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View earmark details Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) - Earmarks Requested

Died in Office, June 28, 2010 • Alternate Name: Robert Carlyle Byrd
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 277 Cost $933,540,838
With Other Members          Number 53 Cost $150,500,500
All Congressional                Number 330 Cost $1,084,041,338
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 343* Cost $1,196,603,338*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Appalachian Fruit Lab
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $783,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearneysville, West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gauley River National Recreation Area
(Interior)
Amount $780,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description WVU Exhaust Emission Testing Initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $764,400 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Conservation Training Center
(Interior)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description White Sulphur Springs NFH - facilities and water supply improvements
(Interior)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Potomac Watershed River South Branch Project
(Interior)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors President * Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Appalachia Service Project, Brenton, WV, For a home repair program for low-income families in Southern West Virginia
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $730,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brenton, West Virginia Recipients Appalachia Service Project
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Small Farmer Outreach Program/Risk Management Initiative
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $717,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service West Virginia
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hope Community Development Corporation, Charleston, WV, for purchasing existing dilapidated properties for the construction of new homes
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients HOPE Community Development Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
(Interior)
Amount $699,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Harper's Ferry National Historical Park

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