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Where are this year's earmarks
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

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Description Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 2008 Description Horseshoe Crab Research, for continued research projects deemed essential for effective, science-based management of this critically important species Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Locations Virginia Tech, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Herbert C. Hoover Building - renovation and modernization Amount $3,722,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients U.S. Department of Commerce
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hawaii Weather Buoy, for the installation of buoy northeast of main Hawaiian Islands, National Weather Service Pacific Region Headquarters Amount $1,250,200 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hawaii Seafood Safety and Inspection, assistance for the Hawaii fishing and seafood industries to comply with new food and Drug Administration seafood regulations, Pacific Marine Resources, Inc. Amount $669,750 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hawaii Rain Gages to purchase, install and maintain rain gages, NOAA National Weather Service Pacific Region Headquarters Amount $321,480 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Harbor Seal Management, to work together with NOAA on co-management issues of harbor seals and subsistence harvests, Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission Amount $141,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Locations Anchorage, Alaska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Harbor seal and stellar sea lion protection program, for management measures to protect harbor seals and steller sea lions and multi-year interdisciplinary research in partnership with NMFS, Alaska Sea Life Center Amount $3,478,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Locations Seward, Alaska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf Oyster Industry Program Amount $188,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL) Locations Tampa, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaborative Amount $4,880,500 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Regional Recipients

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