[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 154 (Friday, November 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H10925-H10957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3058, TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 565, I
call up the conference report on the bill (H.R. 3058) making
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and
independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and
for other purposes.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 565, the
conference report is considered read.
(For conference report and statement, see prior proceedings of the
House of November 17, 2005.)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr.
Knollenberg) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) each will
control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg).
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I bring to the House the first-ever conference report for
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary,
the independent agencies, plus the District of Columbia. This is a
complex bill, but an important bill, making appropriations for our
Nation's important infrastructure: roads, airports and rail, for our
Nation's capital, for our Nation's housing needs, and for our Nation's
judiciary. We have met the needs for fiscal year 2006, all the while
staying within our 302(b) allocation of $65.9 billion, and total
spending of $133.4 billion.
I would like to thank my friend and ranking member, the gentleman
from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), for all of the hard work and the keen
interest in the programs in this bill. He has proven to be a valuable
partner, and I want to commend him. He has made significant
contributions to this bill, and I thank him for his support.
I would also like to thank the members of the subcommittee for their
hard work during the hearing process and in creating the bill. I
certainly want to mention and point out that this staff, the entire
staff, has really done some extraordinary things over the last several
days, and they have had some sleepless nights, and so they are prepared
to leave here tonight and catch up on some needed sleep.
This is a good bill, a clean bill, and one that I urge a ``yes'' vote
to pass the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development,
the Judiciary, and the District of Columbia bill.
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Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I am surprised, I think we must be on the train headed
for Turkey or something like that, because I expected to have my
chairman to have a good many more comments to say than he has done.
Mr. Speaker, at the outset I would like to thank the staff on both
sides for their exceedingly diligent work in putting this conference
report together. I want to recognize our committee clerk Dena Baron and
her excellent majority staff, including Cheryle Tucker, Dave Gibbons,
Steve Crane, Dave Napoliello, Christian Jones and Tammy Hughes.
And for the minority, I thank the committee staff Mike Malone and
Michelle Burkett, and Shalanda Young; and from my own staff, Matt
Washington and Nora Kaitfors.
All worked under particularly difficult circumstances to complete
this bill and deserve our gratitude for a job well done.
I also want to thank Chairman Knollenberg for his hard work and
dedication, and for the constructive relationship that we have forged
thus far as the chairman and the ranking member of this complicated
jurisdiction. I particularly congratulate Chairman Knollenberg for the
collaborative way in which the majority and the minority staffs worked
to bring this bill forward, and congratulate the chairman because he
has not simply allowed, but encouraged that collaboration, and the
collaboration has gotten stronger and more effective throughout the
workings of the subcommittee in the hearings, then the Appropriations
Committee process, then floor consideration, then the conference, and
today the conference report. So I am particularly grateful to him for
that collaboration.
This is a very complex bill. There are nine titles to this bill
really covering two different divisions, because the jurisdiction is a
little bit different in the other body than it is in this House. The
portion of our jurisdiction which is the District of Columbia makes up
a separate subcommittee on the other side.
The allocation for this overall subcommittee was below both the House
and the Senate, by more than a billion dollars below the House number
and more than a half a billion dollars below the Senate's number. All
or part of a billion dollars would have made a great difference where
holes remain in this bill. But that was the allocation that we were
given, and so we had to deal with it.
With that I want to just point out first that in the matter of the
District of Columbia, which is a separate division within this bill, as
I mentioned, it is an important and sometimes overlooked portion of the
bill, perhaps partly so because of the different jurisdictions in the
House and the Senate. It makes up only a small portion of the
appropriation in the combined bill, but the value of the initiatives
funded through this bill cannot be understated.
I am pleased that we were able to provide valuable funding for
important initiatives that include the Anacostia River Trail, the Water
and Sewer Authority and for elementary and secondary and postsecondary
education. I particularly regret the continuing rider forbidding the
use of local funds for needle exchange programs. I think they are an
important tool in a city such as our Capital which has a high HIV
incidence. But I do commend the chairman for ensuring no new social
riders were placed on the District of Columbia.
Mr. Speaker, if one looks at this legislation because of the
allocations being low, I think if you have a primary interest in the
judiciary, you are going to find good and bad provisions within the
title relating to the judiciary. If your primary interest is in
housing, you may find good and bad there. If it is in transportation,
you may find good and bad there. But I believe that no one can
legitimately find the effect of the low and, in my view, inadequate
allocation is disproportionately borne by any one title or subtitle
within the bill.
In housing, for instance, the sections that were so hotly contested
on the floor when the House bill was under consideration here back in
July, that section, most of those hotly contested items have been
included simply by balancing halfway, reaching halfway between the two
branches. One in particular, if I remember in particular, the shop
program, it was in the House bill and not in the Senate, and the House
number is the one that is used in the final report. So these provisions
are fairly dealt with.
In the transportation section, probably the most hotly contested
issue was the issue of Amtrak. And in this conference report, we have
provided the largest total number of dollars for Amtrak that has ever
been provided by going halfway between the House and the Senate
numbers.
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But at the same time, we have used what I think are very valuable
fire walls between capital spending and debt financing and operating
subsidy, and provided also language that should lead to important and
significant reforms in the operation of Amtrak. So, I think that too is
very fair. In fact, my comments about there being, for those who might
be interested in only one title, or primarily in one title, could also
apply to the good and bad in the titles which are the part of the 60 or
70 or so outside sections, those sections are included in the two
titles that are general provisions for the agencies in this bill alone,
and then general provisions that apply to all of government.
I want to mention just a couple of those because in one case, the
case of Cuba language, we fought a war in Vietnam against the Communist
North Vietnamese, the Viet Cong, in which more than 50,000 American
young men and women died. Yet we have normalized relations with Vietnam
by following an engagement communication trade and travel policy.
Similarly, we fought a war against China, which is virtually to the
day now 55 years ago, started 55 years ago on the Korean peninsula, and
we have again followed the engagement communication trade and travel
policy with Communist China. And China, it goes so far as to now have
China with the largest trade surplus with respect to us. Obviously our
largest trade deficit is with Communist China, and China holds the
second largest amount of our national debt that is held by a foreign
nation.
Again, this year, the House and the Senate passed, by roll call votes
in each branch, identical language to bring us to a rational engagement
communication trade and travel policy in Cuba, which has been so
successful in the case of Vietnam and China. You will not find any such
language in this conference report. I regret that deeply because what I
think that means is that America will continue its hyperventilated
tantrum against Cuba for another year, and that is unfortunate that we
are putting off the normalization of our relations with Cuba.
But at the same time, while I regret that, I see elsewhere other
provisions that are in the so-called general provisions, which are very
good. The conference report includes corporate expatriates language
that was in the Senate bill which prohibits Federal agencies which are
part of this act from contracting with corporations that located
outside the United States to avoid paying corporate taxes. This
language has been fought over year after year in this House of
Representatives, and I am glad that we have gone along with the
Senate's language and included it in this conference report.
This report provides a level playing field for our dedicated Federal
employees by including language that deals with the Federal employee
contracting out protections often referred to as ``A-76.'' This is the
third straight year that conferees negotiated a compromise provision;
however, this year the provision remains, and once again the intent of
this House is carried out. And I thank Chairman Knollenberg for that.
On balance, I believe that this is a very good bill. Under Chairman
Knollenberg's guidance the staff has produced a fair and proportionate
bill, and I hope that the conference report will be adopted
overwhelmingly.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), the ranking member on the Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee.
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Mr. PETRI. Mr. Speaker, I want to express my outrage that this
conference report substantially weakens provisions providing greater
consumer protection for victims of unscrupulous movers that were part
of the transportation bill that was signed into law less than 4 months
ago.
Let me first say thank you to Chairman Knollenberg and also to the
Speaker. And I want to thank the staff, as well, for the consideration
that they have given to the authorizing committees and for providing
such strong support for as long as was possible. I appreciate your
efforts.
But it is simply wrong that this conference report contains
provisions that were specifically rejected by the Senate when it was
considering its transportation bill earlier this year and that were
rejected during the conference on the transportation bill this past
summer.
For years I have worked to provide relief to the many citizens from
all across this country who call my office and other offices around
here seeking help because they have been victimized and find they have
nowhere to turn. The most egregious of these situations is where a
moving company holds all of their earthly possessions until they pay
thousands of dollars in excess of the original estimate, basically
extortion. These people find themselves in a strange city with no goods
and no recourse.
The Department of Transportation is simply not suited to police the
1.5 million interstate moves that occur each year. Until recently, a
total of three people were assigned to handle complaints, and they
could do little about them. States which want to get involved and
oversee intrastate moves with little controversy have been told by the
courts that they have no jurisdiction since this is interstate
commerce. So SAFETEA-LU created a partnership with the States by
allowing them to enforce Federal consumer protection rules, a model
that works well in other areas.
It is disheartening that only a few months after these new
authorities were put in place, before they could really even take
effect, some in the Senate have seen fit to reopen these provisions and
basically neuter the consumer protection provisions included in
SAFETEA-LU. Most shockingly, State authorities will only be able to
initiate actions against certain carriers, and all others are protected
no matter what their actions may be. We are putting up roadblocks when
we should be tearing them down.
Mr. Speaker, inclusion of these provisions is wrong on so many
levels. It is an affront to all authorizing committees that language
just negotiated after years of discussion can be cast aside and changed
in an appropriation bill. It is wrong that those who did not get what
they wanted and were rejected both in the Senate and in conference can
then get another bite at the apple and basically hijack the consumer
protection provisions this Congress approved in July. What we are doing
is, once again, leaving the little guy unprotected with nowhere to
turn, with no recourse, as their lives are in ruins.
Could we not, for a change, stand up for the consumer against
industry and correct the injustice? It is a sad day when we make it
more difficult, and not less, for our citizens to get the recourse that
they deserve.
This was not a move on the part of this body. Again, thanks to
Chairman Knollenberg, the leadership, the Senate Commerce Committee and
others who fought this hijacking. It is unfortunate for consumers
across the Nation that we were not able to beat back this assault.
Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Michigan (Ms. Kilpatrick), a member of the subcommittee.
Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I thank my ranking member
for yielding. Thank you very much.
I say to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg), I am so very
proud of his leadership, as he has taken this bill, a very difficult
bill with many agencies and multimillions of dollars, and am very proud
of the gentleman as a Congressman, and certainly for our State, for his
leadership.
I thank Ranking Member Olver for, as well, working to see that we got
through this and did our best to fund the roads, the bridges, the
transit agencies and all that goes with that. I appreciate how the
gentlemen work together and how you allow all of us, the subcommittee
members, to participate. I think we were unique in that, and I want to
thank the gentlemen.
I want to give special thanks to the staffs on both sides of the
aisle. We know how important staff is, and I tell you, from Mike
Malone, and I am going to mess up if I start naming names, but I want
to name a couple of them. Just thank you very much for all the work
that you do. Our staffs, we could not do half the work we do as
efficiently if it were not for the staffs on both sides of the aisle,
so I thank you for that as well.
I am a little concerned that in the HUD budget we did not assess and
continue to work to change what was changed a few years ago, for the
snapshot for receiving section 8 vouchers from the 3-month look to a
12-month look. At a time when housing needs are most pressing, I do
believe that still we need to be able to take a 12-month snapshot of
the housing authorities and then determine what their funding ought to
be.
In my own State of Michigan, and my district particularly, we are
losing 1,500 slots because we use a 3-month snapshot of expenses rather
than a full 12 months. So, as a result, some housing authorities will
get more money. Others, like mine, will get less and we will find many,
many people out in the cold literally because they do not have adequate
housing.
Metro Airport, at our Detroit Metro Airport, it is a brand new
airport. FAA is finding, and we had in our report language last year
and it did not happen, and we tried to do it again this year, to make
it a little stronger. Black mold is in there with the air traffic
controllers; we need to alleviate that so that they can be healthy and
do their jobs as well, and I hope the FAA will take another look at
that. It is most important; a new facility, air traffic controllers are
working in black mold, and we all know how toxic black mold can be.
Overall, I love the bill. It is a good bill. I urge my colleagues to
support it, with two exceptions. With HUD, I want us to work more on
that and I look forward to working with both the chairman and ranking
member on better HUD funding and a better snapshot of the expenses so
that all the housing authorities can get their equal share of that.
Again, I thank the chairman and the ranking member and your staffs
for bringing forth a wonderful transportation bill.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill, and I want to commend
Chairman Knollenberg, Ranking Member Olver and the staff of the
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the District
of Columbia and Independent Agencies Subcommittee for their hard work
in getting this bill to the House floor.
This bill provides a total of $137 billion in total budgetary
resources and $65.9 billion in discretionary spending for the
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development,
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies. This is $5.2
billion above the request and $2.7 billion more than the previous year.
surface transportation
Under the bill, highways and transit receive healthy increases under
the conference report. The bill follows the guidelines under SAFETEA-LU
for surface transportation projects. It provides a $36.0 billion
highway obligation limitation, which is a $1.6 billion increase over
FY05 and a $1.3 billion increase over the President's request.
Like SAFETEA-LU, the bill provides significant increases in the
transit accounts, and funds New Starts programs $1.5 billion.
The increases in transportation will help cities like Detroit to
invest in and maintain their transportation infrastructure and enhance
the mobility of the traveling public to move to their jobs and make our
communities more livable.
SC Amtrak
Amtrak is funded at $1.313 billion, which will enable the national
passenger rail system to maintain current operational requirements. The
bill contains a number of mandates on the system: find savings in food
and beverage service, first class service, and commuter rail fees.
Amtrak also would be barred from marketing ticket discounts of more
than 50 percent in peak hours: includes a new discretionary account,
the Efficiency Incentive Fund, which the Secretary of Transportation
can parse out as grants to fund priority capital improvements that are
directly tied to short-term operating savings.
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The bill funds the Federal Aviation Administration at $13.8 billion--
$276 million above the fiscal year 2005 level and $1.105 billion above
the President's request. This includes $3.55 billion for the Airport
Improvement Program. The bill includes $25 million to hire and train
595 new air traffic controllers, and an additional $12 million above
the request to hire and train safety inspectors in the office of
aircraft certification and flight standards.
The House report contained language that requires the FAA to provide
the Committee with a report on its effort to remediate a Black Mold
problem in the control tower at the Detroit Metropolitan and Wayne
County Airport. My colleagues in Southeast Michigan have received
complaints from the people who work in the tower that this problem is
causing workers to become ill and unfit for work. I am looking forward
to receiving FAA's response.
Housing and Urban Development
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is funded at
$34.0 billion; $2.1 billion above last year's level and $4.9 billion
above the President's request.
I am disappointed that the conference failed to address the problem
of the unfair distribution of renewal funding for the Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher Program.
The trend of the past few years has been to base budget allocations
on a 3-month ``snap-shot.'' This arbitrary snap-shot creates a
disparity where some housing agencies wind up with more money than they
need and others have to turn families out into the cold because their
under-estimated budgets could no longer support the same number of
vouchers.
At a time when rising energy costs are driving utility costs up, and
job markets are fluctuating, particularly in areas like Michigan, we
cannot ignore the impact of yearly market changes on subsidy needs.
Treasury
Department of Treasury is funded at $11.7 billion, $400 million above
FY05 and $50 million above the President's request.
The Internal Revenue Service is funded at request level of $10.7
billion, $434 million above FY05.
The bulk of the increase is for the tax enforcement activities of the
IRS.
Federal Election Commission is funded at the budget request of $55
million, $3 million above FY05 and the Election Assistance Commission
is funded at $16 million.
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume
to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis), the chairman of the full
Appropriations Committee.
Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, Chairman Knollenberg, my
colleague from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) I rise simply to express my
deepest appreciation for the work that you have been about on this
newly organized subcommittee that has a variety, a mix, of complex
issues that can conflict with each other, issues that if taken the
wrong way, can cause bills to be stymied and no progress made. You have
done a very, very fine job of establishing a tone that says that we can
work together. And where Appropriations does its best work is when we
reach across the aisle and recognize that while we do not have to agree
100 percent of the time, there is little doubt that a real solution
comes when we do think about these alternatives, talking to one another
as human beings and people who represent citizens across the country as
well.
The bill is a very fine bill, a great job. I want to congratulate the
staff, especially, as we have gone through this transition. They have
done wonderful work. I congratulate the entire subcommittee.
Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Frank), the ranking member of the Financial Services
Committee.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the good work
that was done by members of the subcommittee, and I am going to vote
for the bill in recognition of the very good efforts. I believe the
chairman, operating within the constraints that he had to operate
within, did a reasonable job. I very much agree with the gentlewoman
from Michigan who lamented some of the decisions that were made with
regard to HUD, and I appreciate the work that has been done by my
colleague from Massachusetts in a number of areas.
Just briefly, I want to comment on one subject, and that is the
question of earmarks in transportation. The Governor of my State put
out a transportation plan for the entire State earlier this year. The
only two highway projects for the entire region of the State in
southeastern Massachusetts that several of us represent came because
our colleagues in the committees did what we asked and earmarked some
funding.
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That is, not only were those earmarks very important for the local
areas, but the State then adopted them as their only projects. So for
people who think that earmarks somehow are some excrescence imposed
from without, in my judgment, they often reflect better the local
priorities; and one of the ones where I have gotten some help from the
ranking member and others is to create the first handicapped-accessible
commuter rail station on an important commuter route going into Boston
from the west. I make no apologies for that earmark.
Unfortunately, this subcommittee, however, had to operate within the
constraints of a terrible budget, and while they did the best they
could, with one exception, I would join the gentleman from Michigan in
regretting the choice that was made about the voucher funding formula;
they did not, I think, take the right choice there. They adopted a
formula that locks into the past, and let me predict now that Members,
once again, are going to start hearing from their local communities as
the year goes on about problems with vouchers, about the waiting list
being too long, about people being upset; and it is probably because of
what we have been coerced into doing here.
The other problem, though, is that in some cases we simply have too
little money for the programs. Community Development Block Grants is
cut I am told about 9 percent, $362 million. That is a very important
program. It is not the fault of the subcommittee. They have been given
an allocation. Well, I take it back. It is not the fault of those
members of the subcommittee that did not vote for the budget. Members
of the subcommittee that voted for the budget I think are hard-pressed
to complain about what it did to their allocation. That is a self-
inflicted wound.
But we ought to be clear that as a result of the spending
constraints, I take it back, not spending constraints, the misallocated
priorities, because there is certainly plenty of money being spent
elsewhere in this budget that need not have been spent; but because of
these terrible priorities, Community Development Block Grants gets
about a 9 percent cut, and there is not much money for brownfields.
Hope VI is a very important program. Three years ago it was at $574
million. Today it is at $100 million because we have an administration
ideologically opposed to it, despite an overwhelming bipartisan
consensus that it is a good way to deal with housing.
Home funds, one of the few sources left now for construction, is cut
further.
So I understand that the subcommittee did a good job within the
constraints that they were given, although some of them gave themselves
those constraints, but the consequence of these spending priorities of
this Congress is underfunding of several important housing and
community development priorities.
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to
the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt), a member of the subcommittee.
Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I want to bring to light an issue that
several of my colleagues on the subcommittee and the gentleman from
California (Mr. Doolittle) feel should be a critical concern of the
American taxpayer. I want to ensure that the IRS understands the intent
of Congress that is stated in the report language of this bill.
Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. TIAHRT. I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman very much; he has
been extremely generous in listening to our concerns. I thank the
gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt) as a member of the subcommittee for
working on this and working with me as well.
This ``Return-Free'' tax filing system, Mr. Speaker, would create a
conflict of interest by making the IRS not only the tax collector and
the enforcer, but also the tax preparer. The loser in such a scenario
would be the American
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taxpayer. Return-free creates, by definition, a fundamental conflict of
interest by making the same agency that collects the taxes, writes the
tax regulations, collects the revenues, performs audits, and enforces
compliance, now also becomes the tax preparer.
Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, is it the chairman's
understanding that the IRS is bound from setting up tax preparation
services, and does the chairman agree that it is the intent of the
subcommittee that the Treasury and the IRS must abide by the Free File
agreement and not go into the business of preparing taxes for
taxpayers?
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, I do
indeed. There is language in the bill addressing the Free File Alliance
stating that ``the conferees are aware that the IRS and the FFA have
signed a new 4-year agreement under which the IRS continues to agree
not to enter the tax preparation market.''
The conferees direct IRS to abide by the terms and conditions of the
agreement.
We believe that this will ensure that the IRS adheres to the
agreement and will not enter the tax preparation market.
Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I would like to thank
the gentleman from California (Mr. Doolittle) for addressing this
important issue to the American taxpayer. If the IRS does deviate from
this agreement, then we will seek to stop them through statutory
language to prevent tax preparation originating within the IRS.
Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to a member of the
subcommittee and the minority whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
Hoyer).
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, today we consider the conference report on
the Treasury, Transportation, HUD bill. That in and of itself is a
remarkable achievement, given that in recent years the tendency has
been to circumvent the established appropriation process.
I want to commend Chairman Knollenberg and Ranking Democrat Olver for
working diligently and cooperatively on a bill that is profoundly
important to every American. We have seen much conflict over the last
few days, and it is, I think, a happy event that we can come to the
floor and be supportive of a bill that was worked on in a bipartisan,
cooperative way; and I think that is a testament to Mr. Knollenberg and
to Mr. Olver, and thanks to them as well.
Now, they would agree, and we all agree, this is not a perfect
conference report, hardly any conference report is, and there are
limited resources. Critical social programs are hurt. Public housing,
Hope VI, people with AIDS, rural housing and economic development,
Community Development Block Grants, brownfields, and the HOME program
all face, frankly, fewer resources than I would hope they would have.
But that is the reality of the dollars that were given to Mr.
Knollenberg and Mr. Olver to deal with.
I am pleased that the transportation bill report includes an
adjustment for our Federal civilian employees in their cost of living
consistent with the pay adjustment proposed for the military personnel.
It is essential that we provide this adjustment as recognition of the
contribution made by both Federal civilian employees and military
personnel to the safety and security of the Nation. It also allows us
to recruit and indeed retain those that we need to carry out important
and vital services for our citizens.
I am also pleased that the President's request for the FDA
consolidation is in this bill. These funds will go a long way in
helping to relocate FDA employees from their current substandard
facilities into modern, state-of-the-art facilities.
I am enormously grateful, and I want to say this publicly, I have
said it privately, to Chairman Knollenberg for his leadership in making
possible reimbursement to small business people who operated small
airports and, for security reasons, were shut down by the Federal
Government and sustained substantial losses. We have been working on
this for many years, and Mr. Knollenberg and Mr. Olver have now ensured
that we resolve this, and I thank the chairman for that. The failure to
provide these small businessmen with compensation in the years past has
caused great difficulty, and this will be a welcome addition to this
bill.
I also want to commend the conferees for withstanding pressure from
the White House, including the Bond-Mikulski reform provision, which
will correct fundamental flaws in the contracting-out provisions.
Simply put, the provision will eliminate waste and save taxpayer money
while, at the same time, preserving appropriate competition by
employees with the private sector to get the most efficient and
effective results for our taxpayers.
I want to close by saying that I am concerned about what I believe to
be one very significant provision that is not in this bill, or funding
that is not in this bill. As the sponsor of the Help America Vote Act
with the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney), and it was overwhelmingly
supported on this side, Senator McConnell and Senator Dodd on the
Senate side, strong support, we promised the States some $3.8 billion
in funding. We have given $3 billion to get our technology up to date,
to ensure that every voter has access to the polls, that our
registration rolls are up to date and accurate, that no American is
precluded from voting because of inefficiencies in the registration
system, and we required the States to have statewide registration
systems, a centralized database so that no Marylander, no Massachusetts
resident, no Michigander would be shut out of the process because they
were not properly included on the rolls.
That is an expensive process, and the States are required to have it
in place by January 1 of 2006. We have shortchanged them to this date
$800 million of the promised $3.8 billion. Mr. Speaker, $3 billion is a
large sum of money; but when you spread it throughout 50 States, it
diminishes.
Mr. Speaker, I would hope that we could work together with the White
House that has been helpful in the past and Speaker Hastert, who has
been very helpful in the past; Mr. Obey and Mr. Olver have both been
helpful in making sure that next year we can work with the
administration to try to get this funding at the level that it really
ought to be, because that is what we promised the States and, but for
that, it will be an unfunded mandate.
So, again, in closing, I thank the chairman, I thank Mr. Olver, Mr.
Obey and Mr. Lewis for working together to bring this bill to the
floor, and I will certainly be supportive.
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee).
(Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to revise
and extend her remarks.)
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, let me thank the distinguished
ranking member from Massachusetts for a tough job, a tough task, and
very good work. I add my appreciation to the chairman, the gentleman
from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg). I could not imagine a more combined
challenge than the appropriations bill that we have before us.
Unfortunately, in tough times we have tough choices, and many times
some along the way are affected by those tough choices.
So, Mr. Speaker, I add my appreciation for a number of aspects of
this bill. First of all, I want to thank the combined Texas delegation
and, as I said, the ranking member and chairman of the subcommittee,
and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Culberson) in particular, on at least
providing for New Start monies for Metro in Houston.
Mr. Olver knows that this has been a long journey. We have had
discussions on the floor in sessions past when we have not made it. We
have had conflicting views coming out of the Houston delegation. But I
can stand proudly and say that the Houston money, $12 million for New
Starts, will not go unused and unappreciated.
We have a system that is one of the most used New Starts in America,
with very large numbers of utilization; and it is important that we get
started and continue to commit.
Might I also say, however, it is important for Metro to listen to
community input so that we will have light rail and not have BRT. Light
rail is what we voted on, and light rail is what we want.
I am gratified that the judiciary, or the Justice Department, has
been funded in aspects where the staff has been
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kept. I do raise a point about an overuse of the national security
letters by the FBI and hope that we may look at that in the future.
But the real issue, Mr. Speaker, is to talk about HUD, which really
has become a bank for this bill, as hard as my colleagues have worked.
The bad news is that CDBG funds have been cut; that is the very heart
of many of our communities, and we see that it has been cut by 9
percent.
The voucher question is severe. The section 8 vouchers have been cut.
Unfortunately, public housing authorities will come up short this year.
Even though we have used the House formula of a snapshot of a few years
back, we are going to face a crisis because Houston is an example where
we have thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors and Rita survivors,
and we are short of vouchers for housing as we speak. FEMA has shut off
the doors for the hotels by December 1. We hope to press them to
realize that that is an untenable position.
I also hope the elderly repair housing dollars are protected because
the elderly are some of our most vulnerable populations.
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Then we do not even have Section 8 vouchers for the 25,000 backlog
list that we already have in Houston.
I am disappointed that the brownfields are effectively zeroed out.
That has, of course, been an effort to clean up many of the dastardly
conditions in urban and rural areas, particularly some of the chemical
plants that have been in our inner cities.
This is a bill that took a lot of choices and I know a lot of hard
work. I wish we could have done better the housing area, Mr. Speaker,
and I hope we do so in the future.
general leave
Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I submit the following:
Statement of Managers Correction for H.R. 3058 Relating to the Economic
Development Initiative Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives November 18, 2005.
The following corrects, and constitutes a complete substitute for,
the provisions of the statement of managers of the committee of
conference accompanying H.R. 3058 relating to the Economic Development
Initiative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
Community Development Fund.
The conference agreement includes $310,000,000 for the Economic
Development Initiative with specific requirements on how these funds
can be used. The conference agreement directs HUD to implement the
Economic Development Initiatives program as follows:
1. $100,000 to the Salvation Army, City of Anchorage,
Alaska for facilities construction associated with the SAFE
Center at Chester Creek;
2. $400,000 for Bean's Cafe, in Anchorage, Alaska for the
expansion of its kitchen;
3. $150,000 for the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage,
Alaska for expansion and renovation of its infrastructure;
4. $750,000 for the Bering Straits Native Corporation in
Nome, Alaska for Cape Nome Quarry upgrades;
5. $950,000 for the Western Alaska Council, Boy Scouts of
America in Anchorage, Alaska for construction of the Boy
Scouts High Adventure Base Camp near Talkeetna, Alaska;
6. $750,000 for the construction of the Tongass Coast
Aquarium;
7. $750,000 for Alaska Pacific University for the
construction of a building;
8. $250,000 for the construction of the Alyeska Roundhouse
in Girdwood, Alaska;
9. $500,000 for the People's Regional Learning Center in
Bethel, Alaska to construct a vocational school and
dormitories;
10. $500,000 for the Dillingham City School District in
Dillingham, Alaska, to repair the gymnasium in the Dillingham
middle/high school;
11. $250,000 to the National Children's Advocacy Center in
Huntsville, Alabama for facilities planning and improvements
to the advocacy center;
12. $200,000 to Chambers County, Alabama for the
development of the Chambers County industrial park;
13. $400,000 to Clarke County Commission, Alabama for an
ongoing economic development project by the Clark Co.
commission;
14. $150,000 to Jefferson State Community College in
Alabama for facilities renovation of an existing building;
15. $200,000 to the City of Ashland, Alabama for the
purchase of land for Ashland industrial development;
16. $300,000 to the City of Bear Creek, Alabama for
industrial park expansion;
17. $500,000 to the City of Decatur, Alabama for the
Ingalls Harbor/Day Park Riverfront Renovation;
18. $200,000 to the city of Fort Payne, Alabama for
facilities renovation of a building as part of the downtown
revitalization project;
19. $100,000 to the City of Guntersville, Alabama for
renovations to the Whole Backstage Theater;
20. $100,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for land
acquisition for downtown redevelopment;
21. $100,000 to the City of Montevallo, Alabama for
sidewalks, street furniture, and facade improvements;
22. $1,000,000 to the City of Opelika, Alabama for the
Northeast Opelika Industrial Park;
23. $150,000 to the City of Prattville, Alabama for the
Prattville Waterfront Development Project to provide access
to local waterways;
24. $100,000 to the City of Robertsdale, Alabama for
upgrades to the PZK Civic Center;
25. $100,000 to the City of Shorter, Alabama for facilities
construction and renovation of the Old Shorter School
building to a community center;
26. $150,000 to the City of Thomasville, Alabama to
construct a worker training center at Alabama Southern
Community Center;
27. $100,000 to the Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama for
facility renovations;
28. $75,000 to the Town of Mooresville, Alabama for
rehabilitation, facility improvements, and build out of three
buildings;
29. $250,000 to the University of Montevallo, Alabama for
facilities renovation and expansion of the Ramsay Conference
Center at the University of Montevallo in Alabama;
30. $275,000 to Troy University, Alabama for small business
training;
31. $400,000 for Construction and outfitting of the
University of South Alabama's Mitchell School of Business
Library in Mobile, Alabama;
32. $400,000 for construction and outfitting of the New
Centurions, Inc. New Life for Women Shelter in Etowah County,
Alabama;
33. $250,000 for the Greenville Family YMCA for child care
facility acquisition, renovation, and construction in
Greenville, Alabama;
34. $300,000 for the City of Evergreen for expansion of the
Evergreen Conecuh County Library in Evergreen, Alabama;
35. $400,000 for the Fayette County Commission for the
Fayette County Industrial Park in Fayette County, Alabama;
36. $200,000 for the Hayneville/Lowndes County Library
Foundation for construction of a new library in Hayneville,
Alabama;
37. $350,000 for the Jasper Area Family Services Center for
construction of the Center in Jasper, Alabama;
38. $300,000 for the City of Tuskegee for Downtown
Revitalization in Tuskegee, Alabama;
39. $400,000 for the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and
Blind's Tuscaloosa Regional Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
40. $250,000 for the City of Montgomery to develop the
Montgomery Riverwalk in Montgomery, Alabama;
41. $250,000 for the Cleveland Avenue YMCA for facility
expansion in Montgomery, Alabama;
42. $200,000 for the Wilcox County Industrial Development
Authority for planning and development of its Industrial/
Commercial Park;
43. $300,000 for the City of Guin for planning and
development of its Industrial/Commercial Park;
44. $150,000 to Grand Prairie Center for the Arts and
Allied Health, Phillips County Community College in
Stuttgart, Arkansas for facility construction;
45. $150,000 to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas for
facilities renovation and improvements to the community
center at Granite Mountain;
46. $150,000 to the El Dorado Public Schools in El Dorado,
Arkansas for the expansion of a recreational field;
47. $150,000 to the North Arkansas College, Harrison
County, Arkansas for renovations to a Conference and Training
facility;
48. $250,000 to Vada Sheid Community Development Center,
ASU in Mountain Home, Arkansas for the community development
center auditorium;
49. $800,000 for the Central Arkansas Resource Conservation
and Development Council in Helena, Arkansas for the
construction of the Phillips County Agricultural Storage
Facility;
50. $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Ouachita
County, Arkansas for the construction of recreational
facilities;
51. $200,000 for the City of Conway, Arkansas for downtown
revitalization;
52. $200,000 for Audubon Arkansas for the development of
the Audubon Nature Center at Gillam Park in Little Rock,
Arkansas;
53. $600,000 to Chicanos Por La Causa in Phoenix, Arizona
for redevelopment of the Nuestro Barrio Community;
54. $250,000 to Chicanos Por La Causa in Phoenix, Arizona
for land acquisition and redevelopment of the East Washington
Fluff site;
55. $250,000 to Pinal County, Arizona for the renovation
and repair of the Pinal County Courthouse;
56. $650,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Vista, City
of Sierra Vista, Arizona for construction of the Boys & Girls
Club in Sierra Vista;
57. $500,000 to the City of Eloy, Arizona for construction
of a community center;
58. $250,000 to the City of Globe, Arizona for land
acquisition and streetscape improvements;
59. $180,000 to the City of Scottsdale, Arizona for the
renovation of the Vista del Camino Community Center;
60. $350,000 to the Douglas Arts and Humanities
Association, City of Douglas, Arizona for facilities
renovation of the Grand Theater;
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61. $150,000 to the Dunbar Coalition in Tucson, Arizona for
the Dunbar Project;
62. $350,000 to Valley of the Sun YMCA in Phoenix, Arizona
for facilities construction of a YMCA;
63. $500,000 to Camp Ronald McDonald for the Good Times,
California for building cabins and dining hall improvements;
64. $150,000 to Chualar, California for construction of a
multipurpose cultural room on the Chualar Elementary School
campus;
65. $125,000 to Esperanza Mercado Project, California for
the Esperanza Community Maple-Mae Project;
66. $1,000,000 to Los Angeles County, California for the
ongoing construction of a new library;
67. $50,000 to LOVARC in the City of Lompoc, California for
construction of an elevator for a building that serves the
disabled;
68. $150,000 to Merced County, California for renovation of
the George Washington Carver Community Center in Dos Palos,
California;
69. $150,000 to Mono County Library Authority Board/Board
of Ed., Mono County, California for the Library Authority
Board of Education for construction of a building;
70. $100,000 to San Bernardino County, CA for the
development of the Santa Ana River Regional Park;
71. $200,000 to Solano County, California for renovation of
two structures used by local veterans groups;
72. $250,000 to SVDP Management-Father Joe's Villages, City
of Lake Morena, California for the design of a residential
facility for homeless youth;
73. $150,000 to Taylor Yard Park in Los Angeles, California
for recreational equipment and other park upgrades that will
serve at-risk youth;
74. $100,000 to the Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club,
City of Lancaster, California for improvements to the Boys
and Girls Club of Antelope Valley;
75. $150,000 to the Aquarium of the Pacific, City of Long
Beach, California to develop an exhibit to educate the public
on the importance of ports;
76. $500,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of East County,
City of Santee, California for construction of a new facility
at East County;
77. $250,000 to the City of Alhambra, California for
development and construction of a park;
78. $1,000,000 to the City of Apple Valley, California for
Civic Center Park development;
79. $250,000 to the City of Banning, CA for city pool
improvements;
80. $350,000 to the City of Beaumont, CA for the
construction of the Beaumont Sports Park;
81. $200,000 to the City of Bell Gardens, California for
renovation and update of facilities;
82. $100,000 to the City of Bishop, California for
improvements to City housing;
83. $150,000 to the City of Chowchilla, California for
reconstruction of an industrial park;
84. $80,000 to the City of Colfax, California for an
expansion of the Youth Center;
85. $150,000 to the City of Colton, California for
improvements to Veterans Park;
86. $100,000 to the City of Corona, California for the
renovation of the Old City Hall;
87. $150,000 to the City of East Palo Alto, California for
the construction of facilities for community services;
88. $350,000 to the City of El Monte, California for
construction of a community gymnasium;
89. $250,000 to the City of Greenfield, California for
construction of a multipurpose community facility;
90. $100,000 to the City of Huntington Beach, California
for the planning and design phase of a senior center;
91. $200,000 to the City of Huntington Park, California for
renovation of a recreation center building;
92. $200,000 to the City of Inglewood, California for
construction of a new senior center;
93. $150,000 to the City of La Mirada, California for
construction of an aquatic center;
94. $250,000 to the City of Lancaster, California for
installations related to the baseball complex;
95. $400,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for
site acquisition and development;
96. $100,000 to the City of Madera, California to construct
a youth center for at risk youth;
97. $150,000 to the County of Fresno, California for
construction of the Rural Vocational Training Facility
(RVTF);
98. $150,000 to the City of Oakland, California for
renovation of historic Fruitvale Masonic Temple;
99. $200,000 to the City of Oceanside, California for a
Senior Center facility to serve seniors from Oceanside,
Vista, Carlsbad and San Marcos;
100. $100,000 to the City of Oroville, California for Vega
Center renovations;
101. $200,000 to the City of Pico Rivera, California for
the expansion of the California senior center;
102. $200,000 to the City of Placerville, California for
Gold Bug Park Renovations;
103. $100,000 to the City of Riverside, California for the
development of a Technology Center within University Research
Park;
104. $100,000 to the City of Riverside, California for
construction of a pedestrian bridge in the California Citrus
State Park;
105. $100,000 to the City of San Fernando, California for
revitalization of downtown San Fernando;
106. $300,000 to the City of San Jacinto, California for
improvements to city musuem/Estudillo property;
107. $150,000 to the City of San Jose, California to the
construction of a community center in a low and moderate-
income area;
108. $350,000 to the City of San Leandro, California for
streetscape and pedestrian safety improvements;
109. $150,000 to the City of San Pedro, California for
streetscape and other improvements along Gaffey Street;
110. $100,000 to the City of Thousand Oaks, California to
construct a community aquatics complex on the campus of
California Lutheran University;
111. $250,000 to the City of Twentynine Palms, California
for Development of a Visitors Center;
112. $350,000 to the City of Yucaipa, California for
development and construction of the Yucaipa/Crafton Hills
College Recreational Facility;
113. $350,000 to the City of Yucaipa, California for
development of the Yucaipa Valley Regional Sports Complex;
114. $150,000 to the Community Action partnership of Orange
County in Garden Grove, California for acquisition,
construction, or rehabilitation of a service facility;
115. $200,000 to the Department of Economic Development in
Rancho Cordova, California for Cordova Senior Center
Expansion;
116. $250,000 to the Department of Parks and Recreation,
Encinitas, California for the construction of a visitor
center in the San Elijo Lagoon Open Space Preserve;
117. $250,000 to the Diamond Bar High School and Community
Sports Field, City of Diamond Bar, California for the
renovation of the Diamond Bar High School and Community
Sports Field;
118. $250,000 to the Earle Baum Center of the Blind, Inc.
in Santa Rosa, California to build a center for the visually
impaired;
119. $75,000 to the Hillview Acres Children's Home, City of
Chino, California for construction of a facility for the
Hillview Acres Children's Home;
120. $100,000 to the International AgriCenter, City of
Tulare, California to expand educational activities with the
College of Sequoias and the California Polytechnic
University;
121. $75,000 to the La Habra Vista Grande Park, City of La
Habra, California to rehabilitate the La Habra Vista Grande
Park;
122. $250,000 to the Lake County Arts Council in Lakeport,
California for renovation of the Lakeport Cinema to a
Performing Arts Center;
123. $100,000 to the Lompoc Healthcare District, California
for the construction of a new C.N.A. training center;
124. $500,000 to the Museum of Latin American Art in Long
Beach, California to complete the renovation of the Museum;
125. $100,000 to the National Orange Show, City of San
Bernardino, California for Renovations to National Orange
Show stadium;
126. $100,000 to the North County Solutions for Change,
City of Vista, California Solutions Family Intake/Access
Center for homeless families and their children;
127. $100,000 to the Oasis of Hope Community Development
Corporation, City of Stockton, California for the Oasis of
Hope Community Development Corporation education project;
128. $200,000 to the Preservation of CA State Mining &
Mineral Museum, City of Mariposa, California for preservation
of the CA Mining and Mineral Museum;
129. $100,000 to the Riverside Community College,
California for facility construction of the School for
Nursing;
130. $400,000 to the Sacramento Food Bank, California for
construction of the food bank;
131. $150,000 to the San Diego Housing Commission in San
Diego, California for the HOPE Village Project to construct a
20-unit housing complex to house homeless individuals;
132. $150,000 to the Santa Barbara County Food bank in
Santa Barbara, California for expansion and upgrades to its
facility;
133. $550,000 to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los
Angeles, California for development and construction of
Noah's pArk;
134. $250,000 to the Stillwater Business Park, City of
Redding, California to develop the Stillwater business park;
135. $125,000 to the Tehachapi Performing Arts Center
Foundation, City of Tehachapi, California for design and
construction of a performing arts center;
136. $250,000 to the Town of Yucca Valley, California for
development and construction of the South Side Community
Center;
137. $40,000 to the Tulare Veterans Memorial District, City
of Tulare, California for modernization of the veterans hall;
138. $350,000 to the U of CA's Shafter Research and
Extension Center, City of Davis, California; to complete the
design and construction of Shafter Research and Extension
Center at the University of California, Davis;
139. $200,000 to the Valley Alliance for the Arts in San
Fernando Valley, California for construction of a performing
arts center;
140. $100,000 to the Visalia Rescue Mission, City of
Visalia, California for construction of a new facility to
provide shelter for homeless women and children;
141. $200,000 to the Youth Science Institute Center in San
Jose, California for building renovations;
142. $50,000 to Ventura County, California for
rehabilitation of the multi-purpose room and kitchen of the
Oak View Park and Resource Center;
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143. $250,000 for the 10th and Mission Affordable Family
Housing & Commercial Space Project, for the development of
housing units and commercial space, Mercy Housing, San
Francisco;
144. $200,000 for the City of Inglewood to construct a
Senior Center;
145. $200,000 for the San Francisco Museum and Historical
Society Old Mint Restoration Project for planning, design and
construction, San Francisco;
146. $150,000 for the Fresno County Economic Opportunities
Commission, Fresno, CA, for construction of the Neighborhood
Youth Center;
147. $600,000 for the City of Oakland, CA for the Fox
Theater Restoration;
148. $200,000 for the City of Redding, CA for the
Stillwater Business Park;
149. $200,000 for the West Angeles Community Development
Corporation, CA for the development of the West Angeles
Plaza;
150. $100,000 to the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County,
CA, for the First Time Home Buyer Loan Program;
151. $175,000 for the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, CA,
for M.H. de Young Memorial Museum construction;
152. $175,000 for the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm
Springs, CA for construction;
153. $160,000 to the City of Montrose, Colorado for
expansion of a research park for the Mesa State University;
154. $240,000 to the City of Pueblo, Colorado for
redevelopment of recreation and park facilities;
155. $150,000 to the Denver Rescue Mission in Denver,
Colorado for acquisition and renovation of an emergency
shelter;
156. $250,000 to the Denver Rescue Mission, City of
Wellington, Colorado for construction and renovation of
rehabilitation facilities;
157. $300,000 for the City of Denver, Denver Rescue Mission
for the Acquisition and Renovation of Emergency and
Transitional Housing for Colorado's Homeless population;
158. $100,000 to the Cardinal Shehan Center, City of
Bridgeport, Connecticut to complete the renovation of the
former CT state armory facility;
159. $100,000 to the Charles Smith Foundation, City of
Bridgeport, Connecticut for planning and implementation of a
Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ);
160. $150,000 to the City of Ansonia, Connecticut for
construction of a new community space;
161. $100,000 to the Friendship Service Center of New
Britain, City of New Britain, Connecticut for the renovation
of 85 Arch Street by the Friendship Service Center of New
Britain;
162. $250,000 to the Hill-Stead Museum, City of Farmington,
Connecticut for Hill-Stead Museum Renovation and Security
Improvements;
163. $100,000 to the Human Services Council, City of
Norwalk, Connecticut for the Human Services Council to
redevelop facilities for affordable housing;
164. $100,000 to the Mattatuck Museum, City of Waterbury,
Connecticut for renovations to the Mattatuck Museum to create
an exhibit on the history of Brass Valley;
165. $350,000 to the Music and Arts Center for the
Humanities, City of Bridgeport, Connecticut for relocation of
the Music and Arts Center for the Humanities to a now-vacant
department store;
166. $450,000 to the Naugatuck YMCA in Naugatuck,
Connecticut for upgrades and other facilities expansion;
167. $100,000 to the Sherman Library Board of Trustees,
Town of Sherman, Connecticut for reconstruction of the
Sherman town library;
168. $250,000 to the Stamford Center for the Arts, City of
Stamford, Connecticut for renovations to the Palace Theatre;
169. $350,000 to the Town of Stonington, Connecticut for
the construction of south pier at Stonington Town Dock
Complex;
170. $350,000 to the Town of Willington, Connecticut for
the expansion of low-income senior housing;
171. $300,000 to the University of Hartford in Hartford,
Connecticut for facilities construction and renovation of the
Hartt Performing Arts Center;
172. $100,000 to the Yerwood Community Center, City of
Stamford, Connecticut for repairs to the Yerwood Community
Center;
173. $100,000 to the YMCA, City of Ellington, Connecticut
for construction of a new YMCA in an underserved area;
174. $450,000 for the City of Hartford for the Hartford
Homeownership Initiative;
175. $200,000 for the City of Hartford for the renovation
of the Mark Twain House Building;
176. $300,000 for the City of Ansonia for the renovation of
the Ansonia Armory;
177. $250,000 for the City of West Haven, CT, for the
redevelopment of residential housing;
178. $250,000 for the City of Stamford, CT, for renovations
to the Yerwood Community Center;
179. $250,000 for the Town of Southbury, CT, for
renovations to the Bent of the River Audubon Center;
180. $200,000 for the City of Hartford, CT, for
neighborhood restoration activities undertaken by the
Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance;
181. $250,000 to the African American Civil War Museum in
Washington, DC for capital improvements to the facility and
visitors center;
182. $250,000 to Beebe Medical Center, Delaware for
renovations;
183. $200,000 to the Wilmington Senior Center, Delaware for
renovations;
184. $250,000 for the Ministry of Caring, House of Joseph
II, in Wilmington, DE for the renovation/operation of the
facility;
185. $200,000 to the St. Michaels School and Nursery,
Wilmington, DE, for expansion of the school;
186. $200,000 to the Wilmington Senior Center, Wilmington,
DE, for the completion of the renovation of the Lafayette
Court Senior Apartments project;
187. $250,000 for Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland's
Eastern Shore for the construction of the new Easter Seals
Facility in Georgetown, Delaware;
188. $200,000 for the Wilmington Music School for the Music
School Expansion in Wilmington, Delaware;
189. $200,000 to the City of Lewes for the Lewes Canal
front Park in Lewes, Delaware;
190. $75,000 to Crosswinds, Brevard County, Florida for the
construction of Crosswinds youth center;
191. $200,000 to Goodwill of North Florida, Inc. in
Jacksonville, Florida for the expansion of its facility;
192. $350,000 to Hubbs/Sea World, Brevard County, Florida
for construction of a marine and coastal research center at
Hubbs/Sea World;
193. $200,000 to Lake County, FL for construction of a
library;
194. $100,000 to Little Manatee Housing Corporation,
Hillsborough County, FL for construction of an agricultural
worker center;
195. $150,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for upgrades to
the Dade County water and sewer infrastructure;
196. $250,000 to Pinellas County Board of County
Commissioners, Pinellas County, Florida for the renovation of
Palm Harbor Public Library;
197. $96,300 to the Biltmore Hotel, City of Coral Gables,
Florida for the renovation of historic Biltmore Hotel;
198. $250,000 to the Camillus House, Florida to construct a
facility;
199. $300,000 to the Central Florida Community College,
City of Ocala, Florida for improvements to the Fine Arts
Center at Central Florida Community College;
200. $500,000 to the Centro Mater Foundation, Florida for
construction of a new building;
201. $25,000 to the City of Alachua, Florida for the
construction of the Veterans' Memorial at City Hall;
202. $250,000 to the City of Bartow, Florida for the
redevelopment of downtown Bartow;
203. $500,000 to the City of Dunedin, FL construction of a
new community center;
204. $200,000 to the City of Ft. Myers, Florida for the
redevelopment of Edison & Ford Estates;
205. $400,000 to the City of Gainsville, Florida for
renovations and historic preservation of James Norman Hall at
the University of Florida, Gainesville;
206. $200,000 to the City of Gulfport, Florida for
renovations to City of Gulfport Scout Hall;
207. $200,000 to the City of Hollywood, Florida for the
construction and development of the Young Circle Arts Park
project;
208. $75,000 to the City of Marathon, Florida for the
redevelopment of Boot Key Municipal Harbor;
209. $250,000 to the City of Miami Gardens, Florida for
revitalization of the business district;
210. $100,000 to the City of Miami Springs, Florida for the
construction of a hurricane shelter;
211. $250,000 to the City of Miami, Florida for the elderly
assistance program;
212. $250,000 to the City of Ocoee, Florida for
construction of a senior citizens veterans service center;
213. $300,000 to the City of Riviera Beach, Florida for
site acquisition and improvements for commercial
revitalization;
214. $250,000 to the City of Sarasota, Florida for
renovations to the Robert L. Taylor Community Center;
215. $250,000 to the City of St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
for construction of a new Community Center;
216. $100,000 to the City of St. Petersburg, Florida for
planning and design of Albert Whitted Waterfront Park;
217. $125,000 to the City of Treasure Island, Florida for
construction of beach walkovers;
218. $250,000 to the City of Winter Haven, Florida for
improvements to the downtown business district;
219. $250,000 to the Community Aging & Retirement Services,
Inc., Florida to replace a building;
220. $250,000 to the Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco,
Inc., Florida for the renovation of Good Samaritan Health
Clinic of Pasco, Inc;
221. $100,000 to the Osceola County Homeless Shelter, City
of Osceola County, Florida for the completion of Osceola
County Homeless Shelter;
222. $100,000 to the Osceola County Senior Center, City of
Osceola County, Florida for the construction of a senior
citizen center;
223. $250,000 to the Pearl City Masterplan, City of Boca
Raton, Florida for infrastructure improvements for Pearl
City;
224. $250,000 to the Pinellas County Board of County
Commissioners, City of Pinellas County, Florida for
construction of Joe's Creek Greenway Park;
225. $250,000 to the Santa Fe Community College, City of
Gainesville, Florida for the expansion of the Fine and
Applied Arts Educational Building at Santa Fe Community
College;
226. $200,000 to the St. Petersburg College, City of
Seminole, Florida for the development of a Science and Nature
Park at St. Petersburg College;
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227. $150,000 to the Tangerine Avenue Community
Redevelopment Area in St. Petersburg, Florida for the
redevelopment of the Tangerine Avenue Community Area;
228. $100,000 to the DeBary Art League, City of DeBary,
Florida for construction of a Gateway Center for the Arts;
229. $100,000 to the YMCA of Greater Pensacola, City of
Pensacola, Florida for construction of the YMCA of Greater
Pensacola;
230. $400,000 to Wakulla County, Florida for construction
of the multi-purpose community center;
231. $500,000 for Orange County, FL for Central Receiving
Center to renovate single occupancy rooms;
232. $500,000 for the Lowry Park Zoological Society, Tampa,
FL for business development initiative;
233. $300,000 for the Central Florida YMCA to expand and
renovate the Wayne Densch YMCA Family Center;
234. $250,000 for Miami Dade College and the construction
of a library at their Hialeah, Florida campus;
235. $250,000 for Nova Southeastern University for the
Center for Collaborative Bio-Medical Research;
236. $600,000 for the City of Coral Gables, Florida for the
Biltmore Complex Restoration Project;
237. $400,000 for the City of Orlando, Florida for the
Parramore Neighborhood Revitalization Project;
238. $250,000 for Miami Dade County, Florida for the Miami
Performing Arts Center;
239. $250,000 for the American Beach Property Owners'
Association, Fernandina Beach, Florida for the Historic Evans
Rendezvous Cultural Center Restoration Project;
240. $200,000 for the City of Gainesville, Florida for the
Downtown Revitalization Project;
241. $200,000 for the Florida Memorial University, Miami,
Florida: West Augustine Initiative;
242. $200,000 to Clarkston Community Center in Dekalb
County, Georgia for renovation of Clarkston Community Center;
243. $150,000 to Clayton County, Georgia for renovation of
the Clayton Senior Center;
244. $275,000 to Con-Ed, Inc., City of Savannah, Georgia
for the renovation of a building annex to house a library and
computer lab;
245. $400,000 to Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta,
Georgia for land acquisition to revitalize its West End
neighborhood;
246. $250,000 to Paulding County, Georgia for site
preparations;
247. $175,000 to SOWEGA Council on Aging in Albany, Georgia
for facility construction;
248. $100,000 to the City of Covington, Georgia for
renovation and construction of a resource center;
249. $75,000 to the Coastal Heritage Society, City of
Savannah, Georgia for revitalization of the Central Georgia
Railway for Coastal Heritage Society;
250. $250,000 to the Community Service Board of Middle
Georgia for construction of a girls crisis center;
251. $100,000 to the George E. Ford Center, in Powder
Springs, Georgia to refurbish the Ford Center;
252. $75,000 to the Georgia 4-H Foundation, City of Tybee
Island, Georgia for a new facility for the Georgia 4-H
Foundation;
253. $150,000 to the Hope House Inc., City of Augusta,
Georgia for a Hope House facility for therapeutic childcare;
254. $225,000 to the Infantry Museum and Heritage Park in
Columbus, Georgia for construction/development of National
Infantry Museum and Heritage Park;
255. $100,000 to the Marietta Growth Fund, Georgia for the
city redevelopment of Marietta Growth Fund;
256. $100,000 to the Morehouse School of Medicine, City of
Atlanta, Georgia for development of land for Morehouse School
of Medicine;
257. $50,000 to the Morehouse School of Medicine, City of
Atlanta, Georgia for development of land for Morehouse School
of Medicine;
258. $250,000 to the Museum of Aviation, City of Warner
Robins, Georgia for the construction of a WWII exhibit and
depot flight line for the Museum of Aviation;
259. $200,000 for Mercer University, Macon, Georgia for
Critical Personnel Development Program (CPDP);
260. $200,000 Atlanta, Georgia Intergenerational Resource
Center for a senior housing project;
261. $200,000 Warner Robins, Georgia Museum of Aviation,
expansion of aviation flight and technology center;
262. $200,000 City of Moutri, Georgia for a community and
economic development initiative;
263. $200,000 Morehouse School of Medicine for West End
Community Development;
264. $500,000 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Georgia for the
Atlanta Symphony Center expansion;
265. $150,000 to the Children's Justice Center Foundation
in Honolulu, Hawaii for renovation of a building to provide
services to victims of child abuse and neglect;
266. $150,000 to the County of Hawaii in Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii for construction of a homeless shelter;
267. $650,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI, for planning, design and construction of the
Nanakuli Boys & Girls Club;
268. $300,000 for Pa'a Pono Miloli'I constructs a community
and youth center;
269. $300,000 for the Children's Justice Center Foundation
to construct and renovate the child counseling center on
Oahu;
270. $300,000 for the Maui Economic Development Board to
renovate the enterprise building;
271. $300,000 for the Kauai YMCA to construct facilities;
272. $200,000 for the Lanai Youth Center to acquire and
construct activity facilities;
273. $200,000 for the County of Hawaii for the renovation
of a Caregiver and Senior Resource Center;
274. $300,000 for Hale Mahaolu Ehiku to construct
affordable rental housing for senior citizens;
275. $450,000 to Systems Unlimited, Inc., Iowa City, Iowa
for the establishment of a service center for Systems
Unlimited, Inc to aid disadvantaged families;
276. $450,000 to the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa for
redevelopment of southern Cedar Rapids;
277. $400,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa for land
acquisition for a technology park;
278. $750,000 for the City of Clinton, Iowa, for
redevelopment of Liberty Square;
279. $250,000 for the National Cattle Congress, Waterloo,
Iowa, for renovation and construction of facilities;
280. $400,000 for the City of Waterloo, Iowa, for the
acquisition and rehabilitation of the Cedar Valley TechWorks
facility;
281. $300,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa, for the
Riverpoint West development;
282. $300,000 for the City of Fort Dodge, Iowa for the
Lincoln Neighborhood housing initiative;
283. $1,000,000 to the Iowa Department of Economic
Development for the Main Street Iowa program for restoration
of structures on main streets throughout the state;
284. $750,000 to Polk County, Iowa for the purchase and
rehabilitation of housing for low income people;
285. $200,000 to the Heartland Hill Habitat for Humanity in
Brehmer County, Iowa for the renovation of deteriorated
housing for low income housing;
286. $300,000 to the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa for
downtown historic building renovation;
287. $100,000 Oneida Stake Academy, Franklin County, Idaho
for restoration of Oneida Stake Academy for historic
renovations;
288. $45,000 to the City of Franklin, Idaho for repairs to
historic City Hall;
289. $350,000 to the City of Rexburg, Idaho for
construction of recreational facilities and handicap
accessibility;
290. $150,000 to the Clearwater Economic Development
Association, City of Lewiston, Idaho for completion of the
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Project Planning and
Implementation;
291. $100,000 to the Greater Pocatello Senior Center, City
of Pocatello, Idaho for renovations to the Greater Pocatello
Senior Center;
292. $1,000,000 for Ada County, Idaho for development of
the Family Justice Center and the Detox Center;
293. $1,000,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development
Association for the implementation of the Lewis and Clark
Bicentennial Plan;
294. $1,000,000 for Boise State University for construction
of the Center for Environmental Science and Economic
Development;
295. $1,000,000 for the Idaho Migrant Council for planning,
design, and construction of the Burley Community Center,
Burley, Idaho;
296. $250,000 to Western Illinois University Quad City
Campus in Moline, Illinois for renovations of facilities;
297. $250,000 to Coles County Council on Aging, Coles
County, Illinois for construction of Lifespan Center for
seniors;
298. $250,000 to Illinois College, City of Jacksonville,
Illinois for renovation to Crampton Hall at Illinois College;
299. $100,000 to Northeastern Illinois University in
Chicago, Illinois for a feasibility study on planning and
design analysis for a new education building;
300. $75,000 to Our Children's Homestead, Illinois for Our
Children's Homestead to construct new foster care homes;
301. $200,000 to Pioneer Center Group Home in McHenry
County, Illinois for upgrades at to a group home;
302. $100,000 to Quincy University, City of Quincy,
Illinois for the design and construction of an Art and
Sciences Center at Quincy University;
303. $150,000 to Seguin Services in Cicero, Illinois for
construction of a garden center;
304. $200,000 to the Avalon Park School in Chicago,
Illinois for construction of a child-parent center;
305. $80,000 to the Beardstown Historical Society, City of
Beardstown, Illinois for construction of the Grand Opera
House Beardstown Historical Society;
306. $250,000 to the Bradley University, City of Peoria,
Illinois for renovations to Bradley Hall at Bradley
University;
307. $150,000 to the Burpee/Discovery Center Museum, City
of Rockford, Illinois for the expansion of laboratories and
public viewing areas at Burpee/Discovery Center Museum;
308. $250,000 to the Central Illinois Regional Museum, City
of Peoria, Illinois for design and construction of Central
Illinois Regional Museum;
309. $900,000 to the Chicago Academy High School in
Chicago, Illinois for construction of a campus park;
310. $150,000 to the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center in
Chicago, Illinois for expansion of its facilities;
311. $150,000 to the Chicago Park District in Chicago,
Illinois for land acquisition and facilities improvements to
expand a park;
312. $200,000 to the Chicago Park District in Chicago,
Illinois for land acquisition and facilities improvements for
the expansion of a park;
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313. $100,000 to the City of East Moline, Illinois for
revitalization of downtown;
314. $225,000 to the City of Harvey, Illinois for
demolition and redevelopment of property to aid the
community;
315. $500,000 to the City of Yorkville, Illinois for the
redevelopment of a Yorkville site;
316. $75,000 to the City of Crest Hill, Illinois for
redevelopment of Division Street;
317. $100,000 to the Collins Home Project, City of
Collinsville, Illinois for completion of the Collins Home
Project;
318. $150,000 to the County of DuPage, Illinois for
renovation of a nursing facility to be used for nurses
training center;
319. $200,000 to the DuPage Children's Museum, Illinois for
the DuPage Children's Museum for building renovations;
320. $250,000 to the Glen Oak Zoo, Peoria Park District,
City of Peoria, Illinois for design and construction of
Africa exhibit at Glen Oak Zoo;
321. $75,000 to the Home of the Sparrow in Lake, Illinois
for the renovation of a homeless shelter;
322. $100,000 to the Horizon House of Illinois Valley, City
of Peru, Illinois for construction of the Horizon House;
323. $75,000 to the Inner Voice in Chicago, Illinois for
upgrades to homeless shelters on the South Side of Chicago;
324. $100,000 to the Lincoln Christian College, City of
Lincoln, Illinois for the restoration of the Earl C. Hargrove
Auditorium at Lincoln Christian College;
325. $200,000 to the Marklund Children's Home, City of
Bloomingdale, Illinois for the renovation of Marklund
Children's Home;
326. $500,000 to the Ray Graham Association for People With
Disabilities, City of Downers Grove, Illinois for
improvements to Ray Graham Association for People With
Disabilities;
327. $250,000 to the Rialto Square Theater, City of Joliet,
Illinois for repairs to Rialto Square Theater;
328. $200,000 to the Shawneetown Regional Port District,
City of Shawneetown, Illinois for construction of a facility
at Shawneetown Regional Port District;
329. $150,000 to the Timber Pointe Outdoor Center, City of
Hudson, Illinois for construction of Timber Pointe Outdoor
Center;
330. $100,000 to the Village of Hazel Crest in Hazel Crest,
Illinois for the redevelopment of the area around Hazel Crest
Metra Station;
331. $160,000 to the Village of Orion, Illinois for lead-
based paint removal;
332. $75,000 to the Village of South Jacksonville, Illinois
for construction of a playground and park for disabled
children;
333. $500,000 for the Looking for Lincoln Heritage
Coalition in Springfield, IL, for the Looking for Lincoln
economic development and tourism initiative;
334. $800,000 for the Peace and Education Coalition in
Chicago, IL, for construction of a new facility to serve San
Miguel Schools in the City's Back of the Yards neighborhood;
335. $300,000 to the Haymarket Center in Chicago, IL, for
construction and establishment of the McDermott Addiction
Center;
336. $200,000 for the Quincy Public Library in Quincy, IL,
for a newspaper digitization and community education project;
337. $200,000 to the Community Foundation of Decatur/Macon
County for construction and rehabilitation of housing
facilities for the homeless and disabled;
338. $200,000 to the Heartland Community Health Center for
equipment and facilities to expand services;
339. $250,000 to the Chicago Historical Society for
construction of a new Chicago History Exhibition and
redevelopment of current facilities;
340. $200,000 for Home Sweet Home Ministries--Threshold
program located in the City of Bloomington, IL for the
construction of an additional housing facility;
341. $250,000 for the Village of Northfield, IL for
construction of pedestrian and bicycle paths as well as other
infrastructure improvements to the Northfield Park District;
342. $200,000 for the Township of North Hurricane, IL for
construction of a multi-purpose building within Precinct 1 of
the Township;
343. $100,000 to Crane Technology Park in Martin County,
Indiana for improvements to the Park;
344. $500,000 to Memorial Coliseum Redevelopment, Indiana
for the renovation of Memorial Coliseum Redevelopment;
345. $250,000 to the African American Achievers Youth
Corporation in Gary, Indiana for renovations of the Glen
Theater;
346. $250,000 to the City of Muncie, Indiana for
enhancements to Urban Park;
347. $150,000 to the Crossroad of Fort Wayne, City of Fort
Wayne, Indiana for the construction of a new building for
Crossroad;
348. $100,000 to the Easter Seals Arc of NE Indiana, City
of Fort Wayne, Indiana for construction of a new facility for
Easter Seals Arc of Northeast Indiana;
349. $500,000 to the South Bend Heritage Foundation,
Indiana for neighborhood economic development and
revitalization;
350. $250,000 to the Studebaker Corridor, Indiana for the
redevelopment of a brownfield site;
351. $500,000 to the Town of Cedar Lake, Indiana for
downtown streetscape improvements;
352. $500,000 for the City of Muncie, Indiana to revitalize
the downtown urban park;
353. $250,000 for the Learning Collaborative to implement
the Web Portal Technology Development Initiative in Daviess
County;
354. $250,000 for the City of Anderson, Indiana to expand
the Fiber Optic Network;
355. $150,000 for the City of Indianapolis, IN for the Link
Savoy Housing Development;
356. $100,000 for the City of Evansville, IN for the Center
City Industrial Park;
357. $100,000 for the City of Fort Wayne, IN for the Fort
Wayne Technology Center;
358. $200,000 to SAFEHOME, Inc. in Overland Park, Kansas
for building acquisition;
359. $100,000 to the City of Atchison, Kansas for the
redevelopment of a storm water system overflow;
360. $250,000 to the City of Fort Scott, Kansas for
restoration of historic buildings and brick streets in the
downtown area;
361. $250,000 to the City of Independence, Kansas for
renovations to historic Landon House and Booth Theater;
362. $300,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas for
construction of food bank central distribution facility;
363. $250,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas for the
downtown WaterWalk revitalization project;
364. $300,000 to the Lord's Diner, Catholic Diocese of
Wichita, City of Wichita, Kansas for expansion of Lord's
Diner of Wichita;
365. $200,000 to the World Impact: Morning Star Ranch, City
of Florence, Kansas for construction and upgrades of the
World Impact Morning Star Ranch;
366. $150,000 to the YWCA of Greater Kansas City in Kansas
City, Kansas for expansion of the facility;
367. $1,000,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater
Kansas City for the construction of the Heathwood Community
Center for Children and Families in Wyandotte County, KS;
368. $500,000 for Sedwick County, KS for the construction
of a Technical Education and Training Center;
369. $300,000 for the City of Fort Scott, KS for the
redevelopment of underground infrastructure in the Central
Business District;
370. $200,000 for the City of Topeka, KS for renovating and
updating Heartland Park Topeka;
371. $500,000 for the City of Mission Kansas to ensure the
future viability of business and residential districts near
the Rock Creek Project;
372. $500,000 for the City of Fairview, Kansas to ensure
the future viability of business and residential districts
near the Rock Creek Project;
373. $350,000 Mill Springs Battlefield Association,
Somerset, KY for construction of the Mill Springs Battlefield
Visitors Center;
374. $75,000 to Crittenden County Day Care Center,
Crittenden County, Kentucky for expansion of the Crittenden
County Day Care Center;
375. $100,000 to LaRue County Fiscal Court, LaRue County,
Kentucky for construction of a facility for the Lincoln
Bicentennial celebration in 2008;
376. $150,000 to Powell County Fiscal Court in Powell
County, Kentucky for the construction and development of a
park;
377. $250,000 to the Community Economic Empowerment
Corporation, City of Louisville, Kentucky for the
construction of an entertainment facility for the Community
Economic Empowerment Corporation;
378. $350,000 to the Day Spring Foundation, City of
Louisville, Kentucky for construction of a community resource
center for Day Spring Foundation;
379. $100,000 to the Dream Foundation, Inc., City of
Louisville, Kentucky for construction of a playground in
Shawnee Park;
380. $100,000 to the First Gethsemane Center for Family
Development, City of Louisville, Kentucky for the renovation
of First Gethsemane Center for Family Development;
381. $200,000 to the Fleming County Industrial Authority,
Kentucky for construction of a building;
382. $150,000 to the LaRue County Fiscal Court, Hardin
County, Kentucky for renovation of an historic state theater;
383. $100,000 to the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy,
City of Louisville, Kentucky for construction of a playground
in the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy;
384. $100,000 to the New Zion Community Foundation, City of
Louisville, Kentucky for renovation of a facility for the New
Zion Community Foundation;
385. $500,000 to the Portal 31 Exhibition Mine Site, City
of Lynch, Kentucky for historic preservation of the Portal 31
Exhibition Mine Site;
386. $350,000 to the Temple Community Development
Corporation, City of Louisville, Kentucky for the renovation
of a facility for the Temple Community Development
Corporation;
387. $70,000 to the Tompkinsville Senior Citizen Housing
Complex, City of Pontotoc, Mississippi for the completion of
the Tompkinsville Senior Citizen Housing Complex;
388. $500,000 to the Visions of Eastern Kentucky, City of
Manchester, KY for facility construction;
389. $600,000 for the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet to develop
a visitor center at the Big Bone Lick State Park;
390. $200,000 for McCracken County Fiscal Court to
construct an Emergency Services Building;
391. $200,000 for Clinton County to develop and construct a
Welcome Center;
392. $100,000 to Livingston Parish Veterans' Memorial
Plaza, Louisiana for construction of Livingston Parish
Veterans' Memorial Plaza;
393. $250,000 to Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana
for renovations and upgrades to a facility;
394. $225,000 to the City of Covington, Louisiana to build
a trailhead plaza;
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395. $250,000 to the City of Grand Isle, Louisiana for
construction of a multiplex center;
396. $500,000 to the City of Opelousas, Louisiana for Phase
I of recreation improvements;
397. $250,000 to the National Center for Community Renewal
(NCCR), City of Shreveport, Louisiana for renovations to a
donated building in Shreveport;
398. $180,000 to the Village of Sun, City of St. Tammany,
Louisiana for repairs to the Town Hall and Community Center;
399. $250,000 for Alexandria Central Economic Development
District, to develop the Alexandria Riverfront Development;
400. $250,000 for Ascension Parish, to develop the Lamar
Dixon Exposition Center;
401. $500,000 for the Audubon Nature Institute for the
Audubon Living Science Museum and Wetlands Center in New
Orleans, Louisiana;
402. $500,000 for Lafourche Parish for waterfront
development along Bayou Lafourche in Ascension, Asumption and
Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana;
403. $300,000 to American International College in
Springfield, Massachusetts for the renovation of Reed Mansion
and Breck Hall;
404. $600,000 to Banknorth building in Fitchburg,
Massachusetts for renovation and construction;
405. $200,000 to Boston Healthcare for the Homeless in
Boston, Massachusetts for renovation of its facility;
406. $300,000 to Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc. in Lenox,
Massachusetts for facilities upgrade and build out;
407. $300,000 to Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts
for construction of a research center;
408. $100,000 to Greenfield Community College in
Greenfield, Massachusetts for a feasibility study;
409. $380,000 to Lawrence Community Works in Lawrence,
Massachusetts for construction of a design and technology
training center;
410. $250,000 to Stetson Town Hall in Randolph,
Massachusetts for improvements and renovations of its
facility;
411. $200,000 to the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts for
renovations of facility for Solutions Development
Corporation;
412. $200,000 to the City of Lynn, Massachusetts for the
renovation of the City Hall and Auditorium;
413. $500,000 to the City of Medford, Massachusetts for
construction and renovation of an outdoor facility;
414. $300,000 to the City of Melrose, Massachusetts for
improvements to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall;
415. $1,000,000 to the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts
for design and construction of a community center;
416. $100,000 to the City of Sommerville, Massachusetts for
renovations and upgrades to its facility;
417. $100,000 to the Community Art Center, Inc. in
Cambridge, Massachusetts for renovation and capital
improvements;
418. $300,000 to the Mahaiwae Performing Arts Center, Inc.
in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for facilities renovation
and improvements;
419. $400,000 to the Main South Community Development
Corporation in Worcester, Massachusetts for revitalization of
the Gardner-Kilby-Hammond neighborhood;
420. $125,000 to the Mashpee Wampanoq Tribal Council, Inc.
in Massachusetts for renovation of a facility;
421. $200,000 to the Merrimack Repertory Theater in Lowell,
Massachusetts for renovation of facilities;
422. $100,000 to the Narrows Center in Fall River,
Massachusetts for renovations and upgrades to facilities;
423. $400,000 to the Springfield Day Nursery in
Springfield, Massachusetts for renovations to the King Street
Children's Center;
424. $400,000 to Western Mass Enterprise Fund, Inc. in
Greenfield, Massachusetts for capitalization of a loan fund;
425. $200,000 to Whittier Street Community Center in
Roxbury, Massachusetts for facilities renovation;
426. $400,000 Walpole, MA for improvements and renovations
to town fields;
427. $280,000 for the City of North Adams, MA for the
renovation of the historic Mohawk Theater;
428. $280,000 for the City of Holyoke, MA for renovations
to the Picknelly Adult and Family Education Center;
429. $200,000 for the City of Medford, MA for the
redevelopment of Medford Square;
430. $280,000 for the Main South Community Development
Corporation, Worcester, MA for the redevelopment of the
Gardner-Kilby-Hammond Neighborhood;
431. $260,000 for the City of Lawrence, MA for the
redevelopment of the Lawrence In-Town Mall site;
432. $250,000 for the Bird Street Community Center, Boston,
MA for facility renovations;
433. $200,000 for Straight Ahead Ministries of Westboro, MA
for the acquisition and renovation of facilities in
Hubbardston, MA;
434. $200,000 for Girls Incorporated of Lynn, MA for
building renovations;
435. $250,000 to Dawson Safe Haven for Children, Youth, and
Families in Baltimore, Maryland for reconstruction of the
Dawson Safe Haven facility;
436. $225,000 to St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Maryland
for the renovation and purchasing of technology equipment for
Goodpaster Hall;
437. $150,000 to the City of Baltimore, Maryland for
revitalization of the East Baltimore Development Project
Area;
438. $250,000 to the City of Hyattsville, Maryland for
construction of the Renaissance Square Artists' Housing;
439. $250,000 to the City of Takoma Park, Maryland for
construction and build out of a community learning center;
440. $500,000 to the Historic St. Mary's City Commission in
St. Mary's City, Maryland for construction and renovation of
a brick chapel;
441. $275,000 to the Ministers Alliance of Charles County
in Waldorf, Maryland for the acquisition, renovation, and
construction of a business center;
442. $100,000 to the Towson YMCA Day Care in Towson,
Maryland for the renovation and expansion of the Day Care
Facility;
443. $300,000 for the Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore for
construction and equipping of new food distribution center;
444. $500,000 for the Washington Archdiocese/Langley Park
Health Clinic and Social Service Center, Maryland;
445. $450,000 for the East Baltimore Development Project,
Maryland;
446. $500,000 for Patterson Park/Library Square
Revitalization, Maryland;
447. $400,000 for Goucher College, Community Service
Center, Maryland;
448. $200,000 for the American Visionary Arts Museum,
Maryland;
449. $200,000 for the Our Daily Bread Employment Center,
Maryland;
450. $100,000 to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine for
site planning and renovation of a building;
451. $200,000 to the Town of Milo, Maine for the
development of an industrial park;
452. $325,000 for the City of Brewer Administrative
Building Redevelopment;
453. $300,000 for the Franco-American Heritage Center,
Renovation Project;
454. $325,000 for the Bangor Waterfront Park on the
Penobscot River for the City of Bangor;
455. $350,000 for the Town of Milo, Maine for the
development of the Eastern Piscataquis Industrial Park;
456. $350,000 for the Town of Van Buren: Van Buren Regional
Business Park;
457. $350,000 for Western Maine Community Action: Keeping
Seniors Home program;
458. $300,000 for the University of New England: George and
Barbara Bush Cultural Center for construction and equipment;
459. $200,000 for the City of Portland, Portland Public
Library Renovation and Expansion Project;
460. $100,000 for the Penobscot Marine Museum Maine-
Mawooshen: One Country, Two Worlds Project--Construction of
exhibit;
461. $300,000 for the Westbrook Housing Authority: Larrabee
Village Supportive Services for construction and design of
facilities for the elderly & disabled;
462. $250,000 to Grand Traverse County, Michigan for a
homeless shelter to serve five counties;
463. $400,000 to Grand Valley State University in the Town
of Allendale, Michigan for renovations to a research and
education facility;
464. $150,000 to Northern Michigan University in Marquette,
Michigan for construction and facility expansion of the
Olympic Village Project;
465. $550,000 to the Arab Community Center for Economic and
Social Services in Dearborn, Michigan for construction of a
museum;
466. $250,000 to the Boysville Neighborhood Centers,
Village of Clinton, Michigan for renovations to the Boysville
Neighborhood Centers;
467. $550,000 to the City of Detroit, Michigan for the
demolition of unsafe buildings;
468. $500,000 to the City of Detroit, Michigan for
demolition of dangerous structures;
469. $300,000 to the City of Detroit, Michigan for
revitalization of Eastern Market;
470. $350,000 to the City of East Lansing, Michigan for the
construction of housing units for low-income families;
471. $400,000 to the City of Ferndale, Michigan for the
expansion of the existing Kulick Community Center;
472. $100,000 to the City of Frankfort, Michigan for mixed-
use development;
473. $250,000 to the City of Port Huron, Michigan for the
renovation of areas in conjunction with the city
revitalization plan;
474. $100,000 to the Detroit Zoo for construction of the
Ford Center for Environmental and Conservation Education;
475. $200,000 to the Jewish Vocational Services in the City
of Southfield, Michigan for the development of assisted
housing;
476. $300,000 to the Labor Museum and Learning Center of
Michigan in Flint, Michigan for construction and build out of
a museum;
477. $400,000 to the Lighthouse of Oakland County, Michigan
for construction of new homes in Unity Park;
478. $475,000 to the Michigan Jewish Institute in West
Bloomfield, Michigan for improvements to campus buildings and
classrooms;
479. $200,000 to the MotorCities National Heritage Area in
Detroit, Michigan for renovations to the historic Piquette
Plant;
480. $150,000 to the Municipal Riverfront Park, City of
Farmington, Michigan for trail improvements to Shiawassee
Park;
481. $350,000 to the Municipal Riverfront Park, City of
Farmington, Michigan for ADA compliance of the Municipal
Riverfront Park;
482. $700,000 to the National Center for Manufacturing
Sciences in the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan for the
development of advanced technologies to the manufacturing
base;
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483. $200,000 to The Oakland Livingston Human Service
Agency in Pontiac, Michigan for the purchase of 196 Cesar
Chavez Avenue;
484. $250,000 to the Presbyterian Villages of Pontiac,
Michigan for improvements to the senior wellness center;
485. $350,000 to the Presbyterian Villages of Redwood,
Michigan for construction of green housing;
486. $200,000 to the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
in the City of Troy, Michigan for material dissemination to
homes and classrooms;
487. $250,000 to the Samaritan Center in the City of
Detroit, Michigan for renovation of a multipurpose facility;
488. $350,000 to the YMCA of Saginaw, Michigan for
renovation of the YMCA of Saginaw;
489. $250,000 to Walsh College in the City of Troy,
Michigan for a library expansion;
490. $600,000 for The Enterprise Group of Jackson, MI for
the Armory Arts redevelopment project;
491. $600,000 to the Arab Community Center for Economic and
Social Services (ACCESS) in Dearborn, MI for expansion of a
museum;
492. $600,000 to the City of Detroit, MI for redevelopment
of the Far East Side neighborhood;
493. $350,000 to the City of Saginaw, MI to provide for the
revitalization of Northeast Saginaw;
494. $300,000 for the State of Michigan for costs
associated with the relocation of the A.E. Seaman Mineral
Museum;
495. $300,000 for Focus: Hope in Detroit, MI for the
upgrades to the cogeneration microgrid;
496. $250,000 for the Goodwill Inn Homeless Shelter in
Traverse City, MI for construction of a new shelter;
497. $200,000 to the Harbor Habitat for Humanity in Benton
Harbor, MI for costs associated with infrastructure in the
construction of new homes;
498. $150,000 to the City of St. Paul, Minnesota for
rehabilitation needs at the Ames Lake Neighborhood/Phalen
Place Apartments;
499. $500,000 to the Minneapolis American Indian Center in
Minneapolis, Minnesota for facilities renovation;
500. $100,000 to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, City
of St. Paul, Minnesota for the development of supporting
housing for homeless youth;
501. $275,000 to the Northside Residents Redevelopment
Council in Minneapolis, Minnesota for construction of mixed-
use facilities;
502. $550,000 to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in
Red Lake, Minnesota for construction and build out of a
multi-purpose complex;
503. $200,000 for the Hmong American Mutual Assistance
Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota to complete the HAMAA
Community Center;
504. $200,000 for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in
Red Lake, Minnesota to construct criminal justice complex
project;
505. $200,000 for the Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio
(CLUES) in St. Paul, Minnesota for facility construction;
506. $200,000 for Redwood County, Minnesota for the
Material Recovery/Waste to Energy Facility at Lamberton,
Minnesota;
507. $300,000 to construct a community, activity center for
low-income seniors in Mora, MN;
508. $500,000 to Southeast Missouri State University,
Missouri for the construction of a new school for the visual
and performing arts;
509. $75,000 to the 3rd Ward Neighborhood Council in St.
Louis, Missouri for renovation and preservation of a
facility;
510. $150,000 to the Better Family Life Cultural Center &
Museum in St. Louis, Missouri for facility construction and
renovation;
511. $250,000 to the City of Joplin, Missouri for the
renovation of center downtown district;
512. $150,000 to the City of Kansas City, Missouri for
project planning and design, demolition, and redevelopment at
the Columbus Park Redevelopment Project;
513. $250,000 to the City of Springfield, Missouri for the
construction of a multi-purpose community facility;
514. $150,000 to the City of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri for
streetscape improvements;
515. $500,000 to the Gillioz/Reagan Theater, Missouri for
the renovation of the theater;
516. $250,000 to the Mid-America Research and Development
Foundation, Missouri for construction of a Discovery Research
Institute;
517. $500,000 for the Liberty Memorial Association in
Kansas City, MO for construction and renovation;
518. $250,000 for the St. Louis Bosnian Chamber of Commerce
for construction of a community center in St. Louis, MO;
519. $250,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas
City, MO for RBI construction;
520. $250,000 for the Winston Churchill Memorial in Fulton,
MO for construction and renovation;
521. $250,000 for Covenant House Missouri for construction
of homeless youth center in St. Louis, MO;
522. $250,000 for Truman State University for construction
of Speech and Hearing Clinic in Kirksville, MO;
523. $250,000 for City of Springfield, MO for renovation of
the Springfield Commercial Club Building;
524. $750,000 to the Family Support Services Center for
Autistic Children for construction of a Center to serve
families with autistic children in St. Charles County,
Missouri;
525. $500,000 to the University of Missouri for Hickman
House preservation, renovation and improvements projects in
Howard County, Missouri;
526. $500,000 to the Salvation Army Northland Community
Center, to construct a family center and community room Clay
County, Missouri;
527. $1,000,000 to the Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance
for capital improvements in Kansas City, Missouri;
528. $1,000,000 to Better Living Communities for capital
improvements for Salisbury Park neighborhood housing
development in St. Louis, Missouri;
529. $500,000 to the St. Louis Housing Authority for
neighborhood housing development of the Cochran Gardens
Public Housing Site in St. Louis, Missouri;
530. $620,000 to the City of Kansas City for Swope
Community Builders for the Linwood Housing project, Kansas
City, Missouri;
531. $500,000 to the Missouri Soybean Association for test
plots for the Life Sciences Research Development and
Commercialization Project in Boone County, Missouri;
532. $500,000 to the Mark Twain Neighborhood Association
for capital improvements in St. Louis, Missouri;
533. $750,000 to the Students in Free Enterprise World
Headquarters for capital improvements [equipment] in Greene
County, Missouri;
534. $250,000 to the Advanced Technology Center for
construction of Laser/photronics lab complex and classroom in
Mexico, Missouri;
535. $750,000 to the Youzeum for construction of youth
health museum in Boone County, Missouri;
536. $400,000 to City of Kennett for downtown
revitalization in Kennett, Missouri;
537. $550,000 City of Moorhead, Sunflower County,
Mississippi for streetscape improvements;
538. $300,000 to Panola County Board of Supervisors, Panola
County, Mississippi for the construction of a multi-purpose
community facility;
539. $750,000 to Pontotoc County, MS for construction of
the Pontotoc County Sportsplex;
540. $200,000 to the City of Meridian, Mississippi for the
construction of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment
Center;
541. $100,000 to the City of Natchez, Mississippi for a
long term master plan for community development;
542. $50,000 to the Mississippi State University, City of
Starkville,
Mississippi for improvements to the Cornerstone Industrial
Park;
543. $250,000 to the Town of McLain, Mississippi for
industrial park development;
544. $500,000 in the City of Oxford, Mississippi for the
Innovation and Outreach Center;
545. $500,000 in the City of Madison, Mississippi, for the
Historic Madison Gateway Project;
546. $500,000 in the City of Tchula, Mississippi for the
Tchula New Town
Infrastructure Project;
547. $1,500,000 for the Mississippi Museum of Art in
Jackson, Mississippi, for renovations and improvements;
548. $950,000 for the Education Building for the Jackson
Zoo in Jackson, Mississippi, to construct an educational
building;
549. $850,000 for the Lafayette County Courthouse in
Oxford, Mississippi, to restore and renovate their historic
c.1872 courthouse;
550. $800,000 for the Hinds Community College Performing
Arts Center in Utica, Mississippi, to construct a performing
arts, multi-purpose building;
551. $500,000 for the Mississippi University for Women
Facility Restoration in Columbus, Mississippi, for facility
improvements and restoration;
552. $500,000 for the Simpson County, Mississippi
Courthouse for renovations and improvements;
553. $500,000 for the Jackson Public School-Belhaven
College H.T. Newell Field Complex Partnership for facility
improvements and construction in Jackson, Mississippi;
554. $600,000 for the City of Collins, Mississippi, to
build a multi-purpose civic center;
555. $500,000 for the renovation of the Robert O. Wilder
Building at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi;
556. $500,000 for the St. Ambrose Leadership College in
Wesson, Mississippi, for restoration of a historic building
for housing;
557. $500,000 for Delta State University for economic
development activities and campus and facility improvements;
558. $500,000 for the Historical Preservation at Alcorn
State University, Alcorn State, Mississippi, for the
restoration project of existing historic buildings;
559. $100,000 to the Child and Family Intervention Center,
City of Billings, Montana for the renovation of the Child and
Family Intervention Center;
560. $500,000 to the Montana Food Bank Network, City of
Missoula, Montana for expansion of the Montana Food Bank
Network;
561. $100,000 to the Montana State University-Applied
Technology Center, City of Havre, Montana for improvements to
the
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Montana State University Applied Technology Center;
562. $40,000 to the Traveler's Rest Preservation and
Heritage Association, City of Lolo, Montana for construction
of a pedestrian bridge over Lolo Creek;
563. $200,000 for the Liberty House Foundation, for
construction expenses in Ft. Harrison, MT;
564. $350,000 for the Rocky Mountain Development Council,
to continue the PenKay Eagles Manor Renovation in Helena, MT;
565. $250,000 for the Rocky Boy Reservation's utilization
of Malmstrom Air Force Base's excess housing;
566. $250,000 for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in
Missoula, MT for the infrastructure needs of their new
headquarters facility;
567. $250,000 for the Center for St. Vincent Healthcare's
Center for Healthy Aging in Billings, MT;
568. $200,000 for the Child and Family Intervention Center
to renovate the Garfield School Building in Billings, MT;
569. $200,000 for the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch's
Education Facilities Expansion in Billings, MT;
570. $200,000 for the Carter County Museum's Highway to
Hell Creek project facilities expansion in Ekalaka, MT;
571. $400,000 for the Big Sky Economic Development
Corporation for acquisition and rehabilitation for low-income
housing in Billings, MT;
572. $200,000 for the Missoula Aging Services building
renovation in Missoula, MT;
573. $200,000 to the St. Vincent Center for Healthy Aging
for construction in Billings, MT;
574. $300,000 to the Daly Mansion Preservation Trust for
the renovation of the Daly Mansion in Hamilton, MT;
575. $250,000 to CommunityWorks for the construction of the
ExplorationWorks Museum in Helena, MT;
576. $200,000 to the Montana Technology Enterprise Center
for the construction of lab facilities in Missoula, MT;
577. $250,000 Davidson County Community College, North
Carolina for facility and equipment upgrades;
578. $150,000 to Columbus County, North Carolina for
construction of a center for the Southeast Community College;
579. $200,000 to DHIC, Inc. in Wake County, North Carolina
for a revolving loan fund for low-income homebuyers;
580. $200,000 to EmPOWERment, Inc. in Chapel Hill, North
Carolina for a revolving loan fund for low-income homebuyers;
581. $150,000 to Gaston County, North Carolina for
technology park expansion;
582. $100,000 to Northampton County, North Carolina for
planning, design, and construction of a community center;
583. $50,000 to Spring Creek Community Center, Madison
County, North Carolina; for restoration of an old school
building to be used as the Spring Creek Community Center;
584. $348,700 to the City of Asheville, North Carolina for
the renovation of the Asheville Veterans Memorial Stadium;
585. $150,000 to the City of Durham, North Carolina for
facilities construction/renovation and streetscape
improvements;
586. $150,000 to the City of Fayetteville and Cumberland
County, North Carolina for the development of a business
park;
587. $250,000 to the City of Laurinburg, North Carolina for
the demolition of an old hospital;
588. $250,000 to the City of Monroe, North Carolina for the
renovation of Old Armory for neighborhood revitalization;
589. $200,000 to the City of Raeford, North Carolina for
improvements to the Raeford downtown streetscape;
590. $250,000 to the City of Troy, North Carolina for the
implementation of an affordable housing program;
591. $250,000 to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, City
of Hatteras, North Carolina for the construction of the
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum;
592. $250,000 to the Inter-Faith Council for Social
Services in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for construction,
renovation, and build out of facilities;
593. $200,000 to the Piedmont Environmental Center in High
Point, North Carolina for renovation and expansion of the
Naturalist Education Center;
594. $250,000 to the Sparta Teapot Museum, North Carolina
for construction of the Sparta Teapot Museum;
595. $150,000 to the Central Library of Forsyth County,
North Carolina for renovation and expansion of the Central
Library;
596. $50,000 to the Town of Dobbins Heights, North Carolina
for the redevelopment of downtown;
597. $150,000 to the Town of Zebulon, North Carolina for
land acquisition;
598. $250,000 to the UNC Asheville Science and Multimedia
Center, City of Asheville, North Carolina; for construction
of a new science and multi-media building;
599. $150,000 to the Western Carolina University Center for
Engineering Technologies, Town of Cullowhee, North Carolina
for interior building renovations to the Center for
Engineering Technologies at Western Carolina University;
600. $200,000 to UDI Community Development Corporation in
Durham, North Carolina for construction/renovation and build
out of an industrial park facility;
601. $400,000 for Renovations to the Core Sound Waterfowl
Museum in Harkers Island, NC;
602. $200,000 to the City of Kannapolis, NC for the
rehabilitation of the Pillowtex Plant 1 site;
603. $250,000 for New River Community Partners, Inc., in
Sparta, NC for the Sparta Teapot Museum;
604. $200,000 for Catawba Science Museum to renovate and
expand exhibitions in Hickory, NC;
605. $200,000 for Military Business Park Development in
Fayetteville, NC;
606. $250,000 for the City of Wilmington, NC, for the
Downtown Park & Open Space Initiative;
607. $250,000 for the City of Fayetteville, NC, for the
Military Business Park;
608. $250,000 for the City of Asheville, NC, for the
Veterans Memorial Restoration;
609. $350,000 to the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch
Residential Facilities in North Dakota for construction and
renovation of its three facilities;
610. $250,000 for the Northwest Ventures Communities,
Minot, ND for the construction of the Northwest Career and
Technology Center;
611. $200,000 for the United Tribes Technical College in
Bismarck, ND for the construction of family housing;
612. $350,000 for the City of Killdeer, ND to construct a
community activity center;
613. $400,000 for the City of Rugby, ND to support
construction and other projects within two North Dakota REAP
Zones;
614. $300,000 for the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, Minot,
ND for facilities at their Minot location;
615. $350,000 for the UND Center for Innovation Foundation
in Grand Forks, ND for the Ina Mae Rude Entrepreneur Center;
616. $300,000 for the Bismarck-Mandan Development
Association, Bismarck, ND for the construction of the
National Energy Technology Training and Education Facility;
617. $200,000 for the Minot Area Community Development
Foundation, Minot, ND for the Prairie Community Development
Center;
618. $200,000 for the Turtle Mountain Community College,
Belcourt, ND for the Turtle Mountain Community College
Vocational Educational Center;
619. $150,000 to Peru State College, Nebraska for
construction of a new technology building;
620. $200,000 to the Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska,
Columbus, NE for renovations to the Boys and Girls Home of
Nebraska;
621. $400,000 to the City of Lincoln, Nebraska for the
revitalization of the Antelope Valley Neighborhood Project;
622. $250,000 to the Girls and Boys Town USA, Nebraska for
the national priorities of Girls and Boys Town USA;
623. $100,000 to the Tech Auditorium Restoration Committee,
City of Omaha, Nebraska for the restoration of Tech
Auditorium;
624. $100,000 to the University of Nebraska, Lincoln for
the expansion of rural business enterprise development;
625. $100,000 to the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial, City of
Red Cloud, Nebraska for renovations to the historic Moon
Block building;
626. $200,000 to Thurston County, Nebraska for the
renovation of the Thurston County Courthouse;
627. $1,000,000 for Metro Community College's Health
Careers and Science Building in the City of Omaha;
628. $200,000 for Thurston County Courthouse renovation in
the City of Pender;
629. $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska's
Columbus Family Resources Center in the City of Columbus;
630. $200,000 for the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and
Educational Foundation's Moon Block restoration project in
the City of Red Cloud;
631. $200,000 for Clarkson College's Central Student
Service Center Facility in the City of Omaha;
632. $200,000 for University of Nebraska-Lincoln's
Enterprise Development in Rural Nebraska in the City of
Lincoln;
633. $950,000 for a parking facility as part of the Joslyn
Art Museum Master Plan, in Omaha, Nebraska;
634. $100,000 to the Bethlehem Redevelopment Association,
New Hampshire for the renovation of Main Street performing
arts theater;
635. $150,000 to the City of Concord, New Hampshire for
site preparation for improvements to White Park;
636. $100,000 to the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire for
construction of an environmentally responsible library;
637. $100,000 to the New Hampshire Community Technical
College for construction of an academic learning center at
the New Hampshire Community Technical College;
638. $225,000 to the Town of Temple, New Hampshire for
restoration of Temple Town Hall;
639. 450,000 for Families in Transition, Manchester, New
Hampshire for the Mothers and Children: Staying Together
Recovery Center;
640. 350,000 for New Hampshire Community Technical College
System, Conway, New Hampshire for the Consortium-Based
Academic Center;
641. 200,000 for Gibson Center, Madison, New Hampshire for
the preservation of senior housing at Silver Lake Landing;
642. $500,000 for the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund,
manufactured housing park program
643. $200,000 for the Monadnock, NH, Township home owner
initiative
644. $400,000 for the Derry, NH, Senior Center project
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645. $600,000 for the Manchester, NH, YWCA project
646. $400,000 for the Nashua, NH, Downtown Riverfront
Opportunity Program
647. $400,000 for the Student Conservation Association
service center, New Hampshire
648. $400,000 to 2nd Floor Youth Helpline in Hazlet, New
Jersey for construction and renovation of its space;
649. $300,000 to Essex County, New Jersey for economic
development;
650. $250,000 to Eva's Kitchen and Sheltering Program in
Paterson, New Jersey for renovation and construction of a
homeless shelter;
651. $100,000 to Montclair State University, New Jersey for
construction of a facility at Montclair State University;
652. $300,000 to Morris County, New Jersey for economic
development;
653. $150,000 to Oldwick Village, Hunterdon County, New
Jersey for improvements to the Village of Oldwick;
654. $150,000 to Rutgers University in New Jersey for land
acquisition for Early Childhood Research Learning Academy;
655. $300,000 to Somerset County, New Jersey for economic
development;
656. $300,000 to Sussex County, New Jersey for economic
development;
657. $100,000 to the Appel Farm Arts and Music Center, City
of Elmer, New Jersey for expansion of Appel Farm Arts and
Music Center;
658. $90,000 to the Center for Community Arts, City of Cape
May, New Jersey for rehabilitation of a community arts
center;
659. $150,000 to the City of Atlantic City, New Jersey for
the development of a manufacturers business park;
660. $150,000 to the City of Bridgeton, New Jersey for the
revitalization of Southeast Gateway Neighborhood;
661. $350,000 to the City of East Orange, New Jersey for
upgrades and improvements to recreation fields;
662. $600,000 to the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey for
rehabilitation and construction of the Jewish Renaissance
Medical Center;
663. $50,000 to the Martin House Transitional Housing
Program, City of Trenton, New Jersey for the completion of
the Martin House Transitional Housing Program;
664. $250,000 to the Monroe Township in Middlesex County,
New Jersey for the development of recreation facilities;
665. $250,000 to the School for Children with Hidden
Intelligence, City of Lakewood, New Jersey for the
construction of a new building for the School for Children
with Hidden Intelligence;
666. $200,000 to the Viking Village, City of Barnegat
Light, New Jersey for renovations to historic structures;
667. $100,000 to the Westfield YMCA, New Jersey for the
renovation of the new East Board Street YMCA;
668. $350,000 to West Milford Township, New Jersey for
public commercial improvements;
669. $250,000 for the City of Pleasantville, NJ for the
construction and renovation of the Pleasantville Marina;
670. $200,000 for the City of Paterson, NJ for the design
and renovation of the Silk City Senior Nutrition Center;
671. $200,000 for the St. Joseph's School of the Blind in
Jersey City, NJ for the construction of a new facility;
672. $300,000 for the Rutgers-Camden Business Incubator,
Camden, NJ for the expansion of the business incubator;
673. $250,000 to the City of Belen, New Mexico for
construction of a multipurpose community center;
674. $150,000 to the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico for
construction of the Carlsbad Battered Family Shelter;
675. $20,000 to the East Central Ministries, City of
Albuquerque, New Mexico for the East Central Ministries
enterprises program;
676. $350,000 to the Placitas Public Library, City of
Placitas, New Mexico for the construction of the Placitas
Public Library;
677. $200,000 to the Village of Angel Fire in New Mexico
for construction and development of a town square;
678. $500,000 to the YMCA of Albuquerque, City of
Albuquerque, New Mexico for the construction of the YMCA of
Albuquerque;
679. $1,130,000 for Presbyterian Medical Services for their
Head Start Facility in Santa Fe, New Mexico;
680. $750,000 for the Albuquerque Mental Health Housing
Coalition, Inc. for the renovation of the Support Plaza
Apartments in Albuquerque, New Mexico;
681. $620,000 for Eastern New Mexico State University in
Portales, New Mexico for scientific instructional equipment;
682. $200,000 Otero County, NM, Veteran's Museum
Construction;
683. $350,000 City of Carlsbad, NM, Battered Family Shelter
Construction;
684. $250,000 Helping Hands Food Bank of Deming, NM,
Construction;
685. $350,000 City of Sunland Park, NM, Community Center
Construction;
686. $250,000 Sandoval County, NM, Community Health
Alliance, Construction and Equipment;
687. $200,000 City of Portales, NM, Rehabilitation of the
Yam Movie Palace;
688. $100,000 to Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship &
Technology in Carson, Nevada for expansion of the center;
689. $150,000 to Nye County, Nevada for the development of
multifunctional recreational facilities;
690. $500,000 to the City of Henderson, Nevada for
improvements and building renovations;
691. $150,000 to the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada for
construction of a recreation center;
692. $350,000 to the WestCare Foundation, City of Las
Vegas, Nevada for improvements to WestCare;
693. $300,000 for the Pahrump Senior Center, Pahrump NV,
for senior transportation;
694. $500,000 for the Nathan Adelson Hospice, Henderson,
NV, for an adult day care center;
695. $200,000 for the Ridge House, Reno, NV, for the
purchase or acquisition of facilities for the Reentry
Resource Center;
696. $500,000 for the University of Nevada-Reno to provide
a Small Business Development Center;
697. $500,000 for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada for the
renovation of the Old Post Office;
698. $350,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada to provide
Fourth St. Corridor Enhancements;
699. $300,000 for the City of Pahrump/Nye County, Nevada
Fairgrounds Project;
700. $500,000 for Wadsworth, Nevada to provide a Community
Center;
701. $200,000 for the City of Sparks, Nevada for the Deer
Park Facility Renovation Project;
702. $250,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada to provide a
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Regional Distribution Facility
Project;
703. $350,000 to Amherst Chamber of Commerce Inc., Erie
County, New York for the Suburban Solutions Center;
704. $150,000 to Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities in
Queens, New York for renovation of economic development
facilities;
705. $400,000 to Fordham University in Bronx, New York for
the construction of a multipurpose center;
706. $150,000 to Genesee Country Village & Museum, Monroe
County, New York for construction of education center
classrooms;
707. $150,000 to Greater Brockport Development Corporation,
Monroe County, New York for the rehabilitation of historic
Whiteside Barnett and Co. Agricultural Works property;
708. $75,000 to Mamaroneck Village, New York for a
pedestrian streetscape program;
709. $250,000 to Operation Oswego County, Oswego County,
New York, for the development of Riverview Business Park;
710. $250,000 to Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady, New York
for facility expansion;
711. $250,000 to Prospect Park Alliance in Brooklyn, New
York for construction of a visitor's center and upgrades to
its facilities;
712. $350,000 to Shaker Museum and Library, Columbia
County, New York for restoration of historic Great Stone
Barn;
713. $150,000 to State University of New York College at
Brockport, Monroe County, New York for construction of a
research and education center at the State University of New
York College, Brockport;
714. $150,000 to Sunnyside Community Services in Queens,
New York for construction of a senior center;
715. $150,000 to the 39th Street Recreation Center, New
York Department of Parks for the renovation of a recreation
center;
716. $100,000 to the 86th Street Business Improvement
District, New York for streetscape improvements;
717. $100,000 to the Adirondack Champlain Fiber Network
(ACFN), City of Plattsburgh, New York for the construction of
Adirondack Champlain Fiber Network;
718. $200,000 to the Alfred State College, City of Alfred,
New York for construction of a facility at Alfred State
College;
719. $200,000 to the Arts Guild of Old Forge, New York for
renovations;
720. $250,000 to the Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. in
Poughkeepsie, New York for improvements to the Bardavon Opera
House;
721. $150,000 to the Beth Gavriel Bukharian Congregation in
Queens, New York for planning, design, and construction of a
building expansion to serve the Bukharian and Russian
populations;
722. $550,000 to the Boricua College in New York, New York
for renovation of the Audubon Terrace Building;
723. $250,000 to the Breast Cancer Help, Inc, City of
Lindenhurst, New York for construction of a center for Breast
Cancer Help, Inc;
724. $250,000 to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in
Buffalo, New York for the construction of an art museum;
725. $250,000 to the Catskill Mountain Foundation, City of
Hunter, New York for renovations of the Orpheum Theatre and
renovations of the Sugar Maples Center for the Arts;
726. $450,000 to the City College of New York for the
planning, design, and construction of the Center for Public
Service;
727. $100,000 to the City of Geneva, New York for
construction of community recreation center;
728. $100,000 to the City of Rome, New York for the
construction of a community recreation center;
729. $250,000 to the Elmira College, City of Elmira, New
York for the restoration of Cowles Hall on the Elmira
College;
730. $200,000 to the Federation of Italian-American
Organization in Brooklyn, New York for facility upgrades;
731. $250,000 to the Houghton College, City of Houghton,
New York for the rehabilitation of Paine Science Center at
Houghton College;
732. $150,000 to the Huntington Economic Development
Corporation in Huntington, New York for planning and design
of a public plaza;
733. $550,000 to the Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn,
New York for renovation and capital improvements;
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734. $200,000 to the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center
in Bronx, New York for the construction of a multipurpose
center;
735. $150,000 to the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens,
New York for facility expansion;
736. $250,000 to the Neighborhood Initiative, City of
Syracuse, New York for the continuation of the Neighborhood
Initiative Program;
737. $100,000 to the NI--Metropolitan Development
Association, City of Syracuse, New York for the Essential New
York Initiative;
738. $100,000 to the North Country Children's Clinic, City
of Watertown, New York for renovations to North Country
Children's Clinic;
739. $150,000 to the Northwest Family YMCA, Camp
Northpoint, City of Rochester, New York for construction to
the Northwest Family YMCA, Camp Northpoint;
740. $375,000 to the Old Fort Niagara Gateway to History in
Porter, New York for rehabilitation of a visitor's center,
and $375,000 to Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation for
infrastructure improvements in Central Plaza Park;
741. $400,000 to the Orange County Community College in
Middletown, New York for construction of a new building;
742. $75,000 to the Pregones Theater in Bronx, New York for
renovation of its facility;
743. $75,000 to the Queens Borough Children's Discovery
Center, New York City, New York for the construction of a
children's discovery center;
744. $300,000 to the Sephardic Community Center, New York
for building additions and improvements;
745. $158,000 to the Sugar Hill Industrial Park, City of
Alfred, New York for construction of the Sugar Hill
Industrial Park;
746. $100,000 to the Town and Village of Fort Ann, New York
for construction of the Adirondack Golden Goal complex;
747. $250,000 to the Town of Babylon 9/11 Hometown Memorial
Foundation, City of Babylon, New York for construction of 9/
11 Education Center;
748. $200,000 to the Town of Brookhaven, Farmingville, New
York for demolition and construction of a new Senior Citizens
Wellness Center;
749. $75,000 to the Town of Eastchester, New York for
construction of a youth center;
750. $100,000 to the Town of Lenox, New York for
construction of WWI Memorial;
751. $150,000 to the Town of North Hempstead, New York for
construction and revitalization in New Cassel;
752. $100,000 to the Town of Ripley, New York for land
acquisition;
753. $250,000 to the Utica Public Library, New York for the
replacement of windows at the Utica Public Library;
754. $75,000 to the Village of Elmsford, New York for
construction of a new senior center;
755. $75,000 to the Village of Pleasantville, New York for
a pedestrian streetscape program;
756. $200,000 to the Village of Tuckahoe, New York for
streetscape improvements in the Crestwood section;
757. $100,000 to the YMCA at Glen Cove, City of Glen Cove,
New York for construction of children's center for the YMCA
at Glen Cove;
758. $100,000 to Utica College, New York for the
construction and expansion of nursing laboratory;
759. $500,000 to Warren County Economic Development
Corporation, Warren County, New York for facilities
construction at North Creek Ski Bowl;
760. $200,000 to the YWCA of Niagara, NY for the computer
lab expansion;
761. $250,000 to Alianza Dominicana of New York City, NY
for expansion of the Triangle building;
762. $200,000 to SUNY Plattsburgh, NY for the expansion of
the Adirondack-Champlain Community Fiber Network;
763. $250,000 to the El Museo del Barrio in New York City,
NY for capital improvements;
764. $200,000 to the Central New York Community Arts
Council of Utica, NY for the expansion of the Stanley
Theater;
765. $200,000 to the City of Canandaigua, NY for the
construction of a regional tourism center;
766. $200,000 for the Graduate College of Union University,
Schenectady, NY to establish a freestanding campus;
767. $200,000 for the Robert H. Jackson Center, Jamestown,
NY for auditorium restoration;
768. $200,000 for the Griffiss Local Development
Corporation, Rome, NY for development of a multi-tenant
technology office complex;
769. $200,000 for the Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn
Harbor, NY for building restoration;
770. $200,000 for the Veterans Outreach Center, Rochester,
NY for renovation and expansion of employment and training
facilities;
771. $100,000 to Carroll County, Ohio for the development
of a community center;
772. $250,000 to Columbiana County, Ohio for construction
of a new community services building;
773. $200,000 to Connecting Point, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio for
facility construction;
774. $200,000 to Ross County, Ohio for development of an
industrial park;
775. $250,000 to Starr Commonwealth in Van Wert, Ohio for
the renovation of a facility;
776. $150,000 to the Champaign County Preservation
Alliance, City of Urbana, Ohio for the revitalization of
Champaign County heritage sites;
777. $100,000 to the Cincinnati Young People Theater, Ohio
for the renovation of Covedale Center for Performing Arts;
778. $100,000 to the City of St. Clairsville, Ohio for the
renovation of the Clarendon Hotel;
779. $350,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for the
construction of community education center on grounds of fire
training facility;
780. $250,000 to the City of Green, Ohio for the purchase
of Southgate Farm;
781. $100,000 to the City of Lima, Ohio for improvements to
riverwalk;
782. $150,000 to the City of Lorain, Ohio for planning,
design, demolition, and redevelopment of Broadway Avenue;
783. $175,000 to the City of Springfield, Ohio for
demolition of a property to be used for a new hospital;
784. $200,000 to the City of St. Marys, Ohio for
renovations to the historic Glass Block;
785. $100,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for the
construction of Ice-Skating Rinks in City Parks;
786. $650,000 to the Community Properties of Ohio, City of
Columbus, Ohio for the Campus Partners Neighborhood
Initiative;
787. $200,000 to the Depression and Bipolar Support
Alliance in Toledo, Ohio for facility construction;
788. $200,000 to the Hocking Athens Perry Community Action,
City of Glouster, Ohio for renovations to the Ohio Department
of Corrections Facility;
789. $75,000 to the Ohio Glass Museum, City of Lancaster,
Ohio for the renovation of a building for the glass-blowing
museum;
790. $295,000 to the Ohio Historical Society, City of
Peebles, Ohio for improvements to the Serpent Mound State
Memorial Visitor Facility;
791. $200,000 to the Ohio Wesleyan University, City of
Delaware, Ohio for renovations to the Stand Theater;
792. $1,000,000 to the Springfield-Clark County Community
Improvement Corp, City of Springfield, Ohio for the expansion
of Applied Research Technology Park (ARTP) in Springfield;
793. $250,000 to the St. Mary Development Corporation, City
of Dayton, Ohio for street infrastructure and parking
facility improvements;
794. $300,000 to the Main Street Business Association,
Inc., City of Columbus, Ohio for mixed-use commercial and
residential facilities;
795. $250,000 to the Marsh Foundation in Van Wert, Ohio for
renovations to a facility;
796. $750,000 to the Thousand Hills Enterprises, LLC, City
of Canton, Ohio for construction of a Community Youth/
Recreation Activity Center;
797. $400,000 to the Towpath Trail YMCA Community Center,
City of Navarre, Ohio for construction of a library for the
Towpath Trail YMCA Community Center;
798. $100,000 to the University of Dayton, City of Dayton,
Ohio for redevelopment of Brown and Stewart Street properties
at the University of Dayton;
799. $150,000 to the Urban League of Greater Cleveland,
Ohio for a multicultural business development center;
800. $200,000 to the Youngstown Ohio Associated
Neighborhood Center in Youngstown, Ohio for upgrades to the
McGuffey Center;
801. $200,000 for the City of Canton, Ohio for the New
Horizons Park land and site acquisition, demolition, or
facilities construction;
802. $200,000 for Wright Dunbar, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, to
construct the Gateway to Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial;
803. $200,000 for Daybreak, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, for the
Daybreak Opportunity House land and site acquisition,
demolition, site preparation and facilities construction;
804. $200,000 for Catholic Charities Services Corporation,
Parma, Ohio, for Parmadale's land and site acquisition,
demolition, site preparation and facilities construction;
805. $100,000 for Cornerstone of Hope, Independence, OH, to
build a facility;
806. $300,000 for The Preston Fund for SMA Research,
Beachwood, Ohio, for the construction and development of
Preston's H.O.P.E.;
807. $300,000 for the Defiance County Senior Service
Center, Defiance, Ohio, for construction;
808. $250,000 for the Ukrainian Museum-Archives, Cleveland,
Ohio, for Phase II Development and construction;
809. $250,000 for The Scioto Society, Inc., Chillicothe,
Ohio for the ``Tecumseh!'' Capital Improvement Project;
810. $270,000 for the Lorain County Community College Great
Lakes Business Growth and Development Center;
811. $200,000 for the City of Jackson's Day Care Center;
812. $260,000 for Wilberforce University Ohio Private
Historically Black University Residence Hall Project;
813. $270,000 for the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio
(SWACO) Pyramid Resource Center;
814. $300,000 to the City of Pawnee, Oklahoma for the
renovation of the Buffalo Theater;
815. $250,000 to the Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.,
City of Durant, Oklahoma for an employer assisted housing
initiative;
816. $100,000 to the Tulsa Family and Children's Services,
City of Tulsa, Oklahoma for the renovation of a facility to
establish a one-stop youth and family service center;
817. $100,000 to the Youth and Family Services, Inc., City
of El Reno, Oklahoma for the construction of a facility for
Youth and Family Services;
818. $220,000 for the City of Ardmore, OK, to construct the
Ardmore Community Resource Center;
819. $220,000 for Norman Economic Development Corporation,
Norman, OK, to construct an engineering incubator;
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820. $200,000 for the City of Ponca City, OK, to construct
a museum building and information center for the statue of
Ponca Chief Standing Bear;
821. $220,000 for the United States-Mexico Cultural
Education Foundation to establish the Center for North
American Sustainable Economic Development at the University
of Oklahoma, Norman, OK;
822. $220,000 for the Native American Cultural Center and
Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, for construction of the American
Indian Cultural Center;
823. $200,000 for the City of Midwest City, OK to construct
a community outreach center;
824. $150,000 to the Portland Center Stage Armory Theater
in Portland, Oregon for renovations and upgrades to its
facility;
825. $150,000 to the Portland Development Commission in
Portland, Oregon for urban revitalization of the South
Waterfront District;
826. $300,000 to the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater
in Springfield, Oregon for the completion of construction of
its' facility;
827. $200,000 to the Salem Urban Renewal Agency in Salem,
Oregon for rehabilitation of downtown Salem;
828. $200,000 for the City of Lakeview, Oregon to develop
geothermal resources;
829. $200,000 for Marion-Polk Food Share in Salem, Oregon
to improve and renovate an emergency food distribution
center;
830. $200,000 for the City of Pendleton, Oregon to improve
and renovate round-up facilities;
831. $500,000 for construction of an education building at
the Blue Mountain Community College's Northeastern Oregon
Collaborative University Center, Hermiston, Oregon;
832. $250,000 for construction of the Downtown/Riverfront
Access Project by the City of The Dalles for the Port of The
Dalles, Oregon;
833. $200,000 for construction of a Teen Activity Center at
the Santo Community Center in Medford, Oregon;
834. $200,000 SAFE Inc. New Hope Farm, Tunkhannock, Wyoming
Co, PA for construction of a community facility for autistic
children;
835. $200,000 to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania for
rebuilding the Belmont Complex;
836. $500,000 to Bradford County Progress Authority,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania for the construction of two
business parks;
837. $250,000 to Cabrini College, Pennsylvania for
expansion of a community center;
838. $150,000 to Carbon County, Pennsylvania for land
acquisition, facilities renovation, and demolition;
839. $200,000 to Greene County, Pennsylvania for
revitalization of recreational facilities;
840. $100,000 to Gwen's Girls, Inc. in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania for construction of a residential facility;
841. $100,000 to KidsPeace, Pennsylvania for the renovation
to the Broadway Campus;
842. $47,000 to Liverpool Township, Perry County,
Pennsylvania for expansion of the community pool in Liverpool
Township;
843. $750,000 to Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania for
construction of the Lower Makefield 9/11 Memorial Garden;
844. $150,000 to North Central Triangle Revitalization in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for planning and design of the
Triangle Revitalization project;
845. $200,000 to Pine Forge Academy, Pennsylvania for
construction of a student center;
846. $100,000 to Point Breeze Performing Arts Center in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for renovations and upgrades of
its facility;
847. $100,000 to the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania for
expansion of the museum;
848. $200,000 to the Berks County Community Foundation,
Pennsylvania for a Competitive Greater Reading Initiative;
849. $200,000 to the Borough of Mahonoy City, Pennsylvania
for improvements to West Market Street;
850. $250,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster,
Inc., City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for construction of the
Columbia Clubhouse for the Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster;
851. $200,000 to the Brookville YMCA, City of Bradford,
Pennsylvania for construction of an aquatic area at
Brookville YMCA;
852. $200,000 to the Bucks County Planning Commission,
Pennsylvania for the construction of a community center for
Freedom Neighborhood;
853. $100,000 to the Carroll Park Neighbors Advisory
Council in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for facility
renovations and upgrades;
854. $250,000 to the Chartiers West Council of Governments,
City of Carnegie, Pennsylvania for infrastructure
improvements;
855. $400,000 to the City of Johnstown, Pennsylvania for
construction and improvements to the convention center;
856. $250,000 to the City of Monroeville, Pennsylvania for
construction of a new center and park for Monroeville
Community Center;
857. $300,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for
streetscape of the vendors mall;
858. $250,000 to the City of Sunbury, Pennsylvania for
construction of an amphitheater complex for the Susquehanna
Riverfront;
859. $150,000 to the City of York, Pennsylvania for
improvements to streetscapes;
860. $200,000 to the Clearfield YMCA, City of Clearfield,
Pennsylvania for improvements to the Clearfield YMCA;
861. $60,000 to the Coal Country Hang-out Youth Center,
City of Cambria, Pennsylvania for construction of a
playground facility for Coal Country Hang-out Youth Center;
862. $200,000 to the Corry Redevelopment Authority,
Pennsylvania for the redevelopment of the former Cooper Ajax
facility;
863. $100,000 to the Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science &
Technology, Pennsylvania for the construction of a new
facility for science and technology;
864. $100,000 to the Delaware County Community College,
City of Media, Pennsylvania for technology infrastructure at
the Delaware County Community College;
865. $100,000 to the Downtown Chambersburg Inc, City of
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania for renovations to the Capitol
Theater;
866. $25,000 to the Fermanagh Township, Juniata County,
City of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania for the development of a
playground facility;
867. $100,000 to the Gettysburg Borough, Pennsylvania for
the renovation of Gettysburg Railway Station as a visitor's
center;
868. $150,000 to the Greenville Area Economic Development
Corporation, Pennsylvania for the reconstruction of
streetscapes;
869. $50,000 to the Hollidaysburg YMCA, City of
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania for the renovations to the YMCA
in Hollidaysburg;
870. $50,000 to the Homer City School District, City of
Homer, Pennsylvania for construction of a new athletic
facility;
871. $1,500,000 to the Indiana University, Indiana,
Pennsylvania for the development and construction of a
Regional Development Center;
872. $1,500,000 to the Indiana University, Indiana,
Pennsylvania for the construction of a multiuse training
facility in Indiana, Pennsylvania;
873. $250,000 to the Jeanette Downtown Redevelopment
Project, City of Jeanette, Pennsylvania for parking
improvements to the business district;
874. $150,000 to the Jewish Community Center of Greater
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for facilities construction and
improvements;
875. $100,000 to the Lehigh County Historical Society,
Pennsylvania for the construction of a center for LeHigh
Valley Heritage;
876. $10,000 to the Marysville Borough Council, City of
Marysville, Pennsylvania for enhancements to a public
playground;
877. $100,000 to the Oil Creek Railway Historic Caboose
Project, City of Oil City, Pennsylvania for upgrades to the
Oil Creek Railway Historic Caboose;
878. $200,000 to the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, City of
Galeton, Pennsylvania for the expansion of the museum's
visitor center;
879. $200,000 to the Sawmill Center for the Arts, City of
Clarion, Pennsylvania for improvements to Sawmill Center for
the Arts;
880. $15,000 to the Toboyne Township, City of Blaine,
Pennsylvania for renovations to the baseball park in Toboyne
Township;
881. $250,000 to the YWCA of Chester, City of Chester,
Pennsylvania for improving the YWCA of Chester;
882. $200,000 to Waynesburg College Center, Greene County,
Pennsylvania for a center for economic development;
883. $200,000 YMCA of Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA for
construction of a new facility for the YMCA of Carbondale;
884. $200,000 for the City of Carbondale, Pennsylvania for
the South Main Street Economic Development Initiative which
is designed to reduce blight along the City's Main Street
Corridor.
885. $200,000 for the Redevelopment Authority of the City
of Corry to acquire a brownfield site in downtown Corry,
Pennsylvania.
886. $200,000 for Weatherly Borough, Pennsylvania to
acquire and redevelop the Lehigh Valley Railroad Shops and
Weatherly Steel Plant complex in the heart of Weatherly, PA.
887. $200,000 for Indiana County, Pennsylvania to acquire
the Wayne Avenue Property in Indiana.
888. $200,000 for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania for
remediation and infrastructure development on a 14.2 acre of
brownfield property in Apollo Borough.
889. $200,000 for Perry County, Pennsylvania to develop an
industrial park in New Bloomfield.
890. $200,000 for People for People, Inc. for planning and
project development efforts for the Triangle redevelopment
projects.
891. $200,000 for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission,
to develop the Alta Vista Business Park, a mixed-use business
park on a former strip mine site adjacent to I-70, in
Washington County, Pennsylvania.
892. $300,000 for the Allegheny County Airport Authority in
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for site preparation and
construction of its North Field Development project;
893. $200,000 for Gaudenzia, Inc. in Norristown,
Pennsylvania to renovate and expand its residential
facilities;
894. $200,000 for Our City Reading in Reading, Pennsylvania
to rehabilitate abandoned houses and provide down payment
assistance to home buyers;
895. $200,000 for the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for
the revitalization and construction of Lancaster Square;
896. $200,000 for the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of
Business and Industry in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for
acquisition, planning, and redevelopment of the historic Irem
Temple;
897. $200,000 for the Greene County Department of Planning
and Economic Development in Greene County, Pennsylvania for
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construction and site development of a multi-phased business
park on the grounds of the Greene County Airport;
898. $200,000 for Impact Services Corporation in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to renovate, redevelop, and
convert an existing building into low-income housing units;
899. $200,000 for the Shippensburg University Foundation in
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania for construction of Phase III of
the Shippensburg Regional Conference Center;
900. $200,000 for the Partnership CDC in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania for acquisition, renovation and rehabilitation
of affordable housing for moderate- and low-income families;
901. $200,000 for the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown,
Pennsylvania to expand and modernize its facilities;
902. $200,000 for the Pittsburgh Zoo in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania for the planning, site development, and
construction of Phase I of its expansion project;
903. $200,000 for Universal Community Homes in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for conversion of parcels of land
into housing units for low- and moderate-income families;
904. $150,000 to the Commission of Puerto Rico, Office of
Youth affairs for the construction of a youth center;
905. $250,000 to the Sports and Recreation Authority of the
Community, Puerto Rico for construction of a little league
baseball park at Old Ramey Air Force Base;
906. $200,000 to the City of Central Falls, Rhode Island
for construction and renovation of parks facilities;
907. $150,000 to the Providence YMCA in Providence, Rhode
Island for the construction of a multipurpose center;
908. $200,000 to the Town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island
for economic development initiatives focused on technology
improvements;
909. $350,000 for the Cranston Public Library in Cranston,
Rhode Island for building renovations;
910. $250,000 for Jamiel Park in Warren, Rhode Island for
facility improvements;
911. $200,000 for the Town of West Warwick, Rhode Island
for the development and construction of a river walk;
912. $200,000 for Meeting Street School in Providence,
Rhode Island for the construction of the Bright Futures Early
Learning Center;
913. $200,000 for Sexual Assault and Trauma Resource Center
in Providence, Rhode Island for building acquisition and
renovations;
914. $200,000 for the Pastime Theatre in Bristol, Rhode
Island for building improvements;
915. $200,000 for Family Service of Rhode Island in
Providence, Rhode Island for building purchase and
renovations;
916. $200,000 for St. Mary's Home for Children in North
Providence, Rhode Island for building renovations;
917. $200,000 for Stand Up for Animals in Westerly, Rhode
Island for building construction;
918. $300,000 for the acquisition and renovation of the
Seniors Helping Others volunteer center in South Kingstown,
RI;
919. $300,000 for the expansion and renovation of the
Pawtucket Day Child Development Center, Pawtucket, RI;
920. $300,000 for the renovation and expansion of the John
E. Fogarty Center to provide services and programs for
children and adults with disabilities, North Providence, RI;
921. $200,000 for the City of Woonsocket, RI for the
redevelopment of the Hamlet Avenue Mill site;
922. $200,000 to provide for equipment and construction of
the Arlington Branch of the Cranston Public Library,
Cranston, RI;
923. $1,000,000 Engenuity South Carolina in the City of
Columbia for the National Institute of Hydrogen
Commercialization;
924. $100,000 to Georgetown County, South Carolina for
construction of the Choppee Regional Resource Center;
925. $400,000 to Greenwood Partnership Alliance, South
Carolina for the renovation of Old Federal Courthouse;
926. $60,000 to Laurens County, South Carolina for the
Hunter Industrial Park improvements;
927. $250,000 to Lee County, South Carolina for
construction of a county recreation center;
928. $150,000 to Marion County, South Carolina for
constructing of an outdoor wellness facility;
929. $125,000 to the Bible Way Community Development
Corporation, Columbia, South Carolina for construction of a
multipurpose facility;
930. $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of the Pee Dee in
Florence, South Carolina for renovation and expansion of
Florence and Sumter facilities;
931. $300,000 to the City of Lancaster, South Carolina for
renovation of the ``Hope on the Hill'' adult education and
after school center;
932. $300,000 to the City of Walterboro, South Carolina for
construction of Great Swamp Sanctuary Discovery Center and
associated streetscape;
933. $500,000 to the Clemson University International
Center for Automotive Research, City of Greenville, South
Carolina for the development of Clemson University
International Center for Automotive Research;
934. $200,000 to the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
in Bishopville, South Carolina for construction of the Dr.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Park;
935. $200,000 to the Paxville Community Development Center
in Paxville, South Carolina for the construction of a
multipurpose center;
936. $50,000 to the Progressive Club in John's Island,
South Carolina for renovation of a multi-purpose building;
937. $100,000 to the South Carolina School for the Deaf and
the Blind, City of Spartanburg, South Carolina for the
expansion of dormitories and classrooms at the South Carolina
School for the Deaf and the Blind;
938. $400,000 to the Spirit of South Carolina for
construction completion;
939. $100,000 to the Town of St. Stephens, South Carolina
for renovation of the Berkeley Senior Center;
940. $75,000 to the Williamsburg County Boys and Girls Club
in Hemingway, South Carolina for expansion and upgrading of
facilities;
941. $280,000 for the South Carolina School for the Deaf
and Blind in Spartanburg, SC for dormitory renovation;
942. $220,000 for Crisis Ministries Homeless Shelter in
Charleston, SC for facilities renovation;
943. $100,000 to the Children's Home Society of South
Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for construction of
facilities;
944. $100,000 to the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota for
renovations to the Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center;
945. $150,000 to Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place in Ft.
Pierre, South Dakota for construction of the Wakpa Sica
Reconciliation Place;
946. $250,000 for the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota to
construct a Recreation and Cultural Center;
947. $250,000 for the Children's Home Society in Sioux
Falls to expand its at- risk youth facility;
948. $400,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Brookings, SD
for Facilities Expansion;
948. $200,000 to the Children's Home Society of Sioux
Falls, SD for At-Risk Youth Facilities Expansion;
949. $200,000 to the City of North Sioux City, SD for
Community Library Expansion;
950. $200,000 to the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD for
the Theater and Lecture Hall Project;
951. $200,000 to the Wakpa Sica Historical Society of Fort
Pierre, SD for the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place;
952. $200,000 to the Rapid City Area Economic Development
Partnership of Rapid City, SD for the Technology Transfer and
Entrepreneur Center Project;
953. $200,000 to Miner County Revitalization of Howard, SD
for the Rural Learning Center Project;
954. $100,000 to Clay County, Tennessee for renovation of
the Clay County Senior Citizens Center;
955. $100,000 to Cleveland Bradley County Incubator Bradley
County, Tennessee for construction of a facility to house
small business development;
956. $150,000 to Hamilton County Center for Entrepreneurial
Growth, Hamilton County, Tennessee for technology
improvements to the Hamilton County Center for
Entrepreneurial Growth;
957. $250,000 to The Appalachia Service Project, Johnson
City, Tennessee for construction materials for expansion;
958. $250,000 to Knox County, Tennessee for the
construction of a senior center;
959. $100,000 to Loudon County Senior Center, Tennessee to
complete construction of a senior center;
960. $500,000 to Southeast Local Development Corporation,
Polk County, Tennessee for the construction of community
projects;
961. $100,000 to the City of Gallatin, Tennessee for
construction of facilities;
962. $200,000 to the Cumberland County Playhouse in
Crossville, Tennessee for facility renovations;
963. $150,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Middle,
Tennessee for facilities renovation and build out;
964. $150,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville,
Tennessee for facilities renovation and equipment;
965. $50,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast
Tennessee for renovations to the storage warehouse;
966. $150,000 to the Southwest Tennessee Community College
in Memphis, Tennessee for construction of a teaching
facility;
967. $100,000 to the Tech 2020 East TN Nanoscience
Initiative, City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the nanoscience
research initiative for Tech 2020;
968. $100,000 to the Tennessee River Museum, Tennessee for
the expansion of the Tennessee River Museum;
969. $750,000 for the City of Clinton, Tennessee to
renovate the Green McAdoo Cultural Center;
970. $400,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle
Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee for the expansion of its
distribution center;
971. $300,000 for the Chattanooga African American Chamber
of Commerce, Tennessee to construct the Martin Luther King
Business Solutions Center;
972. $600,000 for the Carroll County Watershed Authority in
Carroll County, Tennessee for land acquisition;
973. $200,000 for the Big South Fork Visitors Center in
Cumberland County, Tennessee to develop new visitors
facilities;
974. $500,000 for Technology 2020 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
to support the East Tennessee Nanotechnology Initiative;
975. $250,000 for Smith County, Tennessee for construction
and infrastructure improvements to the Health, Senior, and
Education complex;
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976. $320,000 to Cameron County, Texas for construction of
a Boys and Girls Club in Santa Rosa, Texas;
977. $150,000 to Harris County, Texas for the development
of an economic development plan;
978. $150,000 to Harris County, Texas for the construction
of a senior education center;
979. $250,000 to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas for
facility improvements;
980. $500,000 to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Texas
for construction of an entrepreneur center;
981. $150,000 to the Children's Museum of Houston, Texas
for construction of an annex to a Children's Museum;
982. $250,000 to the City of Abilene, Texas for
construction of a new hangar at Abilene Regional Airport;
983. $500,000 to the City of Cleburne, Texas for
construction of a new East Cleburne Community Center;
984. $150,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for planning and
design of an Afro-Centric cultural district;
985. $650,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for
construction of the Trinity River Vision;
986. $350,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for the
Central City Revitalization Initiative;
987. $200,000 to the City of Leonard, Texas for streetscape
improvements;
988. $100,000 to the City of Madisonville, Texas for
upgrades and improvements to its community recreational
fields;
989. $250,000 to the City of Midland, Texas for the
renovation of downtown Midland;
990. $200,000 to the City of Nacogdoches, Texas for
renovations to The Fredonia Hotel and Convention Center;
991. $250,000 to the City of Odessa, Texas for the
renovation of Historical Globe Theatre;
992. $250,000 to the City of Rio Bravo, Texas for the
construction of a community center;
993. $150,000 to the City of Tilden, Texas for construction
of a community center;
994. $250,000 to the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley,
Inc. in McAllen, Texas for purchase of a facility;
995. $250,000 to the Foundation for Brownsville Sports in
Brownsville, Texas for renovation of a site;
996. $150,000 to the San Antonio Food Bank in San Antonio,
Texas for construction of a distribution facility;
997. $1,000,000 to the University of Houston Clear Lake,
Texas for construction of a facility for the Bay Area
Business and Technology Center at the University of Houston
Clear Lake;
998. $100,000 to the WCIT 2006, Inc., City of Austin, Texas
for construction of International Center of Austin;
999. $400,000 for the Dallas Women's Museum in Dallas,
Texas to conduct renovations;
1000. $200,000 for the Houston Hispanic Forum of Houston,
Texas to provide the historic preservation and renovation of
the Houston Light Guard Armory into the Hispanic Cultural and
Educational Center;
1001. $200,000 for Polk County, Texas to restore the Polk
County Annex;
1002. $200,000 to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce in
Arlington, Texas to establish the Arlington Entrepreneur
Center;
1003. $200,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for the
Central City revitalization initiative;
1004. $200,000 to the World Congress on Information
Technology in Austin, Texas for convention center
renovations;
1005. $200,000 to the City of Commerce, Texas for a new
city hall facility;
1006. $200,000 to the City of Hillsboro, Texas for the
district warehouse development project;
1007. $200,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for the Dallas
Fair Park Commercial District;
1008. $300,000 to the City of Lufkin, Texas for the
convention center initiative;
1009. $200,000 for the Los Fresnos Texas Boys and Girls
Club, Los Fresnos, TX for planning, design and facility
construction;
1010. $200,000 to Sandy City, Utah for streetscape
improvements and revitalization efforts;
1011. $250,000 to the City of Riverton, Utah for the
construction of Nature Center;
1012. $250,000 to the City of Riverton, Utah for the
reconstruction of Old Dome Meeting Hall;
1013. $150,000 to the College of Eastern Utah in Blanding,
Utah for construction of a building on its campus;
1014. $600,000 for the City of Provo, Utah to build the
Provo Community Arts Center in the City of Provo;
1015. $200,000 for the City of Hyrum, Utah to build the
Hyrum Library and Museum Complex in the City of Hyrum;
1016. $1,000,000 for Sandy City, Utah, for the
revitalization of the city's original historic district;
1017. $1,200,000 for the City of Blanding's College of
Eastern Utah--San Juan Campus, for the construction of a
library community multipurpose building;
1018. $800,000 for Summit County, Utah, for improvements to
the Utah Olympic Park facilities;
1019. $100,000 to Fairfax County, Virginia for creation of
the Housing Counseling Information and Technology Center;
1020. $150,000 to Henrico County, Virginia for site
preparation and construction of a war memorial and visitor's
center;
1021. $100,000 to Prince William County, Virginia for
improvements to the Nokesville streetscape;
1022. $200,000 to the Alexandria Redevelopment Housing
Authority in Alexandria, Virginia for renovations of the
Family Resource Learning Center;
1023. $50,000 to the American Armoured Foundation, Inc.
Tank Museum in Danville, Virginia for development of the
museum;
1024. $250,000 to the Barns of Rose Hill, City of
Berryville, Virginia for the restoration of Barns of Rose
Hill;
1025. $400,000 to the Bayview Citizens for Social Justice
Inc., Virginia for construction of a community center;
1026. $250,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Alexandria in
Alexandria, Virginia for renovation and expansion of
facilities;
1027. $250,000 to the City of Chesapeake, Virginia for
improvements to the Poindexter streetscape;
1028. $150,000 to the City of Staunton, Virginia for
building renovations and improvements to downtown buildings;
1029. $250,000 to the County of Northampton, Virginia for
the construction of a recreational facility;
1030. $150,000 to the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
in Clifton Forge, Virginia for construction of the Virginia
Packaging Applications Center;
1031. $100,000 to the Falls Church Education Foundation in
Falls Church, Virginia for planning and expansion of Mt.
Daniel Elementary School;
1032. $100,000 to the Harrisonburg Children's Museum,
Virginia for renovations to the museum;
1033. $150,000 to the Jubal A. Early Preservation Trust,
Virginia for restoration of the Jubal A. Early homeplace;
1034. $100,000 to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation in
Bedford County, Virginia for construction of the National D-
Day Memorial;
1035. $300,000 to the Northern Virginia Community College,
City of Manassas, Virginia for construction of a technology
building at the Northern Virginia Community College;
1036. $100,000 to The Prizery in South Boston, Virginia for
restoration to the community arts center;
1037. $250,000 to the Southwestern Virginia Food Bank in
Roanoke, Virginia for renovations to the food bank;
1038. $75,000 to the Town of Boydton, Virginia for
revitalization projects in the central business district;
1039. $50,000 to the Town of Charlotte Court House,
Virginia for the revitalization of the historic Charlotte
Court House;
1040. $200,000 to the Town of Vienna, Virginia for the
Green Project;
1041. $250,000 to the USS Monitor Center at The Mariners'
Museum, Virginia for the restoration of USS Monitor
artifacts;
1042. $150,000 to the Virginia Historical Society for
construction and renovations;
1043. $200,000 to the Virginia Holocaust Museum for
construction and renovations to the museum;
1044. $150,000 to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for
facility expansion;
1045. $300,000 to the Virginia Performing Arts Foundation
for the construction of an education center;
1046. $100,000 to the West Piedmont Business Development
Center in Martinsville, Virginia for the expansion of the
center;
1047. $50,000 to Thyne Institute Memorial Inc. in Chase
City, Virginia for the construction of an African-American
historic landmark memorial;
1048. $450,000 to Warren County, Virginia for renovations
to the county youth center;
1049. $250,000 for the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
in Staunton, Virginia to continue undertaking initial design
of the Library;
1050. $250,000 for the Radford University Business and
Technology Park in Radford, Virginia to begin site
preparation and schematic design of the Park;
1051. $200,000 for the George L. Carter Home Regional Arts
and Crafts Center in Hillville, Virginia to restore the
historic home to serve as a regional Appalachian arts and
crafts center;
1052. $200,000 for the Suffolk Museum of African-American
History in Suffolk, Virginia to renovate the former Phoenix
Bank of Nansemond for the Museum of African-American History;
1053. $500,000 for the Christopher Newport News University
Real Estate Foundation for the Warwick Boulevard Commercial
Corridor Redevelopment Project in Newport News, Virginia;
1054. $200,000 for the Mariners' Museum for the USS Monitor
Center in Newport News, Virginia;
1055. $200,000 for the Total Action Against Poverty to
restore and revitalize the Dumas Center for Artistic and
Cultural Development in Roanoke, Virginia;
1056. $200,000 for the Appalachia Service Project for its
Home Repair Program in Jonesville, Virginia;
1057. $200,000 to the Northeast Vermont Area Agency on
Aging in Vermont for construction and rehabilitation of
senior centers;
1058. $750,000 for the Preservation Trust of Vermont,
Burlington, VT for the Village Revalorization Initiative;
1059. $750,000 for the Vermont Broadband Council,
Waterbury, VT for high speed broadband deployment;
1060. $450,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board, Montpelier, VT for development of affordable housing
in Townsend, VT;
1061. $300,000 for Project Independence, Bennington, VT for
renovation of the Harwood Hill Farm Facility;
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1062. $250,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board to build low-income housing and reconstruct downtown
Enosburg, VT;
1063. $250,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board to construct senior housing in South Burlington, VT;
1064. $250,000 for the Visiting Nurse Association of
Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, VT to construct a low-
income parent and child center in Burlington, VT;
1065. $200,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board to rehabilitate and construct affordable rental housing
in Bradford, VT;
1066. $150,000 to Kitsap County, Washington for land
acquisition for a community center and park/utility complex;
1067. $800,000 to Mamma's Hands, City of Bellevue,
Washington for the purchase of an additional Safe House for
short-term transitional shelter;
1068. $200,000 to Skagit County, Washington for land
acquisition to assist in the redevelopment of Hamilton,
Washington;
1069. $150,000 to Skamania County Wind River Public
Development Authority in Washington for rehabilitation and
upgrades to existing buildings;
1070. $350,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of King County in
Seattle, Washington for renovation of the Greenbridge
Community Center;
1071. $200,000 to the Foss Waterway Development Authority
in Tacoma, Washington for redevelopment of its downtown urban
core;
1072. $250,000 to the Kent Youth and Family Services, City
of Kent, Washington for renovations to the Springwood
Community Center;
1073. $550,000 to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington
for construction of facilities;
1074. $225,000 to the Northwest Maritime Center in Port
Townsend, Washington for construction of its facility;
1075. $200,000 to the Old North Yakima Historic Restoration
Project, City of Yakima, Washington for restoring buildings
and improving streetscapes;
1076. $300,000 to the Roslyn City Hall Rehabilitation,
Washington for rehabilitation of Roslyn City Hall;
1077. $300,000 for the City of Roslyn, WA, for the Old City
Hall and Library Renovation Project;
1078. $325,000 for the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle,
WA for an expansion project;
1079. $500,000 for North Helpline in Seattle, WA for new
facility site acquisition;
1080. $500,000 for the Fremont Public Association in
Seattle, WA for the Housing for the Homeless project;
1081. $500,000 for the Asian Counseling and Referral
Service in Seattle, WA for facility construction;
1082. $325,000 for the Urban League in Seattle, WA for
construction of the Northwest African American Museum;
1083. $500,000 for the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, WA
for construction of the Olympic Sculpture Park;
1084. $325,000 for the Seattle Aquarium Society in Seattle,
WA for the renovation and expansion of the Seattle Aquarium;
1085. $500,000 Northeast Community Center Association in
Spokane, WA for a capital improvement project;
1086. $400,000 for Easter Seals Washington in Seattle, WA
for construction of a camp and respite lodging facility;
1087. $500,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of King County,
WA for renovations to the Greenbridge Community Center;
1088. $325,000 for the Spokane Symphony in Spokane, WA for
renovations to the Fox Theater;
1089. $500,000 for Kitsap Community Resources in Bremerton,
Washington, for the construction of the Bremerton Community
Services Center;
1090. $150,000 to Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau
Claire, Wisconsin for construction of an addition to the
Gateway Manufacturing and Technology Center;
1091. $200,000 to Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for
reconstruction of the Manitowoc County Courthouse;
1092. $150,000 to Monroe Senior Center in Monroe, Wisconsin
for renovation of its facilities;
1093. $100,000 to the City of Cedarburg, Wisconsin for
demolition of a facility for future construction;
1094. $300,000 to the Door County Economic Development
Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for the completion of
the New Launch System at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding Cluster;
1095. $100,000 to the Juneau County Economic Development
Corporation in Wisconsin for renovation of a multipurpose
facility;
1096. $200,000 to the Milwaukee Public Schools for a
demolition project;
1097. $150,000 to the West End Development Corporation in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin for revitalization of the city's Near
West Side;
1098. $200,000 for the City of LaCrosse, WI to construct
the Center for Manufacturing Excellence;
1099. $300,000 for the City of Appleton, WI for
construction of affordable housing units at the Appleton Wire
Works factory site;
1100. $270,000 for the Redevelopment Authority of the City
of Racine, WI to redevelop brownfields space for the Racine
Industrial Park;
1101. $200,000 for the Redevelopment Authority of the City
of Milwaukee, WI to redevelop a vacant school and provide for
the Bronzeville Cultural Center;
1102. $200,000 for the City of Kenosha, WI for construction
related to the Columbus Neighborhood Affordable Housing
Project;
1103. $200,000 for West End Development Corporation in
Milwaukee, WI to rehabilitation a commercial building as part
of the North 27th Street Project;
1104. $230,000 for the City of Green Bay, WI, for the Green
Bay Waterfront construction and revitalization project;
1105. $200,000 for the City of Milwaukee, WI for
construction of the Menomonee Valley Partners Stormwater
Park;
1106. $200,000 for City of Necedah, WI to construct a
facility for the Juneau County Business Incubator;
1107. $250,000 for the City of Milwaukee, WI for
rehabilitation associated with the 30th Street Industrial
Corridor-Esser Paint site;
1108. $25,000 Mineral County Historical Foundation for
facilities construction;
1109. $2,200,000 to Glenville State College in Glenville,
West Virginia for facilities construction;
1110. $550,000 to Greenbrier County, West Virginia for
construction of the Greenbrier Valley Welcome and
Interpretive Center;
1111. $100,000 to Preston County Commission in West
Virginia for construction and renovation;
1112. $25,000 to the Friends of Preston Academy for
facilities construction;
1113. $450,000 to the Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research &
Innovation Center, West Virginia for a feasibility study for
the Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research and Innovation Center;
1114. $300,000 to the West Virginia Technical College for
completion of a building for a newspaper publishing program;
1115. $50,000 to Wetzel County Commission for construction
and renovation;
1116. $1,000,000 for construction, related activities, and
programs at the Scarborough Library at Shepherd University;
1117. $1,000,000 for the Wheeling Park Commission for the
development of training facilities at Oglebay Park;
1118. $2,000,000 for West Virginia University for the
development of a facility to house forensic science research
and academic programs;
1119. $1,000,000 for the Kanawha Institute for Social
Research and Action, for renovations to the Empowerment
Center in West Dunbar, which will house an array of self-
sufficiency programs for low- to moderate-income individuals;
1120. $350,000 to the Ark Regional Services, Wyoming for
construction of a National Creative Arts Center facility;
1121. $150,000 to the Dubois Community Project, Wyoming for
improvements to the Dubois Community area;
1122. $100,000 to the University of Wyoming for
improvements to the Wyoming Technology Business Center;
1123. $900,000 for the Sustainable Agriculture Research &
Extension Center (SAREC) in Goshen County Wyoming for
construction of a community center building;
1124. $1,100,000 for the Wyoming Substance Abuse Treatment
and Recovery Center (WYSTAR) in Sheridan, Wyoming to expand
its substance abuse treatment facility for women with
children;
1125. $1,000,000 for the Central Wyoming College Foundation
in Riverton, Wyoming to construct the Intertribal Education &
Community Center;
Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, after being derailed for generations, I am
delighted to report to New Yorkers that the Second Avenue Subway is on
track and moving with real momentum, thanks to hard-fought battles for
funding in Washington and an unwavering coalition of support for the
project in New York.
In the last two weeks alone, the Second Avenue Subway has taken two
giant leaps forward.
First, New Yorkers passed the Transportation Bond Act, putting $450
million towards the project.
Combined with $1.05 billion in subway funds previously authorized by
the State, New Yorkers have now put forward nearly half of the
financing for the subway's first phase.
New Yorkers did their part, and now the focus has shifted to the
Federal government to ante up for its share of the project.
Last night, the Congress said loud and clear that it will stand
strong for the Second Avenue Subway: I'm proud to announce that we've
secured another $25 million for the project--giving us five straight
years of Federal funding for the subway.
Earlier this year, the Federal Transit Administration declared the
Second Avenue Subway one of only two ``highly recommended'' projects in
the Nation.
The other project is East Side Access, which also received a boost
from the federal government last night--to the tune of $340 million
dollars.
For far too long, New York City residents have been riding some of
the most overcrowded mass transit lines in the nation.
So, to my fellow New Yorkers, I say: take heart. The Second Avenue
Subway is coming.
Mr. BUYER. Mr. Speaker, the completion of the Hoosier Heartland
Corridor gets another step closer today with the House passage of the
FY 2006 Transportation Appropriations conference report.
For over thirteen years, I have worked with many others in a
bipartisan effort across
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north-central Indiana as this project has developed from a design plan,
to the first groundbreaking, to this latest step in bringing efficiency
and safety to North Central Indiana. I commend Congressman Chris
Chocola who has provided leadership in the completion of this project
and commend the $1.3 million he secured for the Cass County-Carroll
County segment.
Included in this bill is a $1.5 million designation for the Hoosier
Heartland's most dangerous segment yet to be completed between
Lafayette and Delphi. This project continues to be a priority for me
and many other community leaders and elected officials along the route.
Also included in this conference report is $750,000 to continue the
Lafayette Bus Replacement plan that I have worked on the past several
years with CityBus's Marty Sennett and State Senator Brandt Hershman.
Earlier this year the, Transportation Authorization bill included
$500,000 for FY 2006 and this appropriation places us on schedule to
meet $2.5 million by FY 2009.
Finally, Johnson County is one of the fastest growing counties in the
state and significant traffic congestion exists and will only get
worse. To assist in local efforts to keep traffic moving and doing so
safely, $1 million is included in the conference report to help ease
this congestion through a feasibility study for the proposed East/West
Corridor. These investments in Indiana's infrastructure will improve
safety and efficiency and create opportunity for Hoosiers.
Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Conference
Report on H.R. 3058, the FY2006 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and
Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent
Agencies Act.
This Conference Report, and the process by which this Body considers
it, are another disappointing chapter in the Republican's Leadership's
management of this House.
At 5:30 a.m. this morning, the House Appropriations Committee filed
this Conference Report. At 8:00 a.m., the Rules Committee met in
emergency session to report a rule waiving all points of order against
a bill that no one, other than Members of the Appropriations Committee
and the Republican Leadership, had seen or read. The Rules Committee
waived all points of order against the Conference Report and its
consideration. Within hours, the House is now forced to vote on the
bill. This process, requiring Members to vote on bills they have never
seen nor read, has become the all too common practice of this majority.
The days of filing a conference report, giving Members an opportunity
to read it, and allowing the House to consider it without all points of
order waived against the bill are a distant memory of a Democratic
majority. When Democrats were the majority party of the House, under
House Rules, provisions that were beyond the scope of an Appropriations
Conference Report were subject to a separate vote. A Member could vote
against these types of riders without killing the Conference Report. In
the early 1990's, I recall how proud then-Appropriations Committee
Chairman Natcher was to bring appropriations bills to the Floor with no
authorizing provisions and no points of order waived. Clean bills and
transparency are no longer the goal. The new order is to ram through
this House the Majority's agenda.
Although there is much in this Conference Report that I support, I
regret that the Committee on Appropriations, with no consultation with
the Committee on Transportanon and Infrastructure, has made numerous
changes to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), just months after the
President signed the Act.
The Conference Report alters the SAFETEA-LU highway formula for
distribution of funds to the States to provide more than $600 million
in earmarks at 100% federal funding for the chosen few. The Report cuts
funding for the National Highway System, Interstate Maintenance,
Bridge, Surface Transportation Program, Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality Improvement, Equity Bonus, Appalachian Development Highway
System, and Federal Lands programs in order to finance these earmarks.
Simply earmarking every available dollar of the Department of
Transportation's discretionary funding is apparently not enough--the
Appropriators need to skim highway formula dollars too. The earmarks
are 100 percent Federally funded and subject to no reduction like other
programs and projects. There appears no limit to the majority's
insatiable appetite for highway and transit earmarks.
I also regret that the Appropriators, with the concurrence of the
Republican Leadership, have enabled Members and Senators to revisit
issues that were clearly decided in the Conference on SAFETEA-LU. We
appear to be moving from a time when an agreement could be secured with
a handshake to a period in which an agreement is only for today: there
is always the opportunity, with an appropriations rider, to get another
``bite at the apple''--fair compromise be damned.
The Conference Report's household goods appropriations rider provides
a telling example. The Report overturns SAFETEA-LU's consumer
protection provisions that give States the power to enforce federal
consumer laws on interstate moving companies.
Just three months ago, the President signed SAFETEA-LU with important
consumer protection provisions to address the serious problem of fraud
by unscrupulous moving companies. Fraud in the household goods moving
industry affects thousands of victims each year, as documented in
hearings of the Surface Transportation Subcommittee. Unscrupulous
movers offer low estimates, then later inflate the price of the move
and hold the customer's goods hostage until they pay the inflated
price.
The frequency of such scams increased after federal authority over
these companies was transferred from the Interstate Commerce Commission
to the Department of Transportation (DOT) in 1995. These
responsibilities fell to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and
later to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
FMCSA's primary mission is safety, and the agency has few resources to
focus on consumer protection. Corrupt movers increasingly exploited
this regulatory gap.
In March of 2001, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reported that
complaints of consumer fraud in the household goods moving industry
rose dramatically from 1996 to 1999. Complaints to DOT rose 107 percent
and the number of requests for arbitration to the American Moving and
Storage Association went up 750 percent.
In response, and after much discussion in the Conference Committee,
we included language in SAFETEA-LU that provided greater protection
against unscrupulous ``rogue'' movers. The law authorized state
attorneys general and state consumer protection agencies to enforce
federal regulations governing the interstate movement of household
goods.
Today, the Transportation-Treasury Appropriations Conference Report
undoes this protection. The new language prevents state authorities
from taking action against established movers, or those who do not
egregiously violate federal motor carrier safety regulations,
regardless of how flagrantly these companies violate consumer
protection laws. It also prevents state consumer protection agencies
from taking administrative action against unscrupulous movers, and
limits these agencies to filing cases in United States District Courts.
I am disappointed that the Appropriations Committee and the
Republican Leadership would not honor the agreements of SAFETEA-LU and
allow such a rider to be added.
Although the Conference Report includes dozens of other surface
transportation authorizing provisions that were included without the
concurrence of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, I
will focus on only one other provision--which I find truly
indefensible. Section 1926 of SAFETEA-LU requires the Department of
Transportation to provide budget justification documents to the
Transportation Committee and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the U.S. Senate with the President's annual budget submission.
The budget justification documents provide the line-item detail of the
President's Budget that helps the Transportation Committee analyze the
programs within our jurisdiction. Although the Transportation Committee
routinely receives these budget documents from non-DOT agencies within
the Committee's jurisdiction, the Department of Transportation has been
reluctant to provide the information without express authorization.
Thus, SAFETEA-LU specifically required that DOT provides the documents
to the Committee with the President's budget, in February each year.
The Conference Report amends this provision to prevent our Committee
from receiving these documents until June, four months after the
President's Budget is submitted. Why would the Committee on
Appropriations not want an authorizing Committee to have the necessary
information to conduct budgetary oversight over the agencies within its
jurisdiction? Does the Committee on Appropriations believe that it is
the only committee entitled to such budget information? The Conference
Report's provision is indefensible and I can assure you that the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which provides the
mandatory budget authority for the highway, transit, highway safety,
and aviation programs, has every right to this information and will
restore the SAFETEA-LU provision.
The Conference Report also disregards the aviation budgetary
firewalls established under Vision 100--Century of Aviation
Reauthorization Act. The Report cuts the capital investment guaranteed
in Vision 100 by more than $500 million.
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These cuts, in direct violation of the aviation budgetary firewalls,
will directly impact our efforts to address the continued growth of
commercial aviation. Commercial aviation is on track to reach 1 billion
enplanements by 2015. DOT predicts up to a tripling of passengers,
operations, and cargo by 2025. The Commission on the Future of the
United States Aerospace Industry reported that consumers could lose as
much as $30 billion annually if people and products cannot reach their
destinations within the time periods expected today.
Yet, the Conference Report dramatically cuts the Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA) Facilities and Equipment (F&E) capital account--
the primary vehicle for modernizing the National Airspace System
(NAS)--for the second year in a row. Together, the FY2005 and FY2006
Transportation Appropriations Acts have cut the F&E account by almost
$1 billion below the level authorized and guaranteed by Congress in
Vision 100. The DOT Inspector General testified before the Subcommittee
on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that
the FAA could not technologically transform the NAS with only the
approximate level of F&E funding provided by the Conference Report.
In addition, according to the FAA's own analysis, two thirds of its
$30 billion worth of assets is beyond their useful life. Air traffic
control towers average 30 years in age. TRACON facilities average 34
years. Primary En Route Radar Systems average 27 years. En Route
Control Center facilities average 40 years and are rated by the General
Services Administration as being in poor condition and getting worse
each year. The cuts to FAA's capital account will make it more
difficult for the FAA to maintain its current deteriorating facilities
and equipment, much less technologically transform the system to handle
the nation's future needs.
The Appropriators, with the concurrence of the House Republican
Leadership, include these and dozens of other authorizing provisions in
the Conference Report that we consider today. Votes are cast before the
Conference Report is even printed. I regret that so few Members know
that it needn't be this way. I regret that the Republican rank-and-file
Members allow their Leadership to run the House in such a way. I regret
that, under this majority, we may never be able to recapture an
appropriations process that made Bill Natcher so proud.
Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers. I urge the
adoption of the conference report, and yield the balance of my time.
Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, likewise, I urge everyone to support
this bill. It is a good bill.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). Without
objection, the previous question is ordered on the conference report.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the conference report.
Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question
will be postponed.
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