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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

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

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Description Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii to conduct research on open ocean fisheries in the Pacific Ocean Amount $1,250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Kenai Peninsula Borough Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Research Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Don Young (R-AK) Locations Cook Inlet, Alaska Recipients Borough of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Louisiana State University A&M to provide more information for a geodetic reference system to aid land planning in Louisiana Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Locations Baton Rouge, Louisiana Recipients Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marine Environmental Research Institute Seals as Sentinels Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Blue Hill, Maine Recipients Shaw Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute for continued research into the New England scallop fishery, to promote sustainability Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations New Bedford, Massachusetts Recipients Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Center for Conservation and Biodiversity for construction of a research facility Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi State University for construction for a research and technology park Amount $6,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi State University to more effectively link local, state, regional, and national organizations concerned with Northern Gulf wetlands issues and management Amount $4,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hubbs Seaworld Research Institute Florida Marine Sportfish Replenishment Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Orlando, Florida Recipients Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
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

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