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Lisa Murkowski sponsored or co-sponsored 57 earmarks totalling $79,647,250 in fiscal year 2010, ranking 78th out of 100 senators. To learn more about earmarks, visit our Earmarks section.

Earmark Dollars By Location

Location Total
Anchorage, AK $27,215,000
no town given, AK $20,991,250
Eielson Air Force Base, AK $13,350,000
All Others $8,480,000
no town given, AK; UT $2,400,000
Ketchikan, AK $1,850,000
Unalaska, AK $1,453,000
Juneau, AK $1,308,000
North Pole, AK $1,300,000
Fairbanks, AK $1,300,000

Earmarks details

How to read this table

The table lists all earmarks sponsored by this member alone or in concert with other members of Congress. The table also includes information about the specified recipients of the earmark and their contributions to this member. Some earmarks don't identify a recipient while others have multiple recipients. In the case of multiple recipients, the same earmark is listed for each recipient. As a result, you cannot count the items or add up all the figures in the table to obtain the total number of earmarks or total cost of the earmarks for the member. National earmarks sponsored by this member along with other members of Congress and/or the president are not included.

The "Indivs" column represents contributions to the lawmaker by employees of the earmark recipient and their families. "PACs" shows contributions from the recipient's political action committee. "Lobbying" represents total lobbying expenditures made by the earmark recipient during the year when budget bills were under consideration (during 2009 for the FY10 bills, for example).

Note: Earmarks were banned by Congress in February 2011. The ban has not been lifted.

Description Bill Amount Earmarks Individuals PACs Lobbying
11th AF
Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) Enhancements
Anchorage, AK
Defense $12,680,000 $0 $0 $0
Denali Commission to support health projects and economic development activities for the arctic region under the Denali Commission Act of 1998
AK
Labor-HHS-Education $10,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Arctic Utilidors-Ph 11
Eielson Air Force Base, AK
Military Construction $9,900,000 $0 $0 $0
11th AF
Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) Enhancements
Anchorage, AK
Defense $6,900,000 $0 $0 $0
Taxiway Golf Lighting
Eielson Air Force Base, AK
Military Construction $3,450,000 $0 $0 $0
Southwest Alaska Regional Geothermal Energy Project (AK)
AK
Energy and Water $2,500,000 $0 $0 $0
Kachemak Research Development
Under-Vehicle Inspection System
AK; UT
Defense $2,400,000 $2,000 $0 $0
Denali Commission Transportation Program, AK
AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $2,313,250 $0 $0 $0
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, for training dental health care workers
Anchorage, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $2,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Venture Ad Astra
P-Net Ballistic Missile Technology
AK
Defense $2,000,000 $0 $0 $0
11th AF 611th Air Operations Group
Alaska Joint Command and Control Infrastructure and Physical Security
Anchorage, AK
Defense $1,560,000 $0 $0 $0
Unalaska Harbor, AK
Unalaska, AK
Energy and Water $1,453,000 $0 $0 $0
168th Air Refueling Wing
Facility Renovations and Retrofit, 168th Air Refueling Wing
North Pole, AK
Defense $1,300,000 $0 $0 $0
FNSB Road and Bridge Improvements, AK
AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Bristol Bay Borough, AK
Bristol Bay Borough, AK, For infrastructure expansion at the Port of Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay Borough, AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Juneau International Airport MALSR Lighting, AK
Juneau, AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Alaska Climate Center (AK)
AK
Energy and Water $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Yukon-Kuskokwim Heath Corporation, Bethel, AK, for facilities and equipment
Bethel, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Combined Facility/Copper River Native As
Multi-Disciplinary Combined Facility for the Copper River Native Association, Cantwell, AK, for construction of a facility
Cantwell, AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, for facilities and equipment
Anchorage, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Arterial Road and Bridge Improvements, Matanuska-Susitna, AK
Mat-Su Borough, AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Fairbanks Geothermal Energy Project
Fairbanks, AK
Energy and Water $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
City of Ketchikan, AK, for facilities and equipment at Ketchikan General Hospital
Ketchikan, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $1,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Alaska Coastal Erosion, AK
AK
Energy and Water $921,000 $0 $0 $0
State of Alaska
Drug and Alcohol Interdiction, Rural Law Enforcement Training and Equipment
Anchorage, AK
Commerce-Justice-Science $900,000 $15,500 $0 $10,000
Fort Greely Garrison
Post Security Enhancements, Fort Greely, AK
Delta Junction, AK
Defense $800,000 $0 $0 $0
City of Homer for planning and design of a new drinking water system
Homer, AK
Interior $500,000 $0 $0 $0
Covenant House Alaska
Covenant House Alaska, Anchorage, AK , for the relocation of a crisis center facility
Anchorage, AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $500,000 $0 $0 $0
State of Alaska
US/Canada Yukon River Salmon Agreement Studies
AK
Commerce-Justice-Science $500,000 $15,500 $0 $10,000
Maniilaq Association, Kotzebue, AK, for facilities and equipment
Kotzebue, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $500,000 $0 $0 $0
Replacement and Rehabilitation of Municipal Bridges and Trestles, City of Ketchican, AK
Ketchikan, AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $500,000 $0 $0 $0
City of Soldotna for a water and wastewater improvements project
Soldotna, AK
Interior $500,000 $0 $0 $0
City of Buckland for construction of a piped water and sewer system
Buckland, AK
Interior $500,000 $0 $0 $0
Avant-Garde Learning Foundation, Anchorage, AK, for educational activities
Anchorage, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $500,000 $0 $0 $0
Petersburg Harbor, AK
Petersburg, AK
Energy and Water $482,000 $0 $0 $0
Providence Health and Services, Anchorage, AK for a physician recruitment and retention initiative
Anchorage, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $350,000 $0 $0 $0
University of Alaska, Small Business Development Center, Ketchikan. AK
Ketchikan, AK
Financial Services $350,000 $0 $0 $0
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, AK, to expand vocational training including distance learning technologies
Juneau, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $308,000 $0 $0 $0
State of Alaska
Bering Sea Crab Management and Research
AK
Commerce-Justice-Science $300,000 $15,500 $0 $10,000
Municipality of Skagway for a wastewater treatment facility expansion project
Skagway, AK
Interior $300,000 $0 $0 $0
State of Alaska
Seal and Steller Sea Lion Biological Research
AK
Commerce-Justice-Science $300,000 $15,500 $0 $10,000
University of Alaska/Fairbanks
Extended Continental Shelf Mapping
Fairbanks, AK
Commerce-Justice-Science $300,000 $2,550 $0 $0
Fort Greely Garrison
IT and Information Management Upgrades, Fort Greely, AK
Delta Junction, AK
Defense $300,000 $0 $0 $0
Kodiak Harbors, AK
Kodiak, AK
Energy and Water $240,000 $0 $0 $0
Abused Women's Aid in Crisis
Abused Women's Aid in Crisis; Anchorage, AK, For infrastructure improvements at a center to serve victims of domestic violence
Anchorage, AK
Transportation-Housing and Urban Development $200,000 $0 $0 $0
Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partnership for the AMBIT Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum, Anchorage, AK
Anchorage, AK
Financial Services $200,000 $0 $0 $0
Valdez Navigation Improvements, AK
AK
Energy and Water $157,000 $0 $0 $0
Whittier Harbor, Whittier, AK
Whittier, AK
Energy and Water $134,000 $0 $0 $0
Homer Harbor Navigation Improvements, AK
Homer, AK
Energy and Water $134,000 $0 $0 $0
Anchorage Project Access, Anchorage, AK, for health care coordination and supplies
Anchorage, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $125,000 $0 $0 $0
United Way Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, for the Alaska 2-1-1 referral system
Anchorage, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $100,000 $0 $0 $0
Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Assn
The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association
Anchorage, AK
Commerce-Justice-Science $100,000 $0 $0 $0
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, for a mentoring demonstration project
Anchorage, AK
Labor-HHS-Education $100,000 $0 $0 $0
Kotzebue Small Boat Harbor, AK
Kotzebue, AK
Energy and Water $90,000 $0 $0 $0
Alaska Territorial Guard
Alaska Territorial Guard
AK
Defense $0 $0 $0 $0
11th AF
Training Range Upgrades
Salcha, AK
Defense $0 $0 $0 $0
Section 116--Alaska Coastal Erosion
AK
Energy and Water $0 $0 $0 $0

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