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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Unit Chapel
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) Locations Fort Lee, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Student Activity Center & Library
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Laughlin AFB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Submarine Learning Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $9,280,000 Sponsors Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) Locations New London Submarine Base, Connecticut Recipients Submarine Learning Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sumter Country Commission
(Homeland Security)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) Locations Georgia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Survival Recovery Center and Command Post
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)
Former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Former Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
...more
Locations Robins Air Force Base, Georgia Recipients Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Swift Creek Asbestos Sediment Management
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Locations Washington Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) for SOCOM
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Unknown Location Recipients U.S. Special Operations Command
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tactical SIPRNET
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients Action Systems
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tactical Training Base, Phase 1
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)
Former Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
Former Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
...more
Locations Fort Dix, New Jersey Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tacticial Vehicle Wash Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $10,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) Locations Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tamarisk Eradication
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) Locations Colorado Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tangier Island, Accomack County
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Locations Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Targeted Radiation Therapy for Cancer Initiative
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Taxiway West Flightline
(Military Construction)
Amount $2,950,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more
Locations Randolph AFB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Teach for America, to engage teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,350,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Locations New York Recipients Teach for America

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