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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 2010 Description US/Canada Yukon River Salmon Agreement Studies Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Locations Yukon River, Alaska Recipients State of Alaska
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Climate system research center Amount $495,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Amherst, Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Amherst
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
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Locations Annapolis, Maryland Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Amount $550,000 Sponsors Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
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Locations Arlington, Virginia Recipients George Mason University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Continuation of protected species bycatch reduction Maine Groundline Exchange Program Amount $550,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Locations Augusta, Maine Recipients Maine Department of Marine Resources
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Groundfish industry emergency economic assistance Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Augusta, Maine Recipients Maine Department of Marine Resources
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description MetagenomicaAnalysis of Chesapeake Bay Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
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Locations Baltimore, Maryland Recipients University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Climate Center program Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Locations Baton Rouge, Louisiana Recipients Southern Regional Climate Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Coral Research Amount $2,250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Recipients Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Jamaica Export Center Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Locations Jamaica, New York Recipients Jamaica (N.Y.) Chamber of Commerce

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