Earmarks requested by Rep. Leonard L. Boswell
Data from Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations bills supplied by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
| Amount | Earmark Description | Intended Recipient | |
| $8,856,000 | for | Upper Miss River - Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO | |
| $4,400,000 | for | Portable Rapid Bacterial Warfare Detection Unit | Advanced Analytical Technologies Inc. |
| $4,124,000 | for | Des Moines Recreation River and Greenbelt | |
| $3,500,000 | for | Active Combustion Control System for Military Aircraft | Goodrich Corporation Turbine Fuel Technologies |
| $2,000,000 | for | Joint Combined Aircrew Systems Tester (JCAST) | Scot Incorporated |
| $1,650,000 | for | Battlefield Plastic Biodiesel | West Central Cooperative; General Atomics |
| $1,500,000 | for | Main Entrance | |
| $1,146,600 | for | Cold Storage Spur Line | |
| $980,000 | for | I-235 Storm Water Management | |
| $689,000 | for | Water Systems Council WellCare water well owner technical assistance program | |
| $582,000 | for | Iowa Department of Public Health, for an in-jail treatment program | |
| $487,000 | for | Mercy Medical Center-House of Mercy, Des Moines, IA for facilities and equipment related to substance abuse | |
| $470,000 | for | Urban Dreams U-CARE Project, Des Moines, IA | |
| $343,000 | for | University Boulevard Widening | |
| $295,000 | for | Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers | |
| $268,000 | for | Des Moines Area Community College, Arkeny, IA for workforce recruitment and training to address area skill shortages | |
| $245,000 | for | DART Alternatives Analysis Design | |
| $243,000 | for | Des Moines Area Community College, for Project Employment | |
| $200,000 | for | Des Moines | |
| $195,000 | for | Des Moines University and Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines, IA for a mobile clinic | |
| $146,000 | for | Delta Dental of Iowa, dental loan repayment program | |
| $146,000 | for | Iowa Chronic Care Consortium, for a preventative health demonstration program. | |
| $141,000 | for | Creative Visions programs for at risk youth, Des Moines, IA | |
| $141,000 | for | Iowa Drug Endangered Children Response Teams | |
| $141,000 | for | Des Moines, IA Emergency Communications | |
| $97,000 | for | Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines, 10 for the Jasper County Career Academy, which may include equipment | |
| $94,000 | for | Four Oaks Family and Children's Services, Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| $0 | for | Chariton River/Rathbun Lake | |
