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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Title Cost State Status Bill Chamber Year House Sponsors Senate Sponsors
DFW Airport Brute Force Electric Central Utility Plant (Department of Transportation – Grants-in-Aid for Airports) $5,000,000 TX THUD H 2022 Allred, Van Duyne
Weirton Frontier Crossings Project – Town of Weirton (Department of Transportation – Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements) $1,000,000 WV THUD S 2022 Capito
East Lagoon Wastewater Station – City of Louisville (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund) $1,000,000 MS THUD H 2022 Kelly (MS)
Senior Center Renovations and Energy-Efficiency Upgrades – Town of Mamaroneck (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund) $308,000 NY THUD H 2022 Bowman Gillibrand, Schumer
Roger Williams Park Broad Street Gateway – Providence Redevelopment Agency (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund) $700,000 RI THUD H 2022 Cicilline Whitehouse
Emergency and Transitional Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence – LifeWire (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund) $1,000,000 WA THUD S 2022 Murray
La Colaborativa/Chelsea Collaborative, Chelsea, MA for workforce development initiative (Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration) $300,000 MA LABHHS HS 2022 Pressley Markey, Warren
Residences at Government Center II, Community Facility – Fairfax County (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund) $1,500,000 VA THUD HS 2022 Connolly Warner
Peer-reviewed kidney cancer research (Defense Health Program) $50,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Environmental quality technology – DEM/VAL – program increase – biopolymers for military infrastructure (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $3,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
High energy cost grants (Rural Utilities Service) $10,000,000 None NBR AG 2021
GEAR UP (Higher Education) $368,000,000 None NBR LABHHS 2021
Oak Ridge Reservation: OR cleanup and disposition (Science) $54,471,000 TN ABR ENERGY 2021
Peer-reviewed lung cancer research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Threat simulator development – program increase – cyber threat and vulnerability assessments (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $3,750,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Citrus greening (General Provisions) $8,500,000 None NBR AG 2021
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (Higher Education) $41,000,000 None NBR LABHHS 2021
Delta Regional Authority (Independent Agencies) $27,500,000 Multi-State ABR ENERGY 2021
Peer-reviewed lupus research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Threat simulator development – program increase – cybersecurity operations center (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Denali Commission (Independent Agencies) $7,700,000 AK ABR ENERGY 2021
Geographic disadvantaged farmers (General Provisions) $2,000,000 None NBR AG 2021
Institute of Museum and Library Services (Corporation for National and Community Service) $234,000,000 None ABR LABHHS 2021
Peer-reviewed medical research (Defense Health Program) $370,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Threat simulator development – program increase – threat cyberspace operations (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $3,750,000 None ABR DEF 2021
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program (Office of National Drug Control Policy) $290,000,000 Multi-State NBR FINSER 2021
Renewable energy (General Provisions) $10,000,000 None NBR AG 2021
International fisheries commissions (International Commissions) $28,170,000 None ABR FOROP 2021
Peer-reviewed melanoma research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Munitions standardization, effectiveness and safety – program increase – industrial base resiliency initiative (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Other federal drug control programs (Office of National Drug Control Policy) $115,750,000 None ABR FINSER 2021
FDA Seafood Safety (General Provisions) $1,000,000 None NBR AG 2021
The Asia Foundation (International Commissions) $20,000,000 DC NBR FOROP 2021
Peer-reviewed multiple sclerosis research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Force protection applied research – program increase – navy alternative energy research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $25,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Federal payment for resident tuition support (District of Columbia) $40,000,000 DC NBR FINSER 2021
Cogongrass Pilot (General Provisions) $3,000,000 None NBR AG 2021
East-West Center (International Commissions) $19,700,000 HI NBR FOROP 2021
Peer-reviewed orthopedic research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Advanced surface machinery systems – program increase – silicon carbide power modules (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (District of Columbia) $8,000,000 DC NBR FINSER 2021
Minority business development (Minority Business Development Agency) $37,719,000 None ABR COM 2021
National Endowment for Democracy (International Commissions) $232,725,000 DC ABR FOROP 2021
Littoral Combat Ship – program increase – defensive capabilities improvements (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research (Defense Health Program) $35,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Election Assistance Commission – salaries and expenses (Other Independent Agencies) $3,937,000 None ABR FINSER 2021
Scientific and technical research and services (National Institute of Standards and Technology) $135,973,000 None ABR COM 2021
Human Rights and Democracy Fund, Department of State (Bilateral Economic Assistance) $190,450,000 None NBR FOROP 2021
Automated test and re-test – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021
Peer-reviewed pancreatic cancer research (Defense Health Program) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2021

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Status ABR – Above president's budget request
NBR – No budget request by president
Bill AG – Agriculture
COM – Commerce
DEF – Defense
FINSER – Financial Services
FOROP – Foreign Operations
HS – Homeland Security
INT – Interior
LEG – Legislative
MILCON – Military Construction
THUD – Transportation/Housing and Urban Development
VAHUD – Veterans Affairs/Housing and Urban Development
Chamber C – Inserted in conference committee
H – Inserted in the House
S – Inserted in the Senate
HS – Inserted in the House and Senate