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 $1,357,000 Illinois-Missouri Alliance for Biotechnology (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $9,500,000 IRST (Ship Self Defense) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR DEF
1996 $6,600,000 Contained firing facility addition, LLNL (Weapons Activities – stockpile stewardship) S ENERGY
1996 DE $1,350,000 State of Delaware; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 PA $296,000 Improved dairy management (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR H AG
1996 $4,800,000 SPQ-9 (Ship Self Defense) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 $10,000,000 Education (Weapons Activities) S ENERGY
1996 FL $4,250,000 Orlando; Lynx buses and bus operating facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 MI $445,000 Improved fruit practices (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $4,100,000 Multi-sensor (Ship Self Defense) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR S DEF
1996 $37,400,000 National ignition facility (Weapons Activities – inertial fusion) S ENERGY
1996 FL $2,000,000 Palm Beach County; bus facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 AR $750,000 Institute for Food Science and Engineering (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $8,000,000 NULKA (Ship Self Defense) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR S DEF
1996 WA $10,000,000 Richland, Federal Building, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse H FINSER
1996 GA $3,750,000 Atlanta; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 OK $161,000 Integrated production systems (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $22,000,000 Naval surface fire support (Gun Weapon System Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR DEF
1996 $560,000 Office of Personnel Management, Presidential Management Internship Program NBR H FINSER
1996 CA $6,740,000 San Francisco; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 Multi-State $1,743,000 Food safety consortium (AR, IA, & KS) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $26,500,000 NRL P-3 (Ship Self Defense)- increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 IA $6,000,000 Iowa Communications Network NBR H FINSER
1996 IA $670,000 Waterloo; intermodal bus facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR S THUD
1996 NJ $220,000 Cranberry/blueberry disease and breeding (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $5,500,000 E-2 CEC (Ship Self Defense) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 $5,000,000 Flexiplace Telecommuting Centers, (50% for MD, 50% for VA) NBR H FINSER
1996 WA $3,500,000 Everett; intermodal center (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR S THUD
1996 Multi-State $329,000 Cool season legume research (ID & WA) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $3,000,000 Naval biodynamics laboratory (Medical Development) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 IA $100,000 Ames, National Animal Disease Center and National Veterinary Services Laboratory NBR H FINSER
1996 OR $250,000 Wilsonville; transit vehicles (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR S THUD
1996 PA $113,000 Center for animal health and productivity NBR H AG
1996 $6,000,000 Vectored thrust ducted propeller technology (Aircraft technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR S DEF
1996 TX $560,000 El Paso Federal Building, Security Improvements NBR H FINSER
1996 OR $650,000 Eugene lane transit; radio system (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR S THUD
1996 VT $32,000 Center for rural studies (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $2,000,000 Long range projectile (Surface/Aerospace Surveillance and Weapons Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 $13,558,000 Office of National Drug Control Policy ($13.6 m over BR). includes earmark for Ballistic Imaging Machines, and $1 m for conferences of Nat'l Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, both added in Conf NBR FINSER
1996 PA $1,000,000 Altoona; ISTEA set-aside requirement (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 $370,000 Chesapeake Bay aquaculture (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $2,000,000 IPHTET/rocket propulsion (Surface/Aerospace Surveillance and Weapons Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 $11,800,000 United States Secret Service, Violent Crime Reduction Programs ($11,800,000 Over Budget Request) NBR FINSER
1996 PA $3,000,000 North Philadelphia; intermodal center (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 WA $296,000 Jointed goatgrass (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $10,000,000 Submarine technology (Surface Ship Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 $21,005,000 U.S. Customs Service, Violent Crime Reduction Programs ($21,005,000 Over Budget Request) NBR FINSER
1996 PA $1,500,000 Philadelphia; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 Multi-State $329,000 International arid lands consortium (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR H AG
1996 $6,000,000 Power electronic building blocks (Surface Ship Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR S 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