Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
Earmark Spending in South Dakota
* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
| Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 | No | Total Amount |
| Congressional earmarks | 288 | $447,265,138 |
| All earmarks | 317* | $756,010,138* |
| Earmark Details |
Year (desc) |
Description (Bill) | Amount | Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2009 |
University of South Dakota, Vermilion, SD, for graduate programs on the digital preservation of recorded oral histories (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$409,000 |
Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
Vermilion, South Dakota | University of South Dakota |
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2009 |
Accelerated Materials Development and Characterization (Defense) |
$2,500,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
Brookings, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Aircraft Ready Shelters/AMU (Military Construction) |
$4,500,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. John Thune -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD)...more |
Joe Foss Field, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Alternative Power Technology for Missile Defense (Defense) |
$4,000,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. John Thune -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD)...more |
Brookings, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Armed Forces Reserve Center (Military Construction) |
$29,000,000 |
President * Sen. John Thune -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
Rapid City, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Barracks/Dining/Admin and Parking Complex Ph 1 (Military Construction) |
$14,463,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. John Thune -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD)...more |
Rapid City, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Base Entry and Perimeter Gates (Military Construction) |
$11,000,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Behavior and Neuroscience, Fuctional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Project (Defense) |
$800,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD) |
Vermillion, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Big Bend Dam, Lake Sharpe (Energy and Water) |
$6,423,000 | No sponsor indicated | South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Big Sioux River (Energy and Water) |
$2,871,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. John Thune -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD)...more |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
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