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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FY State Cost Description Status Chamber Appropriation House Senate
2020 $9,000,000 Industrial base analysis and sustainment support - program increase - automated textile manufacturing (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Defense-Wide) ABR DEF
2020 $5,000,000 Industrial base analysis and sustainment support - program increase - interdisciplinary center for advanced manufacturing systems (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Defense-Wide) ABR DEF
2020 $5,000,000 Industrial base analysis and sustainment support - program increase - rare earth elements from coal ash (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Defense-Wide) ABR DEF
2020 $129,000,000 Working Capital Fund - Army - arsenals initiative - program increase (Revolving and Management Funds) ABR DEF
2020 $20,000,000 Peer-reviewed ALS research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $15,000,000 Peer-reviewed Alzheimer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $15,000,000 Peer-reviewed autism research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $3,000,000 Peer-reviewed bone marrow failure disease research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $150,000,000 Peer-reviewed breast cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $110,000,000 Peer-reviewed cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $10,000,000 Peer-reviewed Duchenne muscular dystrophy research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $12,000,000 Peer-reviewed epilepsy research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $22,000,000 Peer-reviewed Gulf War illness research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $10,000,000 Peer-reviewed hearing restoration research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $40,000,000 Peer-reviewed kidney cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $14,000,000 Peer-reviewed lung cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $10,000,000 Peer-reviewed lupus research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $360,000,000 Peer-reviewed medical research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $20,000,000 Peer-reviewed melanoma research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $16,000,000 Peer-reviewed multiple sclerosis research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $30,000,000 Peer-reviewed orthopedic research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $35,000,000 Peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $6,000,000 Peer-reviewed pancreatic cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $110,000,000 Peer-reviewed prostate cancer research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $7,500,000 Peer-reviewed rare cancers research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $5,000,000 Peer-reviewed scleroderma research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $40,000,000 Peer-reviewed spinal cord research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $12,000,000 Peer-reviewed reconstructive transplant research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $7,000,000 Peer-reviewed tickborne disease research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $165,000,000 Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $6,000,000 Peer-reviewed tuberous sclerosis complex research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $20,000,000 Peer-reviewed vision research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $8,000,000 Global HIV/AIDS prevention (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $15,000,000 HIV/AIDS program increase (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $40,000,000 Joint warfighter medical research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $15,000,000 Orthotics and prosthetics outcome research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $15,000,000 Chronic pain management (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $10,000,000 Trauma clinical research program (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $10,000,000 Combat readiness medical research (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $232,100,000 Restore core funding reduction (Defense Health Program) ABR DEF
2020 $65,000,000 National Guard Counter-Drug Program - program increase  (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities - Defense) ABR DEF
2020 $20,000,000 National Guard Counter-Drug Schools - program increase (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities - Defense) ABR DEF
2020 $34,200,000 Sidewinder - program increase - additional munitions (Weapons Procurement - Navy) NBR DEF
2020 $338,000,000 C-130J - program increase - four aircraft for the Air National Guard (Aircraft Procurement - Air Force) NBR DEF
2020 $215,000,000 MQ-9 - program increase - twelve aircraft (Aircraft Procurement - Air Force) ABR DEF
2020 $4,000,000 Additional funding: flood control (Corps of Engineers - Investigations) NBR ENERGY
2020 $4,000,000 Additional funding: shore protection (Corps of Engineers - Investigations) NBR ENERGY
2020 $7,000,000 Additional funding: navigation (Corps of Engineers - Investigations) NBR ENERGY
2020 $9,750,000 Additional funding: inland (Corps of Engineers - Investigations) NBR ENERGY
2020 $17,600,000 Additional funding: environmental restoration or compliance (Corps of Engineers - Investigations) NBR ENERGY

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Status ABR – Above president's budget request
NBR – No budget request by president
Chamber C – Inserted in conference committee
H – Inserted in the House
S – Inserted in the Senate
HS – Inserted in the House and Senate
Appropriation AG – Agriculture
COM – Commerce
DEF – Defense
FINSER – Financial Services
FOROP – Foreign Operations
HS – Homeland Security
INT – Interior
LEG – Legislative
MILCON – Military Construction
THUD – Transportation/HUD
VAHUD – VA/HUD