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 NE $64,000 Non-food agricultural products (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $15,000,000 Curved plate technology (Surface Ship Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR C DEF
1996 VT $450,000 Internal Revenue Service, Newport, Vermont Office NBR S FINSER
1996 IL $16,850,000 State of Illinois; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 NM $169,000 Oil resources from desert plants (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $3,000,000 SLICE (Advanced Technology Transition) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR S DEF
1996 $784,000 Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations S FINSER
1996 IN $260,000 Gary and Hammond; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 NM $127,000 Nematode resistance genetic engineering (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $1,000,000 Blood storage (Medical Development) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 $3,180,000 Council of Economic Advisors S FINSER
1996 IN $2,500,000 South Bend; intermodal facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 LA $330,000 Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $41,008,000 ICR (Advanced Surface Machinery Systems) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR S DEF
1996 $10,000,000 Treasury Forfeiture Fund (including $50,000 for Project Alert for which there was no budget request) S FINSER
1996 IN $6,500,000 State of Indiana; buses and bus facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 IL $133,000 Aflatoxin Research (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $2,700,000 Standard monitoring control system (Advanced Surface Machinery Systems) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR C DEF
1996 PA $30,909,000 Byrne-Green Complex S FINSER
1996 KY $1,000,000 Lexington; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 HI $131,000 Agricultural diversifications (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $9,000,000 Free electron laser program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy) NBR H DEF
1996 $600,000 Administrative Conference of the United States S FINSER
1996 LA $3,000,000 New Orleans; bus facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 MA $221,000 Agricultural Management Systems (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $1,000,000 Javelin (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) NBR H DEF
1996 $5,000,000 Refugee resettlement assistance, Department of State NBR H FOROP
1996 LA $6,000,000 New Orleans; buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 KS $106,000 Alfalfa Research (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR AG
1996 $2,745,000 Heavy tactical vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) NBR H DEF
1996 $19,600,000 International Fund for Ireland NBR H FOROP
1996 LA $1,500,000 Saint Barnard Parish; intermodal facility (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 Multi-State $300,000 Alliance for food protection (GA & NE) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR H AG
1996 $3,000,000 Tactical surveillance system – ENG DEV (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) NBR DEF
1996 $600,000 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Initiative, Agency for International Development NBR FOROP
1996 MA $2,000,000 Worcester; intermodal center (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 $235,000 Alternative cropping systems (Southeast) (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $9,800,000 Stinger block II (Missile Air Defense Product Improvement) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) NBR DEF
1996 $3,000,000 Ohr Torah Institutions, business training in Eastern Europe, Agency for International Development NBR S FOROP
1996 MI $2,090,000 Lansing intermodal transportation center (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR S THUD
1996 ND $550,000 Alternative crops (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $4,000,000 Starstreak evaluation (Aviation Advanced Technology) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) NBR H DEF
1996 $650,000 United States Telecommunications Training Institute, Agency for International Development NBR S FOROP
1996 MN $7,500,000 Metropolitan Council, articulated buses (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 TX $85,000 Alternative crops for arid lands (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR H AG
1996 $3,000,000 Avenger PIP (Missile Air Defense Product Improvement) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) NBR S DEF
1996 $4,000,000 Housing Guaranty Program S FOROP
1996 OH $15,000,000 State of Ohio; buses and bus facilities (Federal Transit Administration – Bus and bus-related facilities) NBR H THUD
1996 MS $308,000 Alternative Marine and Fresh Water species (Cooperative State Research Service) NBR S AG
1996 $1,600,000 XM 931 (120MM practice) (Weapons and Munitions – Eng Dev) – increase – (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army) NBR H 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