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

View earmark details Sen. Mazie Hirono (-Hawaii) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Mazie Keiko Hirono

 
AllSoloWith 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                     21 $10,406,000
With Other Members          166 $331,077,192
All Congressional                187 $341,483,192
All Sponsored Earmarks      202* $526,385,192*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(asc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 Pacific Island Land Ocean Typhoon Experiment
(Energy and Water)
$738,000 Sen. Dan Inouye (-HI) Hawaii
View earmark details 2008 Brown Tree Snake Management
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$745,000 Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (-GU)
Sen. Daniel Akaka (-HI)
...more
Guam Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
View earmark details 2009 Oceanic Institute for research to make marine finfish culture technologies economically viable for commercial operation
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$750,000 Sen. Dan Inouye (-HI) Waimanalo, Hawaii Oceanic Institute
View earmark details 2008 Optical Recognition Protocol for Biologics Detection
(Defense)
$800,000 Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Nanotechnology Engineer & Manufacturing Operation (NEMO)
(Defense)
$800,000 No additional sponsors indicated Arlington, Virginia Office of Naval Research
View earmark details 2009 Brown Tree Snake Control and Interdiction on Guam
(Defense)
$840,000 No additional sponsors indicated Guam, Guam
View earmark details 2010 Dry-dock 2 Starboard Waterfront Facility
(Military Construction)
$850,000 Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
View earmark details 2010 Collection and Study of Basic Data: Coastal Field Data Collection (Pacific Island Land Ocean Typhoon Experiment)
(Energy and Water)
$897,000 Sen. Dan Inouye (-HI) Hawaii
View earmark details 2008 Kapolei Interchange Complex
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$980,000 Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI) Hawaii
View earmark details 2008 Hurricane Evacuation Studies, Hawaii
(Energy and Water)
$984,000 Sen. Dan Inouye (-HI) Hawaii
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