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$300 million for replacement, modernization, upgrades of agriculture labs and other facilities

$100 million in competitive grants for USDA research and education activities

$171 million in “Salaries and Expenses” for the Farm Service Agency

$400 million in farm owndership loans

$275 million for “Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations”

$120 million for “Watershed Rehabilitation Program”

$110 million for “Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses”

$11.4 billion for rural housing loans

$127 million for Rural Community Facilities Programs

$150 million for Rural Business loans and grants

$200 million in “Biorefinery Assistance”

$50 million in rural energy assistance

$1.375 billion for “Rural Water and Waste Disposal”

$200 million in “Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband”

$198 million in school lunch funding

$500 million for special WIC supplemental nutrition program

$150 million for “Commodity Assistance Program”

$200 million in farm disaster assistance funds

$28 million for emergency farm loans

$100 million in grants for “aquaculture producers” hit by high feed costs in 2008

Title II

$20 million for “Operations and Administration” of Bureau of Industry and Security

$150 million in “Economic Development Assistance Programs”

$1 billion for the 2010 Census

$9 billion for “Broadband Technology Opportunities Program” at NTIA of that, $350 million to develop and maintain a “broadband inventory map”

$650 million for addition Digital-to-Analog Converter Box coupons

$218 million for Scientific and Technical Research and Services at NIST

$357 million for NIST “Construction of Research Facilities”

(From the Advancing Science, Serving Society” - The proposed stimulus appropriations combined with a regular appropriation could leave NIST with a FY 2009 budget of $1.3 billion or higher, well above the $882 million authorized for FY 2009 in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 and thus on a track to double over a decade.)

$427 million for “Operations, Research, and Facilities” at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

$795 million in NOAA “Procurement, Acquisition and Construction”

$34 million for NOAA “Departmental Management”

$200 million to develop a nationwide wireless network for federal law enforcement

$150 million for the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee - (OFDT) is an organization that achieves efficiencies, effectiveness and operational synergies within the detention and incarceration community by fostering interagency cooperation, mutual understanding, accountability and teamwork.

$50 million for Salaries and Expenses at the U.S. Marshal’s Service

$125 milion for Department of Justice “Construction”

$75 million for Salaries and Expenses at the FBI

$400 million for FBI “Construction”

$1 billion for buildings and facilities in the Federal Prison System

$300 million for grants to combat violence against women

$1.5 billion for Byrne grants

$440 million in State and Local law enforcement grants

$100 million in State and Local grants for anti-narcotics work

$300 million in law enforcement assistance to Indian tribes

$100 million in grants for the Office for Victims of Crime

$150 million for rural law enforcement

$50 million in aid to combat Internet Crimes Against Children

$1 billion for the COPS program (hiring new police officers)

$500 million for NASA “Science”

$250 million for NASA “Aeronautics”

$500 million for NASA “Exploration”

$250 million for NASA HQ and NASA’s nine field centers

$1.2 billion for National Science Foundation “Research and Related Activities”

$150 million for NSF “Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction”

$50 million in NSF “Education and Human Resources”

$1.16 billion for Army Operation and Maintenance

$571 million for Navy Operation and Maintenance

$112 million for Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance

$927 million for Air Force Operation and Maintenance

$79.5 million for Army Reserve Operation and Maintenance

$44.5 million for Navy Reserve Operation and Maintenance

$32.3 million for Marine Corps Reserve Operation and Maintenance

$10.6 million for Air Force Reserve Operation and Maintenance

$215 million for Army National Guard Operation and Maintenance

$20.9 million for Air National Guard Operation and Maintenance

$100 million for “Defense Production Act Purchases”

$200 million for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”

$250 million for “Defense Health Program” for Operation and Maintenance

$2 billion for Army Corps of Engineers water projects

$500 million for Mississippi River and Tributaries projects

$1.9 billion for Army Corps operations and maintenance

$100 million for cleanup at early atomic energy sites

$50 million for Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

$1.4 billion for water projects for Indian tribes

$50 million for the Central Utah Project Completion Act (102-575)

$50 million for the California Bay-Delta Restoration Act (108-361)

$60 million for rural water projects

$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas

$110 million for water reclamation and re-use projects

$2.1 billion for “Energy Efficiency and Conservation” grants to states

$2.1 billion on energy efficiency in government buildings

$2 billion for grants to advanced battery manufacturers

$4.5 billion for “Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability”

$4.6 billion for “Fossil Energy Research and Development”

$483 million for “Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup”

$390 million for “Uranium Enrichment and Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund”

$430 million for “Science” within the Energy Department

$1 billion for Atomic Energy Defense Activities

$5.5 billion for “Defense Environmental Cleanup”

$250 million for Community Development Financial Institutions in the Treasury Dept

$125 million for a federal payment to the Washington, D.C. Water and Sewer Authority

$9 billion for the “Federal Buildings Fund”

$6 billion of that money is for “High Performance Green Buildings”

$600 million to buy high fuel economy vehicles for the federal government

$84 million for salaries and expenses at the Small Business Administration

$248 million for security in the new headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security

$100 million for new port security inspection systems

$97 million to buy new tactical communications equipment

$200 million for security technology on the Mexican border

$800 million for construction of land border posts

$27.8 million for new radio eqiupment for US Immigration agents

$1.2 billion for Aviation Security

$572 million for Coast Guard construction and navigation facilities

$240 million for “Alteration of Bridges”

$100 million in Transportation security grants

$100 million for port security grants

$250 million for emergency operations centers

$500 million to upgrade critical infrastructure

$500 million for upgrades or new fire stations ($15 mill max)

$100 million for emergency food and shelter programs

$15 million for upgrades to FLETC facilities

$14 million for cyber security research

$135 million for Bureau of Land Management

$180 million for BLM Construction

$15 million for Wildland Fire Management

$190 million for Resource Management at Fish and Wildlife Service

$110 million for FWS Construction

$158 million for operations of the National Park System

$55 million for Historic Preservation in Park System

$589 million for NPS Construction

$135 million for US Geological Survey work

$40 million for Bureau of Indian Affairs programs

$522 million for BIA Construction

$800 million for EPA Superfund

$200 million for Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund

$6.4 billion in Clean Water grants

$650 million for Capital improvements at the Forest Service

$650 million for Wildland Fire Management

$50 million for Indian health services

$85 milion for health information technology in Indian health

$410 million for Indian health facilities

$150 million for facilities at the Smithsonian

$3.25 billion for training and employment services, Dept of Labor

$400 million for state unemployment insurance operations

$160 million for building work, Office of Job Corps

$1 billion for construction, renovation of health centers

$412 million for Centers for Disease Control facilities work

$300 million for “National Center for Research Resources” - FY 2009 budget was 1.16 billion

$2.7 billion to Office of the Director of National Institutes for Health

$500 million for buildings and facilities at NIH, Bethesda, Md.

$700 million for health care research and quality

$2 billion for child care grants to states

$400 million in social services block grants

$1 billion for Children and Families Services Programs

$1.1 billion to expand Early Head Start programs

$100 million in Aging nutrition services

$5 billion for Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology - in 2007, this office received 42 million dollars

$5.8 billion in Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund of that - $400 million for screening and prevention of STD’s, including HIV

$870 million for flu vaccine development and purchase

$13 billion for education grants

$17 billion in “School Improvement Programs”

$13.5 billion for “Special Education”

$13.8 billion for Pell Grants and other student financial assistance

$3.5 billion for Higher Education Facilities

$750 million for replacing the National Computer Center for Social Security

$140 million for Social Security IT to facilitate electronic medical records

$200 million for GAO Salaries and Expenses

$637 million for Army Military Construction

$990 million for Navy and Marine Corps construction - half of that money goes to energy conservation and alternative energy projects

$87 million for Air Force construction projects

$118 million for military energy conservation projects

$150 million for Army NationalGuard readiness centers

$110 million for Air National Guard construction projects

$34 million for construction of Army family housing

$80 million for construction of Air Force family housing

$1.04 billion for VA Medical facilities

$323 million for VA energy efficiency initiatives

$64 million for National Cemetery Administration

$195 million for VA information technology systems

$1.1 billion for VA hospital and national cemetery construction

$860 million for VA health care “minor construction”

$257 million for VA nursing home grants to states

$60 million for Cemeterial Expenses - Army

$75 million for a consolidated diplomatic security training facility

$120 million for a State Department backup information management facility

$5.5 billion in grants for surface transportation infrastructure

$200 million for FAA air traffic infrastructure

$1.1 billion in supplementary airport grants

$27 billion in “Supplemental Grants for Highway Investment”

$250 million in grants for intercity passenger rail service

$850 million in capital projects for passenger rail service

$2 billion for high speed rail corridor program

$8.4 billion in grants for public transit investment

$100 million in grants to “small shipyards”

$510 million in Native American Housing Block Grants

$5 billion in “Public Housing Capital Fund”

$2.25 billion for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes

$2.25 billion in “Home Investment Partnership Program”

$1.5 billion for “Homelessness Prevention Fund”

$3.5 billion in Green retrofit efforts in federally assisted housing

$79 billion in stabilization funds to states for education

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