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 spinal cord research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Army missile defense systems integration – program increase (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $14,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed reconstructive transplant research (Defense Health Program) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed tickborne disease research (Defense Health Program) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
C-RAM program – Air Defense Command, Control and Intelligence – SDD (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research (Defense Health Program) $125,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed tuberous sclerosis complex research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Threat simulator development – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed vision research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Global HIV/AIDS prevention (Defense Health Program) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Munitions standardization, effectiveness, and safety – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $17,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
HIV/AIDS program increase (Defense Health Program) $12,900,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Joint warfighter medical research (Defense Health Program) $50,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
University Research Initiatives – program increase – basic research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Trauma clinical research repository (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Automated test and re-test – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Core research funding (Defense Health Program) $207,500,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Appalachian Regional Commission (Independent Agencies) $51,000,000 Multi-State ABR ENERGY 2016
Lightweight torpedo development – program increase – small business technology insertion (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Delta Regional Authority (Independent Agencies) $10,064,000 Multi-State ABR ENERGY 2016
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs (Office of National Drug Control Policy) $56,600,000 Multi-State ABR FINSER 2016
Medical development – program increase – military dental research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology – development and deployment (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) $74,000,000 None ABR HS 2016
Offshore Patrol Cutter (Coast Guard) $70,500,000 None ABR HS 2016
Advanced materials for weapon systems – program increase – metals affordability research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $9,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (Federal Emergency Management Agency) $56,000,000 None ABR HS 2016
Continuing Training Grants/Center for Homeland Defense and Security (Federal Emergency Management Agency) $11,521,000 None ABR HS 2016
Technology transfer – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $4,100,000 None ABR DEF 2016
University programs (Science and Technology) $8,724,000 None ABR HS 2016
Heritage Partnership Programs (National Park Service – National Recreation and Preservation) $9,869,000 None ABR INT 2016
Operationally responsive space – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Alaska Native villages (Environmental Protection Agency – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) $10,000,000 AK ABR INT 2016
Public Health and Preventive Medicine programs (Health Resources and Services Administration – Health Workforce) $4,000,000 None ABR LABHHS 2016
C-130J in-flight propeller balancing system (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $6,400,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants (Health Resources and Services Administration – Rural Health) $15,409,000 None ABR LABHHS 2016
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstrations (Administration for Community Living – Aging and Disability Services Programs) $1,000,000 None ABR LABHHS 2016
Combating terrorism technology support – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $37,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Fund for the Improvement of Education (Department of Education – Innovation and Improvement) $163,889,000 None ABR LABHHS 2016
House of Representatives – House office buildings (Architect of the Capitol) $84,680,000 DC ABR LEG 2016
Israeli Cooperative Programs – short range ballistic missile defense (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $63,074,000 None ABR DEF 2016
The Asia Foundation (International Commissions) $5,000,000 DC ABR FOROP 2016
East-West Center (International Commissions) $5,900,000 HI ABR FOROP 2016
Department of Defense Corrosion Program – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
National Endowment for Democracy (International Commissions) $66,550,000 DC ABR FOROP 2016
Inter-American Foundation (Independent Agencies) $4,400,000 DC ABR FOROP 2016
MQ-9 UAV capability enhancements (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $4,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Advanced materials/structural safety (Airport and Airway Trust Fund – Research, Engineering, and Development) $3,784,000 None ABR THUD 2016
Economic Impact Initiative Grants (Rural Community Facilities Program) $5,778,000 None NBR AG 2016
Peer-reviewed alcohol and substance abuse disorders research (Defense Health Program) $4,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016

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