Influence Explorer

Earmarks Schema

fiscal_year

The fiscal year for the bill in which the earmark appears.

final_amount

The earmark amount in the final version of the bill.

budget_amount

The earmark amount in the President's budget proposal.

house_amount

The earmark amount in the version of the bill passed by the House.

senate_amount

The earmark amount in the version of the bill passed by the Senate.

omni_amount

The earmark amount in the omnibus appropriations bill.

bill, bill_section, bill_subsection

The bill, section and subsection where the earmark appears.

description

The earmark description.

notes

Notes added by Taxpayers for Commons Sense.

presidential

Presidential earmarks are earmarks that appear in the President's initial budget proposal.

Value	Meaning
blank	Not in the President's budget.
p	Included in the President's budget and disclosed by congress.
u	Included in the President's budget and not disclosed by congress.
m	Included in the President's budget and sponsored by members.
j	Included at the request of the judiciary.

undisclosed

Taxpayers for Common Sense's determination of whether the earmarks was disclosed by congress. Undisclosed earmarks are found by reading the bill text.

Value	Meaning
blank	Disclosed in congressional earmark reports.
u	Not disclosed by congress but found in bill text.
p	Not disclosed and in President's budget.
o	Disclosed Operations & Maintenance earmark.
m	Undisclosed Operations & Maintenance earmark.

members

The members that sponsored the earmark. Taxpayers for Common Sense lists the members by last name, state and party. We have attempted to expand these to full names, where possible. Due to formatting irregularities, state, party or full name are sometimes missing.

location

The city and states where the earmark will be spent, when known.

recipients

The organization that will receive the earmark, when known.