Posted on 12/15/2010 1:09:39 PM PST by wheresmyusa
Not only is the Food Safety Modernization Act in the Omnibus Bill (pg. 1685), it also authorizes MILLIONS in spending on sustainable agriculture and sustainable development.
Following is the most blatant example:
Pg. 1589
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 9 $150,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable Communities Initiative to improve regional planning ef forts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, and increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning: Provided, That grants under such Initiative may only be made to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), rural planning organizations, States or other units of general local government, Indian tribes, and housing-, economic development- or transportation-related nonprofit organizations:
Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated Planning Grants to support the linking of transportation and land use planning:
Provided further, That not less than $25,000,000 of the funding made available for Regional Integrated Planning Grants shall be awarded to metropolitan areas of less than 500,000:
Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve affordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities
(Excerpt) Read more at appropriations.senate.gov ...
“This is just one of many instances in this abomination of a bill.”.........that some Republicans will support.
Sustainable communities are undrivable communities.
What they did here was take 4 lane heavy traffic streets and turn them into two lanes with a turn lane and two bike lanes.
The Rats are crapping all over us with this.
p. 1579
Provided further, That of the
3 amounts provided under this heading, up to $90,000,000
4 may be available for a demonstration of the Choice Neigh
5 borhoods Initiative (subject to such section 24 except as
6 otherwise specified under the provisos for this demonstra
7 tion under this heading) for the transformation, rehabili
8 tation and replacement housing needs of both public and
9 HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of
10 poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh
11 borhoods with appropriate services, public assets, trans
12 portation and access to jobs and schools, including public
13 schools, community schools and charter schools: Provided
14 further, That for this demonstration, funds may also be
15 used for the conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties
16 to affordable housing: Provided further, That use of funds
17 made available for this demonstration under this heading
18 shall not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding
19 section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grant
20 ees shall commit to an additional period of affordability,
21 determined by the Secretary, but not fewer than 20 years:
22 Provided further, That grantees shall undertake com
23 prehensive local planning with input from residents and
24 the community:
p. 1590
1 Community Challenge Planning Grants to foster reform
2 and reduce barriers to achieve affordable, economically
3 vital, and sustainable communities: Provided further, That
4 before funding is made available for Regional Integrated
5 Planning Grants or Community Challenge Planning
6 Grants, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary
7 of Transportation, shall submit a plan to the House and
8 Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Com
9 mittee on Banking and Urban Affairs, and the House
10 Committee on Financial Services detailing any changes to
11 the grant criteria or performance measures by which the
12 success of grantees will be measured that were first estab
13 lished in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That the Sec
14 retary will consult with the Secretary of Transportation
15 in evaluating grant proposals: Provided further, That up
16 to $10,000,000 shall be for a joint Department of Housing
17 and Urban Development and Department of Transpor
18 tation research effort that shall include a rigorous evalua
19 tion of the Regional Integrated Planning Grants and Com
20 munity Challenge Planning Grants programs, as well as
21 to provide funding for a clearinghouse and capacity build
22 ing efforts: Provided further, That of the amounts made
23 available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be made
24 available for the Rural Innovation Fund for grants to In
25 dian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State community...
P. 1854
1 ‘‘SEC. 405. NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY TRAINING, EDUCATION,
2 EXTENSION, OUTREACH, AND TECHNICAL AS
3 SISTANCE PROGRAM.
4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award
5 grants under this section to carry out the competitive
6 grant program established under section 1012(d) of the
7 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, pursuant to any
8 memoranda of understanding entered into under such sec
9 tion.
10 ‘‘(b) INTEGRATED APPROACH.—The grant program
11 described under subsection (a) shall be carried out under
12 this section in a manner that facilitates the integration
13 of food safety standards and guidance with the variety of
14 agricultural production systems, encompassing conven
15 tional, sustainable, organic, conservation, and environ
16 mental practices.
17 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec
18 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that tar
19 get small- and medium-sized farms, beginning farmers, so
20 cially disadvantaged farmers, small processors, or small
21 fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers.
22 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—
23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordi
24 nate implementation of the grant program under
25 this section with the National Integrated Food Safe
26 ty Initiative.
Why don’t they just declare there is no such thing as private property or property rights and be done with it?
If I read it correctly, roughly 1/4th of the Veterans Administration budget is reserved for changing facilities over to renewable energy sources.
p. 1426
1 CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS
2 SEC. 7076. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appro
3 priated by this Act, up to $1,476,550,000 may be made
4 available for programs and activities to—
5 (1) reduce, mitigate, and sequester greenhouse
6 gases that contribute to global climate change;
7 (2) support climate change adaptation; and
8 (3) protect biodiversity, including wildlife, trop
9 ical forests, and other critical landscapes.
10 (b) USES OF CLEAN ENERGY FUNDING.—Funds ap
11 propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development
12 Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance
13 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ for clean energy
14 programs and activities, may be made available only to
15 support and promote the sustainable use of renewable en
16 ergy technologies and end-use energy efficiency tech
17 nologies, carbon sequestration, and carbon accounting.
P. 1269
6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND
7 For payment to the International Bank for Recon
8 struction and Development as trustee for the Clean Tech
9 nology Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury,
10 $315,000,000, to remain available until expended.
11 CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATEGIC CLIMATE FUND
12 For payment to the International Bank for Recon
13 struction and Development as trustee for the Strategic
14 Climate Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury,
15 $205,000,000, to remain available until expended.
16 GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY FUND
17 For payment as a contribution to a global food secu
18 rity fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $215,000,000,
19 to remain available until expended.
20 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
21 BANK
22 For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor
23 poration by the Secretary of the Treasury, $21,000,000,
24 to remain available until expended.
Did I just hear Juan McCain state on the Michael meds show that the TEA PARTY should be MARCHING ON the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA(aka ORRUPTION).
Exactly.
Rush Limbaugh had an extremely intelligent caller on today. And Rush kept quiet and allowed the man to talk.
The caller had excellent points about the total takeover of the FDA through un-Constitutional means and the total disregard of how tax bills must be originated from the House.
I look forward to January. If only the rats in Congress could be tried and impeached along with the head rat in the White House.
Thanks for bringing up the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (AKA Hope VI).
Here’s a link to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovans 2009 speech on HOPE VI’s transition to the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, and “the Obama Administration’s vision for neighborhood transformation in the 21st century.”
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/speeches_remarks_statements/2009/speech_07142009
My favorite part:
“And if sixteen years of HOPE VI has taught us anything, it’s that building communities in a more integrated and inclusive way isn’t separate from advancing social and economic justice and the promise of America - it’s absolutely essential to it.”
pp. 1271 & 1272
Export-Import Bank of the United States is au
16 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
17 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora
18 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con
19 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi
20 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
21 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
22 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor
23 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur
24 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi
25 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear
(p. 1272)
1 equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than
2 a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the
3 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi
4 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this
5 Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
6 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
7 use of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance au
8 thority available to the Export-Import Bank during the
9 current fiscal year should not result in greenhouse gas
10 emissions from the extraction or production of fossil fuels
11 and the use of fossil fuels in electricity generation exceed
12 ing the total amount of such emissions resulting from the
13 use of such authority during fiscal year 2007, unless not
14 less than 15 days prior to the use of such authority the
15 Export-Import Bank provides written notification to the
16 Committees on Appropriations that the use of such au
17 thority would result in greenhouse gas emissions exceeding
18 such amount and indicating the amount of the increase,
19 and posts such notification on the Bank’s Web site: Pro
20 vided further, That not less than 10 percent of such aggre
21 gate should be used for renewable energy technology and
22 end-use energy efficiency technologies.
Effing disgusting isn’t it....
Exactly.
Effing has become the 51st state, along with being a nascent US political party.
Absolutely, everyone of these posts that has the snippets of text from this abomination of a "bill" simply nauseates me. This whole effin' mess needs to be thrown into a deep pit and burned. They couldn't write more heinous trash if they were trying.
(p. 984)
1 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
2 DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX,
5 XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS
6 Act’’), sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 501,
7 and 514 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
8 1977, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New
9 Emergency Response Act of 2006, sections 20, 21, and
10 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,
11 titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
12 section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of
13 1980, sections 4001, 4004, 4201, and 4301 of the Patient
14 Protection and Affordable Care Act (‘‘PPACA’’), section
15 103(a)(4)(H) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of
16 2002, and for expenses necessary to support activities re
17 lated to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio
18 logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations; in
19 cluding purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles
20 in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and
21 operation of aircraft, $6,288,507,000, of which
22 $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac
23 quisition of real property, equipment, construction, and
24 renovation of facilities, including necessary repairs and
25 improvements to laboratories leased or operated by the
(p. 985)
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; of which
2 $523,305,000 shall remain available until expended for
3 the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F–2 of
4 the PHS Act; of which $25,000,000 shall remain available
5 through September 30, 2012 for chronic disease grants;
6 of which $12,155,000 shall be used for the projects, and
7 in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement de
8 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A
9 of this consolidated Act); of which $118,023,000 for inter
10 national HIV/AIDS shall remain available through Sep
11 tember 30, 2012; of which $150,137,000 shall be available
12 until expended to provide screening and treatment for first
13 response emergency services personnel, residents, stu
14 dents, and others related to the September 11, 2001 ter
15 rorist attacks on the World Trade Center; and of which
16 $5,540,000 shall remain available until expended for re
17 search on underground mine refuge chambers and alter
18 natives: Provided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of sec
19 tion 2821(b) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds
20 made available under this heading: Provided further, That
21 in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized
22 user fees shall be credited to this account: Provided fur
23 ther, That with respect to the previous proviso, authorized
24 user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program shall be
25 available through September 30, 2012:
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