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
Technology transfer – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Operationally responsive space – program increase – maintain fiscal year 2016 funding level (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $10,500,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed vision research (Defense Health Program) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Agile combat support – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Airborne reconnaissance systems – program increase – wide area surveillance (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Global HIV/AIDS prevention (Defense Health Program) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Historically black colleges and universities – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Combating terrorism technology support – program increase – Israeli tunneling (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $42,500,000 None ABR DEF 2017
HIV/AIDS program increase (Defense Health Program) $12,900,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Special operations advanced technology – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $29,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Department of Defense corrosion program (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Joint warfighter medical research (Defense Health Program) $50,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed alcohol and substance abuse disorders research (Defense Health Program) $4,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed ALS research (Defense Health Program) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Orthotics and prosthetics outcome research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed Alzheimer research (Defense Health Program) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed autism research (Defense Health Program) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Trauma clinical research program (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed bone marrow failure disease research (Defense Health Program) $3,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed breast cancer research (Defense Health Program) $120,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Core research funding (Defense Health Program) $264,600,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed cancer research (Defense Health Program) $60,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed Duchenne muscular dystrophy research (Defense Health Program) $3,200,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Title XVI Water Reclamation & Reuse program (Water and Related Resources) $12,906,000 None ABR ENERGY 2017
Peer-reviewed epilepsy research (Defense Health Program) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed Gulf War illness research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Appalachian Regional Commission (Independent Agencies) $32,000,000 Multi-State ABR ENERGY 2017
Peer-reviewed hearing restoration research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed kidney cancer research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Delta Regional Authority (Independent Agencies) $9,064,000 Multi-State ABR ENERGY 2017
Peer-reviewed lung cancer research (Defense Health Program) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed lupus research (Defense Health Program) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs (Office of National Drug Control Policy) $57,590,000 Multi-State ABR FINSER 2017
Peer-reviewed medical research (Defense Health Program) $300,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed multiple sclerosis research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants Program (National Archives and Records Administration) $1,000,000 None ABR FINSER 2017
Peer-reviewed orthopedic research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
National Infrastructure Simulation Analysis Center (NISAC) (National Protection and Programs Directorate) $5,657,000 None ABR HS 2017
Peer-reviewed prostate cancer research (Defense Health Program) $90,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed spinal cord research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Infrastructure protection (National Protection and Programs Directorate) $2,000,000 None ABR HS 2017
Peer-reviewed reconstructive transplant research (Defense Health Program) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed tickborne disease research (Defense Health Program) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
National Predisaster Mitigation Fund (Federal Emergency Management Agency) $45,515,000 None ABR HS 2017
Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research (Defense Health Program) $125,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Peer-reviewed tuberous sclerosis complex research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (Federal Emergency Management Agency) $65,000,000 None ABR HS 2017
Peer-reviewed vision research (Defense Health Program) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017
Global HIV/AIDS prevention (Defense Health Program) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF 2017

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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