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
Western Oregon resources management (Bureau of Land Management – Oregon and California Grant Lands) $94,445,000 OR NBR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed cancer research (Defense Health Program) $90,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Save America's Treasure's grants (National Park Service – Historic Preservation Fund) $13,000,000 None NBR INT 2019
Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (Power Marketing Administrations) $366,000,000 None NBR ENERGY C 2019
Grants to historically black colleges and universities (National Park Service – Historic Preservation Fund) $8,000,000 None NBR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed Duchenne muscular dystrophy research (Defense Health Program) $3,200,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Economic Research Service (Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics) $41,757,000 None ABR AG 2019
Environmental Health: toxic substances hydrology (Geological Survey – Surveys, Investigations, and Research) $12,598,000 None NBR INT 2019
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants program (National Archives and Records Administration) $6,000,000 None NBR FINSER 2019
Minority business development (Minority Business Development Agency) $30,000,000 None ABR COM 2019
Human Services: housing improvement program (Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education – Operations of Indian Programs) $9,708,000 None NBR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed epilepsy research (Defense Health Program) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Scientific and technical research and services (National Institute of Standards and Technology) $151,071,000 None ABR COM 2019
Haskell and SIPI (Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education – Operations of Indian Programs) $22,694,000 None NBR INT 2019
The Asia Foundation (International Commissions) $17,000,000 DC NBR FOROP 2019
Construction of research facilities (National Institute of Standards and Technology) $65,451,000 None ABR COM 2019
Post secondary programs: special higher education scholarships (Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education – Operations of Indian Programs) $2,992,000 None NBR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed Gulf War illness research (Defense Health Program) $22,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Buildings and facilities (Federal Prison System) $165,000,000 None ABR COM 2019
Mexico border (Environmental Protection Agency – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) $15,000,000 None NBR INT 2019
East-West Center (International Commissions) $16,700,000 HI NBR FOROP 2019
National Guard Youth Challenge – program increase (Civil Military Programs) (Operations and Maintenance – Defense-Wide) $30,677,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Cooperative Forestry: forest legacy (Forrest Service – State and Private Forestry) $63,990,000 None NBR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed hearing restoration research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
STARBASE – program increase (Civil Military Programs) (Operations and Maintenance – Defense-Wide) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Grants (National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs) $2,750,000 DC NBR INT 2019
Human Rights and Democracy Fund, Department of State (Bilateral Economic Assistance) $157,700,000 None NBR FOROP 2019
Utility F/W Aircraft – program increase – EMARSS-E (Aircraft Procurement – Army) $17,900,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Native American programs (Employment and Training Administration) $54,500,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019
Peer-reviewed kidney cancer research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
AH-64 Apache block IIIB new build – program increase – six aircraft for the Army Nation Guard (Aircraft Procurement – Army) $168,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Training for Diversity: Centers of Excellence (Health Resources and Services Administration) $23,711,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019
International Fund for Agricultural Development (Multilateral Assistance) $30,000,000 None NBR FOROP 2019
CH-47 Cargo Helicopter mods – program increase – improved vibration controls system (Aircraft Procurement – Army) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Training for Diversity: faculty loan repayment (Health Resources and Services Administration) $1,190,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019
Peer-reviewed lung cancer research (Defense Health Program) $14,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Utility helicopter mods – program increase – UH-72 sustainability improvements (Aircraft Procurement – Army) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Training for Diversity: scholarships for disadvantaged students (Health Resources and Services Administration) $48,970,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (Federal Emergency Management Agency – Federal Assistance) $101,000,000 None NBR HS C 2019
Utility helicopter mods – program increase – UH-60 weight reduction (Aircraft Procurement – Army) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages: area health education centers (Health Resources and Services Administration) $39,250,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019
Peer-reviewed lupus research (Defense Health Program) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) – program increase – funding shortfall (Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles – Army) $110,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Public health and preventive medicine programs (Health Resources and Services Administration) $17,000,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019
Continuing Training Grants (Federal Emergency Management Agency – Federal Assistance) $8,000,000 None NBR HS C 2019
M4 Carbine mods – -program increase – free-float rails (Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles – Army) $6,500,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Emergency medical services for children (Health Resources and Services Administration) $22,334,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019
Peer-reviewed medical research (Defense Health Program) $350,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) – program increase – HMMWV ambulances (Other Procurement – Army) $120,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants (Health Resources and Services Administration) $53,609,000 None NBR LABHHS 2019

Legend

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