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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

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hubbs Seaworld Research Institute Florida Marine Sportfish Replenishment Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Orlando, Florida Recipients Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hurricane Mitigation Alliance, research to develop cost effective techniques for reduction of hurricane hazards to life and property, Florida International University Amount $446,500 Sponsors Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Former Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
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Locations Miami-Dade, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Science-Based Management of Invasive Species in the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Former Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
Former Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
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Locations Ypsilanti, Michigan Recipients Eastern Michigan University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Idaho State University Boise Center Aerospace Laboratory (BCAL) Watershed Modeling Utilizing LiDAR Amount $350,000 Sponsors Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Locations Pocatello, Idaho Recipients Idaho State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Illinois Height Modernization Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL)
Locations Champaign, Illinois Recipients Illinois State Geological Survey
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois Height Modernization Amount $725,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Locations Champaign, Illinois Recipients Illinois State Geological Survey
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Improved Hydrologic modeling of water resources for snow-dominated regions, funds will be used to develop an operational hydrology model for mountain-front hydrologic systems based on new research that advances knowledge on physical mechanisms by which water moves from mountains to valleys, Boise State University Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Locations Boise, Idaho Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Innovation and Commercialization Park Infrastructure and Building Construction and Equipment Amount $1,598,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Institute for Marine Mammal Studies to complete construction of a facility dedicated to rehabilition, conservation, and education on marine mammals with a focus on dolphins Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Institute for Seafood Studies Amount $325,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) Locations Thibodaux, Louisiana Recipients Nicholls State University

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