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
1996 Multi-State $500,000 STEEP II – water quality in Northwest (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $500,000 AEOS site characterization (Space Track) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR C DEF
1996 PA $300,000 Mussers Dam, Middle Creek, Snyder County (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
1996 $2,000,000 Volcano monitor (Federal Aviation Administration – Facilities and equipment) NBR S THUD
1996 ND $127,000 Sunflower insects (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $17,000,000 Advanced Electro-optical system (AEOS) (Space Track) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR S DEF
1996 NV $400,000 Lower Truckee River (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR S ENERGY
1996 $5,000,000 Terminal Area Surveillance Sensor (Federal Aviation Administration – Facilities and equipment) NBR THUD
1996 MI $445,000 Sustainable agriculture (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $6,000,000 Rocket propulsion technology (Advanced Weapons) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR H DEF
1996 NJ $550,000 Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR ENERGY
1996 $20,000,000 Display complex channel rehost (Federal Aviation Administration – Facilities and equipment) NBR S THUD
1996 PA $94,000 Sustainable agriculture and natural resources (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $5,000,000 Center for astronomical adaptive optics (Defense Research Sciences) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR DEF
1996 MI $200,000 Sault Ste. Marie (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR H ENERGY
1996 $27,400,000 Aeronautical data link (Federal Aviation Administration – Facilities and equipment) NBR THUD
1996 NE $59,000 Sustainable agriculture systems (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $2,000,000 CARDS (Computer Resource Technology Transition) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR C DEF
1996 MS $1,299,000 Jackson metropolitan area (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR ENERGY
1996 $20,000,000 Boat safety grants (Coast Guard) NBR H THUD
1996 LA $212,000 Tillage, silviculture, waste management (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $3,000,000 Thermally stable jet fuels (Aerospace Propulsion) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR H DEF
1996 MO $125,000 Fabius River drainage district (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR ENERGY
1996 SC $2,000,000 St. Johns Island, Limehouse HW Bridge (Alteration of Bridges) NBR H THUD
1996 Multi-State $2,809,000 Tropical and subtropical (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 AK $5,000,000 High frequency active auroral research (Advanced Weapons) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR S DEF
1996 LA $200,000 Amite River and tributaries (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR S ENERGY
1996 LA $2,000,000 New Orleans, Florida Avenue RR/HW Bridge (Alteration of Bridges) NBR H THUD
1996 GA $64,000 Urban pests (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR H AG
1996 $2,000,000 Infrared signature control (Advanced Materials for Weapons Systems) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR H DEF
1996 LA $300,000 Mississippi River ship channel (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR S ENERGY
1996 MA $2,000,000 Boston, Chelsea St. Bridge (Alteration of Bridges) NBR H THUD
1996 Multi-State $500,000 Viticulture consortium (NY, CA) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR H AG
1996 $5,000,000 Metal fatigue monitoring technology (Advanced Materials for Weapons Systems) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR S DEF
1996 LA $500,000 West shore – Lake Pontchartrain (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR ENERGY
1996 GA $8,000,000 Brunswick, Sidney Lanier HW Bridge (Alteration of Bridges) NBR H THUD
1996 ND $423,000 Weed control (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $25,000,000 Reusable launch vehicle technology (Advanced Spacecraft Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR H DEF
1996 KY $400,000 Metropolitan Lexington, Fayette County (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR ENERGY
1996 OR $15,000,000 Debt retirement of the Port of Portland (Coast Guard) NBR S THUD
1996 Multi-State $644,000 Rural Policies Institute (NE & MO) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $1,000,000 Miniature threat reporting system (Advanced Spacecraft Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR H DEF
1996 KY $2,000,000 Kentucky Lock and Dam addition (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR S ENERGY
1996 $1,200,000 Operational information system (Coast Guard – Other equipment) NBR C THUD
1996 Multi-State $3,758,000 Wood utilization research (OR, MS, NC, MN, ME, MI) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $7,000,000 JDAM integration (B-1B) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR DEF
1996 KY $50,000 Green River Lock and Dam No. 6 (Army Corps of Engineers – General Investigations) NBR ENERGY
1996 CT $2,500,000 New London Academy (CPO & leadership schools) (Coast Guard – streamlining initiatives) NBR S THUD
1996 Multi-State $212,000 Wool research (MT, TX, & WY) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $6,600,000 ECM risk reduction (B-1B) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force) NBR DEF

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