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Where are this year's earmarks
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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

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Description Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mote Marine Laboratory Science Consortium for Ocean Replenishment Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Locations Sarasota, Florida Recipients Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Marine Fisheries Service Shrimp Industry Fishing Effort Research Continuation Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Former Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
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Locations Silver Spring, Maryland Recipients National Marine Fisheries Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the conservation and recovery of endangered Hawaiian sea turtle populations Amount $7,100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the conservation and recovery of the critically endangered monk seal population and conservation of Pacific cetaceans Amount $2,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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 2009 Description National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the NOAA Pacific Services Center to meet the coastal management needs of Pacific Island communities Amount $4,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the sustainable use of Pacific pelagic fishery resources and the production of healthy, safe domestic seafood Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create and implement an integrated system-wide ocean science education program piloted in Hawaii's schools Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alaska Data Buoys Amount $1,871,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Alaska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Mobile, for NOAA educational exhibits Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Mobile, Alabama Recipients City of Mobile, Ala.

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