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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 Western Kentucky University to complete the development of a monitoring system that will collect real-time weather observations through a statewide grid of stations in Kentucky Amount $700,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Western Kentucky Environmental Monitoring Network, to complete the development of a monitoring system that will collect real-time observations through a statewide grid of stations in Kentucky administered, Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Amount $705,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Big Eye Tuna Quotas Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients National Marine Fisheries Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Former Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Former Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
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Locations Silver Spring, Maryland Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description West Alabama Marine Shrimp and Fish Aquaculture, to develop new methods and find efficiency in the development of marine shrimp and fish aquaculture using ponds and the salinic water of West Alabama Amount $235,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Weather Buoy for Nantucket Sound Amount $235,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Washington State Department of Ecology for citizen-driven environmental protection Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Locations Olympia, Washington Recipients Washington State Department of Ecology
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation - Not for Profit for research Gulf Coast research Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Huntsville, Alabama Recipients Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Virginia TRAWL Survey Amount $300,000 Sponsors Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Former Rep. Glenn Nye (D-VA)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
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Locations Glouster Point, Virginia Recipients Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Horseshoe Crab Research Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) Locations Blacksburg, Virginia Recipients Virginia Tech

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