Earmarks Sponsored by Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]

According to data from Taxpayers for Common Sense, Rep. Watt sponsored 28 earmarks worth $28,539,500 for Fiscal Year 2008. His earmarks are listed below, grouped by the bill containing the earmark.

Commerce, Justice & Science

Description Amount Location Other Sponsors
Central Piedmont Community College, high-tech crime scene investigation training $470,000 Charlotte, NC Senate: Burr [, NC]
House:  Hayes [, NC-8], Myrick [, NC-9]
Central Piedmont Community College, NC $352,500 Charlotte, NC Senate: Burr [, NC]
House:  Hayes [, NC-8], Myrick [, NC-9]
City of Winston-Salem, NC $376,000 Winston-Salem, NC Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC]
House:  Foxx [, NC-5]
Livingstone College, NC Criminal Justice Program $329,000 Livingstone College, NC Senate: Dole [, NC]
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], Miller [, NC-13], Myrick [, NC-9], Price [, NC-4], Scott [, GA-13], Thompson [, CA-1], Wilson [, SC-2]
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Law Enforcement Technology $188,000 NC
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Minority NASA Science Initiative $940,000 Unknown House:  Cummings [, MD-7], Jackson-Lee [, TX-18], Meek [, FL-17], Norton [, DC-AL]

Defense

Description Amount Location Other Sponsors
Bioterrorism Operations Policy for Public Emergency Response (BOPPER) $1,600,000 Unknown Senate: Burr [, NC]
Center for Nanoscience and Nanomaterials $1,200,000 Greensboro, NC
Gallium Nitride (GaN) RF Power Technology $1,600,000 Greensboro; Freeport; Charlotte, NC; PA House:  Coble [, NC-6]
Gallium Nitride RF Power Technology $2,000,000 Greensboro; Charlotte, NC; PA Senate: Dole [, NC]
House:  Coble [, NC-6]
Joint Biological Point Detection System [JBPDS] $3,500,000 Unknown Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC]
House:  Hayes [, NC-8], Myrick [, NC-9]

Energy & Water

Description Amount Location Other Sponsors
Bennett College Science and Technology facility (NC) $984,000 NC Senate: Dole [, NC]

Financial Services

Description Amount Location Other Sponsors
City of Charlotte, Belvedere Business Park Project $282,000 Charlotte , NC Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC]

Labor-HHS-Education

Description Amount Location Other Sponsors
Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, NC for equipment, technology, and professional development $526,000 Greensboro, NC Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC]
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:  Miller [, NC-13]
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, for a teletherapy program to address the shortage of speech language pathologists $68,000 Greensboro, NC Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC]
University of North Carolina, with East Carolina University, for the program in Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease. $570,000 Chapel Hill, NC Senate: Dole [, NC]

Transportation and Housing & Urban Development

Description Amount Location Other Sponsors
Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension $1,960,000 NC Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC]
House:  Myrick [, NC-9]
Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension--Northeast Corridor Light Rail Project $2,695,000 Charlotte, NC Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC]
House:  Myrick [, NC-9]
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