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) |
Amount (asc) |
Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2009 |
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters-French Creek (Military Construction) |
$33,960,000 | President (solo) | Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | |
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2009 |
Hangar 5 Recapitalization (Incr) (Military Construction) |
$34,000,000 |
President Sen. Patty Murray -WA) |
Whidbey Island, Washington | |
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2009 |
Calexico Station (Homeland Security) |
$34,000,000 | President (solo) | Calexico, California | |
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2009 |
Replace Fuel Storage Tanks (Military Construction) |
$34,000,000 |
President Sen. Mel Martinez -FL)Sen. Bill Nelson -FL) |
Jacksonville, Florida | |
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2009 |
Battalion Complex (Military Construction) |
$34,000,000 |
President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison -TX) |
Fort Bliss, Texas | |
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2009 |
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (Military Construction) |
$34,020,000 |
President Sen. Dianne Feinstein -CA) |
San Clemente Island, California | |
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2009 |
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters-Del Mar (21 Area) (Military Construction) |
$34,120,000 |
President Sen. Dianne Feinstein -CA) |
Camp Pendleton, California | |
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2009 |
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters-Las Pulgas Area (Military Construction) |
$34,340,000 |
President Sen. Dianne Feinstein -CA) |
Camp Pendleton, California | |
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2009 |
Recruit Support Barracks (Military Construction) |
$34,430,000 |
President Sen. Dianne Feinstein -CA) |
San Diego, California | |
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2009 |
Columbia River Hsh Mitigation, WA & OR (Energy and Water) |
$34,451,000 |
President Rep. Brian Baird -WA)Rep. Earl Blumenauer -OR)Rep. Peter DeFazio -OR)...more |
Washington | |
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2009 |
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters-San Mateo Area (Military Construction) |
$34,500,000 |
President Sen. Dianne Feinstein -CA) |
Camp Pendleton, California | |
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2009 |
Illinois Waterway, IL & IN (MVR Portion) (Energy and Water) |
$34,524,000 | No sponsor indicated | Indiana | |
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2009 |
Largo Metrorail Extension, DC/MD (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) |
$34,700,000 |
President Rep. Chris Van Hollen -MD)Sen. Ben Cardin -MD)Sen. Barbara Mikulski -MD)...more |
Maryland | |
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2009 |
Data Center (Military Construction) |
$35,000,000 | President (solo) | Unspecified/Worldwide | |
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2009 |
Wharf Upgrade and Warehouse (Military Construction) |
$35,060,000 | President (solo) | Diego Garcia | |
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Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )


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