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

View earmark details 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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 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
View earmark details 2010 Alternative Power Technology for Missile Defense
(Defense)
$3,200,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. John Thune (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
...more
Brookings, South Dakota South Dakota State University
View earmark details 2009 Armed Forces Reserve Center
(Military Construction)
$29,000,000 President *
Sen. John Thune (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Rapid City, South Dakota
View earmark details 2010 Asphalt Paving on road to Crow Creek Tribal Schools Stephan Campus, SD
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$500,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
South Dakota
View earmark details 2010 Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD, for a program serving children with emotional and behavioral disorders
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$300,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
View earmark details 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
View earmark details 2008 Base Civil Engineer Administrative Facility
(Military Construction)
$16,600,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Sen. John Thune (-SD)
...more
Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
View earmark details 2008 Base Civil Engineer Maintenance Complex
(Military Construction)
$7,900,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Sen. John Thune (-SD)
...more
Joe Foss Field, South Dakota
View earmark details 2009 Base Entry and Perimeter Gates
(Military Construction)
$11,000,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
View earmark details 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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