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
Peer-reviewed kidney cancer research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Weapons and munitions technology – program increase – laser weapons accuracy (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $23,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Peer-reviewed lung cancer research (Defense Health Program) $14,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
National Infrastructure Simulation Analysis Center (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – Integrated Operations) $9,738,000 None ABR HS 2019
Peer-reviewed lupus research (Defense Health Program) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Weapons and munitions technology – program increase – lethality – enhanced extended range artillery system (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $67,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Peer-reviewed medical research (Defense Health Program) $350,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Infrastructure protection (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – Integrated Operations – Research and Development) $785,000 None ABR HS 2019
Peer-reviewed melanoma research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Weapons and munitions technology – program increase – medium caliber lightweight composite (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Peer-reviewed multiple sclerosis research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
University Programs (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services – Science and Technology Directorate) $18,754,000 None ABR HS 2019
Peer-reviewed orthopedic research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Weapons and munitions technology – program increase – novel printed armaments components (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $13,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Wild horse and burro management (Bureau of Land Management – Management of Lands and Resources) $13,836,000 None ABR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed prostate cancer research (Defense Health Program) $100,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Electronics and electronic devices – program increase – silicon carbide research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Peer-reviewed spinal cord research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Alaska conveyance (Bureau of Land Management – Management of Land and Resources) $8,420,000 AK ABR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed reconstructive transplant research (Defense Health Program) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Environmental quality technology – program increase – mobile environmental containment sensors (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF S 2019
Peer-reviewed tickborne disease research (Defense Health Program) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Habitat conservation: partners for fish and wildlife (Fish and Wildlife Service – Resource Management) $15,868,000 None ABR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research (Defense Health Program) $125,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Medical advanced technology – program increase – peer-reviewed neurotoxin exposure treatment Parkinson's (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $16,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Peer-reviewed tuberous sclerosis complex research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
General operations: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Fish and Wildlife Service – Resource Management) $2,013,000 None ABR INT 2019
Peer-reviewed vision research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Medical advanced technology – program increase – peer-reviewed neurofibromatosis research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Global HIV/AIDS prevention (Defense Health Program) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
General operations: National Conservation Training Center (Fish and Wildlife Service – Resource Management) $4,058,000 None ABR INT 2019
HIV/AIDS program increase (Defense Health Program) $12,900,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Weapons and munitions advanced technology – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $42,000,000 None ABR DEF H 2019
Joint warfighter medical research (Defense Health Program) $50,000,000 None ABR DEF 2019
Heritage Partnership Programs (National Park Service – National Recreation and Preservation) $19,951,000 None ABR INT 2019
National Guard Counter-Drug Program – program increase (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities – Defense) $120,000,000 None ABR DEF 2018
University Research Initiatives – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2018
Tribal college grants (Rural Housing Service) $4,000,000 None NBR AG 2018
National Guard Counter-Drug Schools – program increase (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities – Defense) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2018
Research and development (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $8,855,000 None ABR ENERGY 2018
University and industry research centers – basic research program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2018
Guaranteed business and industry subsidy (Rural Business-Cooperative Service) $37,342,000 None NBR AG 2018
Vehicle Technologies (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) $255,500,000 None ABR ENERGY 2018
Bioenergy technologies (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) $164,945,000 None ABR ENERGY 2018
Materials technology – open campus pilot program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF 2018
Delta Regional Authority and Appalachian Regional Commission (Rural Business-Cooperative Service) $6,000,000 Multi-State NBR AG 2018
Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) $70,000,000 None ABR ENERGY 2018
Solar energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) $171,900,000 None ABR ENERGY 2018
Materials technology – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $24,000,000 None ABR DEF 2018

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