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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details View Earmarks by Bill Section: Department of Commerce

Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No. Total Amount
Earmarks No. 512 Total Amount $1,276,541,038
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Earmark Details Year Description Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Amount $1,250,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Locations Kingston, Rhode Island Recipients University of Rhode Island (Kingston)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP) Amount $1,250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii to conduct research on open ocean fisheries in the Pacific Ocean Amount $1,250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Rhode Island equipment for the Pell Library and Undersea Exploration Center Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
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Locations Kingston, Rhode Island Recipients University of Rhode Island (Kingston)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquatic Resources Environmental Initiative, Eastern Kentucky PRIDE - ORF Amount $1,128,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Western Pacific pelagic fisheries research, research to aid efforts to develop and implement strategies for the conservation and management of peagic fish species, University of Hawaii--Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research Amount $1,116,250 Sponsors Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cooperative Institute for Remote Sensing Application, for the purpose of advancing knowledge and understanding of the environment using information technologies and remote sensing systems, University of Alabama at Huntsville Amount $1,034,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Huntsville, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary-Phase II Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Locations Alpena, Michigan Recipients Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Groundfish industry emergency economic assistance Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Augusta, Maine Recipients Maine Department of Marine Resources
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NC State University Textile Research Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. David Price (D-NC) Locations Raleigh, North Carolina Recipients North Carolina State University

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