[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 27381-27415]
[From the U.S. 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.

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  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 
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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 
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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.
  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 
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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.
  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 
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  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 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. 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,

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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 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 facfade 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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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;
       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 
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     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;
       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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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 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;

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       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
       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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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 
     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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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;
       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;

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       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 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 
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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.
  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 
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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. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I support the Conference Committee 
Report on the Transportation, Treasury, HUD, Judiciary Appropriations 
Act 2006, which provides essential funding for important infrastructure 
projects in Oregon and the rest of the nation. The bill provides $18 
million to complete the Interstate MAX light rail project, which has 
been an incredible success in North Portland. Additionally, $15 million 
for a commuter rail project between. Wilsonville and Beaverton will 
provide further transportation alternatives in the region and anchor 
important development projects in each of these suburban cities.
  I was heartened to see the $1.3 billion set aside for Amtrak. I am 
concerned, however, that the bill separates Amtrak's operations funding 
from its capital funding, essentially allowing the Department of 
Transportation to serve as a steward for Amtrak's capital money, 
handing out grants for approved projects. I am wary of this being yet 
another attempt by the administration to dismantle America's passenger 
rail system.
  I am relieved to see that the Conference Committee did not eliminate 
funding for valuable for HUD programs such as Community Development 
Block Grants and the HOPE VI program. I am concerned, however, that 
many of these programs continue to be underfunded. The many individuals 
and families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will increase 
demand for these valuable programs.
  Despite these faults, the bill will fund important infrastructure 
improvements, create jobs, and make our communities safer, healthier 
and more economically secure.
  Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the 
Conference Report on Transportation-Treasury-HUD Appropriations for 
fiscal year 2006.
  This legislation provides $60.7 billion to fund the Transportation 
Department and improve America's transportation infrastructure. I was 
especially pleased this legislation included $2 million for Central 
Corridor, an eleven-mile transit corridor that will run from St. Paul 
to Minneapolis along University Avenue. Building Central Corridor is 
vital to keeping the Twin Cities competitive in the 21st Century.
  The conference report provides $1.3 billion in funding to Amtrak. 
Maintaining a strong and healthy rail system in America is necessary to 
reduce our dependency on automotive transportation, reduce ozone 
emissions, and combat smog in our cities. Furthermore, high-speed rail 
provides convenience and mobility to travelers, while creating new jobs 
and economic growth. A diversified transportation system including 
Amtrak is critical to our Nation's future.
  The report also includes $300,000 to address the problem of 
homelessness among youth, which is a symptom of a larger problem in our 
community. For many youth, their home situation is violent and 
unhealthy. These young adults need our partnership, and this funding 
will help provide the support and opportunity they need to get their 
lives back on track.
  Recognizing the need for every American to have access to affordable 
housing, this bill funds affordable housing programs above the 
President's request. Unfortunately, in this Republican bill, funding 
for critical housing programs, such as Section 8 vouchers, is still not 
adequate to address the affordable housing crisis occurring in 
communities in the Fourth District of Minnesota and across the country. 
The lack of affordable housing is a serious problem for too many 
Americans, young and old, who are trying to live on less than a living 
wage. In order to excel at school, hold down a steady job, stay active 
and healthy, and contribute to our communities, Americans must have 
access to safe and affordable housing.
  For these reasons, I support this bill and encourage my colleagues to 
vote for this legislation.
  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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