Earmarks Sponsored by Rep. R. Miller [D, NC-13]
According to data from Taxpayers for Common Sense, Rep. Miller sponsored 19 earmarks worth $47,485,000 for Fiscal Year 2008. His earmarks are listed below, grouped by the bill containing the earmark.
Ag-Rural Development-FDA
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Fermentation Research, Raleigh, NC | $359,000 | Raleigh, NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Etheridge [, NC-2], McIntyre [, NC-7], Price [, NC-4] |
| Town of Cary Swift Creek watershed protection and stream bank restoration, NC | $212,000 | Cary, NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Price [, NC-4] |
Commerce, Justice & Science
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cary, NC Police Department Technology Upgrades | $352,500 | Cary, NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Price [, NC-4] |
| Elon University of Law, Juvenile Justice Intervention and Mediation Clinic, Greensboro, NC | $235,000 | Greensboro, NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Coble [, NC-6] |
| 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 | $4,700,000 | AL; CA; GA; MA; NC; NY; PA; SC | Senate:
Burr [, NC],
Chambliss [, GA],
Clinton [, NY],
Dole [, NC],
Graham [, SC],
Kennedy [, MA],
Kerry [, MA],
Shelby [, AL],
Specter [, PA]
House: Aderholt [, AL-4], Butterfield [, NC-1], Coble [, NC-6], Etheridge [, NC-2], Frank [, MA-4], Hayes [, NC-8], Hinchey [, NY-22], Jones [, NC-3], Lungren [, CA-3], Mchenry [, NC-10], McIntyre [, NC-7], Myrick [, NC-9], Price [, NC-4], Scott [, GA-13], Thompson [, CA-1], Watt [, NC-12], Wilson [, SC-2] |
| Wake County, NC Interoperable Communications Project | $681,500 | Wake County, NC | Senate:
Burr [, NC],
Dole [, NC]
House: Etheridge [, NC-2], Price [, NC-4] |
Defense
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Anti-Submarine Vertical Beam Array | $1,000,000 | Greensboro, NC | Senate:
Burr [, NC]
House: Coble [, NC-6] |
| Development and Simulation for Advanced Troop Protection Concepts in Urban Warfare | $800,000 | Raleigh , NC | House: Etheridge [, NC-2], Price [, NC-4] |
| FRESH (Field Renewable Energy System Hybrids) Li Ion Battery | $1,000,000 | Dayton, OH | |
| Secure Open Systems Institute | $2,400,000 | Raleigh, NC | House: Price [, NC-4] |
Energy & Water
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Rogers, Creedmoor, North Carolina | $59,000 | Creedmoor, NC | |
| Nanostructural Materials for Safe Alternative Energy (NC) | $984,000 | NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Price [, NC-4] |
Interior
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Systems Council WellCare water well owner technical assistance program | $689,000 | National | Senate:
Baucus [, MT],
Bayh [, IN],
Cardin [, MD],
Clinton [, NY],
Crapo [, ID],
Dole [, NC],
Grassley [, IA],
Harkin [, IA],
Kohl [, WI],
Lincoln [, AR],
Lugar [, IN],
Pryor [, AR],
Reed [, RI],
Schumer [, NY],
Smith [, OR],
Wyden [, OR]
House: Allen [, ME-1], Boswell [, IA-3], Etheridge [, NC-2], Gohmert [, TX-1], Hooley [, OR-5], Langevin [, RI-2], Larson [, CT-1], Michaud [, ME-2], Moore [, KS-3], Price [, NC-4], Reynolds [, NY-26] |
Labor-HHS-Education
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Education Program (Center for Civic Education and National Council on Economic Education) It is also for a comprehensive program between the Center for Civic Education, Indiana University and NCSL to improve public education of the congress and state legislatures. | $32,485,000 | Unknown | Senate:
Akaka [, HI],
Baucus [, MT],
Bayh [, IN],
Biden [, DE],
Bingaman [, NM],
Boxer [, CA],
Brown [, OH],
Bunning [, KY],
Cantwell [, WA],
Cardin [, MD],
Clinton [, NY],
Cochran [, MS],
Coleman [, MN],
Conrad [, ND],
Dodd [, CT],
Dole [, NC],
Durbin [, IL],
Ensign [, NV],
Feinstein [, CA],
Hagel [, NE],
Kennedy [, MA],
Kerry [, MA],
Landrieu [, LA],
Leahy [, VT],
Levin [, MI],
Lieberman [, CT],
Lugar [, IN],
Martinez [, FL],
Menéndez [, NJ],
Murkowski [, AK],
Nelson [, FL],
Pryor [, AR],
Reed [, RI],
Salazar [, CO],
Sanders [, VT],
Schumer [, NY],
Sessions [, AL],
Smith [, OR],
Snowe [, ME],
Stabenow [, MI],
Wyden [, OR]
House: Abercrombie [, HI-1], Davis [, AL-7], Davis [, KY-4], Dent [, PA-15], Dingell [, MI-15], Eshoo [, CA-14], Kildee [, MI-5], Kind [, WI-3], Matsui [, CA-5], Moran [, KS-1], Rahall [, WV-3] |
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, Greensboro, NC for a project to reduce suspension rates of students in the Guilford County School System | $390,000 | Greensboro, NC | Senate:
Burr [, NC],
Dole [, NC]
House: Watt [, NC-12] |
| Person Memorial Hospital, Roxboro, NC for facilities and equipment | $331,000 | Roxboro, NC | |
| WakeMed Health & Hospitals, for the Emergency Operations and Regional Call Center. | $170,000 | Raleigh, NC | Senate: Dole [, NC] |
Transportation and Housing & Urban Development
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| To Interact, for renovation and build out of a shelter for victims of domestic violence | $147,000 | Raleigh, NC | |
| TTA Replacement Buses | $490,000 | NC | |
