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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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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mount Washington Observatory Educational Outreach Expansion Initiative Amount $423,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Locations New Hampshire Recipients Mount Washington Observatory
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Coast Shellfish Research Institute Amount $423,000 Sponsors Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Locations Connecticut Recipients East Coast Shellfish Research Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Nature Conservancy Mapping the Hudson River to Build Resiliency to Climate Change Amount $445,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Hall (D-NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Locations Albany, New York Recipients Nature Conservancy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Narragansett Bay Window Program, Monitoring the Narragansett Bay, University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute Amount $446,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Former Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
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Locations Rhode Island Recipients Coastal Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hurricane Mitigation Alliance, research to develop cost effective techniques for reduction of hurricane hazards to life and property, Florida International University Amount $446,500 Sponsors Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Former Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
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Locations Miami-Dade, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Horseshoe Crab Research, for continued research projects deemed essential for effective, science-based management of this critically important species Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Locations Virginia Tech, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Pelagic Tagging, for a west coast blue-fin tuna research program, Monterey Bay Aquarium Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Former Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Locations Monterey Bay, California Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Oregon Salmon Weak Stock Solutions Research, research reducing by-catch of weak salmon stocks and avoiding long term closures of the salmon fishery, Hatfield Marine Science Center Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Locations Newport, Oregon Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Arkansas World Trade Center; Funding to support efforts to develop international trade initiatives in Northwest Arkansas Amount $446,500 Sponsors Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Former Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
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Locations University of Arkansas, Arkansas Recipients Arkansas World Trade Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Elwha River Habitat Restoration, dam removal--restoration and mitigation, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Amount $446,500 Sponsors Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) Locations Port Angeles, Washington Recipients

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