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CONGRESSMAN FRANK’S FISCAL YEAR 2008 EARMARK REQUESTS
For each of the requests listed below, the following information is
provided:
*Name/description of the project
*Intended recipient of the funds
*Specific appropriations bill in which funds would be included
Apponagansett Bay Land Conservation purchase
Town of Dartmouth, MA
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
Bristol County (MA) Sewer Improvements
Cities of Fall River and New Bedford, Town of Acushnet
Interior, Environment Appropriations bill
Coastal Systems Technology small business development program
South Coast Development Partnership w/ U Mass Dartmouth
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
Conservation Related to Cranberry Production (Mass. & Wisconsin)
Cranberry grower organizations in both states
Agriculture Appropriations bill
Dighton Drinking Water System Upgrade
Town of Dighton, MA
Interior, Environment Appropriations bill
Facing History and Ourselves conflict resolution and democracy promotion
programs
Facing History and Ourselves, Inc. (Brookline, MA)
State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill
Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr. Pediatric/maternal care
improvements
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill
Health Care of Southeastern Massachusetts at-risk family programs
Health Care of S.E. Mass. (based in Brockton, MA; funds for New Bedford
site)
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill
Liquefied Natural Gas Facility prohibition (not a funding request)
Would bar placement of LNG plant in Fall River, MA
Energy and Water Appropriations bill
Massachusetts Fisheries Institute scallop research
MFI (New Bedford, MA)
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
Mill River (Taunton, MA) habitat restoration study
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
Mount Ida College Veterinary Technology Program
Mt. Ida College (Newton, MA)
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill
Morton Hospital Radiology Department Upgrades
Morton Hospital and Medical Center (Taunton, MA)
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill
Muddy River Ecosystem Restoration/Flood Damage Control (Brookline,
Boston)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Energy and Water Appropriations bill
National Textile Centers program
U Mass Dartmouth and 7 other U.S. higher education institutions
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
Naturally Occurring Retirement Community “Aging Well at Home” program
Jewish Family & Children’s Services for programs in Brookline, Framingham
and Malden
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill
New Bedford Airport safety upgrades
New Bedford Airport
Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill
New Bedford Police Equipment and Technology Upgrades
New Bedford Police Department
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
Newton, MA Rapid Transit Handicap Access Improvements
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)
Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill
Night Vision Technology
Kopin, Inc. (Taunton, MA)
Defense Appropriations bill
Removal of Damaged Mill (New Bedford, MA)
City of New Bedford
Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill
Note – original request was for 2 mills; one is now being addressed by
private developer, and this earmark therefore applies only to removal of
second mill: Elco Dress Factory building
Route I-195/Coggeshall Street Interchange (New Bedford)
design/environmental study
Mass. Highway
Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill
Route 24 lane expansion between Rtes. 495 & 140, design (Raynham &
Taunton, MA)
Mass. Highway
Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill
Route 495 Southbound ramp at Route 140, design (Mansfield, & Norton, MA)
Mass. Highway
Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill
St. Luke’s Hospital endovascular center
St. Luke’s Hospital (New Bedford)
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill
School for Marine Science and Technology northeast fishery research
SMAST (U Mass Dartmouth)
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill
Sonar Modification System
Mikel, Inc. (Fall River, MA)
Defense Appropriations bill
Southeastern Massachusetts-Rhode Island federal pay equity (not a funding
request)
Would treat hourly federal wage earners in SE Mass.-RI region as if they
worked in Boston area for determining pay (Financial Services & General
Government Appropriations bill)
Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program Renovations
Veterans Transition House (New Bedford, MA)
Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill
Shpack Landfill radiologic cleanup (Norton/Attleboro, MA)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Energy and Water Appropriations bill
Taunton Nursing Home renovations
Taunton (MA) Nursing Home
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill
Undersea Oxygen Generation System
Giner Electrochemical Systems, Inc. (Newton, MA)
Defense Appropriations bill
University of Massachusetts Cranberry weed and pest research
U Mass Dartmouth
Agriculture Appropriations bill
Web-based Safety System
International Compliance, Inc. (New Bedford)
Defense Appropriations bill
Westport River Dredging (Westport, MA)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Energy and Water Appropriations bill
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