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View earmark details View Earmarks by Bill Section: Department of Commerce

Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No. Total Amount
Earmarks No. 512 Total Amount $1,276,541,038
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Earmark Details Year Description Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lake Champlain Research Consortium, research to identify sources of harmful bacteria, University of Vermont Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Locations Burlington, Vermont Recipients University of Vermont
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Miami to improve and expedite hurricane forecasts through rapid transition of results to NOAA operations Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Former Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
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Locations Miami-Dade County, Florida Recipients University of Miami
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Textile Centers program Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Dartmouth, Massachusetts Recipients National Textile Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Valparaiso University for Meteorological Equipment Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN) Locations Valparaiso, Indiana Recipients Valparaiso University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to enhance research on ice seal populations Amount $250,000 Sponsors Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Locations Anchorage, Alaska Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Great Lakes Water Project Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH) Locations Cleveland, Ohio Recipients Harbor Heritage Society
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Orange Beach for study of Perdido Pass Inlet Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Orange Beach, Alabama Recipients City of Orange Beach, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Coastal Weather for Catastrophic Events, to provide coastal Alabama appropriate weather monitoring equipment to measure wind gusts, water surge and rain fall levels during a catastrophic event such as hurricanes, Univeristy of South Alabama Amount $258,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Mobile, Alabama Recipients University of South Alabama
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for the Great Lakes, conservation education, Shedd Aquarium Amount $260,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Plan Implementation Amount $275,000 Sponsors Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Locations Silver Spring, Maryland Recipients National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources

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