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 reconstructive transplant research (Defense Health Program) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages: Area Health Education Centers (Health Resources and Services Administration – Health Workforce) $30,250,000 None NBR LABHHS 2016
Rural Community Facilities (Administration for Children and Families – Children and Families Services Programs) $6,500,000 None NBR LABHHS 2016
Peer-reviewed tickborne disease research (Defense Health Program) $5,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign (Office of the Secretary – General Departmental Management) $1,000,000 None NBR LABHHS 2016
School Leadership (Department of Education – Innovation and Improvement) $16,368,000 None NBR LABHHS 2016
Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research (Defense Health Program) $125,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Missile Defense Agency (Worldwide Unspecified – Planning and Design) $15,000,000 None NBR MILCON 2016
Democracy Fund (Bilateral Economic Assistance) $150,500,000 DC NBR FOROP 2016
Peer-reviewed tuberous sclerosis complex research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF 2016
Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account – guaranteed loans subsidy (Maritime Administration) $5,000,000 None NBR THUD 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
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
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
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
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
Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology – development and deployment (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) $74,000,000 None ABR HS 2016
Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research (Defense Health Program) $125,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Peer-reviewed tuberous sclerosis complex research (Defense Health Program) $6,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Peer-reviewed vision research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) $15,000,000 None ABR COM 2015
Global HIV/AIDS prevention (Defense Health Program) $8,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Program increase – body armor (Industrial Preparedness) (Operation and Maintenance – Army) $80,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Program increase – Youth Challenge (Civil Military Programs) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) $31,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
HIV/AIDS program increase (Defense Health Program) $12,900,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Program increase – STARBASE (Civil Military Programs) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) $25,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Patriot mods – Program increase – radar digital processors (Missile Procurement – Army) $52,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Joint warfighter medical research (Defense Health Program) $50,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Bradley Program (MOD) – program increase – unfunded priority (Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles – Army) $28,500,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Family of heavy tactical vehicles – program increase (Other Procurement – Army) $50,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research (Defense Health Program) $10,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Joint Strike Fighter – program increase – two aircraft (Aircraft Procurement – Navy) $255,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Tomahawk – program increase – 96 missiles (Weapons Procurement – Navy) $81,700,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Restore core research funding reduction (Defense Health Program) $179,815,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Civil Air Patrol Aircraft – program increase (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) $7,838,000 None ABR DEF 2015
University Research Initiatives – program increase – basic research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $20,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Therapeutic service dog training program (Defense Health Program) $3,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Electronics and electronic devices – silicon carbide research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $12,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Medical advanced technology – peer-reviewed neurotoxin exposure treatment Parkinson's research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $16,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Research and development (Corps of Engineers – Investigations) $6,730,000 None ABR ENERGY 2015
Medical advanced technology – peer-reviewed neurofibromatosis research (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Threat simulator development – program increase (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $4,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
Fossil Energy Research and Development (Energy Programs) $95,500,000 None ABR ENERGY 2015
Munitions standardization, effectiveness, and safety (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Army) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015
New design SSN – program increase – small business technology insertion (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation – Navy) $15,000,000 None ABR DEF 2015

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