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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 Nature Conservancy Mapping the Hudson River to Build Resiliency to Climate Change Amount $445,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Hall (D-NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Locations Albany, New York Recipients Nature Conservancy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description New England Aquarium for research of environmentally sensitive gear technologies designed to reduce bycatch Amount $1,250,000 Sponsors Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Sununu (R-NH)
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Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients New England Aquarium (Boston, Mass.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description New Hampshire Lakes Association to prevent the spread of exotic aquatic weeds, such as milfoil and others, in NH lakes Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Locations Concord, New Hampshire Recipients New Hampshire Lakes Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NOAA for NOAA HAS research with the Army Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Huntsville, Alabama Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Research Amount $550,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD)
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Locations Annapolis, Maryland Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office for a network of environmental observation platforms Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Thelma Drake (R-VA)
Former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
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Locations Annapolis, Maryland Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NOAA National Weather Service Pacific Region Headquarters to purchase, install, and maintain rain gauges Amount $360,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Honolulu County, Hawaii Recipients National Weather Service Pacific Region Headquarters
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NOAA Office of Education California Bay Watershed Education and Training Program (B-WET) Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Former Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
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Locations Monterey, California Recipients National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Education
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Northwestern University Great Lakes Restoration Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) Locations Evanston, Illinois Recipients Northwestern University

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