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
Delta Regional Authority (Rural Business-Cooperative Service) $3,000,000 Multi-State NBR AG 2016
High energy cost grants (Rural Utilities Service) $10,000,000 None NBR AG 2016
Peer-reviewed ALS research (Defense Health Program) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF 2016
STARBASE program increase (Civil Military Programs) (Operations and Maintenance – Defense-Wide) $25,000,000 None NBR DEF 2016
Impact aid (Operations and Maintenance – Defense-Wide) $30,000,000 None NBR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed Alzheimer research (Defense Health Program) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Impact aid for children with disabilities (Operations and Maintenance – Defense-Wide) $5,000,000 None NBR DEF 2016
CV-22 – fully fund one additional aircraft for attrition reserve (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) $64,500,000 None NBR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed autism research (Defense Health Program) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Endurance UAV – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Air Force) $5,000,000 None NBR DEF 2016
Abrams tank modification – industrial base support (Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army) $40,000,000 None NBR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed bone marrow failure disease research (Defense Health Program) $3,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
National Guard Counter-Drug Program – program increase (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities – Defense) $110,000,000 None NBR DEF 2016
National Guard Counter-Drug Schools – program increase (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities – Defense) $15,000,000 None NBR DEF 2016
Peer-reviewed breast cancer research (Defense Health Program) $120,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
New Jersey Backbay (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $300,000 NJ NBR ENERGY 2016
New York – New Jersey Harbor and tributaries (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $400,000 Multi-State NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed cancer research (Defense Health Program) $50,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
City of Norfolk (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $300,000 VA NBR ENERGY 2016
Flood control (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $4,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed Duchenne muscular dystrophy research (Defense Health Program) $3,200,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Shore protection (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $2,500,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Navigation (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $1,304,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed epilepsy research (Defense Health Program) $7,500,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Environmental restoration or compliance (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $1,500,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Flood control (Corps of Engineers – Construction) $125,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed Gulf War illness research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Shore protection (Corps of Engineers – Construction) $40,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Navigation (Corps of Engineers – Construction) $211,200,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed lung cancer research (Defense Health Program) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Environmental restoration or compliance (Corps of Engineers – Construction) $20,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Environmental infrastructure (Corps of Engineers – Construction) $55,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed medical research (Defense Health Program) $278,700,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Aquatic plant control (Corps of Engineers – Construction) $8,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Additional funding for ongoing work – dredging (Corps of Engineers – Mississippi River and Tributaries) $8,090,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed multiple sclerosis research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Additional funding for ongoing work – flood control (Corps of Engineers – Mississippi River and Tributaries) $72,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
San Joaquin River restoration settlement (Water and Related Resources) $35,000,000 CA NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed orthopedic research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Rural water (Water and Related Resources) $47,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Fish passage and fish screens (Water and Related Resources) $5,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research (Defense Health Program) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Environmental restoration or compliance (Water and Related Resources) $2,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Integrated University Program – research and development (Nuclear Energy) $5,000,000 None NBR ENERGY 2016
Peer-reviewed prostate cancer research (Defense Health Program) $80,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Support for Missing and Exploited Children (United States Secret Service) $8,366,000 None NBR HS 2016
Port Security grants (Federal Emergency Management Agency) $100,000,000 None NBR HS 2016
Peer-reviewed spinal cord research (Defense Health Program) $30,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Highlands Conservation Act grants (Fish and Wildlife Service – Land Acquisition) $10,000,000 None NBR INT 2016
Health Careers Opportunity Program (Health Resources and Services Administration – Primary Health Care) $14,189,000 None NBR LABHHS 2016

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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