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

View earmark details Airdropped Earmarks

The term 'airdropped' is used to describe an earmark that is not included in the original legislation as approved by either the House or Senate but is later mysteriously inserted into the conference committee reports, which combine both chambers' versions of the bill.

Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Fruit fly facility, APHIS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $469,000 Sponsors Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
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Locations Hawaii Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency, GA
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $209,000 Sponsors Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA)
Former Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)
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Locations Georgia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Minerals/Dietary Requirements for Good Health, Grand Forks, ND
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $9,534,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Former Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Former Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
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Locations Grand Forks, North Dakota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Stable Fly Control, Lincoln, NE
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $866,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wild Rice, St. Paul, MN
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $303,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
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Locations St Paul, Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Berryman Institute, Jack Berryman Institute Utah and Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,049,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Utah Recipients Jack H. Berryman Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,503,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Biotechnology Research and Development Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Cooperative Agreement with Tufts University
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $333,000 Sponsors Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
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Locations Connecticut Recipients Tufts University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Chenier Plain Sustainability Initiative, McNeese State University
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $235,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Locations Louisiana Recipients McNeese State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description New Mexico State University Agricultural Products Food Safety Laboratory
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,650,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM)
Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
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Locations New Mexico Recipients New Mexico State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (Rodale Institute)
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $42,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) Locations Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania Recipients Rodale Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Biosafety and Antibiotic Resistance, University of Vermont
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $225,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Locations Vermont Recipients University of Vermont
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Conservation Technology Transfer, University of Wisconsin
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $516,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) Locations Wisconsin Recipients University of Wisconsin-Extension
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description ISSC vibrio vulnificus education
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $174,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
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Locations Columbia, South Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Iowa Vitality Center
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $209,000 Sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Locations Iowa Recipients

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