medical Center (Veterans Affairs) NBR H VAHUD
1997 MA $820,000 Center for Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy [Tufts University] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG
1997 $15,000,000 Power Projection C41 (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 $5,200,000 Walter Reed Institute of Research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
1997 VA $100,000 Lower Potomac Estuary Watershed (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $950,000 Arts and Crafts Board (Bureau of Indian Affairs) S INT
1997 TX $3,000,000 East Texas, Liberty, Montgomery, and Polk Counties Service Expansion (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 $1,000,000 Onsite wastewater treatment demonstration program through the Small Flows Clearinghouse. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 NM $197,000 Range Improvement (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration and Special Grants) NBR AG

Legend

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