2008 Earmark: National Textile Center (NTC): Funding to continue and enhance research currently conducted at a multi-university consortium that links the textile and fiber-based materials industry sector to leading research and education programs

Earmark Description: National Textile Center (NTC): Funding to continue and enhance research currently conducted at a multi-university consortium that links the textile and fiber-based materials industry sector to leading research and education programs

House Requesting Members	Rep. Robert Aderholt (-AL) Rep. GK Butterfield (-NC) Rep. Howard Coble (-NC) Rep. Bob Etheridge (-NC) Rep. Barney Frank (-MA) Rep. Robin Hayes (-NC) Rep. Maurice Hinchey (-NY) Rep. Walter Jones (-NC) Rep. Daniel Lungren (-CA) Rep. Patrick McHenry (-NC) Rep. Mike McIntyre (-NC) Rep. Brad Miller (-NC) Rep. Sue Myrick (-NC) Rep. David Price (-NC) Rep. David Scott (-GA) Rep. Heath Shuler (-NC) Rep. Mel Watt (-NC) Rep. Joe Wilson (-SC) Rep. Bennie Thompson (-MS)
Senate Requesting Members	Sen. Richard Burr (-NC) Sen. Saxby Chambliss (-GA) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (-NY) Sen. Elizabeth Dole (-NC) Sen. Lindsey Graham (-SC) Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy (-MA) Sen. John Kerry (-MA) Sen. Richard Shelby (-AL) Sen. Arlen Specter (-PA)

Final Amount	$4,700,000
Budget Request	$0
House Request	$0
Senate Request	$13,000,000
Pre-reduction Amount	$0

Fiscal Year	2008
Appropriations Bill	Commerce, Justice & Science
Bill Section	Department of Commerce
Bill Subsection	International Trade Administration
Receiving Organization	Clemson University; Auburn University; University of Massachusetts; Dartmouth; Georgia Tech; Cornell; North Carolina State University; University of California Davis; Philadelphia University

Locations	California; Georgia; Massachusetts; North Carolina; New York; Pennsylvania; South Carolina

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