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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 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 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 2010 Description Western Pacific Integrated Ecosystem Assessments Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients National Marine Fisheries Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Western Pacific pelagic fisheries research, research to aid efforts to develop and implement strategies for the conservation and management of peagic fish species, University of Hawaii--Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research Amount $1,116,250 Sponsors Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Locations Honolulu, Hawaii Recipients Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Liberty State College Emerging Minority Business Leaders Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations West Liberty, West Virginia Recipients West Liberty University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia Department of Natural Resources Stream Restoration Program Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Charlestown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia University WVU Environmental Center Amount $1,750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx River and South Bronx Waterfront Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. José Serrano (D-NY) Locations Bronx, New York Recipients Wildlife Conservation Society
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wind Hazards Reduction Program, for research into reducing wind related damage from storms and tornados, Iowa St. University Amount $613,000 Sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Locations Ames, Iowa Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wisconsin Height Modernization Program Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI)
Former Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI)
Locations Madison, Wisconsin Recipients State of Wisconsin

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