Since the Congress began publicly listing which lawmakers request budget "earmarks," lawmakers have also been noting the projects that have been specifically asked for by the President as well.
And when you look at the budget bills hitting the House floor this week, you will see that "The President" gets credit for a number of projects.
Let's look at the Interior Appropriations bill that could come to a vote on Thursday or Friday in the House, which has 453 earmarks.
Of those 453, President Obama requested 184 of them by my count, for a total of $291 million.
So let's look at the list, provided by the House Appropriations Committee, which does not include the locations for most of these. I'm sure a quick Google search could find what National Forest or Wildlife Refuge, etc that they are located in.
BLM Land Acquisition Bridgeport Access Trail $176,000
BLM Land Acquisition Browning Ranch House Preservation $124,000
BLM Land Acquisition California Radio Fencing and Grounding Improvement $537,000
BLM Land Acquisition Campbell Airstrip Safety Fencing $190,000
BLM Land Acquisition El Toro Creek Parking Project $1,209,000
BLM Land Acquisition Five Mile Pass Recreation Site Facility $362,000
BLM Land Acquisition Knolls Facility $381,000
BLM Land Acquisition Lemhi River Total Maximum Daily Load Road Maintenance Phase IV $1,588,000
BLM Land Acquisition Partners Point Waterline $110,000
BLM Land Acquisition Pelican Lake Recreation Site Reconstruction $697,000
BLM Land Acquisition Sawtooth Campground $541,000
BLM Land Acquisition Sharkey Hot Springs Renovation $287,000
BLM Land Acquisition Blackfoot River Special Recreation Management Area $4,500,000
BLM Land Acquisition California Wilderness $500,000
BLM Land Acquisition Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument $1,000,000
BLM Land Acquisition Craig Thomas Little Mountain SMA $2,000,000
BLM Land Acquisition King Range NCA $2,000,000
BLM Land Acquisition La Cienega ACEC/El Camino Real De Tierra Adento NHT $3,000,000
BLM Land Acquisition Lacks Creek ACEC $750,000
BLM Land Acquisition Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat ACEC $1,500,000
BLM Land Acquisition Meeteetsee Spires ACEC $1,500,000
BLM Land Acquisition Sandy River / Oregon NHT $2,100,000
BLM Land Acquisition Upper Sacramento River ACEC $2,800,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Allegheny NFH, rehab fish production and electrical systems $1,500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Big Oaks NWR, Old Timbers Dam-- Phase I $100,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Fergus Falls WMD, Stang Lake Dam-- Phase II $175,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Guam NWR, invasive species fence construction $866,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Jackson NFH, replace water supply line $1,650,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Quinault NFH, replace electric fish barriers $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Turnbull NWR, Lower Pine Lake Dam-- Phase II $250,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Wichita Mountains WR, Lake Rush Dam--Phase II $4,100,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction Willow Beach NFH, water treatment (filters/wells) to remove Quagga mussel from water supply $482,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Alaska Maritime NWR $300,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Back Bay NWR $545,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Balcones Canyonlands NWR $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Bear River MBR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Big Muddy NF&WR $300,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Blackwater NWR $2,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Bon Secour NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Bond Swamp NWR $1,200,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Cape May NWR $2,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Cherry Valley NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Chickasaw NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Cypress Creek NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Dakota Tallgrass Prairie WMA $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Edwin B. Forsythe NWR $1,100,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Grasslands WMA $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition James Campbell NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition James River NWR $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Laguna Atascosa NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Leslie Canyon NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Nestucca Bay NWR $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Nisqually NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition North Dakota WMA $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Panther Swamp NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Patoka River NWR $1,150,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Prime Hook NWR $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Rachel Carson NWR $3,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Red River NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Red Rock Lakes NWR $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Rocky Mountain Front CA $3,750,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition San Bernard NWR-Austin's Woods Unit $2,500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition San Joaquin River NWR $2,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Sevilleta NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Silvio O. Conte NWR&FR $2,250,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition St. Marks NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Togiak NWR $500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Upper Mississippi River NW&FR $1,500,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Upper Ouachita NWR $1,000,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Waccamaw NWR $600,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Willapa NWR $750,000
Fish and Wildlife Service Land Acquisition Yukon Delta NWR $500,000
National Park Service Construction Blue Ridge Parkway, Repair Craggy Gardens Retaining and Guardwalls $2,728,000
National Park Service Construction Chiricahua, Replace Failing Sewer Systems $2,410,000
National Park Service Construction Delaware Water Gap NRA, demolish and remove hazardous structures $2,234,000
National Park Service Construction Delaware Water Gap NRA, rehabilitate Childs Park $3,048,000
National Park Service Construction Fort Pulaski, replace Cockspur Lighthouse revetment $1,577,000
National Park Service Construction George Rogers Clark NHP, restore and rehabilitate historic Wabash River floodwall $3,600,000
National Park Service Construction Glacier NP, safety improvements at Many Glacier Hotel $8,507,000
National Park Service Construction Grand Canyon, employee housing $16,890,000
National Park Service Construction Grand Teton NP, construct critical housing $13,174,000
National Park Service Construction Harry S. Truman NHS, Rehabilitate interior grounds of Historic Noland House and Install interpretive exhibits $1,018,000
National Park Service Construction Katmai, replace failing infrastructure at Brooks Camp $6,741,000
National Park Service Construction Mesa Verde curation center $11,675,000
National Park Service Construction Mesa Verde Visitor Information Center $10,500,000 Salazar
National Park Service Construction National Capital Region, Preserve and protect Meridian Hill Park $3,844,000
National Park Service Construction National Capital Region, Theodore Roosevelt rehabilitation site $1,706,000
National Park Service Construction Olympic National Park, restore Elwha River ecosystem and fisheries $20,000,000
National Park Service Construction Point Reyes, restore critical dune habitat $2,803,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Big Thicket National Preserve $5,000,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Blue Ridge Parkway $1,703,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Chattahoochee River National Rec. Area $3,100,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Congaree NP $1,320,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Ft. Smith NHS $362,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Golden Gate NRA $5,000,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Guilford Courthouse NMP $880,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Harry S. Truman NHS $1,300,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Minidoka NHS Japanese Internment $350,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Mt. Ranier $2,150,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Natchez NHP $264,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Olympic NP $3,000,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Palo Alto Battlefield National Park $3,120,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Petrified Forest National Park $4,575,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Prince William Forest Park $425,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition San Juan Island NHP $6,000,000
National Park Service Land Acquisition Virgin Islands National Park $4,500,000
US Forest Service Construction Angeles NF, Pyramid Lake Rehabilitation $1,069,000
US Forest Service Construction Arapaho/Roosevelt NF, Pawnee Campground/Picnic Area, Phase 1 $1,240,000
US Forest Service Construction Arapaho/Roosevelt NF, Shadow Mountain Village Exterior Bldg rehabilitation $668,000
US Forest Service Construction Bighorn NF, South Fork Campground Rehabilitation $490,000
US Forest Service Construction Cherokee NF, Tellico River Corridor Recreation Rehabilitation, Phase 3 $330,000
US Forest Service Construction Chippewa NF, Walker Administrative Site Phase 1 $1,000,000
US Forest Service Construction Chugach NF, Porcupine Creek Campground Reconstruction $1,911,000
US Forest Service Construction Cibola NF, Magdalena Ranger Station, Phase 1 $1,568,000
US Forest Service Construction Custer NF, Camp Crook Water System $564,000
US Forest Service Construction Deschutes NF, Allingham Guard Station Water System Phase 2 $250,000
US Forest Service Construction Dixie NF, Pine Valley Recreation Area Reconstruction, Phase 3 $450,000
US Forest Service Construction FPL, Freight Elevator Replacement $785,000
US Forest Service Construction Francis Marion NF, Burrells Ford Campground Rehabilitation $355,000
US Forest Service Construction Francis Marion NF, Ranger District Office Phase 2 $1,080,000
US Forest Service Construction George Washington/Jefferson NF, Elizabeth Furnace Water/ Sanitation Rehabilitation $265,000
US Forest Service Construction Gifford Pinchot NF, Johnston Ridge Observatory Deferred Maintenance $410,000
US Forest Service Construction Grand Mesa/Uncompahgre/Gunnison NF, Lottis Creek Recreation Area Rehabilitation $1,312,000
US Forest Service Construction Hiawatha NF, Clear Lake Environmental Education Center $480,000
US Forest Service Construction ID Panhandle NF, Outlet Campground Phase 1 $760,000
US Forest Service Construction ID Panhandle NF,Nursery Roof Replacement $450,000
US Forest Service Construction IITF, Sabana Woodshop Renovation $519,000
US Forest Service Construction Inyo NF, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Visitor Center $2,105,000
US Forest Service Construction Kaibab NF, Kaibab Lake Campground $818,000
US Forest Service Construction Klamath NF, Oak Knoll Work Center $1,028,000
US Forest Service Construction Lassen NF, Merrill Campground Phase 3 $1,115,000
US Forest Service Construction Lewis & Clark NF, Interpretive Center Health and Safety Improvements $386,000
US Forest Service Construction Malheur NF, Prairie City Offices & Warehouse $1,800,000
US Forest Service Construction Meadow Ponds Dam Rehabilitation $400,000
US Forest Service Construction Medicine Bow/Routt NF,Walden Bunkhouse $1,080,000
US Forest Service Construction Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument $1,195,000
US Forest Service Construction NRS, Grand Rapids Lab Renovation $379,000
US Forest Service Construction NRS, Parsons Lab Renovation $254,000
US Forest Service Construction NRS, Silas Little Experiment Forest Remodel $253,000
US Forest Service Construction NRS, St. Paul Elevator and Roof Replacement $475,000
US Forest Service Construction Ottawa NF, Watersmeet Administrative $2,000,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Ranger District Office Addition & Renovation-St. Francis NF, Pleasant Hill $1,500,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Payette NF, Seasonal Housing $2,130,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement PNW, Juneau Lab Collocation Phase 1 $4,980,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Prescott NF, Lynx Southshore Recreation Area $450,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement PSW, Hawaii Research Field Stations-- $660,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Regional Office, Aerial Fire Depot Roof $381,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement RMRS, Bozeman Research Complex $906,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement RMRS, Ft. Collins Prospect Renovation $370,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement RMRS,Tenderfoot Creek, Experimental Forest Administrative Site $495,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Salmon-Challis NF, Central Idaho Fire Aviation Center $2,400,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement San Dimas, Energy Conservation and Renewable Generation $400,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Siuslaw/Corvallis Collocation--East Wing Replacement $4,100,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Six Rivers NF, Smith River National Recreation Area Warehouse $996,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement SRS, Wood Products Insect Laboratory $1,000,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement SRS,Oxford HVAC Replacement $432,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Stanislaus NF, Long Barn Barracks $1,126,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Tongass NF, Thorne Bay Quads Phase 2 and 3 $906,000
US Forest Service Capital Improvement Tonto NF, Needle Rock Campground, Phase 1 $668,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Allegheny NF $500,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Angeles NF--Bighorn Mine $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Black Hills NF--Lady C Ranch $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Chattahoochee-Oconee NF $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Chequamegon-Nicolet NF--Wisconsin Wild Waterways $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Cherokee NF--Rocky Fork $3,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Chippewa/Superior NF--Minnesota Wilderness $750,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Gila NF--Bear Creek Ranch $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Green Mountain NF $250,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Helena NF--Blackfoot Challenge $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Hoosier NF $250,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Los Padres NF--Big Sur Ecosystem $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Mark Twain NF--Missouri Ozark $500,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie/Wenatchee NFs--Cascade Ecosystems $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Multiple--Greater Yellowstone Area $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Multiple--Sierra Nevada Checkerboard $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Ottawa NF--Great Lakes/Great Lands $1,500,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition San Bernardino NF--Garner Home Ranch $500,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Six Rivers NF--Agnew Tract $1,000,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Wallowa-Whitman NF--Imnaha River Canyon, Hells Canyon $1,500,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition Wasatch-Cache NF--High Uintas $1,500,000
US Forest Service Land Acquisition White Mountain NF $434,000
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