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Earmarks requested by Sen. Arlen Specter

Data from Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations bills supplied by Taxpayers for Common Sense.

AmountEarmark DescriptionIntended Recipient
$138,000,000 for Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program
$80,000,000 for Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program
$69,175,000 for Locks And Dams 2, 3 And 4, Monongahela River, PA
$42,312,000 for Emsworth L&D Ohio River (Static Instability Correction)
$40,000,000 for Consolidation of Campuses
$29,600,000 for National Cemetery- Phase 1 Development
$18,808,000 for Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea
$10,976,000 for CORRIDORone
$10,000,000 for Peer Reviewed Ovarian Cancer Research Program
$7,580,000 for National Rural Water Association
$6,500,000 for Missile Recycling Capability-Letterkenney Munitions Center
$6,300,000 for Operations and Training Facility
$5,600,000 for M291/M295 Skin Decontamination Rohm and Haas Company
$4,922,000 for Flight 93 National Memorial
$4,920,000 for International Alternative Cleanup Technology Agreement (PA, SC)
$4,700,000 for National Textile Center (NTC): Funding to continue and enhance research currently conducted at a multi-university consortium that links the textile and fiber-based materials industry sector to leading research and education programs Clemson, Auburn, Umass-Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, Cornell, NC State, UC Davis, Philadelphia University
$4,000,000 for Northeast Counter-Drug Training Center
$4,000,000 for Applied Communications and Information Networking (ACIN) ACIN Camden Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology (Drexel University and Sarnoff Corporation partnership)
$4,000,000 for Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Structures for Improved Survivability and Performance Alcoa Defense Inc.
$4,000,000 for Charles E. Kelly Relocation Project Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County
$4,000,000 for Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter Advanced Technology Demonstration
$3,936,000 for Penn State University, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
$3,400,000 for Portable Mobile Emergency Broadband Systems (PMEBS) Rajant Corporation
$3,218,000 for Lackawanna River
$3,200,000 for Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Separator
$3,200,000 for Ammunition Production Base Support - Scranton AAP - FY2006 General Dynamics/Chamberlain
$3,000,000 for Vanadium Safely Readiness Bear Metallurgical; Strategic Minerals Corporation; Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center; Metallurg Vanadium
$3,000,000 for Navy Condition Based Maintenance for Shipyard Facilities and Equipment RLW, Inc.
$2,756,000 for Small Public Water System Technology Assistance Centers
$2,582,000 for Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas National Center for Appropriate Technology, Butte, Montana
$2,460,000 for Upper Ohio Navigation Study
$2,400,000 for Drive System Composite Structural Component Risk Reduction Program V System Composites Inc.
$2,400,000 for Medium Caliber Metal Parts Upgrade Medico Industries
$2,400,000 for Theater Enterprise Wide Logistics System
$2,400,000 for All Terrain Lifter Army System II
$2,340,000 for Delaware River Main Channel Deepening NJ, PA, DE
$2,200,000 for United Mine Workers of America, classroom and simulated rescue training for mine rescue teams
$2,200,000 for AFL Appalachian Council, Inc. For regional employment and training programs and career transition services for Job Corps graduates
$2,058,000 for American Parkway
$2,000,000 for Denied GPS
$2,000,000 for Electromagnetic Gun Initiative Silicon Power Corporation
$2,000,000 for COTS Technology for Space Situational Awareness
$1,960,000 for Hybrid-Electric Bus Acquisition (SEPTA)
$1,900,000 for Advanced Regenerative Medicine (ARM) Skin Cell Therapies, Limb and Digit Treatment Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative
$1,786,000 for Susquehanna River Basin Flood System, funding for flood inundation maps and capitol improvements to flood warning system, Susquehanna River Basin Commission
$1,723,000 for Highlands Conservation Act (CT, NJ, NY, PA)
$1,600,000 for High Speed Power Node Switching and Control Center SPD Electrical Systems
$1,600,000 for Low Power Next Generation Portable Radionuclide Detection & ID Systems Department of Defense
$1,600,000 for Bacterial Ghost Influenza Vaccine Development Vital Probes Inc.
$1,600,000 for F/A-18 Avionics Ground Support System
$1,600,000 for MX-2A Miniature Remote Thermal Imager
$1,600,000 for Advanced Tungsten Penetrators and Ballistic Materials Kennametal, Inc.
$1,600,000 for Manufacturing Technology Development of Advanced Components for High Power Solid-State Lasers Snake Creek Lasers
$1,600,000 for Production of Affordable Direct Methane Fuel Cells Components Dupont
$1,600,000 for Enhanced Self-Sintered Silicon Carbide Body Armor
$1,548,000 for Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA
$1,518,000 for Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton
$1,477,000 for Benjamin Franklin Memorial
$1,425,000 for Schuylkill River
$1,372,000 for U.S. Route 30/Harrisburg Pike Gateway Interchange Project
$1,372,000 for I-81 Rebuild/Expansion
$1,357,300 for Dillerville Rail Yard Relocation
$1,329,000 for Geographic Information System
$1,313,200 for Northwest New JerseylNortheast Pennsylvania Commuter Rail Service, PA
$1,280,000 for Tomahawk Weapons Control System Lockheed Martin Corp.
$1,225,000 for East Carson Street Widening
$1,225,000 for Franklin Street Station Intermodal
$1,175,000 for City of Reading, PA
$1,122,000 for Wyoming Valley (Levee Raising)
$1,029,000 for Erie International Airport, extend Runway 06-24
$1,000,000 for EA-6B ALQ-99 Band 5/6 TWT Driver Modification Triton Services
$1,000,000 for Next Generation Communications System Accipiter Systems
$1,000,000 for Improved HMMWV Tactical Shelter Project Giehner Shelter Systems
$1,000,000 for Special Operations Forces Network-Centric Sharing and Storage Unisys Corporation
$1,000,000 for Flexible Electronics Research Initiative
$1,000,000 for Ceramic Membrane - 10(x) More Energy for Battery Systems Maxpower, Inc.
$984,000 for ITM Reaction-Driven Ceramic Membrane Systems (PA)
$984,000 for Clean and Efficient Diesel Locomotive (PA)
$940,000 for Bethlehem, PA Police Department
$940,000 for City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for a program to reduce youth violence and homicide rates
$847,000 for Coffee and Cocoa, Beltsville, MD
$828,000 for Visiting Quarters, Phase 1
$826,000 for Medical Education Development Consortium for construction
$800,000 for Integrated Power System Converter Converteam
$800,000 for Advance Fire Resistant Protective Shirt Program Nobel Biomaterials
$800,000 for Large Format li-Ion Battery
$788,000 for Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program for Continuation of the Wet Weather Demo Program
$738,000 for Biodiesel Injection Blending Facilities (PA)
$735,000 for Advanced CNG Buses Fleet Replacement-CATA
$686,000 for Replacement Buses, Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA)
$675,000 for Army Reserve Center
$672,000 for Presque Isle Peninsula (Permanent)
$611,000 for City of Reading, PA Police Department, for security enhancements and camera acquisition
$600,000 for Circuit Breaker for Navy Shipboard Power Distribution Systems Eaton Corporation
$590,000 for Juniata Ultra Low Emission Locomotive Demonstrator (PA)
$587,000 for Milk Safety, PA Penn State University
$564,000 for Erie County, Pennsylvania Department of Public Safety, Erie County, PA, for a mobile communication system
$495,000 for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southeastern Pennsylvania, for recruitment, placement, and oversight of school-based mentoring programs
$487,000 for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, for outreach, patient education, and registries.
$457,000 for Thomas Jefferson University Breast Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA for facilities and equipment
$446,500 for Beaver County, PA Emergency Communications
$424,000 for Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation, Philadelphia, PA for on-the-job training in shipbuilding technology
$413,000 for Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania, for recruitment, placement, and oversight of school-based mentoring programs
$400,000 for Specialized Compact Automated Mechanical Clearance Platform (SCAMP) Humanistic Robotics Inc.
$376,000 for Chester County Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office, incident response management technology
$376,000 for East End Cooperative Ministry of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, for at-risk youth programs
$372,000 for Dairy Farm Profitability, PA
$334,000 for Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg, PA for facilities and equipment
$334,000 for King's College, to provide education opportunities for students throughcivic engagement and service learning
$330,000 for United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, for recruitment, placement, and oversight of school-based mentoring programs
$329,000 for Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Police Department, interoperable in-car digital video camera systems
$329,000 for Luzerne County Community College, for training and equipment acquisition
$302,000 for College Misericordia, Dallas, PA for facilities and equipment for the NEPA Assistive Technology Research Institute
$300,000 for Altoona-Blair County Development Corporation's Entrepreneurial Institute
$296,000 for Jameson Hospital for facilities and equipment
$295,000 for The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission for organic detection system improvements
$285,000 for Delaware RVR Comp, NY, NJ, PA, & DE (Watershed Fld. Management)
$282,000 for Clarion Health Center, Clarion, PA for purchase of equipment
$282,000 for City of York, Pennsylvania, for records management system acquisition
$257,000 for Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA for facilities and equipment
$248,000 for Agricultural Entrepreneurial Alternatives, PA Penn State University
$246,000 for Entrepreneurial Alternatives, PA
$245,000 for Mount Nittany Medical Center for construction, renovation and equipment
$235,000 for Erie County, PA
$235,000 for Beaver County, Pennsylvania Emergency Services Center, public safety radio systems acquisition and upgrades
$223,000 for Cooperative Livestock Protection Program, PA APHIS Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
$212,000 for DuBois Regional Medical Center, DuBois, PA for purchase of equipment and electronic medical records upgrades
$204,000 for Widener University, Chester, PA for school-readiness programs
$197,000 for Somerset County for Waterline construction project
$197,000 for Franklin Township for wastewater upgrade and water quality protection project
$197,000 for The Borough of Cochranton for wastewater collection and treatment facilities construction project
$197,000 for Bloomsburg
$187,000 for Foundation of the Delaware County Chamber, Media, PA for workforce development and job readiness services
$172,000 for Lehigh Release at FE Walter Dam
$170,000 for McKelvey Foundation, to an entrepreneurial college scholarships for rural, low-income Pennsylvania and West Virginia high school graduates
$170,000 for Delaware County Community College, for equipment and instrumentation for science, engineering and technology laboratories
$165,000 for Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/College of Medicine
$165,000 for Allegheny General Hospital, for equipment
$165,000 for Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, for college student screening programs.
$165,000 for University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, for equipment.
$165,000 for Geisinger Health System for construction and equipment
$164,500 for Snyder County, Pennsylvania Emergency Services, Snyder County, PA, for interoperable communications
$164,000 for Aquaculture Research Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
$142,000 for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources, PA
$137,200 for Mount Airy USA; Mount Airy Urban Renewal Initiative--blight removal, development, and construction, as part of an urban renewal initiative
$137,200 for Our City Reading; Housing Initiative; rehabilitation of abandoned houses and provide down payment assistance to home buyers
$137,200 for City of Bethlehem, South Bethlehem Workforce Training and Development Center
$137,200 for Lutheran Settlement House, Low-Income Housing and Multi-Purpose Space--planning, design, redevelopment and construction of a facility, which will include affordable housing
$137,200 for City of Scranton, Scranton Housing and Community Space Initiative; planning, design, and construction of apartments and community space, as part of a downtown revitalization initiative
$137,200 for Erie County, for construction of the Erie Technology Incubator, which will promote economic development
$137,200 for Providence Connections, Inc.; Providence Family Support Center, for planning, renovation and redevelopment of the Providence Family Support Center
$128,000 for Military Heritage Center Foundation, Carlisle, PA for the Voices of the Past Speak to the Future program, including purchase of equipment
$123,000 for Fox Chase Cancer Center for equipment
$123,000 for Carnegie Mellon University, equipment and renovation
$123,000 for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia equipment
$123,000 for Polish American Cultural Center
$123,000 for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh construction
$98,000 for The Borough of Bellefonte for waterline replacement project
$98,000 for Gannon University for development of the Erie Technology Incubator for economic development
$98,000 for The City of Scranton for wastewater and stormwater infrastructure project
$94,000 for City of Philadelphia, PA Youth Violence Reduction Partnership
$94,000 for The East End Cooperative Ministry, Pittsburgh, PA
$90,000 for Obesity Interventions (Nutricore), Beltsville, MD (National Program)
$87,000 for Magee Rehabilitation Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, equipment and technology acquisition for a supercomputing facility
$87,000 for East Stroudsburg University, forensic science education programs
$87,000 for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, computer forensic training program at Western Pennsylvania High Tech Crime Training Center
$87,000 for Ephrata Community Hospital for Equipment
$87,000 for Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, technology upgrades and acquisitions
$87,000 for Friends Association for Care and Protection of Children, for programs to provide safe, secure housing for children through an emergency shelter for families, transitional housing, specialized foster care and adoption programs
$87,000 for Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center for medical outreach
$87,000 for Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Greene County for a telemedicine initiative
$87,000 for Hamot Medical Center for Construction and Equipment
$87,000 for Hazelton General Equipment for equipment
$87,000 for Healthy Northwest Pennsylvania Initiative, for health education.
$87,000 for Heritage Valley Health System for construction
$87,000 for Holy Redeemer Health System for construction
$87,000 for Holy Spirit Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Homer-Center School District, for science curriculum development and acquisition of technology
$87,000 for Indiana Regional Medical Center for services expansion
$87,000 for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, equipment acquisition and curriculum development for a mine safety course
$87,000 for Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA), for substance abuse prevention programs
$87,000 for Jefferson Regional Medical Center for equipment
$87,000 for Jewish Family and Children's Services of Greater Philadelphia, for Naturally Occurring Retirement Community demonstration project
$87,000 for Kane Community Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Keystone College, classroom and laboratory equipment upgrades and acquisition
$87,000 for Lackawanna College, laboratory equipment and technology upgrades and acquisition
$87,000 for Lincoln University, campus-wide technology upgrades and wiring
$87,000 for Lock Haven University, professional development partnerships and related services
$87,000 for Lower Bucks Hospital, for autism therapy evaluation.
$87,000 for Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation for equipment
$87,000 for MAGLEV Inc., for a training program in advanced precision fabrication
$87,000 for Marian Community Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Meadville Medical Center for construction and equipment.
$87,000 for Memorial Hospital for information technology equipment.
$87,000 for Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Mercy Health Partners for equipment
$87,000 for Mercy Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Mercy Vocational High School, for vocational educational programs
$87,000 for Messiah College, wireless technology acquisition and technology infrastructure improvements
$87,000 for Mid Valley Hospital for equipment, construction and renovation
$87,000 for Monongahela Valley Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Moravian College, equipment and technology acquisition and curriculum development for a science initiative
$87,000 for Moses Taylor Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Muhlenberg College, education and outreach services to support undergraduate students with disabilities
$87,000 for Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine to develop three models of integrative programs of clinical excellence
$87,000 for Nazareth Hospital, for health outreach.
$87,000 for Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, Scranton, PA for cancer screening evaluation
$87,000 for Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology Institute to connect the 18 regional hospitals with state and federal medical experts during incident response and recovery.
$87,000 for Nueva Esperanza, for HIV/AIDS programs.
$87,000 for Ohio Valley General Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, for publication production.
$87,000 for Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, for domestic violence programs
$87,000 for Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, laboratory equipment and technology upgrades and acquisition
$87,000 for Pennsylvania Women Work! For job training programs
$87,000 for Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, for equipment
$87,000 for Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Nonviolence Inc., for its College for Teens program
$87,000 for Philadelphia University, for the Scientific Reasoning/Inquiry Based Education (SCRIBE) initiative
$87,000 for Pinnacle Health System for Construction
$87,000 for Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, for an infection control training program.
$87,000 for Pocono Medical Center for construction
$87,000 for Potter County Human Services, for health promotion programs.
$87,000 for Project HOME, for an after school program
$87,000 for Reading Hospital and Medical Center for equipment
$87,000 for Redevelopment Authority for the County of Washington, for construction and renovation at Washington Hospital
$87,000 for Robert Morris University, health care professional education programs in the use of electronic health records
$87,000 for Ryan Foundation, for civic education programs
$87,000 for Sacred Heart Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Saint Francis University for equipment
$87,000 for Saint Joseph's University, to develop a Public Education Partnership to provide professional development to area principals and teachers
$87,000 for Saint Luke's hospital for construction and equipment
$87,000 for Saint Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Saint Mary Medical Center for health outreach programs
$87,000 for Seton Hall University, for substance abuse prevention programs
$87,000 for Sharon Regional Health System for equipment
$87,000 for Shippensburg University, for technology upgrades and acquisition
$87,000 for Soldiers and sailors Memorial Hospital for emergency department expansion
$87,000 for Somerset Hospital for equipment
$87,000 for Supporting Autism Families Everywhere, for Autism programs and education.
$87,000 for Susquehanna Health System for equipment
$87,000 for Susquehanna University, for laboratory equipment and technology acquisition
$87,000 for Thiel College, technology infrastructure upgrades and acquisition
$87,000 for Tyrone Hospital, for equipment
$87,000 for United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, for Naturally Occurring Retirement Community
$87,000 for United Mine Workers of America, for a fuel-cell coalmine vehicle demonstration project.
$87,000 for University of Scranton, for equipment acquisition to support nursing and allied health education programs
$87,000 for Washington & Jefferson College, foreign language programs
$87,000 for Wayne Memorial Hospital, for equipment.
$87,000 for WellSpan Health, for health outreach.
$87,000 for West Chester University, technology for infrastructure upgrades and acquisition
$87,000 for Western Pennsylvania Hospital, for construction
$87,000 for Wills Eye Health System, for equipment.
$87,000 for Wistar Institute, for construction.
$87,000 for Wrightco Technologies, Inc., to provide job training, retraining, and vocational educational programs
$87,000 for York College of Pennsylvania, laboratory equipment and technology upgrades and acquisition
$87,000 for Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), for abused and neglected children's CASA programs
$87,000 for Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., for alternative school services
$87,000 for Bucknell University, laboratory equipment acquisition
$87,000 for Albright College, laboratory equipment acquisition
$87,000 for Allegheny Singer Research Institute, for equipment
$87,000 for Alvernia College, scholarships and nursing education programs
$87,000 for American Foundation for Negro Affairs National Education and Research Fund, to raise the achievement level of minority students and increase minority access to higher education
$87,000 for Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, for equipment
$87,000 for Barnes-Kasson County Hospital renovation and equipment
$87,000 for Berks County Intermediate Unit, for music education programs
$87,000 for Chester County Hospital construction
$87,000 for Children's Hospital of KidsPeace, construction and equipment
$87,000 for Children's Institute construction and program expansion
$87,000 for Clearfield Hospital equipment
$87,000 for Clinton County Office of District Attorney, for substance abuse prevention programs
$87,000 for Community Services for Children, Inc., for early childhood development services
$87,000 for Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., for a career education and preparation initiative for at-risk youth
$87,000 for Corporate Alliance for Drug Education, for mental health programs
$87,000 for California University of Pennsylvania, curriculum development and teacher training to enhance math and science instruction
$87,000 for Cedar Crest College, nursing education programs
$74,000 for Center for Dairy Excellence, PA Penn State University
$73,000 for Community Empowerment Association, Inc., for a truancy reduction initiative
$73,000 for Neumann College, for the Partnership Advancing Training for Careers in Health program
$73,000 for Urban League of Lancaster County, Inc., for job training programs
$73,000 for North Side Industrial Development Corporation, for job training programs
$73,000 for Center for Advancing Partnerships in Education, to develop a foreign language distance learning program and for teacher training
$73,000 for Community College of Allegheny College, for job training programs
$73,000 for Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce Enterprise Foundation, for workforce development
$73,000 for Beaver County, to implement educational programming for K-12 students, including safe and appropriate use of the internet
$73,000 for Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service & Education Center, for veterans job training
$73,000 for Chester County Intermediate Unit, for a vocational technical education program
$73,000 for Harrisburg Area Community College, for job training programs
$66,000 for Urban Family Council, for abstinence education and related services
$45,000 for Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, for abstinence education and related services
$45,000 for LaSalle University, for abstinence education and related services
$45,000 for Real Commitment, for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for York County Human Life Services, for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for Washington Hospital Teen Outreach, for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for Women's Care Center of Erie County, Inc., for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for School District of Philadelphia, for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for Heart Beat, for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for Neighborhood United Against Drugs, for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for Catholic Social Services, for abstinence education and related services
$38,000 for Tuscarora Intermediate Unit, for abstinence education and related services
$33,000 for Keystone Central School District, for abstinence education and related services
$33,000 for Keystone Economic Development Corporation, for abstinence education and related services
$29,000 for Crozer Chester Medical Center, for abstinence education and related services
$29,000 for City of Chester, Bureau of Health, for abstinence education and related services
$29,000 for Security on Campus, Inc., for campus safety peer education programs
$29,000 for Nueva Esperanza, for abstinence education and related services
$29,000 for New Brighton School District, for abstinence education and related services
$25,000 for Shepherd's Maternity House, for abstinence education and related services
$25,000 for Guidance Center, for abstinence education and related services
$25,000 for Progressive Believers Ministry, for abstinence education and related services
$25,000 for Family Service & Children's Aid Society, for abstinence education and related services
$24,000 for A+ For Abstinence, for abstinence education and related services
$21,000 for Partners for Healthier Tomorrows, for abstinence education and related services
$21,000 for My Choice, Inc., for abstinence education and related services
$0 for Big Brothers/Big Sisters
$0 for SEARCH Group, Incorporated, Sacramento, CA, Support small to medium sized law enforcement agencies help integrate information criminal justice records with national database and provide technical support.
$0 for American Judicature Society (AJS), for a study to work with the current National Academy of Sciences study to progress forensic sciences

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