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 $12,000,000 Hunter UAV (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 $20,000,000 Hepatitis A Vaccine (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
1997 VA $100,000 Elizabeth River Basin (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 $5,000,000 MEDEA project (U.S. Geological Survey) S INT
1997 TX $1,350,000 Brazos Valley Woodlands Town Center Project (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 KS $5,000,000 Ambulatory care addition at Leavenworth VA Medical Center (Veterans Affairs) NBR S VAHUD
1997 NY $197,000 Wood Biomass as an Alternative Farm Product (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration and Special Grants) NBR H AG
1997 $4,600,000 CH-47 Helicopter Engine Upgrade Support (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 $1,000,000 Ear, Nose, and Throat Minimally Invasive Simulation (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF
1997 UT $100,000 Upper Jordan River Restoration (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR ENERGY
1997 CA $1,000,000 Santa Rosa Mountains NRA (Bureau of Land Management, Land Acquisition) S INT
1997 TX $600,000 Texas Transportation Institute (Federal Highway Administration – Intelligent Transportation Systems) NBR THUD
1997 OR $16,000,000 Research addition at Portland VA Medical Center (Veterans Affairs) NBR S VAHUD
1997 $3,850,000 Delta Teachers Academy (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Services – Federal Administration and Special Grants) NBR S AG
1997 $256,387,000 Environmental Restoration (Operation and Maintenance – Formerly Used Defense Sites) NBR S DEF
1997 $3,000,000 Cold Preservation of Food and Ration Quality Enhancement (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 TX $150,000 Lower Rio Grande Basin (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 CO $610,000 Upper Huerfano River (Bureau of Land Management, Land Acquisition) S INT
1997 TX $500,000 Galveston Trolley Maintenance (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and Bus-Related Facilities) NBR S THUD
1997 LA $1,200,000 Lower Mississippi River interagency cancer study. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 AL $4,140,000 Poultry Science Facility [Auburn University] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG
1997 $600,000,000 Quality of Life Enhancements (Operation and Maintenance) NBR H DEF
1997 $1,000,000 Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 TX $100,000 GIWW – Port O'Connor to Corpus Christi Bay (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 UT $2,000,000 Washington County Desert Tortoise HCP (Bureau of Land Management, Land Acquisition) S INT
1997 Multi-State $2,250,000 TRANSCOM [NJ & NY] (Federal Highway Administration – Intelligent Transportation Systems) NBR S THUD
1997 AL $200,000 Training and upgrading of waste treatment works operators and maintenance personnel by the Alabama Water and Wastewater Institute. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR C VAHUD
1997 MD $2,288,000 Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Science [University of Maryland] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG
1997 $7,500,000 Reserve Dental Program (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF
1997 $5,000,000 National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence [Gallo Center] (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR C DEF
1997 TX $100,000 GIWW – Brazos River to Port O'Connor (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 OR $1,000,000 West Eugene Wetlands (Bureau of Land Management, Land Acquisition) S INT
1997 NY $2,500,000 National Transportation Center, Oakdale (Federal Highway Administration – Intelligent Transportation Systems) NBR H THUD
1997 MI $1,000,000 Michigan Biotechnology Institute's pilot program for commercializing environmental technologies of national strategic benefit. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR C VAHUD
1997 IL $4,565,000 Science Facility [DePaul University] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR H AG
1997 $25,000,000 Breast Cancer Research (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF
1997 $2,000,000 Facility Environmental Management and Monitoring System (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 PA $100,000 Beaver River (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 CA $1,000,000 West Riverside County HCP (Bureau of Land Management, Land Acquisition) S INT
1997 MO $2,500,000 Kansas City Region (Federal Highway Administration – Intelligent Transportation Systems) NBR S THUD
1997 $1,000,000 Grants for development of stream restoration or watershed management plans by established conservancies. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR C VAHUD
1997 IL $2,000,000 Biotechnology Center [Northwestern University] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG
1997 $15,000,000 Telemedicine Initiatives (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF
1997 $600,000 No Lead Added Alkaline Cell (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF
1997 TN $300,000 Black Fox, Mufree and Oakland Springs Wetlands (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY
1997 OR $400,000 Western Oregon resource management (Bureau of Land Management, Oregon and California Grant Lands) S INT
1997 ND $1,000,000 Advanced Transportation Weather Information System, University of North Dakota (Federal Highway Administration – Intelligent Transportation Systems) NBR H THUD
1997 AL $500,000 Study on innovations in sewer system development and operation by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (Environmental Protection Agency) NBR S VAHUD
1997 ID $3,544,000 Biotechnology Facility [University of Idaho] (Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR S AG
1997 $1,000,000 Center for Prisoner of War Studies (Defense Health Program) 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