On this page you can access preliminary information on earmarks in the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2009 as they move through the legislative process to become law.

During the FY 2009 appropriations process, federal departments and agencies are providing information on the number and cost of earmarks by appropriations bills. Identifying earmarks does not reflect agency decisions to commit, obligate, or expend funds on those earmarks. The "count" is the number of earmarks identified by the agency in the bill and report, or through other communication. The "amount" is the total value of the earmarks in the bill, in thousands of dollars. The "Date Published" is the date that amounts, counts, and supporting citation information were last modified.

Note: These estimates were developed with limited access to information and often under a tight timeline dictated by the legislative process. For most accounts, the estimates include links to detail listings of earmarks with descriptions, funding by stage, Congressional sponsors, and supporting citations. In some cases, account estimates are only supported by a PDF that explains the basis of the Agency estimates; these estimates will be updated at a later date with a detail listing of earmarks. These estimates may differ from those of other entities due to differences in the definition of an earmark used by that entity. Definitions used by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate can be found in the Rules sections of their respective websites.

Appropriations Bill	Earmark	2008 Baseline	FY 2009 House Committee	FY 2009 House Floor	FY 2009 Senate Committee	FY 2009 Senate Floor	FY 2009 Conference
Agriculture and Rural Development	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	528 330,196 07-Jul-2008			332 211,237 05-Sep-2008
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	1,740 972,252 07-Jul-2008			571 512,960 05-Sep-2008
Defense	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	2,087 6,644,746 07-Jul-2008
Energy and Water Development	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	1,782 3,690,427 07-Jul-2008			1,384 3,602,400 12-Sep-2008
Financial Services and General Government	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	201 227,240 07-Jul-2008			84 94,875 05-Sep-2008
Homeland Security	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	122 348,218 07-Jul-2008			26 281,600 05-Sep-2008
Interior and Environment	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	565 429,237 07-Jul-2008
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	2,252 895,297 07-Jul-2008			939 607,170 05-Sep-2008
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	190 1,177,245 07-Jul-2008	110 855,521 12-Sep-2008	110 855,521 12-Sep-2008	89 632,832 12-Sep-2008
State and Foreign Operations	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	4 23,012 07-Jul-2008			0 0
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development	Count Amount ($K) Date Published	2,053 1,763,963 07-Jul-2008			605 954,676 05-Sep-2008