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DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2010
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DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2010
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Mr. Obey, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3293]
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services (except the Food and Drug Administration, the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Indian Health
Service), Education, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled, Corporation for National and
Community Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service, Federal Mine Safety and
Health Review Commission, Institute of Museum and Library
Services, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, National
Council on Disability, National Labor Relations Board, National
Mediation Board, Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission, Railroad Retirement Board, and the Social Security
Administration for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010,
and for other purposes.
INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT
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Page number
Bill Report
Summary of Estimates and Appropriations....................
3
General Summary of the Bill................................
4
Title I--Department of Labor:
Employment and Training Administration............. 2
18
Employee Benefits Security Administration.......... 15
32
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation............... 15
32
Employment Standards Administration................ 16
33
Occupational Safety and Health Administration...... 21
36
Mine Safety and Health Administration.............. 24
38
Bureau of Labor Statistics......................... 25
39
Office of Disability Employment Policy............. 26
40
Departmental Management............................ 26
40
Veterans Employment and Training........... 28
43
Office of Inspector General................ 29
44
General Provisions................................. 29
45
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services:
Health Resources and Services Administration....... 33
46
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention......... 38
75
National Institutes of Health...................... 42
106
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration................................. 49
140
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality......... 51
150
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services......... 51
156
Administration for Children and Families........... 55
160
Administration on Aging............................ 64
179
Office of the Secretary............................ 65
184
Office of Inspector General................ 68
190
Public Health and Social Services Emergency
Fund................................... 69
191
General Provisions................................. 72
197
Title III--Department of Education:
Education for the Disadvantaged.................... 81
198
Impact Aid......................................... 83
204
School Improvement Programs........................ 84
205
Indian Education................................... 86
209
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund....................
221
Innovation and Improvement......................... 86
210
Safe Schools and Citizenship Education............. 90
221
English Language Acquisition....................... 91
225
Special Education.................................. 91
225
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research.... 92
228
Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities. 92
232
Career, Technical and Adult Education.............. 93
233
Student Financial Assistance....................... 96
236
Student Aid Administration......................... 96
238
Higher Education................................... 97
239
Howard University.................................. 100
252
College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans...... 100
252
Historically Black College and University Capital
Financing...................................... 100
252
Institute of Education Sciences.................... 101
253
Departmental Management............................ 101
255
Office for Civil Rights............................ 102
257
Office of the Inspector General.................... 102
257
General Provisions................................. 102
258
Title IV--Related Agencies:
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled.............................. 104
258
Corporation for National and Community Service..... 104
258
Corporation for Public Broadcasting................ 108
263
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service......... 110
264
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission... 111
264
Institute of Museum and Library Services........... 111
265
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission............... 112
267
National Council on Disability..................... 112
268
National Labor Relations Board..................... 112
268
National Mediation Board........................... 113
268
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission... 113
269
Railroad Retirement Board.......................... 113
269
Social Security Administration..................... 115
270
Title V--General Provisions:
House of Representatives Report Requirements.......
273
Summary of Estimates and Appropriations
The following table compares on a summary basis the
appropriations, including trust funds for fiscal year 2009, the
budget request for fiscal year 2010, and the Committee
recommendation for fiscal year 2010 in the accompanying bill.
All references to fiscal year 2009 funding exclude
appropriations enacted under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Public Law 111-5,
unless the Recovery Act funds are referenced.
2010 LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION BILL
[In millions of dollars]
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Fiscal year-- 2010 Committee
------------------------------------ compared to--
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2009 2010 2010 2009 2010
Comparable Budget Committee Comparable Budget
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Department of Labor................................. $17,077 $15,981 $15,959 -$1,118 -$22
Advances........................................ 2,519 2,508 2,508 -11 0
Department of Health and Human Services............. 536,715 586,246 588,274 +51,559 +2,028
Advances........................................ 74,500 89,739 89,739 +15,239 0
Department of Education............................. 61,619 67,777 67,759 +6,140 -18
Advances........................................ 21,906 21,906 21,906 0 0
Related Agencies.................................... 54,804 60,729 60,689 +5,885 -40
Advances........................................ 15,830 16,440 16,440 +610 0
Grand Total, current year........................... 670,215 730,733 732,681 +62,466 +1,948
Advances........................................ 114,755 130,593 130,593 +15,838 0
Current year total using 302(b) scorekeeping........ 671,515 728,547 730,460 +58,945 +1,913
Mandatory....................................... 518,768 566,995 567,060 +48,292 +65
Discretionary................................... 152,747 161,552 163,400 +10,653 +1,848
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Note.--For comparability, an adjustment should be made for
the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which
was funded in the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance,
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. After the LIHEAP
adjustment, the fiscal year 2010 funding level for the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is
$46,459,000,000 more than the comparable fiscal year 2009
funding level. In addition, as requested, the Committee bill
includes a one-time transfer of all remaining balances in the
Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund from the Department of
Homeland Security to HHS. The amount to be transferred is
currently estimated to be $1,569,000,000.
As a result of the LIHEAP comparability adjustment for HHS
described above, the fiscal year 2010 Grand Total, current year
for the Committee bill is $57,366,000,000 more than the
comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level. Further, the Current
year total using 302(b) scorekeeping for the fiscal year 2010
Committee bill is $56,165,000,000 more than the comparable
fiscal year 2009 funding level. The discretionary amount within
the Current year total using 302(b) scorekeeping for the fiscal
year 2010 Committee bill is $7,873,000,000 more than the
comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level.
PROGRAM LEVEL DISCRETIONARY
[In millions of dollars]
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Fiscal year-- 2010 Committee
------------------------------------ compared to--
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2009 2010 2010 2009 2010
Comparable Budget Committee Comparable Budget
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Department of Labor................................. $12,411 $13,280 $13,257 +$846 -$23
Department of Health and Human Services............. 66,285 71,758 73,721 +7,436 +1,963
Department of Education............................. 63,533 64,692 64,674 +1,141 -18
Related Agencies.................................... 12,748 14,028 13,989 +1,241 -39
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Subtotal Program Level.......................... 154,977 163,758 $165,641 +$10,664 +$1,883
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Note.--As a result of the LIHEAP comparability adjustment
for HHS described in the previous table's note, the fiscal year
2010 discretionary program level for HHS is $2,336,000,000 more
than the comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level. Further,
the Subtotal Program Level for the fiscal year 2010 Committee
bill is $5,564,000,000 more than the comparable fiscal year
2009 funding level.
General Summary of the Bill
The country is experiencing the longest and deepest
economic downturn since the Great Depression, with more than
seven million jobs lost during the current recession. In June
2009, the unemployment rate reached 9.5 percent as there were
nearly 15 million unemployed workers in the United States,
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This represents a
97 percent increase in unemployed workers since the beginning
of the recession in December, 2007. More than four million, or
29 percent, of the unemployed had been out of work for six
months or more--the highest proportion of long-term joblessness
on record. Many families cannot pay their bills or mortgage
payments, and trillions of dollars of wealth have been stripped
from Americans' retirement accounts.
Moreover, the recession has caused an economic crisis for
many States. According to the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, some 47 States are facing fiscal stress. Budget
shortfalls for State fiscal years 2010 and 2011 may exceed
$350,000,000,000. To close their budget gaps, at least 36
States are reducing vital services, including services to some
of their most vulnerable families and individuals. In addition,
according to several analyses, State budget shortfalls could
result in a severe loss of jobs, including approximately
600,000 jobs in the education sector alone.
In response to this crisis, this Committee led the way
toward enactment of the Recovery Act in February 2009, which
provided an unprecedented $124,150,000,000 to save and create
jobs, invest in health care and education, provide fiscal
relief to States and communities, and establish a foundation
for long-term fiscal stability. The Recovery Act is beginning
to save or create more than 3.5 million jobs over the next two
years and deliver relief to millions of struggling families.
The funds provided in this bill are intended to supplement
the assistance provided in the Recovery Act to address
continuing needs and priorities, and support essential
activities that did not receive funding in the Recovery Act.
Terminations and Reductions
In order to invest in the critical priorities identified in
this bill, and in an effort to build an economy that is on a
solid foundation for growth to put the nation on a path toward
prosperity, the Committee makes a number of hard choices by
proposing in this bill a number of program terminations,
reductions, and other savings from the fiscal year 2009
totaling $1,284,385,000. In addition, $3,426,565,000 in other
savings from the budget request is recommended. These
adjustments, no matter their size, are important to setting the
right priorities within the spending allocation, for getting
the deficit under control, and creating a government that is as
efficient as it is effective.
Program Integrity Provisions
The Congress has an obligation to meet the needs of persons
who qualify for the programs in this bill. In addition, the
Congress has an obligation to ensure that taxpayer funds are
utilized in a manner that provides the most effective use of
those precious resources, avoids waste, and protects the
taxpayer. Accordingly, this bill includes $1,129,000,000 for
program integrity activities designed to reduce improper
payments, fraud, and abuse, which is nearly double the fiscal
year 2009 level and the amount requested by the Administration.
These funds will allow the Department of Labor to conduct
additional eligibility assessments and improper payment reviews
under the Unemployment Insurance Program, expand the Department
of Health and Human Services Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Control Program, and enable the Social Security Administration
to work down a backlog of continuing disability reviews to
determine whether benefits are properly paid. These efforts
could result in over $48,000,000,000 in savings and increased
revenues over the next ten years. Moreover, the Committee fully
funds the amounts requested for the various Inspectors General
with audit and oversight responsibilities for the agencies
included in the bill.
Committee Priorities and Initiatives
Employment and training investments
American workers have spent the past 30 years contributing
to national economic growth without receiving their fair share
of the economic benefits in return. According to recent
testimony to the Committee by Nobel Prize-winning economist
Paul Krugman, median family income has grown by less than half
a percent annually since 1979--and median family income
actually decreased from 2000 to 2007. The Economic Policy
Institute (EPI) reports that more than 90 percent of all income
growth in the United States (U.S.) over the past 30 years went
to the top 10 percent of income earners; and EPI's more recent
figures show that although worker productivity increased by 19
percent from 2000 to 2007, the real median hourly wage rose by
a mere 37 cents during the same period. The situation is even
worse for the most vulnerable members of society. According to
Dr. Krugman, ``none--none--of America's economic growth over
the past generation has trickled down to the poor.''
The Committee believes that middle-class Americans simply
are not receiving the fruits of their hard work. Employee
benefits have eroded as union membership has fallen to only 12
percent of the workforce, and the rising annual incomes that
were the common--though by no means universal--experience of
middle-class workers a generation ago are now a thing of the
past to all but the most fortunate ten percent at the top. The
broadly shared national prosperity that existed after World War
II has been replaced by job, health, housing, and retirement
insecurity. In short, the economic rules have changed, leaving
millions of hard-working families caught in a struggle for
economic survival.
In this bill, the Committee puts a high priority on re-
invigorating the Department of Labor (DOL), which is the key
Federal agency charged with increasing the competitiveness of
America's workforce, strengthening worker rights and free
collective bargaining, protecting safety and health for nearly
150 million workers, improving worker economic security by
protecting retirement and health care benefits, and producing
accurate and reliable employment, price and other national
economic information.
Key investments in this bill will help put unemployed youth
and adults to work in this economic downturn through intensive
employment assistance and case management, investment in skills
training for displaced workers, and new approaches to helping
the disadvantaged obtain decent and good-paying jobs:
Dislocated Worker Employment and Training
Activities: $1,398,891,000, which is $57,000,000 above
the comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$14,109,000 below the budget request, to provide
training and supportive services to workers affected by
mass layoffs and plant closures. More than 500,000
workers lost their jobs in the first three months of
2009 due to mass layoffs. These workers will also be
assisted by $1,450,000,000 in the Recovery Act.
YouthBuild: $100,000,000, which is
$30,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $14,476,000 below the budget request, to expand
YouthBuild so that nearly 7,000 at-risk youth can gain
high school credentials and construction skills
training while building affordable housing for homeless
families. The Recovery Act provided $50,000,000 for
YouthBuild.
Transitional Jobs: $50,000,000 for a new
initiative based on a proven employment strategy to
help noncustodial parents and workers with substantial
barriers to entering the workforce. This is the amount
of the Administration's request.
Green Jobs: $50,000,000 to prepare workers
for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy,
which is the same as the budget request. This new
Administration initiative will support pre-
apprenticeship programs, career pathways, and other
gateways for more than 8,000 workers to enter careers
in emerging green industries. The Recovery Act provided
$500,000,000 for green jobs.
Career Pathways Innovation Fund:
$135,000,000 for new competitive grants to community
colleges and partnerships with local adult education
providers for career pathways to prepare workers for
careers in high-demand and emerging industries, which
is $10,000,000 above the combined fiscal year 2009
funding levels in the Departments of Labor and
Education. The Committee directs that approximately
half of these funds, $65,000,000, must be used to train
workers for careers in the health care sector, with a
focus on nursing professions. The Recovery Act provided
$250,000,000 for training programs in high-growth
industries.
Older Workers: $615,425,000, which is
$43,500,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $40,000,000 above the budget request, to provide
community service opportunities for nearly 100,000 low-
income seniors. The Recovery Act provided $120,000,000
for the Title V older workers program.
Unemployment Insurance Operations:
$3,245,645,000, which is $423,500,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request, to help States process unemployment insurance
claims.
Veterans Employment and Training:
$265,127,000 to maximize employment and training
opportunities for veterans transitioning to the
civilian workforce, and to protect their employment
rights, which is an increase of $25,688,000 over the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $10,000,000 over the
request. This amount includes $257,127,000 in DOL and
$8,000,000 in the Department of Education for a new
Centers of Excellence for Veterans Success initiative
to establish college- and university-based support
centers for veterans seeking to obtain a postsecondary
education.
Worker Safety and Health
Investing in America's workers also requires maintaining
safe and secure workplaces. Almost 40 years ago the Congress
passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) to improve
conditions for our nation's workers. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that, since its passage, OSHA-related
activities have saved the lives of nearly 400,000 workers.
However, there is still much work to be done. Since the passage
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the number of
workplaces and workers has more than doubled, while at the same
time, the number of OSHA inspectors has been reduced. In 1992,
OSHA could inspect workplaces under its jurisdiction once every
84 years. Now, it's once every 137 years. In 2007, 5,657
workers died as a result of job-related injuries--an average of
more than 15 deaths per day. As many as 8 to 12 million workers
sustain job-related injuries or illnesses each year--many of
which went unreported during the past eight years because of
weak enforcement policies by the previous administration.
Approximately 50,000 workers die each year from illnesses in
which workplace exposures are a contributing factor. These
fatalities, injuries and illnesses are estimated to cost
$145,000,000,000 to $290,000,000,000 in direct and indirect
costs. Yet despite these consequences, regulatory action to
protect American workers virtually halted at DOL under the
prior Administration. Constant delays in the issuance of worker
protection standards have resulted in workplaces that are less
safe and created a backlog of health and safety issues that
must be addressed immediately by the new Administration.
Key investments in this bill will strengthen retirement
benefit security, wage enforcement, and workplace safety,
reversing years of erosion in funding for labor law enforcement
agencies:
Labor Law Enforcement: $1,548,629,000 to
support up to 600 new full-time equivalent enforcement
and compliance positions (an increase of 13 percent) at
the Employment Benefits Security Administration (EBSA),
Employment Standards Administration (ESA), the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MHSA),
which is $104,898,000 over the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $28,200,000 below the request. The Recovery
Act provided an additional $80,000,000 for labor law
enforcement activities.
Health and Human Services Investments
There is a health care crisis in America today. Nearly 50
million Americans are without health coverage and 16 million
more are underinsured, putting necessary and lifesaving health
care out of reach for far too many families. Moreover, the weak
economy, with rising unemployment, is causing even more people
to lose their health insurance. More than 100 million Americans
do not have dental insurance--at least twice as many as those
without health insurance.
In addition, the nation has done a poor job of promoting
health and preventing disease. According to a 2008 report by
the Commonwealth Fund, the U.S. places last among 19
industrialized countries on deaths that might have been
prevented with timely and effective medical care. Up to 101,000
fewer people would die prematurely if the U.S. could achieve
leading, benchmark country rates. The four leading causes of
death are chronic conditions: heart disease, cancer, stroke,
and chronic lower respiratory disease, which are largely
preventable, yet account for 75 percent of U.S. health care
costs.
The personal and economic consequences of the government's
failure to invest in America's health are apparent. U.S. health
care expenditures totaled over $2 trillion in 2007--16 percent
of the gross domestic product. According to the Institute of
Medicine, the societal cost of the lost productivity of
uninsured Americans is estimated at $65,000,000,000 to
$130,000,000,000 each year. Americans are demanding a better
return on their health care investment.
The Committee puts a high priority on health system reform
and preparing the nation for universal health coverage. The
Committee recognizes that the health care issues confronting
the country are some of the largest pieces of unfinished
business on the national agenda. One of the great causes of
economic insecurity in this society is the fact that health
care coverage can evaporate--average working families are just
one pink slip, one divorce, or one serious illness away from
bankruptcy.
The Committee continues the investments begun in the
Recovery Act to expand the capacity of the health care system
to handle the increased demand that will come from health care
reform and accelerate our knowledge base for better treatments
and patient care. The key investments include:
Community Health Centers: $2,190,022,000,
which is the same as the comparable fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This funding will
provide primary health care to 17 million patients, of
whom 40 percent are uninsured, in 7,500 service
delivery sites. These centers are likely to become
medical homes for patients newly enfranchised by health
care reform. They provide high quality care in both
urban and rural underserved areas across the country.
Patients will also be assisted by $2,000,000,000
provided in the Recovery Act for community health
centers in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
Health Professions Workforce Shortages:
$529,708,000, which is $136,982,000 above the
comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$1,610,000 above the budget request. These programs
were fortified by $200,000,000 provided in the Recovery
Act for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. These funds will
support the training of students across the health
professions and nursing fields. Some of the programs
are specifically targeted to disadvantaged, underserved
populations. These students will provide the backbone
of the health care system for underserved areas,
especially if health care reform expands coverage.
Within this total, the bill includes a $92,372,000
increase for nurse training. This substantial increase
is essential because the U.S. is in the midst of a
nursing shortage that is expected to intensify as baby
boomers age and the need for health care grows. The
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
estimates that the nation's nursing shortage will grow
to more than one million nurses by the year 2020, a
number that is sure to skyrocket if health care reform
brings millions of uninsured people into the health
care system.
The Committee directs HRSA and DOL to jointly
establish a strategic plan to address emerging needs in
the health care sector through a joint DOL-HRSA
interagency task force.
State Health Access Grants: $75,000,000,
which maintains the comparable fiscal year 2009 level
and is the same as the budget request. A second year of
grants for this new program is an important transition
to national health care reform. States can use this
funding to expand coverage for subgroups of their
population to test ideas before a national coverage
system takes effect.
National Institutes of Health (NIH):
$31,258,788,000, which is $941,764,000 above the
comparable fiscal year 2009 level and $500,000,000
above the budget request. Along with the unprecedented
$10,400,000,000 provided for NIH in the Recovery Act
for fiscal years 2009 and 2010, these funds will make
it possible for biomedical research to improve health
and reduce health care expenditures. NIH research will
help doctors move away from today's costly and
predominantly curative model to a presumptive model
intervening before disease occurs. Further, NIH
research will enhance the quality of health care as
health system reform addresses universal access to it.
Public Health: $6,681,895,000 for the
discretionary public health programs administered by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
which is $67,294,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
program level and $38,435,000 more than the budget
request. Increases are provided for a number of CDC
programs, including: a $53,054,000 increase to support
testing of up to 600,000 persons for HIV and to link
HIV positive individuals with health services; a
$13,982,000 increase to ensure continued collection of
accurate core data on the health status of the U.S.
population and the use of health services in order to
gauge the success of health systems reform; an
$11,102,000 increase for public health research and
surveillance to reduce the approximately 170,000 deaths
per year in the U.S. caused by infectious disease; a
$10,149,000 increase for global immunization, which CDC
estimates will lead to 25,000 fewer global measles-
related deaths in fiscal year 2010; and, a $7,500,000
increase to double CDC's Climate Change initiative.
Mental Health Services: $1,008,182,000 for
mental health services programs administered by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), which is $39,030,000 more than
the fiscal year 2009 program level and $22,363,000 more
than the budget request. Increases are provided for a
number of mental health services programs, including: a
$16,943,000 increase for Children's Mental Health to
provide 11,000 additional children who have mental,
emotional, and behavioral disorders with community-
based care and supports; an $8,360,000 increase for
State homelessness grants to provide an estimated
11,000 additional homeless and seriously mentally ill
individuals with community-based support services; and,
a $7,000,000 increase to double an initiative that
integrates primary and behavioral health care for an
estimated three million Americans with severe mental
illnesses.
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment:
$2,440,099,000 for substance abuse prevention and
treatment programs administered by SAMHSA, which is
$46,163,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 program
level and $3,193,000 more than the budget request.
Increases are provided for SAMHSA's criminal justice
portfolio, as follows: a $35,000,000 increase for
treatment drug courts to provide 5,200 additional
individuals involved in juvenile, family, or adult drug
courts with needed substance abuse treatment and
recovery support services, including the provision of
social services for an estimated 870 children with
methamphetamine-addicted parents; and a $15,000,000
increase for the ex-offender re-entry program to
provide 1,800 additional ex-offenders with substance
abuse treatment services upon their return to the
community.
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs):
$203,533,000 to continue an aggressive campaign to
dramatically reduce these life-threatening infections
that patients acquire while receiving treatment for
medical or surgical conditions. This amount is a
$33,848,000 increase over the fiscal year 2009 level
and $22,746,000 over the request. HAIs are among the
top ten leading causes of death in the U.S., accounting
for nearly 100,000 deaths, 1.7 million infections, and
$28,000,000,000 to $33,000,000,000 in excess healthcare
costs annually. The Committee bill includes $5,000,000
for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Office of the Secretary to coordinate and integrate
HAI-related activities across the Department and
continue a national media campaign for health care
providers and consumers launched in fiscal year 2009.
New activities funded in this bill include increases of
$17,696,000 in AHRQ for nationwide implementation of
evidence-based HAI prevention training in over 5,000
hospitals and $5,050,000 in CDC to expand the National
Healthcare Safety Network for increased HAI
surveillance in hospitals. An $11,102,000 increase is
provided for CDC's emerging infectious diseases
portfolio, which includes HAIs, for expanded
surveillance, public health research, and prevention
activities. Finally, an increase of $53,772,000 over
fiscal year 2009 is provided within Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for enhanced State
inspections in nursing homes and other medical
facilities where HAI's are rising, giving inspectors
greater opportunities to identify infection control
problems. The Committee also directs CMS to include
additional infection control measures in Hospital
Compare and its ``pay for performance'' and ``pay for
reporting'' systems.
Protecting Vulnerable Populations
Although some people in this country may be doing well, it
is clear that many others are falling behind. The economic
climate has made an already challenging situation worse for
American families. Before the economic downturn, in 2007, over
37 million people in the U.S. lived in poverty, including 13
million children. In prior recessions the number of people
living in poverty has significantly increased. If this
recession is like previous ones--and all indications are that
this recession is the worst in three-quarters of a century--the
number of people living in poverty could increase by over 25
percent, which would leave almost 50 million people living in
poverty. This will put added stress on families caring for
young children and aging parents. Currently 14 million children
are left home alone after school to care for themselves, while
26 percent of individuals over age 60 live alone.
The Committee bill sustains critical support for America's
most vulnerable families, makes investments in high quality
early childhood education, and increases services for an aging
population:
Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP):
$5,100,000,000 to ensure that approximately 7.5 million
low-income households continue to receive the home
energy assistance they need in a volatile energy
market, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level. The Administration proposed legislation
to create a trigger mechanism that would make
additional mandatory funding available if energy prices
spike. Nonetheless, the Administration's discretionary
request would cut LIHEAP by $1,900,000,000, eliminating
the number of households receiving assistance by
approximately 1.7 million.
Head Start: $7,234,783,000 to sustain high-
quality, comprehensive early childhood services,
including educational, health, nutritional, and social
services, to approximately 978,000 low-income children
before they enter school, nearly 70,000 over the fiscal
year 2008 level. This amount is $121,997,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 level and the same as the request. The
Recovery Act included $2,100,000,000 for Head Start and
Early Head Start.
Foster Care Innovation: $20,000,000 for a
new initiative to improve outcomes for children in
foster care by providing incentives to States to
develop evidence-based improvements, which is the same
amount as the request.
Nutrition and Other Services for Seniors:
$1,530,881,000 to boost nutrition, transportation, and
other supportive services for elderly Americans, which
is $37,038,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the budget request. This funding will support
nearly 239 million meals to 2.5 million seniors, an
increase of approximately three million meals. The
Recovery Act provided $100,000,000 for senior
nutrition.
Reducing the Need for Abortion
The Committee includes $7,839,336,000 for programs that may
help reduce the number of abortions in America by alleviating
the economic pressures and other real life conditions that can
sometimes cause women to decide not to carry their pregnancies
to term. This amount is $134,848,000 over the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $61,207,000 over the budget request.
The Committee's recommendation includes $114,455,000 for a
new evidence-based teenage pregnancy prevention initiative in
the HHS Administration for Children and Families to address a
rise in teenage births, following a 34 percent decline between
1991 and 2006. The overwhelming majority of teenage pregnancies
are unplanned; therefore, reducing the incidence of teenage
pregnancy can have untold individual and societal benefits,
including reducing poverty, improving education outcomes,
improving child well-being, and reducing the need for
abortions.
REDUCING THE NEED FOR ABORTIONS
[Dollars in Thousands]
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
FY 2010 -------------------------------------
Budget Activity Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Department of Labor:
Young Parents Training Pilot Program............... 5,500 +500 +5,500
Transitional Jobs.................................. 35,000 +35,000 -15,000
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Subtotal Department of Labor........................... 40,500 +35,500 -9,500
Department of Health and Human Services:
Health Resources and Services Administration:
Community Health Centers....................... 2,190,022 0 0
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.......... 665,000 +2,879 +2,879
Increasing Public Awareness and Resources 4,956 0 0
For Women Preparing for Birth [nonadd]....
Healthy Start.................................. 105,000 +2,628 +2,628
Family Planning (Title X)...................... 317,491 +10,000 0
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Teen Pregnancy Prevention...................... 15,800 +5,000 0
Administration for Children and Families:
Child Care Development Block Grant............. 2,127,081 0 0
Runaway and Homeless Youth..................... 98,234 +1,000 +1,000
Prevention Grants to Reduce Abuse of Runaway 18,721 +1,000 +1,000
Youth.........................................
Home Visitation Program........................ 15,000 +1,500 +1,500
Infant Adoption Awareness...................... 12,953 0 0
Community Services Block Grant................. 700,000 0 0
Family Violence Prevention Program............. 133,776 +6,000 +6,000
Teen Pregnancy Prevention/Abstinence Education. 114,455 +15,341 0
Office of the Secretary:
Adolescent Family Life (Title XX).............. 29,778 0 0
Health Provider Domestic Violence Education.... 2,325 0 +1,700
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Subtotal Department of Health & Human 6,545,636 +45,348 +16,707
Services..................................
Department of Education:
21st Century After School Centers.................. 1,181,166 +50,000 +50,000
Elementary and Secondary School Counselors......... 55,000 +3,000 +3,000
Child Care Access for Student Parents.............. 17,034 +1,000 +1,000
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Subtotal Department of Education........... 1,253,200 +54,000 +54,000
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Total.................................. 7,839,336 +134,848 +61,207
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\1\The Administration's fiscal year 2010 budget also includes a legislative proposal for a new mandatory Home
Visitation Program.
Education investments
The Condition of Education, 2009, shows that the country
has made some progress in educational achievement, particularly
for younger students, but significant challenges remain in
educating a growing and increasingly diverse student
population. Our nation must create a public school system--
enrolling more than 50 million students in 2009 and growing to
nearly 54 million students by 2018--that adequately prepares
its students for college and careers. Current statistics
indicate, however, that approximately 1.2 million students fail
to graduate from high school every year, destined for dead end
jobs with daunting odds of success in a challenging labor
market that rewards higher-order skills.
In today's economy, a college degree matters more than ever
before. Young adults with a bachelor's degree earn about twice
as much as those who do not earn a high school diploma.
Although college enrollment rates increased from 1972 to 2007
for students at all income levels, the nation has yet to
achieve the goal whereby a student's brain, rather than bank
account, is the only determinant of whether he or she can
obtain a postsecondary education. Today, a low-achieving
student from a wealthy family has about the same chance of
attending college as a high-achieving student from a poor
family. Moreover, for the country to remain a global competitor
not only must low- and middle-income students enroll in college
at higher rates, they must also actually complete their
education and earn a college degree. In 2007, only 58 percent
of college students earned a degree within six years. The
country is falling behind its global competitors regarding
college completion, having dropped from number two in the world
to number eleven.
The Committee believes that the Department of Education has
a critical and compelling mission--to ensure that all Americans
have the educational opportunity that is our most powerful tool
in helping the poor and middle class climb up the economic
ladder. The under-utilization of the human potential in the
United States imposes heavy consequences on our society--lower
productivity, lower earnings, poorer health, higher rates of
incarceration, and less civic involvement. Key investments in
this bill include:
Title I Grants for Low-Income Children:
$14,492,401,000 for Title I grants to school districts,
which restores the proposed $1,500,000,000 cut to the
program, in order to ensure that approximately 20
million disadvantaged children in nearly 55,000 public
schools obtain the educational skills they need to
compete in a global economy. The Recovery Act provided
$10,000,000,000 for Title I eligible schools. School
districts may use any portion or all of these funds to
support early childhood education activities and, thus,
the bill does not include a separate funding stream for
early childhood programs requested by the
Administration.
School Improvement: $545,633,000 for
assistance to approximately 13,000 schools across the
country with chronically poor academic performance,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level. With the funds in this bill and Recovery Act
funds, States will receive approximately $4,000,000,000
in total during fiscal year 2010 to assist these
struggling schools.
Teacher Incentive Fund: $445,864,000 for the
Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), which supports school
districts and States that aim to reward effective
teaching through compensation systems that reward
entire high-need schools for raising student
achievement. This amount is $348,594,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $41,406,000 below
the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
$200,000,000 for the Teacher Incentive Fund.
Charter Schools: $256,031,000 to support the
start-up of over 1,300 new charter schools in fiscal
year 2010. This amount is $40,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $12,000,000 below the
budget request. The bill also includes new
accountability measures to ensure that charter schools
are successful.
Striving Readers: $146,000,000 for Striving
Readers, which is more than a four-fold increase over
the fiscal year 2009 funding level, to help struggling
adolescents build their literacy skills, start a new
early reading comprehensive initiative, and improve the
integration of reading initiatives across the
Department.
High School Graduation Initiative:
$50,000,000 for a new High School Graduation Initiative
to target assistance on high school ``dropout
factories''--schools that disproportionately contribute
to the nation's dropout crisis, as proposed by the
Administration.
Individuals With Disabilities Act: the
Committee provided a historic $11,300,000,000 for part
B Grants to States in the Recovery Act to support a
high quality education for 6.7 million students with
disabilities. These funds, together with the
$11,505,211,000 in this bill, will support a record 25
percent Federal contribution toward special education
in each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This bill
provides the same amount for Part B Grants to States
that is requested by the Administration.
Adult Education: $628,221,000 for Adult
Basic Literacy Education State Grants, which is
$74,099,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request. These State formula
grants will enable over three million adults to acquire
basic literacy skills, complete a secondary education,
and become more employable, productive, and responsible
citizens--316,000 more than in fiscal year 2009.
Pell Grants: in fiscal year 2009, the
Committee led the effort to provide an historic $619
increase in the maximum Pell award, to $5,350. Pell
Grants are the foundation of the Federal commitment to
ensure access to higher educational opportunities for
low- and middle-income students by providing need-based
financial assistance that helps them pay for college
costs. This bill maintains the discretionary portion of
the maximum Pell Grant award at $4,860, which, combined
with a mandatory supplement of $690, will support a
$5,550 maximum Pell Grant in fiscal year 2010, an
increase of $200 over the 2009 award level. In total,
7.6 million students will receive Pell awards. The
Recovery Act provided $17,114,000,000 for Pell Grants.
Support for Developing Institutions:
$652,943,000 to strengthen the capacity of Historically
Black and Predominantly Black Colleges and
Universities, Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribal
Colleges and Universities and Native American-serving
Institutions, Asian Pacific Islander, and Native
American institutions--a 29 percent increase over the
fiscal year discretionary funding level and
$110,000,000 over the budget request. In addition, the
bill provides for $178,221,000 in new loan guarantees
for Historically Black College and University
facilities--nearly triple the fiscal year 2009 level.
TRIO and GEAR UP: $868,089,000 for the TRIO
programs and $333,212,000 for GEAR UP to assist
approximately 1.7 million disadvantaged and first-
generation college students to prepare for, enter, and
complete college--an increase of 51,000 students over
fiscal year 2009. The Committee investments are
$20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the budget request for each program.
Volunteerism and Service to America
The Committee strongly supports the President's call for
Americans to serve their communities and country by providing a
19 percent increase for implementation of the new Edward M.
Kennedy Serve America Act. The bill includes $1,059,016,000 for
the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS),
which is $169,150,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $90,000,000 below the budget request. This funding,
together with Recovery Act funds, will increase the number of
AmeriCorps members by 15,000 volunteers, from 74,000 to nearly
89,000, and the number of Senior Corps Volunteers by more than
9,000, from 473,000 to 482,000. In addition, the bill provides
funds to support 2,000 students for a new Summer of Service
program. Included within the total is an initial investment of
$35,000,000 to launch a new Social Innovation Fund that will
scale up proven programs and invest in promising new ideas in
low-income communities. The Recovery Act provided $201,000,000
for CNCS.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Committee provides a total of $541,000,000 for the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is $51,767,000 more
than provided in the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 and
$40,000,000 more than the budget request. This amount includes:
a fiscal year 2012 advance appropriation of $440,000,000,
$36,000,000 for digital conversion grants, and $25,000,000 to
complete the public radio satellite replacement and
interconnection project. In recognition of the financial
challenges confronting more than 1,000 public broadcasting
stations in the current economic downturn, one-time fiscal
stabilization grants totaling $40,000,000 are included in the
bill to forestall layoffs and cutbacks in essential
programming.
Social Security Administration
The Committee is dedicated to helping the Social Security
Administration (SSA) address several challenges, including
processing a rising number of retirement and disability claims,
reducing the backlog of disability claims, and improving
service to the public. Thus, the bill includes an
$11,446,500,000 limitation on administrative expenses for SSA,
which provides a $993,000,000 increase over the fiscal year
2009 funding level and is the same as the budget request. The
Recovery Act provided $1,000,000,000 for SSA.
Significant Policy Provisions
The bill continues all prior restrictions on the use of
funds in the Act for abortion.
The bill continues a prohibition on the use of funds in the
Act for research that creates or destroys human embryos.
The bill continues a prohibition on the use of funds in the
Act to process Social Security Benefits based on a fraudulent
Social Security number.
The bill includes a prohibition on the use of funds to
implement a Social Security totalization agreement with Mexico.
The bill includes a prohibition on the use of funds that
contravene the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
The bill includes a provision that prohibits the use of
funds in the Act for needle exchange programs that are located
within 1,000 feet of a public or private day care center,
elementary school, vocational school, secondary school,
college, junior college, or university, or any public swimming
pool, park, playground, video arcade, or youth center, or an
event sponsored by any such entity.
Bill Total
Total funding, including offsets, for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 is $730,460,039,000. For
comparability, adjustments should be made for LIHEAP, which was
funded in the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. In addition, there is a
one-time Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund transfer in the
fiscal year 2010 budget request and the Committee bill.
Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--The budget
resolution allows for upward adjustments totaling
$2,746,000,000 to the Subcommittee's discretionary allocation
as follows: $846,000,000 for making investments in the program
integrity activities related to unemployment insurance,
Medicare and Medicaid, and Social Security benefits and
$1,900,000,000 to provide funding for LIHEAP above the
discretionary fiscal year 2010 budget request since a mandatory
trigger has not been enacted. The discretionary funding totals
listed here and detailed throughout the Committee report
include this additional funding.
After deducting these cap adjustments and making the LIHEAP
comparability adjustment, the fiscal year 2010 discretionary
total for the Committee bill is $5,604,836,000 and 3.6 percent
more than the comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level.
Discretionary programs.--For discretionary accounts for
fiscal year 2010, the bill provides $163,400,000,000, including
offsets. This is $10,652,508,000 above the fiscal year 2009
comparable funding level. For comparability, an adjustment
should be made for LIHEAP, which was funded in the Consolidated
Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2009. After the LIHEAP adjustment, the fiscal year 2010
discretionary total for the Committee bill is $7,872,836,000
and 5.1 percent more than the comparable fiscal year 2009
funding level.
Mandatory programs.--The bill provides $567,060,039,000 for
mandatory programs in fiscal year 2010. This is $48,292,012,000
and 9.3 percent above the fiscal year 2009 comparable level.
Funding requirements for entitlement programs are determined by
the basic authorizing statutes. Mandatory programs include
general fund support for the Medicare and Medicaid programs,
Supplemental Security Income, Trade Adjustment Assistance, and
Black Lung payments. The following chart indicates the funding
levels for the major mandatory programs in fiscal years 2009
and 2010.
MANDATORY
[Dollars in thousands]
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Program Fiscal year 2009 Fiscal year 2010 Change
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Department of Labor:
Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances....... $958,800 $1,818,400 +$859,600
Advances to the UI and other trust funds........... 422,000 120,000 -302,000
Special Benefits................................... 163,000 187,000 +24,000
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners.......... 188,130 169,180 -18,950
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 49,654 51,197 +1,543
Fund..............................................
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund................... 2,822,683 300,099 -2,522,584
Department of Health and Human Services:
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund............. 113,115 115,908 +2,793
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 55,358 55,358 0
Fund..............................................
Medicaid current law benefits...................... 241,748,640 276,957,508 +35,208,868
Medicaid State and local administration............ 12,021,152 12,381,233 +360,081
Vaccines for Children.............................. 3,377,911 3,323,770 -54,141
Medicare Payments to Healthcare Trust Funds........ 197,744,000 207,296,070 +9,552,070
Welfare Payments................................... 34,000 34,000 0
Child Support Enforcement.......................... 4,282,699 4,537,509 +254,810
Social Services Block Grant........................ 1,700,000 1,700,000 0
Promoting Safe and Stable Families................. 345,000 345,000 0
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency............ 5,409,000 5,532,000 +123,000
Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers......... 434,694 474,557 +39,863
Department of Education:
Vocational Rehabilitation.......................... 2,974,635 3,084,696 +110,061
Related Agencies:
Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Account 150 150 0
Payments to Social Security Trust Funds............ 20,406 20,404 -2
Supplemental Security Income....................... 42,065,000 46,700,000 +4,635,000
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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
The Committee recommends a discretionary program level
total of $13,256,746,000, which is $845,737,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $22,871,000 below the budget
request. More than half of the increase above fiscal year
2009--a total of $423,500,000--is to enable States to process
millions of additional unemployment claims. The substantial
funding increase is a necessary response to unemployment levels
that have doubled since the onset of the recession in December
2007. In addition, the Recovery Act provided a total of
$4,806,000,000 in discretionary funding for workforce
development programs, community service opportunities for
seniors, and unemployment services operations. The Committee
commends the Administration for renewing the Department's
commitment to workforce development and workforce protection by
focusing additional funds on these core priorities.
As the nation begins to deal with the worst economic
downturn since the Great Depression, the Department of Labor
will play an integral role in the economic recovery by
providing job training or employment services for nearly 20
million workers; offering apprenticeships, mentoring and career
training for 350,000 low-income and at-risk youth; overseeing
and enforcing health and safety standards in the workplace for
137 million private-sector workers and 10 million public-sector
workers; and protecting retirement and health benefits for more
than 150 million workers, retirees and their families.
Employment and Training Administration
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $3,802,961,000 for this account,
which provides funding authorized primarily by the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). This amount is $176,513,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $30,602,000 below the
budget request. The increase above fiscal year 2009 provides a
strong response to the deep economic downturn by boosting the
national reserve fund that cushions local communities against
the effects of mass layoffs; increasing funds to train at-risk
youth that are disproportionally affected by recent job losses;
and initiating a program to train workers for careers in the
emerging green energy sector. These targeted investments are
necessary to support the ongoing economic recovery and to
provide a foundation for stable and long-term economic growth.
The Recovery Act provided an additional $3,950,000,000 for
workforce training activities in the Training and Employment
Services account in program years 2008 and 2009.
The Training and Employment Services account is comprised
of programs that enhance the employment and earnings of those
in need of such services, operated through a decentralized
system of skill training activities and related services. The
account is mostly forward-funded on a July to June program
cycle, with funds provided for fiscal year 2010 supporting
activities from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.
The Committee repeats a provision allowing local boards to
transfer up to 30 percent of funds made available for
dislocated workers and adult activities between these funding
streams, upon approval by the Governor. The Committee also
includes a provision from the Recovery Act that provides
flexibility for workforce investment boards to use Adult and
Dislocated Worker formula funds to award contracts to
institutions of higher education and other eligible training
providers.
Adult Employment and Training Activities
For Adult Employment and Training Activities, the Committee
recommends $861,540,000, which is the same amount as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Of the amount
recommended, $712,000,000 will become available on October 1,
2010. The Recovery Act provided an additional $500,000,000 for
adult training in program years 2008 and 2009.
These funds are allocated by formula to States and further
distributed to local Workforce Investment Boards. Services for
adults are provided through the One-Stop Career Center system
and most customers receiving training use individual training
accounts to determine which programs and providers fit their
needs. WIA authorizes core services available to all adults
with no eligibility requirements and intensive and training
services for unemployed individuals who are not able to find
jobs through core services alone.
Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities
For Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities,
the Committee recommends $1,398,891,000, which is $57,000,000
above the comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$14,109,000 below the budget request. Of the amount
recommended, $1,060,000,000 will become available on October 1,
2010. Of the total, $1,183,840,000 is designated for State
formula grants that provide core and intensive services,
training, and supportive services for dislocated workers. In
addition, States use these funds for rapid response assistance
to help workers affected by mass layoffs and plant closures.
The Recovery Act provided an additional $1,450,000,000 for
these grants in program years 2008 and 2009.
The Committee recommendation includes $215,051,000 for the
Dislocated Worker Assistance National Reserve, which is
$57,000,000 above the comparable fiscal 2009 level and
$14,109,000 below the budget request. The National Reserve
supports National Emergency Grants to respond to mass layoffs,
plant and/or military base closings, and natural disasters,
since the need for such funds cannot be anticipated in formula
allocations. National Reserve funds also support Statewide and
multiple sector activities, as well as technical assistance and
pilot and demonstration projects. The Committee recommends that
these activities be coordinated with area economic development
needs.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), more
than 500,000 workers lost their jobs in the first three months
of 2009 due to mass layoffs. A mass layoff occurs when at least
50 workers are separated from a single employer. Since BLS
began tracking this data in 1996, the mass layoffs are the
worst ever recorded in the first quarter--including all-time
highs in each of the four regions of the country. The Committee
recognizes that many economic sectors, including manufacturing,
will continue to experience mass layoffs even after the economy
begins to recover. This bill increases the Dislocated Worker
National Reserve by nearly 30 percent to provide necessary
resources for displaced workers to receive job training for
careers in emerging and high-growth industries.
As in prior years, the bill provides that dislocated worker
funds available under section 171(d) may be used for
demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants
in the workforce and incumbent workers.
Youth Employment and Training Activities
For Youth Employment and Training Activities, the Committee
recommends $924,069,000, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act
provided an additional $1,200,000,000 for youth activities,
including summer employment, in program years 2008 and 2009.
WIA consolidated the Summer Youth Employment and Training
Program and Youth Training Grants under the Job Training
Partnership Act into a single youth training activity. The
funds are allocated by formula to States and further
distributed to local workforce investment areas in accordance
with WIA. Youth funds are made available one quarter earlier
than the adult and dislocated worker funds to allow for summer
jobs programming.
Native Americans
For the Indian and Native Americans Program, the Committee
recommends $52,758,000, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. This program,
authorized by WIA, is designed to improve the economic well
being of Native Americans (Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native
Hawaiians) through the provision of training, work experience,
and other employment-related services and opportunities that
are intended to aid the participants in securing permanent,
unsubsidized jobs. The Department of Labor allocates formula
grants to Indian tribes and other Native American groups whose
eligibility for such grants is established in accordance with
Department regulations.
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
For the National Farmworkers Jobs Program (NFJP), the
Committee recommends $84,620,000, which is $2,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Authorized by WIA, this program is designed to serve members of
economically disadvantaged families whose principal livelihood
is derived from migratory and other forms of seasonal farm
work, fishing, or logging activities. Enrollees and their
families are provided with training and related services
intended to prepare them for stable, year-round employment
within and outside of the agriculture industry.
The Committee continues language providing that not less
than 70 percent of program funds be spent on employment and
training services, together with language that prohibits the
Department from restricting the provision of ``related
assistance'' services by grantees. These provisions ensure that
the program primarily addresses the employment and training
needs of the target population while allowing grantees to
provide related services, such as child care and
transportation, that are often critical to the stabilization
and availability of the farm labor workforce.
Within the amount provided, the Committee bill includes
$5,500,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker housing grants
and $510,000 for other discretionary purposes, which include
training and technical assistance, and migrant rest center
activities. The bill further directs that not less than 70
percent of the amount provided for housing grants be used for
permanent housing. The Committee remains interested in the use
of funds for temporary housing and the conditions under which
these funds are used. The Committee directs the Department of
Labor to submit a summary report for the last complete program
year, and quarterly reports thereafter, to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
documenting the use of farmworker housing funds. In particular,
the Department should provide information on the amount of
funds used for permanent and temporary housing activities,
respectively; a list of the communities served; a list of the
grantees and the States in which they are located; the total
number of individuals and families served; and a list of
allowable temporary housing activities.
YouthBuild
For YouthBuild, the Committee recommends $100,000,000,
which is $30,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $14,476,000 below the budget request. The Recovery Act
provided an additional $50,000,000 to expand the number of
YouthBuild grantees in program years 2009 and 2010.
YouthBuild is an approach to workforce development that
supports disadvantaged young people at risk of long-term
unemployment, and effectively connects them with basic,
secondary, and post-secondary education; employment training
and job placement; and personal counseling. Participants split
time between the classroom and the construction site--earning
high school diplomas while providing a valuable community
service by constructing or rehabilitating affordable housing in
their communities. YouthBuild grants are awarded on a
competitive basis. However, the Committee believes continuity
in funding is important for the long-term stability of the
YouthBuild program and encourages the Department to consider
three-year grants instead of the current policy of two-year
grants.
In June 2009, the Labor Department announced grants to 183
YouthBuild communities across the country, including 50
grantees receiving awards for the first time. The awards
included 108 grants funded through the Omnibus Appropriations
Act, 2009, and another 75 grants funded through the Recovery
Act. The Committee bill includes sufficient funding in fiscal
year 2010 to provide continuation grants for each of the 183
grantees and also allows for the provision of additional
YouthBuild awards, expanding the program to serve nearly 7,000
youth. The YouthBuild program is conducting a rigorous
nationwide evaluation of program year 2009 grantees and the
Committee looks forward to receiving the results of the
evaluation.
The Committee bill permanently extends a provision that
allows YouthBuild grantees to serve youth who have dropped out
of school and re-enrolled in an alternative school.
Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations
For the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional
Occupations program, the Committee recommends $1,000,000, which
is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This program finances grants to employers,
unions, and community-based organizations in support of
activities to train, retrain, and place women in non-
traditional jobs and occupations so as to provide expanded
access to careers with family-sustaining wages.
National Activities
Pilots, Demonstrations and Research.--The Committee
recommends $66,990,000 for grants or contracts to conduct
research, pilots, or demonstrations that improve techniques or
demonstrate the effectiveness of programs. This is $18,209,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $9,490,000 above
the budget request. These funds are made available from April
1, 2010 through June 30, 2010 to accommodate those youth
programs that include a summer component.
Within the amount provided, the Committee bill designates
$35,000,000 for a new competitive grant program to provide
Transitional Jobs activities. Combined with $15,000,000 in the
Reintegration of Ex-Offenders account, the total allocation for
Transitional Jobs is the same as the budget request.
Transitional Jobs programs are a proven employment strategy for
workers with substantial barriers to entering the workforce. In
addition, these programs have the potential to lower costs to
local and State governments by reducing recidivism rates among
ex-offenders, decreasing reliance on public assistance, and
boosting tax receipts from participants that are able to
maintain unsubsidized employment. An analysis conducted for the
State of New York by the Fiscal Policy Institute estimated that
cost savings for the State equaled more than $100,000,000 over
three years after subtracting the State's initial funding
investment in Transitional Jobs programs. The Committee also
supports the Administration's intention to focus assistance on
non-custodial parents and directs the Department of Labor to
consult with the Department of Health and Human Services'
Administration for Children and Families in designing the grant
competition and awarding grants. In addition, the Committee
stipulates that a sufficient portion of these funds shall be
used for an evaluation of the program and directs the Secretary
to consult with the Administration for Children and Families in
designing and implementing the evaluation.
Within the amount provided, the Committee also designates
$5,500,000 to continue the Young Parents Demonstration Program.
This set-aside was initiated in fiscal year 2008 in order to
provide young parents (both mothers and fathers) and expectant
mothers ages 16 to 24 with occupational skills training,
education, and supportive services leading to family economic
self-sufficiency. The Committee directs that the Department
continue to award these competitive grants based on the
criteria outlined in House Report 110-231.
The bill includes $24,490,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Access Community Health Network, Chicago, IL for a $400,000
job training initiative.............................
Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, Talladega, 200,000
AL for an employer training and job development
initiative..........................................
Arkansas State University--Beebe, Searcy, AR for a 200,000
training program for employment in the natural gas
industry............................................
Atlanta Christian College, East Point, GA, for 350,000
curriculum development..............................
Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood, NJ for a job training 150,000
initiative..........................................
Brevard Workforce Development Board, Rockledge, FL 1,000,000
for a job training initiative.......................
Bridge to Independence & Career Opportunities, 100,000
Danbury, CT for job training and job placement......
Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA for job 100,000
placement services for veterans.....................
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA for the 600,000
Renewable Energy Academy............................
Campbellsville-Taylor County Industrial Development 500,000
Authority, Campbellsville, KY for a job training
initiative..........................................
Center for Employment Training, San Jose, CA for 350,000
training dislocated workers and out-of-school youth
for green jobs......................................
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and 250,000
Technology, Pleasant Gap, PA for job training
programs............................................
Chicago House and Social Service Agency, Chicago, IL 200,000
for an employment training and transitional jobs
program.............................................
City of Baltimore, Office of Employment Development, 400,000
MD for its BRAC Employment Preparedness Program.....
City of Chesapeake, VA for a job training initiative. 250,000
City of Detroit, MI for its Summer Youth Services 500,000
Program.............................................
City of East Palo Alto, CA for workforce training in 600,000
green jobs..........................................
City of Grand Rapids, MI for the Our Community's 350,000
Children job training initiative....................
City of Petersburg, Clearwater, FL for an employment 200,000
readiness program...................................
City of Richmond, CA for the Richmond BUILD Pre- 500,000
apprenticeship Construction Skills & Solar
Installation Training Program.......................
City of St. Petersburg, FL for the Summer Youth 300,000
Internship/Green Workforce Readiness Training
Program.............................................
City of West Palm Beach, FL for its Youth Empowerment 400,000
Centers.............................................
Closing the Digital Gap, Lansing, MI for a computer- 250,000
based job training initiative.......................
Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, ME to launch 250,000
the CEI Green Business Investment and Job Creation
Initiative..........................................
Columbia Gorge Community College, The Dalles, OR to 350,000
develop a renewable energy training program,
including purchase of equipment.....................
Community Learning Center, Inc., Ft. Worth, TX for a 500,000
job training initiative.............................
Conservation Corps of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA for 225,000
a job training program for at-risk youth............
Covenant House Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL for job 550,000
readiness training..................................
Cypress Mandela Training Center, Inc., Oakland, CA 275,000
for pre-apprentice construction training for solar
and green jobs......................................
Danville Community College, Danville, VA for training 100,000
at its Wood Products Advanced Manufacturing Lab.....
Davinci Center for Community Progress, Providence, RI 200,000
for workforce education and training................
DaytonDefense, Beavercreek, OH for a job training 300,000
initiative..........................................
Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, IA for 350,000
dislocated worker training and job placement in
financial services, health care and construction....
Digital Workforce Academy, Austin, TX for a job 300,000
training initiative.................................
Duke Media Foundation, Hollywood, CA for career 100,000
exploration and training for at-risk youth for jobs
in filmmaking.......................................
Easter Seals Arc of NE Indiana, Ft. Wayne, IN for a 100,000
job training program for adults with disabilities...
Fighting Back Partnership, Vallejo, CA for workforce 250,000
recidivism services for state parolees to reduce
recidivism..........................................
Filipino-American Service Group, Los Angeles, CA for 250,000
case management and job training for homeless
individuals.........................................
Fordham Bedford Children's Services, Bronx, NY for 100,000
job placement, training, and workforce development..
Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg, VA for 100,000
nursing curriculum development......................
Give Every Child A Chance, Manteca, CA for employment 500,000
mentoring...........................................
Guadalupe Centers, Inc., Kansas City, MO for its 200,000
Culinary Arts Institute job training and employment
program.............................................
HARBEL Community Organization, Baltimore, MD for 250,000
unemployed and underemployed individuals............
Hard Hatted Women, Warren, OH for the Tradeswomen 200,000
TOOLS program.......................................
Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA for a 250,000
workforce training, education, and outreach
initiative..........................................
Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, CA for solar panel 300,000
installation training and certification for at-risk
young individuals in Los Angeles....................
Hopkins House, Alexandria, VA for workforce 250,000
development and training in early childhood
education...........................................
IndependenceFirst, Milwaukee, WI to provide 100,000
employment support services to persons with
disabilities........................................
Innovative Productivity, Inc., Louisville, KY for a 150,000
job training initiative.............................
Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA for 150,000
workforce training..................................
JobPath, Inc., Tucson, AZ for underserved adults job 200,000
training............................................
Johnstown Area Regional Industries, Inc., Johnstown, 200,000
PA for its workforce development program............
Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI for a job 420,000
training initiative focused on alternative
automotive technologies.............................
Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, 350,000
Washington, DC for its youth workforce development
program.............................................
Los Angeles Community College District/Valley 300,000
College, Valley Glen, CA for workforce development
in energy efficiency and green technology fields....
Macomb Community College, Warren, MI for training 550,000
displaced workers in the aerospace and defense
industries..........................................
MAGNET, Cleveland, OH for veterans workforce 200,000
development, training, and job placement in the
manufacturing industry..............................
Make the Road New York, Brooklyn, NY for English 200,000
language and economic literacy training in low-
income, primarily immigrant communities.............
McHenry County, Woodstock, IL for short-term 250,000
occupational training...............................
Metropolitan Community Colleges, Kansas City, MO for 500,000
its Sustainability Training Center..................
Michigan Works, Benton Harbor, MI for the basic 250,000
workforce transformation program....................
National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY 100,000
for integration of career awareness and job
readiness activities into a family literacy program.
National Council of Negro Women, Washington, DC for a 350,000
job readiness, life skills, and training program for
disadvantaged women.................................
Northern Marianas Trade Institute, Saipan, MP for 200,000
vocational and technical training programs..........
Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation, Averne, 100,000
NY for a workforce preparation program for youth and
young adults residing in public housing.............
Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK 200,000
for a veterans job training initiative..............
People for the Parks, Venice, CA for a program to 165,000
train at-risk youth to maintain and operate
sustainable parks...................................
San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX for purchase of 350,000
equipment...........................................
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA for a 150,000
workforce development initiative....................
Southwest Virginia Community College, Richlands, VA 400,000
for green jobs training in rural communities........
St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation, 150,000
Brooklyn, NY for a workforce development center.....
Summit Academy OIC, Minneapolis, MN for a program 400,000
focused on weatherization technician training and
residential energy auditing.........................
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA for a community 250,000
health worker training program......................
UMWA Career Centers, Inc., Washington, PA for its 550,000
mine worker training and employment programs........
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL for the 450,000
Hometown Heroes Reach Out and Raise Hope program....
Upper Rio Grande Workforce Solutions, El Paso, TX for 200,000
its Rural Initiatives Program.......................
Vanguard Services Unlimited, Arlington, VA for a 250,000
comprehensive vocational counselor training project.
Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC for job 400,000
training in the computer simulation and green
automotive technologies industries..................
West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA for the 600,000
Pathways to 21st Century Careers program............
Workforce Services Unlimited, Inc., Circleville, OH 350,000
for a job training initiative.......................
WRTP/BIG STEP, Milwaukee, WI for workforce skills 100,000
training to match needs in the construction,
manufacturing and healthcare sectors................
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, 305,000
Youngstown, OH for its Youngstown Grey to Green
Initiative to provide training in green jobs........
Youth Radio, Oakland, CA for training of at-risk 250,000
youth in media production, digital technology and
broadcast engineering...............................
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Reintegration of Ex-offenders.--The Committee recommends
$108,493,000 for ex-offender retraining and reintegration
activities, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $6,507,000 below the budget request. Within the
amount provided, the bill designates that no less than
$34,000,000 be used for adult ex-offender activities authorized
in the Second Chance Act--including continuation of workforce
training grant programs. These funds are in addition to
$100,000,000 for Second Chance Act Offender Reentry programs
implemented by the Bureau of Prisons in the Department of
Justice. Of the funds designated in the Committee bill for
adult ex-offender activities, $15,000,000 is provided for a
competitive grant program to administer Transitional Jobs
activities and related services. The Committee notes that
Transitional Jobs programs have been successful in reducing
recidivism and removing employment barriers for ex-offenders. A
recent MDRC study in New York City found that reincarceration
rates decreased by 50 percent for parolees entering a
Transitional Jobs program within 90 days of release from
prison; and a separate study in Minnesota showed that homeless
participants entering a Transitional Jobs program were 41
percent more likely to obtain unsubsidized employment than
homeless people not entering a Transitional Jobs program. The
Committee directs the Department of Labor to consult with the
Department of Justice in awarding these competitive grants.
Of the funds provided for youth ex-offender activities, no
less than $20,000,000 is included for continuation of fiscal
year 2009 awards for national and regional intermediary grants
for minority communities. The Committee also designates that
full continuation funding of $18,715,000 be provided for
program year 2008 planning, state/local implementation, and
intermediary reentry grants. In addition, the Committee
designates $17,847,000 for the balance of continuation costs
for program year 2008 mentoring grants, as specified in the
Joint Explanatory Statement for the Omnibus Appropriations Act,
2009. This funding level is sufficient for continuation costs
for mentoring grants, as new awards in program year 2009 are
two-year grants that will not accrue continuation costs in
fiscal year 2010.
Evaluation.--The Committee recommends $9,600,000 to provide
for the continuing evaluation of programs conducted under the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as well as evaluation of
Federally-funded employment-related activities under other
provisions of law. This is $2,682,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $2,000,000 below the budget request. The
Committee agrees with the Administration's focus on rigorous
scientific evaluation of ongoing programs. Evaluations are
intended to expand the approaches that work best, improve the
ones that get mixed-results, and eliminate those that are
failing.
Denali Commission.--The Administration's fiscal year 2010
budget proposes to eliminate funding for the Denali Commission
in the Department of Labor, mirroring a similar termination of
funding for the Denali Commission in the Department of Health
and Human Services. The Committee adopts this recommendation.
The Administration argues that grants provided under this
program lack accountability and are duplicative of other
programs in the budget. Specifically, the Administration has
requested an appropriation of $11,965,000 for the Denali
Commission in a separate part of its budget.
Green Jobs.--The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for a new
competitive grant program that prepares workers for careers in
energy efficiency and renewable energy, which is the same as
the budget request. The Committee supports this new
Administration initiative to fund pre-apprenticeship programs,
career pathways, and other gateways for workers to enter
careers in green industries and expects the Department of Labor
to build on investments made with funds in the Recovery Act.
The Recovery Act provided an additional $500,000,000 for
similar activities in program year 2009.
Green jobs have the potential to substantially increase the
standard of living for middle-class workers in the United
States. Many green jobs are in construction trades that pay 10
to 20 percent higher wages than other occupations, according to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). And a significant
percentage of green jobs will be located in the manufacturing
sector, with a workforce that is more likely to have union
representation and full benefits. Moreover, the focus of this
grant program is on pre-apprenticeships and job training for
careers that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency,
thereby reducing the nation's dependence on carbon-based energy
and foreign oil. This new initiative is projected to train more
than 8,000 workers for careers in the emerging green economy.
Career Pathways Innovation Fund.--The Committee recommends
$130,000,000 to support a dedicated account for competitive
grants for career pathways, which is $5,000,000 above the
comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level. The competitive
grants for community colleges are intended to prepare workers
for careers in high-demand and emerging industries, with
flexibility for workers to enter and exit each career pathway
at multiple levels. The Committee also includes $5,000,000 for
a ``Career Pathways for Adults'' initiative under the Career,
Technical and Adult Education Program in the Department of
Education to award competitive grants for partnership models
between community colleges and local adult education providers.
The combined total of $135,000,000 for career pathways programs
is the same as the budget request. The Recovery Act also
provided $250,000,000 for competitive grants for worker
training in high-growth and emerging industries in program year
2009. The Career Pathways Innovation Fund replaces the
Community-Based Job Training Grants program, which previously
received funding under the Dislocated Worker Assistance
National Reserve account. The Administration's fiscal year 2010
budget request proposed to establish the program as its own
line item. The Committee adopts this recommendation.
Health Care Sector Initiative.--The Committee designates
that not less than $65,000,000 of the Career Pathways
Innovation Fund shall be for competitive grants that prepare
workers for careers in the health care sector, with a focus on
nursing professions.
BLS produces the most detailed national data available
about the supply and demand for health professions. In recent
testimony before the Committee, the BLS Commissioner projected
that a growing senior population would spur rapid employment
growth throughout the health care sector--resulting in three
million job openings over the next decade. Within the BLS
projection, an estimated 125,000 annual job openings will
emerge for certified nurses assistants (CNAs), licensed
practical nurses (LPNs) and home health aides. In addition,
Congress is considering health reform legislation this year. If
millions of currently uninsured Americans gain access to health
coverage, the need will increase for all levels of nurses--from
CNAs and LPNs to Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners.
According to the BLS Commissioner, all of these new positions
will require at least some postsecondary education or
training--precisely the type of positions supported by the
Career Pathways Innovation Fund.
Both DOL and HRSA provide funding for programs to address
the nationwide shortage of nurses and other health
professionals. In the past few years, DOL has awarded more than
30 percent of its grants under the High-Growth Job Training
Initiative (HGJTI) and the Community-Based Job Training Grants
(CBJTG) to programs that train workers for careers in the
health care sector; within the total for HGJTI and CBJTG,
approximately 60 percent of health care grants were directed to
nurse training. Similarly, WIA formula grants for Adult
Training and Dislocated Worker Training in program years 2006
and 2007 directed about 30 percent of their grants to careers
in the health care sector; within the total for formula grants,
approximately 60 percent of health care grants were awarded for
nurse training.
However, it is clear that DOL has not coordinated its grant
programs with HRSA to comprehensively address the growing
nationwide shortage of nurses and other health care
professionals. For example, the primary recipient of DOL's
CBJTG program is the nation's network of community colleges,
which also compete for HRSA grants for their RN degree
programs; and both DOL and HRSA support career ladder programs
for nurses, but don't take advantage of each other's
participating constituencies. The Committee feels it is
important for DOL and HRSA to work together to build a
framework of coordination with their efforts.
The Committee directs DOL and HRSA to jointly establish a
strategic plan for use of fiscal year 2010 resources and to
extend that plan to future years to address emerging needs in
the health care sector, particularly in the event of large-
scale health care reform. This plan should be drafted by a DOL-
HRSA interagency taskforce, to be established by October 1,
2009, with the strategic plan due to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
by April 1, 2010. The taskforce should also include
participants from the Departments of Education and Veterans
Affairs. The Committee intends that the taskforce continue to
meet regularly after the completion of the strategic plan to
guide the two agencies' efforts to maximize the impact of their
separate programs.
Workforce Data Quality Initiative.--The Committee
recommends $15,000,000, which is the same as the budget
request, for a new initiative to support the development of
longitudinal data systems that integrate education and
workforce data. The Committee supports the Administration's
plan to bolster data-collection infrastructure that will
provide high quality information for participants,
practitioners and policymakers to more accurately evaluate
current workforce training programs. The Committee directs the
Department of Labor to collaborate with the Department of
Education in designing the competitive grant competition and
awarding grants.
Quarterly Reports.--The Committee directs the Department of
Labor to continue to submit quarterly reports to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the status of grants made from H-1B fees, National
Emergency Grants (including grants made under the authority for
dislocated worker demonstration and pilot projects), High-
Growth Job Training Initiative awards from all sources, and
awards made for pilot, demonstration, multi-service, research,
and multi-State projects. These reports shall be submitted to
the Committees of Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate no later than 15 days after the
end of each quarter and shall summarize by funding source all
grants awarded. Reports shall also include a list of all awards
made during the quarter and, for each award, shall include: the
grantee; the amount of the award; the funding source of the
award; whether the award was made competitively or by sole
source and, if sole sourced, the justification; the purpose of
the award; the number of workers to be trained; and other
expected outcomes. This will allow for continued evaluation of
the use of sole source contracting for those remaining grants
where the bill does not require competitive procurement.
H-1B Training Grants.--The Committee bill continues a
provision that requires the Secretary of Labor to award grants
for training for employment in high-growth industries on a
competitive basis. The bill also continues language that
requires that funds available to the Department under the
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act be
available only for grants for training in the occupations and
industries for which employers use the visas that generate
these funds, and that related activities be limited to those
necessary to support such training. The Committee does not
apply this restriction to multi-year grants awarded prior to
June 30, 2007. This permits the Department to fund the
obligations made in three rounds of Workforce Innovation in
Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grants to States.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
The Committee recommends $615,425,000 for Community Service
Employment for Older Americans. This amount is $43,500,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $40,000,000 above
the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$120,000,000 to increase this formula grant program and provide
community service opportunities for an additional 15,000 to
20,000 seniors in program years 2008 and 2009.
Authorized by Title V of the Older Americans Act, this
program provides grants to public and private nonprofit
organizations that subsidize part-time work in community
service activities for unemployed persons aged 55 and older
whose family's annual income does not exceed 125 percent of the
poverty level.
According to a report by the Urban Institute, unemployment
among adults age 65 and above in 2009 reached its highest
recorded level since the Federal government began tracking the
statistic in 1948. The Community Service Employment for Older
Americans program responds to this crisis by placing low-income
seniors in community service positions that are mutually
beneficial for seniors and local communities that have been hit
hard by the recession. The Committee's recommendation is
intended to avoid a drastic reduction in the program slot level
as funds from the Recovery Act expire on June 30, 2010. The
recommended funding increase in the Committee bill will enable
the program to serve more than 5,000 additional seniors, while
the overall program will provide community service
opportunities for nearly 100,000 low-income seniors in program
year 2010.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
The Committee recommends $1,818,400,000 for Federal
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances, which is $859,600,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request.
The Trade Adjustment Assistance program (TAA) provides
assistance to certified workers adversely affected by imports
or trade with countries covered by the North America Free Trade
Agreement, the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and
Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
As part of the Recovery Act, President Obama signed the Trade
and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 to
reauthorize the TAA program until December 31, 2010. The
reauthorization expands eligibility for the program, enhances
benefits and services for eligible workers, and increases the
cap on funding for State TAA training programs from
$220,000,000 to $575,000,000 per year. Funding will provide for
the payment of trade adjustment benefit payments, training, job
search allowances, relocation allowances and associated
administrative costs, and alternative trade adjustment
assistance wage supplements.
The increase in mandatory funding reflects the Department
of Labor's estimate that the program will serve 31,609 more
participants in fiscal year 2010 for a total of over 136,975.
The continued growth in this program demonstrates the impact of
foreign trade on U.S. manufacturing. The Committee is concerned
that far greater numbers of individuals are covered by
certifications for TAA than receive benefits or services under
the program. In order to address the needs of these individuals
and their families, the Committee continues to encourage the
Department to maximize its outreach to trade-affected workers
to ensure that eligible workers learn about the program.
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS
The Committee recommends $4,097,056,000 for State
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations, which
is $402,191,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$4,500,000 below the budget request. Included within the total,
$4,027,153,000 is from the Employment Security Administration
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund and $69,903,000 is from
the General Fund of the Treasury. The funds in this account are
used to support the administration of Federal and State
unemployment compensation laws and to provide assistance to
State agencies that operate the public Employment Service. The
Recovery Act provided an additional $400,000,000 for State
Unemployment Service Operations in fiscal year 2009.
Unemployment Insurance Operations.--For Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Operations, the Committee recommends
$3,256,955,000, which is $423,500,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
total includes $3,245,645,000 for State operations and
$11,310,000 for National Activities. The funds provided for
State Operations are available through December 31, 2010.
However, funds used for automation acquisitions are available
for obligation by the States through September 30, 2012.
In June 2009, the unemployment rate reached 9.5 percent as
there were nearly 15 million unemployed workers in the United
States, according to the BLS. This represents a 97 percent
increase in unemployed workers since the beginning of the
recession in December, 2007. In addition, a total of 14 states
have unemployment rates in the double digits and the
Congressional Budget Office estimates that the unemployment
rate will average 9.0 percent in 2010. The Committee provides
sufficient funds in this bill for States to manage the
corresponding increase in the unemployment workload.
The recommendation for State UI Operations includes
$10,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility
assessments in One-Stop Career Centers. An additional
$50,000,000 is available for this purpose through a
discretionary cap adjustment, as included in the budget request
and the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year
2010. This recommendation is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. These
assessments are conducted by State employment security agency
staff. The Committee concurs with the budget request, which
cites that a number of States have already used these
assessments to reduce improper payments and speed reemployment.
The Committee emphasizes that successful program integrity
activities are vital to maintain the public's support for
continuing benefits to recipients deserving of assistance. The
Committee also urges that program integrity activities be
administered in a way that will not adversely affect workers
who receive unemployment benefits and, instead, will enhance
their knowledge of, and referral to, necessary reemployment
services.
The bill provides for contingency funding for increased
workloads that States may face in the administration of
Unemployment Insurance by specifying that an additional
$28,600,000 shall be available from the Unemployment Insurance
Trust Fund for every 100,000 increase in the number of average
weekly insured claims above 5,059,000.
Employment Service (ES) Operations.--The Committee
recommends $703,576,000, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The total includes
$680,893,000 from the Employment Security Administration
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund and $22,683,000 from the
General Fund of the Treasury. The recommendation builds on
$400,000,000 provided in the Recovery Act to assist States as
they provide employment services to an influx of unemployed
workers during the economic downturn. Authorized by the Wagner-
Peyser Act and financed by employer taxes, the Employment
Service helps jobseekers and employers by matching individuals
seeking employment to job vacancies. The program serves 16
million participants annually--not including additional
services funded through the Recovery Act--and plays an
important role in administering the work search requirement for
UI claimants.
The Committee recommends $20,869,000 for ES National
Activities, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. Within the amount for National
Activities, $18,520,000 is provided for administration of the
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). The WOTC is a tax credit
incentive for private sector businesses to hire members of
certain targeted groups.
Foreign Labor Certification.--The Committee recommends
$68,436,000 for Foreign Labor Certification activities, which
is $486,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Department of Labor administers
a number of Foreign Labor Certification programs under which
U.S. employers can obtain approval to hire foreign workers.
Of the amount provided, $53,307,000 is for the Federal
Administration of Foreign Labor Certification activities, which
is $486,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request.
The Committee also provides $15,129,000 for grants to
States for the administration of Foreign Labor Certification
(FLC) activities. The amount provided for grants to the States
is the same as the fiscal year 2009 level and the budget
request. The Office of FLC provides grants to State workforce
agencies in 54 States and U.S. territories for their work,
including posting job orders, processing prevailing wage
determinations, and conducting other activities related to
Foreign Labor Certification.
One-Stop Career Center and Labor Market Information.--The
Committee recommends $47,220,000 for One-Stop Career Center and
Labor Market Information, which is $4,500,000 below the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The savings
reflect the Committee's elimination of a competitive grant
program for State agencies to conduct market research on green
industries. The grant competition is no longer necessary
because the Recovery Act included $500,000,000 for a Green Jobs
program and a portion of the provided funds will be used for
labor market research.
Work Incentive Grants.--The Administration's fiscal year
2010 budget proposes to eliminate funding for Work Incentive
Grants. The Committee adopts this recommendation. This pilot
program has accomplished its mission of improving the
accessibility of One-Stop Career Centers to job seekers with
disabilities. The Committee notes that lessons from the
Disability Program Navigators will be incorporated into new
initiatives funded under the Office of Disability Employment
Policy (ODEP). The Committee bill provides an increase of
$10,352,000 to ODEP to continue providing employment and
training services to the disabled.
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS
The Committee recommends such sums as necessary for
Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds. The
Committee estimates that $120,000,000 will be required for this
account, which is $302,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the Administration's estimate.
The appropriation is available to provide advances to several
accounts for purposes authorized under various Federal and
State unemployment insurance laws and the Black Lung Disability
Trust Fund, whenever balances in such accounts prove
insufficient.
Program Administration
The Committee recommends $146,406,000 for Program
Administration. The Committee recommendation provides
$15,943,000 above the fiscal year 2009 level and $1,500,000
below the budget request. The total amount includes $96,266,000
in funds from the General Fund of the Treasury and $50,140,000
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund.
Apprenticeship Services.--For Apprenticeship Services, the
Committee recommends $27,784,000, an increase of $6,337,000
over the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. The funding is sufficient to reallocate 27
full-time equivalents, partially restoring staffing levels that
existed prior to cuts imposed in the last eight years.
Employee Benefits Security Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $154,060,000 for the Employee
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), which is $10,641,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $2,000,000 below
the budget request.
EBSA is responsible for the enforcement of title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in both
civil and criminal areas. This involves ERISA fiduciary and
reporting/disclosure requirements. In addition, EBSA is
responsible for enforcement of sections 8477 and 8478 of the
Federal Employees' Retirement Security Act of 1986. The agency
also was given responsibilities under the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
The Committee fully supports the Administration's goal of
rebuilding EBSA's enforcement staff and returning to the
enforcement capacity that existed prior to cuts imposed during
the last eight years. The Committee provides sufficient funding
for EBSA to hire more than 50 new enforcement staff in fiscal
year 2010 and intends to annualize these costs in future
appropriations. The addition of new enforcement staff will
enable EBSA to conduct an additional 400 civil and 20 criminal
investigations in fiscal year 2010--an increase of
approximately ten percent over fiscal year 2009.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Committee includes an obligation limitation of
$464,067,000 for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(Corporation), which is $19,345,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request.
The Corporation is a wholly-owned government corporation
established by ERISA. The law places it within the Department
of Labor and makes the Secretary of Labor the chairperson of
its board of directors. The Corporation receives its income
from insurance premiums collected from covered pension plans,
collection of employer liabilities imposed by ERISA, and
investment earnings, and is authorized to borrow up to
$100,000,000 from the U.S. Treasury. The primary purpose of the
Corporation is to guarantee the payment of pension plan
benefits to participants if covered plans fail or go out of
existence.
The Committee continues bill language to permit workload
driven increases in obligational authority based on the number
of new plan participants in plans terminated by the
Corporation. In addition, the bill continues language that
permits similar workload driven increases to cover the
investment management fees based on increases in assets
received by the Corporation as a result of new plan
terminations or asset growth, after approval by the Office of
Management and Budget and notification of the Committees of
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
New bill language is also included that makes workload driven
increases available until September 30, 2011 so that funds
remain available if the trigger is reached late in the fiscal
year.
Employment Standards Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
The Committee recommends $486,756,000 for the Employment
Standards Administration (ESA), which is $46,489,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $16,700,000 below the budget
request. The bill includes $484,632,000 in General Funds of the
Treasury for this account and contains authority to expend
$2,124,000 from the Special Fund established by the Longshore
and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
ESA is involved in the administration of numerous laws,
including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Immigration and
Nationality Act, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers'
Protection Act, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Family and Medical
Leave Act, the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, and the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act (black lung provisions). The agency
also administers Executive Order 11246 related to affirmative
action by Federal contractors and the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act.
The Committee fully supports the Administration's goal of
rebuilding ESA's enforcement staff and returning the agency to
its enforcement capacity that existed prior to cuts imposed
during the last eight years. The Committee provides sufficient
funding for ESA to hire more than 350 new enforcement staff in
fiscal year 2010 and intends to annualize these costs in future
appropriations. The Committee requests an updated report on
ESA's human capital strategy to be submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate within 90 days of enactment of this Act. The report
should include the number of staff hired with funds from the
Recovery Act and the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009,
respectively; and a detailed hiring plan for the additional
full-time equivalents the agency plans to hire in fiscal year
2010.
Wage and Hour Division.--The Committee recommends
$220,156,000 for the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which is
$27,064,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$7,500,000 below the budget request. These additional funds are
intended to increase staffing levels for enforcement
activities, returning WHD to a better balance between direct
enforcement programs and complaint-driven enforcement programs.
Once the division is fully staffed and the new employees are
properly trained, new investigators will conduct an additional
6,000 investigations per year and support staff will handle an
additional 4,500 of the conciliations currently handled by
investigators.
These increases are included because the Committee remains
concerned about the continued prevalence of wage theft,
particularly against low-wage workers who have little recourse
to legal counsel. A recent report by the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) describes WHD's frequently
inadequate and ineffective responses to complaints, resulting
in low-wage workers' continued vulnerability to wage theft.
However, the GAO also concluded that when WHD adequately
investigates and follows through on cases they are often
successful in protecting low-wage workers. The Committee
believes the GAO report is strong evidence in support of the
increased funding level for enforcement activities at WHD.
Worker Misclassification.--The Committee continues to be
concerned about employer misclassification of employees as
independent contractors, which undermines enforcement of the
nation's worker-protection laws. The Committee encourages WHD
to continue its increased enforcement attention and resources
on detecting and taking enforcement actions against the illegal
misclassification of workers and unreported cash pay. The
Committee requests that the Department submit a report on the
feasibility of tracking the following information: the source
of complaints on misclassification of workers and the number of
investigations; the number of workers covered by those
investigations; descriptive data on the employer practices that
form the basis of the complaint; and the findings and actions
taken, including recovery of back pay, other compensatory
measures, and cross-referral of complaints to the Internal
Revenue Service. The Secretary should submit the report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate by May 1, 2010.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.--The
Committee recommends $101,521,000 for the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which is $19,414,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $8,000,000 below
the budget request. These funds are also intended to support a
restoration of enforcement capacity and to ensure that Federal
contractors are complying with non-discrimination and equal
opportunity statutes. Once OFCCP is fully staffed it is
projected to conduct more than 5,000 compliance evaluations per
year--an increase of more than 20 percent over fiscal year
2009.
Office of Labor Management Standards.--The Administration's
fiscal year 2010 budget proposes to reduce funding for the
Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) to $40,557,000,
which is $4,381,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding level.
The Committee adopts this recommendation. The Committee notes
that the OLMS budget increased by 57 percent from fiscal year
2001 to fiscal year 2007, while the level of full-time
equivalents at OLMS increased 32 percent over the same period.
The Committee is also concerned about apparent fabrications
and misreporting of data by OLMS. According to a 2007 report
from the Center for American Progress, OLMS frequently double
or triple-counted criminal enforcement cases in its database--
thereby exaggerating the level of criminal activity in this
area and misrepresenting the effectiveness of OLMS. Considering
the circumstances, the Committee believes that sufficient
resources are provided in this bill for OLMS to accomplish its
core mission and that available resources should be used to
replenish enforcement agencies whose budgets have been cut
since 2001.
The Committee includes a rescission of $65,000,000 from
unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 286(v) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act. This amount reflects the
Department's estimates of the unobligated balance in this
account through the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, assuming
the enactment of the Administration's proposed legislation to
expand the authorized use of these funds. The budget request
proposed a rescission of $30,000,000.
SPECIAL BENEFITS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee bill includes $187,000,000 for Special
Benefits, which is $24,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. This
appropriation primarily provides benefits under the Federal
Employees' Compensation Act. These payments are required by
law. In fiscal year 2010, an estimated 132,000 injured Federal
workers or their survivors will file claims, and 49,000 will
receive long-term wage replacement benefits for job-related
injuries, diseases, or death.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $169,180,000
for Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners, as requested.
This amount is in addition to the $56,000,000 appropriated last
year as an advance for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.
The total program level of $225,180,000 is $24,950,000 below
the program level for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the
budget request. These funds are used to provide monthly
benefits to coal miners disabled by black lung disease and to
their surviving spouses and certain other dependents, as well
as to pay related administrative costs.
The Committee recommends an advance appropriation of
$45,000,000 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, which is
the same as the budget request. These funds will ensure
uninterrupted benefit payments to coal miners, their surviving
spouses, and dependents.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
COMPENSATION FUND
The Committee recommends $51,197,000, to remain available
until expended, for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act authorized by Title XXXVI of the
National Defense Authorization Act of 2001. This amount is
$1,543,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request.
Funds will be used to administer the program that provides
compensation to employees or survivors of employees of the
Department of Energy (DOE); its contractors and subcontractors;
companies that provided beryllium to DOE; atomic weapons
employees who suffer from a radiation-related cancer,
beryllium-related disease, or chronic silicosis as a result of
their work in producing or testing nuclear weapons; and uranium
workers covered under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends such sums as necessary for payment
of benefits and interest on advances for the Black Lung
Disability program. The Committee estimates that $300,099,000
will be required for this account, which is $2,522,584,000
below the fiscal year 2009 level and the same as the
Administration's estimate.
The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (BLDTF) pays all black
lung compensation/medical and survivor benefit expenses when no
responsible mine operator can be assigned liability for such
benefits, or when coal mine employment ceased prior to 1970.
Administrative costs that are incurred in administering the
benefits program and operating the trust fund are also covered.
The basic financing for the trust fund comes from a coal
excise tax for underground and surface-mined coal. Additional
funds come from reimbursement payments from mine operators for
benefit payments made by the trust fund before the mine
operator is found liable. The Emergency Economic Stabilization
Act of 2008, enacted on October 2, 2008, authorized
restructuring of the BLDTF debt. Pursuant to this Act, the debt
is to be retired using the BLDTF's annual operating surpluses
until all of its remaining obligations have been paid.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $554,620,000 for the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is $41,578,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $9,000,000 below
the budget request. OSHA enforces the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 in the nation's workplaces.
The Committee fully supports the Administration's goal of
rebuilding OSHA's enforcement staff and returning to the
enforcement capacity that existed prior to cuts imposed during
the last eight years. The Committee provides sufficient funding
for OSHA to hire more than 150 new enforcement staff across the
agency in fiscal year 2010 and intends to annualize these costs
in future appropriations. The Committee also requests an
updated report on OSHA's human capital strategy to be submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate within 90 days of enactment of
this Act. The report should include the number of staff hired
with funds from the Recovery Act and the Omnibus Appropriations
Act, 2009, respectively; and a detailed hiring plan for the
additional full-time equivalents the agency plans to hire in
fiscal year 2010.
Statistics released by OSHA in 2009 confirm the need for
increased enforcement personnel to improve safety and health
conditions for America's workers. The agency reports that more
than 5,000 workers are killed annually as a result of traumatic
injuries sustained in the workplace--an average of 15 workers
per day; in addition, more than 10,000 workers get sick or
injured every day as a result of conditions in their working
environment; and another 50,000 workers die each year from
occupational diseases in which workplace exposures are a
contributing factor. The cost of these injuries and illnesses
to our economy is estimated to exceed $150,000,000,000 per
year.
Ergonomics.--According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the largest single source
of workplace injuries and illnesses, accounting for almost 30
percent of lost workday cases. To improve awareness of
employers and employees about this serious problem, the
Committee encourages OSHA to consider recording MSDs in a
separate column on its injury recordkeeping form. The Committee
believes that more accurate recording of MSD injuries in the
workplace is necessary to track whether OSHA is making progress
on this issue.
Pandemic Protection for Healthcare Workers.--The recent
experience with the 2009 outbreak of the novel H1N1 virus has
identified significant deficiencies in efforts to protect
healthcare workers in the event of a pandemic. Currently there
is no comprehensive OSHA standard to protect healthcare workers
from pandemic influenza or airborne infectious diseases. OSHA
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines
recommending the use of certified respirators and other control
measures to protect healthcare workers from pandemic influenza
and the H1N1 virus have not been followed by many State and
local health departments and healthcare facilities. The
Committee notes that in May 2009, the State of California
adopted a comprehensive standard on aerosol transmissible
diseases to protect healthcare workers, emergency responders
and other workers from infectious agents. The Committee urges
OSHA to move expeditiously to develop and adopt a similar
standard so that all healthcare and other workers will be
protected from airborne infectious diseases, including pandemic
flu and the novel H1N1 virus.
Federal Enforcement.--For Federal Enforcement, the
Committee recommends $221,149,000, an increase of $23,203,000
over the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $6,000,000 below
the budget request. The fiscal year 2009 bill included support
for a minimum of 30 new personnel in Federal Enforcement. The
Committee's recommendation for fiscal year 2010 is the next
step in a multi-year process of rebuilding enforcement capacity
and includes sufficient funding to hire an additional 125
investigators and compliance personnel. The additional
personnel will enable OSHA to expand implementation of new and
ongoing enforcement initiatives, including the Severe Violators
Inspection Program, the Site Specific Targeting Program, and
the National Emphasis Programs.
The Committee is concerned about a 2009 audit by the DOL
Inspector General (IG) that identifies serious deficiencies in
the implementation of OSHA's Enhanced Enforcement Program (EEP)
from 2003 through 2008. The audit states that OSHA did not
comply with its own program requirements in 97 percent of cases
sampled by the IG. The worst failures included a lack of
follow-up inspections at worksites that had been cited for
violations to ensure that problems had been corrected, and the
lack of any inspections at related company-wide worksites even
when safety and health issues indicated that workers at these
sites were at risk for serious injuries or death. In addition,
the previous administration issued a revised directive in 2008
that sharply reduced the number of serious cases being referred
to the EEP. Following implementation of the new directive, the
percentage of cases involving fatalities being referred for
enhanced enforcement plunged from 50 percent to 7 percent. The
Committee urges the Department to correct any deficiencies
remaining in this program and to review the 2008 EEP directive.
The Committee requests a report on the Department's response to
the IG report and its subsequent activities to improve the EEP.
The Secretary shall transmit the report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
no later than December 15, 2010.
State Programs.--The Committee provides $103,393,000 for
OSHA State Programs, which is $10,800,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $3,000,000 below the budget request.
These funds support States that have assumed responsibility for
administering their own occupational safety and health programs
under State Plans approved and monitored by OSHA. States are
required to establish and implement enforcement activities at
least as effective as the Federal program.
Federal Compliance Assistance.--Within the amount
recommended for Compliance Assistance, the Committee provides
$73,380,000 for Federal Compliance Assistance, which is
$721,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same
as the budget request.
Training Grants.--The bill includes $10,000,000 for the
OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grant Program to support worker
safety and health training programs, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
year the bill removes the requirement that $3,144,000 be
directed to the continuation of the existing Institutional
Competency Building grants. However, the Committee believes
that these longer-term grants that build safety and health
competency, as well as train workers to understand the
requirements of OSHA regulations and standards, should be the
focus of OSHA's safety and health training program. The
Committee expects the agency to devote the majority of the
$10,000,000 for Susan Harwood grants to support these types of
training programs.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $353,193,000 for the Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA), which is $6,190,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $500,000 below the budget
request. This agency enforces the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act in underground and surface coal mines and in metal
and non-metal mines. The Committee continues bill language
designating up to $2,000,000 within the funds provided for mine
rescue recovery activities.
The Committee recommendation provides sufficient funds for
the Metal and Nonmetal program to hire up to ten additional
personnel to enhance inspection activities and reduce accidents
and injuries in the workplace. The Committee recommendation
also provides sufficient funds for MSHA to conduct 100 percent
of mandatory inspections of both coal and metal/non-metal
mines.
The Committee continues its request for regular quarterly
progress reports on MSHA's progress in filling all allocated
inspector positions and completing the training of new
inspectors hired in fiscal years 2006 through 2009. These
quarterly reports should be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
within 30 days after the end of each quarter. The Committee
also maintains its request that MSHA submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate within 90 days of enactment of this Act, and
quarterly thereafter, listing mine operators who are
challenging citations regardless of merit.
The bill includes language to permanently authorize the
Secretary of Labor to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety
Association as a principal safety association, permitting the
provision of funds and the participation of Departmental staff
in the national organization or local chapters. The Committee
understands that this organization receives small contracts
from the Department of Labor on a non-competitive basis,
supplemented by the official participation of MSHA personnel.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee includes $611,623,000 for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), which is $14,441,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. Within
this total, $533,359,000 is from the General Fund of the
Treasury and $78,264,000 is from the Employment Security
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. The BLS
is an independent national statistical agency that collects,
processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential economic data
to the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local
governments, business, labor, and the American public. Its
principal surveys include the Consumer Price Index and the
monthly unemployment series.
The Committee recommendation provides a modest annual
increase to cover the built-in costs for four of the budget
activities at BLS: Prices and Cost of Living; Compensation and
Working Conditions; Productivity and Technology; and Executive
Direction and Staff Services. These modest increases will fund
required cost-of-living adjustments for existing personnel and
enable the agencies to continue producing important data like
the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index. Each of
these programs will maintain its current number of full-time
equivalents.
The Committee continues bill language providing that
$1,500,000 may be used for the mass layoff statistics program
under section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act. This program
provides information on mass layoff actions that result in
workers being separated from their jobs. This information
assists in identifying the causes and scope of worker
dislocation and the characteristics of dislocated workers and
can be used by the workforce investment and economic
development systems in assisting employers and/or workers at
the local level. The Committee also continues bill language
providing that the Current Employment Survey shall maintain the
content of the survey issued prior to June 2005 with respect to
the collection of data for the women worker series.
Employment and Unemployment Statistics.--The Committee
recommends $198,028,000 for Employment and Unemployment
Services, which is $9,822,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. The increase
will begin to correct a history of severe underfunding for this
vital program that produces the Current Population Survey,
National Longitudinal Surveys, and many other important
publications used by the private sector, researchers, and
policymakers across the country. Employment and Unemployment
Statistics will also initiate a new data series in fiscal year
2010 on the green energy sector that will provide much-needed
economic information on the emergence and long-term development
of industries related to renewable energy and energy
efficiency.
Office of Disability Employment Policy
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $37,031,000 for the Office of
Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), which is $10,352,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. ODEP provides policy guidance and leadership to
eliminate employment barriers to people with disabilities. The
Committee supports the expansion of these activities to include
a new competitive grant program that will coordinate with One-
Stop Career Centers to facilitate the hiring and retention of
individuals with disabilities--incorporating lessons learned
from the Work Incentive Grant's Disability Program Navigators.
The Committee also supports the Administration's plan to
develop an entrepreneurship program for young people with
disabilities from minority communities, focusing on
collaboration with minority Chambers of Commerce. The Committee
commends ODEP for its collaboration with the Bureau of Labor
Statistics to finalize a disability-focused survey supplement
to be included in the Current Population Survey in 2012.
Departmental Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $351,154,000 for Departmental
Management, which is $36,956,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $4,000,000 below the budget request. This
amount includes $350,827,000 from the General Fund of the
Treasury, along with $327,000 from the Employment Security
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. The
Recovery Act provided $80,000,000 in additional funding for
enforcement and oversight of activities funded in the Recovery
Act. These funds were transferred to the appropriate agencies
that are responsible for carrying out enforcement and oversight
activities.
The Departmental Management appropriation finances staff
responsible for formulating and overseeing the implementation
of Departmental policy and management activities. In addition,
this appropriation includes a variety of operating programs and
activities that are not involved in Departmental Management
functions, but for which other salaries and expenses
appropriations are not suitable.
Coordination on Farmworker Issues.--The Committee believes
that migrant and seasonal farmworkers encounter unique
employment problems that warrant close attention by the
Department of Labor. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Department
maintained a staff level working group to coordinate policy
across multiple agencies and ensure enforcement of farmworker
laws; however, the working group disappeared in recent years.
The Committee encourages the Secretary to reconstitute this
multi-agency coordination on farmworker policy and requests an
update on the Department's activities on this issue. The
Secretary should transmit this letter to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act.
Legal Services.--The Committee recommends $113,621,000 for
the Office of the Solicitor, which is $16,239,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $3,500,000 below the budget
request. The Committee recommendation is sufficient to hire at
least 60 new personnel and increase the agency's resolution of
pending litigation and regulatory issues. The Committee expects
to annualize these costs in future appropriations to ensure
that the agency has adequate legal staff to support the
Department's reinvigorated enforcement agenda.
International Labor Affairs Bureau.--The Committee
recommends $91,419,000 for the International Labor Affairs
Bureau (ILAB), which is $5,345,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request.Within this
amount, the bill provides funding at the fiscal year 2009 level
for continuation of activities to prevent child labor and
trafficking. The Committee also continues to designate
$6,500,000 for model programs to address worker rights issues
in countries with which the United States has trade preference
programs--a program initially funded in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008. In addition, the Committee designates
that funding increases in this bill shall be used to add 12
full-time equivalents to allow ILAB to fulfill its mandate
related to the enforcement of labor provisions of free trade
agreements, as well as to improve labor diplomacy and
international cooperation programs and strengthen research and
reporting on labor exploitation and worker rights. The
Committee believes that these resources will help level the
playing field for American workers by allowing ILAB to
significantly improve technical assistance and monitoring of
worker rights in countries that maintain free trade agreements
with the United States.
Women's Bureau.--The Committee recommends $12,604,000 for
the Women's Bureau, which is $2,185,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $2,000,000 above the budget request. The
Women's Bureau has a mission of promoting the welfare of wage-
earning women by advancing their opportunities for profitable
employment and improving their working conditions. The
Committee encourages the Women's Bureau to continue to support
national networks for women's employment that advance women in
the workplace through education and advocacy. The Committee
believes that organizations which continue to exceed annual
performance goals and are strategically aligned with the goals
of the Women's Bureau deserve increased support. The
recommendation therefore includes funds for the expansion of
competitive contracts to provide technical assistance to local
women's employment and training programs.
Federal Contracting with Women-Owned Firms, Minority-Owned
Firms, and Small Businesses.--The Office of Small Business
Programs (OSBP) at the Department of Labor is responsible for
promoting the use of small, socially and economically
disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses in compliance
with Federal laws, regulations, and policies. OSBP also assists
such firms seeking procurement opportunities with the
Department. To further this goal, the Committee directs the
Secretary to provide a report on the Department's ongoing
activities to assist these firms. The report should include the
percentage of Federal procurement contracts and subcontracts
awarded in fiscal year 2009 to women-owned firms, minority-
owned firms, and small businesses; a review of the Department's
technical assistance and outreach to women-owned firms,
minority-owned firms, and small businesses; and the
Department's plan for increasing the number of Federal
contracts that are awarded to such firms. The Secretary should
submit this report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate by March 1, 2010.
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS
The Committee recommends $1,705,320,000 for Job Corps,
which is $21,382,000 over the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $3,931,000 above the budget request. The Recovery Act
included an additional $250,000,000 for construction,
rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps Centers. Within
the Recovery Act funds, up to 15 percent was available for
operational needs of current Job Corps Centers.
Job Corps, authorized by WIA, is a nationwide network of
residential facilities chartered by Federal law to provide a
comprehensive and intensive array of training, job placement,
and support services to at-risk young adults. Job Corps
provides training and post-program services to more than
100,000 young adults per year. The mission of Job Corps is to
teach eligible young adults the skills they need to become
employable and independent and to place them in meaningful jobs
or further education. Participation in the program is open to
youth and young adults ages 16 through 24 who are unemployed,
have dropped out of school, or who are at risk of involvement
in the criminal corrections system. The bill includes a
provision requiring DOL to submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
transfer plan prior to moving the Office of Job Corps back to
the Employment and Training Administration.
Operations.--For Job Corps Operations the Committee
recommends $1,576,130,000, which is $35,854,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $18,931,000 above the budget
request. Of the amount recommended, $985,130,000 is available
for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 and
$591,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2010
through June 30, 2011. The funds provided are intended to
support the operations of 124 Job Corps centers, including the
new Milwaukee Job Corps Center that is scheduled to open in
program year 2010.
The increase above the request for Job Corps operations
includes sufficient resources to provide a salary increase for
professional staff at Job Corps centers. As a result of a 2006
study on pay parity for teachers, instructors, and counselors,
the Office of Job Corps has provided two wage increases, but
these professional staff continue to be paid approximately 91
percent of the market-level salary for their positions. The
Committee supports using part of the funding increase in this
bill to begin to eliminate the salary gap between Job Corps
professional staff and their peers in other teaching and
training institutions.
Construction and Renovation.--The Committee recommends
$100,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition
of Job Corps centers, which is $15,000,000 below the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Of the amount
recommended, $100,000,000 is available from October 1, 2010
through June 30, 2013. The Committee notes that construction
costs of projects funded through the Recovery Act have been
less expensive than previously estimated--thereby reducing the
funding needs for construction and renovation in the fiscal
year 2010 bill. The Committee intends that funds in this bill
support the budget request of $29,610,000 for the construction
of a new Job Corps Center previously approved through a
competitive application process. Additional funds shall be used
to diminish the growing backlog of repairs at Job Corps centers
and to renovate existing facilities, including retrofits and
other projects to improve energy efficiency.
The Committee urges the Department to prepare to consider
ways to structure a new competition for additional Job Corps
centers that include a focus on rural workforce development,
including the use of the Civilian Conservation Center model.
The Committee requests that the Office of Job Corps identify
interested communities meeting the aforementioned description
and respond to requests for technical assistance to begin the
process of establishing additional centers.
Administration.--The Committee recommends $29,190,000 for
necessary expenses of the Office of Job Corps, which is
$528,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same
as the budget request.
The Committee continues bill language that provides
contracting authority to the Office of Job Corps and a
provision that no funds from any other appropriation shall be
used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers.
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
The Committee recommends $257,127,000 for Veterans
Employment and Training, which is $17,688,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $2,00,000 above the budget request.
Within this amount, $210,156,000 is from the Employment
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund
for the State and Federal administration of veterans'
employment and training activities and $46,971,000 is from the
General Fund of the Treasury, of which $9,641,000 is available
from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.
The Committee agrees with the request to increase funding
by $3,500,000 for the State grants that finance the State
personnel who assist veterans in their job search. These Local
Veterans' Employment Representatives and Disabled Veterans'
Outreach Specialists are located within State Employment
Service agencies and are expected to assist more than 650,000
veterans in fiscal year 2010. The Employment Service provides
the necessary infrastructure for the successful delivery of
services to veterans and this infrastructure is maintained in
the Committee recommendation.
For the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program, the
Committee provides $37,330,000, which is an increase of
$11,000,000 over the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$2,000,000 above the budget request. This program has shown
success in getting veterans who are homeless back into the
economic mainstream. The Committee bill includes sufficient
funding to increase the number of homeless veterans receiving
assistance from 15,000 to more than 20,000 in program year
2010. In addition, $9,641,000 is provided for the Veteran's
Workforce Investment Program, which is an increase of
$2,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. This program will serve nearly
5,000 veterans with severe economic and employment hardships.
The additional funding for these programs is essential as more
veterans are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to a slumping
economy, causing heightened difficulties in finding stable
housing and employment. The Committee also supports the efforts
within both the homeless veterans program and the State grant
program to address the employment needs of incarcerated
veterans to assure their successful reintegration into the
community. Within the increase for homeless veterans, the
Committee supports the Administration's plan to use up to
$4,000,000 to serve incarcerated veterans.
The Committee fully funds the increases in the budget
request for State grants, the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration
Program, and the Veterans' Workforce Investment Program. In
addition, the Committee provides $8,000,000 within the Higher
Education account within the Department of Education to support
new centers of excellence for veteran student success on
college campuses.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Committee recommends $84,014,000 for the Office of
Inspector General (OIG), which is $1,873,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
This amount includes $78,093,000 from the General Fund of the
Treasury along with $5,921,000 from the Employment Security
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
The OIG was created to protect the integrity of
Departmental programs as well as the welfare of beneficiaries
served by those programs. Through a program of audits,
investigations, and program evaluations, the OIG attempts to
reduce the incidence of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement,
and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness
throughout the Department.
General Provisions
Sec. 101. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
the use of Job Corps funds for the salary of an individual at a
rate in excess of Executive Level I.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 102. The Committee continues a provision providing the
Secretary of Labor with the authority to transfer up to one
percent of discretionary funds between a program, project, or
activity, provided that no program, project, or activity is
increased by more than three percent by any such transfer. This
transfer authority is available only to meet emergency needs.
The Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate are to be notified 15 days in
advance of any transfer.
Sec. 103. The Committee continues a prohibition on the
purchase of goods that are in any part produced by indentured
children.
Sec. 104. The Committee continues a requirement that the
Department report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate on its plan for the use
of demonstration, pilot, multiservice, research, and multi-
State projects under the Workforce Investment Act, including
the up to ten percent set-aside within the dislocated workers
assistance national reserve, prior to the obligation of funds
for these activities.
Sec. 105. The Committee continues a requirement that grants
made from funds available to the Department under the American
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act be used only for
training activities in the occupations and industries for which
employers use the visas that generate these funds, and that
related activities be limited to those necessary to support
such training. The bill does not apply this restriction to
multi-year grant awards made prior to June 30, 2007.
Sec. 106. The Committee modifies a provision that requires
the Secretary of Labor to award Career Pathways Innovation Fund
grants and grants made under the American Competitiveness and
Workforce Improvement Act for training and employment in high-
growth industries on a competitive basis. Reports prepared by
the Congressional Research Service, the Government
Accountability Office, and the Department of Labor's Inspector
General have documented that prior to this requirement the
majority of these grants were awarded without competition.
Sec. 107. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
recipients of funds provided to the Employment and Training
Administration from using such funds for the compensation of
any individual at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.
Sec. 108. The Committee directs the Secretary to submit a
plan for the transfer of the administration of the Job Corps
program from the Office of the Secretary to the Employment and
Training Administration. Not less than 30 days after submitting
the plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, the Secretary may transfer the
administration and appropriation of the Job Corps program from
the Office of the Secretary and the provisions of section 102
of Public Law 109-149 shall no longer be applicable.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
For fiscal year 2010, the Committee recommends a
discretionary program level total of $73,720,604,000 for the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is
$7,435,858,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$1,962,852,000 above the budget request. For comparability, an
adjustment should be made for the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which was funded in the
Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009. After the LIHEAP adjustment, the
Committee's fiscal year 2010 discretionary program level for
HHS is $2,335,858,000 above the comparable fiscal year 2009
funding level. In addition, as requested, the Committee bill
includes a one-time transfer of all remaining balances in the
Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund from the Department of
Homeland Security to HHS. The amount to be transferred is
currently estimated to be $1,569,000,000. The Recovery Act
provided $21,917,000,000 in discretionary resources for such
activities as community health care services, public health
prevention and wellness activities, health information
technology, children and community support services, and
scientific and health care research. This funding will increase
access to health care, protect those in greatest need, create
jobs, expand educational opportunities, lay the groundwork for
successful health reform, and provide relief to States and
local communities as they struggle to provide safety net health
and social services to growing numbers of Americans who need
assistance during the current economic downturn.
Health Resources and Services Administration
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For fiscal year 2010, the Committee includes a program
level total of $7,330,817,000 for Health Resources and Services
programs, which is $71,381,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $179,117,000 above the budget request. The
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) supports
programs that provide health services to disadvantaged,
medically underserved, and special populations; decrease infant
mortality rates; assist in the education of health
professionals; and provide technical assistance regarding the
utilization of health resources and facilities.
Community Health Centers
The Committee provides $2,190,022,000 for Community Health
Centers (CHCs), which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $2,000,000,000 for CHCs for fiscal years 2009 and
2010. These funds support CHCs, Migrant Health Centers, Health
Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Health Service
grants. Funding will support the care of 17 million patients in
over 7,500 service delivery sites nationwide. CHCs provide a
medical home for underserved and disadvantaged populations.
More than 90 percent of patients have incomes below 200 percent
of poverty and 40 percent are uninsured. If health reform
increases access for the uninsured, CHCs will serve in the
important role of health providers in medical shortage areas.
The Committee includes bill language providing $44,055,000
for the Federal Tort Claims Act program, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The
program provides medical malpractice liability protection to
Federally-supported health centers.
The Committee supports continued efforts to expand the CHC
program into those areas of the country with high need and no
current access to a health center. Further, the Committee urges
HRSA to make funding available to increase capacity at existing
centers, and for service expansion awards to increase access to
mental health services, dental services, and pharmacy services,
as well as outreach to special populations.
While the Committee supports the expansion of the health
centers program, it recognizes the narrow operating margins of
most existing health centers. Therefore, within the amount
provided, $56,000,000 is allocated in bill language to offset
the rising cost of health care at existing centers and to
resolve specific financial situations beyond the control of the
local health center, such as unusual increases in the number of
uninsured and underserved patients seeking care.
The Committee recognizes that the provision of preventive
and primary care to patients served in off-site, institutional
and/or residential locations and sites is important to address
the needs of medically underserved communities, whose patients
have diverse and complicated health care needs and encounter
many obstacles in accessing services. To facilitate appropriate
and timely access to care, the Committee encourages HRSA to
approve the health centers' proposed scope of project changes
necessary to meet the comprehensive needs of medically
underserved populations who may require services provided in
off-site, institutional and/or residential locations and sites.
The Committee believes that adequate funding for technical
assistance and networking is important for the successful
operation of the health centers program. Funds are available
within the amount provided to centers within the bill to expand
technical assistance to support existing centers, foster
expansion to new communities, and ensure timely and effective
implementation of the funds provided under the Recovery Act.
State Health Access Grants
The Committee provides $75,000,000 for State Health Access
Grants to begin to address the problems faced by the nearly 50
million uninsured individuals in the U.S. This amount is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The Committee believes it is important to continue
this program while comprehensive health reform is being debated
to give States tools to provide coverage for groups of
uninsured populations. The Committee intends that the program
be administered in the same manner as in 2009, with grants
awarded competitively to States that demonstrate they have a
program which will expand access to affordable health care
coverage for the uninsured populations in that State. The types
of activities that will be supported through these grants
include:
``three share'' community coverage
(employer, State or local government, and the
individual);
reinsurance plans that subsidize a certain
share of carrier losses within a certain risk corridor;
subsidized high-risk insurance pools;
health insurance premium assistance;
creation of a State insurance ``connector''
authority to develop new, less expensive, portable
benefit packages for small employers and part-time and
seasonal workers;
development of statewide or automated
enrollment systems for public assistance programs; and
innovative strategies to insure low-income
childless adults.
The Committee directs HRSA to submit a comprehensive report
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate about the outcomes and lessons
learned from each of the State demonstrations 18 months after
their five-year grant period ends.
Free Clinics Medical Malpractice
The Committee provides $40,000 for payments of claims under
the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) to be made available for
volunteer free clinic health care professionals, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The program extends FTCA coverage to health care
professional volunteers in free clinics in order to expand
access to health care services to low-income individuals in
medically underserved areas. A free clinic must apply,
consistent with the provisions applicable to community health
centers, to have each health care professional ``deemed'' an
employee of the Public Health Service, and therefore eligible
for coverage under the FTCA. In 2008, 3,006 volunteer
healthcare providers received Federal malpractice coverage
through the program and 93 clinics operated with FTCA-deemed
volunteer clinicians.
National Hansen's Disease Program
The Committee provides $16,109,000 for the National
Hansen's Disease Program, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The program provides
medical care to any patient living in the U.S. through direct
patient care at its facilities in Louisiana, through grants to
an inpatient program in Hawaii, and by contracting with 11
regional outpatient clinics. These programs provide treatment
to 2,900 active Hansen's disease patients.
National Hansen's Disease Program--Buildings and Facilities
The Committee provides $129,000 for National Hansen's
Disease Buildings and Facilities, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. These
funds are used to finance the repair and upkeep of buildings at
the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center in Carville,
Louisiana.
Payment to Hawaii for Treatment of Hansen's Disease
The Committee provides $1,976,000 for the treatment of
persons with Hansen's Disease in the State of Hawaii, which is
the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. Payments are made to the State of Hawaii for the
medical care and treatment of persons with Hansen's Disease in
its hospital and clinic facilities at Kalaupapa, Molokai, and
Honolulu.
National Health Service Corps (NHSC): Field Placements
The Committee provides $39,736,000 for NHSC Field
Placements, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $6,676,000 below the budget request. The Recovery Act
provided an additional $60,000,000 for field placement
activities for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. These funds are used
to support the activities of NHSC obligors and volunteers in
the field, including travel and transportation costs of
assignees, training and education, recruitment of students,
residents and clinicians, and retention activities. Salary
costs of most new assignees are paid by the employing entity.
In fiscal year 2010, the NHSC will support more than 8,100
clinicians across the country who will provide medical and
dental services to almost 8.5 million people in low-income and
underserved communities.
The Committee recognizes that the NHSC is an essential tool
for recruitment and retention of primary care health
professionals at community, migrant, homeless, and public
housing health centers, especially given recent efforts to
expand the health centers program. The Committee encourages
HRSA to work to increase the proportion of NHSC personnel being
assigned to health centers.
National Health Service Corps: Recruitment
The Committee provides $102,114,000 for NHSC recruitment
activities, which is $6,884,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $20,474,000 below the budget request. The
Recovery Act provided an additional $240,000,000 for
recruitment activities in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The
program awards scholarships to health professions students and
assists graduates in repaying their student loans. In return
for every year of support, these individuals are obligated to
provide a year of service in health professional shortage areas
of greatest need. The minimum obligation is two years. This
funding will support the recruitment of more than 1,200
practitioners through the loan repayment and scholarship
programs.
The Committee continues bill language, also proposed in the
budget request, permitting funding for NHSC recruitment as well
as for the Nurse Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program to be
used to make prior year adjustments to awards. This language
was recommended as a corrective action by an outside
investigation of a HRSA Anti-Deficiency Act violation.
Health Professions
The Committee provides $529,708,000 for health professions,
which is $136,982,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $1,610,000 above the budget request to continue training
opportunities for those working in underserved areas and for
disadvantaged populations. The Recovery Act provided an
additional $200,000,000 for health professions programs in
fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
TRAINING FOR DIVERSITY
As a step toward the restoration and expansion of the
diversity programs, the Committee provides $100,843,000
training for diversity, which is $14,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
Committee is acutely aware of the needs identified in the
landmark Institute of Medicine report, ``Unequal Treatment,''
which issued recommendations to begin closing the profound gaps
that exist in health care delivery and treatment. The report
recommended increases in these diversity programs because they
are the pipeline for training minority students in the health
professions to serve in medically-underserved communities.
Centers of Excellence.--The Committee provides $24,602,000
for Centers of Excellence, which is $4,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
program is designed to strengthen the national capacity to
educate underrepresented minority (URM) students in the health
professions by offering special support to those institutions
that train a significant number of URM individuals. Funds are
used for the recruitment and retention of students and faculty,
information resources and curricula, faculty and student
research, and the development of plans to achieve institutional
improvements. This increase will permit HRSA to fund five
additional Center of Excellence grants for a total of 18
centers.
The Committee is pleased that HRSA has re-focused the
Centers of Excellence program on providing support to
historically minority health professions institutions. The
Committee recognizes the important role of this program in
supporting faculty and other academic programs at minority
institutions.
Health Careers Opportunity Program.--The Committee provides
$22,133,000 for the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP),
which is $3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request. The program provides grants
to eligible schools and health educational entities with the
goal of increasing the number of disadvantaged students
entering health and allied health professions programs. These
funds will support 34 HCOP grantees to operate programs that
will prepare 3,000 disadvantaged students at the earliest
levels of the educational pipeline for careers in health and
allied health professions. The Committee urges HRSA to give
priority consideration to awarding grants to those institutions
with an historic mission of training minorities in the health
professions.
Faculty Loan Repayment.--The Committee provides $1,266,000
for the Faculty Loan Repayment program, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The
program provides loan repayment for disadvantaged health
professions students who serve as faculty for a minimum of two
years. Their institutions are also required to make matching
payments. The funding provided will support approximately 20
faculty with loan repayments of up to $20,000 per year.
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students.--The Committee
provides $52,842,000 for Scholarships for Disadvantaged
Students, which is $7,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. The program
provides grants to eligible health professions and nursing
schools to provide scholarships to eligible individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds, including students who are members
of racial and ethnic minority groups. By statute, not less than
16 percent of the funds must go to schools of nursing. This
funding level will permit over 17,000 students to receive
scholarships.
Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
The Committee provides $56,425,000 for Training in Primary
Care and Dentistry, which is $8,000,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
training program is comprised of four elements: (1) family
medicine; (2) general internal medicine and general pediatrics;
(3) physician assistants; and (4) general and pediatric
dentistry. The Committee continues bill language, also proposed
in the budget request, directing that the general and pediatric
dentistry programs each receive no less than $5,000,000 and
that the family medicine program be allocated no less than
$29,025,000. This funding level will support a total of 245
grants, supporting over 21,500 students, a 13 percent increase
over fiscal year 2009.
INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY-BASED LINKAGES
Area Health Education Centers
The Committee provides $34,150,000 for the Area Health
Education Centers (AHEC) program, which is $1,610,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The
program provides cooperative agreements to medical and nursing
schools to encourage the establishment and maintenance of
community-based training programs in off-campus rural and
underserved areas. Emphasis is placed on enhancing the
diversity of the health personnel workforce and improving the
practice environment and the quality of care available in
underserved areas. This funding increase will permit the 56
AHECs, which operate in 47 States, to expand their networks of
community-based training programs.
Allied Health and Other Disciplines
The Committee provides $23,890,000 for Allied Health and
Other Disciplines, which is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
Within the total, the Committee includes the following
amounts:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Dental Health.......................................... 20,000,000 +10,000,000 $0
Chiropractic........................................... 1,945,000 0 0
Graduate Psychology Education.......................... 1,945,000 0 0
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Dental Health Improvement Grants.--The Committee provides
$20,000,000 for up to 45 competitive State grants to help
expand access to oral health services. States may use these
grants for the purposes outlined in the Dental Health
Improvement Act, such as encouraging more dentists to practice
in shortage areas through such mechanisms as loan forgiveness
and repayment for dentists; providing grants to establish or
expand oral health services in community-based facilities; and
expanding dental residency programs. States also may use these
funds to integrate oral health services into the medical home
concept for children with special health care needs and for
grants to ensure low-income pregnant women and women of child-
bearing age have access to appropriate oral health services.
Chiropractic Demonstration Project Grants.--These
demonstrations will support five research projects in which
chiropractors and physicians collaborate to identify and
provide effective treatments for spinal and/or lower back
conditions.
Graduate Psychology Education.--Fiscal year 2010 funding
will support 18 awards to train an estimated 96 trainees. The
need for behavioral and mental health services in an integrated
health care system is significant and well documented. Numerous
reports have projected continuing increases in demand for
treatment of psychological conditions in our nation's civilian,
veterans' and military health care systems. With a rapidly
growing generation of elderly and significant numbers of
returning war veterans, the nation's mental health
infrastructure is certain to experience increased strain as
individuals and their families increasingly turn to mental
health care professionals in local communities.
Geriatric Programs
The Committee provides $41,997,000 for Geriatric Programs,
which is $11,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request. The Geriatric Programs are
comprised of three activities: (1) Geriatric Education Centers;
(2) the Geriatric Training Program for physicians, dentists,
and behavioral health professionals; and (3) Geriatric Academic
Career Awards. This funding will support 54 Geriatric Education
Centers, 14 Geriatric Training grants, and 98 Geriatric
Academic Career Awards.
Public Health, Preventive Medicine, and Dental Public Health Programs
The Committee provides $9,000,000 for Public Health,
Preventive Medicine, and Dental Public Health Programs, which
is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. The program awards grants to support the
education and training of the public health workforce to deal
with new and unanticipated problems and to place these
specialists in underserved areas. This funding will support
almost 3,600 students with traineeships and medical
residencies.
NURSING WORKFORCE
The U.S. is in the midst of a nursing shortage that is
expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for
health care grows. Compounding the problem is the fact that
nursing colleges and universities across the country are
struggling to expand enrollment levels to meet the rising
demand for nursing care. In March 2009, the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the health care sector of
the American economy is continuing to grow, despite steep job
losses in nearly all major industries. Over the next 20 years,
the average age of a registered nurse (RN) will increase and
the size of the workforce will plateau as large numbers of RNs
retire. Because demand for RNs will increase during this time,
a large and prolonged shortage of nurses is expected to hit the
U.S. in the latter half of the next decade. HRSA projects that
the nation's nursing shortage will grow to more than one
million nurses by the year 2020. But this is not only a problem
for the future--the nursing shortage exists now. According to
the American Hospital Association, U.S. hospitals need
approximately 116,000 RNs to fill vacant positions nationwide,
translating into a national RN vacancy rate of 8.1 percent.
This growing nursing shortage is having a detrimental impact on
the entire health care system. Numerous studies have shown that
nursing shortages contribute to medical errors, poor patient
outcomes, and increased mortality rates.
A number of factors contribute to the nursing shortage:
Nursing school enrollment is not growing fast enough to meet
the projected demand for RNs; a shortage of nursing school
faculty is restricting nursing program enrollments; and
changing demographics create a need for more nurses to care for
the aging population, creating pressures for both supply and
demand. A significant future factor will be the enactment of a
health care reform plan that brings millions of uninsured
people into the health care system.
Both HRSA and the Department of Labor (DOL) are working to
address the nurse shortage. As discussed in the individual
program sections that follow, HRSA supports loan repayment and
scholarships for students entering nursing school; loan
programs to create incentives for nurses to continue their
education to become faculty; advanced nursing training;
practice and retention programs to encourage nurses to stay in
the profession and enhance their skills; and diversity programs
to broaden the pool of nursing school candidates. DOL supports
nurse training through its high growth job training initiative
and its community-based career pathways program.
The Committee provides increases for these programs in both
HRSA and DOL, but believes it is important for the two agencies
to build a framework to coordinate these efforts. For example,
DOL programs work through community colleges, which also
compete for HRSA grants for their RN degree programs. HRSA and
DOL both support career ladder programs for nurses, but do not
take advantage of each other's participating constituencies.
The BLS produces the most detailed national data available
about the supply and demand for health professions. Yet HRSA
and DOL do not coordinate their grant-making, strategic
planning, or development of sectoral or geographic targeting
based on the BLS data.
The Committee directs HRSA and DOL to jointly establish a
strategic plan for the use of fiscal year 2010 resources and to
extend that plan to future years to address emerging needs in
the health care sector, particularly in the event of large-
scale health care reform. This plan should be drafted by a DOL-
HRSA interagency taskforce, to be established by October 1,
2009, with the strategic plan due to the Committees on
Appropriation of the House of Representatives and the Senate by
April 1, 2010. The taskforce also should include participants
from the Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs. The
Committee intends for the taskforce to continue to meet
regularly after the completion of the strategic plan to guide
the two agencies' efforts to maximize the impact of their
separate programs.
In addition, the Committee urges HRSA to expand its
outreach program to community colleges and to bring DOL and the
Department of Education into the effort. In its grant-making,
the Committee encourages HRSA to increase its focus on
associate degree programs that culminate in an RN degree as a
way to accelerate the production of RNs. In the awarding of
nurse education, practice and retention grants, HRSA should
establish as a high priority those proposals that create career
ladders leading to an RN degree, as well as those that address
equipment needs of nursing programs.
Nurse Training Programs
The Committee provides $263,403,000 for Nursing Training
programs, which is $92,372,000 over the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request.
Advanced Education Nursing.--The Committee provides
$64,438,000 for Advanced Education Nursing, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
The program provides grant support to eligible entities to meet
the costs of: (1) projects that support the enhancement of
advanced nursing education and practice; and (2) traineeships
for individuals in advanced nursing education programs. The
program prepares registered nurses as nurse faculty, nurse
practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives,
nurse anesthetists, nurse administrators, public health nurses,
and other nurse specialists for advanced practice roles. In
fiscal year 2010, almost 3,700 students and 9,500 trainees will
be supported. Within the allocation, the Committee encourages
HRSA to allocate funding at least at the fiscal year 2007 level
for nurse anesthetist education.
Nurse Education, Practice, and Retention.--The Committee
provides $37,291,000 for Nurse Education, Practice, and
Retention, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Nurse Education, Practice,
and Retention program is a broad authority with targeted
purposes under three priority areas--education, practice, and
retention--in response to the growing nursing shortage. Funding
will support 3,000 baccalaureate nursing students, 104,000
primary care encounters in nurse practice arrangements, and
13,000 internship and residency nurse participants.
Nursing Workforce Diversity.--The Committee provides
$16,107,000 for Nursing Workforce Diversity, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
The program provides grants and contracts to schools of nursing
and other eligible entities to meet the costs of special
projects to increase nursing education opportunities for
individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds, including
racial and ethnic minorities, by providing student scholarships
or stipends, pre-entry preparation, and retention activities.
The program also contributes to the basic preparation of
disadvantaged and minority nurses for leadership positions
within the nursing and health care community. In fiscal year
2010, 15,800 minority and white disadvantaged students are
expected to participate in the program. About 550 will receive
scholarships.
Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program.--The Committee
provides $125,000,000 for the Loan Repayment and Scholarship
Program, which is $87,872,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. This program
offers student loan repayment to nurses, or scholarships to
nursing students in exchange for an agreement to serve not less
than two years at a health care facility with a critical
shortage of nurses. This funding will provide 990 loan
repayment agreements and 619 scholarships.
Comprehensive Geriatric Nurse Education.--The Committee
provides $4,567,000 for Comprehensive Geriatric Nurse
Education, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Comprehensive Geriatric Nurse
Education program supports grants for: (1) providing training
to individuals who will provide geriatric care; (2) develop and
disseminate curricula relating to the treatment of the health
care problems of elderly individuals; (3) train faculty members
in geriatrics; and (4) provide continuing education to
individuals who provide geriatric care. In fiscal year 2010, 27
training projects are expected to be funded.
Nursing Faculty Loan Program.--The Committee provides
$16,000,000 for the Nursing Faculty Loan Program, which is
$4,500,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Nursing Faculty Loan Program
supports the development of a student loan fund in schools of
nursing to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty.
Students may receive loans of up to $30,000 per year for a
maximum of five years. The program has a cancellation provision
for up to 85 percent of the loan for recipients working full-
time as nursing faculty for a period of four years. Fiscal year
2010 funding is expected to support grants to 139 institutions
that operate loan funds and provide loans to 550 students.
The Committee recognizes that the continuing nurse faculty
shortage is directly linked to the national shortage of
registered nurses. Despite the economic downturn, the BLS
reported the creation of over 27,000 new hospital, long-term
care, and ambulatory care positions in the month of February
2009 alone. Although nurses are needed for many of these new
positions, the current faculty shortage hinders the ability of
nursing schools to graduate enough new clinicians to fill these
and more than 140,000 other vacant nursing positions
nationwide. According to the American Association of Colleges
of Nursing, almost two-thirds of the nursing schools offering
baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs pointed to faculty
shortages as the primary reason for turning away nearly 50,000
qualified applicants in 2008. Compounding the problem is the
fact that a wave of nurse faculty retirements is projected for
the next ten years that will only worsen the crisis. The
Committee urges HRSA to continue efforts to address the nurse
faculty shortage and strengthen the pipeline of nurses entering
graduate nursing programs.
Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program
The Committee provides $320,000,000 for the Children's
Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program, which is
$10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. The program provides support for graduate
medical education training in children's teaching hospitals
that have a separate Medicare provider number (``free-
standing'' children's hospitals). The funding in this program
is intended to make the level of Federal graduate medical
education support more consistent with other teaching
hospitals, including children's hospitals, which share provider
numbers with other teaching hospitals. Payments are determined
by formula, which is based on a national per-resident amount.
Payments support training of resident physicians as defined by
Medicare in both ambulatory and inpatient settings. The
Committee believes this program is important to restoring the
reimbursement inequity faced by pediatric hospitals, which
provide high quality care to children with difficult and
expensive conditions. This program supports 60 free-standing
children's hospitals and the training of more than 5,400
medical residents on- and off-site.
Patient Navigator Program
The Committee provides $4,000,000 for the Patient Navigator
Program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program provides
demonstration grants to community organizations that assist
underserved populations in the coordination of health care
services and provides referrals for prevention or early
detection services for cancer and other diseases.
National Practitioner Data Bank
The Committee assumes $19,750,000 for the National
Practitioner Data Bank for fiscal year 2010, the same level as
fiscal year 2009. The Committee recommendation and the budget
request assume that the data bank will be self-supporting, with
collections of $19,750,000 in user fees. Bill language is
continued to ensure that user fees are collected to cover the
full costs of the data bank operations. The National
Practitioner Data Bank receives, stores, and disseminates
information on paid medical malpractice judgments and
settlements, sanctions taken by Boards of Medical Examiners,
losses of membership in professional societies, and certain
professional review actions taken by health care entities.
Insurance companies, State licensure boards and authorities,
and other health care entities and professional societies are
required to report information to the data bank within 30 days
of each action. The coverage of the data bank includes dentists
and physicians, and, with respect to malpractice settlements
and judgments, other categories of licensed health
professionals. Hospitals are required to search the data bank
when a health care provider applies for employment and once
every two years thereafter. State licensing boards, other
health care entities, licensing authorities, and professional
societies also have access to the data bank. In fiscal year
2010, the bank is expected to process more than 5,200,000
queries.
Health Care Integrity and Protection Data Bank
The Committee assumes $3,758,000 for the Health Care
Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) for fiscal year
2010, the same level as fiscal year 2009. The Committee
recommendation and the budget request assume that the data bank
will be self-supporting, with collections of $3,758,000 in user
fees. Bill language is continued to ensure that user fees are
collected to cover the full costs of the data bank operations.
HIPDB receives, stores, and disseminates information on final
adverse actions taken against health care providers, suppliers,
and practitioners, health care-related civil judgments and
criminal convictions. This information is collected from and
made available to Government agencies and health plans. HIPDB
responded to over five million queries in 2008.
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
The Committee provides $665,000,000 for the Maternal and
Child Health (MCH) Block Grant, which is $2,879,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. States
use the MCH block grant to improve access to care for mothers,
children, and their families; reduce infant mortality; provide
pre- and post-natal care; support screening and health
assessments for children; and provide systems of care for
children with special health care needs. States served 31.7
million children under the block grant in 2007. The Committee
continues bill language, as proposed in the budget request,
identifying specific amounts for Special Projects of Regional
and National Significance (SPRANS) and Community Integrated
Service Systems (CISS).
The Committee intends that the following amounts be
provided within SPRANS:
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FY 2010 committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Set-aside for oral health.............................. 4,859 $0 $0
Set-aside for epilepsy................................. 4,000 +584 +584
Set-aside for sickle cell disease...................... 3,774 0 0
Set-aside for first time motherhood.................... 4,956 0 0
Set-aside for doulas................................... 1,504 0 0
Set-aside for fetal alcohol syndrome demo.............. 0 -486 -486
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Dental Health Projects.--The Committee provides $4,859,000
to encourage HRSA to support early childhood oral health
interventions and prevention programs encompassing the medical/
dental interface, topical fluorides, school and community-based
sealant programs, and systems building with the Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) and Head Start programs.
Epilepsy.--The Committee has provided $4,000,000 for the
expansion of a technical assistance support center and state
demonstration programs which develop and implement systems of
care to improve access to comprehensive, coordinated health
care and related services for children and youth with epilepsy
living in medically underserved areas.
Sickle Cell Disease.--The Committee provides $3,774,000 to
support the continuation of the 17 community-based sickle cell
disease outreach and supportive service centers. These centers
coordinate follow-up on needs identified in sickle cell
screening, provide referrals to networks of services, and
support community education. The Committee also provides
$5,250,000 for sickle cell anemia demonstrations, as discussed
later in this report, which are comprehensive, university-based
screening and treatment centers.
Public Awareness for First-time Parents.--These grants
provide $4,956,000 in competitive funding to States to increase
public awareness of resources available to new parents and
women preparing for childbirth through advertising campaigns
and toll-free hotlines.
Community-Based Doula Activities.--The Committee provides
$1,504,000 for grants to organizations to support community-
based doula activities, including technical assistance. Doula
grants can be allocated to urban and rural settings, as
determined by HRSA. Urban settings should be focused on
supporting and expanding community-based activities. Rural
settings should emphasize breastfeeding initiation and
retention.
Vision Screening.--The Committee recognizes that vision
disorders are the leading cause of impaired health in childhood
and is concerned that one in four school-aged children has a
vision problem significant enough to affect learning. Many
serious ocular conditions in children are treatable if
diagnosed at an early stage. The Committee understands that
HRSA requires States to report on a set of core performance
measures and that these performance measures, when successfully
addressed, can lead to better health outcomes. The Committee
urges HRSA to develop and report on the nationwide
implementation of a State Title V core performance measure
related to vision screening.
Sickle Cell Anemia Demonstration Program
The Committee provides $5,250,000 for the Sickle Cell
Anemia Demonstration Program, which is $1,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program was created to develop systemic mechanisms for the
prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease. It supports
seven university-based networks linked to local Community
Health Centers that provide treatment, education, continuity of
care, and provider training for sickle cell anemia patients.
The increase in funding will permit the support of two to three
additional projects.
Traumatic Brain Injury
The Committee provides $10,000,000 for the Traumatic Brain
Injury (TBI) program. This is $123,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The TBI program
funds the development and implementation of statewide systems
to ensure access to care, including pre-hospital care,
emergency department care, hospital care, rehabilitation,
transitional services, education and employment, and long-term
community support. Grants also go to State protection and
advocacy systems. In fiscal year 2009, 16 States will receive
TBI awards, and 57 State and territorial protection and
advocacy systems will be funded. The Committee intends that
HRSA allocate the TBI funding increase to State grants and
protection and advocacy programs in the same proportions as
they received with fiscal year 2009 funding.
The Committee urges HRSA to better align the administrative
requirements (including for reporting, monitoring and the
application process) of the TBI protection and advocacy program
with the administrative requirements of the Protection and
Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program
operated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration. The Committee also encourages HRSA to provide
technical assistance through a grantee with established legal
expertise to provide assistance to protection and advocacy
systems on legal matters. Such assistance could address the
complex legal matters that arise in the protection and advocacy
program.
Autism and Other Related Developmental Disorders
The Committee provides $48,000,000 for activities
authorized in the Combating Autism Act, which is $6,000,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. Within the total, the Committee provides
$28,200,000 for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental
and Related Disabilities (LEND) program to enhance the capacity
of existing LEND programs and expand the number of sites and
professionals trained to diagnose, treat, and provide
interventions to individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
This increase of $2,200,000 will help these programs initiate
or expand their work in the area of interdisciplinary
leadership training to meet the needs of children with autism
spectrum disorders and related neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Heritable Disorders
The Committee provides $10,013,000 for the Heritable
Disorders program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. These funds support the
Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and
Children in its work recommending conditions to be added to the
screening panel. The program also supports seven genetic and
newborn screening service collaboratives and a national
coordinating center. The collaboratives support telemedicine
strategies for genetic services and counseling to families,
education and dissemination of information to health providers,
and State panel standardization and testing harmonization.
Congenital Disabilities
The Committee does not provide funding for the congenital
disabilities program, which is $1,000,000 below the fiscal year
2009 level and the budget request. This amount is too small to
have any impact on providing services to families receiving a
diagnosis of Down syndrome, spina bifida or other prenatally or
postnatally congenital diagnosed conditions. Instead, the
Committee provides $665,000,000 for the MCH block grant. That
program is statutorily required to implement family-centered,
community-based systems of coordinated care for children with
special health care needs.
Healthy Start
The Committee provides $105,000,000 for Healthy Start,
which is $2,628,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the budget request. Healthy Start provides discretionary
grants to communities with high rates of infant mortality to
provide ongoing sources of primary and preventive health care
to mothers and their infants. Currently, 102 communities have
Healthy Start grants. The increase provided in the bill will
support two to three new grants to communities.
The National Fetal Infant Mortality Review (NFIMR) program,
an important component of many Healthy Start programs, provides
evidence-based interventions crucial to improving infant health
in high risk communities. The Committee believes HRSA should
continue to use Healthy Start funds to support the NFIMR
program and that all Healthy Start Programs should be
encouraged to implement NFIMR.
James T. Walsh Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
The Committee includes $19,000,000 for the James T. Walsh
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
This program provides competitive grants to States for
universal newborn hearing screening by means of physiologic
testing prior to hospital discharge, audiologic evaluation by
three months of age, and entry into a program of early
intervention by six months of age.
Emergency Medical Services for Children
The Committee provides $20,000,000 for the Emergency
Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Grants are provided to States and territories to incorporate
pediatric components into existing emergency medical services
systems and to schools of medicine to develop and evaluate
improved procedures and protocols for treating children. In
fiscal year 2009, 54 grants were awarded to States and
territories.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs
The Committee provides a program level of $2,292,414,000
for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs, which is $53,993,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. The bill makes available $25,000,000 in program
evaluation funding under section 241 of the Public Health
Service Act for Special Projects of National Significance. The
bill continues language to make funds appropriated for Parts A
and B available for three years, consistent with the
authorization.
Within the total, the Committee provides $142,900,000 for
the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative, which is $3,900,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. These programs are targeted to address the growing
HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disproportionate impact upon
communities of color, including African Americans, Latinos,
Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and
Pacific Islanders.
Emergency Assistance.--The Committee provides $679,074,000
for the Part A Emergency Assistance Program, which is
$15,992,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$7,999,000 above the budget request. These funds provide grants
to metropolitan areas with very high numbers of HIV/AIDS cases
for outpatient and ambulatory health and social support
services. Half of the amount appropriated is allocated by
formula and half is allocated to eligible areas demonstrating
additional need through a competitive grant process. The
program will provide awards to 24 eligible metropolitan areas
and 32 transitional areas in fiscal year 2010. An estimated
300,000 people are served by Part A.
The Committee provides funds within the Part A program to
prevent substantial funding losses in both eligible
metropolitan areas and transitional grant areas. Changes in the
reauthorization significantly altered the method for allocating
Part A funds, and additional funds are required to create a
stop loss against unanticipated cuts that threaten to disrupt
access to needed medical care and support services for people
living with HIV and AIDS. The Committee includes bill language
to cap maximum fiscal year 2009 losses at 92.4 percent of the
fiscal year 2006 level for eligible metropolitan areas and
transitional grant areas. When allocating fiscal year 2010
supplemental funds under Part A of the Ryan White CARE Act, the
Committee urges HRSA to provide additional increases to
jurisdictions that have experienced cuts in their total awards
relative to the amount awarded in fiscal year 2006.
Comprehensive Care Programs.--The Committee provides
$1,253,791,000 for Part B Comprehensive Care programs, which is
$30,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The funds provide formula grants to
States for the operation of HIV service delivery consortia in
the localities most heavily affected, the provision of home-
and community-based care, continuation of health insurance
coverage for infected persons, and purchase of therapeutic
drugs. The Committee includes bill language identifying
$835,000,000 of this total to support State AIDS Drug
Assistance Programs (ADAP), which is $20,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. The Part B program provides 59 grants to States and
territories. In fiscal year 2010, 150,000 clients were served
by ADAP.
Early Intervention Program.--The Committee provides
$206,823,000 for the Part C Early Intervention Services
Program, which is $4,946,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $5,054,000 below the budget request. Funds are used
for discretionary grants to Community Health Centers, Family
Planning agencies, comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and
treatment centers, Federally-qualified Health Centers, county
and municipal health departments, and other non-profit
community-based programs that provide comprehensive primary
care services to populations with or at risk for HIV disease.
The grantees provide testing, risk reduction counseling,
transmission prevention, oral health, nutritional and mental
health services, and clinical care. Optional services include
case management, outreach, and eligibility assistance.
Currently, 353 grantees provide comprehensive, primary care
services to approximately 232,000 people in 52 States and
territories.
Children, Youth, Women, and Families.--The Committee
provides $78,728,000 for Part D Children, Youth, Women, and
Families Programs, which is $1,883,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. HIV-infected
children, youth, women, and affected family members have
multiple, complex medical, economic, and social service needs,
which often require more intensive care coordination, intensive
case management, child and respite care, and direct service
delivery to engage and maintain adolescents and mothers in
care. Funds support innovative and unique strategies and models
to organize, arrange for, and deliver comprehensive services
through integration into ongoing systems of care. In fiscal
year 2010, 90 grants will support health care and support
services for over 80,000 women, infants, children and youth
living in 34 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
AIDS Dental Services.--The Committee provides $13,758,000
for AIDS Dental Services, which is $329,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $1,671,000 below the budget
request. The program includes two components: (1) the dental
reimbursement program, which reimburses dental education
programs for non-reimbursed costs incurred in providing care to
AIDS patients; and (2) the community-based dental partnership,
which increases access to oral health services and provider
training in community settings. In fiscal year 2008, 64 dental
schools and post-doctoral dental education programs received
partial reimbursements for the costs of serving 33,500
patients. In addition, 16 community-based dental partnership
grants provided training to students and residents enrolled in
dental education programs that provide care for people with HIV
under direction of dentists in the community.
Education and Training Centers.--The Committee provides
$35,240,000 for AIDS Education and Training Centers, which is
$843,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$3,157,000 below the budget request. The program supports a
network of 11 regional centers with more than 130 associated
sites that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary HIV education
and training for health care providers.
Organ Transplantation
The Committee provides $24,049,000 for Organ Donation and
Transplantation activities, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. These funds
support a scientific registry of organ transplant recipients
and the National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
to match donors and potential recipients of organs, through a
contract with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). In
fiscal year 2010, more than 29,000 deceased donor organs are
expected to be transplanted.
The Committee commends HRSA's Division of Transplantation
and UNOS for working with the pulmonary hypertension (PH)
community to address concerns regarding the allocation of lungs
for transplantation in PH patients. The Committee encourages
UNOS to continue its dialogue with the PH community to monitor
concerns regarding the methodology used to determine
transplantation eligibility for PH patients.
The Committee notes that the Breakthrough Collaborative
successfully increased the rates of organ donation each year
since it was launched in fiscal year 2003, but the rates of
increase have flattened since fiscal year 2008. The Committee
requests that HRSA submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
on additional initiatives and programs that would help the
Division of Transplantation reach its stated goal of a 75
percent organ donation conversion rate.
National Cord Blood Inventory Program
The Committee provides $11,983,000 for the National Cord
Blood Inventory Program, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. This program
provides funds to cord blood banks to build an inventory of the
highest quality cord blood units for transplantation. Currently
more than 38,000 cord blood units have been collected, and 233
units have been released for transplantation.
C.W. ``Bill'' Young Cell Transplantation Program
The Committee provides $23,517,000 for the C.W. ``Bill''
Young Cell Transplantation Program, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The C.W.
``Bill'' Young Cell Transplantation Program is the successor to
the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Its purpose is to
increase the number of transplants for recipients suitably
matched to biologically unrelated donors of bone marrow and
cord blood. In 2008, a total of 7.2 million adult volunteers
were listed in the registry.
Office of Pharmacy Affairs
The Committee provides $1,470,000 for the Office of
Pharmacy Affairs, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $1,500,000 below the budget request. The
Office administers the 340B Drug Pricing program, which
requires drug manufacturers to give covered entities such as
Community Health Centers a discount on drugs they dispense. The
number of covered entities is expected to reach 14,400 in
fiscal year 2010.
Poison Control Centers
The Committee provides $28,314,000 for Poison Control
Centers, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. These funds support a grant
program for 61 Poison Control Centers. In addition, funds are
used to maintain a national toll-free number and to implement a
media campaign to advertise that number, as well as to support
the development of uniform patient management guidelines and
the improvement of data collection.
Rural Programs
The Committee provides $312,000,000 for key rural health
programs, which fully meets the amount identified by the
Congressional Rural Health Care Coalition and other primary
stakeholders. This level is $23,192,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $13,291,000 below the budget request.
Rural Outreach Grants.--The Committee provides $56,600,000
for Rural Outreach Grants, which is $2,700,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $1,150,000 above the budget
request. In fiscal year 2010, the program is expected to award
245 grants to deliver and improve rural health care services to
950,000 rural residents.
Rural Health Research.--The Committee provides $10,200,000
for Rural Health Research, which is $500,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This activity
supports six rural health research centers, health services
data analysis grants, and the Secretary's rural health advisory
committee.
Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants.--The Committee provides
$41,200,000 for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants, which is
$2,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. Under this program, HRSA works with States to
provide support and technical assistance to Critical Access
Hospitals to focus on quality and performance improvement and
to integrate emergency medical services. Of the amount
provided, the Committee includes $15,000,000 to continue the
Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program. In fiscal year 2010,
1,600 grants are expected to be awarded to small rural
hospitals for these activities.
Delta Health Initiative.--The Administration's budget
proposes to eliminate funding for the Delta Health Initiative.
The Committee concurs with the budget request. The fiscal year
2009 funding level was $26,000,000.
Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices.--The
Committee provides $3,300,000 for Rural and Community Access to
Emergency Devices, which is $1,549,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The program assists
both urban and rural communities in increasing survivability
from sudden cardiac arrest by providing funding for the
purchase, placement, and training in the use of automated
external defibrillators (AED). These funds will support the
placement of 1,400 AEDs and training for 3,700 individuals.
Only an estimated eight percent of victims who suffer a
sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital survive. Immediate
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and early intervention, using an
AED, can more than double a patient's chance of survival.
Communities with comprehensive AED programs, including training
of anticipated rescuers, have achieved survival rates of 40
percent or higher.
State Offices of Rural Health.--The Committee provides
$9,700,000 for State Offices of Rural Health, which is $499,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $250,000 above the
budget request. The State Offices of Rural Health program
creates a focal point for rural health within each State. In
each State, the office collects and disseminates information on
rural health, coordinates rural health resources and
activities, provides technical assistance to rural providers
and communities, and helps communities recruit and retain
health professionals. In fiscal year 2010, more than 5,200
communities will be assisted.
Black Lung Clinics.--The Committee provides $7,200,000 for
Black Lung Clinics, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The program supports 15
grantees that treat approximately 11,600 patients who are
active and retired coal miners and others with occupation-
related respiratory and pulmonary impairments.
Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program.--The
Committee provides $1,952,000 for the Radiation Exposure
Screening and Education Program, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program provides grants to States, local governments, and
health care organizations for the education, prevention, and
early detection of radiogenic cancers and diseases resulting
from exposure to uranium during mining and milling at nuclear
test sites. There are 1,900 patients served by the program.
Denali Commission
The Administration's budget request proposes to eliminate
funding for the Denali Commission in HHS, mirroring a similar
termination in the Department of Labor. The Committee concurs
with the budget request. The fiscal year 2009 funding level was
$19,642,000.
Family Planning
The Committee provides $317,491,000 for the Family Planning
program, which is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. In fiscal
year 2010, the program is expected to serve 5.2 million low-
income women and men at 4,500 clinics nationwide. This funding
level will allow the program to prevent over one million
unintended pregnancies.
The program provides grants to public and private non-
profit agencies to support a range of family planning and
reproductive services, as well as related preventive health
services, such as patient education and counseling; breast and
cervical cancer examinations; STD and HIV prevention education,
counseling, testing and referral; and pregnancy diagnosis and
counseling. The program is the only source of health care for
many of its clients.
Healthcare-related Facilities and Other Programs
The Committee includes $179,330,000 for construction and
renovation (including equipment) of health care and other
facilities and other health-related activities. The budget
request does not include funding for this purpose. HRSA should
use no more than one percent of the funds allocated for
projects for agency administrative expenses. The bill includes
funding for the following projects in the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, IL for $70,000
facilities and equipment............................
Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest, IL for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Advocates for a Healthy Community, Inc., Springfield, 250,000
MO for facilities and equipment.....................
Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH for facilities 250,000
and equipment.......................................
Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc., 500,000
Alexandria, VA for facilities and equipment.........
Alivio Medical Center, Chicago, IL for facilities and 600,000
equipment for a community health center in Cicero,
IL..................................................
All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton, IL for facilities and 250,000
equipment...........................................
American Oncologic Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 1,000,000
Philadelphia, PA for facilities and equipment for
the American Russian Cancer Alliance................
Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Anchorage, AK 100,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Angelina College, Lufkin, TX for purchase of 200,000
equipment...........................................
Arcadia Methodist Hospital, Arcadia, CA for an 750,000
electronic medical records initiative...............
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, Paragould, AR for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Ashtabula County Council on Aging, Inc., dba 250,000
Ashtabula Senior Center, Ashtabula, OH for
facilities and equipment............................
Asian Health Services, Oakland, CA for facilities and 275,000
equipment...........................................
Association for Utah Community Health, Salt Lake 350,000
City, UT for facilities and equipment...............
Athol Memorial Hospital, Athol, MA for facilities and 250,000
equipment...........................................
Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ for facilities 750,000
and equipment.......................................
AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, NJ for facilities 200,000
and equipment.......................................
Avis Goodwin Community Health Center, Dover, NH for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation, Pomona, NJ 250,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Bacon County Hospital, Alma, GA for facilities and 993,000
equipment...........................................
Baltimore Medical System, Baltimore, MD for 250,000
facilities and equipment for the Highlandtown Health
Living Center.......................................
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX 200,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, OH for facilities 600,000
and equipment.......................................
Bassett Hospital of Schoharie County dba Cobleskill 350,000
Regional Hospital, Cobleskill, NY for facilities and
equipment...........................................
Bay Regional Medical Center, Bay City, MI for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
BayCare Health System, Clearwater, FL for facilities 1,000,000
and equipment.......................................
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, Montpelier, ID for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Ben Archer Health Center, Hatch, NM for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
Benefis Health System, Great Falls, MT for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
Billings Clinic, Billings, MT for a rural health 250,000
outreach program, including purchase of equipment...
BioInnovation Institute of Akron, Akron, OH for 600,000
facilities and equipment............................
Bisbee Hospital Association, Bisbee, AZ for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA for facilities and 500,000
equipment for the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro
Ambulatory Care Center..............................
Bothwell Region Health Center, Sedalia, MO for 370,000
facilities and equipment............................
Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency, 400,000
Coldwater, MI for facilities and equipment for a
Hillsdale public health dental clinic...............
Bronx Regional Health Information Organization, 310,000
Bronx, NY for facilities and equipment..............
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY for 600,000
facilities and equipment............................
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, 150,000
Patchogue, NY for facilities and equipment..........
Brownsville Community Development Corporation, 400,000
Brooklyn, NY for facilities and equipment...........
Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation, Huntington, WV 650,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Calhoun Liberty Hospital, Blountstown, FL for 450,000
facilities and equipment............................
California State University Channel Islands, 195,000
Camarillo, CA for nursing curriculum development,
including purchase of equipment.....................
California State University San Bernardino, San 100,000
Bernardino, CA for facilities and equipment.........
California State University, Bakersfield, CA for 150,000
purchase of equipment...............................
California State University, Long Beach, Department 200,000
of Nursing, Long Beach, CA for nursing programs.....
Camillus House, Inc., Miami, FL for facilities and 500,000
equipment...........................................
Caritas Christi Health Care, Boston, MA for 400,000
facilities and equipment for Carney Hospital,
Dorchester, MA......................................
Caroline's Room/Community Foundation of Greater New 300,000
Haven, New Haven, CT for facilities and equipment...
Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, NY for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD), Libby, MT 350,000
for an asbestos surveillance initiative.............
Central Suffolk Hospital dba Peconic Bay Medical 100,000
Center, Riverhead, NY for facilities and equipment..
Central Washington Hospital, Wenatchee, WA for 600,000
facilities and equipment............................
Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center, New Hartford, 250,000
NY for facilities and equipment.....................
Chicago Family Health Project, Chicago, IL for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Chickaloon Native Village, Chickaloon, AK for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Child Protection Center, Sarasota, FL for facilities 150,000
and equipment.......................................
Childersburg Medical Clinic Board, Childersburg, AL 200,000
for facilities and equipment at the Regional
Diabetic Care and Advanced Wound Care Center........
Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, St. 675,000
Paul, MN for facilities and equipment...............
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Health 200,000
System, Chesapeake, VA for facilities and equipment.
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, 250,000
VA for facilities and equipment.....................
Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO for facilities and 225,000
equipment...........................................
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, 450,000
Minneapolis, MN for facilities and equipment........
Children's Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 600,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL for 380,000
facilities and equipment............................
Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, CA for facilities 350,000
and equipment.......................................
CHOICE Regional Health Network, Olympia, WA for rural 115,000
health outreach.....................................
CHRISTUS Health St. Francis Cabrini Hospital, 400,000
Alexandria, LA for an electronic medical records
initiative..........................................
CHRISTUS Health System, Shreveport, LA for a rural 350,000
health initiative...................................
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cincinnati, OH for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Citizens for a Fair Ferndale, Hazel Park, MI for 150,000
facilities and equipment for Ferndale Free Clinic...
City of Bethlehem, PA for facilities and equipment... 100,000
City of Hopewell, VA for facilities and equipment.... 257,000
City of New Orleans, LA for facilities and equipment 450,000
associated with replacement of Methodist Hospital...
City of Philadelphia, PA for facilities and equipment 535,000
for electronic health records.......................
City of Springville, AL for facilities and equipment. 250,000
City of Sumter, SC for facilities and equipment for 250,000
Central Carolina Technical College..................
City of Vineland, NJ for facilities and equipment.... 300,000
Clarian Health and Riley Hospital for Children, 400,000
Indianapolis, IN for facilities and equipment.......
Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN for facilities and 200,000
equipment...........................................
Clayton County Board of Commissioners, Jonesboro, GA 350,000
for facilities and equipment for Alzheimer's Disease
services............................................
Clinica Family Health Services, Lafayette, CO for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Clinica Sierra Vista, Bakersfield, CA for facilities 550,000
and equipment.......................................
Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc., Brawley, CA for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Clinics of Hope, USA, Knoxville, TN for facilities 200,000
and equipment.......................................
Coastal Bend College, Beeville, TX for facilities and 220,000
equipment...........................................
Coastal Medical Access Project, Brunswick, GA for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Cobb County Government, Marietta, GA for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD for 450,000
facilities and equipment for the school of pharmacy.
College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN for health 600,000
professions training................................
College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN for a rural 350,000
health technology project...........................
Collier County, FL for a health care access network 600,000
for the uninsured, including purchase of equipment..
Colorado State University--Pueblo, Pueblo, CO for 300,000
facilities and equipment for the Nursing Education
program.............................................
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO for 500,000
facilities and equipment for a biocontainment
training facility...................................
Columbus Community Hospital, Columbus, WI for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Columbus County Department of Aging and Adult 450,000
Services, Whiteville, NC for facilities and
equipment...........................................
Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, IN for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Community Care Services, Taunton, MA for facilities 200,000
and equipment.......................................
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA 100,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Community Health Center of Franklin County, Inc., 200,000
Turners Falls, MA for facilities and equipment......
Community Health Development, Inc., Uvalde, TX for 600,000
facilities and equipment............................
Community Health Integrated Partnership, Inc., Glen 500,000
Burnie, MD for facilities and equipment.............
Community Health Service Agency, Greenville, TX for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Community Hospital Association, Inc., Fairfax, MO for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Community Medical Center, Missoula, MT for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Cooper Health System, Camden, NJ for facilities and 200,000
equipment...........................................
Cortland Regional Medical Center, Inc., Cortland, NY 250,000
for facilities and equipment........................
County Commissioners of Charles County, MD, La Plata, 250,000
MD for facilities and equipment.....................
County of Brunswick, Bolivia, NC for facilities and 250,000
equipment...........................................
County of Custer, ID for facilities and equipment.... 400,000
County of Hood River, OR for facilities and equipment 150,000
County of Sarasota, FL for facilities and equipment.. 350,000
County of Washington, Hillsboro, OR for facilities 350,000
and equipment for a mental health clinic............
Creighton University, Omaha, NE for facilities and 1,000,000
equipment...........................................
Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman, AL for 1,000,000
facilities and equipment............................
Daniel Memorial, Inc., Jacksonville, FL for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Daniels Memorial Hospital Association, Scobey, MT for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
DCH Health System, Northport, AL for facilities and 350,000
equipment...........................................
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL for the Cancer 700,000
LifeLink program....................................
DCH Health System/Fayette Medical Center, Fayette, AL 600,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, 500,000
MD for facilities and equipment.....................
Dubois Regional Medical Center, Dubois, PA for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
DuPage County Health Department, Wheaton, IL for 150,000
purchase of equipment...............................
E.J. Noble Hospital, Gouverneur, NY for facilities 350,000
and equipment.......................................
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC for 222,000
facilities and equipment............................
East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc., New 300,000
York, NY for facilities and equipment...............
Easter Seals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain, Inc., 500,000
Great Falls, MT for facilities and equipment........
Eastside Eye Care Clinic, San Antonio, TX for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Edgerton Care Center, Edgerton, WI for facilities and 150,000
equipment...........................................
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
El Proyecto del Barrio Inc., Arleta, CA for 300,000
facilities and equipment for a community health
clinic in Winnetka, CA..............................
Endless Mountains Health Systems, Montrose, PA for 700,000
facilities and equipment............................
Enrichment Center of Hernando County, Brooksville, FL 600,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant, PA for 150,000
facilities and equipment............................
Family Health Centers Worcester, Worcester, MA for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Family Service of RI, Providence, RI for facilities 400,000
and equipment.......................................
Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA for facilities and 200,000
equipment...........................................
Flambeau Hospital, Park Falls, WI for facilities and 750,000
equipment...........................................
Florida Blood Services, St. Petersburg, FL for 200,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Florida Community College at Jacksonville, FL for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Florida Hospital Altamonte, Altamonte Springs, FL for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL for facilities 400,000
and equipment.......................................
Floyd Medical Center, Rome, GA for facilities and 250,000
equipment...........................................
Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA for facilities and 450,000
equipment...........................................
FoundCare, Palm Springs, FL for facilities and 200,000
equipment...........................................
Frank R. Howard Foundation, Willits, CA for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA for purchase of 250,000
equipment...........................................
Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Gordon Hospital, Calhoun, GA for an electronic 150,000
medical records system..............................
Graceland University, Lamoni, IA for facilities and 150,000
equipment...........................................
Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA for facilities and 900,000
equipment...........................................
Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI for 500,000
facilities and equipment at the Central Health
Science Campus......................................
Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT for facilities and 300,000
equipment...........................................
Grimes St. Joseph Health Center, Navasota, TX for 150,000
facilities and equipment............................
Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Clearwater, FL for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Gulf County Health Department, Port St. Joe, FL for 200,000
facilities and equipment............................
Halifax Community College, Weldon, NC for facilities 150,000
and equipment.......................................
Hamilton Memorial Hospital, McLeansboro, IL for an 200,000
electronic medical records initiative...............
Hancock Medical Center, Bay Saint Louis, MS for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA for an electronic 450,000
medical records initiative..........................
Happiness House/Finger Lakes Cerebral Palsy 30,000
Association, Geneva, NY for facilities and equipment
Harnett County Central Campus Hospital, Dunn, NC for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Harris County Hospital District, Houston, TX for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Harris County Hospital District, Houston, TX for 100,000
facilities and equipment for the Nurse Call Triage
System..............................................
Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana, KY for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Health Alliance, Lake Katrine, NY for facilities and 300,000
equipment...........................................
Healthy Learners Midlands, Columbia, SC for rural 110,000
health outreach.....................................
Hendricks Regional Health, Danville, IN for 550,000
facilities and equipment............................
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia, CA 350,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Hidalgo County Health Department, Edinburg, TX for 230,000
facilities and equipment............................
Highland Community Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS for 200,000
facilities and equipment............................
Highlands Hospital, Connellsville, PA for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ for facilities and 500,000
equipment...........................................
Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
Hormel Foundation, Austin, MN for facilities and 500,000
equipment for biomedical research...................
Hospice of Tuscarawas County, Inc., Dover, OH for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Hospital Authority of Jefferson County, Louisville, 150,000
GA for facilities and equipment.....................
Houlton Regional Hospital, Houlton, ME for facilities 250,000
and equipment.......................................
Hudson Headwaters Health Network, Queensbury, NY for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Hudson River HealthCare, Inc., Peekskill, NY for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Huguley Memorial Medical Center, Burleson, TX for 380,000
facilities and equipment............................
Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI for facilities and 350,000
equipment...........................................
Idaho Caring Foundation for Children, Boise, ID for 300,000
dental services for low-income children.............
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID for facilities 400,000
and equipment.......................................
Illinois Capital Development Board, Springfield, IL 200,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Illinois State University, Normal, IL for curriculum 500,000
development.........................................
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara County, San Jose, 300,000
CA for facilities and equipment.....................
Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, PA for an 350,000
electronic medical records initiative...............
Infirmary Health System, Mobile, AL for an electronic 250,000
medical records initiative..........................
Ingham Regional Medical Center, Lansing, MI for 100,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Iowa State University, Ames, IA for facilities and 650,000
equipment...........................................
Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA 250,000
for facilities and equipment........................
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon, PA for 180,000
facilities and equipment............................
Jackson Health System, Miami, FL for health 500,000
information technology upgrades.....................
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, NY for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Jasper Memorial Hospital, Monticello, GA for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Jenkins County Hospital, Millen, GA for facilities 200,000
and equipment.......................................
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Foundation, Louisville, 600,000
KY for facilities and equipment.....................
JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ for facilities and 300,000
equipment...........................................
John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, Erie, PA for 700,000
facilities and equipment............................
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY 450,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY for facilities and 300,000
equipment...........................................
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
KVC Behavioral Health Care, Kansas City, KS for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
La Porte Regional Health System, La Porte, IN for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
La Rabida Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL for 325,000
facilities and equipment............................
Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL for 250,000
purchase of mobile clinical training laboratories...
Lake Hospital System, Painesville, OH for an 500,000
electronic medical records initiative...............
Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH for purchase 250,000
of equipment........................................
Lamar University, Beaumont, TX for the Community and 350,000
University Partnership Service, including facilities
and equipment.......................................
Lamprey Health Care, Inc., Newmarket, NH for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR for facilities and 400,000
equipment...........................................
LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Pago Pago, AS for 700,000
facilities and equipment............................
Lehigh Valley Coalition for Kids, Allentown, PA to 150,000
purchase and equip mobile health clinics............
Little Rivers Health Care, Bradford, VT for 200,000
facilities and equipment............................
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 350,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA for 300,000
health professions training.........................
Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA for 600,000
facilities and equipment............................
Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY for facilities 150,000
and equipment.......................................
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 450,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Mackinac Straits Health System, Inc., St. Ignace, MI 150,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Madison County Health Care Center, Winterset, IA for 250,000
an electronic medical records initiative............
Madison County Memorial Hospital, Rexburg, ID for an 350,000
electronic medical records initiative...............
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, NE for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Manchester Community Health Center, Manchester, NH 250,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria, CA for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI for rural dental 410,000
health outreach.....................................
Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI for facilities and 1,000,000
equipment...........................................
Martin Methodist College, Pulaski, TN for facilities 1,000,000
and equipment.......................................
Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development 400,000
Corporation, New Orleans, LA for facilities and
equipment...........................................
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health 400,000
Sciences, Worcester, MA for health professions
training............................................
McCurtain Memorial Hospital, Idabel, OK for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
McKay-Dee Hospital Center, Ogden, UT for facilities 150,000
and equipment.......................................
Medical University of South Carolina--Hollings Cancer 200,000
Center, Charleston, SC for facilities and equipment.
Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, FL for 450,000
facilities and equipment............................
Memorial Hermann Foundation, Houston, TX for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX for 1,000,000
facilities and equipment............................
Memorial Hospital, Miramar, FL for facilities and 250,000
equipment...........................................
Mena Regional Health System, Mena, AR for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
Mental Health Association in High Point, NC for 247,000
facilities and equipment............................
Mercy Health Foundation, Durango, CO for facilities 400,000
and equipment for a primary health clinic in La
Plata County........................................
Mercy Medical Center--North Iowa, Mason City, IA for 350,000
an electronic medical records initiative............
Meridian Health, Neptune, NJ for facilities and 100,000
equipment...........................................
Miami Beach Community Health Center, North Miami, FL 200,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL for facilities 450,000
and equipment.......................................
Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Miami, 500,000
FL for facilities and equipment.....................
Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA for 300,000
facilities and equipment for the Lowell dental
hygiene clinic......................................
Mid-Illinois Medical District, Springfield, IL for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
MidState Medical Center, Meridien, CT for facilities 250,000
and equipment.......................................
Milwaukee Health Services, Milwaukee, WI for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, MO for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, for a 250,000
nursing clinical simulation laboratory, including
facilities and equipment............................
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Monongahela Valley Hospital, Monongahela, PA for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Monongalia General Hospital, Morgantown, WV for 450,000
facilities and equipment............................
Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, Billings, MT 100,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD for facilities and 550,000
equipment...........................................
Morehead State University, Morehead, KY for a rural 250,000
health initiative...................................
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Morris College, Sumter, SC for facilities and 275,000
equipment...........................................
Morrisania Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Bronx, NY 200,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA for 150,000
facilities and equipment............................
Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, NY for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, WA for facilities 250,000
and equipment.......................................
Murphy Medical Center, Murphy, NC for facilities and 350,000
equipment...........................................
Nanticoke Senior Center, Seaford, DE for facilities 100,000
and equipment.......................................
Nathan Littauer Hospital Association, Gloversville, 350,000
NY for facilities and equipment.....................
National Association of Hispanic Nurses, Washington, 500,000
DC for health professions training..................
National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY for purchase of 177,000
equipment...........................................
Native Women's Health Care, Rapid City, SD for 60,000
facilities and equipment............................
NC Dental Health Fund, Cary, NC for facilities and 300,000
equipment for the Missions of Mercy (MOM) free
dental clinics......................................
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 350,000
Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment.........
New Horizons Health System, Owenton, KY for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY for 150,000
facilities and equipment for ophthalmology and
otolaryngology surgery..............................
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY for 200,000
facilities and ultrasound equipment.................
New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, 270,000
NY for facilities and equipment at Columbus Medical
in Reno Park, Queens................................
Newton Memorial Hospital, Newton, NJ for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
Norman Regional Health System, Norman, OK for 1,715,000
facilities and equipment............................
North General Hospital, New York, NY for facilities 450,000
and equipment.......................................
North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA for 200,000
facilities and equipment for allied health training.
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Great 200,000
Neck, NY for facilities and equipment...............
North Woods Community Health Center, Minong, WI for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine 200,000
and Pharmacy, Rootstown, OH for facilities and
equipment...........................................
Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, NY for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc., 150,000
Pulaski, NY for facilities and equipment............
Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center, Jasper, AL 200,000
for facilities and equipment........................
NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, AR 400,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Oakland Primary Health Services, Pontiac, MI for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-- 700,000
James Cancer Hospital and Richard Solove Institute,
Columbus, OH for facilities and equipment...........
Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK 250,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 300,000
OK for facilities and equipment.....................
Oklahoma State University--Center for Health Systems, 300,000
Tulsa, OK for purchase of equipment, including a
mobile clinic.......................................
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR for 175,000
facilities and equipment............................
Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR for 250,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR for 100,000
purchase of equipment...............................
OSF St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group, Escanaba, 250,000
MI for facilities and equipment.....................
Our Lady of Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL 125,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Ozark Tri-County Health Care Consortium, Neosho, MO 500,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, MO for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, 400,000
Yakima, WA for facilities and equipment.............
Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Palmetto Health Foundation, Columbia, SC for 375,000
facilities and equipment............................
Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX for 400,000
facilities and equipment for the Pharmacy Inpatient
Robotics program....................................
Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Pennsylvania State University--Altoona, PA for 320,000
facilities and equipment............................
Petaluma Health Center, Petaluma, CA for facilities 500,000
and equipment.......................................
Peter Christensen Health Center, Lac du Flambeau, WI 140,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ for 200,000
facilities and equipment for a Computerized
Tomography (CT) scanner for the emergency department
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services , Grand 200,000
Rapids, MI for an electronic medical records
initiative..........................................
Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute--Baystate 500,000
Medical Center, Springfield, MA for facilities and
equipment...........................................
Porter-Starke Services, Inc., Valparaiso, IN for 550,000
facilities and equipment............................
Providence Health and Services, Anchorage, AK for a 350,000
physician recruitment and retention initiative......
Providence Hospital, Mobile, AL for facilities and 250,000
equipment...........................................
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, CA for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA 100,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers, Seattle, WA 500,000
for facilities and equipment for the Rainier Beach
Medical and Dental Clinic...........................
Range Regional Health Services, Hibbing, MN for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bayfield, 750,000
WI for facilities and equipment.....................
Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands, CA for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Refuah, Spring Valley, NY for facilities and 390,000
equipment...........................................
Renown Health Systems, Reno, NV for facilities and 800,000
equipment...........................................
Rice University, Houston, TX for facilities and 150,000
equipment...........................................
Richland Parish Hospital, Delhi, LA for facilities 1,025,000
and equipment.......................................
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY 150,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA 150,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno 400,000
Valley, CA for facilities and equipment.............
Roane County Committee on Aging, Inc., Spencer, WV 100,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Rochester General Health System, Newark, NY for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
Rome Memorial Hospital Foundation, Rome, NY for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Roper/St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, SC for 200,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA for facilities 350,000
and equipment.......................................
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, San Clemente, CA 150,000
for an electronic medical records initiative........
SafeHaven of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, TX for a 200,000
domestic violence prevention initiative.............
San Antonio Community Hospital, Upland, CA for 750,000
facilities and equipment............................
San Francisco Human Services Agency, San Francisco, 350,000
CA for facilities and equipment for the Child
Advocacy Center.....................................
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA for 500,000
facilities and equipment for health professions
training............................................
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Banning, CA for 340,000
facilities and equipment............................
San Luis Obispo County Community College District, 100,000
San Luis Obispo, CA for facilities and equipment....
San Ysidro Health Center, San Ysidro, CA for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, San 292,000
Jose, CA for facilities and equipment...............
Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL for facilities and 150,000
equipment...........................................
Schuylkill Health System, Pottsville, PA for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA to develop the 500,000
Advanced Certificate in Orthodontics, including
purchase of equipment...............................
Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, NJ for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Sisters of Providence Health System, Springfield, MA 200,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc., Olympia 350,000
Fields, IL for facilities and equipment.............
Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon, WA for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, NJ for an 600,000
electronic medical records initiative...............
South Boston Community Health Center, Boston, MA for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
South Shore Hospital, Chicago, IL for facilities and 250,000
equipment...........................................
Southeast Arkansas College, Pine Bluff, AR for 200,000
facilities and equipment for the nursing school.....
Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick, GA for 1,000,000
facilities and equipment............................
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 205,000
MO for the SHOW Mobile initiative...................
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS, Phoenix, AZ for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI for an electronic 300,000
medical records initiative..........................
Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI for purchase of 200,000
equipment...........................................
SSM St. Mary's Health Center, Jefferson City, MO for 200,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino, CA for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino, CA for 500,000
facilities and equipment for an MRI system..........
St. Bernards Development Foundation, Jonesboro, AR 300,000
for facilities and equipment........................
St. Clare's Health System, Denville, NJ for 600,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Elizabeth Regional Health, Lafayette, IN for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, WV for facilities 650,000
and equipment.......................................
St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. John West Shore Hospital, Westlake, OH for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. John's Hospital, Berryville, AR for facilities 200,000
and equipment.......................................
St. John's Hospital, Maplewood, MN for facilities and 675,000
equipment...........................................
St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Joseph Health System, Inc., Tawas City, MI for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka, CA for facilities and 350,000
equipment...........................................
St. Joseph Hospital/Peace Health, Bellingham, WA for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Joseph of the Pines, Southern Pines, NC for 453,000
purchase and outfitting of a mobile health unit.....
St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA 200,000
for facilities and equipment........................
St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah, GA for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Luke's Health System, Boise, ID for facilities 350,000
and equipment.......................................
St. Mary's Hospital, Passaic, NJ for facilities and 400,000
equipment...........................................
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV for 700,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center, 300,000
Missoula, MT for the Western Montana Telemedicine
Network, including purchase of equipment............
St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleveland, OH for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, Billings, MT for 400,000
facilities and equipment............................
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH for 200,000
facilities and equipment............................
Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY 400,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Stewart-Marchman-Act Foundation, Inc., Daytona Beach, 700,000
FL for facilities and equipment.....................
Summa Foundation, Akron, OH for facilities and 250,000
equipment for the Center for Minority Health and
Health Disparities Solutions........................
Sun Life Family Health Center, Casa Grande, AZ for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Taunton Nursing Home, Taunton, MA for facilities and 650,000
equipment...........................................
Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development 750,000
District, Temple, TX for facilities and equipment...
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, 300,000
Ft. Worth, TX for facilities and equipment..........
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 300,000
Lubbock, TX for facilities and equipment............
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for facilities and 480,000
equipment...........................................
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for the Center for 250,000
the Study of Addiction..............................
Texas Wesleyan University, Ft. Worth, TX for 650,000
facilities and equipment............................
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, 700,000
PA for facilities and equipment.....................
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), 300,000
Phoenix, AZ for facilities and equipment............
Trinity Regional Medical Center, Ft. Dodge, IA for 694,000
facilities and equipment............................
Troy University, Troy, AL for facilities and 500,000
equipment...........................................
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, St. Thomas, 500,000
VI for facilities and equipment for an Emergency
Medical Services Administrative and Clinical Health
Center..............................................
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, St. Thomas, 200,000
VI for facilities and equipment for the Eldra
Schulterbrandt Long-Term Care Facility..............
UAW Local 1005, Parma, OH for facilities and 300,000
equipment for a health clinic.......................
Union College, Barbourville, KY for facilities and 500,000
equipment...........................................
Unity Health System, Rochester, NY for facilities and 800,000
equipment...........................................
University Hospitals, Chardon, OH for an electronic 250,000
medical records initiative..........................
University Medical Center Foundation, El Paso, TX for 600,000
facilities and equipment............................
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little 600,000
Rock, AR for facilities and equipment...............
University of California--Riverside, Riverside, CA 3,400,000
for facilities and equipment........................
University of California, Davis Medical Center, 375,000
Sacramento, CA for facilities and equipment for the
surgery and emergency services pavilion.............
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 500,000
for health professions training.....................
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 975,000
Aurora, CO for facilities and equipment for the
Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome.............
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 300,000
for health professions training through the
Physician Pipeline for Rural Colorado...............
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL for facilities 350,000
and equipment.......................................
University of Guam, Mangilao, GU for facilities and 400,000
equipment...........................................
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine 250,000
at Rockford, IL for facilities and equipment........
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, 400,000
Peoria, IL for facilities and equipment.............
University of Kansas Medical Center, Wichita, KS for 500,000
development of the Clinical Skills Simulation
Laboratory, including curriculum development and
purchase of equipment...............................
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS for facilities and 1,500,000
equipment...........................................
University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA for 840,000
facilities and equipment, including purchase of a
mobile dental unit..................................
University of Maine Bangor, Augusta, ME for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD 400,000
for facilities and equipment for an emergency
medical facility in Queen Anne's County.............
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL for facilities 750,000
and equipment.......................................
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 500,000
for facilities and equipment........................
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE for 150,000
a rural health initiative...........................
University of North Alabama, Florence, AL for 700,000
facilities and equipment............................
University of Oklahoma--College of Medicine, Tulsa, 300,000
OK for facilities and equipment.....................
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, 300,000
San Juan, PR for facilities and equipment for the
Unit of Comparative Medicine........................
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL for 2,500,000
facilities and equipment............................
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, Tampa, 250,000
FL for nursing program facilities and equipment.....
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL for the Cancer 500,000
Clinical Trial project..............................
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME for 475,000
facilities and equipment for the nursing simulation
laboratory..........................................
University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, IN for 200,000
facilities and equipment for nurse training.........
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN 350,000
for facilities and equipment........................
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX for 650,000
facilities and equipment............................
University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 500,000
for facilities and equipment........................
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, 100,000
TX for facilities and equipment.....................
University of Texas Health Science Center, San 150,000
Antonio, TX for facilities and equipment............
University of Texas Health Science Center, San 270,000
Antonio, TX for facilities and equipment............
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1,000,000
Houston, TX for facilities and equipment............
Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, CA for 300,000
facilities and equipment............................
Van Wert County Hospital, Van Wert, OH for facilities 840,000
and equipment.......................................
Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
Variety--The Children's Charity of Wisconsin, 40,000
Milwaukee, WI for facilities and equipment..........
Victor Valley Community Hospital, Victorville, CA for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA for 600,000
facilities and equipment for the Massey Cancer
Center..............................................
Visiting Nurse Services of Putnam County, Avon, IN 100,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Visiting Nurses Association Healthcare Partners of 100,000
Ohio, Cleveland, OH for health professions training.
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital Foundation, Wadsworth, OH 600,000
for facilities and equipment........................
Wake Health Services, Inc., Raleigh, NC for 550,000
facilities and equipment............................
Warren Achievement Center, Inc., Monmouth, IL for 100,000
rural health outreach...............................
Warren County Community College, Washington, NJ for 350,000
facilities and equipment............................
Warren County Planning Commission, Warren, PA for 350,000
health care facilities and equipment................
Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, MD for 750,000
facilities and equipment and for an electronic
medical records initiative..........................
Washington County, North Carolina, Plymouth, NC for 150,000
facilities and equipment............................
Washington State University, Spokane, WA for distance 150,000
learning technologies and purchase of equipment
related to nursing programs.........................
Weber State University, Ogden, UT for expansion of 350,000
nursing programs, including purchase of equipment...
WellSpan Health, York, PA for purchase of equipment.. 100,000
West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, LA for 100,000
facilities and equipment............................
West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV for 50,000
facilities and equipment............................
WestCare Health Systems, Sylva, NC for facilities and 350,000
equipment...........................................
Wheeling Hospital, Inc., Wheeling, WV for facilities 150,000
and equipment.......................................
White Memorial Medical Charitable Foundation, Los 500,000
Angeles, CA for facilities and equipment............
White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY for 250,000
facilities and equipment............................
Wills Eye Health System, Philadelphia, PA for 150,000
facilities and equipment............................
Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH for facilities and 200,000
equipment...........................................
World Impact Good Samaritan Clinic, Wichita, KS for 1,000,000
facilities and equipment............................
Xavier University of New Orleans, LA for facilities 350,000
and equipment.......................................
Youth Dynamics, Inc., Billings, MT for facilities and 100,000
equipment...........................................
Zufall Health Center, Dover, NJ for facilities and 225,000
equipment...........................................
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Telehealth
The Committee provides $15,000,000 for Telehealth, which is
$7,450,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$6,800,000 above the budget request. The Telehealth program
works with and supports communities in their efforts to develop
cost-effective uses of telehealth technologies. These
technologies bring health services to isolated populations and
health-related education to the practitioners who serve them.
Program Management
The Committee provides $146,000,000 for the cost of Federal
staff and related activities to coordinate, direct, and manage
the programs of HRSA, which is $3,976,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $1,052,000 below the budget request.
The Committee was pleased to learn that HRSA has named a
Chief Dental Officer and urges the agency to establish an
Office of Oral Health, headed by the Chief Dental Officer, to
rebuild the dental regional workforce and provide leadership
and oversight of HRSA dental programs.
The Committee urges HRSA to withdraw the proposed guidance
for the 340B drug program, ``Regarding Section 602 of the
Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 Definition of Patient'' issued
on January 12, 2007 and directs that any subsequent changes to
the 340B Patient Definition be issued in proposed form with
stakeholders having an opportunity to provide comments. The
Committee is concerned that the January 12, 2007 guidelines may
dramatically change the degree to which safety net health
facilities are able to participate in the program. The
Committee also requests that HRSA consider a patient definition
permitting safety net health facilities eligible for grant
funding under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 to use 340B pricing to
purchase drugs needed to enhance preparedness for and response
to bioterrorism or other public health emergencies. If HRSA
chooses not to follow this request, the Committee expects a
written explanation before the agency publishes final guidance.
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The Health Education Assistance Loans (HEAL) program
insures loans provided by non-Federal lenders to students in
health professions schools. Under the accounting rules
established in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, one account
is maintained to pay the obligations arising from loans
guaranteed prior to fiscal year 1992. A second account pays
obligations and collects income from premiums on loans
guaranteed in fiscal year 1992 and beyond. Each annual cohort
of loans is independently tracked in this account. The
authority for this program expired in fiscal year 1999. Fiscal
year 1998 was the last year in which loans were obligated to
previous borrowers under the HEAL authority.
The Committee provides $1,000,000 to liquidate obligations
from loans guaranteed prior to 1992, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
The Committee provides $2,847,000 for HEAL program
management, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
The Committee estimates that $122,410,000 will be released
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund, which is
$3,891,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request.
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program provides a
system of compensation for individuals with vaccine-associated
injuries or deaths. Funds for claims from vaccines administered
on or after October 1, 1988 are generated by a per-dose excise
tax on the sale of selected prescribed vaccines. Revenues
raised by this tax are maintained in a Vaccine Injury
Compensation Trust Fund.
Trust funds made available will support the liability costs
of vaccines administered after September 30, 1988. They also
will support the $6,502,000 in costs incurred by HRSA in the
operation of the program, which is $1,098,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
These funds are required to maintain current service levels.
Program workload is expected to increase by 260 percent from
2008 to 2010 because of the thousands of pending autism cases.
COVERED COUNTERMEASURE PROCESS FUND
The Committee does not make available funding for the
Covered Countermeasure Process Fund created in the Public
Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act. The budget requested
$5,000,000 as first-time funding for this activity. Pandemic
influenza funding included in the fiscal year 2009 supplemental
appropriation, P.L. 111-32, may be used for this purpose.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
The Committee provides a discretionary program level total
of $6,681,895,000 for the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), which is $67,294,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $38,435,000 above the budget request. Of
the funds provided, $368,863,000 shall be derived from
evaluation set-aside funds available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act, which is $37,612,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 set-aside and $38,011,000 above the requested
set-aside.
In addition, the Committee provides $55,358,000 for CDC to
administer the mandatory Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request.
The CDC assists State and local health authorities and
other non-governmental health-related organizations to
understand, control, and reduce disease and other health
problems. The activities of CDC focus on several major
priorities, including providing core public health functions,
responding to urgent public health threats, monitoring the
nation's health using scientific methods, building the nation's
public health infrastructure, promoting health throughout each
life-stage, and providing leadership in the implementation of
nationwide prevention strategies to encourage responsible
behavior and adoption of lifestyles that are conducive to good
health.
Infectious Diseases
The Committee provides a program level of $2,030,123,000
for Infectious Diseases, which is $82,296,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $10,501,000 above the budget
request. Of the funds provided, $12,864,000 shall be derived
from evaluation set-aside funds available under section 241 of
the Public Health Service Act, as proposed in the budget
request.
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
The Committee provides a program level of $717,460,000 for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, which is $1,412,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. Of the amount provided, $12,864,000 is to be
derived from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds, as
proposed in the budget request. In addition, the current
Vaccines for Children (VFC) program is expected to provide
$3,323,770,000 in vaccine purchases and distribution support in
fiscal year 2010, for a total of $4,041,230,000 for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases activities in fiscal year
2010. In addition, the Recovery Act provided an additional
$300,000,000 in the Prevention and Wellness Fund for the
section 317 immunization program in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
Immunization project grants are awarded to States and local
agencies for planning, developing, and conducting childhood and
adult immunization programs including enhancement of the
vaccine delivery infrastructure. CDC directly maintains a
stockpile of vaccines, supports consolidated purchase of
vaccines for State and local health agencies, and conducts
surveillance, investigations, and research into the safety and
efficacy of new and presently used vaccines.
Within the total for Immunization and respiratory diseases,
the Committee includes the following amounts:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Section 317 Immunization Program....................... $496,847,000 +$946,000 0
Program Operations..................................... 61,621,000 +163,000 0
Influenza.............................................. 158,992,000 +303,000 0
Pandemic Influenza................................. 156,344,000 +298,000 0
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Section 317 Immunization Program.--Vaccines are one of the
proven successes of public health in that they are cost-
effective and have demonstrated the ability to save lives and
greatly reduce illness. The Committee recommendation in this
bill and through appropriations provided in the Recovery Act is
a step toward the goal of fully immunizing all eligible
individuals.
Prior to 2000 and the introduction of new vaccines and
expanded recommendations for existing vaccines, the 317
immunization program was adequately providing vaccines to
children and adolescents traditionally dependent on the public
sector for support, but who were not eligible for the VFC
program.
The Committee is pleased that CDC has moved forward to
provide funding to States and local organizations that receive
section 317 immunization program grant funds to develop
community adolescent and adult immunization planning
demonstrations to achieve 90 percent immunization coverage for
vaccines routinely recommended for adolescents and adults, and
encourages CDC to continue to support these efforts. These
models should include existing and new efforts planned within
existing resources as well as new activities needed and
estimates for those needs.
The Committee also is pleased with the report on estimated
funding needs of the section 317 immunization program that CDC
provided, and requests that the report be updated and submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate by no later than February 1,
2010, to reflect fiscal year 2011 cost estimates. The updated
report also should include an estimate of optimum State and
local operations funding as well as CDC operations funding
needed relative to current levels to conduct and support
childhood, adolescent, and adult programs. This estimate should
include the cost of vaccine administration; surveillance and
assessment of changes in immunization rates; vaccine storage,
handling and quality assurance; implementation of centralized
vaccine distribution and other vaccine business improvement
practices; needs to support provider and public outreach and
education on new vaccines; identification of barriers to
immunization and strategies to address such barriers;
maintenance, utilization, and enhancement of Immunization
Information Systems, including integration with public health
preparedness and other electronic medical record systems;
innovative strategies to increase coverage rates in hard-to-
reach populations and geographic pockets of need; and vaccine
safety and other non-vaccine resource needs of a comprehensive
immunization program. Each of these activities is critical to
ensuring the delivery of life-saving vaccines to our nation and
have been underfunded.
The Committee understands that according to the CDC, adult
vaccination rates remain extremely low--resulting in deaths of
more than 40,000 adults from vaccine preventable diseases
annually. The Committee requests that the section 317
immunization program report also include a discussion of
specific strategies to reduce barriers and increase adult
immunization rates in the U.S.
While the Committee understands that the section 317
immunization program does not pay administration fees, it is
nonetheless an authorized expenditure, and the Committee
expects this estimate to be included in the report. Recent
studies in the medical literature reveal that vaccine
administration and purchase payments throughout the country
often do not cover the full costs of immunizing children, which
has the potential to undermine the vaccine-delivery system in
the future.
Federal and State programs vary greatly on the
reimbursement rates for vaccine administration for children,
adolescents, and adults. The updated report should include
information from the National Vaccine Advisory Financing
Workgroup's Report on Vaccine Financing on what the most
appropriate immunization administration reimbursement rate
would be to optimize immunization rates whether or not they are
administered through the section 317 immunization program.
Additionally according to the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP) guidelines, ``To minimize the
number of injections children receive, parenteral combination
vaccines should be used, if licensed and indicated for the
patient's age, instead of their equivalent component
vaccines.'' The report should include whether an antigen-based
vaccine administration system would remove the financial
disincentive for and increase the use of combination vaccines.
Influenza Vaccines.--The Committee recognizes that ACIP now
recommends routine influenza vaccination for all children aged
six months through 18 years. However, despite the new
recommendation large numbers of school-aged children remain
unvaccinated. The Committee encourages CDC to work to increase
the rates of vaccination in school-aged children.
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
The Committee provides $1,062,082,000 for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), and
Tuberculosis (TB) prevention, which is $55,707,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $1,783,000 above the budget
request.
Within the total for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB
Prevention, the Committee includes the following amounts:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Domestic HIV/AIDS Prevention & Research................ $744,914,000 +$53,054,000 $0
State/Local Health Dept. Prevention Coop. 348,109,000 +26,888,000 +15,000,000
Agreements........................................
Domestic HIV/AIDS Testing Initiative............... 65,425,000 +12,147,000 -15,000,000
Early Diagnosis Grants......................... 0 -15,000,000 -15,000,000
National/Regional/Other Organizations.............. 171,300,000 +5,957,000 0
Viral Hepatitis........................................ 20,150,000 +1,834,000 +1,783,000
Sexually Transmitted Diseases.......................... 152,750,000 +421,000 0
Tuberculosis........................................... 144,268,000 +398,000 0
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The Domestic HIV/AIDS Prevention and Research program
provides national leadership and support for HIV prevention
research and the development, implementation, and evaluation of
evidence-based HIV prevention programs serving persons affected
by, or at risk for, HIV infection. Activities include
surveillance, epidemiologic and laboratory studies, and
prevention activities. CDC provides funds to State and local
health departments to develop and implement integrated
community prevention plans.
HIV/AIDS in American Indian and Alaska Native
Communities.--The Committee recognizes that American Indians
and Alaska Natives have the known third highest rate of new HIV
infection in the U.S. after African Americans and Hispanics.
The Committee is concerned that of the 63 evidence-based
prevention interventions contained in the 2008 Compendium of
Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions, none target Native
American communities. The Committee urges CDC to increase the
number of interventions for these populations and to work with
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other behavioral
research groups to accomplish this work. The Committee further
encourages CDC to work directly with the Tribal Epidemiology
Centers to support their culturally-competent approach in order
to gain needed epidemiology in the area of HIV/AIDS
surveillance within American Indian and Alaska Native
communities.
HIV/AIDS in High Risk Youth.--The Committee recognizes that
seven of the 63 evidence-based prevention interventions
contained in CDC's 2008 Compendium of Evidence-Based HIV
Prevention Interventions target high risk youth, and that data
indicate that more than one-third of new infections were among
youth aged 13-29. The Committee is concerned that none of the
evidence-based prevention interventions target homeless
individuals and only one intervention targets runaway youth in
shelters to prevent HIV/AIDS. The Committee urges CDC to
increase the number of targeted interventions for these
populations and to work with NIH and other behavioral research
groups to accomplish this work.
HIV/AIDS Testing Initiative.--The Committee commends CDC
for the prioritization of the domestic HIV/AIDS testing
initiative among African Americans. The Committee requests that
CDC provide an updated comprehensive report to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate no later than April 1, 2010 on the progress of the
testing initiative to date, including the number of individuals
reached, testing positive for HIV, and accessing treatment as a
result of their HIV positive diagnosis. The Committee continues
to be supportive of CDC's promotion of rapid HIV tests in its
HIV/AIDS testing activities.
Microbicides.--The Committee requests that in the future,
CDC include information in the HIV/AIDS section of the
Congressional budget justification on the amount of anticipated
and actual funding it allocates to activities related to
research and development of microbicides for HIV prevention.
The Committee urges CDC to work with NIH, USAID, and other
appropriate agencies to develop processes for coordinated
investment and prioritization for microbicide development,
approval, and access.
Minority AIDS Initiative.--Within the total provided,
$95,700,000 is provided for the Minority AIDS Initiative to
support activities that are targeted to address the growing
HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disparate impact on communities of
color, including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans,
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. This
amount is $300,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request.
The Division of Viral Hepatitis provides the scientific and
programmatic foundation for the prevention, control, and
elimination of hepatitis virus infections in the U.S. CDC
conducts surveillance, research, education, training, and
program development focusing on activities related to Hepatitis
A virus, Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Hepatitis Education, Prevention, and Surveillance.--The
Division of Viral Hepatitis is the centerpiece of the Federal
response to controlling, reducing, and preventing the suffering
and deaths resulting from viral hepatitis. CDC estimates that
over 4.5 million Americans have chronic HCV and HBV infections
and that each year up to 15,000 Americans die of HBV and HCV
related disease. In addition, chronic Hepatitis B and C are the
leading causes of liver cancer, now among the top ten killers
of Americans over the age of 25, and now one of the leading
killers of Americans living with HIV/AIDS. The Committee urges
CDC to target funding increases for viral hepatitis toward the
identification of chronically infected persons and their
referral to medical care, particularly focusing on groups
disproportionately affected by chronic HCV and HBV. In
addition, the Committee encourages CDC to provide States with
funds to implement a chronic Hepatitis B and C surveillance
system, which currently does not exist. This information is
critical to understanding the impact of Hepatitis epidemics and
for targeting limited resources for greatest impact.
Hepatitis Testing.--The Committee recognizes the high
incidence of Hepatitis and its often undocumented state. In
fiscal year 2009 the Committee urged CDC to formulate a plan
for significant testing for Hepatitis, including the
implementation of rapid testing technology as a means of
ascertaining the prevalence of Hepatitis. The Committee
requests a status report on CDC's plan to implement Hepatitis
testing to be included in the fiscal year 2011 Congressional
budget justification.
Syringe Re-Use.--The Committee is deeply troubled by recent
outbreaks of Hepatitis caused in some part by the re-use of
syringes in outpatient health care settings. These outbreaks
are entirely preventable with well-known infection control
practices. The Committee urges CDC to support activities such
as provider education and patient awareness, detection and
tracking, and engineering and innovation activities focused on
injection safety and infection control guidelines in the
delivery of outpatient care. CDC is encouraged to partner with
industry and university researchers to identify the best
interventions to reduce the possibility of disease transmission
in the health care setting. The Committee directs the CDC to
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate by April 1, 2010 on the
direction pursued and the status of CDC's efforts.
The Division of STD Prevention provides national leadership
through research, policy development, and support of effective
services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and their
complications such as infertility, adverse outcomes of
pregnancy, and reproductive tract cancer. CDC assists health
departments, health-care providers, and non-governmental
organizations and collaborates with other governmental entities
through the development, syntheses, translation, and
dissemination of timely, science-based information; the
development of national goals and science-based policy; and the
development and support of science-based programs that meet the
needs of communities.
The CDC Tuberculosis (TB) program provides grants to States
and localities for a broad range of tuberculosis control
activities. In addition, the CDC supports State and local
laboratories and conducts research, epidemiological
investigations, and education and training seminars.
TB Administrative Grant Costs.--The Committee is pleased
that CDC is working with States, territories, and localities to
ensure equitable TB funding to all jurisdictions through the
distribution formula. The Committee encourages grantees to keep
administrative costs at or below ten percent to ensure adequate
funds to all jurisdictions in proportion to the number and
complexity of TB cases.
County Departments of Public Health.--The Committee lauds
CDC's efforts to improve and update the funding formula for TB
treatment and education, but recognizes that county departments
of public health should be included in stakeholder meetings on
changes to the funding formula. The Committee directs CDC to
reach out to and include stakeholders from county departments
of public health suffering from a disproportionate number of TB
cases to participate in and contribute to discussion groups
involved in the creation of new administrative funding
formulas.
Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
The Committee provides $76,790,000 for Zoonotic, Vector-
Borne, and Enteric Diseases, which is $8,812,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $3,668,000 more than the
budget request.
The National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric
Diseases provides national and international scientific and
programmatic leadership addressing zoonotic, vector-borne,
foodborne, waterborne, mycotic, and related infections to
identify, investigate, diagnose, treat, and prevent these
diseases. The programs focus on the continuing challenge of
emerging and re-emerging zoonoses and the ecologies from which
these diseases have emerged, while recognizing the importance
of working collaboratively, not just across CDC and the
traditional public health community, but also with
agricultural, wildlife, companion animal, and environmental
agencies and organizations.
Within the total for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric
Diseases, the Committee includes the following amounts:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Vector-borne Diseases, including West Nile Virus....... $26,717,000 +$418,000 $0
Lyme Disease........................................... 8,938,000 +3,668,000 +3,668,000
Food Safety............................................ 26,942,000 +4,422,000 0
Prion Disease...................................... 5,474,000 +86,000 0
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome............................... 4,825,000 +75,000 0
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Food Safety.--The Committee supports CDC's increased
investment in food safety. Improving foodborne outbreak
detection and response remains a critical priority for CDC, as
well as the Federal, State, and local food safety regulatory
agencies. CDC's proposed enhancement of PulseNet and other
surveillance tools and capacities will help ensure continuing
improvement in this area. The Committee also believes that an
equally important priority for CDC is to invest in generating
the epidemiological data and conducting the analyses that
regulatory agencies and the food industry need to target to
implement effective prevention strategies. The Committee
expects CDC to focus an increasing share of its management
attention and resources on such prevention-related activities
and to work closely with the Food and Drug Administration and
other key parties to help prevent foodborne illness.
Lyme Disease.--The Committee encourages CDC to expand its
activities related to developing sensitive and more accurate
diagnostic tools and tests for Lyme disease, including the
evaluation of emerging diagnostic methods and improving
utilization of diagnostic testing to account for the multiple
clinical manifestations of acute and chronic Lyme disease; to
expand its epidemiological research activities on tick-borne
diseases to include an objective to determine the long-term
course of illness for Lyme disease; to improve surveillance and
reporting of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in order to
produce more accurate data on their prevalence; to evaluate the
feasibility of developing a national reporting system on Lyme
disease, including laboratory reporting; and to expand
prevention of Lyme and tick-borne diseases through increased
community-based public education and creating a physician
education program that includes the full spectrum of scientific
research on the diseases.
Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
The Committee provides $173,791,000 for Preparedness,
Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, which is
$16,365,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$5,050,000 more than the budget request. In addition, the
Recovery Act provided an additional $40,000,000 in the
Prevention and Wellness Fund for States to develop and
implement healthcare-associated infection reduction plans in
fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
The National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and
Control of Infectious Diseases provides focus on preparedness
and response capacity for new and complex infectious disease
outbreaks, and manages and coordinates emerging infectious
diseases, integrates laboratory groups, and facilitates
increased quality and capacity in clinical laboratories. The
Center serves as a focal point for engaging outside agencies
and partners in quality laboratory systems and improved
healthcare settings.
Antimicrobial Resistance.--The Committee is concerned that
there are significant gaps in CDC's ability to track and
monitor life-threatening antimicrobial resistant pathogens,
such as Klebsiella species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, as these emerge in
hospital and community settings. In particular, the Committee
is concerned about the lack of capacity to do sentinel
surveillance to describe and confirm regional outbreaks, and
urges CDC to build upon existing structures, as well as add new
sites, to cultivate a geographically distributed sentinel
surveillance network. This network should collect and analyze a
variety of locally available clinical specimens and help CDC to
describe, confirm, and intervene against emerging outbreaks of
resistant pathogens.
Blood Safety Surveillance.--The Committee supports the
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), a surveillance tool
used by hospitals and other health care facilities to better
understand and prevent healthcare-associated infections. The
Committee is aware that CDC has added an additional module to
NHSN to collect, analyze and report national data on adverse
events and medical errors occurring during blood transfusions.
The Committee encourages CDC to move forward in implementing
the transfusion data network, in collaboration with private
sector experts to maximize hospital participation, adequately
train staff, analyze data, and develop effective interventions.
Emerging Infectious Diseases.--The Committee provides
increased resources for the Emerging Infectious Diseases
program to protect the public from infectious disease threats.
In the U.S., deaths from infectious illnesses average
approximately 170,000 per year. Although modern medical
advances have conquered many diseases, new infections and drug-
resistance are constantly emerging. Funding will be used to
support the following infectious disease control and prevention
activities: (1) diagnostic analysis of infectious agents both
domestically and internationally through epidemiology and
laboratory capacity; (2) development and production of reagents
to test additional specimens; (3) providing support to State
and local health departments to address infectious diseases;
(4) development of new diagnostic tests; and (5) providing
additional funding to allow CDC to respond to and control
infectious diseases in hospitals and other settings.
Healthcare-Associated Infections and the National
Healthcare Safety Network.--The Committee continues to
emphasize the reduction of healthcare-associated infections
(HAIs) as a top priority for Federal resources. Through the
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), CDC monitors
infections, antimicrobial resistance, and other adverse events
in hospitals in all 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of
Columbia. Increased funding will be used to develop improved
surveillance in an additional 1,500 hospitals taking the total
to 4,500 participating hospitals, which is 75 percent of all
hospitals. Funding will also be used to expand to other
healthcare settings to better understand the prevalence of HAIs
outside the hospital setting, train healthcare staff to use the
NHSN system, and demonstrate model prevention programs. As more
States require hospitals and other healthcare settings to use
the NHSN to track the incidence of HAIs, the system must be
enhanced and expanded to meet this increased demand.
Health Promotion
The Committee provides $1,051,694,000 for Health Promotion,
which is $31,986,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $13,439,000 above the budget request.
Chronic Disease Prevention, Health Promotion, and Genomics
The Committee provides $910,812,000 for Chronic Disease
Prevention, Health Promotion, and Genomics, which is
$29,126,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$14,573,000 more than the budget request. Chronic diseases have
had a profound human and economic toll on our nation. More than
1.7 million Americans die of a chronic disease each year,
accounting for approximately 70 percent of all deaths in the
U.S. The programs funded through this budget activity provide
support for State and community programs, surveillance,
prevention research, evaluation, and health promotion. In
addition, the Recovery Act provided an additional $650,000,000
in the Prevention and Wellness Fund to carry out evidence-based
clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies
that address chronic diseases in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
Within the total provided, the Committee includes the
following amounts for Chronic Disease Prevention, Health
Promotion, and Genomics activities:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Heart Disease and Stroke............................... $54,221,000 +$125,000 $0
Delta Health Intervention.......................... 3,007,000 +7,000 0
Diabetes............................................... 65,998,000 +151,000 0
Cancer Prevention and Control.......................... 349,454,000 +9,154,000 +8,373,000
Breast and Cervical Cancer......................... 214,699,000 +8,846,000 +8,373,000
WISEWOMAN...................................... 20,573,000 +1,045,000 +1,000,000
Cancer Registries.................................. 46,472,000 +106,000 0
Colorectal Cancer.................................. 39,063,000 +89,000 0
Comprehensive Cancer............................... 16,386,000 +38,000 0
Johanna's Law...................................... 6,807,000 +16,000 0
Ovarian Cancer..................................... 5,414,000 +12,000 0
Prostate Cancer.................................... 13,275,000 +30,000 0
Skin Cancer........................................ 1,880,000 +4,000 0
Geraldine Ferraro Cancer Education Program......... 4,677,000 +11,000 0
Cancer Survivorship Resource Center................ 781,000 +2,000 0
Arthritis and Other Chronic Diseases................... 26,803,000 +1,558,000 +1,500,000
Arthritis.......................................... 13,318,000 +31,000 0
Psoriasis.......................................... 1,500,000 +1,500,000 +1,500,000
Epilepsy........................................... 7,976,000 +18,000 0
National Lupus Patient Registry.................... 4,009,000 +9,000 0
Tobacco................................................ 106,408,000 +244,000 0
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.............. 44,402,000 +102,000 0
Health Promotion....................................... 27,803,000 -738,000 +700,000
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System......... 7,316,000 +16,000 0
Community Health Promotion......................... 6,468,000 +15,000 0
Sleep Disorders................................ 861,000 +2,000 0
Mind-Body Institute................................ 0 -1,500,000 0
Glaucoma........................................... 3,519,000 +8,000 0
Visual Screening Education......................... 3,229,000 +7,000 0
Alzheimer's Disease................................ 1,692,000 +4,000 0
Inflammatory Bowel Disease......................... 686,000 +2,000 0
Interstitial Cystitis.............................. 660,000 +2,000 0
Excessive Alcohol Use.............................. 2,000,000 +500,000 +497,000
Chronic Kidney Disease............................. 2,233,000 +208,000 +203,000
School Health.......................................... 62,780,000 +5,144,000 0
Healthy Passages Study............................. 3,493,000 +8,000 0
Food Allergies..................................... 497,000 +1,000 0
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health.......................... 49,891,000 +5,114,000 0
Preterm Birth...................................... 2,005,000 +5,000 0
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome....................... 207,000 0 0
Oral Health............................................ 15,074,000 +2,030,000 +2,000,000
Prevention Research Centers............................ 33,203,000 +2,071,000 +2,000,000
Healthy Communities.................................... 22,823,000 +52,000 0
Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH). 39,644,000 +4,091,000 0
Genomics............................................... 12,308,000 +28,000 0
Primary Immune Deficiency Syndrome................. 3,107,000 +7,000 0
Public Health Genomics............................. 9,201,000 +21,000 0
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Breast Cancer Awareness for Young Women.--Breast cancer is
the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women. There are
approximately 180,000 new cases and 40,000 deaths from breast
cancer annually. According to data from U.S. Cancer Statistics
Report from 2001-2005, approximately five percent of all female
invasive breast cancers are among women under 40 years of age.
Raising awareness among providers and the public about the
importance of early detection can result in improved outcomes
and quality of life for cancer survivors. Within the total for
breast and cervical cancer, the Committee includes $5,000,000
for breast cancer awareness for young women. The Committee
encourages CDC, in collaboration with HHS, the National Cancer
Institute, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
to develop evidence-based initiatives to advance understanding
and awareness of breast health and breast cancer among women at
high risk for developing breast cancer, including women under
40.
Chronic Kidney Disease.--The Committee previously has
expressed concern regarding the need to expand public health
strategies to combat chronic kidney disease (CKD) given that
many individuals are diagnosed too late to initiate treatment
regimens that could reduce morbidity and mortality. Up to 26
million Americans have CKD, and millions more are at risk of
developing the disease. Individuals with diabetes or
hypertension have especially high vulnerability. Kidney disease
is the ninth leading cause of death in the U.S., and death by
cardiovascular disease is 15 to 30 times higher in patients
with end stage renal disease than in the general population.
The Committee has included funding to continue planning for
capacity and infrastructure at CDC for its kidney disease
program and to institute a CKD surveillance system. The
Committee is pleased that CDC convened an expert panel on CKD
and that the recommendations have been published. The Committee
urges CDC to prioritize and begin implementation of the
recommendations. The Committee urges CDC to support additional
grants for State-based, culturally appropriate, community
demonstration projects for CKD detection, to expand on the
pilot screenings that have occurred in four States through
previous Federal funding. The demonstration projects will
include efforts to track the progression of CKD in patients who
have been diagnosed, as well as identify the onset of CKD among
individuals who are members of high risk groups but have not
been diagnosed.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).--COPD is the
fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the only one of
the top five causes of death that is on the rise. The Committee
notes that CDC does not yet have a dedicated program to address
COPD--a major source of illness and death in the U.S. The
Committee continues to urge the National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to establish a COPD
program and to develop, in consultation with appropriate
stakeholders, a Federal plan to respond to COPD.
Colorectal Cancer.--The Committee notes that colorectal
cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in
the Nation. Colorectal cancer first develops with few, if any,
symptoms and 75 percent of colorectal cancers occur in people
with no known risk factors. For those reasons, colorectal
screening is a vital tool in saving lives. It is estimated that
if every American aged 50 or older had regular screening tests,
as many as 60 percent of deaths from colorectal cancer could be
prevented. Since 2005, CDC has conducted community-based pilot
programs to provide colorectal screening and diagnostic follow-
up for Americans 50 years of age and older with little or no
health coverage. The Committee commends CDC on its efforts to
implement screening activities and public awareness through
partnerships with health departments, professional
organizations, and voluntary health groups and believes that an
investment in this kind of prevention is critical. The
Committee requests that CDC submit a report to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on CDC's activities in this important public health
matter no later than April 1, 2010.
Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH).--
Currently, CDC funds 22 State education agencies and one tribal
government to establish a partnership with their State health
agency to focus on reducing chronic disease risk factors such
as tobacco use, poor nutrition, and physical inactivity. The
$5,000,000 programmatic increase provided for DASH will allow
CDC to support ten additional State education agencies. An
economic evaluation of school-based programs to prevent
cigarette use among middle and high school students showed that
for every $1 invested in tobacco prevention programs almost $20
in future medical care costs would be saved.
Epilepsy.--The Committee supports the CDC epilepsy program,
which has made considerable progress over the past decade in
establishing and advancing a public health agenda to meet the
needs of Americans with epilepsy. The Committee encourages CDC
to develop and implement a national outcome measurement
protocol to evaluate the impact that public health programs
have on employment, school, social life, and general well being
of youth, seniors, young adults, and others living with
epilepsy. The findings of these measures will help families
understand the relationships between medications, co-morbid
conditions, and epilepsy, and will build a platform for a
national call to action for additional training for schools,
employers, first responders, and adult day care providers.
Excessive Alcohol Use.--The Committee supports the
recommendations of the Surgeon General's Call to Action on
Underage Drinking, including the call for ongoing independent
monitoring of youth exposure to alcohol advertising, and urges
CDC to develop and continue its work to monitor and report on
the level of risk faced by youth from exposure to alcohol
advertising.
Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Program.--The
Committee is encouraged by the progress that has been made by
CDC, in coordination with the Office of Women's Health and
qualified nonprofit private sector entities to initiate a
national education campaign on gynecologic cancers and
available prevention strategies. The Committee urges CDC to
continue and enhance the current public education activities to
increase women's knowledge regarding gynecologic cancers.
Healthy Brain Initiative.--Studies have indicated that
cumulative risks for vascular disease and diabetes also
increase the risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
In 2005, the Committee called upon CDC to launch an
Alzheimer's-specific segment of the Healthy Aging Program, to
aggressively educate the public and health professionals about
ways to reduce the risks of developing Alzheimer's by
maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The Committee recommends
funding to continue this program and encourages CDC to support
the evaluation of existing population-based surveillance
systems, with a view toward developing a population-based
surveillance system for cognitive decline, including
Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Heart Disease and Stroke.--Recognizing that cardiovascular
disease is the number one killer in the U.S., the Committee
strongly supports the ultimate goal of providing basic
implementation funding to each State for the competitively
awarded Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program. The
Committee is concerned that only 14 States receive basic
implementation funding, nine States receive no funds, and many
States have been stalled at the capacity building level for
years--a few for a decade. Further, the Committee understands
the importance of the CDC's continued efforts to work
collaboratively with States to establish a comprehensive
cardiovascular disease surveillance system to monitor and track
these disorders at the national, State, and local levels.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease.--The Committee continues to
prioritize CDC's inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) epidemiology
study and has included funding to continue this important
initiative. The Committee encourages CDC to initiate the
establishment of a pediatric IBD patient registry.
Interstitial Cystitis.--The Committee is pleased with CDC's
program activities and public and professional awareness
campaign on Interstitial Cystitis and has provided sufficient
funds for CDC to continue its efforts on this debilitating
disorder.
Infertility.--The Committee has included funding within
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health for the development of a national
public health plan for the prevention, detection, and
management of infertility. The development of this plan is
critical to the efforts of more than two million women who
battle this medical condition across the U.S. The Committee
supports the goal of CDC's national plan to identify public
health priorities and encourages the integration of existing
programs and initiatives regarding infertility, as well as
creation of new programs as deemed necessary. The Committee
requests that CDC report on the development of this plan to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate no later than April 1, 2010.
Maternal and Child Health.--The Committee is concerned that
declines in infant mortality have stalled in the U.S. Each
year, 12 percent of babies are born too early, and eight
percent are born with low birth-weight, putting them at higher
risk for infant death and for developmental disabilities. The
Committee notes that many experts believe that prenatal care,
which usually begins during the first three months of a
pregnancy, comes too late to prevent many serious maternal and
child health problems and are calling for improved
preconception care. The Committee encourages CDC and its
partners to study how best to communicate with women about the
need for preconception care. The Committee urges CDC to
continue to make research on preconception health and health
care a priority.
National Sleep Awareness Roundtable.--The Committee is
pleased with the activities of the National Sleep Awareness
Roundtable (NSART), a partnership between CDC, other Federal
agencies, and the voluntary health community. The Committee
expects CDC to support NSART and has provided funding within
the Community Health Promotion program for this initiative and
to incorporate sleep and sleep-related disturbances into
established CDC surveillance systems.
Obesity.--More than one-third of American adults, or over
72 million people, are obese, and approximately 16 percent of
children are obese. In 2000 alone, the cost of obesity in the
U.S. exceeded $100,000,000,000. From 1987 through 2001,
increases in obesity prevalence alone accounted for 12 percent
of the growth in health spending.
Research has shown that investing in proven community-based
programs to increase physical activity and improve nutrition
could substantially reduce health care costs. The Committee is
supportive of CDC's efforts to reduce chronic diseases and
obesity through State, school-based, and community programs;
research; surveillance; training; intervention development;
policy and environmental change; communication; and social
marketing. To effectively address this epidemic, the Committee
urges CDC to provide leadership and coordination for the
Federal government's efforts to address overweight and obesity.
In this leadership role, CDC should develop a national plan to
prevent overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and
adults. On an annual basis, CDC should issue a report to the
Nation on trends, research, and prevention efforts related to
overweight and obesity in children, adolescents, and adults,
including CDC's investments in State and community obesity
prevention programs.
Obesity and Built Environments.--The Committee recognizes
the importance of the built environment for promoting healthy
behaviors. The Committee encourages CDC to work with the
Secretary of Transportation and encourages CDC grantees to work
with local transit officials to coordinate the goals of
population-level prevention programs with transportation
projects that support healthy lifestyles and enhanced physical
activity.
Oral Health.--The Committee recognizes that reducing
disparities in oral disease will require additional and
sustained support in proven strategies at the State and local
levels. The Committee provides funding for States to strengthen
their capacities to assess the prevalence of oral diseases and
the associated health burden, to target resources and
interventions and prevention programs to the underserved, and
to evaluate changes in policies and programs. The Committee
encourages CDC to advance efforts to reduce the health
disparities and burden from oral diseases, including those that
are linked to chronic diseases.
Pediatric Cancer.--The Committee encourages CDC to enhance
and expand the infrastructure to track the epidemiology of
pediatric cancer into a comprehensive nationwide registry of
actual occurrences of pediatric cancer, as authorized by the
Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act.
Physical Fitness in Underserved Communities.--The obesity
epidemic currently sweeping the U.S. is a particularly poignant
problem for the nation's children. Among minority populations
in this country, the numbers are particularly alarming.
Statistics from CDC show that more than 22 percent of Mexican-
American males aged 12 to 19 are obese, as are over 18 percent
of African-American males and over 17 percent of non-Hispanic
white males in the same age group. As for females aged 12 to
19, almost 28 percent of African-Americans and almost 20
percent of Mexican-Americans are obese, compared to more than
14 percent of non-Hispanic whites. The Committee encourages CDC
to work with national and locally-based organizations to
promote school-based and after-school programs that combine
physical fitness and nutrition education. Particular emphasis
should be given to low-impact team sports that have the
greatest appeal to specific communities, such as soccer in
Latino and immigrant communities.
Preterm Birth.--Preterm birth affects more than 540,000
babies each year in the U.S. and nearly 50 percent of all
premature births have no known cause. Within the funds
provided, the Committee encourages CDC to expand
epidemiological research on the causes and prevention of
preterm birth and to establish systems for the collection of
maternal-infant clinical and biomedical information to link
with the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in an
effort to identify ways to prevent preterm birth and reduce
racial disparities.
Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases.--The Committee remains
supportive of the Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases program
that has demonstrated great success in identifying and moving
into treatment persons with undiagnosed diseases that pose a
public health threat. The Committee believes this program
should continue to move forward in a public-private partnership
as it currently operates.
Psoriasis.--As many as 7.5 million Americans are affected
by psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis--chronic, inflammatory,
painful, and disfiguring autoimmune diseases for which there
are limited treatment options and no cure. Recent studies show
people with psoriasis are at elevated risk for other chronic
and debilitating health conditions, such as heart attack and
diabetes and that people with severe psoriasis have a 50
percent higher risk of mortality. The Committee is concerned
that there is a lack of epidemiological and longitudinal data
on individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis,
including children and adolescents. The Committee provides
funding to support such data collection in order to better
understand the co-morbidities associated with psoriasis,
examine the relationship of psoriasis to other public health
concerns such as the high rate of smoking and obesity among
those with the disease, and gain insight into the long-term
impact and treatment of these two conditions. The Committee
encourages CDC to work with national organizations and
stakeholders to examine and develop options and recommendations
for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection,
including a registry.
Pulmonary Hypertension.--The Committee continues to be
interested in pulmonary hypertension (PH) and encourages CDC to
expand its partnership with the PH community aimed at
increasing awareness of this devastating disease among the
general public and health care providers.
Scleroderma.--The Committee is aware that scleroderma, an
over-production of collagen resulting in the hardening of skin
and joints, affects an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. The
Committee continues to encourage CDC to undertake steps to
increase awareness in the public and larger health care
community to allow for earlier diagnosis and treatment.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention.--The Committee is aware that
one-third of girls in the U.S. get pregnant before age 20. In
2006, over 435,000 infants were born to mothers aged 15 to 19
years and that 80 percent of these births were unintended. The
increase of $5,000,000 within Safe Motherhood/Infant Health
will bring the total resources devoted to teen pregnancy
prevention at CDC to $15,800,000. These funds will allow CDC to
expand efforts to promote evidence-based interventions that
provide medically accurate and age appropriate information to
youth. Eight additional State-based teen pregnancy prevention
coalitions will be supported, which will bring the total to 17.
These coalitions work with State departments of education to
implement innovative science-based prevention programs in
youth-serving organizations and schools.
Vision Health.--The Committee recognizes that good vision
is an integral component to health and well being, affects
virtually all activities of daily living, and impacts
individuals physically, emotionally, socially and financially.
Vision-related conditions affect people across the lifespan
from childhood through elder years. The Committee supports
CDC's vision health initiative, which focuses on eye disease
surveillance and evaluation systems so that our nation has
much-needed epidemiological data regarding overall burden and
high-risk populations to formulate and evaluate strategies to
prevent and reduce the economic and social costs associated
with vision loss and eye disease.
WISEWOMAN (Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for
Women Across the Nation).--The Committee includes funding to
increase support for the current WISEWOMAN grantees. WISEWOMAN
screens uninsured and under-insured low-income women ages 40 to
64 for heart disease and stroke risk and provides counseling,
education, referral, and follow-up to those with abnormal
results. Since January 2000, WISEWOMAN has screened more than
84,000 women and has provided more than 210,000 lifestyle
intervention sessions. An estimated 94 percent of these women
were found to have at least one risk factor or border-line risk
factor for heart disease, stroke, or other forms of
cardiovascular disease.
Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities, Disability, and
Health
The Committee provides $140,882,000 for Birth Defects,
Developmental Disabilities, Disability, and Health, which is
$2,860,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$1,134,000 less than the budget request. This program collects,
analyzes, and makes available data on the incidence and causes
of birth defects and developmental disabilities.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
amounts for Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities,
Disability, and Health activities:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities........... $42,776,000 +$717,000 +$600,000
Birth Defects...................................... 21,182,000 +59,000 0
Craniofacial Malformation...................... 1,755,000 +5,000 0
Fetal Death.................................... 846,000 +2,000 0
Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia................... 247,000 +1,000 0
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome............................. 10,140,000 +28,000 0
Folic Acid......................................... 3,426,000 +608,000 +600,000
Infant Health...................................... 8,028,000 +22,000 0
Human Development and Disability....................... 78,194,000 +2,088,000 -1,734,000
Disability & Health (including Child Development 13,611,000 +39,000 0
Studies)..........................................
Limb Loss.......................................... 2,906,000 +8,000 0
Tourette Syndrome.................................. 1,749,000 +5,000 0
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention........... 10,888,000 +30,000 0
Muscular Dystrophy................................. 6,291,000 +17,000 0
Special Olympics Healthy Athletes.................. 5,534,000 +15,000 0
Paralysis Resource Center.......................... 6,015,000 +288,000 -1,733,000
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder........... 1,751,000 +5,000 0
Fragile X.......................................... 1,905,000 +5,000 0
Spina Bifida....................................... 5,483,000 +15,000 0
Autism............................................. 22,061,000 +1,661,000 0
Blood Disorders........................................ 19,912,000 +55,000 0
Hemophilia......................................... 17,203,000 +48,000 0
Thallasemia........................................ 1,865,000 +5,000 0
Diamond Blackfan Anemia............................ 517,000 +1,000 0
Hemachromatosis.................................... 327,000 +1,000 0
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD).--The
Committee continues to support the AD/HD activities of CDC,
including the National Resources Center on AD/HD. Funding is
provided to maintain and expand the activities at the National
Resource Center as it responds to the demand for information
and support services, reaches special populations in need, and
educates health and education professionals on the impact of
AD/HD on the ability of individuals to lead successful,
economically self-sufficient, and independent lives integrated
into their communities with the necessary accommodations and
supports.
Blood Disorders.--The Committee recognizes the many
accomplishments of the Blood Disorders Division at CDC,
especially those achieved through its partnership with the
network of Hemophilia Treatment Centers. This program remains
an essential part of CDC's blood disorders programs and needs
to be maintained in order to respond to increasing needs of men
and women with bleeding and clotting disorders. Within the
total for blood disorders, the Committee encourages CDC to
develop and implement a hemoglobinopathy surveillance and
registry program with particular attention to Sickle Cell
Disease.
Cerebral Palsy.--In 2008, the Committee requested a report
from CDC about the types of data that are most needed for a
public health response to cerebral palsy and the strengths and
weaknesses of the various methods of collecting epidemiologic
data in this population. As a result of the report's findings,
the Committee urges CDC to establish cerebral palsy
surveillance and epidemiology systems that would work in
concert with similar disorders.
Folic Acid Education Campaign.--The daily consumption of
the vitamin folic acid has been shown to significantly reduce
serious birth defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly.
Since fortification of U.S. enriched grain products with folic
acid, the rate of those birth defects has decreased by 26
percent. CDC estimates, however, that up to 70 percent of
neural tube defects could be prevented if all women of
childbearing age consume 400 micrograms of folic acid daily. To
achieve the full prevention potential of folic acid, CDC's
national public and health professions education campaign
should be expanded to inform more women, particularly non-
pregnant Hispanic women and women age 18-24, as well as health
care providers about the benefits of folic acid.
Fragile X.--The Committee urges CDC to support the
continuation of public health activities in the areas of
Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders. The Committee
urges CDC to focus its efforts on identifying ongoing needs and
effective treatments by increasing epidemiological research,
surveillance, screening efforts, and the introduction of early
interventions and supports for individuals living with Fragile
X Syndrome and Associated Disorders. The CDC should focus funds
within the Fragile X program on the continued growth and
development of initiatives that support health promotion
activities and foster rapid, high-impact translational research
practice for the successful treatment of Fragile X Syndrome and
Associated Disorders.
Limb Loss.--The Committee supports the CDC Limb Loss
Information Center program, which has made considerable
progress in establishing and advancing a public health agenda
to meet the needs of Americans with limb loss. There are more
than 1.8 million Americans living with limb loss. The vast
majority of these limb losses are attributed to diabetic
infection resulting in limb amputation and current military/war
events and practices. The Committee urges CDC to continue
efforts to expand public health activities on behalf of persons
with limb loss and recommends establishing a registry for limb
loss to capture its true impact. A registry will estimate the
incidence and prevalence of limb loss, promote a better
understanding of limb loss, and provide data that will be
useful for research on improving limb loss management and
developing standards of care.
Marfan Syndrome.--The Committee continues to be interested
in Marfan syndrome. Many individuals affected by Marfan
syndrome are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed until they experience
a cardiac complication. Increasing awareness of this genetic
condition is vital to ensuring timely diagnosis and appropriate
management and treatment. The Committee encourages CDC to work
to increase awareness of this disease among the public and
health care providers.
National Birth Defects Prevention Study.--The Committee
commends CDC's work in the area of birth defects surveillance,
research, and prevention. With the funds provided the Committee
urges CDC to enhance research on congenital heart defects,
conduct genetic analysis of the samples collected via the
National Birth Defects Prevention Study, and maintain
assistance to the regional birth defects centers of excellence
and aid to States to implement and expand community-based birth
defects tracking and referral systems.
National Spina Bifida Program.--The Committee recognizes
that Spina Bifida is the leading permanently disabling birth
defect in the U.S. While Spina Bifida and related neural tube
defects are highly preventable through adequate daily folic
acid consumption, there are more than 70,000 individuals living
with this complex birth defect. While its secondary effects can
be mitigated through appropriate and proactive medical care and
management, such efforts have not been adequately supported to
result in significant reductions of these difficult and costly
conditions. In an effort to continue to improve the quality-of-
life of individuals affected by Spina Bifida and to reduce and
prevent the occurrence of, and suffering from, this birth
defect, the Committee continues to support CDC's National Spina
Bifida Program. CDC is urged to support the implementation of
the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry to improve the
efficiency and quality of care in the nation's Spina Bifida
clinics.
Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions.--The
Committee encourages CDC to increase the provision of
scientifically sound information and support services to
patients receiving a positive test result for Down syndrome or
other pre- or postnatally diagnosed conditions by using
available funds to award grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements to collect, synthesize, and disseminate current and
accurate information about the tested condition; and coordinate
the provision of, and access to, supportive services for
patients affected, which should include a telephone hotline, an
information clearinghouse, parent-support programs, and a
registry of families willing to adopt children affected by such
conditions. CDC is encouraged to provide assistance to State
and local health departments to integrate the results of
prenatal testing and pregnancy outcomes into State-based vital
statistics and birth defects surveillance programs.
Thalassemia.--The Committee believes that the thalassemia
program, which provides blood safety surveillance to patients
with this fatal genetic blood disease, has benefitted those
patients by assuring that they are monitored closely by major
research centers, while at the same time benefitting the
general population by providing an early warning system of
potential problems in the blood supply. CDC is encouraged to
work closely with the patient community to maximize the impact
of this program.
Venous Thromboembolism.--Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and
Pulmonary Embolism (PE), collectively known as venous
thromboembolism (VTE) is estimated to affect one million
Americans each year, with approximately one third of the cases
being fatal PE. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent
DVT and PE, as well as a report on VTE surveillance published
in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, recognize the
need for strengthened disease surveillance and for the
translation into practice of appropriate prevention measures.
The Committee encourages CDC to develop a surveillance plan,
which includes the resources needed to implement the
recommendations of the Call to Action.
Health Information and Service
The Committee provides a program level total of
$291,784,000 for Health Information and Service, which is
$12,428,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 program level and
the same as the budget request. Of the funds provided,
$233,105,000 shall be derived from evaluation set-aside funds
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act.
The evaluation set-aside is $36,873,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $38,011,000 more than the budget
request.
Health Statistics
The Committee provides $138,683,000 for Health Statistics,
which is $13,982,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the same as the budget request. The Health Statistics
program is responsible for collecting, interpreting, and
disseminating data on the health status of the U.S. population
and the use of health services. Surveys include the National
Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the National Health Care
Survey, the National Vital Statistics System, and the National
Survey of Family Growth.
National Health Interview Survey.--The Committee is
concerned over the lack of health care data about the lesbian,
gay, bi-sexual and transgendered community. The Committee
continues to urge CDC to enhance the National Health Interview
Survey to collect data regarding the sexual orientation and
gender identity of survey respondents using tested methods for
doing so with the greatest possible accuracy.
Nutrition Monitoring.--The Committee affirms America's
commitment to nutrition for all, and seeks to ensure sufficient
resources for the national nutrition monitoring activities,
continuously conducted jointly by the National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Agricultural Research Service
at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This data collection
supports management decisionmaking and research needed to
address and improve the crisis of obesity, nutrition-related
diseases, physical inactivity, food insecurity, and the poor
nutritional quality of the American diet, as well as provide
the data needed to protect the public against environmental
pathogens and contaminants.
Preserving the Integrity of Seminal Health Surveys.--The
Committee encourages the National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS) to fully support its ongoing seminal health surveys, in
particular the NHIS and NHANES. These surveys provide unique
insights into the health status of the American people and are
an important resource to policymakers at the Federal, State,
and local levels of government. The Committee expects NCHS to
protect these core surveys without compromising data quality or
accessibility, particularly with regard to minority
populations. Further cuts to the sample sizes of these surveys
could compromise our ability to monitor health disparities at a
time when our society becomes increasingly diverse.
Vital Statistics.--The Committee values NCHS and its
critical role in monitoring our nation's health. The Committee
has reservations about NCHS' plan to purchase only core items
of birth and death data from States through the National Vital
Statistics System. This plan will result in a reduction of over
three-fourths of the number of enhanced data items that are
routinely used to monitor maternal and infant health, such as
use of prenatal care, smoking during pregnancy, medical risk
factors, and educational attainment of parents, among others.
The Committee urges NCHS to purchase the core and enhanced data
currently collected by vital statistics jurisdictions and
collect 12 months of these data within the calendar year.
Public Health Informatics/Health Marketing
The Committee provides a program level total of
$153,101,000 for Public Health Informatics and Health
Marketing, which is $1,554,000 less than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request.
Within the program level total, $70,597,000 is for Public
Health Informatics, which is $522,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
Information systems and information technology extend the
traditional reach of public health professionals. Activities
funded through Public Health Informatics include on-going
collaborative efforts to build a national network of public
health information systems to enhance detection and monitoring,
surveillance, data analysis and interpretation, preparedness,
communications, and response.
Also within the program level total, $82,504,000 is for
Health Marketing, which is $2,076,000 less than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. Health
Marketing uses commercial, non-profit and public service
marketing, and communication science practices to better
understand people's health-related needs and preferences, to
motivate changes in individuals and organizations to protect
and improve health, and to develop and enhance partnerships
with public and private organizations.
Environmental Health and Injury Prevention
The Committee provides $339,638,000 for Environmental
Health and Injury Prevention, which is $8,981,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $4,622,000 more than the
budget request.
Environmental Health
The Committee provides $191,023,000 for Environmental
Health, which is $5,608,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $4,622,000 more than the budget request. The
Environmental Health program focuses on preventing disability,
disease, and death caused by environmental factors through
laboratory and field research.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
amounts for Environmental Health activities:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Environmental Health Laboratory........................ $43,729,000 +$994,000 +$767,000
Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program........ 6,915,000 +37,000 0
Newborn Screening for Severe Combined 988,000 +5,000 0
Immunodeficiency Diseases.........................
Environmental Health Activities........................ 81,565,000 +4,266,000 +3,855,000
Arctic Health...................................... 0 -292,000 -294,000
Climate Change..................................... 15,000,000 +7,500,000 +7,460,000
Safe Water......................................... 7,237,000 +38,000 0
Volcanic Emissions................................. 0 -98,000 -99,000
Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network.. 33,124,000 +1,981,000 +1,815,000
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Registry....... 5,027,000 +27,000 0
Polycythemia Vera Cluster.......................... 0 -5,000,000 -5,027,000
Asthma................................................. 30,924,000 +164,000 0
Healthy Homes/Childhood Lead Poisoning................. 34,805,000 +184,000 0
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Asthma.--The Committee urges CDC to work with States and
the asthma community to implement evidence-based best practices
for policy interventions, with specific emphasis on indoor and
outdoor air pollution, which will reduce asthma morbidity and
mortality.
Biomonitoring.--The Committee is aware of the potential
connection between environmental hazards and the incidence and
distribution of chronic disease. Environmental hazards have
been linked to birth defects and diseases such as asthma and
cancer. The Committee applauds CDC's biomonitoring efforts.
Biomonitoring measures are direct measures of people's exposure
to toxic substances in the environment. Information obtained
from biomonitoring helps public health officials determine
which population groups are at high risk for exposure and
adverse health effects, assess public health interventions, and
monitor exposure trends over time.
The Committee encourages the CDC to direct increases for
CDC's Environmental Health Laboratory to States with existing
biomonitoring programs in order to expand State public health
laboratory capabilities; to conduct subpopulation studies; to
conduct representative analyses of routinely collected blood,
cord blood and other biospecimens; to develop protocols for
conducting biomonitoring of sensitive subpopulations such as
children; and to support biomonitoring field operations such as
participant enrollment, sample collection, data analysis,
report generation and results communications. CDC is also
encouraged to focus on developing new methods for identifying
chemical sources and routes of exposure using model exposure
questionnaires and the collection of relevant household and
other environmental samples.
Childhood Lead Poisoning Screening.--The Committee commends
CDC for supporting the development of a Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendment (CLIA)-waived, point-of-care lead
poisoning screening device. This FDA approved technology holds
great promise for increasing testing rates in underserved
communities. The Committee continues to encourage CDC to
promote broader use of this screening tool among its lead
poisoning prevention grantees.
Climate Change.--The Committee is aware that public health
professionals are starting to consider health a central
dimension of climate change. The Committee notes that the
potential health effects of climate change have been
extensively reviewed and key concerns include injuries and
fatalities related to severe weather events and heat waves;
infectious diseases; allergic symptoms; respiratory and
cardiovascular disease; and nutritional and water shortages.
The Committee recognizes the importance of developing climate
change mitigation and adaptation strategies.
The Committee provides increased resources for a Climate
Change Program at CDC. In continuing to develop this program,
the Committee urges CDC to support State climate change
preparedness activities, public health education and
communications about health and climate change, training for
public health professionals on climate change and health, and
research and surveillance. The Committee urges CDC to fund
research on the health impacts and implications of climate
change, the health impacts of potential mitigation strategies
and the development of tools for modeling and forecasting
climate change at the regional, State, and local levels. CDC
should work with partners at the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Association, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency to
develop a coordinated research agenda on climate change and
health.
National Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking
Network.--The World Health Organization estimates that 13
million deaths annually are due to preventable environmental
causes. Chronic diseases such as asthma and cancer are among
the most frequent adverse health effects of environmental
hazards in the U.S. The Committee recognizes the important role
of the Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network in
understanding the relationship between environmental exposures
and the incidence and distribution of disease, including
potential health effects related to climate change. Health
tracking through the integration of environmental and health
outcome data enables public health officials to better target
preventive services so that health care providers can offer
better care and the public will be able to develop a clear
understanding of what is occurring in their communities and how
overall health can be improved.
The Committee supports the continued development of the
National Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network.
With the increased resources provided in fiscal year 2009, five
new grantees will be funded taking the total number of grants
to 22. In fiscal year 2010, the Committee provides increased
funding to enable at least one additional State to integrate
environmental and health outcome data and participate in
National Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network. In
awarding funds, the Committee encourages CDC to give preference
to current and former grantees and States that have invested in
health tracking infrastructure.
National Report on Dietary and Nutritional Indicators in
the U.S. Population.--The Committee supports the efforts of the
Environmental Health Laboratory and its commitment to improving
the measurement of dietary and nutritional indicators in the
American people. The Committee recognizes that future reports
will provide this essential information, which is not available
in any other document in either the public or private sector.
The Committee urges CDC to expand the report from the original
27 indicators to other important nutritional markers such as
trans fats and omega-3 fatty acids and encourages the
Environmental Health Laboratory to improve and standardize
selected laboratory tests used for the diagnosis, treatment,
and prevention of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency.--
The Committee is pleased that this newborn screening program
has supported pilot projects in the States, which have led to
the identification, treatment, and cure of patients with this
fatal disease. CDC is encouraged to pilot this program in
additional States in fiscal year 2010.
Injury Prevention and Control
The Committee provides $148,615,000 for Injury Prevention
and Control, which is $3,373,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request.
Injuries are the leading cause of death among children and
adults under 44 years of age in the U.S. In 2004, more than
167,000 people died from injuries and violence and over 29
million people sustained injuries serious enough to require
treatment in an emergency department. The injury prevention and
control program supports intramural research, injury control
research centers, extramural research grants, and technical
assistance to State and local health departments to prevent
premature death and disability and to reduce human suffering
and medical costs caused by injury and violence.
Within the total for Injury Prevention and Control the
Committee includes the following amounts:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Intentional Injury..................................... $102,648,000 +$3,267,000 $0
Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence.............. 31,900,000 +3,086,000 0
Child Maltreatment............................. 7,104,000 +18,000 0
Youth Violence Prevention.......................... 20,076,000 +54,000 0
Domestic Violence Community Projects............... 5,525,000 +14,000 0
Rape Prevention.................................... 42,623,000 +107,000 0
All Other Intentional Injury....................... 2,524,000 +6,000 0
Unintentional Injury................................... 31,704,000 +361,000 0
Traumatic Brain Injury............................. 6,152,000 +15,000 0
All Other Unintentional Injury..................... 25,552,000 +346,000 0
Elderly Falls.................................. 2,000,000 0 0
Injury Control Research Centers........................ 10,719,000 -264,000 0
National Violent Death Reporting System................ 3,544,000 +9,000 0
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Fostering Public Health Responses Program.--Nearly one
third of American women report being physically or sexually
abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.
The problem has immense financial considerations, with the
health-related costs of intimate partner violence in the U.S.
exceeding $5,900,000,000 each year. Early detection and
treatment of victims and potential victims not only addresses
the victims' needs, but can financially benefit health care
systems in the long run. Therefore, the Committee urges the
development of the Fostering Public Health Responses Program to
coordinate the public health response to domestic violence.
Gun Control Advocacy.--The Committee maintains bill
language prohibiting funds in this bill from being used to
lobby for or against the passage of specific Federal, State, or
local legislation intended to advocate or promote gun control.
The Committee understands that CDC's responsibility in this
area is primarily data collection and the dissemination of that
information and expects the research in this area to be
objective and grants to be awarded through an impartial,
scientific peer review process.
Injury Control Research Centers.--Within the total for
Injury Prevention and Control, the Committee includes funding
specifically for Injury Control Research Centers. Funds are
provided to the centers to support core operations, conduct the
research necessary to fill gaps in the evidence base for
developing and evaluating new injury control interventions and
improve translation of effective interventions, conduct
training of injury control professionals, and undertake other
programmatic activities to reduce the burden of injury.
Intersection between Domestic Violence and Child
Maltreatment.--The Committee urges CDC to support training and
collaboration on the intersection between domestic violence and
child maltreatment. Such a program would support cross-training
to enhance community responses to families where there is both
child abuse and domestic violence. Law enforcement, courts,
child welfare agencies, domestic and sexual violence service
providers, and other community organizations could be able to
deal with both problems simultaneously, allowing for a better
use of our limited resources. As the two problems often occur
together, dealing with one problem and not the other is at the
peril of our children.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The Committee provides a program level total of
$369,341,000 for the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH), which is $9,282,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $953,000 more than the budget
request. Of the amount provided, $91,724,000 is to be derived
from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds as proposed in the
budget request, rather than $91,225,000 as provided in fiscal
year 2009.
NIOSH conducts applied research, develops criteria for
occupational safety and health standards, and provides
technical services to government, labor and industry, including
training for the prevention of work-related diseases and
injuries. This appropriation supports surveillance, health
hazard evaluations, intramural and extramural research,
instrument and methods development, dissemination, and training
grants.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
program levels for NIOSH:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Education and Research Centers......................... $23,740,000 +$243,000 0
Personal Protective Technology......................... 17,218,000 +176,000 0
Pandemic Flu Preparedness for Healthcare Workers... 3,031,000 +31,000 0
Healthier Workforce Centers............................ 4,072,000 +42,000 0
National Occupational Research Agenda.................. 117,406,000 +5,762,000 0
World Trade Center..................................... 70,723,000 +723,000 0
Mining Research........................................ 51,469,000 +1,469,000 +953,000
Other Occupational Safety and Health Research.......... 84,713,000 +867,000 0
Miners Choice...................................... 648,000 +7,000 0
National Mesothelioma Registry and Tissue Bank..... 1,024,000 +10,000 0
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Mine Technology and Safety Test Bed.--The Committee
encourages NIOSH to develop a Mine Technology and Safety Test
Bed, which will facilitate real-time situational awareness and
improve miners' safety. The program should, at a minimum,
consist of NIOSH-approved communications capable of supporting
and integrating a multi-channel, digital voice, data and text
messaging system that can establish connections to external
networks. The system should also include real-time three
dimensional immersive surveillance tracking capabilities. The
system shall be MINER Act compliant and meet or exceed Mine
Safety and Health Administration standards. The network
infrastructure should be self-healing, redundant, and
survivable during day-to-day operations and in emergency
situations.
Nanotechnology.--NIOSH is the leading Federal agency
conducting research and providing guidance on the occupational
safety and health implications of nanotechnology and
nanomaterials. Nanotechnology has potentially revolutionary
applications related to many key industrial sectors, including
aerospace, biotechnology, homeland security and national
defense, energy, information technology, and medicine. An
estimated one million U.S. workers will be working in the
nanotechnology field by 2015. For that reason, there is a
significant need to understand the health effects and to
develop the evidence base and guidance on risks and controls
for workers in this burgeoning field. With increased resources
in fiscal year 2010, NIOSH will focus its activities on a
variety of occupational safety and health research activities,
including developing recommendations for controlling
occupational exposure to fine and ultrafine particles,
determining the extent of workplace exposures in 25 facilities
across the U.S., and conducting research on the explosive
potential of various nanomaterials.
Pandemic Influenza.--The experience with the 2009 outbreak
of the novel H1N1 virus has identified significant deficiencies
in efforts to protect health care workers in the event of a
pandemic influenza. Currently there is no comprehensive
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard
to protect health care workers from pandemic influenza and
airborne infectious diseases. OSHA and CDC guidelines
recommending the use of NIOSH certified respirators and other
control measures to protect health care workers from pandemic
influenza and the H1N1 virus have not been followed by many
State and local health departments who instead have recommended
lesser degrees of protection.
OSHA and NIOSH, the agencies with legal responsibility for
and expertise in worker protection, should take the lead in
developing and implementing recommendations and requirements to
protect healthcare workers from pandemic influenza and other
infectious agents.
To further implement the recommendations of the 2008
Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on protecting health care
workers from pandemic influenza, the bill includes funding in
the NIOSH budget to study the transmissibility of pandemic
influenza and other pathogenic bioaerosols and to evaluate the
efficacy of respiratory protection and other control measures
to protect health care workers from these infectious agents. As
recommended by the IOM, such studies should include workplace
studies during outbreaks and occurrences of influenza.
World Trade Center.--The Committee remains concerned about
the World Trade Center (WTC) program. Funding for the WTC
Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program should support the
following activities, in addition to its current activities:
continued development of outreach services to all eligible
participants (including eligible participants living outside
the New York City metropolitan area) to ensure they are aware
of the services available to them; expanded benefits counseling
services to all eligible participants in order to ensure they
receive all necessary services and benefits available to them;
and evaluate the monitoring and treatment data being collected
in the current program in order to detect emerging disease
patterns and the effectiveness of the medical care being
provided. Additionally, funding should also continue to support
the WTC Health Registry.
The Committee reiterates its direction that NIOSH submit a
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate containing cost estimates and
budget obligations for each contract or grant associated with
the WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program no later than
15 days after the end of each quarter. Included in the report
should be detailed information concerning the numbers of first
response emergency personnel, residents, students, and others
who are monitored or treated in the New York City area and
throughout the country; and the predominant health conditions
for which those exposed to the toxins at or around the WTC site
or associated cleanup sites continue to experience. Quarterly
reports should update cost estimates, budget obligations, and
numbers of people served, as well as prevalent health
conditions impacting participants.
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
The Committee provides $55,358,000 for CDC to administer
the mandatory Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA), which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
EEOICPA provides compensation to employees or survivors of
employees of Department of Energy facilities and private
contractors who have been diagnosed with a radiation-related
cancer, beryllium-related disease, or chronic silicosis as a
result of their work. NIOSH estimates occupational radiation
exposure for cancer cases, considers and issues determinations
for adding classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort,
and provides administrative support to the Advisory Board on
Radiation and Worker Health.
Global Health
The Committee provides $323,134,000 for Global Health,
which is $14,310,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $4,000,000 above the budget request.
Through its Global Health activities, CDC coordinates,
cooperates, participates with, and provides consultation to
other nations, U.S. agencies, and international organizations
to prevent and contain diseases and environmental health
problems and to develop and apply health promotion activities.
In cooperation with Ministries of Health and other appropriate
organizations, CDC tracks and assesses evolving global health
issues and identifies and develops activities to apply CDC's
technical expertise to be of maximum public health benefit.
Within the total, the following amounts are included for
Global Health activities:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Global AIDS Program.................................... $118,979,000 +$116,000 $0
Global Immunization Program............................ 153,475,000 +10,149,000 0
Polio Eradication.................................. 101,599,000 +99,000 0
Other Global/Measles............................... 51,876,000 +10,050,000 0
Global Disease Detection............................... 37,756,000 +4,033,000 +4,000,000
Global Malaria Program................................. 9,405,000 +9,000 0
Other Global Health.................................... 3,519,000 +3,000 0
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Global Disease Detection Program.--The Committee commends
the work of CDC in coordinating cross-cutting disease detection
and response activities across the agency and for establishing
the Global Disease Detection (GDD) Regional Centers to
strengthen capacity for rapid identification and response to a
broad range of emerging infectious disease outbreaks and health
threats. In fiscal year 2009, one additional GDD Regional
Center will be added to the program for a total of seven
centers. With the increased funding provided in this bill, the
Committee has included sufficient funding for at least one
additional GDD Regional Center to give CDC a more extensive
global presence. The Committee encourages increased involvement
of CDC's global health staff worldwide as a first response to
emerging health threats. In addition, the Committee encourages
CDC to leverage the infrastructure of the GDD Regional Centers
and the broader network of expertise at CDC headquarters to
provide regional training and increase public health capacity
in support of the International Health Regulations.
Global Immunization/Measles.--Childhood immunization is one
of the most cost-effective of all health interventions. In the
past two decades, immunization has prevented an estimated 20
million deaths globally from vaccine-preventable diseases.
However, much more needs to be done. Measles caused an
estimated 197,000 deaths worldwide in 2007 and is the leading
cause of childhood deaths from a disease for which there is a
widely available vaccine. A significant portion of the
increased investment provided in this bill for global
immunization will support expanded measles vaccination
campaigns in South Asia and Africa to protect the U.S. by
decreasing the risk of importations of vaccine-preventable
diseases. CDC estimates that with this increased funding in
fiscal year 2010, there will be 25,000 fewer global measles-
related deaths.
Malaria.--The Committee supports CDC's global malaria
program. It is essential, as the threat of drug and pesticide
resistance looms, that CDC continues research leading to new
tools that will be available to replace current interventions
once they are no longer effective. The Committee urges CDC to
expand its important malaria work, and recognizes that without
CDC's contributions, the overall U.S. effort against malaria
will be considerably less effective. Further, the Committee
encourages CDC to expand its support for public-private
partnerships involved in the discovery, development, and
delivery of effective and affordable anti-malarial drugs.
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.--The Committee is aware that
there are currently seven clinical trials testing the safety
and effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), and that
PrEP is considered among the most promising of potential HIV
prevention interventions now being studied. The Committee
encourages the agencies sponsoring these trials--NIH, CDC, and
the U.S. Agency for International Development--to jointly
develop a five year coordinated PrEP research plan.
Terrorism Preparedness and Response
The Committee provides $1,546,809,000 for Terrorism
Preparedness and Response, which is $32,152,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. CDC distributes grants to State, local, and
territorial public health agencies, Centers for Public Health
Preparedness, and others to support infrastructure upgrades to
respond to all potential hazards, including acts of terrorism
or infectious disease outbreaks. Funds are used for needs
assessments, terrorism response planning, training,
strengthening epidemiology and surveillance, and upgrading
laboratory capacity and communications systems. Activities
support the establishment of procedures and response systems,
and build the infrastructure necessary to respond to a variety
of disaster scenarios.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
amounts for Terrorism Preparedness and Response activities:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative $714,949,000 +$14,484,000 $0
Agreements............................................
Centers for Public Health Preparedness................. 30,013,000 +13,000 0
Advanced Practice Centers.............................. 5,263,000 +2,000 0
All Other State and Local Capacity..................... 10,875,000 +5,000 0
Upgrading CDC Capacity................................. 120,795,000 +51,000 0
Anthrax................................................ 0 -7,875,000 0
BioSense............................................... 34,404,000 +15,000 0
Quarantine............................................. 26,518,000 +11,000 0
Real-time Lab Reporting................................ 8,243,000 +4,000 0
Strategic National Stockpile........................... 595,749,000 +25,442,000 0
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Cities Readiness Initiative.--The Cities Readiness
Initiative (CRI) provides resources to cities and metropolitan
areas around the country to better distribute countermeasures
during public health emergencies. As CDC expanded the number of
cities receiving CRI, it has revised the formula for allocation
and several large high-risk cities are facing significant
reductions (up to 25 percent) that could impact their readiness
to coordinate a regional response and disburse countermeasures
in a large metropolitan area. CDC should review this formula
and the amount allocated to CRI and ensure that the funding
level for these cities is maintained in fiscal year 2010 at
appropriate levels. Further, the Committee requests that CDC
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate making recommendations
for ensuring the maximum readiness level of high-risk cities no
later than April 1, 2010.
State-by-State Preparedness Data.--Ensuring national
preparedness requires regular review of State preparedness
efforts by Federal, State, and local governments, and the
public. The Committee commends CDC for releasing ``Public
Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC's Emergency Response''.
The Committee is pleased that the report provides an overview
of public health preparedness activities and details
accomplishments and challenges. The Committee expects the
Department to collect and review State-by-State data on
benchmarks and performance measures developed pursuant to the
provisions of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act and
to detail how preparedness funding is spent in each State.
These data should be made available to the Congress, State and
local health departments, State and local governments, and to
the public. The Committee further expects that as the
Department collects and evaluates State pandemic response
plans, the results of these evaluations will be made available
to the Congress and to the public.
Public Health Research
The Committee provides $31,170,000 for Public Health
Research, which is $170,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. The Committee
provides these funds through the section 241 evaluation set-
aside funds as provided in fiscal year 2009 and as proposed in
the budget request.
Through the public health research funding, CDC supports
high-quality public health research that studies the best
methods for making the transition from research to practice.
Funds support research that is proposed by experienced
investigators working with communities, health practitioners,
and policymakers to address local priority health concerns.
Public Health Improvement and Leadership
The Committee provides $199,093,000 for Public Health
Improvement and Leadership, which is $10,043,000 below the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $10,507,000 above the budget
request.
This activity supports several cross-cutting areas within
CDC. Included is the CDC's leadership and management function,
which funds the CDC Office of the Director, coordinating
centers, and each constituent center and office. The Public
Health Improvement and Leadership funding also supports the
CDC's public health workforce and career development efforts.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
amounts for Public Health Improvement and Leadership
activities:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Leadership and Management.............................. $149,986,000 +$654,000 $0
Director's Discretionary Fund.......................... 0 -2,948,000 -2,948,000
Public Health Workforce Development.................... 35,652,000 +793,000 0
Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Training........... 991,000 +9,000 0
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The bill includes $13,455,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Access Community Health Network, Chicago, IL for a $200,000
program to reduce cancer disparities through
comprehensive early detection.......................
Alameda County Department of Public Health, Office of 300,000
AIDS, Oakland, CA for an HIV/AIDS prevention and
testing initiative..................................
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, Boston, 100,000
MA for a comprehensive program to review antibiotic
resistance trends, interventions, and prevention
methods, including a public information campaign....
Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN for a 200,000
heart disease prevention program....................
American Red Cross, San Juan, PR for testing the 400,000
Puerto Rico blood supply for the dengue virus.......
Betty Jean Kerr Peoples Health Center, St. Louis, MO 150,000
for the prostate cancer screening program...........
Broward County, Ft. Lauderdale, FL for a pediatric 275,000
mortality public awareness campaign.................
Children's Health Fund, New York, NY for health 100,000
assessments, outreach, and education services for
children and their families.........................
City of Laredo, TX for a community health assessment. 200,000
County of Marin, San Rafael, CA for research and 200,000
analysis related to breast cancer incidence and
mortality in the county and breast cancer screening.
Dillard University, New Orleans, LA for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC for a 400,000
program to reduce health disparities through chronic
disease management..................................
El Puente, Inc., Brooklyn, NY for a youth and family 500,000
wellness program....................................
Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Pittsburgh, PA 100,000
for the Center for Compassionate Care Education
Outreach program....................................
Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus 50,000
Foundation, Lake Success, NY for glaucoma screenings
in Northern Virginia................................
Ft. Valley State University, Ft. Valley, GA for a 100,000
food and nutrition education program (EFNEP) aimed
at curbing obesity, particularly among young
minorities..........................................
Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Inc., 300,000
Miami, FL for cancer education, outreach, screening,
and related programs................................
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, 100,000
Huntington, NY for providing services and programs
to underserved populations on how to reduce the
risks of cancer.....................................
Inland Northwest Health Services, Spokane, WA for a 350,000
public health surveillance initiative...............
International Rett Syndrome Foundation, Cincinnati, 180,000
OH for education and awareness programs regarding
Rett Syndrome.......................................
Iowa Chronic Care Consortium/Des Moines University, 200,000
Des Moines, IA for a preventive health initiative...
Iowa State University, Ames, IA for facilities and 1,000,000
equipment...........................................
Latino Health Access, Santa Ana, CA for a youth 150,000
obesity prevention program..........................
Lupus LA, Los Angeles, CA for increasing public 250,000
awareness of lupus..................................
Mario Lemieux Foundation, Bridgeville, PA for the 100,000
Hodgkin's Disease Patient and Public Education
Outreach Initiative.................................
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA for 350,000
continuation and expansion of the CARE network......
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 400,000
for a program to improve the physical fitness of
children and adolescents in Middle Tennessee........
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD for a program 200,000
to understand the social determinants and the impact
of health disparities on the health of urban and
underserved populations.............................
National Marfan Foundation, Port Washington, NY for 250,000
an awareness and education campaign for Marfan
Syndrome............................................
Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, NV for cancer 400,000
education and outreach services.....................
New York Junior Tennis League, Woodside, NY for a 250,000
childhood obesity program for high-risk youth from
low-income families.................................
Padres Contra El Cancer, Los Angeles, CA for 250,000
educational resources and outreach programs to serve
families with children with cancer..................
Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, Kansas City, MO 100,000
for developing education and awareness programs
about chronic kidney disease........................
Prevent Blindness Florida, Tampa, FL for the See the 200,000
Difference Vision Screening Program.................
Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago, IL for an HIV/ 100,000
AIDS outreach and education program.................
Pulmonary Hypertension Association, Silver Spring, MD 250,000
for a pulmonary hypertension prevention and
awareness initiative................................
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, San 500,000
Antonio, TX for a program to assess the health
behaviors of the Kelly community and address health
issues such as lead poisoning, asthma, and indoor
pollutants..........................................
Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, NY for 300,000
comprehensive Diamond Blackfan Anemia awareness and
surveillance........................................
Shelby County Community Services, Memphis, TN for an 200,000
infant mortality prevention and education program...
Silent Spring Institute, Newton, MA for studies of 350,000
the impact of environmental pollutants on breast
cancer and women's health...........................
South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council, Columbia, SC for an 200,000
HIV/AIDS prevention program.........................
Texas AgriLife Extension Service, College Station, TX 300,000
for a youth obesity prevention initiative...........
Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, 200,000
TX for the West Texas Center for Influenza Research,
Education and Treatment.............................
Thundermist Health Center, Woonsocket, RI for the 200,000
active teen challenge project to reduce childhood
obesity.............................................
UMOS, Inc., Milwaukee, WI for a teen pregnancy and 100,000
sexually transmitted infections prevention program..
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM for a 350,000
prevention program aimed at reducing diabetes-
related heart and blood vessel diseases in New
Mexico..............................................
University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 500,000
Houston, TX for a comprehensive cancer control
program to address the needs of minority and
medically underserved populations...................
University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX for 250,000
research and education activities at the South Texas
Border Health Disparities Center....................
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Public 300,000
Health, Milwaukee, WI for a healthy birth outcomes
program.............................................
Valentine Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL 150,000
for a health and physical education program to
prevent obesity and promote healthy development.....
Visiting Nurses Association, Council Bluffs, IA for a 350,000
telehealth initiative, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Watts Healthcare Corporation, Los Angeles, CA for a 250,000
project to improve breastfeeding rates..............
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Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant
The Committee provides $102,034,000 for the Preventive
Health and Health Services Block Grant, which is $34,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. This block grant provides flexible funds to States by
formula for a wide range of public and preventive health
activities. The flexibility afforded to the States allows them
to target funds to address chronic diseases, such as diabetes,
arthritis, heart disease, and stroke; to direct funds to meet
challenges of outbreaks of infectious diseases such as West
Nile virus and influenza; and/or to implement prevention and
control programs related to injury and abuse.
Buildings and facilities
The Committee provides $30,000,000 for CDC buildings and
facilities, which is $121,500,000 less than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. This
funding supports continued repairs and improvement to existing
CDC buildings and facilities to protect the interest and
investment of the government so that deterioration of CDC
facilities does not occur.
Business Services and Support
The Committee provides $367,075,000 for Business Services
and Support, which is $7,198,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $5,587,000 less than the budget request. Some
of the activities that are supported through this funding are
administrative services and programs, the human resources
center, capital planning and investment control, financial
management, security and emergency preparedness, and
information technology services.
It is the Committee's intention that funds provided in
business services and support are sufficient to carry out CDC's
business functions. The Committee will not support programmatic
``tapping'' to achieve additional funding in this area and
appreciates that CDC has made efforts to curtail this practice.
If additional funding is required for activities within this or
any other budget line, the Committee expects CDC to work with
the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare timely
and detailed reprogramming or transfer requests to be submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
National Institutes of Health
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$31,258,788,000 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
which is $941,764,000 above the fiscal year 2009 appropriation
and $500,000,000 above the budget request. The Recovery Act
provided an additional $10,400,000,000 for NIH in fiscal years
2009 and 2010.
Fiscal year 2009 has been a year of unprecedented
opportunity for NIH. The combination of Recovery Act funding
and the fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act increased
the NIH appropriation by almost 40 percent. NIH is required to
spend all Recovery Act funding in two years in order to spur
economic recovery. NIH has risen to that challenge and has
created new types of grants that aim to produce defined results
in a two-year period, along with expanding current grants to
pursue new inquiries. NIH is on track to obligate all Recovery
Act funding by the end of fiscal year 2010.
The Committee is convinced that investing now in NIH
research will generate untold breakthroughs that will improve
health and reduce health care expenditures in the future. The
nation's return on investment in NIH includes declines in death
rates for cardiovascular diseases and an increase in cancer
survivorship, as just two examples. NIH is the largest single
engine for biomedical research in the world. The pace of
discovery in the biomedical sciences has never been as rapid or
as promising. NIH funding supports more than 300,000 scientists
and research personnel affiliated with more than 3,100
organizations in all 50 States.
The Committee is concerned by the harmful precedent
established in the Administration's budget of setting specific
funding levels for particular diseases. The Committee believes
it is more appropriate to allocate funding in a way that
permits scientific peer review to decide the most promising
research to support. The serendipitous nature of science is
documented each year, with breakthroughs in one disease area
emanating from a finding in a completely unrelated field. The
Committee recognizes these unanticipated opportunities by
recommending a funding level which provides a comparable
inflationary adjustment to the fiscal year 2009 levels for each
institute and center to offset biomedical research inflation;
includes resources to finance 10,739 new and competing grants,
an increase of 914 over fiscal year 2009 (excluding the grants
supported with Recovery Act funding); and provides an average
two percent increase for both new and continuing grants to
maintain the grants' purchasing power. The number of total
grants will rise to 38,888, an increase of 1,105 over fiscal
year 2009. The recommendation is attentive to the pipeline
issue, providing funding for two programs to support young
investigators as well as a two percent average increase in
research training stipends. The Committee fully funds the
Administration's request of $300,000,000 for transfer to the
Global Fund for AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis and continues
the National Children's Study with an appropriation of
$194,400,000. The Common Fund is supported as a set-aside
within the Office of the Director at $534,066,000.
The following chart displays the funding provided to each
of the 27 appropriations that comprise the total NIH
appropriation. The full name of each institute and center is
included in the table along with its acronym. These acronyms
will be used throughout the report rather than repeating the
full name of the institute or center. Funding levels are also
shown in the detailed table at the back of the report.
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2010 Committee compared to--
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Institutes/Centers FY 2010 Committee 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)........................ $5,150,170 $181,197 $0
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)...... 3,123,403 107,714 73,047
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research 417,032 14,380 8,995
(NIDCR)...............................................
Nat. Inst. of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases 1,824,251 62,913 42,757
(NIDDKD)..............................................
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 1,650,253 56,909 37,508
(NINDS)...............................................
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 4,859,502 156,930 99,207
(NIAID)...............................................
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). 2,069,156 71,355 45,479
Nat. Inst. of Child Health and Human Development 1,341,120 46,226 27,446
(NICHD)...............................................
National Eye Institute (NEI)........................... 713,072 24,592 17,283
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 695,497 32,677 11,240
(NIEHS)...............................................
National Institute on Aging (NIA)...................... 1,119,404 38,608 26,261
Nat. Inst. Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases 543,621 18,749 12,796
(NIAMS)...............................................
Nat. Inst. on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders 422,308 15,049 9,282
(NIDCD)...............................................
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).......... 146,945 5,066 3,196
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 466,308 16,078 11,159
(NIAAA)...............................................
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)................ 1,069,583 36,824 24,199
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)............. 1,502,266 51,775 27,590
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)....... 520,311 17,944 10,717
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 319,217 11,009 6,530
Bioegineering (NIBIB).................................
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR).......... 1,280,031 53,768 27,987
National Center for Complementary and Alternative 129,953 4,482 2,712
Medicine (NCCAM)......................................
National Center on Minority Health and Health 213,316 7,357 4,472
Disparities (NCMHHD)..................................
John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC)............. 70,780 2,089 1,553
National Library of Medicine (NLM)..................... 342,585 11,814 8,238
Office of the Director (OD)............................ 1,168,704 -78,160 -14,073
Buildings and Facilities............................... 100,000 -25,581 -25,581
Total.............................................. $31,258,788 $941,764 $500,000
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National Cancer Institute
Mission.--NCI conducts and supports basic and applied
cancer research in early detection, diagnosis, prevention,
treatment, and rehabilitation. NCI provides training support
for research scientists, clinicians and educators, and
maintains a national network of cancer centers, clinical
cooperative groups, and community clinical oncology programs,
along with cancer prevention and control initiatives and
outreach programs to rapidly translate basic research findings
into clinical practice. The Committee continues bill language
identifying up to $8,000,000 for repairs and improvements at
the NCI-Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development
Center in Frederick, MD.
Adult Acute Leukemia.--The Committee is encouraged by
ongoing research on adult acute leukemia, particularly in
understanding how changes in a person's DNA can cause bone
marrow cells to develop into leukemia, the detection of minimal
residual disease which can indicate a relapse in the disease,
and the discovery of more effective chemotherapy drugs. The
Committee encourages NCI to expand current studies and support
promising new research through all available mechanisms.
Blood Cancers.--The Committee is aware that there are
currently over 800,000 blood cancer patients living in the
United States, and that the incidence of certain blood cancers
has increased in recent decades. Public Law 107-172 directed
NIH to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the
conduct and support of research with respect to blood cancer,
and particularly with respect to leukemia, lymphoma, and
multiple myeloma. These diseases constitute one of the leading
causes of cancer deaths. In addition, the Committee urges NCI
to increase its focus on more rare forms of blood cancer such
as Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
CIS Partnership Program.--The Committee is concerned about
NCI's decision to eliminate the Cancer Information Service
(CIS) Partnership program, which has provided high quality,
accurate information to more than 10 million Americans at a
vulnerable time in their lives. The Congressional mandate for
this program states--``to provide and contract for a program to
disseminate and interpret, on a current basis, for
practitioners and other health professionals, scientists and
the general public, scientific and other information respecting
the cause, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer''. The
CIS Partnership program supports over 750 partners who work
with a diverse population who make use of its cancer
information and communications research laboratory. The
Committee recommends that NCI keep the present CIS Partnership
office in place until 2011 and requests that NCI conduct an
evaluation of the program, develop a detailed plan on how it
intends to fulfill the Congressional mandate for CIS, and
report its findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate no later than February
1, 2010.
Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer.--The Committee is concerned
that early diagnosis of most GI cancers is difficult or
impossible, especially aggressive GI cancers in young people,
and curative treatment options are non-existent at later
stages. The Committee encourages NCI to study GI cancers in
people age 40 and under, giving emphasis particularly to late-
stage cancers for whom curative treatment options are
unavailable. In addition, the Committee requests NCI to
consider developing an interconnected gastrointestinal cancer
biorepository with consistent, interoperable systems for
collection, storage, annotation, and information sharing.
Gynecologic Cancer SPOREs.--The Committee is encouraged by
the success of the gynecological cancer SPORE program. At
present there is no available screening test for ovarian cancer
to identify the disease at an early stage and improve survival.
Given the inadequacies of current tools, there is a pressing
need for new effective screening technologies, as well as for
the development of new targeted therapies to decrease the
mortality and morbidity of this disease. In addition, there is
a need for research that is focused on endometrial and uterine
cancer. The Committee encourages NCI to support existing
gynecologic cancer SPORES as well as to consider increasing
their overall number.
Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Trials.--The Committee is
concerned that the gynecology clinical trials network has not
been able to fully fund an institution's research costs when it
enrolls patients in a trial. This may have the impact of
limiting access for patients to these trials which are offering
cutting edge cancer treatments. This may also negatively impact
the pace with which these clinical trials can be completed and
results evaluated and published. The Committee encourages NCI
to reconsider the per patient research costs of these clinical
trials.
Hematology.--The Committee is aware of efforts being made
by the Institute's Office of Latin American Cancer Program
Development to train physicians and scientists in the
development of clinical trials and collaborative research
networks focused on blood cancers. The Committee encourages NCI
to support these international programs, which will improve
research mechanisms and access to novel treatments for cancer
patients.
HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer.--The Committee encourages
NCI to study clinical and cost analysis benefits of
prospectively tracking cytologic screening and HPV test results
and outcomes in communities where HPV vaccines are being
implemented. The Committee encourages NCI to fund research,
including registry-based tools, that will permit identification
of the most cost-effective management strategy for cervical
cancer screening in the era of HPV vaccines and will identify
the circumstances where current screening protocols fail.
Liver Cancer.--The Committee urges NCI to focus research
efforts on liver cancer, which continues to be one of the
fastest growing cancers in the U.S. The Committee encourages
NCI to pursue new interventions and treatments, as well as new
methods for early detection and prognosis.
Lung Cancer.--The Committee remains concerned about
increased lung cancer rates among women and urges NCI to
support research for lung cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Melanoma.--The Committee is encouraged by the collaboration
between NCI and the advocacy and research community on
prioritizing NIH-funded melanoma research that resulted in a
community-oriented strategic action plan for melanoma research.
The Committee encourages NCI to support the areas of research
identified by the strategic research plan. Furthermore, the
Committee encourages NCI to include melanoma in the Cancer
Genome Atlas consortium to help identify new markers for
classification, detection and risk-assessment, particularly in
high-risk populations.
Mitochondrial DNA and Cancer.--The Committee is aware that
mitochondrial DNA mutations are associated with numerous
cancers and that NCI has increased its efforts to better
understand this relationship. The Committee encourages the
Institute to continue its involvement in this area of research.
National Disparities.-- NCI has developed and supported a
national network of designated cancer centers at academic
medical centers across the nation as a premier vehicle for
promoting cancer research and outreach. These centers are
particularly valued in their regions and States for their role
in supporting all facets of cancer research, prevention,
control and education. The Committee notes the incidence of
national disparities in cancer prevalence, diagnosis,
treatment, and control, particularly within regions with large
underserved and minority populations with poor access to these
centers. In order to reach these populations and extend the
benefits of designated cancer centers, the Committee recommends
that NCI consider supporting developing centers through the
renewal of the NCI planning grant program. This grant mechanism
will support the development of additional designated cancer
centers that will bring the benefits of cancer research,
prevention, control, and outreach fostered at these centers to
those populations most in need.
Neuroblastoma.--The Committee continues to encourage NCI to
accelerate support for neuroblastoma research, with a focus on
clinical trials for high-risk patients. Given the poor survival
rates for children with advanced disease, the Committee
encourages NCI to prioritize support for all promising
neuroblastoma research, both intramural and extramural.
Pancreatic Cancer.--While there has been a continuing
decline in mortality rates for many types of cancer, mortality
rates for pancreatic cancer have changed little in the past 30
years. Further, survival rates have changed little in the last
30 years. The Committee last year urged NCI to launch a
pancreatic cancer-specific research and training initiative. To
further these efforts, the Committee encourages NCI to convene
a conference of internal program and research staff to jointly
assess the current status of the pancreatic cancer research and
training initiative and to develop an action plan for the use
of fiscal year 2010 funding. The Committee requests a report on
the results of that meeting within 60 days of its occurrence.
Pediatric Cancer.--The Committee urges NCI to intensify
pediatric cancer research, including laboratory research, to
identify and evaluate potential therapies, preclinical testing,
and clinical trials through cooperative clinical trials groups.
This research should include research on the causes,
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and late effects of pediatric
cancer. The Committee also requests that NCI report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate by June 1, 2010 on the actions it has taken to
implement the research-specific portions of the Caroline Pryce
Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act.
Reproductive Scientists Development Program.--The Committee
urges NCI to continue its partnership with NICHD with regard to
training the next generation of gynecologic cancer researchers.
The success of the Reproductive Scientists Development Program
Fellows is reflected in the fact that a majority of these
individuals receive an investigator-initiated grant and
continue to prosper as a career-clinician scientist.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Mission.--NHLBI provides leadership for a national research
program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and
blood, in blood resources, and in sleep disorders through
support of basic, clinical, and population-based and health
education research.
Atrial Fibrillation.--The Committee is aware that atrial
fibrillation (AFib), the most common chronic cardiac
arrhythmia, substantially increases risk for stroke and
premature death and affects an estimated 2.3 million Americans.
The disease is more common in men, with prevalence increasing
significantly with age. The number of patients with AFib is
projected to increase at least 2.5-fold by 2050, underscoring a
substantial public health risk. Not only does the disorder
present a significant burden on health care costs, AFib has
significant morbidity and mortality consequences, increasing
the risk of stroke approximately five-fold and causing an
estimated 15 percent of all strokes in the United States. The
Committee encourages NHLBI to convene a scientific workshop to
identify evidence-based best practices for identification and
management of AFib, and to disseminate the findings of the
workshop to the patient and healthcare provider community.
Cardiovascular Diseases.--The Committee urges NHLBI to
strengthen current studies, support new research, and continue
to implement priorities outlined in its Division of
Cardiovascular Diseases Strategic Plan.
Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease.--Research has shown that
heart disease begins as early as childhood or adolescence in
type 1 diabetes patients, and leads to a higher fatality and
shorter survival. As much as 10 percent of premature
cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in the general
population is due to type 1 diabetes. Several clinical trials
have demonstrated the benefit of statin therapy in Type 2
diabetes. However, there is little data regarding statin
therapy in young (below 45 years of age) people with type 1
diabetes. The Committee encourages NHLBI to develop clinical
research to determine the benefits of statin therapy for those
with type 1 diabetes.
Gender Differences.--The Committee requests NHBLI to focus
research on several key questions about women and heart
disease, including research on gender differences. These
questions include: the best tools and methods for assessing
women's risk of heart disease; the best strategies for
preventing heart disease in women; which treatments for heart
disease work best for women; what are the most effective
treatments for diastolic heart failure, which is the most
common form of congestive heart failure in women; what is the
role of inflammation in heart disease in women; and why women
aged 50 and younger are more likely to die following a heart
attack than men of the same age.
Hematology.--With the rising incidence in the U.S. of
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), an increasingly common and
often fatal bone marrow failure disorder that primarily affects
individuals over 60 years of age, a vigorous research program
into the causes of this disorder and the development of
effective treatments is needed. In 2008, a panel of outside
experts, in collaboration with several NIH institutes,
recommended a research agenda for MDS. The Committee encourages
NHLBI, working with NCI, NIDDK, and NIA, to develop a plan to
implement the MDS research agenda beginning in 2010.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).--The Committee remains very
interested in efforts to find a cure for LAM, a progressive and
often fatal lung disease in women with no effective treatment.
The Committee supports both intramural and extramural means of
expanding research on LAM and encourages NHLBI to use all
available mechanisms as appropriate, including support of
state-of-the-science symposia, request for applications, and
facilitating access to human tissues, to stimulate a broad
range of clinical and basic LAM research. The Committee
understands that recent scientific findings have presented new
treatment approaches for clinical testing, and that
experimental drug trials have begun. The Committee encourages
the support of extramural phase I and phase II clinical
treatment trials to capitalize on the LAM patient populations
that NHLBI and the Rare Lung Disease Consortium have assembled.
The Committee is also aware of the potential benefit of
establishing regional LAM centers, and suggests NHLBI consider
supporting these activities.
Marfan Syndrome.--The Committee commends NHLBI for its
strong support of research on Marfan syndrome, particularly the
Pediatric Heart Network clinical trial involving a medication
for high blood pressure. The Committee encourages the Institute
to continue to prioritize support for this promising research
in 2010 and work to advance additional research related to
aortic aneurysms, including studies of surgical outcomes for
procedures to repair compromised aortas and valves.
Obesity.--NHLBI, along with NIDDK, first published
guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of
overweight and obesity for the adult population in 1998. In the
11 years since the guidelines were published, a great deal of
scientific advancement has occurred in the areas of
identification, prevention, management, and treatment of this
disease. Yet the obesity guidelines have not been updated to
reflect new evidence and practice. The Committee believes NIH's
obesity guidelines should be updated and re-issued. Although
NHLBI began the process of updating the clinical guidelines in
September, 2008, it remains unclear when the guidelines will
actually be published. The Committee encourages NIH to update
the obesity guidelines to ensure the most up-to-date, effective
management and treatment of overweight and obesity are
available to help healthcare professionals, as well as families
and communities, address the challenges associated with the
obesity epidemic confronting the nation.
Pulmonary Hypertension (PH).--The Committee commends NHLBI
for its strong leadership on pulmonary hypertension (PH). The
Committee continues to encourage the Institute to work with the
PH community to support the establishment of a Pulmonary
Hypertension Clinical Research Network to expand clinical
trials and facilitate collaboration and data sharing among PH
investigators.
Sickle Cell Disease.--The NHLBI research program on sickle
cell disease is a core program that has advanced physicians'
understanding of how to diagnose, treat, and manage this
chronic blood disease. The Committee encourages NHLBI to
strengthen its funding for the Basic and Translational Research
Program in sickle cell disease. The Committee takes note of
NHLBI's Request for Information to identify sites with
sufficient research infrastructure and patient population to
undertake clinical studies in hemoglobinopathies with an
emphasis on sickle cell disease and thalassemia. This research
network, along with the surveillance system and disease
registry under development with CDC, will improve knowledge and
lead to better treatments for sickle cell disease and other
hemaglobinopathies.
Sleep Disorder Research.--The Committee applauds the
Institute's investment in sleep-related research through the
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research. The Committee
notes the growing understanding of the link between sleep and
cardiovascular health and encourages further research to better
understand and modify the link between sleep disorders and
cardiovascular disease.
Thalassemia.--Thalassemia, or Cooley's anemia, is a fatal
genetic blood disease. NHLBI has operated the Thalassemia
Clinical Research Network for nine years to advance the science
of treating this disease. The Committee strongly encourages
NHLBI to renew its focus on thalassemia, which has implications
for other blood-related disorders.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Mission.--The mission of NIDCR is to improve the Nation's
oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research
training, and the dissemination of health information. NIDCR
accomplishes its mission by performing and supporting basic and
clinical research; conducting and funding research training and
career development programs to ensure that there is an adequate
number of talented, well-prepared, and diverse investigators;
coordinating and assisting relevant research and research-
related activities among all sectors of the research community;
and promoting the timely transfer of knowledge gained from
research and its implications for health to the public, health
professionals, researchers, and policy-makers.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Mission.--NIDDK supports research in three major disease
categories: diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases;
digestive diseases and nutrition; and kidney, urologic, and
hematologic diseases. NIDDK supports a coordinated program of
fundamental and clinical research and demonstration projects
relating to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of
diseases within these categories. The Institute also supports
efforts to transfer the knowledge gained from its research
program to health professionals, patients, and the general
public.
Digestive Diseases.--Diseases of the digestive system
continue to affect more than one-half of all Americans at some
time in their lives. The Committee urges NIDDK to prioritize
and begin to implement the recommendations of the recently
completed Long-Range Research Plan for Digestive Diseases
produced by the National Commission on Digestive Diseases. The
Committee is pleased that irritable bowel syndrome has been
included in the action plan. The Committee also encourages
NIDDK to establish an advisory body to guide the implementation
of the recommendations of the Commission on a long-term basis.
Genetics of Diabetic Kidney Disease.--The Committee
recognizes NIDDK for supporting studies to identify the genetic
factors that make some diabetic patients more susceptible to
kidney disease. The Committee encourages NIDDK to develop
programs to translate this new knowledge into therapies to
treat and prevent kidney disease.
Genetics of Type 1 Diabetes.--The Committee commends NIDDK
for its management of the International Type 1 Diabetes
Genetics Consortium, which has taken a lead role in providing
data and samples to investigators for studies to understand the
genetic causes of type 1 diabetes.
Glomerular Disease Research.--Focal segmental
glomerulosclerosis and nephrotic syndrome are serious
glomerular diseases that have a disproportionate impact on
children and young adults. The Committee urges NIDDK to
continue to strengthen the glomerular disease research
portfolio through collaboration with other NIH institutes and
centers. The Committee continues to be interested in the
establishment of a national patient registry on glomerular
disease.
Hemophilia and Hepatitis C.--The Committee understands that
hepatitis C (HCV) continues to have a devastating impact on the
hemophilia population, with nearly half of all persons with
hemophilia having contracted HCV, and many of these individuals
co-infected with HIV. The Committee encourages NIDDK to pursue
research initiatives on co-infection and the progression of
liver disease in this population.
Hepatitis B.--The Committee notes that NIDDK has responded
to the challenges surrounding the management of chronic
hepatitis B by establishing a Hepatitis B Clinical Research
Network and by conducting a Consensus Development Conference on
the management and treatment of hepatitis B. The Committee
encourages the Hepatitis B Clinical Research Network to
increase its focus on pregnant women and pediatric cases of
hepatitis B and further urges that a research plan be developed
to address the research priorities identified by the Consensus
Development Conference. In particular, better understanding of
the nature of the different clinical categories of hepatitis B
and of fibrosis and cirrhosis are needed. New medical
interventions for management of hepatitis B and the diseases
with which it is associated, including fibrosis and cirrhosis,
are also needed.
Hepatitis C.--The Committee urges a continuing focus on the
development of new treatments for hepatitis C and notes that
without new medical interventions the projected direct and
indirect costs of hepatitis C will be more than $85,000,000,000
over the next 10 years.
Incontinence.--The Committee is pleased that NIDDK
collaborated with NICHD and the Office of Medical Applications
of Research on a state-of-the-science conference on
incontinence. The Committee urges the Institute to prioritize
and begin to implement the recommendations of this conference.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).--The Committee commends
NIDDK for its leadership on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
and encourages the institute to strengthen its support for
genetic and clinical IBD research and other opportunities
outlined in the research agenda, Challenges in Inflammatory
Bowel Disease. The Committee particularly encourages NIDDK to
support pediatric IBD research.
Kidney Disease.--The Committee is aware of the increasingly
high prevalence of kidney disease in the American population.
The Committee also recognizes that while research has led to
various treatments to slow the progression of the disease,
there is currently no cure. The Committee urges NIDDK to
prioritize research on the disease's relationship with its
leading causes, particularly diabetes, hypertension, and
obesity; methods for prevention; and effective therapies that
improve mortality statistics. In particular, the Committee also
urges NIDDK to prioritize investigator-initiated research that
studies: acute kidney injury, diabetic nephropathy, glomerular
disease, hypertension, transplantation, and kidney-related
cardiovascular toxicity. Additional work is required to (1)
develop new disease biomarkers and imaging technologies which
are critical for the management of kidney diseases, (2)
implement necessary infrastructure for disease-specific
registries and clinical trials networks to better allow
investigators to bridge the gap from the bench to the bedside,
and (3) track data on patient race and ethnicity to understand
the disparities related to morbidity and mortality of kidney
disease among underrepresented minority patients.
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD).--The Committee encourages
NIDDK to work via the NIH Program on Public-Private
Partnerships to support the establishment of PKD diagnostic and
clinical treatment centers for treating PKD patients and
overseeing clinical trials. These centers should work in
collaboration with clinical and translational science awards
and PKD Centers of Excellence to ensure that PKD patients can
participate in promising clinical trials and pilot studies. The
Committee encourages NIDDK to also facilitate the establishment
of a centralized facility for the volumetric analysis of kidney
images, PKD genotyping and surrogate marker analysis.
The Committee urges NIDDK to maintain its support of
clinical trials and the PKD Diagnostic and Clinical Treatment
Centers. The Committee encourages NIDDK to convene a blue
ribbon panel to plan the future strategic direction of PKD
research, to expand the number of PKD researchers, and
implement best practices in order to strengthen current
efforts. The Committee also encourages NIDDK to consider the
feasibility of establishing a core repository of laboratory
animals for renal cystic diseases like PKD, which will help
lower research costs and enhance scientific discoveries in this
area of translational research.
Thalassemia.--The Committee urges NIDDK to play a
significant role in the Thalassemia Clinical Research Network
because the iron chelation and non-invasive iron measurement
issues addressed by the institute are important to the quality
of life of thalassemia patients.
Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trials.--The Committee urges NIDDK
to continue to expand the pipeline of new therapies being
tested by the Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet. Implementing the
sharing of study samples and data fosters mechanistic and
clinical research aimed at understanding how these drugs work,
so they can be optimized to reduce side effects and to benefit
all patient populations.
Type 1 Diabetes Research Biosamples.--The Committee
commends NIDDK for establishing biorepositories to house data
and biological specimens collected by studies such as the
international Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium [T1DGC], the
Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young [TEDDY]
Study, and the natural history study of TrialNet. The Committee
urges NIDDK to widely advertise the availability of samples to
the diabetes research community, ensure that the
biorepositories implement efficient procedures to rapidly
disseminate those samples to qualified researchers, and develop
policies to expedite the availability of samples from other
clinical trials in type 1 diabetes.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Mission.--NINDS supports and conducts basic, translational,
and clinical neurological research and research training to
increase understanding of the brain and improve the prevention
and treatment of neurological and neuromuscular disorders. The
NINDS mission encompasses over 600 disorders, including stroke,
head and spinal cord injury, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and
neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT).--The Committee commends NINDS
for its recent efforts to advance understanding and development
of therapies for CMT and related neurodegenerative diseases.
NIH has undertaken an innovative partnership with a voluntary
health association involving high throughput screens to
identify candidate treatments that will quickly be brought to
clinical trials. The Committee supports this effort and
believes that such translational research has the greatest
potential to rapidly develop therapies for patients with CMT
and other degenerative disorders. The Committee encourages
NINDS to develop innovative communications mechanisms to ensure
that information on treatments can be shared in an accurate and
timely manner with practitioners and patients.
Chiari.--The Committee recognizes that a research
conference titled ``Chiari Malformation: State of the Research
and New Directions'' was convened in November 2008 to identify
the current state of knowledge and to identify key areas of
research. The Committee encourages aggressive measures toward
implementing these recommendations, including but not limited
to: using advanced engineering and imaging analysis to develop
an objective diagnostic test for symptomatic Chiari,
understanding the genetic basis of Chiari, and increasing focus
on pediatric patients including symptoms, optimal treatments,
and quality of life issues. The Committee requests NINDS to
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate by April 30, 2010
detailing its progress.
Dystonia.--The Committee continues to support research on
treatment regarding the neurological movement disorder,
dystonia, and recommends that NINDS consider updating the
recent program announcement on dystonia research.
Epilepsy.--Epilepsy affects the lives of more than 3
million Americans and their families. The Committee applauds
NINDS for hosting the ``Curing Epilepsy 2007'' conference that
has resulted in community-determined benchmarks designed to
fast-forward the progress of finding a cure for epilepsy. While
recognizing that NINDS is working toward advancement of a cure
through all of the benchmarks, the Committee is particularly
interested in three areas of epilepsy research and encourages
NINDS to focus attention on grants and mechanisms that address
epileptogenesis, co-morbidities, and sudden unexplained death
in epilepsy.
Epilepsy often occurs as the result of changes in the brain
following a head trauma. Such trauma is prevalent in soldiers
who suffer traumatic brain injury, which leads to post-
traumatic epilepsy in subsequent months. Epileptogenesis
research on the origin of this disorder can lead to new
approaches to preventing epilepsy and its progression through
new insights for treating post-traumatic epilepsy both on and
off the battlefield.
Epilepsy is often accompanied by other neurological
conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer's and autism. By
understanding that epilepsy is not just an isolated condition
causing seizures but may be the connection among various
cognitive disorders, researchers can study co-morbidities and
address the problem of senior citizens experiencing seizures
for the first time.
The Committee encourages researchers to study family
history, interactions with medications, and create animal
models to help solve the mysteries of sudden unexplained death
in epilepsy and prevent death from seizures. The Committee
recognizes that clinical researchers are needed to carry out
trials and studies to test findings and further develop the
research initiatives from the Curing Epilepsy 2007 conference.
The Committee encourages NINDS to provide sufficient support to
carry out such clinical research.
Familial dysautonomia (FD).--The Committee commends NIH for
supporting research that has led to progress in FD-related
genetic therapy and animal models, and encourages NINDS to
place a high priority on basic, clinical and translational
research that could lead to advances in medical outcomes for
people suffering from FD. The Committee is concerned that
people suffering from rare autonomic disorders, and
specifically people suffering from FD, continue to face
premature mortality and severe morbidity. Despite recent
advances in FD life expectancy, the Committee believes that
more research is needed to better understand the underlying
mechanisms of this disease, to develop more effective
treatments, and to prevent or slow down the degenerative
effects of FD.
Headache Disorders.--The Committee urges NINDS to: (1)
solicit grant applications for fundamental and translational
research on headache disorders with Requests for Applications,
and (2) recruit new investigators with career training and
transition awards. The Committee encourages NINDS to establish
a screening program for therapies for headache disorders
comparable in scope to the Anticonvulsant Screening Program.
The Committee commends NINDS for recently initiating a process
towards defining Headache Disorders Research Benchmarks and
requests a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate on the progress of this
program by December 1, 2009.
Hypoglycemia.--The Committee recognizes NINDS's efforts to
organize a workshop of leading experts to identify the
challenges and opportunities for preventing episodes of
dangerously low blood-sugar levels (hypoglycemia). Hypoglycemic
episodes affect the majority of people with diabetes, and the
threat and incidence of hypoglycemia is a major limiting factor
in intensive glucose control. The Committee requests that NINDS
consider a pilot study to improve the understanding of
hypoglycemia.
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS).--OMS is a rare,
autoimmune disorder that targets the brain. In childhood it is
associated with neuroblastoma of the chest, abdomen or pelvis.
Besides the symptoms of involuntary eye movements,
tremulousness, muscle jerks, and gait disorder, the patients
have rages, inability to sleep, and may become mute and unable
to sit or stand. Permanent problems in motor control, language
development, behavior and cognition--even mental retardation--
are common. The available treatment options for OMS are
extremely limited. The Committee urges NINDS to accelerate
research efforts to identify OMS susceptibility genes and
biomarkers, and to develop innovative immunotherapeutic
strategies. The Committee also encourages NINDS to develop
grant opportunities to support further research and to work
with private associations in NIH sponsored workshops on OMS.
Peripheral and Autonomic Neuropathy.--NINDS is urged to
consider renewing its focus on methods to prevent and treat
nerve damage due to disease, especially diabetes.
Stroke.--The Committee encourages NINDS to expand current
stroke studies and related activities, support new stroke
initiatives, and to implement priorities in its Stroke Progress
Review Group Report.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Mission.--NIAID supports and conducts basic, applied, and
clinical research and research training programs in infectious,
immunologic, and allergic diseases. NIAID-supported research
includes research on HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, sexually
transmitted infections, neglected tropical diseases, emerging
and re-emerging infectious diseases, asthma, allergic and
autoimmune diseases, and transplantation. The goals of NIAID
research are to increase understanding of disease pathogenesis
and the immune system, to improve disease diagnosis, to develop
new and improved drugs to treat such diseases, and to develop
new and improved vaccines and other approaches to prevent such
diseases, many of which significantly affect public health.
The Committee includes bill language transferring
$500,000,000 from the Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund
advance appropriation provided in the Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act, 2004, to the appropriation for
NIAID. The Committee notes that the Project BioShield program
has encountered great difficulty in procuring medical
countermeasures. Without significant increased investment in
early stage development through NIAID programs and later stage
advanced research and development through the Biomedical
Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), products
cannot move along the development pipeline to be procured
through Project BioShield. This investment of the Reserve Fund
in NIAID is essential to jumpstart Project BioShield's
activities.
Antimicrobial Resistance Research.--The Committee is
encouraged by NIAID's commitment to a wide range of research
addressing antimicrobial resistance--the development of
antimicrobials and diagnostics for drug-resistant bacteria and
parasites, partnerships for development of vaccines for
selected pathogens, in vitro assessments for antimicrobial
activity, and targeted clinical trials. The Committee
encourages NIAID to consider additional opportunities to
advance research related to antimicrobial resistance and
related product development.
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TB).--Drug-resistant TB is on
the rise globally, with 500,000 cases reported in 2006. Without
the development of new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, the
number of people with drug-resistant TB will continue to
increase. The Committee encourages NIAID to intensify research
into developing new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines to halt the
spread of drug-resistant TB.
Hepatitis B.--The Committee supports NIAID's plans to fund
experimental models of hepatitis B (HBV) and to continue
support for a specialized animal model of hepatitis virus. The
Committee notes that NIAID has effectively responded to the
challenges surrounding the management of other infectious
diseases with specific programs and networks, and suggests the
same be done for HBV. The Committee understands that although
there are now a number of medications approved for the
treatment of HBV, they are of limited therapeutic value since
most of them target the same virus functions. The Committee
encourages NIAID to support research on different courses of
treatment as well as ways to identify new cellular and
antiviral targets. In addition, the Committee believes that
special attention to the problems associated with co-infections
of hepatitis B with hepatitis C and HIV is needed.
Immune Tolerance Network (ITN).--The Committee commends
NIAID for its oversight of ITN, which designs and conducts
clinical trials of new immune-modulating therapies for Type 1
diabetes and other diseases. The Committee encourages NIAID to
implement the sharing of samples and data from these trials, in
order to expedite the development of new therapies for Type 1
diabetes.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).--The Committee encourages
NIAID to accelerate its inflammatory bowel disease research
portfolio and explore partnerships with the IBD community aimed
at fostering additional research on the role of the immune
system in the development and progression of IBD in both adult
and pediatric populations.
Malaria.--The Committee encourages NIAID to strengthen its
support for public-private partnerships involved in the
research and development of antimalarial drugs, and
particularly notes the activities of the Medicines for Malaria
Venture (MMV). The Committee is aware that NIAID-funded
scientists recently decoded the genome of Plasmodium vivax, the
malaria-causing parasite most common in Asia and Latin America.
This achievement is expected to significantly advance
scientific understanding in several areas key to malaria
control and prevention, including drug resistance. The
Committee urges NIAID to continue this work and help to ensure
that new tools are available when current interventions begin
to lose their effectiveness.
Microbicides.--Encouraging results from a recent NIH
Microbicide Trials Network safety and effectiveness study of
particular microbicide candidate showed that the product was
safe and approximately 30 percent effective in preventing HIV
infection. While data from this study are not definitive and
results from additional trials are needed to confirm the
findings, this study supports the concept that a microbicide
could prevent HIV infection. The Committee urges NIH to work
with USAID, CDC, and other appropriate agencies to develop
processes for coordinated investment and prioritization for
microbicide development, approval, and access.
Scleroderma.--The Committee is aware of emerging
opportunities in scleroderma research and continues to
encourage the Institute to partner with the scleroderma patient
community in convening a state-of-the-science conference in
this important area.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Mission.--NIGMS supports research and research training in
the basic biomedical sciences. Institute grantees, working in
such fields as cell biology, biophysics, genetics,
developmental biology, pharmacology, physiology, biological
chemistry, bioinformatics, and computational biology study
normal biological processes to better understand what goes
wrong when disease occurs. In this way, NIGMS supports the
development of new knowledge, theories, and technologies that
can then be applied to the disease-targeted studies supported
by other NIH components. NIGMS-supported basic research
advances also find applications in the biotechnology and
pharmaceutical industries. The Institute's training programs
help provide the scientists needed by industry and academia.
NIGMS also has programs to increase the diversity of the
biomedical workforce.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development
Mission.--The NICHD conducts and supports basic,
translational, and clinical research and training on the
reproductive, developmental, and behavioral processes that
determine and maintain--and rehabilitation that restores and
improves--the health and well-being of children, adults,
families and populations.
Demographic Research.--The Committee encourages NICHD to
continue its support of trans-NIH behavioral and social science
research initiatives on disasters and health outcomes to
develop more data on the consequences of disasters on the
health of children and vulnerable groups. Further, the
Committee encourages NICHD to continue its investment in large-
scale data sets, such as the New Immigrant Study and National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, because of their value
and accessibility to researchers worldwide. Finally, the
Committee encourages NICHD to continue research on how the
structure and characteristics of the work environment affect
child and family health and well-being and how health and well-
being in the early years affect health and well-being later in
life.
Developmental Disabilities Research Centers.--The Committee
recognizes the important contributions of the Eunice Kennedy
Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research
Centers (IDDRC) toward understanding why child development goes
awry, discovering ways to prevent developmental disabilities,
and discovering treatments and interventions to improve the
lives of people with developmental disabilities and their
families. The Committee is particularly pleased with IDDRC
contributions in the areas of autism, fragile X syndrome, Down
syndrome and other genetic and environmentally induced
disorders. The Committee urges NICHD to strengthen its support
of the IDDRCs so that they can conduct basic and translational
research to develop effective prevention, treatment and
intervention strategies for children and adults with
developmental disabilities.
Fetal Origins of Adult Disease.--Research suggests that an
inadequate prenatal environment may permanently alter and
program the fetus for the onset of many diseases later in life,
including hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and
obesity, as well as psychiatric and behavioral disorders. The
Committee encourages NICHD to focus on efforts to improve
pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes and ultimately improve the long-
term health of the nation by predicting and preventing the
onset of these chronic diseases.
First Pregnancy Complications.--The Committee commends
NICHD for identifying complications in first pregnancies as an
important area requiring further research. This understudied
group of women is at highest risk of developing preeclampsia,
which puts them at risk for multiple devastating maternal
complications, fetal death and preterm delivery. In the last
decade, the rate of preterm births among first pregnancies
increased 50 percent. The Committee encourages NICHD to move
forward with initiatives to identify predictors and
interventions to improve the outcome for first pregnancies and
to lower the risks in subsequent pregnancies.
Healthy babies.--The Committee encourages NICHD to continue
its research to pinpoint the connections and causations between
maternal obesity, diabetes, and heart disease and low
birthweight babies, as well as other likely causes of poor
infant health.
Late Preterm Births.--The Committee is aware that preterm
birth rates continue to rise, reaching over 12 percent, and
that the largest component of those births is in the late
preterm birth category (deliveries between 34 and 37 weeks of
gestation). The Committee understands that morbidity is
significant for the babies, including respiratory
complications, difficulty transitioning after delivery, and
feeding issues. The Committee encourages NICHD to strengthen
its research efforts to understand the causes of late preterm
births and to facilitate research into better management and
identification of interventions for their prevention. The
Committee applauds NICHD for planning and conducting the
Surgeon Generals' Conference on Preterm Birth. The Committee
encourages NICHD to support research on preterm birth as
outlined in the research agenda produced at the Conference.
Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU).--The MFMU has
changed obstetrical practice by identifying new therapies and
identifying practices that are not useful. The Committee
encourages NICHD to vigorously support the MFMU so that
therapies and preventive strategies that have significant
impact on the health of mothers and their babies will not be
delayed.
Pregnancy Effects on Pancreatic Beta Cells.--During
pregnancy, functional pancreatic beta cell mass increases in
the mother to meet the increased metabolic demands associated
with pregnancy. An inadequate expansion of functional beta cell
mass may contribute to gestational diabetes. Insights into the
mechanisms underlying the increased beta cell response may lead
to new therapeutic directions for treatment of gestational
diabetes, and also provide important insights into the
biochemical signals and pathways promoting beta cell function.
By understanding these mechanisms and pathways, insights will
be gained that may help design therapies to expand, maintain or
restore beta cell mass in gestational diabetes and potentially
all major forms of diabetes. NIDDK and NICHD are encouraged to
work together to promote research to explore the effects of
pregnancy on beta-cell growth and function.
National Eye Institute
Mission.--NEI conducts and supports basic and clinical
research, research training, and other programs with respect to
blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual
function, preservation of sight, and the special health
problems and needs of individuals who are visually-impaired or
blind. In addition, NEI is responsible for the dissemination of
information, specifically public and professional education
programs aimed at the prevention of blindness.
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).--The Committee
commends NEI for its trans-institute research into the cause,
prevention, and treatment of AMD, the nation's leading cause of
blindness. The Committee is pleased that NEI plans initial
safety trials of a protective version of the gene variant as a
means to treat and even preempt the disease. The Committee also
recognizes NEI research into a protein pathway as another means
to prevent and reverse AMD. The Committee applauds NEI for the
ongoing work in the second phase of its Age-related Eye Disease
Study, in which additional dietary supplements are being
studied to determine whether they demonstrate or enhance
protective effects against the progression to advanced AMD.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Mission.--The mission of NIEHS is to prevent and reduce the
burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the
environment influences the development and progression of human
disease. In addition, NIEHS is responsible for the research of
the National Toxicology Program whose mission is to coordinate
toxicity testing across the Federal government and to evaluate
substances of public health concern.
Endocrine Disruptors.--Increasing evidence suggests that
numerous chemicals, both natural and man-made, may interfere
with the endocrine system at all stages of life and produce
adverse effects in humans. The Committee is concerned about the
lack of research relating to the dangers of endocrine-
disrupting chemicals in the home, workplace, schools, and
indoor and outdoor recreational environments. The Committee
encourages NIEHS, in conjunction with the National Toxicology
Program, to support, directly or by grant or cooperative
agreement, state-of-the-art studies to increase efforts to
understand the true nature and scope of the impact of endocrine
disruptors. This research should address areas related to
neurobiology, behavior and reproduction.
Translational Research.--The Committee recognizes the
importance of translational research programs and applauds
NIEHS's investment in clinical research through the Disease
Investigation Through Specialized Clinically-Oriented Ventures
in Environmental Research program.
National Institute on Aging
Mission.--NIA supports and conducts biomedical, social and
behavioral research, training, and health information
dissemination with respect to the aging process and the
diseases and other special problems and needs of older
Americans.
Alzheimer's Disease.--An estimated 2.4 to 5.1 million
Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease. As the baby boom
generation ages, the number of persons affected is projected to
grow to 7.7 million by 2030 and as many as 13.2 million by
2050. The Committee encourages NIA to accelerate the
translation of basic research findings into clinical studies
and human trials, and to fully implement a study of individuals
who are genetically predisposed to develop early-onset
Alzheimer's disease. NIA is urged to work closely with NINDS
and NIMH in these efforts.
Demographic and Economic Research.--The Committee is aware
that in 2010 NIA will be making five-year awards as part of its
Demography of Aging Centers and Roybal Centers for Research on
Applied Gerontology programs. If enough high quality
applications are received, the Committee encourages the
Institute, with support from its funding partners, to consider
expanding the program. In addition, the Committee encourages
NIA to increase the minority sample size of the Health and
Retirement Study to understand the impact of the economic
downturn on pre-retirees and retirees in those groups.
Hematology.--The Committee commends NIA for establishing a
consortium of research centers focused on anemia of the
elderly, with the goal of developing effective prevention and
treatment strategies to reduce the burden of this disease.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Mission.--NIAMS conducts and supports basic and clinical
research and research training, and the dissemination of health
information on the more than 100 forms of arthritis;
osteoporosis and other bone diseases; muscle biology and muscle
diseases; orthopedic disorders, such as back pain and sports
injuries; and numerous skin diseases.
Arthritis.--The Committee encourages NIAMS to consider
developing a national network of cooperating clinical centers
for the care and study of children with arthritis. Federal
funding of similar initiatives in childhood cancer have
resulted in markedly improved outcomes, supporting the idea
that participation in research protocols improves the standard
for all children with cancer.
Bone Loss.--The Committee urges NIAMS to support research
into the pathophysiology of bone loss in diverse populations in
order to develop targeted therapies to improve bone density,
bone quality and bone strength. The Committee also encourages
NIAMS to support research in the assessment of
microarchitecture and bone remodeling rates to more accurately
determine fracture risk, as well as anabolic approaches to
increase bone mass, novel molecular and cell-based therapies
for bone and cartilage regeneration.
Lupus.--The Committee urges NIAMS to strengthen support for
research on the causes of and cures for lupus, a life-altering
disease that affects women, men and children, but
disproportionately women in the 15- to 44-year old age range
and people of color. Further research is needed to expand
knowledge on a possible genetic link and conditions that may
trigger the disease, as well as on the disease's effect on
specific organs.
Marfan Syndrome.--The Committee encourages NIAMS to
strengthen its support for collaborative, multi-investigator
research related to Marfan syndrome and to collaborate with
NHLBI in support of the Pediatric Heart Network's clinical
trial on Marfan syndrome.
Musculoskeletal Conditions.--The Committee notes that
musculoskeletal conditions are among the most disabling and
costly conditions suffered by Americans. These diseases affect
over 107 million Americans, with females suffering a higher
rate of occurrence than males. The Committee encourages NIAMS
to focus research on women and musculoskeletal conditions,
including research on gender differences. The Committee
requests that NIAMS provide a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
by September 30, 2010 on its plans to sharpen its research
focus into women and musculoskeletal conditions. This report
should include the number of grants made that specify research
into gender differences in these conditions.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Mission.--NIDCD funds and conducts research in human
communication. Included in its program areas are research and
research training in the normal and disordered mechanisms of
hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. The
Institute addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems
associated with people who have communication impairments or
disorders. In addition, NIDCD is actively involved in health
promotion and disease prevention, dissemination of research
results, and supports efforts to create devices that substitute
for lost and impaired sensory and communication functions.
Tinnitus.--The Committee is aware that the incidence of
tinnitus continues to increase and that tinnitus remains the
number one service-connected disability for returning military
personnel. Because tinnitus research will benefit all
populations, the Committee remains interested in a multi-
disciplinary approach to promote accurate diagnosis and
treatment for tinnitus. The Committee encourages NIDCD to move
ahead with a collaborative research initiative with the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs
and requests an update on the progress of such efforts in the
FY 2011 budget justification report.
National Institute of Nursing Research
Mission.--NINR supports and conducts scientific research
and research training to reduce the burden of illness and
disability; improve health-related quality of life; enhance
end-of-life and palliative care; and establish better
approaches to promote health and prevent disease.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mission.--NIAAA supports research to generate new knowledge
to answer crucial questions about why people drink; why some
individuals are vulnerable to alcohol dependence or alcohol-
related diseases and others are not; the relationship between
genetic and environmental factors involved in alcoholism; the
mechanisms whereby alcohol produces its disabling effects,
including organ damage; how to prevent alcohol abuse and
associated damage, especially in the underage population; and
how alcoholism treatment can be improved. NIAAA addresses these
questions through a program of biomedical, behavioral, and
epidemiologic research on alcoholism, alcohol abuse, and
related problems.
Underage Drinking Research.--The Committee continues to
encourage NIAAA to study alcohol advertising issues as an
underage drinking prevention research priority. The Committee
requests a description for the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate of NIAAA's plans to
conduct such research, as well as a detailed breakdown of
NIAAA's research activity in the area of underage drinking
prevention by subject area by February 1, 2010.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Mission.--NIDA-supported science addresses questions about
drug abuse and addiction, which range from its causes and
consequences to its prevention and treatment. NIDA research
explores how drugs of abuse affect the brain and behavior and
develops effective prevention and treatment strategies. The
institute works to ensure the transfer of scientific data to
policymakers, practitioners, and the public.
Pulmonary Hypertension.--The Committee continues to note
with concern a significant increase in the number of pulmonary
hypertension diagnoses related to the abuse of methamphetamine.
The Committee encourages NIDA, in partnership with the
pulmonary hypertension community, to initiate appropriate
research and awareness activities focused on this growing
public health problem.
Reducing Health Disparities.--The Committee notes that the
consequences of drug abuse disproportionately impact
minorities, especially African American populations, and is
pleased to learn that NIDA continues to encourage researchers
to conduct more studies in this population, particularly in
geographic areas where HIV/AIDS is high and/or growing among
African Americans, including in criminal justice settings.
National Institute of Mental Health
Mission.--NIMH is responsible for basic and clinical
research to improve diagnosis, treatments, and overall quality
of care for persons with mental illnesses. Disorders of high
priority to NIMH include schizophrenia; depression and manic
depressive illness; obsessive-compulsive disorder; anxiety
disorders and other mental and behavioral disorders that occur
across the lifespan, which include childhood mental disorders
such as autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder;
eating disorders; and other illnesses. NIMH supports and
conducts fundamental research in neuroscience, genetics, and
behavioral science. In addition to laboratory and controlled
clinical studies, the NIMH supports research on the mental
health needs of special populations and health services
research.
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).--The Committee
encourages NIMH to convene a panel of experts to make
recommendations for enhancing development and dissemination of
early detection tools, effective treatments and family
education for BPD, and requests that NIMH submit a report to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate by April 1, 2010 detailing
NIMH's plans to strengthen its programs for BPD.
National Human Genome Research Institute
Mission.--NHGRI provides leadership for the development of
resources and technology to accelerate genome research and its
application to human health. NHGRI-supported activities include
basic and translational research to understand the sequence and
function of both human and non-human genomes, human genetic
variation, and the genetic and environmental basis of disease.
Also central to NHGRI research goals are training programs and
a strong focus on the ethical, legal, and social implications
of genomic science and medicine.
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Mission.--The NIBIB mission is to improve human health by
leading the development and accelerating the application of
biomedical technologies. The Institute is committed to
integrating the engineering and physical sciences with the life
sciences to advance basic research and medical care.
National Center for Research Resources
Mission.--NCRR provides laboratory scientists and clinical
researchers with environments and tools that they can use to
prevent, detect, and treat a wide range of diseases. This
support enables discoveries that begin at the molecular and
cellular level, move to animal-based studies, and then are
translated to patient-oriented clinical research, resulting in
cures and treatments for both common and rare diseases. NCRR
connects researchers with each other and with patients and
communities across the nation to bring the power of shared
resources and research to improve human health.
Within the $10,400,000,000 provided for NIH in the Recovery
Act, $1,300,000,000 was allocated for NCRR for fiscal years
2009 and 2010--$1,000,000,000 for extramural facility
construction and renovation and $300,000,000 for shared
instrumentation grants.
Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs).--For the
CTSA program, the Committee assumes the same funding level and
budget allocation between NCRR and the Common Fund as in the
budget request. The Committee is pleased with the progress of
the CTSA program and urges NCRR to continue to support the
implementation of this initiative consistent with the plan
outlined in the budget justification. The Committee is pleased
that the K-30 Clinical Research Curriculum Awards mechanism has
been continued for those institutions that have not yet
received a CTSA Award.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Mission.--NCCAM was established to stimulate, develop, and
support rigorous and relevant research of high quality and
open, objective inquiry into the safety and effectiveness of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices and to
train individuals to apply the tools of exacting science to CAM
systems and modalities in order to provide health care
professionals and the American public with reliable information
about these practices.
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Mission.--NCMHD conducts and supports research, training,
information dissemination, and other programs aimed at reducing
the disproportionately high incidence and prevalence of
disease, burden of illness and mortality experienced by certain
American populations, including racial and ethnic minorities
and other groups, such as the urban and rural poor, with
disparate health status.
Project EXPORT.--The Committee commends NCMHD for its
successful Project EXPORT initiative and urges continued
support for this important program.
Research Endowment.--The Committee commends NCMHD for its
leadership in addressing the longstanding problem of health
status disparities in minority and medically underserved
populations, and encourages NCMHD to continue its successful
research endowment program as an ongoing initiative.
John E. Fogarty International Center
Mission.--FIC was established to improve the health of the
people of the United States and other nations through
international collaborations in the biomedical sciences. In
support of this mission, the FIC pursues the following four
goals: (1) mobilize international research efforts against
global health threats; (2) advance science through
international cooperation; (3) develop human resources to meet
global research challenges; and (4) provide leadership in
international science policy and research strategies.
Global Health Research Training and Workforce Capacity.--
The Committee commends FIC for its continuing work to
strengthen biomedical research capacity in the developing
world, and by doing so advancing the global efforts against
malaria, neglected tropical diseases, and other health issues
that disproportionately impact the developing world. The
Committee is aware that having a trained and expert local
workforce as well as a research infrastructure for them to use
has significant benefits for efforts to research and combat
diseases of global priority. The Committee recognizes that
expanding in-country research capacity will complement
associated United States efforts to improve global health, and
strongly supports FIC's efforts to achieve these objectives.
National Library of Medicine
Mission.--NLM collects, organizes, and disseminates
information important to biomedicine; serves as a national
information resource for medical education, research, and
health service activities; enhances access to biomedical
literature through electronic services; serves the public by
providing electronic access to reliable health information for
consumers; supports and directs the national network of
libraries of medicine; provides grants for research in
biomedical communications, medical library development, and
training health information specialists; conducts and supports
research in biomedical informatics and computational biology;
and creates information resources for genomics, molecular
biology, toxicology, medical images, environmental health,
emergency preparedness and response, and health services
research.
Office of the Director
Mission.--OD provides leadership to the NIH research
enterprise and coordinates and directs initiatives that cross-
cut NIH. OD is responsible for the development and management
of intramural and extramural research and research training
policy, the review of program quality and effectiveness, the
coordination of selected NIH-wide program activities, and the
administration of centralized support activities essential to
the operations of NIH.
The Committee includes bill language identifying
$534,066,000 for the total support of the Common Fund.
The Committee includes bill language within the Office of
the Director account allocating $194,400,000 to continue the
National Children's Study (NCS). The Committee is aware that
the NCS is now projected to exceed its original budget by a
substantial margin. The Committee believes NIH is prudent in
taking the step to `pause' the research before initiating the
full study in order to test in advance the feasibility,
acceptability, and cost of each element. However, the Committee
remains firmly committed to the NCS, believing it will provide
important answers about the influence of the environment on
children's health and development.
The Committee continues bill language identifying
$25,000,000 for flexible research authority modeled on the
Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Six general provisions are included pertaining to NIH:
The Committee rejects the Administration
proposal to limit salaries of researchers through an
NIH grant to not more than the rate of Executive Level
II and continues language (sec. 203) setting the limit
at Executive Level I.
The Committee continues language (sec. 207)
to provide the Director of NIH, jointly with the
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, the authority
to transfer up to three percent of human
immunodeficiency virus research funding. The Committee
also continues a provision (sec. 208) to make NIH funds
available for human immunodeficiency virus research
available to the Office of AIDS Research.
The Committee continues a provision (sec.
214) granting authority to the OD to support research
under the flexible research authority.
The Committee continues language (sec. 216)
requested by the Administration permitting institutes
and centers to use their appropriation for renovation
and improvement of facilities, up to $2,500,000 per
project and up to a total of $35,000,000 across NIH.
The Committee continues a provision (sec.
217) transferring one percent of funds made available
for National Research Service Awards to the Health
Resources and Services Administration and one percent
to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The Committee shares NIH's concern about the pipeline for
new investigators and the prospect of researchers becoming so
discouraged by repeated rejection of their applications that
they leave the field. The Committee provides funding for the
following programs to begin to address this problem:
$102,000,000 funded through all the
institutes and centers for the Pathways to Independence
program to provide new investigators with mentored
grants that convert into independent research project
grants; and
$80,000,000 through the Common Fund for the
New Innovator awards that provide first-time
independent award funding for a five-year period based
more on ideas than experimental data.
The Committee does not provide funding for one-year Bridge
awards for investigators who either are being considered for
their first award renewal or have just missed the funding
payline with no other sources of support. Funding provided in
the Recovery Act has already addressed this need for fiscal
years 2009 and 2010. The Administration did not request funding
for this activity in the fiscal year 2010 budget.
In line with its commitment to support new investigators,
the Committee provides a two percent increase in research
training stipends, which is only the third stipend increase in
the last six years.
The Committee believes the Director's Pioneer Awards are an
effective tool to encourage high risk, transformative research
and has provided $40,600,000 within the Common Fund for this
purpose. The Committee also continues the Transformative R0-1
Grants program, a high risk, high reward initiative first
funded through the Common Fund in fiscal year 2009.
Included within funding for the Office of the Director is
$96,711,000 for radiological, nuclear and chemical
countermeasures.
The Committee assumes for the Clinical and Translational
Research Award (CTSA) program the same funding level and the
budget allocation between NCRR and the Common Fund as in the
budget request.
The Committee provides up to $10,000,000 for the Director's
Discretionary Fund to respond to unanticipated, one-time
scientific opportunities. The Committee requests notification
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate on a quarterly basis of any
obligation of these funds.
The Committee provides $24,000,000 to continue the
Therapeutic Rare and Neglected Disease initiative. This trans-
NIH program will advance drug development for rare and
neglected diseases and combat antibiotic resistance by
leveraging the chemical genomic centers created through the
Common Fund.
The Committee provides $5,000,000 for the new bioethics
research and training initiative proposed in the budget
request, but funds it throughout the institutes and centers
rather than in the Office of the Director. The Committee
believes it is important to have each NIH entity engaged in the
bioethics effort. However, the Committee expects the Office of
the Director to maintain central oversight of this initiative.
The Committee expects NIH to notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
each time the Director uses the one percent transfer authority
provided in the NIH reauthorization.
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
(DPCPSI)
The DPCPSI was established by the NIH reauthorization to
coordinate and facilitate trans-NIH research initiatives and
emerging areas of scientific opportunities and public health
challenges. The Division houses the existing NIH offices of the
Office of Research on Women's Health, the Office of AIDS
Research, the Office of Dietary Supplements, the Office of
Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, the Office of Rare
Diseases, the Office of Disease Prevention, and the Office of
Medical Applications Research. The DPCPSI is developing the new
technology tool, the Research, Condition, and Disease
Categorization system, to automate and standardize the
categorization, coding and reporting process for public health
areas of interest.
Office of Research on Women's Health
The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) works in
collaboration with the institutes and centers of NIH to promote
and foster efforts to address gaps in knowledge related to
women's health through the enhancement and expansion of funded
research and/or the initiation of new investigative studies.
ORWH is responsible for ensuring the inclusion of women in
clinical research funded by NIH, including the development of a
computerized tracking system and the implementation of
guidelines on such inclusion. ORWH is also involved in
promoting programs to increase the number of women in
biomedical science careers, and in the development of women's
health and gender factors as a focus in biology.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).--The Committee is pleased
with the increased focus on IBS at ORWH and encourages the
Office to continue strengthening research on this prevalent
functional gastrointestinal disorder.
Vulvodynia.--The Committee encourages NIH to support the
educational outreach campaign on vulvodynia, launched in 2007,
to ensure that developed materials are more widely disseminated
to the public, patient and medical communities. In addition,
because five years have passed since the last NIH vulvodynia
conference, the Committee requests that ORWH convene, with the
support of relevant ICs, a research conference on vulvodynia
during fiscal year 2010.
Office of AIDS Research
The challenges posed by HIV/AIDS exceed the mission of any
individual institute, and virtually every NIH institute and
center is involved in conducting or supporting AIDS research.
The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) was established in the 1993
NIH Revitalization Act and given authorities to manage trans-
NIH research so that it would function essentially as an
``institute without walls.'' OAR has the authority to plan,
coordinate, and evaluate AIDS research, to set scientific
priorities through a trans-NIH AIDS strategic plan, and to
determine the AIDS research budgets of each NIH Institute and
Center to address that plan. For all appropriated funds, the
Director of OAR and the Director of NIH together determine the
total for AIDS research within the total NIH appropriation, and
the Director of OAR determines and allocates the IC
distribution of those funds.
The Committee believes that NIH continues to be the world's
leader in research to respond to the critical needs of the AIDS
pandemic, both in the U.S. and around the world. The Committee
commends NIH for supporting the NIH AIDS and non-AIDS funding
allocation at the current relative rate and endorses the
continuation of this policy. The Committee continues to endorse
the importance of OAR, including its critical trans-NIH budget
authority and its status as a unique ``institute without
walls.'' The Committee commends the Office for its leadership
in setting trans-NIH AIDS research priorities, including
important new basic science initiatives in the area of
genomics, and its ongoing support for innovative research and
community outreach to address the complex issues of AIDS in
racial and ethnic minority populations in the U.S.
The bill continues language permitting OAR to use up to
$8,000,000 for construction or renovation of facilities, as
authorized in title XXIII of the Public Health Service Act.
Office of Dietary Supplements
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) was established in
recognition that dietary supplements can have an important
impact on prevention and health maintenance. In collaboration
with other NIH institutes and centers and other federal
agencies, ODS works to strengthen knowledge about dietary
supplements by supporting and coordinating scientific research
in the field.
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
(OBSSR) provides leadership and direction for the development
of a trans-NIH plan to increase the scope of and support for
behavioral and social sciences research and in defining an
overall strategy for the integration of these disciplines
across NIH institutes and centers; develops initiatives to
stimulate research in the behavioral and social sciences arena
and to integrate a biobehavioral perspective across the
research areas of NIH; and promotes studies to evaluate the
contributions of behavioral, social and lifestyle determinants
in the development, course, treatment, and prevention of
illness and related public health problems.
Office of Rare Disease Research
The Office of Rare Disease Research (ORD) was established
in recognition of the need to provide a focal point of
attention and coordination at NIH for research on rare
diseases. ORD works with Federal and non-Federal national and
international organizations concerned with rare disease
research and orphan products development; develops a
centralized database on rare diseases research; and stimulates
rare diseases research by supporting scientific workshops and
symposia to identify research opportunities.
Glomerular Disease.--The Committee is aware of
opportunities to increase collaborative research efforts
regarding the glomerular disease Focal Segmental
Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and encourages ORD to consider FSGS
for inclusion in its Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortia
Program.
Porphyria.--The Committee encourages ORD to develop an
agenda for basic and clinical research for the treatment of
porphyria and to consult with patient stakeholder organizations
when considering the development of the research agenda.
Multi-institute Research Issues
Amyloidosis.--The Committee encourages NIH to continue to
intensify its research efforts into amyloidosis, a group of
rare diseases characterized by abnormally folded protein
deposits in tissues. These diseases are often fatal and there
is no known cure. Treatment involving large-dose intravenous
chemotherapy followed by stem cell replacement or rescue is
effective for many patients, but this procedure is risky,
unsuitable for some patients, and not a cure. The Committee
urges NIH to keep the Committee informed on the steps that need
to be taken to increase the understanding, prevention and
treatment of this devastating group of diseases.
Basic Behavioral Research.--The Committee is pleased to
learn that the NIH leadership has launched a initiative to
develop a basic behavioral research blueprint modeled after the
Neuroscience Blueprint to help ensure the funding of the basic
behavioral research necessary to advance and improve health
outcomes. The Committee requests that it be kept informed of
progress and expects the development, review and implementation
of the basic behavioral research blueprint to be completed by
March 2010. The Committee notes that an April, 2008 report from
NIH indicated that basic behavioral research is funded in 13 of
the 27 NIH institutes and centers. The Committee supports the
continued funding of this category of research by the various
institutes and centers as appropriate to their respective
missions. However, the Committee continues to believe that
DPCPSI, through OBSSR, should take scientific leadership for
this research portfolio.
Bone Diseases.--The Committee encourages NIH to support
genetic and other research on diseases such as osteogenesis
imperfecta and Paget's disease and other rare bone diseases
such as fibrous dysplasia, osteopetrosis, fibrous ossificans
progressiva, melhoreostosis, and X-linked hypophosphatemic
rickets. The Committee also encourages NIH to strengthen
support across all institutes for new basic science and
clinical investigators through the various K award mechanisms.
Celiac Disease.--The Committee recognizes that celiac
patients are at dramatically increased risk of developing many
other serious and fatal conditions including neurological
problems, cancer, and autoimmune disorders including type I
diabetes, thyroid and liver disease. The Committee encourages
the Director to develop an agenda for basic and clinical
research for the treatment of celiac disease and to consult
with patient stakeholder organizations when considering the
development of the research agenda.
Chromosome Abnormalities.--Rare diseases by definition
affect only a small number of people, yet the health impact of
those conditions on individuals can be severe and even life-
threatening. The Committee requests that NIH provide an update
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate by January 1, 2010 on its
research on conditions involving chromosomal duplications or
deletions, including Chromosome 18, and the progress made to
date by the rare disease consortium. The Committee further
requests that the update include an estimation of the public
health impact of research in this area.
Class B Animal Dealers.--The Committee has reviewed the
report on the use of random source dogs and cats in NIH
research that it requested from the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) in fiscal year 2008. The NAS report concluded
that, in some circumstances, the use of dogs and cats with the
qualities of random source animals may be necessary for NIH-
funded research. The report found, however, that it was not
necessary to obtain random source dogs and cats for NIH
research from Class B dealers, if alternative sources can be
assured. The Committee would like to eliminate the use of Class
B dealer animals in NIH research, but also wants to be certain
that sufficient supplies of non-Class B dealer random source
animals exist. The NAS report recommends that NIH: (1) use the
Request for Proposal mechanism to provide or develop specific
animal models; and/or (2) support private research animal
colonies. The Committee urges NIH to explore these options to
ensure an adequate supply of random source animals for NIH
research. The Committee expects NIH to submit a report by April
1, 2010 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate describing its specific plans to
pursue these recommendations, identifying which types and the
number of random source animals are being sought. The report
should also include a timeline identifying when a sufficient
pool of random source animals will exist so that NIH can
prohibit the use of Class B dealer animals in its funded
research.
Dystonia.--The intramural program at NIH continues to
advance research activity in dystonia, and the Committee
encourages continued support in this area of study.
Extramural Conflicts of Interest.--The Committee is
encouraged that NIH has issued an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking as a first step in responding to the Committee's
directive in fiscal year 2009 to develop a conflict of interest
policy for extramural grantees, both institution administrators
and scientists. The Committee understands that the comment
period on the advance notice has just ended. It urges NIH to
rapidly review the comments received and take the next steps to
develop a robust extramural conflict of interest policy. It is
clear from reports of continued abuses that NIH policy must be
strengthened to deal with the increasing complexity of public-
private interactions in biomedical research.
Fragile X.--The Committee commends the National Institutes
of Health for developing the NIH Research Plan on Fragile X
Syndrome and Associated Disorders. The Committee congratulates
NIH and its private foundation partners for providing a
research grant to a pharmaceutical company to fund fragile X
drug development. This public-private partnership should serve
as a model for future programs for investing in fragile X and
other rare diseases. The Director is encouraged to dedicate
sufficient resources to implement the NIH Research Plan on
Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders, with the guidance
of the recently established Fragile X Research Coordinating
Group. The Committee recommends that NIH convene a consensus
conference on translational research opportunities during 2010.
Gender Differences.--For many disorders, the gender of the
patient influences disease etiology, natural history, diagnosis
and treatment alternatives and outcomes. The Committee
encourages each of the institutes involved in the NIH
Neuroscience Blueprint to carefully analyze their Neuroscience
Blueprint research portfolio to ensure that gender is included
as a variable, when appropriate, and to require that all
reported results include gender-specific analysis.
Grants.gov.--The Committee understands that the government-
wide grant-making system, Grants.gov, is struggling under the
weight of the applications generated by Recovery Act funding.
In fact, the Committee understands that the system was on the
verge of collapse in April 2009 until HHS was able to cobble
together a patch to keep it operating through the summer. The
Committee understands that the system is handicapped by the
lack of central management as well as inadequate funding from
the partner agencies which are mandated to use it. The
Committee directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to
review the Grants.gov system and report to the Office of
Management and Budget, HHS, and the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
its recommendations for improved system management.
Specifically, GAO should recommend a business model that
provides an adequate, reliable funding stream and the
appointment of a unified administrative body that is delegated
both control and resources. GAO should submit its report no
later than January 1, 2010. Within sixty days of the GAO
report, OMB and HHS should submit a joint report to the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate on actions taken or planned in response to the GAO
findings.
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT).--The Committee
encourages NIH to establish a trans-institute research group to
coordinate implementation of research recommendations
identified at the 2006 NIH HHT conference, with a particular
focus on understanding the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and
treatment of HHT.
Lyme Diseases.--The Committee encourages NIH to intensify
research on tick-borne diseases, including research that will
increase understanding of the full range of Lyme disease
processes and the physiology of Borrelia burgdorferi, including
the mechanisms of persistent infection. Recognizing NIH's
collaborative role with CDC and other agencies in the
development of diagnostics, the Committee encourages NIH to
support research that may lead to the development of more
sensitive and accurate diagnostic tests for Lyme disease
capable of distinguishing between active and past infections.
The Committee encourages the Director, in collaboration
with the Director of NIAID, to sponsor a scientific conference
on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The Committee believes
that the conference should represent the broad spectrum of
scientific views on Lyme disease and should provide a forum for
public participation and input from individuals with Lyme
disease.
Lymphatic Research and Lymphatic Disease.--The Committee
urges NIH to begin to implement the recommendations of the
trans-NIH working group on lymphatic research. The Committee
encourages NIH to work toward the creation of centralized core
facilities for: (a) experimental molecular and diagnostic
lymphatic imaging; (b) the development and standardization of
research reagents; and (c) the generation of virtual networks
to facilitate basic, translational, and clinical research.
Minority Institutions.--The Committee continues to be
pleased with the NIH Director's implementation of various
programs focused on developing the research infrastructure at
minority health professions institutions, including Research
Centers at Minority Institutions and NCMHD. The Committee
encourages the NIH Director to work closely with the Director
of NCMHD to establish a program of coordination among these
various mechanisms and partner with minority health professions
schools to address their infrastructure needs.
Mitochondrial Disease.--The Committee is aware that the
study of mitochondrial disease and dysfunction presents a
number of unique research challenges and opportunities. The
Committee expects that the Director will continue to treat
mitochondrial disease research as a high priority area within
the resources provided in the Common Fund, including through
expanded efforts to advance fundamental understanding of
mitochondrial function and variation, improved detection and
analysis of mitochondrial proteins, and the accelerated
application of systems biology and computational modeling
approaches. The Committee also requests the Director to work to
coordinate and promote mitochondrial disease research across
the numerous appropriate institutes and centers and, in
particular, that the Director review and consider implementing
recommendations developed by the NHLBI's Working Group on
Modeling Mitochondrial Dysfunction.
The Committee applauds NHLBI for its work to support
improved understanding of the role of mitochondrial dysfunction
in cardiovascular illness, including through a recent request
for applications. The Committee is aware that NHLBI has held
working group and other meetings related to mitochondrial
dysfunction and cardiovascular disease that have identified
opportunities to strengthen mitochondrial research through
steps such as adopting a systems biology approach, promoting
cross-disciplinary research collaboration, and developing
improved tools and models. The Committee requests that NHLBI
move forward to implement these identified opportunities.
The Committee is aware that more than one in 4,000 children
born in the U.S. each year will develop a mitochondrial disease
by ten years of age. The Committee therefore encourages NICHD
to increase its research commitment in the area of
mitochondrial disease and to utilize the National Children's
Study as a vehicle for research into the epigenomics, incidence
and pathology of mitochondrial disease.
Neurofibromatosis (NF).--NF is an important research area
for multiple NIH Institutes. Recognizing NF's connection to
many of the most common forms of cancer, the Committee
encourages NCI to strengthen its NF research portfolio in pre-
clinical and clinical trials by applying newly developed and
existing drugs. The Committee also encourages NCI to support NF
centers, virtual centers, SPORE programs, pre-clinical mouse
consortia, patient databases, and tissue banks, and to
coordinate with other NIH institutes and government agencies in
doing so. The Committee also urges additional focus from NHLBI,
given NF's involvement with hypertension and congenital heart
disease. The Committee encourages NINDS to continue to
aggressively explore NF's implications for conditions such as
spinal cord injury, learning disabilities and memory loss. In
addition, the Committee continues to encourage NICHD to expand
funding of clinical trials for NF patients in the area of
learning disabilities, including the creation of NF centers
involved with treating and curing these disabilities. NF can
result in deafness; the Committee therefore encourages NIDCD to
expand its NF research portfolio.
Pregnant Women in Clinical Studies.--While over the last
two decades, women have increasingly been included in clinical
studies, pregnant women continue to be largely excluded from
medical research, leading to a troubling lack of knowledge
about how to treat pregnant women's illnesses and limited
understanding of how illness in pregnancy affects women's
health over time. Many pregnant women suffer from serious
medical conditions including diabetes, hypertension,
depression, autoimmune disorders, and cancer. Pregnancy
significantly changes women's physiology, including blood flow,
digestion, kidney function and hormonal and enzymatic activity,
in ways that can dramatically change the nature and progression
of disease and the way that medications work. Despite these
important differences, pregnant women are rarely involved in
health research and, as a result, in many cases little is known
about how to safely and effectively manage illness in
pregnancy. The Committee encourages NIH to expand research on
pregnant women with the goals of better understanding the long-
term health effects on women of disease states in pregnancy,
the proper therapeutics for pharmacologic treatments for
pregnant women who face illness, and the safety and efficacy of
medications administered to pregnant women and fetuses.
Primary Care Practice Research.--The Committee recognizes
the role of NIH in researching primary care and prevention
interventions in order to improve health outcomes, reduce
health care-associated infections, and reduce the overall costs
of healthcare. The Committee requests that the Director work
with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, CDC, and
the Office of the Secretary to develop a coordinated approach
to research in primary care practice, with a specific focus on
improving health among populations with disparate health
outcomes.
Psoriasis.--The Committee recognizes that scientists are
identifying genes of immune cells involved in psoriasis, which
gives promise to identifying and developing a permanent method
of control for psoriasis and, eventually, a cure. The Committee
recognizes that additional genetics, immunology and clinical
research focused on understanding the mechanisms of psoriasis
are needed and encourages NIAMS and NIAID to study the genetic
susceptibility of psoriasis, develop animal models of
psoriasis, identify and examine immune cells and inflammatory
processes involved in psoriasis and elucidate psoriatic
arthritis-specific genes and other biomarkers.
The Committee also recognizes the mounting evidence of co-
morbidities associated with psoriasis and the potential higher
risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease for people with
severe psoriasis. The Committee urges NHLBI to consider these
factors in its research, specifically that individuals with
severe psoriasis have an increased risk of heart attack,
independent of other major risk factors, and that for people in
their forties and fifties with severe psoriasis, the risk of
heart attack is more pronounced. The Committee also encourages
NIDDK to consider in its research that diabetes is more
prevalent for patients with severe psoriasis than for those
with mild disease. The Committee encourages NIMH to conduct
research to better understand why it is estimated that as many
as 52 percent of psoriasis patients report clinically
significant psychiatric symptoms and that individuals with
psoriasis are twice as likely to have thoughts of suicide.
Rehabilitation.--The Committee recognizes the importance of
supporting research efforts to improve an individual's function
and quality of life. The Committee encourages NIH to evaluate
the efficacy of movement-based rehabilitation interventions,
such as therapeutic exercise, to improve physical function in
individuals with musculoskeletal conditions including
arthritis, back pain, hip fracture, and major joint
replacements.
The Committee recognizes the advances that NIH-funded
research has achieved in the area of stroke rehabilitation. The
Committee encourages continued focus on rehabilitation
interventions, especially physical therapy, to maximize an
individual's function and quality of life after a stroke.
The Committee encourages the Director to work with the
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) and
relevant NIH institutes and centers to enhance and increase
collaboration and support for medical rehabilitation and
disability research across NIH. The Committee believes that
rehabilitation and disability research is well-suited for the
type of cross-disciplinary, translational research that the
Director's office has made a priority in recent years.
Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI).--The
Committee continues to recognize the critical role of minority
institutions in addressing the ongoing racial and ethnic health
disparities in the United States. The Committee encourages NIH
to expand its direct participation with minority institutions
and increase the resources available to these institutions. The
Committee also recognizes the importance of the RCMI program in
building research capacity at minority institutions. The RCMI
program assists minority institutions in competing for NIH
grants and other funding by helping to recruit promising
researchers, equip and modify existing laboratories, and fund
core research facilities and other research support at minority
institutions. The Committee further expresses support for the
RCMI translational research network (RTRN) and its focus on
strengthening ties between minority institutions, and
encourages NIH to continue designating specific resources for
the RTRN apart from the existing RCMI program. The Committee
encourages NIH to strengthen participation from minority
institutions, especially those with a track record of producing
minority scholars in science and technology.
Spina Bifida.--The Committee encourages NIDDK, NICHD, and
NINDS to study the causes and care of the neurogenic bladder in
order to improve the quality of life of children and adults
with spina bifida; to support research to address issues
related to the treatment and management of spina bifida and
associated secondary conditions, such as hydrocephalus; and to
invest in understanding the myriad co-morbid conditions
experienced by children with spina bifida, including those
associated with both paralysis and developmental delay.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Carrier Screening.--The
Committee encourages NHGRI, NICHD, and NINDS to work
collaboratively to develop specific recommendations and
guidelines for providers and patients on pan-ethnic carrier
screening for SMA. The Committee urges the institutes to
partner with the relevant professional societies and the
advocacy community in this effort. The Committee expects an
update on these activities in the fiscal year 2011
congressional budget justifications. The Committee also
encourages the Director to establish a trans-NIH working group
on SMA composed of the relevant institutes to ensure ongoing
support of SMA research and drug development.
Stem Cell Research Supported With Recovery Act Funds.--The
Committee is pleased to note that stem cell research was
included as a special emphasis area in the NIH Challenge Grant
program--a special initiative supported by funds from the
Recovery Act to focus on health and science problems amenable
to significant progress within a two-year time frame. The
Committee is also pleased to note that NIH has recently
published guidelines for the use of human embryonic stem cells
(hESC) with NIH funds. In recognition that the implementation
of these new guidelines will delay the funding of Recovery Act
awards to support hESC and thus frustrate Congressional intent
to expedite this important area of research, the Committee
encourages NIH to utilize full two-year funding of stem cell
research awards with Recovery Act funds in fiscal year 2010.
Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS).--The Committee encourages the
Director to support collaborative research on SWS conducted by
appropriate NIH institutes and centers, other government
agencies and voluntary organizations. The Committee commends
NINDS for its leadership role and collaboration with ORD in SWS
research. The Committee encourages NIH to support
multidisciplinary research studies into seizures, stroke, the
blood-brain barrier, blood flow, angiogenesis, immune
suppression, hormone abnormalities and co-morbidities such as
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The Committee also
encourages NIH to support research on SWS and inflammatory
response, growth factors, and the identification of markers in
vasculature.
Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorders (TMJDs).--A
range of comorbid conditions are associated with TMJDs. Many
are captured in ongoing longitudinal studies funded by
institutes and centers other than NIDCR. In order to advance
the knowledge of the degree of overlap between TMJDs and the
associated comorbidities, the Committee requests that NIH-
funded population-based research projects, where appropriate
and in consultation with the NIH Pain Consortium co-chairs, add
measures to characterize the TMJD phenotype to permit the
development of a sound basis for research into the underlying
mechanisms driving the TMJD phenomenology and its comorbid
conditions.
Translating NIH Research To Address Racial and Ethnic
Health Disparities.--The Committee is encouraged by the efforts
of the Director to translate the benefits of NIH research into
clinical practice. The Committee notes, however, that while the
benefits of NIH research have led to an overall decline in
mortality across a range of diseases, racial and ethnic health
disparities have continued to increase. Therefore the Committee
requests that the Director, working closely with the Director
of NCMHD, report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate on the steps NIH has
taken to ensure that racial and ethnic minorities are able to
access the clinical benefits of NIH research. The report should
include a brief summary of the NIH's outreach efforts to
include racial and ethnic minorities.
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC).--The Committee is
encouraged by the potential of NIH-funded TSC research to
reveal a better understanding not only of TSC, but more
prevalent disorders such as autism, epilepsy and cancer.
Because of the ``gateway'' potential of TSC research into these
disorders, the Committee encourages a significant strengthening
of TSC research at all relevant institutes, and stronger
coordination of this effort through the Trans-NIH TSC
Coordinating Committee. In particular, the Committee encourages
expanded research at NICHD, NINDS, NIMH, and ORD targeted on
the role of TSC-associated genes in the mechanisms of epilepsy,
autism and mental health. Furthermore, the Committee encourages
NIH to coordinate research at NINDS, NIAMS, NICHD, NHLBI,
NIDDK, NCI, ORD, and NHGRI on the mechanisms of tumor growth
and drug target testing in preclinical models. Finally, the
Committee encourages all relevant NIH institutes to support
clinical trials for the manifestations of TSC: epilepsy,
autism, developmental delay, neurocognitive and mental health
issues, and tumor growth in kidneys, brain, skin, heart, liver,
and eyes.
Underage Drinking and Adolescent Brain Development.--The
Committee requests the Director of NIH to oversee a broad
review of the research literature regarding the influence of
drinking alcohol on the development of the adolescent brain and
the public policy implications of this research. This report
should be provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate by October 1, 2011.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
Mission.--The Buildings and Facilities appropriation
provides for the design, construction, improvement, and major
repair of clinical, laboratory, and office buildings and
supporting facilities essential to the mission of the National
Institutes of Health. The funds in this appropriation support
the 77 buildings on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland;
the Animal Center in Poolesville, Maryland; the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences facility in Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina; and other smaller facilities
throughout the United States.
Within the $10,400,000,000 provided for NIH in the Recovery
Act, $500,000,000 was allocated for Buildings and Facilities
for fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
The Committee provides sufficient funding in the bill to
support the construction of the Northwest Child Care Center on
the Bethesda campus, as requested in the budget.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
The Committee provides a program level total of
$3,551,023,000 for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA), which is $84,532,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $25,556,000 above the
budget request. Within the total, $131,585,000 is provided
through the section 241 Public Health Service Act evaluation
set-aside, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request.
SAMHSA supports mental health and alcohol and drug abuse
prevention and treatment services nationwide through
discretionary capacity expansion and science to service
activities, formula block grants to the States and associated
technical assistance efforts. The agency consists of three
principal centers: the Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS), the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), and
the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). The Office of
the Administrator is responsible for overall agency management.
Homeless Grants.--The Committee includes within the total
provided for Programs of Regional and National Significance
across SAMHSA, $75,000,000 for homeless programs, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The Committee believes that programs that provide
supportive services to individuals in permanent housing
settings will help to end long-term homelessness in this
country and directs SAMHSA to continue to fund supportive
services programs within the authority of the Programs of
Regional and National Significance. The distribution of these
funds between CMHS and CSAT is detailed later in this report.
In addition, the Committee provides $68,047,000 for the
State and territorial formula-based Projects for Assistance in
Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program, which is
$8,360,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The funding provided for PATH,
combined with the homeless grants funded in the Programs of
Regional and National Significance, results in a total resource
level of $143,047,000 for homelessness initiatives at SAMHSA.
Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative.--The Committee provides
$116,656,000 for activities throughout SAMHSA Programs of
Regional and National Significance that address the growing
HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disparate impact on communities of
color, including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans,
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. This
amount is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
the budget request. These funds provide grants to organizations
with a history of providing culturally competent, community-
specific, and linguistically appropriate services in hard-to-
reach and high-risk communities of color to expand service
infrastructure and capacity. The distribution of these funds
between CMHS, CSAT, and CSAP is detailed later in this report.
The Committee recognizes that professional counselors are
highly trained and well qualified mental health professionals
who deliver culturally appropriate behavioral health services
to diverse populations through the public and private sectors.
The Committee urges SAMHSA to increase the pool of culturally
competent mental health professionals in the U.S. by granting
professional counselors eligibility to participate in the
Minority Fellowship Program beginning in fiscal year 20102.
Minority Fellowship Program.--The Committee includes within
the total provided for Programs of Regional and National
Significance across SAMHSA, $5,093,000 for the Minority
Fellowship Program, which is $392,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The distribution of
these funds between CMHS, CSAT, and CSAP is detailed later in
this report.
The Committee recognizes that professional counselors are
highly trained and well qualified mental health professionals
who deliver culturally appropriate behavioral health services
to diverse populations through the public and private sectors.
The Committee urges SAMHSA to increase the pool of culturally
competent mental health professionals in the U.S. by granting
professional counselors eligibility to participate in the
Minority Fellowship Program beginning in fiscal year 2010.
Persons with Co-occurring Conditions or Multiple
Disabilities.--The Committee encourages SAMHSA to expand and
improve its commitment to support services for persons with co-
occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders or
multiple disabilities. In addition, SAMHSA is encouraged to
enhance its monitoring of compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act within agencies and departments served by both
the mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment
block grants in order to ensure meaningful access to services
and treatments by all individuals, including persons with co-
occurring or multiple disabilities.
Center for Mental Health Services
The Committee provides a program level total of
$1,008,182,000 for the Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS), which is $39,030,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $22,363,000 above the budget request. Within the
total, $21,039,000 is provided through the section 241 Public
Health Service Act evaluation set-aside, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Borderline Personality Disorder.--The Committee encourages
SAMHSA to convene a panel of experts to make recommendations
for expanding early detection, evidence-based treatment, and
family education to promote resiliency and recovery for
borderline personality disorder (BPD). The Committee again
requests that SAMHSA submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
detailing SAMHSA's plans to expand its programs for BPD by
April 1, 2010.
Programs of Regional and National Significance
The Committee provides $357,165,000 for mental health
Programs of Regional and National Significance, which is
$12,727,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$21,363,000 above the budget request. The program includes
studies that identify the most effective service delivery
practices, knowledge synthesis activities that translate
program findings into useful products for the field, and
knowledge application projects that support adoption of
exemplary service approaches throughout the country.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
amounts for mental health Programs of Regional and National
Significance:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Capacity:
Co-Occurring State Incentive Grant................. $3,611,000 0 0
Seclusion and Restraint............................ 2,449,000 0 0
Youth Violence Prevention.......................... 95,042,000 +540,000 +540,000
Safe Schools/Healthy Students.................. 84,860,000 +540,000 +540,000
College Emergency Preparedness............. 3,000,000 +763,000 +763,000
School Violence................................ 10,182,000 0 0
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative............. 40,000,000 +2,000,000 +2,000,000
Children and Family Programs........................... 9,194,000 0 0
Mental Health Transformation Activities................ 5,912,000 0 0
Consumer and Family Network Grants..................... 6,236,000 0 0
Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants.... 26,012,000 0 0
Project LAUNCH......................................... 20,000,000 0 0
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration......... 14,000,000 +7,000,000 +7,000,000
Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative........... 5,000,000 +5,000,000 +5,000,000
Suicide Lifeline....................................... 6,000,000 +1,516,000 +1,516,000
Garrett Lee Smith--Youth Suicide Prevention:
State Grants....................................... 29,738,000 0 0
Campus Grants...................................... 4,975,000 0 0
American Indian/American Native Suicide Prevention..... 2,944,000 0 0
Homelessness Prevention Programs....................... 32,250,000 0 0
Older Adults Programs.................................. 4,814,000 0 0
Minority AIDS.......................................... 9,283,000 0 0
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Programs................. 6,684,000 0 0Science to Service:
Garrett Lee Smith--Suicide Resource Center............. 4,957,000 0 0
Mental Health Systems Transformation Activities........ 9,949,000 0 0
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and 544,000 0 0
Practices.............................................
SAMHSA Health Information Network...................... 1,920,000 0 0
Consumer & Consumer Support Technical Assistance 1,927,000 0 0
Centers...............................................
Minority Fellowship Program............................ 4,475,000 +392,000 +392,000
Disaster Response...................................... 1,054,000 0 0
Homelessness........................................... 2,306,000 0 0
HIV/AIDS Education..................................... 974,000 0 0
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Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative.--The
Committee recognizes that as a result of the current economic
downturn, many Americans report experiencing heightened levels
of stress, anxiety, and grief. According to SAMHSA, the
reactions to economic pressures closely resemble the
psychological effects experienced after natural disasters.
Stress reduction and behavioral health promotion are important
for people directly or indirectly impacted by financial and job
security crises. Therefore, the Committee includes $5,000,000
for a new Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative, which
builds upon SAMHSA's crisis counseling program. The program
will use a public health, outreach-oriented approach to provide
supportive interventions to individuals and families, public
education and networking, and referral for those needing more
extensive mental health, substance abuse, and case management
services.
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration.--The
Committee continues to be deeply concerned that, according to
reports, people with serious mental health disorders die on
average 25 years sooner than other Americans. In fiscal year
2009, the Committee provided funding for a new program to
integrate primary care and specialty medical services in
community mental health centers and other community-based
behavioral health agencies. As a result of this initial
funding, SAMHSA has developed a program that targets the
estimated three million persons in the U.S. with severe mental
illnesses currently being served in the public mental health
system. SAMHSA indicates that 11 publicly-funded community
mental health and other community-based behavioral health
agencies will be awarded grants in 2009. In order to expand the
number of grants and increase the number of people with severe
mental illnesses served, the Committee includes $14,000,000,
which is $7,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request.
Suicide Lifeline.--The economic downturn has resulted in
job loss, economic insecurity, and crisis for many families and
communities. People search for needed services from State or
local service systems, but these public systems of care have
been reduced due to the financial difficulties at the State and
local levels. The SAMHSA Suicide Lifeline program is a national
call-in line for persons who are thinking of suicide because
they have found no other solutions to their problems. In
January of 2008, the number of calls to the Lifeline was just
over 39,000. Last month there were over 54,000 phone calls.
Approximately 25 percent of the 54,000 calls were related to
the economic downturn. In order to continue to adequately staff
the Lifeline and appropriately train the individuals answering
the calls, the Committee provides $6,000,000, an increase of
$1,516,000 over the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request.
Youth Violence Prevention.--The Committee provides
$95,042,000 to continue and expand violence prevention programs
in schools, including elementary, secondary, and postsecondary
educational institutions. This is $540,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Funds are used
by schools to establish an emergency/crisis management response
plan; to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment
services to those in need; to educate students on mental health
promotion, suicide, and violence prevention; to prepare
educational materials on mental health for students and
families of students to increase awareness of mental health and
substance abuse issues in young adults; to train students and
school personnel to respond effectively to students with mental
and behavioral health problems that could lead to school
failure, substance abuse, and/or violent behaviors; and, as
needed, to develop a network/infrastructure to link the school
with health care providers who can treat mental and behavioral
problems. Within this amount, the Committee intends that not
less than $84,860,000 be used to collaborate with the
Department of Education for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students
initiative and not less than $3,000,000 shall be used to
continue a jointly funded initiative administered by the
Department of Education and SAMHSA to support competitive
grants to institutions of higher education to develop and
implement emergency management plans for preventing campus
violence, including assessing and addressing the mental health
needs of students, and for responding to threats and incidents
of violence or natural disaster in a manner that ensures the
safety of the campus community.
Within the $10,108,000 included in the bill, $4,915,000
shall be used for the following projects in the following
amounts:
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Project recommendation
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American Combat Veterans of War, San Diego, CA for $175,000
mental health services for returning veterans.......
American Red Cross, Lower Bucks County Chapter, 100,000
Levittown, PA for mental health services and case
management..........................................
BayCare Health System, Clearwater, FL for a mental 200,000
health initiative...................................
Bellfaire JCB, Shaker Heights, OH for the Social 200,000
Advocates for Youth program.........................
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, SD for 90,000
alcohol and drug awareness and youth suicide
prevention programs.................................
City of Detroit, MI for behavioral health services at 700,000
the Grace Ross Health Center........................
Foothill Family Service, Pasadena, CA for mental 200,000
health services to children ages 0-5 and parenting
education that supports the services provided to the
children............................................
Gateway Healthcare, Pawtucket, RI for behavioral 200,000
health services for returning veterans..............
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services, 100,000
Pasadena, CA for mental health and emotional support
services for children of the terminally ill during
the illness and after the death.....................
Heartland Health Outreach, Chicago, IL for a mental 200,000
health supportive services program..................
Hispanic Counseling Center, Hempstead, NY for mental 200,000
health services and treatment for the uninsured and
underinsured Hispanic population on Long Island.....
Jacksonville Community Rehabilitation Center, 200,000
Jacksonville, FL for long-term substance abuse and
mental health programs for those with severe mental
health ailments.....................................
Ohel Children's Home and Family Services, Brooklyn, 550,000
NY for inpatient and outpatient mental health
treatment services..................................
Pacific Clinics, Arcadia, CA for mental health and 500,000
suicide prevention programs for adolescents.........
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, SD for suicide 500,000
prevention and early intervention services..........
Spectrum Programs Inc., Miami, FL for a mental health 200,000
and substance abuse program.........................
St. Bernard Project, Chalmette, LA for mental health 100,000
services............................................
St. Luke's Hospital, Adult Behavioral Services, Cedar 400,000
Rapids, IA for behavioral health services...........
Young & Healthy, Pasadena, CA for mental health care 100,000
for children who are uninsured or underinsured......
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Mental Health Block Grant
The Committee provides a program level total of
$420,774,000 for the Mental Health Block Grant, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The block grant provides funds to States to support
mental illness prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation
services. Funds are allocated according to statutory formula
among the States that have submitted approved annual plans. The
Committee notes that the Mental Health Block Grant funding
represents less than one percent of total State mental health
funding and less than two percent of State community-based
mental health services. Within the total, $21,039,000 is
provided through the section 241 Public Health Service Act
evaluation set-aside, which is the same level as provided in
fiscal year 2009 and the budget request.
Children's Mental Health
The Committee provides $125,316,000 for the comprehensive
community mental health services grant program for children
with serious emotional disorders, which is $16,943,000 more
than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. Funding for this program supports grants and
technical assistance for community-based services for children
and adolescents up to age 22 with serious emotional,
behavioral, or mental disorders. The program assists States and
local jurisdictions in developing integrated systems of
community care. Each individual served receives an individual
service plan developed with the participation of the family and
the child. Grantees are required to provide increasing levels
of matching funds over the six-year grant period. With the
increase provided, SAMHSA estimates that an additional 11,000
children will benefit from this program.
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
(PATH)
The Committee provides $68,047,000 for the Projects for
Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program,
which is $8,360,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the same as budget request. The PATH program supports
grants to States and territories to provide assistance to
individuals suffering from severe mental illness and/or
substance abuse disorders and who are homeless or at imminent
risk of becoming homeless. Grants may be used for outreach,
screening and diagnostic treatment services, rehabilitation
services, community mental health services, alcohol or drug
treatment services, training, case management services,
supportive and supervisory services in residential settings,
and a limited set of housing services. Increased resources will
provide an estimated 11,000 additional individuals with serious
mental illnesses who are homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless with community-based support services.
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
The Committee provides $36,880,000 for the Protection and
Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program,
which is $1,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This funding is distributed to
States according to a population and income based formula to
assist State-designated independent advocates to provide legal
assistance to mentally ill individuals during their residence
in State-operated facilities and for 90 days following their
discharge.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
The Committee provides a program level total of
$2,240,090,000 for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
(CSAT), which is $47,157,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $1,443,000 above the budget request. Within the
total, $87,796,000 is provided through the section 241 Public
Health Service Act evaluation set-aside, which is the same as
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Programs of Regional and National Significance
The Committee provides a program level total of
$461,499,000 for substance abuse treatment Programs of Regional
and National Significance (PRNS), which is $47,157,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $1,443,000 above the
budget request. Within the total, $8,596,000 is provided
through the section 241 Public Health Service Act evaluation
set-aside, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request.
The programs funded through PRNS support activities to
improve the accountability, capacity, and effectiveness of
substance abuse treatment services and services delivery. These
activities include capacity expansion initiatives to help
communities respond to serious, emerging, and unmet treatment
needs. They also include science into services initiatives
through monitoring and accreditation of treatment programs,
training, dissemination and knowledge application activities.
These programs promote the adoption of science- and evidence-
based treatment practices by developing and field-testing new
treatment models in order to facilitate the provision of
quality treatment services and service delivery. These
activities are undertaken in actual service settings rather
than laboratories and results are disseminated to State
agencies and community treatment providers. The goal is to
promote continuous, positive treatment service delivery change
for those people who use and abuse alcohol and drugs.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
amounts for substance abuse treatment Programs of Regional and
National Significance:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Capacity:
Co-Occurring State Incentive Grants.................... $4,263,000 $0 $0
Opioid Treatment Programs/Regulatory Activities........ 8,903,000 0 0
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment 29,106,000 0 0
(SBIRT)...............................................
Targeted Capacity Expansion--General................... 28,989,000 0 0
Pregnant and Postpartum Women.......................... 16,000,000 0 0
Strengthening Treatment Access and Retention........... 1,775,000 0 0
Recovery Community Services Program.................... 5,236,000 0 0
Access to Recovery..................................... 98,954,000 0 0
Children and Families.................................. 20,678,000 0 0
Treatment Systems for Homeless......................... 42,750,000 0 0
Minority AIDS.......................................... 65,988,000 0 0
Criminal Justice Activities............................ 87,635,000 +50,000,000 0
Treatment Drug Courts.............................. 58,882,000 +35,000,000 0
Families Affected by Methamphetamine Abuse..... 5,000,000 +5,000,000 0
Ex-Offender Re-Entry............................... 23,200,000 +15,000,000 0
Services Accountability................................ 20,816,000 0 0
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic 0 -2,000,000 -2,000,000
Reporting (NASPER)....................................Science to Service:
Addiction Technology Transfer Centers.................. 9,081,000 0 0
Seclusion and Restraint................................ 20,000 0 0
Minority Fellowship Program............................ 547,000 0 0
Special Initiatives/Outreach........................... 2,400,000 0 0
Information Dissemination.............................. 4,553,000 0 0
National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and 893,000 0 0
Practices.............................................
SAMHSA Health Information Network...................... 4,255,000 0 0
Program Coordination and Evaluation.................... 5,214,000 0 0
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Treatment Drug Courts.--The Committee provides $58,882,000
for Treatment Drug Courts, which is $35,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. Treatment Drug Courts combine the sanctioning power of
courts with treatment services to break the cycle of child
abuse and neglect, criminal behavior, alcohol and/or drug use,
and incarceration or other penalties. SAMHSA funds are used to
provide substance abuse treatment services, including
assessment, case management, and program coordination. Since
2005 Treatment Drug Courts have increased from 1,200 to over
2,100 in 2008, but there is a limited amount of treatment,
mental health, and recovery support services available. With
this increase, more than 100 new drug courts will be supported,
which will result in an additional 5,200 individuals getting
needed substance abuse treatment and other related services
over the fiscal year 2009 levels.
As requested, the Committee provides $5,000,000 to fund 25
grants for Family Dependency Treatment Drug Courts focused on
methamphetamine within the total for Treatment Drug Courts.
Children exposed to methamphetamine laboratories not only face
physical danger from chemical contamination and explosions, but
they are at a heightened risk for abuse and neglect. These
grants will support a collaborative approach, including
treatment providers, child welfare specialists, and judges, to
provide community-based social services for the children of
methamphetamine-addicted parents. SAMHSA estimates that 870
children with methamphetamine-addicted parents will be provided
critical social services support.
Within the $10,108,000 included in the bill, $3,443,000
shall be used for the following projects in the following
amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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A Safe Haven Foundation, Chicago, IL for behavioral $300,000
health services for individuals affected by
substance abuse.....................................
Chesterfield County, VA for the Dual Treatment Track 143,000
program.............................................
Gavin Foundation, Inc., South Boston, MA for 200,000
substance abuse treatment services at its Cushing
House facility for adolescents......................
Operation UNITE, Somerset, KY for a substance abuse 1,000,000
treatment and voucher program.......................
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, 300,000
Clearwater, FL for a substance abuse treatment
initiative..........................................
San Francisco Department of Public Health, San 750,000
Francisco, CA for mental health and substance abuse
services for homeless veterans......................
Tuesday's Children, Manhasset, NY for a mental health 750,000
initiative..........................................
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Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
The Committee provides a program level total of
$1,778,591,000 for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
(SAPT) Block Grant, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. Within the total,
$79,200,000 is provided through the section 241 Public Health
Service Act evaluation set-aside, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 level and the budget request. The SAPT Block
Grant provides funds to States to support alcohol and drug
abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. Funds
are allocated among the States according to a statutory
formula. State applications, including comprehensive State
plans, must be approved annually by SAMHSA as a condition of
receiving funds.
The SAPT Block Grant is an effective and efficient program
that provides vital prevention and treatment services for the
nation's most vulnerable populations. According to SAMHSA, the
SAPT Block Grant has been successful in expanding capacity and
achieving positive results. In particular, outcome data from
the SAPT Block Grant found that, at discharge, 73 percent of
clients were abstinent from illegal drugs and 77 percent of
clients were abstinent from alcohol. The Committee is also
aware that SAPT Block Grant funded programs help people find or
regain employment, stay away from criminal activity, reunite
with families, and find stable housing.
SAPT Block Grant Set-Aside for Prevention.--The Committee
recognizes the important role played by the 20 percent
prevention services set-aside within the SAPT Block Grant.
According to SAMHSA, SAPT Block Grant funding represents 64
percent of primary prevention funding in States. This effective
substance abuse prevention program helped contribute to a 25
percent decrease in illicit drug use by 8th, 10th and 12th
graders combined between 2001 and 2008. The Committee urges
SAMHSA to promote maximum flexibility in the use of prevention
set-aside funds in order to allow each State to employ
prevention strategies that match State and local circumstances.
National Outcome Measures (NOMs).--The Committee remains
aware of the collaborative work by SAMHSA and State substance
abuse directors to implement outcomes data collection and
reporting through the NOMs initiative. The Committee is pleased
to know that States continue to make progress in reporting NOMs
data through the SAPT Block Grant. According to SAMHSA,
approximately 47 States voluntarily reported substance abuse
outcome data in 2008. State substance abuse agencies reported
significant improvements in a number of areas, including
abstinence from alcohol and illegal drug use, criminal justice
involvement, employment, and stable housing. The Committee
encourages SAMHSA to continue working with State substance
abuse agencies in order to continue to help States address
technical issues and promote State-to-State problem solving
solutions.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Programs of Regional and National Significance
The Committee provides $200,009,000 for the substance abuse
prevention Programs of Regional and National Significance,
which is $994,000 less than the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $1,750,000 more than the budget request. The program
identifies and disseminates evidence-based substance abuse
prevention approaches.
Within the total, the Committee provides the following
amounts for substance abuse prevention Programs of Regional and
National Significance:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Capacity:
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive $111,777,000 +$1,774,000 +$1,774,000
Grants............................................
Mandatory Drug Testing............................. 5,206,000 0 0
Minority AIDS...................................... 41,385,000 0 0
Methamphetamine.................................... 0 -1,774,000 -1,774,000
Program Coordination/Data Coordination and 6,300,000 0 0
Consolidation Center..............................
Sober Truth on Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking. 7,000,000 0 0
National Adult-Oriented Media Public Service 1,000,000 0 0
Campaign......................................
Community-Based Coalition Enhancement Grants... 5,000,000 0 0
Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee on the 1,000,000 0 0
Prevention of Underage Drinking...............Science to Service:
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.................... 9,821,000 0 0
Center for the Application of Prevention 8,511,000 0 0
Technologies......................................
Best Practices Program Coordination................ 4,789,000 0 0
National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and 650,000 0 0
Practices.........................................
SAMHSA Health Information Network.................. 2,749,000 0 0
Minority Fellowship Program........................ 71,000 0 0
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Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of
Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) Progress Report.--The Committee
notes that ICCPUD has not submitted an annual progress report
on national progress in reducing underage drinking since
January 2006. The Committee directs ICCPUD to submit a progress
report on the goals articulated in the initial report, funds
being expended by various agencies, and progress on key
indicators, including age of initiation, beverage preference,
source of alcohol, morbidity, mortality, and costs of underage
drinking. This report should be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
no later than April 1, 2010.
State Activities on Underage Drinking Prevention.--The
Committee encourages SAMHSA to prioritize the collection of
data regarding the enforcement of underage drinking laws,
including the development, testing, and provision of incentives
for States to adopt a uniform data system for reporting State
enforcement data. This should include data regarding State laws
and regulations that raise the cost of underage alcohol use, as
described in the Surgeon General's 2007 Call to Action to
Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking, including alcohol tax
rates, restrictions on low-price, high-volume drink specials,
and wholesaler pricing provisions.
Underage Drinking Public Service Announcement Campaign.--
The Committee supports the continuation of the Public Service
Announcement (PSA) Campaign on underage drinking prevention.
The Committee notes that the STOP Act requires SAMHSA to report
to Congress on the production, broadcasting and evaluation of
the campaign, the effectiveness of the campaign in reducing
underage drinking, the need for and likely effectiveness of an
expanded adult-oriented media campaign, and the feasibility and
likely effectiveness of a youth-focused media campaign to
combat underage drinking. The Committee requests that SAMHSA
prepare and submit the required report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
no later than April 1, 2010.
Underage Drinking Survey Results.--The Committee commends
SAMHSA for its support of town hall meetings on underage
drinking. The Committee reiterates its request that underage
drinking findings from Federal surveys be separately and
prominently highlighted, and continues to request that examples
of how the Committee's directives are being accomplished be
submitted in the fiscal year 2011 Congressional budget
justification.
Preventing Steroid Use.--Within the funds available, the
Committee urges CSAP to develop and implement appropriate
prevention programs focused on preventing the use of steroids
and other performance enhancing drugs by young people. In
addition, the Committee urges SAMHSA to work with NIDA and CDC
to examine the relationship between youth steroid and other
performance enhancing drug use and suicides within this
population and to develop evidence-based treatment protocols
for helping young people abusing steroids and other performance
enhancing drugs to safely stop using these drugs.
Within the $10,108,000 included in the bill, $1,750,000
shall be used for the following projects in the following
amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Betty Ford Institute, Palm Springs, CA for a $250,000
substance abuse prevention and training initiative..
Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Honolulu, HI for a 200,000
youth alcohol abuse and suicide prevention program..
Operation UNITE, Somerset, KY for a multi-school 1,000,000
substance abuse counseling and curriculum
development program.................................
Postpartum Resource Center of New York, West Islip, 100,000
NY for perinatal mood disorder prevention and early
detection programs, support groups, and a
multilingual helpline...............................
Rhode Island State Nurses Association, Pawtucket, RI 100,000
for substance abuse programs for nurses.............
St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction, Bronx, NY for 100,000
mental health consultations and substance abuse
prevention and treatment support services...........
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Program Management
The Committee provides a program level total of
$101,947,000 for Program Management, which is $1,816,000 more
than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. Within the total, $22,750,000 is provided
through the section 241 Public Health Service Act evaluation
set-aside, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The appropriation provides
funding to coordinate, direct, and manage the agency's
programs. Funds are used for salaries, benefits, space,
supplies, equipment, travel and overhead.
St. Elizabeths Hospital Building and Facilities
The Committee provides $795,000 for St. Elizabeths Hospital
Buildings and Facilities, which is $23,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
This funding is available until expended to pay for hazardous
substance remediation on the West Campus of St. Elizabeths
Hospital.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
The Committee provides a program level total of
$372,053,000 for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the budget request.
The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety,
efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
The agency fulfills its mission by conducting and supporting
health services research that focuses on answering questions on
such topics as clinical practice, outcomes of care and
effectiveness, evidenced-based medicine, health care quality,
patient safety and medical errors, health care costs and
financing, and health information technology. AHRQ research
findings are used by providers, health care administrators, and
others to improve health care quality, accessibility, and
outcomes of care.
Research on Health Costs, Quality, and Outcomes
The Committee provides $309,053,000 for Research on Health
Costs, Quality, and Outcomes, which is $5,000,000 less than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program identifies the most effective and efficient approaches
to organize, deliver, finance, and reimburse health care
services; determines how the structure of the delivery system,
financial incentives, market forces, and better information
affects the use, quality, and cost of health services; and
facilitates the translation of research findings for providers,
patients, plans, purchasers, and policymakers. It also funds
research that determines what works best in increasing the
cost-effectiveness and appropriateness of clinical practice;
supports the development of tools to measure and evaluate
health outcomes, quality of care, and consumer satisfaction
with health care system performance; and facilitates the
translation of information into practical uses through the
development and dissemination of research databases.
Patient-Centered Health Research
Within the total for Research on Health Costs, Quality, and
Outcomes, the Committee provides $12,500,000 for Patient-
Centered Health Research. This is $37,500,000 less than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Funding
is provided to cover the continuation costs of current research
grants. The Recovery Act provided an additional $1,100,000,000
for Patient-Centered Health Research in fiscal years 2009 and
2010 to be administered by AHRQ, NIH, and the HHS Office of the
Secretary. This program provides current, unbiased evidence
about the effectiveness of different health care interventions.
The objective of the program is to help consumers, health care
providers, and others make informed choices among treatment
alternatives.
The Committee does not intend for the patient-centered
health research funding included in fiscal year 2010 to be used
to mandate coverage, reimbursement, or other policies for any
public or private payer. The funding shall be used to conduct
or support research to evaluate and compare the clinical
outcomes, effectiveness, risk, and benefits of two or more
medical treatments and services that address a particular
medical condition. Further, the Committee recognizes that a
``one-size-fits-all'' approach to patient treatment is not the
most medically appropriate solution to treating various
conditions. Research conducted should be consistent with
Departmental policies relating to the inclusion of women and
minorities.
Maternity Care Models.--The Committee is concerned that the
U.S. continues to lag behind almost all developed countries in
perinatal outcomes, despite spending more than double per
capita on childbirth than other industrialized countries.
Further, the Committee is aware that maternity care is a major
component of the escalating health care costs in the U.S., with
combined mother/baby charges for hospitalization estimated at
$79,000,000,000 in 2005--far exceeding charges for any other
health condition. Although there is an extensive body of
knowledge regarding best evidence-based practices in maternity
care, current practice is not following the research.
Therefore, the Committee encourages AHRQ to study the
comparative effectiveness of different maternity care models
and practices, including both physician and non-physician
providers; all three birth settings of hospital, birth centers,
and planned home birth; and the practices of elective
induction, primary elective cesarean section, and repeat
cesarean section.
Prevention and Care Management
Within the total for Research on Health Costs, Quality, and
Outcomes, the Committee provides $24,404,000 for Prevention and
Care Management, which is $17,304,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. This program
supports research focusing on improving care and reducing
disparities for common chronic conditions, such as diabetes,
asthma, and heart disease and supports the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force, which translates evidence-based knowledge
into recommendations for clinical preventive services to be
implemented as part of routine clinical practice.
Establishing a robust primary care system capable of
delivering high quality, safe, and efficient care management is
a foundational element for effective health reform. Additional
resources for AHRQ's Prevention and Care Management activities
will focus on four key areas: health care redesign, which will
support research to evaluate the patient-centered medical home
model and develop tools to better understand the needs of
patients with multiple chronic conditions; clinical-community
linkages, which will support the evaluation of models that
integrate community-based services and public health with
clinical care; self-management support to help evaluate ways
for people to manage their own health; and care coordination,
which will develop better ways to transition patients from
hospitals to primary care to reduce readmissions.
Health Information Technology
Within the total for Research on Health Costs, Quality, and
Outcomes, the Committee provides $32,320,000 for Health
Information Technology (HIT), which is $12,500,000 less than
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Funding is provided to cover the continuation costs of current
research grants. AHRQ's HIT program develops and disseminates
evidence and evidence-based tools to inform policy and practice
on how HIT can improve the quality of American health care.
Patient Safety
Within the total for Research on Health Costs, Quality, and
Outcomes, the Committee provides $66,585,000 for Patient
Safety, which is $17,696,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. Funding provided in this
program supports research grants, training programs, and other
tools and resources to prevent, mitigate, and decrease the
number of medical errors, patient safety risks, and quality
gaps associated with healthcare and their harmful impact on
patients. There are two main components of AHRQ's Patient
Safety portfolio: Patient Safety Organizations, for which the
Committee provides $7,000,000; and Patient Safety Threats and
Medical Errors, for which the Committee provides $59,585,000.
Healthcare-Associated Infections.--The Committee continues
to be concerned about healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
According to CDC, HAIs are one of the top ten leading causes of
death in the U.S., accounting for nearly 100,000 associated
deaths and $28,000,000,000 to $33,000,000,000 in excess health
care costs annually. Within the total for Patient Safety
Threats and Medical Errors, the Committee provides $25,000,000
for AHRQ's HAI activities, which is $15,696,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
With increased resources, the Committee directs AHRQ to
place major emphasis on expanding the checklist model for
reducing central-line associated blood stream infections in
intensive care units, which was originally developed through
AHRQ-funded research at Johns Hopkins University. In fiscal
year 2009 this program was expanded from ten to 32 States, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Additional funding in
fiscal year 2010 will bring this successful model to all 50
States and to enhance the initiative to focus on other HAIs,
including clostridium difficile, surgical site infections, and
catheter-associated urinary tract infections and to broaden the
reach of the checklist to all units of hospitals.
HAIs are not just a problem in hospitals, but are a major
concern in other settings, including dialysis centers,
ambulatory care, surgery centers, and the nursing home setting.
Increased resources will allow AHRQ to support the research
necessary to develop, validate, and implement infection
prevention and control models designed specifically for these
settings.
Additionally, AHRQ will offer technical assistance and
practical training opportunities based on the highly successful
Patient Safety Improvement Corps training program. This
program, which is a partnership with the Department of Veterans
Affairs, improves patient safety by providing health care staff
with the knowledge and skills needed to investigate medical
errors and to develop and evaluate sustainable system
interventions to prevent them.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Collaborative Research Initiative.--MRSA is the most common
HAI. The number of MRSA-associated hospital stays has more than
tripled since 2000, reaching nearly 369,000 in 2005, according
to AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project database.
Patients hospitalized for MRSA have longer hospital stays and
are more likely to die than patients who don't have MRSA. These
infections are especially common in intensive care units. In
order to address MRSA specifically, the Committee provides AHRQ
with $10,000,000, which is $2,000,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request.
The Committee urges AHRQ to support investigator-initiated
research aimed at identifying new interventions to reduce
infections. Just as the basic science of the agents that cause
HAIs is evolving, so is the knowledge about how to prevent and
treat them. Although in some cases adequate knowledge about how
to reduce HAIs is available and the primary barrier is how to
implement and apply that knowledge, in other cases, optimal
solutions are not apparent. Support for novel approaches is one
way to expand the arsenal of interventions aimed at reducing
HAIs, including MRSA.
Ambulatory Patient Safety.--The Committee recognizes AHRQ's
efforts to examine the risks associated with the migration of
health care into ambulatory settings. In light of the growing
number of incidents involving syringe reuse and hepatitis C
transmission across the country, the Committee urges AHRQ to
expand the ambulatory safety and quality program to identify
the inherent risks in ambulatory settings and to develop
potential solutions for protecting patients. AHRQ is encouraged
to partner with CDC for assessment, content expertise, and
evaluation activities to enable these efforts.
Crosscutting Activities Related to Quality, Effectiveness,
and Efficiency Research
Within the total for Research on Health Costs, Quality, and
Outcomes, the Committee provides $169,514,000 for Crosscutting
Activities Related to Quality, Effectiveness, and Efficiency
Research, including training grants and contracts and research
management. This is $10,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. Research activities
supported by funding in this area look to answer questions
about cost, organization, and socioeconomics related to
healthcare; long-term healthcare; training; quality of care;
system capacity; and hazards preparedness.
The Committee values AHRQ for its critical role in
supporting health services research to improve health care
quality, reduce costs, advance patient safety, decrease medical
errors, eliminate health care disparities, and broaden access
to essential services. However, the Committee is troubled that
AHRQ's investigator-initiated research portfolio has languished
even though many of the sentinel studies that have changed the
face of health and health care in the U.S. are the result of
researchers' ingenuity and creativity. The Committee provides
AHRQ additional funding for investigator-initiated research to
advance discovery and the free marketplace of ideas.
Building the Next Generation of Researchers.--The Committee
is concerned about declines in the number of, and funding for,
training grants for the next generation of researchers. The
Committee urges AHRQ to provide greater support to pre- and
post-doctoral training grants and fellowships to ensure America
stays competitive in the global research market.
Broadening the Evidence Base in Response to Health Care
Challenges.--The Committee recognizes that AHRQ's research
portfolio focuses predominantly on patient safety, health care
quality, and patient-centered health research. Unfortunately,
these efforts have included less research on ways to improve
the quality and efficiency of the health care system as a
whole, and have resulted in relatively little funding to study
what drives health care costs or to determine how to achieve
needed improvements in efficiency. The Committee urges AHRQ to
develop a more balanced research agenda, supporting all aspects
of health care research outlined in its statutory mission,
including, the costs, utilization of, and access to, health
care and the ways in which health care services are organized,
delivered, and financed.
Diabetes.--Measurement and appropriate management of
hemoglobin A1c can reduce the risk of complications of
diabetes. Several quality measurement programs such as CMS'
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative reward measurement, but
do not reward appropriate management of hemoglobin A1c. This is
due to the lack of outcomes focused measures that encourage
appropriate hemoglobin A1c management. Studies have identified
a number of patient characteristics that can impact hemoglobin
A1c levels including age, gender, race, ethnicity, body mass
index, severity of diabetes, duration of diabetes, type of
treatment for diabetes, co-morbidities, life expectancy,
medication adherence, and self-monitoring adherence. The
Committee is aware that measure developers have attempted to
create a measure for the appropriate management of hemoglobin
A1c, but have failed to reach consensus on a methodology that
encourages appropriate management and measurement while
avoiding unintended consequences that may discourage or fail to
recognize appropriate management. The Committee encourages AHRQ
to seek to advance the development of an appropriate A1c
management quality measure by providing support to develop a
new measure or measures and/or ways to adapt current measures
to support this goal. This could be in the form of support to
groups that have large A1c databases, such as the Veterans
Administration system or one of AHRQ's Accelerating Change and
Transformation in Organizations and Networks partners.
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction.--Mindfulness-based
stress reduction (MBSR) is the most commonly used meditation-
based intervention in medical settings in the U.S. There is a
growing body of scientific literature that has examined the
impact of MBSR on pain, brain function, immune function, and on
the symptoms and underlying biological mediators of some
diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, psoriasis, and
cancer. However, the extent to which MBSR might affect health
care utilization has never been systemically studied. Even
modest reductions in health care utilization could translate
into significant dollar savings cumulatively throughout the
nation and may have implications for health care policy. The
Committee urges AHRQ to support research to determine whether
MBSR impacts health care utilization.
Moving Research into Practice.--Health services research
has great potential to improve health and health care when
widely disseminated and used. The Committee supports AHRQ's
research translation activities, including practice-based
research centers and learning networks that are designed to
better understand health care delivery and move the best
available research and decision-making tools into health care
practice. The Committee provides funding for AHRQ to expand
these programs. This will ensure health care delivery is rooted
in the best available evidence and help improve health care
quality and ultimately health outcomes.
Restoring Innovation and Competitiveness.--The Committee is
pleased that AHRQ is working to address the decline in
investigator-initiated research opportunities through its
Innovations Research Portfolio. The Committee provides funding
for AHRQ to expand this grant making program to advance
discovery and the free marketplace of ideas, and urges AHRQ to
provide more opportunities for investigator-initiated research
through its other core programs, including the Effective Health
Care Program.
Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys
The Committee provides $60,300,000 for the Medical
Expenditures Panel Surveys (MEPS), which is $5,000,000 more
than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
The MEPS provide data for timely national estimates of health
care use and expenditures, private and public health insurance
coverage, and the availability, costs, and scope of private
health insurance benefits. This activity also provides data for
analysis of changes in behavior as a result of market forces or
policy changes on health care use, expenditures, and insurance
coverage; develops cost/savings estimates of proposed changes
in policy; and identifies the impact of changes in policy for
subgroups of the population. Increased funding will allow AHRQ
to support a sample size robust enough to continue to collect
statistically significant data for racial and ethnic minority
population subgroups.
Program Support
For Program Support, the Committee provides $2,700,000,
which is the same as fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This activity supports the overall direction
and management of the agency.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
The Committee provides $220,962,473,000 for the Federal
share of current law State Medicaid costs, which is
$31,107,439,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
the same as the budget request. This amount does not include
$71,700,038,000 which was advance funded in the fiscal year
2009 appropriation for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.
In addition, the Committee provides an advance appropriation of
$86,789,382,000 for program costs in the first quarter of
fiscal year 2011. The Committee has also included indefinite
budget authority for unanticipated costs in fiscal year 2010.
Medicaid is projected to provide health care to 53.3
million people in fiscal year 2010, an increase of 4.3 percent.
This represents 17.2 percent of the U.S. population. Medicaid
will provide coverage to 26.2 million children. Non-disabled
adults under age 65 and children will represent 74 percent of
the Medicaid population, but account for 35 percent of Medicaid
benefit outlays. In contrast, the elderly and disabled
populations are estimated to make up 26 percent of the Medicaid
population, yet account for approximately 65 percent of
Medicaid benefit outlays. Medicaid is the largest payer for
long-term care in America.
PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
The Committee provides $207,296,070,000 for the Payments to
the Health Care Trust Funds account, which supports Medicare
Part B and prescription drug benefits for 46.6 million Medicare
beneficiaries. This amount is $9,552,070,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $65,000,000 above the budget
request. This entitlement account includes the general fund
subsidy to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Fund for Medicare Part B benefits, Medicare drug benefits and
administration, and State high risk pools as well as other
reimbursements to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for
benefits and related administrative costs, which have not been
financed by payroll taxes or premium contributions. The
increase over the budget request is due to the reimbursement to
the trust fund for the high risk pools initiative funded in the
Program Management account. The Committee continues bill
language requested by the Administration providing indefinite
authority to pay the general revenue portion of the Medicare
Part B premium match and provides resources for the Medicare
Part D drug benefit program in the event that the annual
appropriation is insufficient.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
The Committee makes available $3,463,362,000 in trust funds
for Federal administration of the Medicare and Medicaid
programs, which is $147,976,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $2,138,000 below the budget request. This
activity supports the two largest Federal health care programs,
Medicare and Medicaid, along with the Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Medicare prescription drug
program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
is the largest purchaser of health care in the U.S., serving
approximately 98 million Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP
beneficiaries.
Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation
The Committee provides $31,600,000 for Research,
Demonstration and Evaluation, which is $1,408,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $25,378,000 below the budget
request. These funds support a variety of studies and
demonstrations in such areas as monitoring and evaluating
health system performance; improving health care financing and
delivery mechanisms; modernization of the Medicare program; the
needs of vulnerable populations in the areas of health care
access, delivery systems, and financing; and information to
improve consumer choice and health status. The Committee
includes the full request of $14,800,000 for the Medicare
Current Beneficiary Survey. Funding for Real Choice Systems
Change grants is not included.
The Committee encourages CMS to conduct a demonstration
program comparing Type II diabetes therapies to determine which
of them optimally assist people with Medicare in weight control
while reaching and maintaining target blood glucose levels. The
Committee encourages CMS to submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
report on the demonstration no later than January 1, 2011.
The Committee recognizes that the Medicare Modernization
Act of 2003 included a Welcome to Medicare physical exam
benefit for new Medicare enrollees. However, despite clinical
data showing hepatitis B and C are a major health problem in
the United States, a hepatitis B and C screening benefit
currently is not covered under the Medicare program. To assist
in determining whether Congress should add a hepatitis B and C
screening benefit to the Welcome to Medicare physical exam, the
Committee encourages the Secretary to conduct a three-year
hepatitis B and C screening and treatment demonstration project
and to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the demonstration
no later than December 31, 2013.
The bill includes $1,600,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Bi-State Primary Care Association, Montpelier, VT to $100,000
treat uninsured patients............................
County of Ventura Health Care Agency, Ventura, CA for 200,000
Medicaid enrollment programs........................
Fond du Lac County, WI for the Save a Smile Program.. 400,000
Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA for 100,000
program to increase involvement of pharmacists in
chronic disease management..........................
PACE Greater New Orleans, New Orleans, LA for 500,000
facilities and equipment............................
Patient Advocate Foundation, Newport News, VA for a 300,000
patient assistance program for the uninsured........
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Medicare Operations
The Committee provides $2,323,862,000 to support Medicare
claims processing contracts, which is $58,147,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $40,000,000 below the budget
request.
The Committee includes bill language as proposed in the
budget request that extends the availability of $65,600,000
through September 30, 2011 for Medicare contracting reform
activities. The Committee also includes bill language as
proposed in the budget request providing $35,681,000 for the
Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System, to
remain available through September 30, 2011. The bill does not
include language proposed in the budget request to provide
extended availability for funds related to the Medicare
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.
Within the total, the Committee provides $45,000,000 for
the State Health Insurance Program (SHIP), which is the same as
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $5,000,000 above the
budget request. The Committee believes SHIP is an important
vehicle to help the 46.6 million Medicare beneficiaries grapple
with changes in coverage and prescription drug plans. SHIP
provides one-on-one counseling to those who have trouble
accessing the internet or the toll-free hotlines.
The Committee notes that the CMS Medicaid policy on
coverage for routine HIV Testing is unclear, and should be
updated to reflect the Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing
of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Healthcare
Settings issued in September 2006 by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
State Survey and Certification
The Committee provides $346,900,000 for State inspections
of facilities serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries,
which is $53,772,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request.
This program supports the certification and periodic
inspection of facilities receiving Medicare funding, such as
nursing homes, hospitals, hospices, and rehabilitation centers.
These inspections target quality of care, appropriateness of
staffing, and patient safety. In 2010, more than 83,000
initial, recertification and complaint surveys are expected to
be conducted.
The Committee has provided sufficient funding for survey
and certification activities to provide surveys of all types of
facilities at least once every six years. Some types of
facilities are currently reviewed as infrequently as once every
11.5 years, including ambulatory surgery centers (prior to
Recovery Act funding). These types of facilities have been
implicated in past outbreaks of healthcare-associated
infections (HAI). Greater frequency of surveys is expected to
increase awareness of and reduction in the occurrence of HAIs.
The Committee also directs CMS to train all State inspectors on
CDC's revised HAI interpretative guidelines. With the increased
frequency of inspections, surveyors must be equipped to detect
evidence of HAIs or faulty procedures that could result in
HAIs.
Because of the growth in the number of facilities seeking
survey and certification so that they are permitted to
participate in CMS programs, the Committee encourages CMS to
explore the use of alternative licensure activities to provide
additional resources for initial survey and certification
activities. The Committee understands this is particularly
acute for dialysis facilities and urges CMS to direct the
States to triage first-time applications by length of wait time
and remoteness of facility.
State High-Risk Insurance Pools
The Committee provides $65,000,000 through specific
appropriations language to support the State High-Risk
Insurance Pools Program, which is $10,000,000 below the fiscal
year 2009 funding level. The budget request does not include
discretionary funding for high risk pools for fiscal year 2010,
instead requesting $75,000,000 in mandatory demonstration
funding as part of a legislative proposal.
Thirty-five States currently operate high-risk pools that
are the health insurers of last resort for almost 200,000
individuals who have lost or are ineligible for group insurance
coverage, and who are medically high-risk and unable to
purchase individual health insurance in the commercial market.
High-risk pools represent a successful public/private
partnership. All risk pool participants pay a monthly premium,
capped at 125 to 200 percent of the average market premium.
Insurers and health care providers support the program through
assessments, and some States contribute to their pools. The
Committee anticipates a declining need for State high-risk
insurance pools as universal health care coverage becomes a
reality.
Federal Administration
The Committee provides $696,000,000 to support Federal
administrative activities related to the Medicare and Medicaid
programs, which is $54,649,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $1,760,000 below the budget request. The
Committee does not continue bill language authorizing CMS to
use funds for the Healthy Start, Grow Smart program for parents
of children enrolled in the Medicaid program because of lagging
State participation.
As part of its effort to combat HAIs, the Committee directs
CMS to include in its ``pay for reporting'' system, which
penalizes hospitals that fail to report quality data to
Hospital Compare, two infection control measures developed by
the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA)-- central line-associated
bloodstream infections and a surgical site infection rate.
These two measures have been agreed upon by the HQA membership,
tested, and validated. If the measures are included in Hospital
Compare, the public reporting of the data is likely to reduce
HAI occurrence, an outcome demonstrated in previous research.
The Committee also directs CMS to add additional HAI
measures in its next expansion of the ``pay for performance''
system in which hospitals receive lower reimbursement for
treatment of conditions that are not present upon admission. Of
the 12 general conditions currently tracked under ``pay for
performance'', three are related to HAIs (catheter-associated
urinary tract infection, vascular catheter-associated
infection, and surgical site infections). The Committee directs
CMS to report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate by May 1, 2010 outlining
progress in this regard.
The Committee is concerned that language and cultural
barriers inhibit many minority seniors from accessing Medicare
and encourages CMS to expand multilingual help lines to improve
access to eligible programs by underserved minority seniors.
The Committee encourages the Secretary to adopt quality
measures for hepatitis B and C screening and treatment for use
by dialysis providers and physicians who treat patients on
dialysis. The Committee encourages the Secretary to include
these quality measures and an analysis in the CMS Physician
Quality Reporting Initiative.
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT
The Committee provides $311,000,000 to be transferred from
the Medicare trust funds for Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Control activities conducted by CMS, the HHS Inspector General,
and the Department of Justice, which is $113,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. This funding is in addition to $1,156,000,000 that is
provided as mandatory funding through authorizing bills.
Funding will provide resources for expanded efforts for
Medicaid program integrity activities, for safeguarding the
Medicare prescription drug benefit and the Medicare Advantage
program, and for program integrity efforts carried out by the
Department of Justice.
Administration for Children and Families
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAMS
The Committee provides $3,571,509,000 for the Child Support
Enforcement and Family Support programs, which is $254,810,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. The Committee also provides $1,100,000,000 in
advance funding, as requested, for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2011 to ensure timely payments for Child Support
Enforcement programs. These programs support State-administered
programs of financial assistance and services for low-income
families to promote their economic security and self-
sufficiency. The Committee recommendation includes an estimated
$33,000,000 for payments to territories, which is the same as
the comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
The Committee provides $5,100,000,000 for the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), the same as the
comparable fiscal year 2009 funding level and $1,900,000,000
above the discretionary budget request. The Administration's
fiscal year 2010 discretionary budget proposes $3,200,000,000
for LIHEAP and, in addition, includes a legislative proposal to
create a trigger mechanism that would make additional mandatory
funding available if energy prices reach certain levels. Under
the budget request, States would be forced to eliminate
assistance payments to approximately 1.7 million households and
reduce the average benefit by approximately $100. Absent
enactment of such legislation, the Committee recommendation
ensures that approximately 7.5 million low-income households
continue to receive the home energy assistance they need in a
volatile energy market.
Within the amount provided, the Committee recommends
$4,509,672,000 for the State formula grants, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $2,099,672,000 above
the budget request. The Committee bill maintains the
distribution of formula grant funds as allocated in fiscal year
2009. The Committee recommends $590,328,000 for the contingent
emergency reserve, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $199,672,000 below the budget request. The
Committee does not include language making the contingency
reserve funding available until expended, as included in the
budget request. The Committee intends that not more than
$27,000,000 be used for the Leveraging Incentive Program, which
rewards States that leverage private or non-Federal resources
for home energy assistance.
LIHEAP provides assistance to low-income households to help
pay the costs of home energy. While energy prices have declined
recently in conjunction with the global economic downturn, home
energy prices remain high, unpredictable, and unaffordable for
many households. LIHEAP serves the most vulnerable households
in the country, including some of those hardest hit by the
economic downturn for which rapidly rising home-energy costs or
severe weather conditions can have dire consequences. Currently
93 percent of households receiving LIHEAP assistance have at
least one family member who is elderly, disabled, a child under
18, or have a single adult living with one or more children.
Approximately 80 percent of households receiving LIHEAP
assistance have annual incomes below $20,000 and almost 40
percent have incomes below $10,000.
The Committee maintains bill language included in the
Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009, allowing States to provide assistance
to households making up to 75 percent of the State median
income. In fiscal year 2009, approximately 17 percent of
eligible households under these new eligibility criteria
received assistance.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
The Committee provides $714,968,000 for Refugee and Entrant
Assistance programs. This amount is $81,526,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $25,689,000 less than the
budget request. The Committee includes bill language making
most of these funds available through September 30, 2012, as
requested. This funding would provide assistance to over
160,000 arriving refugees, asylees, entrants, trafficking
victims, and unaccompanied alien children, including 29,000
special immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) programs are
designed to help refugees, asylees, Cuban and Haitian entrants,
and trafficking victims become employed and self-sufficient.
These programs also assist unaccompanied immigrant children in
Federal custody and victims of torture.
The Committee notes the inherent uncertainties in
estimating the necessary funding level for ORR programs. A
significant amount of ORR's expenses are determined by the
number of refugees arriving in the United States and the number
of unaccompanied alien children transferred to ORR's care. In
particular, in recent years the number of refugees arriving in
the United States, while increasing, has been lower than
expected, resulting in significant carryover of unobligated
balances. While ORR does not plan on carrying over any
unobligated balances into fiscal year 2010, the Committee urges
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to allocate
any unexpected carryover in fiscal year 2010 for social
services activities.
The Committee recommends that the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) conduct an evaluation of ORR's administration of
the refugee assistance programs, including an assessment of the
effectiveness of ORR programs at helping refugees achieve self-
sufficiency. Preliminary data indicates that the economic
downturn has made it increasingly difficult for arriving
refugees to achieve self-sufficiency. As the number of refugees
entering the United States continues to rise, with some of the
largest increases in those from Iraq and Afghanistan, this
growing caseload will continue to put stress on ORR programs.
It is critical that the United States follow through in this
humanitarian mission and provide adequate services to this very
vulnerable population. The Committee is particularly interested
in GAO identifying any inequities in the system, evaluating the
Voluntary Agency Matching Grant program compared to State-
administered and Wilson-Fish programs, and recommending
possible improvements to ensure all refugees receive the
assistance they need to achieve self-sufficiency within a
reasonable period of time.
Transitional and Medical Services
The Committee provides $337,102,000 for Transitional and
Medical Services, which is $54,754,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
Transitional and Medical Services program provides, through
State governments and non-profit organizations, cash, medical,
and other assistance to eligible refugees, asylees, entrants,
and victims of trafficking who are not categorically eligible
for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, or SSI.
State refugee programs are reimbursed for their costs of
providing assistance, while non-profit organizations are
awarded grants to provide assistance in States not
participating in the program, or participating in only parts of
the program. Transitional and Medical Services also provides
funding for the Voluntary Agency Matching Grant program.
While still falling below the ceiling established by the
State Department, the number of refugees arriving in the United
States has been increasing in recent years. From fiscal year
2003 to fiscal year 2008 the number of arriving refugees more
than doubled, from less than 30,000 to over 60,000. In fiscal
years 2009 and 2010 ACF expects these numbers to approach the
80,000 ceiling established by the State Department. ACF expects
an additional 29,000 special immigrants arriving from Iraq and
Afghanistan, up from only 100 in fiscal year 2007. At the same
time, the economic downturn has resulted in refugees receiving
assistance for a longer period of time, often for the full
eight months for which they are eligible. The Committee
recommendation will ensure that eligible refugees continue to
receive transitional and medical assistance in their first
vulnerable months in the United States.
Voluntary Agency Matching Grant Program.--Under the
Voluntary Agency Matching Grant program, national voluntary
refugee resettlement agencies match Federal funds and provide
job placement, job development, and interim cash assistance
with the goal of refugees attaining self-sufficiency in their
first four to six months in the United States. Refugees
participating in this program are not eligible for other cash
assistance. While the economic downturn has created new
challenges, the Committee continues to recognize the positive
outcomes of this program, which has experienced success in
facilitating economic self-sufficiency for newly arriving
refugees within a short period of time. The Committee requests
that ORR include in their fiscal year 2011 Congressional budget
justification, additional information on the Voluntary Agency
Matching Grant program, including actual and projected
information on funding levels; the number of refugees
participating in the program; demographics of refugees
participating in the program including country of origin and
level of education attainment; and the number of refugees
achieving self-sufficiency within four and six months in the
United States.
Family Preservation for Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
(URM).--The Committee commends the initial steps taken by ORR
to address the problem of separated children and refugee family
breakdown by piloting a family preservation specialist
initiative in the URM Program. The Committee urges ORR to
consider expanding this initiative. In addition, the Committee
requests that ORR provide adequate funding to URM programs for
capacity development so that they have the necessary
infrastructure to accommodate increasing numbers of
unaccompanied and separated refugee children. The Committee
requests ORR to provide estimates in its fiscal year 2011
Congressional budget justification on the number of family
preservation specialists funded, along with actual and
projected data on the number of refugee children in the URM
program.
Victims of Trafficking
The Committee provides $9,814,000 for Victims of
Trafficking, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Committee strongly supports
the continued administration of a national network for
identification, tracking, and certification of trafficking
victims. The Committee is encouraged that the William
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
of 2008 (TVPRA) grants the Secretary of Health and Human
Services new authority to provide interim assistance to child
victims of trafficking. The Committee also supports efforts to
ensure that child trafficking victims do not remain trapped in
life-threatening situations out of fear of being interrogated
by law enforcement authorities.
Social Services
The Committee provides $154,005,000 for Social Services,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. Funding is distributed by a combination of
formula and discretionary grants to states and non-profit
organizations and supports a variety of services for refugees
including employment preparation, job placement, social
adjustment services, interpretation and translation services,
English language training, and childcare.
Within the funds provided, the Committee includes
$19,000,000 for continued support to communities with large
concentrations of Cuban and Haitian entrants of varying ages
whose cultural differences make assimilation especially
difficult, justifying a more intense level and longer duration
of Federal assistance.
In addition, the Committee urges ACF to use any unobligated
balances under this account carried over into fiscal year 2010
to expand social services to refugees, particularly for
emerging housing assistance to refugees. The Committee is
concerned that the current economic downturn has left many
refugees unable to find or maintain employment and, as a
result, facing eviction and homelessness. The economic climate
has intensified an already difficult transition and the
Committee urges ACF to use any unanticipated carryover to help
refugees as they contend with new and unforeseen challenges.
The Committee continues to request that ACF adequately fund
the Refugee School Impact program. This program provides grants
to support impacted school districts to fund activities that
will lead to the effective integration and education of refugee
children.
Preventive Health
The Committee provides $4,748,000 for Preventive Health,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. These funds are awarded through discretionary
grants to States to support the coordination and promotion of
health screening, treatment, and medical follow-up services to
refugees.
Targeted Assistance
The Committee provides $48,590,000 for the Targeted
Assistance program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. These grants provide
assistance to areas with high concentrations of refugees.
Unaccompanied Alien Children
The Committee provides $149,351,000 for the Unaccompanied
Alien Children (UAC) program, which is $26,231,000 more than
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $26,230,000 less than
the budget request. Subsequent to the fiscal year 2010 request,
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 included an
additional $82,000,000 for the UAC program for costs associated
with the TVPRA. These additional funds will remain available
through September 30, 2011.
The UAC program provides for the care and placement of
unaccompanied children who are apprehended in the U.S. by law
enforcement and taken into care pending resolution of their
immigration cases. ACF provides grants and contracts to State-
licensed facilities to provide temporary shelter, medical care,
pro bono legal services, family reunification services, and
other support services for children in ACF's care.
The TVPRA includes new requirements regarding the treatment
and care of unaccompanied alien children. The TVPRA requires
that unaccompanied alien children interdicted from Mexico and
Canada whom the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
determines to be victims of trafficking, at risk of trafficking
upon return, or who have a credible fear of persecution upon
return, must be transferred to ACF's care. Previously all
children from contiguous countries apprehended at the border
were immediately returned and not transferred to ACF. The TVPRA
also provides for increased monitoring, screening, and
assessments for children, increased home studies before
children are placed with a sponsor, mandatory follow-up for
children for whom a study is conducted, and specialized
training for Federal, State and local personnel. The Committee
supports these new provisions aimed at ensuring the proper care
and treatment of unaccompanied alien children. However, these
new requirements have only become effective as of March 2009
and limited data are available on the actual costs of carrying
out the provisions of the TVPRA. The Committee requests ACF to
provide a report within 60 days of enactment of this Act to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on how ACF has implemented the provisions of the
TVPRA and the costs associated with carrying out these new
provisions, including information on the number of children
transferred to ACF's care, the length of stay while under ACF's
care, and other costs associated with implementing the TVPRA.
Transportation of Unaccompanied Alien Children.--The
Committee does not include funding for the transportation of
unaccompanied alien children from the point of apprehension to
placement in an ORR facility. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), in consultation with HHS and DHS, released a memo
in June 2009 specifying that DHS will continue to be
responsible for this transportation in fiscal year 2010. In
addition, a more extensive report will be completed by
September 30, 2009 detailing specific recommendations
concerning improvements to the program. In preparing this
report, the Committee urges OMB, HHS, and DHS to consider the
best interest of the unaccompanied alien children. The
Committee urges HHS and DHS to work to ensure the placement of
children in areas with access to important medical, mental
health, and legal services. Many facilities are currently
located in rural areas close to the border to facilitate an
easier transfer of children between DHS and HHS. However, many
of these areas lack access to key services.
Pro Bono Pilot Program.--Unaccompanied alien children are
not guaranteed legal representation and many children appear
before a judge to determine their immigration status without an
attorney. Pro bono legal representation is absolutely critical
to ensure that children understand their rights as they
navigate the legal process to determine their status in the
United States. The Committee commends ORR for implementing a
pro bono pilot program for unaccompanied alien children and
includes no less than $6,000,000 within the UAC program to
continue and expand this initiative. The Committee urges ORR to
continue to work towards ensuring that all unaccompanied alien
children understand their legal rights and have access to pro
bono representation. The Committee requests a report be
included in the fiscal year 2011 budget justification on the
effectiveness of this initiative, including the number and
proportion of unaccompanied alien children provided pro bono
legal representation.
Independent Evaluation.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002
transferred responsibility for the care and treatment of
unaccompanied alien children to HHS to ensure that the child
welfare needs of children are protected. Since that time there
has not been a comprehensive evaluation of the UAC program. The
Committee recommends up to $250,000 for an independent
evaluation of the UAC program to determine if the UAC program
is operating consistent with child welfare best practices.
Field Coordinator Program.--The Committee recognizes the
importance of the field coordinator program to properly
evaluate children, make recommendations based on their
independent evaluation of the child, and advocate in the best
interests of the child. Given the expected increase in the
number of unaccompanied alien children resulting from the
TVPRA, the Committee urges ORR to expand the field coordinator
program to ensure that children are properly evaluated and
their best welfare protected.
Victims of Torture
The Committee provides $11,358,000 to provide a
comprehensive program of support for domestic centers and
programs for victims of torture. This amount is $541,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Funding supports services and rehabilitation for victims of
torture, including social and legal services and training for
healthcare providers on treating the physical and psychological
effects of torture.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
The Committee provides $2,127,081,000 for the discretionary
portion of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG),
the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The Recovery Act provided an additional $2,000,000,000
for the CCDBG in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The CCDBG provides
child care services for low-income families.
One out of every three families with young children earn
less than $25,000 and child care costs can make up a sizable
piece of any family's budget. For many families, single-parent
households in particular, child care can be prohibitively
expensive. A recent study found that in the vast majority of
States, the average annual cost of child care for two young
children is more than half the median income for single parent
households.
The Committee continues to believe that providing
affordable high quality child care is a critical investment
that can have lasting benefits for families. Single mothers who
receive child care assistance are 40 percent more likely to
remain employed after two years than those who do not receive
assistance. Children receiving high quality child care
demonstrate greater mathematical ability, greater thinking and
attention skills, and fewer behavioral problems than children
who receive lower quality care. Including mandatory funds, the
Committee recommendation will help provide child care services
to an estimated 1.7 million children in fiscal year 2010.
Together with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and
the Social Services Block Grant, 34 percent of children in
families with income under 150 percent of the Federal Poverty
Level receive child care subsidies.
Within the total for CCDBG, the Committee includes
$271,401,000 for activities to improve the quality of child
care, including $99,534,000 for infant and toddler care;
$18,960,000 for child care resource and referral activities;
$1,000,000 for the Child Care Aware toll-free hotline; and
$9,910,000 for child care research, demonstration, and
evaluation activities.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
The Committee provides $1,700,000,000 for the Social
Services Block Grant (SSBG), the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Committee provides
the entire authorized amount for this flexible source of
funding to help local communities provide a variety of social
services to needy individuals and their families. Funds are
distributed to States by formula grants and States have the
flexibility to determine what services and activities are
supported, provided they are targeted at a broad set of goals,
including reducing or eliminating poverty, achieving or
maintaining self-sufficiency, and preventing neglect and abuse.
SSBG supports services in critical areas such as nutrition,
employment, housing, public health, and other social services
that experience increased demand in an economic downturn. The
funds in this bill will allow States to reach approximately 19
million vulnerable individuals.
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee provides a total program level of
$9,447,168,000 for Children and Families Services Programs,
which is $135,840,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $22,608,000 below the budget request. Within the total
provided, $10,217,000 is provided through the section 241
Public Health Service Act evaluation set-aside. This account
finances a number of programs aimed at enhancing the well-being
of the nation's children and families, particularly those who
are disadvantaged or troubled.
Head Start
The Committee provides $7,234,783,000 for Head Start, which
is $121,997,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
$2,100,000,000 for Head Start, with a directive that HHS work
with grantees to manage resources to sustain fiscal year 2009
awards through fiscal year 2010. The Committee recommendation
will allow Head Start to serve approximately 978,000 children
in fiscal year 2010, maintaining the 69,000 increase in
children served due to the Recovery Act.
Head Start provides grants to local public and private non-
profit agencies to provide comprehensive early childhood
development services, including educational, health,
nutritional, and social services, to economically disadvantaged
children before they enter school. Head Start was reauthorized
in December 2007, with several significant changes to the
program, including expanding eligibility, establishing a
funding priority for American Indian and Alaska Native and
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs, enhancing
qualification requirements for Head Start teachers and other
staff, and imposing new competition requirements for poorly
performing grantees.
The Committee requests that the Office of Head Start
include the waiting lists for the Head Start, Early Head Start,
and the Indian and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs as
part of the annual Program Information Reporting System.
Homeless Children.--The Improving Head Start for School
Readiness Act of 2007 includes provisions intended to enhance
services for homeless children and increase their participation
in Head Start. The Committee encourages ACF, in developing and
implementing Head Start training and technical assistance, to
work with organizations specializing in improving services to
homeless children in early education programs.
Vision Screening.--The Committee recognizes that vision
disorders are the leading cause of impaired health in childhood
and is concerned that while Head Start currently requires
children to be screened for vision problems, there are no
procedures for training, tracking, or conducting the screening.
This lack of national uniform standards continues to cause many
Head Start enrollees to fall through the cracks without
diagnosis or treatment. The Committee encourages the
continuation and expansion of collaborative efforts between the
Office of Head Start and stakeholders to ensure that all Head
Start enrollees receive vision screening services and other
resources available to them in their community.
Consolidated Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs
The Committee provides $98,234,000 for Consolidated Runaway
and Homeless Youth Programs, which is $1,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Funding
supports the establishment and operation of runaway and
homeless youth shelters and transitional living programs.
Funding also supports the national toll free runaway and
homeless youth crisis hotline, which receives over 100,000
calls annually.
Grants are used to develop or strengthen community-based
shelters, which are outside the law enforcement, juvenile
justice, child welfare, and mental health systems. Basic
Centers provide outreach, crisis intervention, temporary
shelter, counseling and family unification services.
Transitional Living Programs provide longer-term services for
older children who cannot safely live with their families,
providing skills designed to help youth transition to self-
sufficiency. The Transitional Living Program also funds
programs for pregnant and parenting teens.
Prevention Grants to Reduce Abuse of Runaway Youth
The Committee provides $18,721,000 for Prevention Grants to
Reduce Abuse of Runaway Youth, which is $1,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program provides grants to support street-based outreach and
education to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been
sexually abused or who are at-risk of sexual abuse. The street
outreach program ensures rapid engagement with young people in
an effort to prevent the most terrible situations that take
place when they are subjected to life on the streets, including
physical and sexual abuse, assault, commercial sexual
exploitation, disease, long-term homelessness, and even death.
Child Abuse State Grants
The Committee provides $26,535,000 for Child Abuse State
Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the budget request. These funds support grants to States to
improve child protective service systems. State grants are
based on an initial $50,000 allocation per State, with
additional funds distributed based on the State's relative
share of the number of children under age 18.
Child Abuse Discretionary Activities
The Committee provides $40,595,000 for Child Abuse
Discretionary Activities, which is $1,162,000 below the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $1,250,000 above the budget
request. Funding supports a variety of research and
demonstration projects.
Home Visitation Initiative.--Within the total provided for
Child Abuse Discretionary Activities, the Committee provides
$15,000,000 for the Home Visitation initiative. These funds
support competitive grants to States to encourage investment of
existing funding streams into proven-effective home visitation
models. As in fiscal year 2009, the Committee directs ACF to
ensure that these funds support models that have been shown in
well-designed, randomized controlled trials to produce
sizeable, sustained effects on important child and family
outcomes, such as abuse and neglect. The budget includes a
legislative proposal to establish a capped entitlement program
to provide a dedicated funding stream to States to establish
and expand evidenced-based home visitation programs. The
Committee strongly supports home visitation programs and,
pending enactment of this legislation, continues to fund the
establishment and expansion of programs within this account.
Within the $14,819,000 included in the bill, $1,250,000
shall be used for the following projects in the following
amounts:
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County of Contra Costa, Martinez, CA for an $350,000
initiative for children and adolescents exposed to
domestic violence...................................
Douglas County C.A.R.E.S., Roseburg, OR for the Kids 300,000
in Common program to provide services to abused and
neglected children..................................
Marcus Autism Center, Atlanta, GA for an autism 300,000
initiative..........................................
University of California, Merced/The Great Valley 300,000
Center, Merced, CA for child abuse prevention
education services..................................
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Community-based Child Abuse Prevention
The Committee provides $41,689,000 for Community-based
Child Abuse Prevention, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. Funds are provided
to State agencies and are used to develop, operate, expand, and
enhance community-based efforts to strengthen and support
families in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Abandoned Infants Assistance
The Committee provides $11,628,000 for the Abandoned
Infants Assistance program, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The purpose of
this program is to provide financial support to public and
private community and faith-based entities to develop,
implement, and operate demonstration projects that will prevent
the abandonment of infants and young children exposed to HIV/
AIDS and drugs; identify and address their needs; assist such
children to reside with their natural families or in foster
care; recruit, train, and retain foster parents, as well as
health and social services personnel; provide respite care for
families and foster families; and prevent the abandonment of
infants and young children.
Child Welfare Services and Training
The Committee provides $281,744,000 for Child Welfare
Services, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program provides grants to
States to assist public welfare agencies to improve child
welfare services. State services include preventive
intervention so that children may stay in their homes,
alternative placement such as foster care or adoption if it is
not possible for children to remain at home, and reunification
programs so that, if appropriate, children can return home.
In addition to the amount for Child Welfare Services, the
Committee provides $27,207,000 for Child Welfare Training,
Research and Demonstration, which is $20,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The
increased funding is for a new Innovative Approaches to Foster
Care program, as proposed by the Administration. This program
would provide funding to States, localities, and tribes to
improve the outcome of children and families in foster care,
particularly those with long-term involvement. Almost one-
quarter of children in foster care have been in foster care for
three years or longer and these remain some of the most
challenging cases. Grantees demonstrating improvement in
outcomes for children in long-term foster care would be
eligible for bonus funding.
Adoption Opportunities
The Committee provides $26,379,000 for Adoption
Opportunities, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program provides
funding specifically targeted at improving the adoption of
children, particularly those with special needs, removing
barriers to adoption, and providing innovative services that
support families involved in adoption.
Adoption Incentives
The Committee provides $39,500,000 for Adoption Incentives,
which is $3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request. This program targets
incentives at placement of older children and children with
special needs. Funds are awarded to States using three
baselines: one for the total number of children adopted, one
for children with special needs under the age of nine, and one
for children aged nine and older. The goal of this program is
to increase the number of adoptions nationwide. The Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
doubled the authorized incentive payments for the hardest-to-
place children.
Adoption Awareness
The Committee provides $12,953,000 for the Adoption
Awareness Program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program provides
funding to train staff to provide health services to pregnant
women to inform them about adoption, develop best practice
guidelines on adoption counseling, and publicize information
about the adoption of children with special needs.
Strengthening Communities Fund
The Committee does not recommend funding for the
Strengthening Communities Fund because the Recovery Act
included $50,000,000 for this activity, including funding for a
national evaluation of the program. The budget proposed
$50,000,000 for this activity, to provide capacity-building
grants for organizations and State, local, and Tribal
governments responsible for providing training and technical
assistance to small non-profit organizations, with the ultimate
goal of improving the effectiveness of non-profit
organizations. The Committee notes that this is a new
initiative and has not yet been evaluated. The Committee will
consider future funding recommendations pending an evaluation
of the program.
Social Services and Income Maintenance Research
The Committee provides a total program level of $19,331,000
for Social Services and Income Maintenance Research, which is
$929,000 less than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$13,569,000 more than the budget request. Within this amount
$5,762,000 is provided through the section 241 Public Health
Service Act evaluation set-aside. These funds support research,
demonstration, evaluation, and dissemination activities. Recent
topics funded through this program include welfare-to-work
strategies and programs to strengthen family relationships and
promote healthy marriages.
Within the $14,819,000 included in the bill, $13,569,000
shall be used for the following projects in the following
amounts:
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Asian Pacific Women, Los Angeles, CA for a domestic $50,000
violence prevention and education initiative........
Barry University, Miami Shores, FL for the Center for 300,000
Community Services Initiatives......................
Beth El House, Alexandria, VA for housing and social 200,000
services to formerly homeless single mothers and
their families......................................
Bethany House, Laredo, TX for equipment and job 230,000
training resources to help the unemployed find
gainful employment..................................
Bethel's Place, Houston, TX for the Heavenly Hands 100,000
community project...................................
Beyond Shelter, Los Angeles, CA for a crisis 400,000
intervention demonstration project..................
Chabad of South Bay, Lomita, CA for a project to 370,000
improve services for youth and families in crisis...
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Health 500,000
System, Norfolk, VA for a comprehensive program to
treat abused children...............................
City of Bellevue, WA for the Wrap-Around Services 375,000
program.............................................
City of Emeryville, CA for early childhood 250,000
development, counseling, and related services.......
City of Ft. Worth, TX for the Early Childhood Matters 425,000
Initiative..........................................
City of Norwich, CT for services to pregnant and 85,000
parenting adolescents and their families............
City of San Jose, CA for a pilot program to evaluate 284,000
and assess the Smart Start childcare model..........
Council of Peoples Organization, Brooklyn, NY for the 150,000
Community Youth Program.............................
Easter Seals of Southern Georgia, Albany, GA for 100,000
respite services for children who are
developmentally disabled, have autism, or are
medically fragile...................................
Eva's Place, Sandusky, MI for domestic violence 200,000
service programs....................................
First 5 Alameda County, San Leandro, CA for its 500,000
children's screening, assessment, referral, and
treatment initiative................................
Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, Glenwood, IL for 350,000
housing support and educational and social skills
development programs................................
Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc., 100,000
New Britain, CT for teen pregnancy prevention
services............................................
Gregory House Programs, Honolulu, HI for a 100,000
comprehensive homelessness prevention program for
people living with HIV/AIDS.........................
Homeless Prenatal Program, San Francisco CA for case 400,000
management and supportive services..................
Hope Institute for Children and Families, 100,000
Springfield, IL for facilities and equipment........
Horizons for Homeless Children, Roxbury, MA for 630,000
programs for homeless children......................
Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County, Inc., 50,000
Ithaca NY for 2-1-1 Tompkins to provide access to
social services.....................................
Huron County Safe Place, Bad Axe, MI for domestic 150,000
violence service programs...........................
Jewish Community Council of Canarsie, Brooklyn, NY 300,000
for services for at-risk Holocaust survivors........
Lapeer Area Citizens Against Domestic Assault, 200,000
Lapeer, MI for domestic violence service programs...
Larkin Street Youth Services, San Francisco, CA for 300,000
homeless and runaway youth services.................
LifeStyles of Maryland, Inc., La Plata, MD for its 60,000
Safe Nights Program for homeless and disadvantaged
populations.........................................
Little Friends, Inc., Naperville, IL for an autism 200,000
initiative..........................................
Make the Road New York, Jackson Heights, NY for 300,000
support services for low-income and working families
Minot State University, Minot, ND for its Great 300,000
Plains Autism Treatment Program.....................
Monterey County Probation Department, Salinas, CA for 750,000
the Silver Star Gang Prevention and Intervention
Program.............................................
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human 200,000
Services, Rockville, MD for community based service
delivery and outreach...............................
National Energy Assistance Directors' Association, 200,000
Washington, DC for research and information
dissemination related to the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program..................................
North Ward Center, Newark, NJ for comprehensive 400,000
services for people with autism spectrum disorders..
Pathways PA, Holmes, PA for services for pregnant and 150,000
parenting teens.....................................
Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, WA for a program to 150,000
expedite the permanent placement of child victims of
parental abuse or neglect...........................
Polaris Project, Washington, DC for the New Jersey 250,000
Trafficking Intervention Program....................
Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, MD for a 165,000
program for transition aged youth...................
Safe Horizons, Port Huron, MI for domestic violence 200,000
service programs....................................
Salvation Army San Bernardino Center for Worship and 160,000
Service, San Bernardino, CA for the Support Family
Services Program....................................
Santa Clara Family Health Plan, Campbell, CA for a 300,000
program to transfer medically fragile and severely
developmentally disabled individuals from an
institutional setting...............................
SingleStop USA, San Francisco, CA for a program to 100,000
increase low-income households' access to social
services............................................
Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children, 400,000
Bridgewater, NJ for a transitional/permanent housing
program for youth who have aged out of foster care..
Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center, East Prairie, 250,000
MO to assist at-risk youth and their families.......
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL for the West 355,000
Alabama Autism Outreach Center......................
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO for 280,000
services for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders..
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH for services for 500,000
persons with autism and research on autism spectrum
disorders...........................................
Wayne County Department of Children and Family 150,000
Services, Detroit, MI for the Kids-TALK forensic
interviewing project................................
Wynona's House, Newark, NJ for multicultural 300,000
psychotherapeutic interventions for child victims of
sexual abuse........................................
YWCA of Monterey County, Monterey, CA for expansion 250,000
of direct services and prevention programs to combat
domestic and gang violence..........................
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Developmental Disabilities Assistance
The Committee provides $186,355,000 for programs authorized
by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
Act and the Help America Vote Act, which is $2,500,000 more
than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
State Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Within the total for developmental disabilities assistance,
$74,316,000 is for allotments to States to fund State Councils
on Developmental Disabilities, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. These State
Councils develop, improve, and expand the system of services
and supports for people with developmental disabilities.
Through their activities, Councils on Developmental
Disabilities provide for the inclusion and integration of
individuals with developmental disabilities in the economic,
political, social, cultural, religious and educational
mainstream of the nation.
Protection and Advocacy
Within the total for developmental disabilities assistance,
$41,024,000 is available to States for the Developmental
Disabilities Protection and Advocacy Program, which is aimed at
protecting the legal and human rights of the developmentally
disabled. This amount is $1,000,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request.
Voting Access for Individuals With Disabilities
Within the total for developmental disabilities assistance,
the Committee recommends $17,410,000 for Voting Access for
Individuals with Disabilities, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Within the
funds provided, $12,154,000 is for payments to States to
promote access for voters with disabilities and $5,256,000 is
for State protection and advocacy systems. These programs are
intended to make polling places accessible and provide equal
access and participation for individuals with disabilities. The
protection and advocacy program will ensure that individuals
can fully participate in the electoral process, including
registering to vote, accessing polling places, and casting a
vote.
The Committee encourages ACF to continue to work with
States to ensure that these funds are properly used within a
reasonable amount of time.
Developmental Disabilities Projects of National
Significance
Within the total for developmental disabilities assistance,
the Committee recommends $14,662,000 for Developmental
Disabilities Projects of National Significance, which is
$500,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. Within this amount, the Committee recommends
$3,000,000 for the establishment of a national autism resource
and information center, to help families and other caregivers
of individuals with autism spectrum disorders access
information about evidence-based interventions, services, and
protocols. This award shall be made on a competitive basis.
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities
Within the total for developmental disabilities assistance,
the Committee recommends $38,943,000 for the University Centers
for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, which is
$1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This funding provides discretionary grants to
public or not-for-profit entities associated with universities.
The grants provide basic operational and administrative core
support for these entities. In addition, these funds support
interdisciplinary training, community services, research and
technical assistance, and information dissemination.
Native American Programs
The Committee provides $48,523,000 for Native American
programs, which is $1,500,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Native American
programs assist tribal and village governments, Native American
institutions, and organizations to support and develop stable,
diversified local economies. In promoting social and economic
self-sufficiency, this program provides financial assistance
through direct grants for individual projects, training and
technical assistance, and research and demonstration programs.
Within this amount, the Committee intends that not less
than $11,000,000 be used to fund Native American language
programs, as authorized by the Esther Martinez Native American
Languages Preservation Act of 2006.
Community Services
The Committee provides $770,025,000 for community services
activities, which is $5,288,000 below the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $4,712,000 above the budget request.
Grants to States for Community Services
Within the total for community services activities, the
Committee provides $700,000,000 for the Community Services
Block Grant (CSBG), which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $1,000,000,000 for CSBG in fiscal years 2009 and
2010. The Recovery Act also included language allowing States
to increase the income eligibility ceiling from 125 percent to
200 percent of the poverty level for appropriated funds in
fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
The CSBG provides flexible funding to over 1,000 counties,
territories, and Indian tribes for services, such as
employment, housing, nutrition, energy, emergency services,
child care, job training and placement, parenting education,
adult literacy classes, domestic violence prevention, emergency
food assistance, and health needs of low-income people. As a
result of the funds provided in this bill, localities will
assist more than 16 million low-income individuals.
The Committee directs that $500,000 of training and
technical assistance funds under CSBG be allocated for a
national community economic development training and capacity
development initiative. Successful implementation of community
development programs requires significant investment in high-
quality board and staff training and proven technical
assistance. This funding will enable community action agency
leaders to attain the professional skills needed to undertake
projects to enhance their communities' future security through
financing and implementing innovative housing, economic and
community development partnerships.
Community Economic Development
Within the total for community services activities, the
Committee provides $36,000,000 for Community Economic
Development, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Community Economic
Development program provides grants to locally-initiated
community economic development corporations (CEDCs) to make
loans to or investments in private business enterprises that
provide employment, training, and business opportunities for
low-income individuals in poor communities. The Committee
continues bill language clarifying Congressional intent
regarding disposition of intangible assets, including loans and
investments, acquired under the community economic development
authority of the CSBG Act.
Rural Community Facilities
Within the total for community services activities, the
Committee provides $10,000,000 for Rural Community Facilities,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$10,000,000 more than the budget request. This program provides
training and technical assistance to communities for planning,
developing, and managing, safe drinking water and wastewater
facilities. As in the past, these funds should be allocated to
regional rural community assistance programs.
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
The Committee does not provide funding for Job
Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals because the Committee
recommendation includes $50,000,000 for a new Transitional Jobs
initiative in the Department of Labor to provide employment
opportunities to the same target population of TANF recipients
and low-income individuals as this program. The budget request
included $5,288,000 for this program, the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level. In fiscal year 2009, this program
provided grants to non-profit organizations to create new
employment and business opportunities for TANF recipients and
other low-income individuals. The effectiveness of this
narrowly focused program has never been evaluated, and the
Committee believes these activities are duplicated by other
programs.
Individual Development Accounts
Within the total for community services activities, the
Committee provides $24,025,000 for Individual Development
Accounts, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. Individual Development Accounts
are dedicated savings accounts that can be used by families
with limited means for purchasing a first home, paying for
postsecondary education or capitalizing a business. The intent
of the program is to encourage participants to develop and
reinforce strong habits for saving money. Section 501(c)(3)
organizations are eligible to apply for the funds and
applicants must match Federal funds with non-Federal funds.
Violent Crime Reduction Programs
The Committee provides $133,776,000 for Family Violence
Prevention and Services and Battered Women's Shelters, which is
$6,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This program is designed to assist States and
tribes in efforts to prevent family violence and to provide
immediate shelter and related assistance for victims of family
violence and their dependents.
In addition, the Committee provides $3,209,000 to finance a
domestic violence hotline, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
The Committee provides $49,314,000 for Mentoring Children
of Prisoners, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program supports
competitively awarded grants to States and local governments,
Indian tribes and consortia, and faith- and community-based
organizations to mentor children of prisoners and those
recently released from prison.
Independent Living Training Vouchers
The Committee provides $45,351,000 for Independent Living
Training Vouchers, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program provides
vouchers of up to $5,000 per year for post-secondary assistance
such as tuition, books, fees, supplies, and vocational training
for foster care youth and former foster care youth. These
discretionary funds will provide vouchers to approximately
16,000 such youth to help them transition from foster care.
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention
The Committee provides a total program level of
$114,455,000 for a new teenage pregnancy prevention initiative,
as requested by the Administration. This program will provide
funds to public and private entities on a competitive basis for
proven-effective or otherwise promising teenage pregnancy
prevention programs that provide medically accurate, age-
appropriate, and complete information to youths. The Committee
is deeply concerned that teenage birth rates have begun to rise
after 14 years of decline. In 2006, teenage birth increased for
the first time since 1991, following a 34-percent decline over
that period. Preliminary data indicates this increase may have
continued in 2007. Studies have found that the overwhelming
majority of teenage pregnancies are unplanned. Reducing the
incidence of teenage pregnancy can have untold individual and
societal benefits, including reducing poverty, improving
education outcomes, improving child well-being, and reducing
the need for abortions.
Within the total, the Committee provides not less than
$75,000,000 for evidence-based programs that have shown through
rigorous evaluation, defined as randomized controlled trials,
to reduce teenage pregnancy, delay sexual activity, or increase
contraceptive use. Most evidence-based programs that have been
proven effective at reducing risk factors associated with
teenage pregnancy are those that encourage abstinence as the
safest choice and also discuss contraceptive use as a way to
avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Within the
total, the Committee further provides not less than $25,000,000
to develop, test, replicate, and refine programs that may not
yet have rigorous evaluation demonstrating effectiveness, but
use promising or innovative approaches to prevent teenage
pregnancy. Any remaining amounts not specified herein should be
used for program support, training and technical assistance,
demonstration development, and additional research and
evaluation activities.
Within the total, $4,455,000 is provided through the
Section 241 Public Health Service Act evaluation set-aside for
evaluating promising teenage pregnancy prevention approaches.
Community-based Abstinence Education
The Administration's budget request did not include funding
for Community-based Abstinence Education, which received a
program level total of $99,114,000 in fiscal year 2009. The
Committee adopts this recommendation. Abstinence education
approaches meeting the qualifications laid out in the Teenage
Pregnancy Prevention program will be eligible for funding under
that program.
Faith-based Center
The Committee provides $1,376,000 for the Faith-based
Center, which is $14,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and same as the budget request. The center will support
implementation of faith-based and community initiatives.
Disaster Human Services Case Management
The Committee provides $2,000,000 for the Disaster Human
Services Case Management initiative, as proposed by the
Administration. This new initiative will be a collaboration
between ACF and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response within HHS and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. Its purpose is to assist States in building the
capacity to provide effective case management services to
victims of major disasters.
Program Direction
The Committee provides $213,485,000 for Program Direction,
which is $16,555,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $4,139,000 less than the budget request. Program
Direction provides funding for salaries and expenses for ACF
program management in Washington, D.C. headquarters, ten
regional offices, and 13 child support enforcement offices.
There have been numerous reauthorizations in the past two years
that have included major new responsibilities for ACF relating
to the administration of Head Start, Refugee and Entrant
Assistance programs, and foster care and adoption assistance
programs.
Within the total, the Committee provides $1,000,000 to be
transferred to National Commission on Children and Disasters,
as provided for in title VI of division G of the Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2008, to continue a comprehensive study of
the needs of children relating to the preparation for, response
to, and recovery from major disasters and emergencies. In
total, the National Commission on Children and Disasters will
have received $3,000,000 of this activity, the authorized
funding level.
Within the total, the Committee provides up to $2,000,000
for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information
System.
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
The Committee provides $345,000,000 in mandatory funds for
the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The Committee recommends $63,311,000 in discretionary
funds for this program, which is also the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. A total of
$443,311,000 will be available in fiscal year 2010 for this
program, which enables each State to operate a coordinated
program of family preservation services, community-based family
support services, time-limited reunification services, and
adoption promotion and support services. States receive funds
based on their share of children in all States receiving food
stamp benefits.
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY
The Committee provides $5,532,000,000 for Payments for
Foster Care and Permanency, which is $123,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. Including advance appropriations in fiscal year 2009,
a total of $7,332,000,000 will be available for this activity
in fiscal year 2010. The Committee also includes an advance
appropriation of $1,850,000,000 for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2011 to ensure timely completion of first quarter grant
awards.
Within the total, including the advance appropriation from
the prior year, the Committee recommends $4,681,000,000 for the
Foster Care program, which is $21,000,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
This program provides funds to States for foster care
maintenance payments for children living in foster care. These
funds also reimburse States for administrative costs to manage
the program and training for staff and parents. The Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
expanded eligible training expenditures and educational
stability and health oversight requirements.
Within the total, the Committee recommends $2,462,000,000
for Adoption Assistance, which is $91,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. This program provides funds to States to subsidize
families who adopt children with special needs, e.g., older
children, a member of a minority or sibling group, or children
with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. In addition,
the program provides training for adoptive parents and State
administrative staff. This annually appropriated entitlement
provides alternatives to long, inappropriate stays in foster
care by developing permanent placements with families.
Within the total, the Committee recommends $49,000,000 for
the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program, which is
$35,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Fostering Connections to
Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 created the
Kinship Guardianship Assistance program to provide subsidies to
a relative taking legal guardianship of a child for whom being
returned home or adoption are not appropriate permanency
options. This increase reflects the first full year of
implementation of the program.
Finally, within the total, the Committee recommends
$140,000,000 for the Independent Living program, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. This program assists foster children age 16 or older
make successful transitions to independence. Funds support a
variety of services, including educational assistance, career
exploration, vocational training, job placement, life skills
training, home management, health services, substance abuse
prevention, preventive health activities, and room and board.
Each State receives funds based on the number of children on
whose behalf the State receives Federal Foster Care Payments.
Administration on Aging
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
The Committee provides $1,530,881,000 for programs
administered by the Administration on Aging (AOA), which is
$37,038,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$100,000,000 for senior nutrition services within AOA. AOA
administers the programs authorized by the Older Americans Act,
except for the Community Services Employment for Older
Americans Program, which is administered by the Department of
Labor. The majority of the funding appropriated to AOA is
distributed via statutory formula to States or tribal
organizations based on their share of the population over age
60.
Home and Community-Based Supportive Services
The Committee provides $371,348,000 for Home and Community-
Based Supportive Services, which is $10,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Funds
are distributed to States and territories by formula grant
based on a State's share of the population over age 60. This
program serves as the foundation for the national aging
services network by coordinating a variety of activities for
seniors that help seniors remain at home for as long as
possible. States allocate funds based on local needs, funding
services such as transportation, case management, information
and referral, in-home care, adult day care, and physical
fitness programs. Funding also supports multi-purpose senior
centers, which coordinate and integrate services for the
elderly. In fiscal year 2010, this funding will support
approximately 26 million rides to doctor's offices grocery
stores, pharmacies, senior centers, meal sites, and other
critical daily activities; 32 million hours of personal care,
homemaker, and chore services; nine million hours of adult day
care; and four million hours of case management services.
Preventive Health Services
The Committee provides $21,026,000 for Preventive Health
Services, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. These funds are awarded to States
and territories to support activities that educate older adults
about the importance of healthy lifestyles and promote healthy
behaviors that can prevent or delay chronic disease and
disability.
Protection of Vulnerable Older Americans
The Committee provides $21,383,000 for the Protection of
Vulnerable Older Americans, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This amount
includes funding for the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program,
which protects the rights and interests of residents in nursing
homes, board and care homes, assisted living facilities, and
similar adult care facilities. The amount also includes funding
for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Program, which trains law enforcement and medical professionals
to recognize and respond to elder abuse.
Family Caregiver Support Services
The Committee provides $154,220,000 for Family Caregiver
Support Services, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Family Caregiver
Support Services program provides formula grants to States to
provide a support system in each State for family caregivers.
All States are expected to put in place five basic system
components: individualized information on available resources;
assistance to families in locating services from private and
voluntary agencies; caregiver counseling, training and peer
support; respite care; and other supplemental services.
Native American Caregiver Support Services
The Committee provides $6,389,000 for Native American
Caregiver Support Services, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The program
assists American Indian tribes in providing multifaceted
systems of support services for family caregivers, as well as
for grandparents caring for grandchildren.
Nutrition Services
The Committee provides $829,205,000 for Nutrition Services,
which is $19,462,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an
additional $97,000,000 for this activity in fiscal year 2009.
The Committee recommendation will support almost 239 million
meals to an estimated 2.5 million seniors, including 387,000
seniors with severe disabilities in fiscal year 2010, an
increase of approximately three million meals.
The Nutrition Services program includes Congregate
Nutrition Services, Home-Delivered Nutrition Services and the
Nutrition Services Incentive Program. The Congregate Nutrition
Services program provides funding by formula grant to States
for the provision of meals and related services in a variety of
congregate settings. The Home-Delivered Nutrition Services
program provides funding by formula grant to States for the
delivery of meals and related services to seniors who are
homebound. The Nutrition Services Incentive Program awards
additional funding to existing congregate and home-delivered
meal providers based on the number of meals they provided in
the previous year. The funding distribution for these programs
is included in the detailed table accompanying this report.
The Older American Act provides States with significant
flexibility to transfer funds between Home-Delivered and
Congregate Nutrition Services to meet the varying demands for
nutrition services in different States. The Older Americans Act
also provides States flexibility to transfer funds between
Nutrition Services programs and Home and Community Based
Supportive Services. This allows States with a higher demand
for congregate meals to also provide transportation services to
meal sites. The Committee recognizes this need for flexibility.
In order to get a more accurate sense of the demand for
different services, the Committee requests AOA to include in
future Congressional budget justifications the actual amount
obligated by States for Home Delivered Nutrition Services,
Congregate Nutrition Services, and Home and Community-Based
Supportive Services, including transfers between programs.
Grants for Native Americans
The Committee provides $28,208,000 for Grants for Native
Americans, which is $1,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $3,000,000 for Nutrition Services for Native
Americans within this activity. Grants are distributed to
tribal organizations to help Native American elders remain
healthy and independent by providing transportation, nutrition,
health screenings, and other services.
Program Innovations
The Committee provides $21,128,000 for Program Innovations,
which is $2,956,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $8,079,000 more than the budget request. Program
Innovation funds are used for grants and contracts to support
projects that develop new and promising practices to serve
older adults and their families.
Within the total for Program Innovations, the Committee
recommendation includes the following amounts for programs of
national significance:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 budget
FY 2010 committee FY 2009 request
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Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance Systems. $2,000,000 $0 $0
National Legal Assistance & Support Projects........... 746,000 0 0
National Education & Resource Center on Women & 249,000 0 0
Retirement............................................
Multigenerational Civic Engagement..................... 982,000 0 0
National Resource Center on Native Americans........... 693,000 0 0
National Minority Aging Organizations: Asian-Pacific 357,000 0 0
Americans.............................................
National Minority Aging Organizations: Native Americans 129,000 0 0
National Minority Aging Organizations: Hispanic & 448,000 0 0
African Americans.....................................
National Alzheimer's Call Center....................... 1,000,000 0 0
Community Innovations for Aging in Place............... 8,000,000 +3,000,000 +3,000,000
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Community Innovations for Aging in Place.--Within the funds
provided, the Committee includes $8,000,000 for the Community
Innovations for Aging in Place program, which is $3,000,000
more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. This funding will provide grants to community-based
organizations for model aging in place initiatives, such as the
coordination and delivery of services to elderly residents
living in naturally occurring retirement communities. The
Committee encourages AOA to ensure that these initiatives are
coordinated with existing programming under the Older Americans
Act, including Aging and Disability Resource Centers, Nursing
Home Diversion, and Evidence-Based Prevention activities.
National Alzheimer's Call Center.--Within the funds
provided, the Committee includes $1,000,000 to continue a 24-
hour call center to provide Alzheimer family caregivers with
professional care consultation and crisis intervention. The
nationwide Alzheimer Call Center provides telephone support,
crisis counseling, and information and referral services in
over 140 languages, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365
days a year. In 2008 the Call Center received over 270,000
calls from persons with Alzheimer's disease, their families,
and caregivers.
National Minority Aging Organizations.--The Committee
continues to support National Minority Aging Organizations and
their role in reducing and eliminating health disparities among
racial and ethnic minorities. Funding supports practical,
nontraditional, community-based intervention for reaching older
individuals who experience barriers to accessing home and
community-based services, focusing on barriers due to language
and low-literacy, as well as those directly related to cultural
diversity.
The bill includes $5,079,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Catholic Charities Hawaii, Honolulu, HI for an $400,000
independent living demonstration project............
Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL for wellness services 475,000
for seniors.........................................
City of Fremont, CA for training, coordination, and 150,000
outreach to address the needs of seniors............
City of Long Beach, CA for a program to coordinate 100,000
senior services and activities within the region....
County of Ventura, CA for an elder abuse prevention 654,000
and treatment program...............................
Family Caregiver Alliance, San Francisco, CA for a 500,000
National Resource Center on Family Caregiving.......
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis, 250,000
Minnetonka, MN for the Family Caregiver Access
Network Demonstration Project.......................
Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey, 300,000
Elizabeth, NJ for an aging-in-place demonstration...
Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, West 200,000
Bloomfield, MI for a family caregiver services
development project.................................
Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and 225,000
Warren Counties, Somerville, NJ for an aging-in-
place demonstration.................................
Mosaic-Garden City Agency, Garden City, KS for the 350,000
Legacy Senior Services Initiative to provide
services to seniors with intellectual or
developmental disabilities or Alzheimer's disease...
NORC Supportive Services Center, Inc., New York, NY 500,000
for a program to provide medical products and
services to seniors.................................
Rebuilding Together, Inc., Washington, DC for the 350,000
Safe at Home falls prevention initiative............
Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL for a 100,000
demonstration program to educate seniors on economic
issues..............................................
UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, Paramus, NJ 200,000
for an aging in place program.......................
United Jewish Communities of MetroWestNJU, Whippany, 100,000
NJ for the Lifelong Involvement for Vital Elders
independent aging demonstration program.............
Westminster Village, Allentown, PA for the Demential 225,000
Leadership Initiative Program.......................
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Aging Network Support Activities
The Committee provides $44,283,000 for Aging Network
Support Activities, which is $2,589,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
Aging Network Support Activities provide competitive grants and
contracts to support ongoing activities, which help seniors and
their families obtain information about their care options,
benefits, and which assist States, tribes and community
providers of aging services to carry out their mission and help
seniors remain independent and living in their homes and
communities.
Within the total for Aging Network Support Activities, the
Committee recommendation includes the following amounts for
programs of national significance:
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FY 2010 -------------------------------------
Budget activity Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Health & Long-Term Care Programs....................... $30,589,000 +$2,589,000 $0
Pension Information & Counseling Program............... 1,719,000 0 0
National Eldercare Locator............................. 1,178,000 0 0
National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center...... 547,000 0 0
National Center on Elder Abuse......................... 811,000 0 0
Senior Medicare Patrol Program......................... 9,439,000 0 0
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Health and Long Term Care Programs.--Within the funds
provided, the Committee provides $30,589,000 for Health and
Long-Term Care programs, formerly the Choices for Independence
program. This includes funding for Aging and Disability
Resource Centers (ADRC), Evidence-Based Disease and Disability
Prevention programs (EBDP), and Community Living programs
(formerly Nursing Home Diversion programs). These programs help
older individuals improve and maintain their health, better
direct their care, extend their personal resources, and remain
in the community through low-cost community based service
alternatives. ADRCs serve as the entry point for health and
long-term care at the community level. There are currently over
200 sites operating in 47 States and territories. The EBDP
program provides grants focusing on low-cost interventions at
the community level, including chronic disease self-management,
diabetes self-management education programs, prevention of
falls, and physical activity. There are over 1,200 programs
being piloted in 27 States. The Community Living program helps
States begin to reform their long-term care systems by
strategically using ADRCs to identify individuals at risk of
nursing home placement and spend-down to Medicaid, and
providing them information and access to community-based long-
term care services that enable them to continue to live at home
and in the community. The Committee continues to support these
programs and recommends that AOA build on and expand these
programs, while continuing to evaluate them, measuring their
outcomes and impacts and identifying opportunities for
continued improvement.
The Committee commends the work AOA has done, in
conjunction with the Veterans Administration (VA), to help
aging veterans remain independent and living in their homes and
communities. Through AOA's Community Living program, local
aging agencies identify aging veterans and work with VA Medical
Centers to provide a flexible package of services that allows
aging veterans to choose their own services, from home-
delivered meals to brain health activities, to help them remain
independent. The Committee supports this joint initiative that
builds on the similar missions of AOA and VA while avoiding
duplicating efforts by effectively using the resources of both
agencies to provide consumer-directed services to aging
veterans.
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants
The Committee provides $11,464,000 for Alzheimer's Disease
Demonstration Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The demonstration grant
program provides competitive matching grants to a limited
number of States to encourage program innovation and
coordination of public and private services for people with
Alzheimer's disease and their families. The Committee supports
work on emerging issues, such as early intervention and chronic
care management, and believes these grants can have broad
implications for Medicaid and Medicare, on underserved
populations, and on the dissemination and replication of
program successes nationwide.
Lifespan Respite Care
The Committee provides $2,500,000 for Lifespan Respite
Care, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the budget request. These funds will support coordinated
systems of community-based respite care services for family
caregivers of children and adults with special needs. The
budget request included funding for this activity within the
General Departmental Management account (GDM). In fiscal year
2009, this program was funded under GDM but administered by
AOA.
Program Administration
The Committee provides $19,727,000 for Program
Administration, which is $1,031,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $1,503,000 less than the budget request.
This activity provides administrative and management support
for all programs administered by AOA.
Office of the Secretary
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee provides $403,452,000 for General
Departmental Management, which is $10,176,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $3,597,000 below the budget
request. Included in this amount is authority to spend
$5,851,000 from the Medicare trust funds, as requested by the
Administration. In addition, the Office of the Secretary has
access to $69,756,000 for policy evaluation funding activities
under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act.
This appropriation supports activities that are associated
with the Secretary's roles as policy officer and general
manager of the Department. The Office of the Secretary also
implements Administration and Congressional directives, and
provides assistance, direction and coordination to the
headquarters, regions, and field organizations of the
Department. In addition, this funding supports the Office of
the Surgeon General and several other health promotion and
disease prevention activities that are centrally administered.
Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act.--The
Committee includes $10,000,000 within the Office of the
Secretary to implement the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer
Childhood Cancer Act. The Secretary shall make these funds
available to the appropriate operating divisions within the
Department.
Commissioned Corps Transformation.--The Committee provides
$14,813,000 for transformation, readiness, and training of the
Commissioned Corps, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. Funds will be used to
support personnel management and training, information
technology, and other transformation activities that will
enable the Commissioned Corps to better respond to public
health emergencies and to address health care needs in
isolated, hardship, hazardous, and other hard-to-fill
positions.
Federal Contracting with Women-Owned Firms, Minority-Owned
Firms, and Small Businesses.--The Committee directs the
Secretary of HHS to provide a report on the Department's
activities to assist women-owned and minority-owned firms
seeking to compete for Federal contracts. The report should
include the percentage of Federal procurement contracts and
subcontracts awarded in fiscal year 2009 to women-owned firms,
minority-owned firms, and small businesses; a review of the
Department's technical assistance and outreach to women-owned
firms, minority-owned firms, and small businesses; and the
Department's plan for increasing the number of Federal
contracts that are awarded to such firms. The Secretary should
submit this report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate by March 1, 2010.
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs).--The Committee
continues its strong interest in, and support of, the
implementation of the HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-
Associated Infections, with the goal of dramatically reducing
these life-threatening infections that patients acquire while
receiving treatment for medical or surgical conditions,
resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths annually. Yet, the annual
2008 National Healthcare Quality Report issued by AHRQ
indicates that patient safety measures have actually worsened
by nearly one percent each year for the past six years, in
part, due to a rise in HAIs.
In fiscal year 2009, the Committee provided a $21,800,000
increase to HHS to facilitate a comprehensive, coordinated
effort throughout the Department to combat HAIs. An additional
$50,000,000 for grants to States was provided in the Recovery
Act to help fight this significant health care problem.
For fiscal year 2010, the Committee continues this
initiative by including an increase of $33,848,000 for HAI-
related activities within the Department. This amount includes
an increase of $16,152,000 within CDC and $17,696,000 within
AHRQ. Within the Office of the Secretary, the Committee
includes $5,000,000 that will be used to continue a national
public awareness campaign to raise awareness of the importance
of addressing HAIs among healthcare providers, institutions,
and consumers; assess progress in meeting performance measures;
and establish a framework for evaluation efforts. In addition,
an increase of $53,772,000 is included within CMS to increase
the frequency of inspections of nursing homes and other medical
facilities, giving inspectors more opportunities to identify
infection control problems.
During fiscal year 2010, States will be submitting State
action plans to HHS that outline actions they will take to
reduce HAIs, including measurable five-year goals and interim
milestones for reducing such infections. The Committee looks
forward to receiving a progress report from HHS on national
implementation activities and, by June 1, 2010, the report
mandated in Public Law 111-8 regarding the adequacy of the
State plans for achieving national and State goals for reducing
HAIs.
The Committee supports the Department's efforts to reduce
HAIs not only in hospitals, but also in ambulatory surgical
care settings through increased inspections of these facilities
in recognition of the growing number of incidents involving
syringe reuse and misuse of multi-dose vials. These facilities
have been the fastest growing provider type participating in
Medicare.
The Committee notes that the shortage of primary care
health professionals may lead to medical errors that can
contribute to healthcare associated infections, as health
workers may be more prone to making medical errors due to
extended and often unregulated work hours and increased
fatigue. The Committee also notes the importance of developing
standardized protocols and training programs directed at
primary care health professionals and health care
administrators. The Committee, therefore, encourages the
Secretary to consider and incorporate strategies to increase
the size of the primary care workforce and to address
recommendations from the Government Accountability Office
regarding physician and medical work hours within the HAI
Action Plan in order to increase capacity to detect, prevent,
and reduce healthcare-associated infections.
Institute of Medicine Mental Health Workforce.--The
Committee provides up to $900,000 to support an Institute of
Medicine study that shall provide: (1) a systematic and trend
analysis of the current and projected mental and behavioral
healthcare needs of the American people, particularly for aging
and growing ethnic populations; and (2) policy recommendations
for achieving a competent and well-trained mental health
workforce to address those needs. The Committee believes that
such a study would be particularly timely in light of the
projected doubling of the aged population by 2030, new evidence
on the importance of addressing mental health issues as part of
effective chronic disease management, increased numbers of
veterans with post traumatic stress disorder, improved
diagnostic techniques, and implementation of a new Federal
mental health parity law.
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.--The Committee
recommends $1,000,000 to support the Interagency Autism
Coordinating Committee (IACC). The bill provides that these
funds shall be transferred, within 30 days after enactment of
this Act, to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
which administers the IACC. The IACC is responsible for
coordinating activities among the operating divisions and
agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services
concerning autism spectrum disorders, as authorized under the
Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-416). These funds,
combined with funds included within the budget request for the
National Institute of Mental Health, will result in
approximately $2,000,000 for the work of the IACC in fiscal
year 2010. The first IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum
Disorders Research was completed on January 26, 2009.
Anticipated activities of the IACC during fiscal year 2010
include updating the strategic plan and holding scientific
workshops.
Poverty Research Center Program.--The Committee includes no
less than the fiscal year 2009 level for the Poverty Research
Center program, which will be re-competed in fiscal year 2010.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities.--The Committee is deeply
concerned about the continuing racial and ethnic disparities in
health and health care. The Committee encourages the Office of
the Secretary to develop a National Strategy to Eliminate
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care, to be
implemented and monitored in partnership with State and local
governments, communities, and the private sector. This national
strategy should include measurable goals, benchmarks and
timelines and progress reporting by the Office of the Secretary
to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate at scheduled intervals.
The Committee also urges the Administration include the
elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities within the
core of its health reform efforts.
Scientific Information.--The Committee continues bill
language directing that information requests from the Chairmen
and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Subcommittees on
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies, on scientific research or any other matter shall be
transmitted in a prompt and professional manner, uncensored,
and without delay to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate.
Tick-borne Diseases.--The Committee directs the Secretary
to review the coordination of efforts across HHS operating
divisions with respect to tick-borne diseases to ensure that: a
broad spectrum of scientific viewpoints is represented in
public health policy decisions, accurate information is
disseminated to the public and physicians, and actions are
taken by the Department that will foster significant progress
in the development and adoption of improved diagnostics for
Lyme disease. The Department shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate with the findings from this review not later
than September 30, 2010.
White House Conference on Children and Youth.--The
Committee urges the Administration to consider establishing a
White House Conference on Children and Youth that would follow
the model of previous conferences held decennially since 1909.
The bill includes $700,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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BayCare Health System, Tampa, FL for a community- $200,000
based health outreach program to address health
disparities in South Pinnellas and Hillsborough
counties............................................
South Central Family Health Center, Los Angeles, CA 100,000
for a community diabetes management initiative......
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL for a 400,000
health information technology evaluation project....
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Adolescent Family Life
The Committee provides $29,778,000 for the Adolescent
Family Life program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program provides
comprehensive and integrated approaches to the delivery of care
for pregnant and parenting adolescents, and prevention
demonstration programs that develop, test and evaluate
pregnancy prevention interventions. The bill designates
$13,120,000 for a teenage pregnancy prevention initiative,
proposed by the Administration, of which $9,840,000 is for
evidence-based programs and $3,280,000 is for research and
demonstration of promising or innovative approaches to
preventing teenage pregnancies.
Office of Minority Health
The Committee provides $56,000,000 for the Office of
Minority Health (OMH), which is $3,044,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $44,000 above the budget request.
The Committee does not include funding for a one-time project
costing $5,283,000 in fiscal year 2009. Excluding this project,
the Committee provides an $8,283,000 increase over fiscal year
2009 for ongoing and new activities.
The OMH works with U.S. Public Health Service agencies and
other agencies of the Department to address the health status
and quality of life for racial and ethnic minority populations
in the United States. OMH develops and implements new policies;
partners with States, tribes, and communities through
cooperative agreements; supports research, demonstration, and
evaluation projects; and disseminates information.
The Committee is encouraged by the progress OMH is making
to improve the health status of minority individuals and looks
forward to OMH further demonstrating the effectiveness of
providing health education services in a community setting.
Minority Health Schools.--The Committee commends OMH for
its efforts to partner with our nation's historically black
medical schools, including expanding opportunities for
biomedical research and supporting residency training faculty.
The Committee also encourages OMH to continue its leadership in
defining the opportunities at minority health schools to
resolve health disparities. The Committee requests a report on
the status of these activities by May 1, 2010.
Lupus Health Provider Education.--Within the amount
provided for the OMH, $1,000,000 is included to continue the
national health provider education program to improve lupus
diagnosis and treatment and reduce health disparities. The
Committee remains very concerned about barriers to early
medical diagnosis of lupus, a debilitating autoimmune disease
that is up to three times more common among African Americans,
Hispanics and Native Americans and affects over 1.5 million
person--90 percent of whom are women. The Committee is pleased
that OMH is working with the Surgeon General and the Office on
Women's Health to implement a continuing health education
program with the ultimate goal of improving diagnosis for those
with lupus and reducing disparities to care. OMH is encouraged
to involve a wide array of public health, community, academic,
medical and industry organizations, including those working to
improve medical school curricula.
Office on Women's Health
The Committee provides $33,746,000 for the Office on
Women's Health (OWH), which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The OWH advises the
Secretary and provides Department-wide coordination of programs
focusing specifically on women's health.
Violence Against Women Initiative.--The Committee includes
$2,325,000 to continue the OWH violence against women
initiative. The Committee intends that these funds be used to
enhance health care providers understanding of domestic and
dating violence, and to develop a coordinated public health
response regarding the domestic violence issues.
HIV/AIDS in Minority Communities
The Committee bill includes $53,891,000 to be available to
the Secretary for transfer to the Department's operating
divisions for specific program activities to address the high-
priority HIV prevention and treatment needs of minority
communities. This amount is $2,000,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. These funds are
provided to promote an effective, culturally competent and
linguistically appropriate public health response to the HIV/
AIDS epidemic.
Minority Community-based Organizations.--The Committee
emphasizes that national minority AIDS initiative funds are
intended to support minority community-based organizations and
engage them in capacity building and service provision. The
Committee encourages the full participation of minority
community-based organizations during the competitive grant
process.
HIV Testing Initiative.--The Committee continues to commend
the Office of the Secretary for its leadership on the African
American HIV testing initiative of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and requests a comprehensive progress
report.
Within the total, the Committee expects that activities
that are targeted to address the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic and
its disproportionate impact upon communities of color,
including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, will be
supported at no less than last year's funding level.
Afghanistan
The Committee provides $5,789,000 for the Afghanistan
health initiative, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. These funds will be used
for the joint Departments of Defense and Health and Human
Services initiative to improve maternal and newborn health
outcomes at the largest women's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.
A portion of the funds will also be used to assist the
activities of the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health to
bolster public health and the delivery of health care to
underserved high-risk populations. The Committee includes bill
language specifying the amount of assistance and citing the
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 as the relevant
authority.
Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign
The Committee includes $4,200,000 for the embryo adoption
awareness campaign, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. These funds will be used
to educate Americans about the existence of frozen embryos
(resulting from in-vitro fertilization), which may be available
for donation/adoption. The Committee includes bill language
permitting these funds also to be used to provide medical and
administrative services to individuals adopting embryos, deemed
necessary for such adoptions, consistent with the Code of
Federal Regulations.
OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS
The Committee provides $71,147,000 for the Office of
Medicare Hearings and Appeals, which is $6,543,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. This Office supports hearings at the administrative
law judge level, the third level of Medicare claims appeals. In
fiscal year 2008, the total number of claims exceeded 180,000,
a 34 percent increase over the previous year. Because the
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program pilot has been made
permanent in all 50 States, the number of RAC claims is
expected to quadruple in 2010 to more than 40,000. This funding
will support the Office's 378 full-time equivalent staff to
continue the timely adjudication of all Medicare appeals.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Committee makes available $61,342,000 for the Office of
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
(ONC), which is $111,000 above the amount made available in
fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. The
Recovery Act provided an additional $2,000,000,000 until
expended for ONC activities.
This program was established to bring together decision-
makers to develop standards for modern health information
technology (IT), devise certification procedures for health IT
solutions, develop a secure nationwide health information
network architecture, and develop policy and technology
solutions that provide adequate privacy protections for
personal health information. The ultimate goal is the secure,
accurate, and rapid exchange of interoperable electronic health
information throughout a nationwide health information network.
ONC is responsible for promoting the use of electronic health
records in clinical practice and coordinating Federal health
information systems.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Committee provides $50,279,000 for the Office of
Inspector General (OIG), which is $5,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
Recovery Act provided an additional $17,000,000 for OIG
activities in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Permanent
appropriations for this office are contained in the Health Care
Fraud and Abuse Control Program, the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as well as the
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Total funds provided in this
bill and the permanent appropriations are expected to be
$252,484,000 in fiscal year 2010.
The OIG was created by law to protect the integrity of
Departmental programs as well as the health and welfare of
beneficiaries served by those programs. Through a comprehensive
program of audits, investigations, inspections and program
evaluations, the OIG attempts to reduce the incidence of fraud,
waste, abuse and mismanagement, and to promote economy,
efficiency and effectiveness throughout the Department.
The Committee continues bill language requiring that at
least 40 percent of the funding provided in this Act for the
OIG be used for investigations, audits, evaluations and
inspections of discretionary programs funded in this Act. The
Committee continues to be dissatisfied by the relative lack of
attention in the OIG to discretionary programs funded in this
bill, which provides the OIG's discretionary operating funding.
The Committee also encourages the OIG to strengthen its program
evaluation activities as opposed to the relatively narrow
financial audit findings which seem to constitute the bulk of
the reports transmitted to the Committee.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
The Committee provides $41,099,000 for the Office for Civil
Rights (OCR), which is $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. Within this
amount, the Committee includes authority to transfer $3,314,000
from the Medicare trust funds.
The OCR is responsible for enforcing civil rights statutes
that prohibit discrimination in health and human services
programs. OCR implements the civil rights laws through a
compliance program designed to generate voluntary compliance
among all HHS recipients.
MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
The Committee provides an estimated $474,557,000 for
Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers of the U.S. Public
Health Service. This is $39,863,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request.
This account provides for retirement payments to U.S.
Public Health Service officers who are retired because of age,
disability or length of service; payments to survivors of
deceased officers; medical care for active duty and retired
members, and dependents and beneficiaries; and payments to the
Social Security Administration for military service credits.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee provides $2,100,649,000 for the Public Health
and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to support a
comprehensive program to prepare for and respond to the health
and medical consequences of all public health emergencies,
including bioterrorism, to prepare for an influenza pandemic,
and support the cybersecurity efforts of HHS. This amount is
$702,854,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$577,920,000 less than the budget request. As requested, the
Committee bill includes a one-time transfer of all remaining
balances in the Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund from the
Department of Homeland Security to this account. The amount to
be transferred is currently estimated to be $1,569,000,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
The Committee provides $1,644,928,000 for activities
administered by ASPR. This amount is $856,737,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $510,000,000 less than the
budget request. ASPR is responsible for coordinating national
policies and plans for medical and public health preparedness
and for administering a variety of public health preparedness
programs, including the National Disaster Medical System, the
Hospital Preparedness Cooperative Agreement Grants Program,
Project BioShield, and the Office of Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority.
Operations
The Committee provides $12,847,000 for ASPR Operations,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. Funding is used for staff salaries and expenses
to direct and coordinate HHS-wide capabilities to prepare for
and respond to bioterrorism and other public health and medical
emergencies.
Preparedness and Emergency Operations
The Committee provides $35,565,000 for ASPR Preparedness
and Emergency Operations. This amount is $13,340,000 more than
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. Funding is used to manage the continued planning for
capabilities to meet public health and medical response
missions on a day-to-day basis and in response to threatening
or emergent public health situations, and maintains a regional
preparedness and response capability.
Within the total increase, $10,000,000 is provided to
prepare for and respond to non-Stafford Act National Special
Security Events and other planned and unplanned events,
including other mass gathering events and public health
emergencies. Due to the unpredictable nature of the public
health response requirements for events, $5,000,000 of the
total is available for obligation through September 30, 2011.
Additional funding will also be used for such activities as
national-level preparedness gap analyses, regional readiness
exercises, and other preparedness planning activities.
National Disaster Medical System
The Committee provides $56,037,000 for the National
Disaster Medical System (NDMS), which is $6,537,000 more than
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. The NDMS is a cooperative partnership between Federal
and non-Federal partners to care for large numbers of
individuals impacted by a disaster. This consists of emergency
medical response, patient evacuation, and medical services and
treatment. Funding is used for supplies and equipment and also
for activities such as training, exercises, and operational
support.
Hospital Preparedness Cooperative Agreement Grants Program
The Committee provides $420,000,000 for the Hospital
Preparedness Cooperative Agreement Grants Program, which is
$32,415,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
the same as the budget request. The program provides funding to
State and local health departments to improve overall surge
capacity and capability to enhance hospital preparedness to
respond to all-hazard events, including the potential for an
influenza pandemic or for terrorist incidents. In fiscal year
2009, HHS shifted the grant cycle for the hospital preparedness
program, which required an appropriation to cover nine months
and three weeks of grants to States versus a full year's worth
of grants. The increase provided in this bill and in the budget
request funds a full year of State grants.
Medical Waste.--ASPR should review the potential for on-
site capacity at medical facilities to treat infectious medical
waste during a pandemic or bioterrorism emergency including the
economic impact on hospitals of implementation. ASPR should
also review whether Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) grant
funding could be used to aid facilities in developing this
capacity if awardees determine having this capacity on-site is
a priority and would be beneficial during an emergency.
Information from these reviews should be included as part of
the fiscal year 2010 Congressional budget justification.
Emergency Systems for the Advance Registration of Volunteer
Health Professionals
The Committee provides $6,000,000 for the Emergency Systems
for the Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals
(ESAR-VHP), which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. ESAR-VHP is a program to
establish a national network of State-based programs to
facilitate the use of volunteers in an emergency. The program
provides States with standardized guidance for volunteer
recruitment, registration, credential verification, legal and
regulatory issues, and policies for the use of volunteers.
Advanced Research and Development
The Administration proposed bill language to transfer
$305,000,000 from the Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund
(SRF) advance appropriation provided in the Department of
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004, to fund Advanced
Research and Development. The Committee adopts this
recommendation. The Advanced Research and Development program,
which is administered by the Office of Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority (BARDA), provides resources
to expand the development of promising medical countermeasures
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the adverse public
health consequences of chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear (CBRN) threats and public health emergencies. This
amount is $30,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the same as the budget request.
Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund
The Administration proposed bill language to transfer all
remaining balances in the Project BioShield SRF still available
at the end of fiscal year 2009 from the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) to HHS. The Committee adopts this
recommendation. This transfer aligns the financial
responsibility of the Project BioShield SRF with HHS
programmatic responsibility. At the end of fiscal year 2009 and
after transfers to BARDA for the CBRN advanced research and
development program and the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an estimated total of $764,000,000
will remain available in the Project BioShield SRF to procure
and stockpile emergency medical countermeasures. This funding
is available for obligation through September 30, 2013.
Congress established Project BioShield in 2004, as a
national effort to prepare for terrorist threats that impact
the public health by facilitating the production of new
vaccines, medicines, diagnostics, and other medical
interventions to protect the U.S. population. Five years later,
the program has failed to deliver those protections. The
Federal government has procured only a handful of products to
be used against the 14 material threat determinations and
population threat assessments issued to date by DHS. For
instance, Project BioShield has been unable to procure the next
generation vaccine for anthrax, which is the leading
bioterrorist threat, although this has been a top priority
since the program's inception. It has become abundantly clear
to the Committee, and reaffirmed by HHS officials, that without
significant increased investment in discovery and pre-clinical
development through NIAID and later stage advanced research and
development through BARDA, Project BioShield will continue to
be a failure.
The Committee also notes that due to the lack of medical
countermeasure procurements, there are still significant
carryover balances in the Project BioShield SRF. As of June
2009, approximately $2,881,000,000, or more than 50 percent, of
the $5,593,000,000 provided in 2004 for the Project BioShield
SRF remains unobligated. The Committee is closely monitoring
the progress of the advanced research and development portfolio
and the expenditure rates of the Project BioShield SRF through
monthly reports from HHS. Once additional products have a
higher probability of success to licensure, additional funding
will be considered for the Project BioShield SRF.
BioShield Management
The Committee provides $22,364,000 for BioShield
Management. This amount is $312,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. This
program provides the oversight and implementation
infrastructure for medical countermeasure procurement under
BioShield. Funding supports program management, regulatory
affairs, and quality assurance staff to oversee both product
development and implementation of internal controls, including
on-site oversight of contract manufacturers, and pre-award
audits.
Medical Countermeasure Dispensing
The Committee provides $10,000,000 for a new program,
Medical Countermeasure Dispensing, which is funded at the same
level as the budget request. The Cities Readiness Initiative
(CRI), funded through CDC, provides grants to prepare major
U.S. cities and metropolitan areas to effectively respond to a
large scale bioterrorist event by dispensing antibiotics to
their entire population within 48 hours of the decision to
distribute countermeasures. Through CRI exercises, HHS
recognized that a Federal ``first strike'' capability also
needed to be developed to meet the 48 hour timeframe. Funds
will be used to expand the conceptual program utilizing the
U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for direct residential delivery of
medical countermeasures. This funding is provided through
September 30, 2011 and up to $8,000,000 may be transferred to
the USPS.
Global Medicine, Science, and Public Health
The Committee provides $8,748,000 for Global Medicine,
Science, and Public Health, which is $58,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. This program fosters the development of public health
infrastructure around the world with the cooperation of other
international partners to promote accurate and prompt reporting
of disease outbreaks.
Policy, Strategic Planning, and Communications
The Committee provides $4,367,000 for ASPR Policy,
Strategic Planning, and Communications, which is $75,000 more
than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. Funding supports policy formulation, analysis,
coordination, and evaluation for preparedness, response, and
strategic planning.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology
The Committee provides $14,080,000 for the Office of the
Chief Information Officer, under the Assistant Secretary for
Resources and Technology, for information technology
cybersecurity. This is $5,174,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $35,920,000 less than the budget
request. This funding goes to projects aimed at protecting the
Department's information technology systems. The Recovery Act
provided an additional $50,000,000 for HHS cybersecurity in
fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
Office of Security and Strategic Information
The Committee provides $4,893,000 for the Office of
Security and Strategic Information (OSSI), which is $1,630,000
more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as
the budget request. OSSI consolidates functions across HHS
related to physical security, personnel/classified information
security, and strategic information.
Office of Public Health and Science
The Committee provides $12,581,000 for the Medical Reserve
Corps (MRC) program, which is $237,000 more than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
mission of the MRC is to improve the health and safety of
communities across the country by organizing and utilizing
public health, medical, and other volunteers. MRC members are
identified, credentialed, trained, and prepared in advance of
an emergency, and are utilized throughout the year to improve
the public health system.
Office of the Secretary
The Committee provides $424,167,000 for public health
preparedness and other activities administered by the Office of
the Secretary, which is $160,924,000 less than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $32,000,000 less than the budget
request.
Pandemic Influenza
The Committee led the effort to provide the $7,650,000,000
included in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public
Law 111-32) for pandemic influenza preparedness and response
activities. The increased resources included in the
supplemental were provided to address the current H1N1 outbreak
and to prepare for the potential of future outbreaks, increased
severity of the virus, or for a new flu strain to emerge. On
June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the
worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the
ongoing global spread of the H1N1 virus. A Phase 6 designation
indicates that a global pandemic is underway. As of July 6,
2009, more than 100 countries have reported cases of human
infection with over 94,000 confirmed human cases and 429
deaths. Over one-third of the total worldwide infections have
occurred in the U.S.
In this bill, the Committee continues to provide the base
pandemic influenza preparedness and response funding upon which
the supplemental funds are built. Taken together, funds will
enable HHS to support a comprehensive Pandemic Influenza
preparedness and response plan. A broad of array of activities
will be supported with the funding in this bill and the
supplemental, including: advanced development and purchase of
vaccines and antiviral drugs; stockpiling of medical supplies
and diagnostic, vaccine delivery, and personal protective
equipment; for upgrading State and local public health
capacity; domestic and international surveillance; preparation
for a possible vaccination campaign; and public health
research.
Within the HHS Office of the Secretary, the Committee
provides $354,167,000 for Pandemic Influenza preparedness and
response activities, which is $230,924,000 less than the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. In
addition, the Committee provides $191,344,000 for on-going
Pandemic Influenza activities within the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) for an HHS Pandemic Influenza total in this bill
of $545,511,000.
Within the HHS Office of the Secretary total, the Committee
provides $276,000,000 to be available until expended. The
Committee includes bill language, as requested, that permits
the Secretary to deposit products purchased with these funds
into the Strategic National Stockpile and to use funds for the
construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for
the production of pandemic vaccine and other biologics, as
deemed necessary by the Secretary. In addition, bill language
is included, as requested, that permits the Secretary to
transfer funds to other HHS accounts for the purpose of
Pandemic Influenza preparedness and response.
Parklawn Lease Expiration
The Committee provides $70,000,000 for the fit-out and
other costs related to a competitive lease procurement to
renovate or replace the Parklawn Federal building. This is
$32,000,000 less than the budget request. Funding was not
appropriated for this activity in fiscal year 2009. The current
lease of the Parklawn building expires on July 31, 2010. The
level of funding provided covers all anticipated fiscal year
2010 costs, including costs to reposition staff in the current
facility. Remaining costs will be considered in fiscal year
2011.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. The Committee continues a provision to limit the
amount available for official reception and representation
expenses.
Sec. 202. The Committee continues a provision to limit the
number of Public Health Service employees assigned to assist in
child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through
and with funds provided by the Agency for International
Development, the United Nations International Children's
Emergency Fund, or the World Health Organization.
Sec. 203. The Committee continues a provision to limit the
salary of an individual through an NIH, AHRQ, or SAMHSA grant
or other extramural mechanism to not more than the rate of
Executive Level I.
Sec. 204. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
the Secretary from using evaluation set-aside funds until the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate receive a report detailing the planned use of
such funds.
Sec. 205. The Committee continues a provision permitting
the Secretary to use up to 2.4 percent of funds authorized
under the PHS Act for the evaluation of programs.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 206. The Committee continues a provision permitting
the Secretary of HHS to transfer up to one percent of any
discretionary appropriation from an account, provided that no
appropriation is increased by more than three percent by any
such transfer.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 207. The Committee continues a provision to provide
the Director of NIH, jointly with the Director of the Office of
AIDS Research, the authority to transfer up to three percent of
human immunodeficiency virus funds.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 208. The Committee continues a provision to make NIH
funds available for human immunodeficiency virus research
available to the Office of AIDS Research.
Sec. 209. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
the use of Title X funds unless the applicant for the award
certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family
participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning
services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to
resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual
activities.
Sec. 210. The Committee continues a provision stating that
no provider of services under Title X shall be exempt from any
state law requiring notification or the reporting of child
abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
Sec. 211. The Committee continues a provision related to
the Medicare Advantage program.
Sec. 212. The Committee continues and makes permanent a
provision to exempt States from Synar provisions if certain
funding criteria are met.
Sec. 213. The Committee includes a provision to allow
funding for HHS international HIV/AIDS and other infectious
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health
activities abroad to be spent under the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956.
Sec. 214. The Committee continues a provision granting
authority to the Office of the Director of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) to enter directly into transactions
in order to implement the NIH Roadmap for medical research and
permitting the Director to utilize peer review procedures, as
appropriate, to obtain assessments of scientific and technical
merit.
Sec. 215. The Committee continues a provision extending the
Council on Graduate Medical Education.
Sec. 216. The Committee continues a provision clarifying
that funds appropriated to NIH institutes and centers may be
used for minor repairs or improvements to their buildings, up
to $2,500,000 per project with a total limit for NIH of
$35,000,000.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 217. The Committee continues a provision transferring
one percent of the funding made available for National
Institutes of Health National Research Service Awards to the
Health Resources and Services Administration and one percent to
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
For fiscal year 2010, the Committee recommends a
discretionary program level total of $64,674,486,000, which is
$1,141,287,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level, and
$17,838,000 below the budget request. For comparability, these
figures adjust the budget request to include discretionary Pell
Grant funding of $17,495,000,000, which is the current law
baseline estimate. In addition, the Recovery Act provided
$98,200,000,000 in discretionary and mandatory resources to
States, school districts, and institutions of higher education
in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 to support education and training
activities. This unprecedented funding increase will help to
save and create jobs for essential teachers, faculty, and other
education personnel during the current economic downturn. These
strategic investments will provide educational opportunities to
students and adults, facilitate progress in strengthening all
levels of education, from pre-school through postsecondary
education, and contribute to the nation's long-term economic
prosperity and growth.
Education for the Disadvantaged
The Committee recommends $15,938,215,000 for the Education
for the Disadvantaged programs. This amount is $178,129,000
above the fiscal year 2009 appropriation and $492,917,000 below
the budget request, which proposed funding for several
unauthorized activities. Of the total amount available,
$4,850,510,000 is appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for
obligation on or after July 1, 2010 and $10,841,176,000 is
appropriated for fiscal year 2011 for obligation on or after
October 1, 2010. In addition, the Recovery Act provided
$13,000,000,000 for these activities in fiscal years 2009 and
2010. This appropriation account includes compensatory
education programs authorized under title I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act and section 418A of the Higher
Education Act.
Grants to Local Educational Agencies
For fiscal year 2010 the Committee recommends
$14,492,401,000 for Title I grants to local educational
agencies (school districts), which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $1,500,000,000 above the budget
request. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$10,000,000,000 for Title I eligible schools in fiscal years
2009 and 2010. Title I grants provide the Federal foundation of
support for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's
accountability system, which emphasizes State standards and
aligned assessments, measuring adequate yearly progress in
reading and math, improvement for struggling schools, and
teacher quality. Approximately 20 million children are served
by Title I programs in nearly 55,000 public schools.
Of the amounts provided for Title I programs,
$6,597,946,000 is available for Basic Grants to Local
Educational Agencies. This amount is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $1,500,000,000 above the budget
request. The Committee does not agree with the Administration's
request to cut Title I basic grants by $1,500,000,000 in order
to fund new, untested initiatives. The Committee believes that
these grants support the core efforts of school districts to
ensure that low-income children can overcome the effects of
poverty to succeed in school and in life.
Within the amount for Title I Basic Grants, up to
$4,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Education on
October 1, 2009, to obtain annually updated local educational-
agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census.
The Committee recommends $1,365,031,000 for Title I
Concentration Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. Concentration Grants
target funds to school districts in which the number of low-
income children exceeds 6,500 or 15 percent of the total
school-age population.
The Committee recommends $3,264,712,000 for Title I
Targeted Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. Targeted Grants provide
higher payments to school districts with high numbers or
percentages of low-income students.
The Committee recommends $3,264,712,000 for Title I
Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIGs), which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
EFIGs provide payments to States and school districts that
incorporate ``equity'' and ``effort'' factors that are intended
to encourage States to spend more on education and to improve
the equity of State funding systems.
William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program
The Committee strongly recommends $66,454,000 for Even
Start, which is the same amount as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level. Even Start provides grants to States for family literacy
programs, integrating early childhood education, adult
education and parenting education, for low-income families and
their children, from birth to 7 years old. Generally, these
parents are not in school, are above the State's age of
compulsory school attendance, and have not earned a high school
diploma (or its equivalent). The Committee does not agree with
the Administration's proposal to eliminate Even Start, which is
based on the results of flawed evaluation studies. For example,
the Third National Even Start Evaluation: Program Impacts and
Implications for Improvement, 2003, was based on a very small
sample (1.5 percent) of Even Start projects, was not
representative of Even Start participants and programs, and
predated new accountability measures for the program. The
Committee encourages the Department to continue to work with
States to improve indicators of program quality, including
assessments for dual language learners, and the effectiveness
of Even Start instructional services.
School Improvement Grants
The Committee provides $545,633,000 for School Improvement
Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $1,000,000,000 below the budget request. This formula grant
program provides assistance to States and school districts for
Title I schools that do not make adequate yearly progress for
at least two consecutive years. Approximately 13,000 schools
qualify for these supplemental improvement grants because they
have been identified for school improvement, corrective action,
or restructuring. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$3,000,000,000 for this program in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
The Committee strongly supports the Administration's focus
on ensuring that the nation's chronically low-performing
schools have the necessary assistance to improve student
performance, but does not provide the additional $1,000,000,000
proposed by the Administration. The Committee does not support
shifting these resources from Title I Basic Grants. For fiscal
year 2010, under this bill and the Recovery Act, $4,123,419,000
will be available for these targeted school reform efforts,
quadrupling the level of support available in fiscal year 2008,
under both the School Improvement Grants program and the four
percent set-aside under the Title I program for school
improvement activities. Further, the Committee notes that the
Secretary may utilize the ``Race to the Top'' $4,350,000,000
fund to provide even greater amounts of assistance to States
for low-achieving schools.
The Committee wants to be certain that States and school
districts have sufficient capacity to utilize this
unprecedented amount of funding so that interventions and
turnaround strategies for low-achieving schools are high-
quality, effective and sustainable. The Committee will consider
whether to provide an even higher level of support during
consideration of the fiscal year 2011 budget.
The bill includes language requiring that State educational
agencies ensure that not less than 50 percent of the
$545,633,000 provided for School Improvement Grants be used for
evidence-based reading instruction. The Committee directs the
Department to work with the States to ensure that evidence-
based reading instruction is embedded in school turnaround
strategies for low-performing schools. The Committee believes
this approach will prove to be an effective strategy because it
is targeted at the schools that most need intervention.
In addition, the bill includes language permitting State
and local educational agencies to use fiscal year 2009 and 2010
appropriations for School Improvement Grants for any school
eligible to receive assistance under part A of Title I that has
not made adequate yearly progress for at least two years or is
in a State's lowest quintile of performance based on
proficiency rates and, in the case of secondary schools,
priority shall be given to those schools with graduation rates
below 60 percent. The Committee does not include the bill
language proposed by the Administration requiring each State
educational agency to use 40 percent of School Improvement
Grants for middle and high schools, as the Committee believes
that States and districts should have flexibility in targeting
these funds to schools with the greatest need for assistance.
The Committee does not include bill language requested by
the Administration to set aside $30,000,000 of School
Improvement Grants for competitive awards to school districts
in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas that were impacted by
hurricanes Katrina, Ike or Gustav. These districts are eligible
for Title I formula and School Improvement Grants. Moreover,
school districts in these States, which received $746,250,000
in assistance to restart school operations in December 2005 and
$30,000,000 for personnel assistance in May 2007, have not yet
spent all of these funds.
Early Childhood Grants
The Committee does not provide funding for new Title I
Early Childhood Grants, which is $500,000,000 below the
Administration's request. The Administration proposed to cut
Title I Basic Grants by $500,000,000 and shift these resources
into an unauthorized program of Title I early childhood
education grants. The Committee notes that school districts
already have authority under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act to use any portion of their Title I grants for
pre-K education programs. The Committee will reconsider the
request for a new Title I early childhood education program
should it become authorized. In support of early childhood
education, the Committee provides a $121,997,000 increase for
Head Start under the Department of Health and Human Services to
support high-quality services for an estimated 978,000 at-risk
children from birth to age five.
Early Learning Fund
The Committee does not recommend funding for the Early
Learning Fund, for which the Administration requested
$300,000,000. The Early Learning Fund is an Administration
proposal to provide competitive grants to State educational
agencies, or the agency in a State that administers early
childhood programs, to develop new or improve upon a statewide
infrastructure of integrated early learning supports and
services for children, from birth through age five. This new
initiative is not authorized. Further, the Committee notes that
the Recovery Act provided $100,000,000 to State Advisory
Councils on Early Childhood Education and Care established
under the Head Start Act to improve the quality, availability,
and coordination of services for children from birth to school
entry.
Early Reading First
The Committee recommends $127,549,000 for Early Reading
First, which is $15,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $35,000,000 below the budget request. This
competitive grant program, targeted toward children from birth
through five years old, supports the development of verbal
skills, phonetic awareness, pre-reading development, and
assistance for professional development for teachers in
evidence-based strategies of instruction. The Committee expects
the Department to strengthen professional development
partnerships for early childhood educators through grants
awarded under Early Reading First.
Striving Readers
The Committee recommends $146,000,000 for Striving Readers,
which is $110,629,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $224,371,000 below the budget request. These funds will
support reading interventions for approximately 445,000
students reading significantly below grade level. Striving
Readers finances competitive grants to develop, implement, and
evaluate reading interventions for middle school or high school
students who are reading significantly below their grade level.
Studies show that far too many adolescents cannot read well
enough to succeed in school and careers; more than six million
high school students nationally are struggling readers. By
ninth grade, many of these adolescents are destined to drop out
of school without completing a high school diploma or GED.
Within the total, not less than $70,000,000 is provided to
double the Department's investment to help struggling
adolescents build their literacy skills and developing evidence
on high-quality literacy instruction at the secondary school
level.
Within the total, not less than $66,000,000 is provided to
enable the Department to initiate a Striving Readers early
literacy grants program to assist school districts in testing a
variety of strategies designed to improve children's reading
comprehension, with particular emphasis on vocabulary
development, oral language fluency, and writing skills.
Finally, within the total, up to $10,000,000 is provided
for national activities and evaluation related to early
childhood and adolescent literacy, including the development of
new tools, technical assistance, and evaluations to support
early childhood and adolescent literacy improvement. The
Committee directs that the Department prepare and submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a comprehensive and integrated fiscal year 2010
implementation plan for K-12 literacy-related activities (i.e.
grants, technical assistance, research, development, and
evaluation activities) across the Department, including but not
limited to activities under Title I School Improvement Grants,
Early Reading First, Striving Readers, Reading Is Fundamental,
Reach Out and Read, and the Institution of Education Sciences.
This plan shall be submitted not less than 60 days after
enactment of this Act and 30 days prior to the release of a
request for proposals under the Striving Reading program.
Literacy Through School Libraries
The Committee recommends $19,145,000 for Literacy through
School Libraries, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program helps school
districts provide students with increased access to up-to-date
school library materials; a well-equipped, technologically
advanced school library media center; and well-trained and
professionally certified school library media specialists.
State Agency Programs: Migrant
The Committee recommends $394,771,000 for the State Agency
Program for Migrant Education. This amount is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program supports special educational and related services for
children of migratory agricultural workers and fishermen,
including: (1) supplementary academic education; (2) remedial
or compensatory instruction; (3) English for limited English
proficient students; (4) testing; (5) guidance counseling; and
(6) other activities to promote coordination of services across
States for migrant children whose education is interrupted by
frequent moves.
State Agency Programs: Neglected and Delinquent
For the State Agency Program for Neglected and Delinquent
Children, the Committee recommends $50,427,000, which is the
same as fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
This formula grant program provides educational services for
children and youth under age 21 in institutions for juvenile
delinquents, adult correctional institutions, or institutions
for the neglected. A portion of these funds may be used for
projects that support the successful re-entry of youth
offenders into postsecondary and vocational programs.
Evaluation
The Committee provides $9,167,000 for Evaluation, which is
the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. Title I evaluation supports large scale national
evaluations that examine how Title I is contributing to
improved student performance at the State, local education
agency, and school levels. It also supports short-term studies
that document promising models.
High School Graduation Initiative
The Committee provides $50,000,000 for a High School
Graduation Initiative authorized under part H of title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (School Dropout
Prevention Program), as proposed by the Administration. This
amount is $50,000,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding
level. The High School Graduation Initiative will support
competitive grants to school districts that propose
comprehensive approaches to improving high school graduation
rates through prevention and reentry systems for students at
risk of not graduating. Of the amount provided, up to
$5,000,000 may be used for peer review, technical assistance,
dissemination, evaluation and other national activities. The
Committee directs that the Department provide a briefing to the
Committee on the planned use of these funds not less than 30
days prior to the release of a request for proposals.
Special Programs for Migrant Students
The Committee recommends $36,668,000 for the Special
Programs for Migrant Students. This amount is $2,500,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. These programs support grants to colleges,
universities, and nonprofit organizations to support
educational programs designed for students who are engaged in
migrant and other seasonal farmwork. The High School
Equivalency Program (HEP) recruits migrant students age 16 and
over and provides academic and support services to help those
students obtain a high school equivalency certificate and
subsequently to gain employment or admission to a postsecondary
institution or training program. The College Assistance Migrant
Program (CAMP) provides tutoring and counseling services to
first-year, undergraduate migrant students and assists those
students in obtaining student financial aid for their remaining
undergraduate years. The Committee recommendation assumes the
allocation of funds between HEP and CAMP as proposed by the
Administration.
Impact Aid
The Committee recommends $1,290,718,000 for Federal Impact
Aid programs, which is $25,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $100,000,000 for this purpose for fiscal years
2009 and 2010. This account supports payments to school
districts affected by Federal activities, such as those that
educate children whose families are connected with the military
or who live on Indian land.
The Committee recommendation repeats language, as requested
by the Administration, to ensure that schools serving the
children of military personnel continue to receive Impact Aid
funds when the military parents who live on-base are deployed
and the child continues to attend the same school and in cases
in which an on-base military parent is killed while on active
duty and the child continues to attend the same school.
Basic Support Payments
The Committee recommends $1,151,535,000 for Basic Support
Payments to local educational agencies, which is $23,000,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. Basic Support Payments compensate school districts for
lost tax revenue and are made on behalf of Federally-connected
children, such as children of members of the uniformed services
who live on Federal property.
Payments for Children With Disabilities
The Committee recommends $48,602,000 for Payments for
Children with Disabilities, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. These payments
compensate school districts for the increased cost of serving
Federally-connected children with disabilities.
Facilities Maintenance
The Committee recommends $4,864,000 for Facilities
Maintenance, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. These capital payments are
authorized for maintenance of certain facilities owned by the
Department of Education.
Construction
The Committee recommends $17,509,000 for the Construction
program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an
additional $100,000,000 for this purpose for fiscal years 2009
and 2010. This program provides formula and competitive grants
for building and renovating school facilities to local
educational agencies that educate Federally-connected students
or have Federally-owned land. The Committee provides funding
for the formula grants, while the Administration proposed
competitive grants.
Payments for Federal Property
The Committee recommends $68,208,000 for Payments for
Federal Property, which is $2,000,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. Funds are awarded to
school districts to compensate for lost tax revenue as the
result of Federal acquisition of real property since 1938.
School Improvement Programs
The Committee recommends $5,239,644,000 for School
Improvement Programs. This amount is $122,372,000 less than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $57,463,000 above the budget
request. Of the total amount available, $3,375,993,000 is
appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for obligation on or after
July 1, 2010 and $1,681,441,000 is appropriated for fiscal year
2011 for obligation on or after October 1, 2010. The Recovery
Act provided an additional $720,000,000 for these programs in
fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This account includes programs
authorized under titles II, IV, V, VI, and VII of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act; the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act; title IV-A of the Civil Rights Act;
section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of
2002; and section 105 of the Compact of Free Association
Amendments Act of 2003.
State Grants for Improving Teacher Quality
The Committee provides $2,947,749,000 for State Grants for
Improving Teacher Quality, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. This program
provides States and districts with a flexible source of funding
with which to strengthen the skills and knowledge of teachers,
principals, and administrators to enable them to improve
student achievement. States are authorized to retain 2.5
percent of funds for State activities, including reforming
teacher certification, re-certification or licensure
requirement; and expanding, establishing, or improving
alternative routes to State certification. This program also
helps States carry out activities that include support during
the initial teaching and leadership experience, such as
mentoring programs; assisting school districts in effectively
recruiting and retaining highly qualified and effective
teachers and principals; reforming tenure and compensation
systems; and developing professional development programs for
principals.
Mathematics and Science Partnerships
The Committee recommends $178,978,000 for Mathematics and
Science Partnerships, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program promotes
strong math and science teaching skills for elementary and
secondary school teachers. Grantees may use program funds to
develop rigorous math and science curricula; establish distance
learning programs; and recruit math, science, and engineering
majors into the teaching profession. They may also provide
professional development opportunities. Grants are made to
States by formula based on the number of children aged 5 to 17
who are from families with incomes below the poverty line.
States then award the funds competitively to partnerships that
must include the State education agency; an engineering, math,
or science department of an institution of higher education;
and a high-need school district. Other partners may also be
involved.
Educational Technology State Grants
The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for the Educational
Technology State Grants program, which is $169,872,000 below
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. This program also received $650,000,000 under the
Recovery Act for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The Committee
continues to support all aspects of the Educational Technology
State Grants program, which cover a much wider array of
applications and services than mere software, such as
professional development, well-equipped classrooms, and
administrative structures that recognize the role technology
plays in all disciplines.
Supplemental Education Grants
The Committee recommends $17,687,000 for Supplemental
Education Grants to the Federated States of Micronesia and the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-
188) authorizes these entities to receive funding for general
education assistance. The Committee recommendation includes a
consolidated amount for Supplemental Education Grants because
the underlying statute determines the allocation between
Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.
21st Century Community Learning Centers
The Committee recommends $1,181,166,000 for 21st Century
Community Learning Centers, which is $50,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program is a formula grant to States, which in turn distribute
95 percent of the funds on a competitive basis to local school
districts, community-based organizations, and other public
entities and private organizations. Grantees must target
students who attend low-performing schools. Funds may be used
for before- and after-school activities that advance student
academic achievement including remedial education and academic
enrichment activities; math, science, arts, music,
entrepreneurial and technology education; tutoring and
mentoring; recreational activities; and expanded library
service hours.
The Committee believes that quality after-school programs
can help reduce crime, transform behavior, and change the
activities that students participate in after school. Millions
of young people are alone and unsupervised in the hours after
school, before parents return home from work. This situation
places children and teens at grave risk for juvenile crime,
substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and other problems. Providing
students with academic enrichment, and other student support
services, can serve to protect them from these behaviors, while
also helping to develop skills and values to become
contributing citizens.
The $50,000,000 increase over fiscal year 2009 will help
communities provide after-school programs to nearly 1.7 million
students, which is approximately 70,000 more students than in
fiscal year 2009.
State Assessments
The Committee recommends $410,732,000 for State
Assessments, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program provides States with
funding to develop annual assessments and to carry out
activities related to ensuring accountability for results in
the State's schools and school districts. Funds appropriated in
excess of $400,000,000, or the statutory amount at which States
are required to administer annual assessments in third through
eighth grades, may be used to improve assessments for students
with limited English proficiency and students with
disabilities. These funds will assist States in developing
tougher standards and assessments that measure not only basic
skills, but also whether students possess 21st-century skills
like problem-solving and critical thinking.
Javits Gifted and Talented Education
The Committee provides $7,463,000 for the Javits Gifted and
Talented Education program, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level. The Committee disagrees with the
President's proposal to eliminate this program. This program
supports competitive grants to State educational agencies,
school districts, colleges and universities, and other entities
for research, demonstration projects, and other activities
designed to enhance the ability of elementary and secondary
schools to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented
students.
Foreign Language Assistance Grants
The Committee recommends $26,328,000 for Foreign Language
Assistance Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The program supports
competitive grants to school districts and States to increase
the quality and quantity of elementary and secondary-level
foreign language instruction in the United States.
The bill provides that $9,360,000 shall be available for
five-year grants to local educational agencies that would work
in partnership with one or more institutions of higher
education to establish or expand articulated programs of study
in languages critical to U.S. national security. The programs
would be designed to enable successful students, as they
advance through college, to achieve a superior level of
proficiency or professional working proficiency in critical
need languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and
Russian, as well as the Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language
families. The Committee encourages school districts applying
for this funding to reach out to institutions and centers
funded under the Department's International Education programs
under Title VI of the Higher Education Act. The bill also
continues the longstanding policy of not funding the incentive
program.
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
The Committee recommends $65,427,000 for the Education for
Homeless Children and Youth program, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The
Recovery Act provided an additional $70,000,000 for these
activities in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Grants are allocated
to States in proportion to the total each State receives under
the Title I program. For local grants, at least 50 percent must
be used for direct services to homeless children and youth,
including tutoring, remedial or other educational services.
Training and Advisory Services
The Committee recommends $6,980,000 for Training and
Advisory Services authorized by Title IV-A of the Civil Rights
Act, which is $2,509,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the same as the budget request. Title IV-A authorizes
technical assistance and training services for local
educational agencies to address problems associated with
desegregation on the basis of race, sex, or national origin.
The Department awards three-year grants to regional Equity
Assistance Centers (EACs) located in each of the ten Department
of Education regions. The EACs provide services to school
districts upon request. Typical activities include
disseminating information on successful education practices and
legal requirements related to nondiscrimination on the basis of
race, sex, and national origin in educational programs. The
Committee recommendation maintains support for Training and
Advisory Services at the fiscal year 2009 level after
accounting for the deletion of one-time fiscal year 2009 grants
for technical assistance to school districts facing challenges
in complying with a 2007 Supreme Court decision.
Education for Native Hawaiians
The Committee recommends $33,315,000 for this program,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. A number of authorized programs limited to
Native Hawaiians are supported with these funds, including a
model curriculum project, family-based education centers,
postsecondary education fellowships, gifted and talented
education projects, and special education projects for disabled
pupils. The bill modifies existing bill language regarding the
use of funds under this program for school construction,
renovation, and modernization, as proposed by the
Administration.
Alaska Native Education Equity
The Committee recommends $33,315,000 for this program,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. These funds are used to develop supplemental
educational programs to benefit Alaska Natives. The bill
modifies existing bill language regarding the use of funds
under this program, as proposed by the Administration.
Rural Education
The Committee recommends $173,382,000 for Rural Education
programs, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. There are two programs to assist
rural school districts with improving teaching and learning in
their schools: the Small, Rural Schools Achievement program,
which provides funds to rural districts that serve a small
number of students; and the Rural and Low-Income Schools
program that provides funds to rural districts that serve
concentrations of poor students, regardless of the number of
students served by the district. Funds appropriated for Rural
Education shall be divided equally between these two programs.
Comprehensive Centers
The Committee recommends $57,113,000 for Comprehensive
Centers, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. First funded in fiscal year 2005,
this grant program finances 21 comprehensive centers, including
16 regional centers, that provide training and technical
assistance to State educational agencies within their
geographic regions, to help implement provisions of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and five content
centers specializing in assessment and accountability, high
schools, innovation and improvement, and teacher quality. A new
competition for these centers will be held during fiscal year
2010.
Indian Education
The Committee recommends $132,282,000 for Indian Education.
This amount is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This account supports programs
authorized by part A of title VII of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act.
Although the educational outcomes of Indian students have
improved in recent years, the Department of Education finds
that the Indian student population remains subject to
significant risk factors that threaten their ability to improve
their academic achievement, such as high drop-out rates among
high school students. The Committee provides the funding
increase to demonstrate its commitment to help Indian students
achieve academic success. This increase will enable eligible
schools to address the unique educational and culturally
related academic needs of 472,000 Indian students.
Grants to Local Educational Agencies
The Committee recommends $104,331,000 for Grants to Local
Education Agencies, which is $5,000,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. This program
provides assistance through formula grants to school districts
and schools supported or operated by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. The purpose of this program is to reform elementary
and secondary school programs that serve Indian students,
including preschool children. Grantees must develop a
comprehensive plan and ensure that the programs they carry out
will help Indian students reach the same challenging standards
that apply to all students. This program supplements the
regular school program to help Indian children sharpen their
academic skills, bolster their self-confidence, and participate
in enrichment activities that would otherwise be unavailable.
Special Programs for Indian Children
The Committee recommends $19,060,000 for Special Programs
for Indian Children, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. These programs make
competitive awards to improve the quality of education for
Indian students. The program also funds the American Indian
Teacher Corps and the American Indian Administrator Corps to
recruit and support American Indians as teachers and school
administrators.
National Activities
The Committee recommends $3,891,000 for National
Activities, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. Funds under this authority
support research, evaluation and data collection to provide
information about the educational status of Indian students and
the effectiveness of Indian education programs.
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT
The Committee recommends $1,353,363,000 for Innovation and
Improvement programs. This amount is $356,938,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $86,586,000 below the budget
request. The Recovery Act provided an additional $200,000,000
for these activities in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This
appropriation account includes programs authorized under part G
of title I and portions of titles II and V of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act.
Troops-to-Teachers and Transition to Teaching
The Committee recommends $14,389,000 for Troops to
Teachers, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program is designed to
assist eligible members of the armed forces obtain
certification or licensure as elementary and secondary school
teachers, or vocational or technical teachers.
The Committee recommends $43,707,000 for Transition to
Teaching, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Transition to Teaching
program is designed to help mitigate the shortage of qualified
licensed or certified teachers by providing competitive grants
to State and local educational agencies, to assist with
recruiting, training, and placing talented individuals in
teaching positions, and supporting them during their first year
in the classroom. In particular, the program focuses on mid-
career professionals who have substantial career experience,
including former military personnel, and recent college
graduates.
These funds will assist more than 13,000 individuals to
enter teaching careers through alternative routes to teacher
certification.
National Writing Project
The Committee recommends $24,291,000 for the National
Writing Project. This amount is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The National Writing
Project is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes
K-16 teacher training programs in effective teaching of
writing. Federal funds support 50 percent of the costs of these
programs, and recipients must contribute an equal amount.
Teaching of Traditional American History
The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for the Teaching of
Traditional American History program, which is $18,952,000
below the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. This program supports competitive grants to school
districts to promote the teaching of American history in
elementary and secondary schools as a separate academic
subject. Evaluation findings in 2005 indicated that this
program is not reaching the teachers most in need of
professional development in history instruction. In 2007, the
Department of Education began a new four-year evaluation of
this program to examine the relationship between teacher
participation, teacher content knowledge, and student
achievement. The Committee believes the recommended level is
sufficient pending program improvement efforts and the
completion of this national evaluation.
School Leadership
The Committee recommends $29,220,000 for School Leadership
activities, which is $10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. The program
provides competitive grants to assist high-need school
districts with recruiting, training, and retaining principals
and assistant principals. Within this amount, the bill includes
$5,000,000 to continue a national initiative to recruit, train,
and support results-oriented, highly motivated individuals to
lead high-need schools with a focus on raising the achievement
of all students and closing the achievement gap in these
schools. New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS) shall utilize these
funds to continue to build the organization's capacity to
develop and deliver training for aspiring principals and
support for principals, and conduct research to create a
national knowledge base to inform the recruitment, selection,
and training of principals for high-need schools. NLNS and its
partners shall provide not less than a 150 percent match in
cash or in-kind for the Federal funds provided for this
initiative. The match may consist of cash or in-kind offerings
by private philanthropy or public sources, including funding
allocated by partner State and school systems.
Advanced Credentialing
The Committee recommends $10,649,000 for Advanced
Credentialing, which shall be provided to the National Board of
Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). This amount is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The Advanced Credentialing program supports activities
to encourage and support teachers seeking advanced
certification or credentialing. A 2008 study conducted by the
National Academy of Sciences of the NBPTS at the request of the
Committee concluded that teachers who earn NBPTS certification
are more effective at improving their student's achievement
than teachers who do not have NBPTS certification. The
Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000 to continue the
NBPTS effort to develop an advanced school leadership
credential.
Charter School Grants and Credit Enhancement for Charter School
Facilities
The Committee recommends $256,031,000 for support of
Charter School Grants, which includes Facilities Incentive
Grants and the Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities
Grants. This amount is $40,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level for these programs and $12,000,000 below the
budget request. The Department may use any funds in excess of
$195,000,000 for grants to assist in financing new and
renovating existing charter school facilities. The Committee
recommendation will support the planning and start-up of over
1,300 new charter schools in fiscal year 2010.
The Charter Schools Grants program encourages education
reform by supporting the planning, development, and initial
implementation of charter schools. In exchange for a commitment
to increase student achievement, charter schools are exempt
from many statutory and regulatory requirements. The Charter
Schools Grants program finances grants to State educational
agencies (SEAs) or, if a State's SEA chooses not to
participate, charter school developers to support the
development and initial implementation of public charter
schools. Facilities Incentive Grants and credit enhancement
awards help charter schools obtain adequate school facilities.
These programs work in tandem to support the development and
operation of charter schools.
The Committee notes that there is growing evidence of mixed
student achievement in charter schools compared to other public
schools. Most recently, a June 2009 comprehensive assessment of
charter schools across 16 States found wide variation in
performance. In the aggregate, nearly half of the charter
schools were found to have student achievement results no
different than other local public schools and more than a third
delivered learning results worse than traditional public
schools. Overall, these studies indicate that more attention
should be given to the quality and performance of charter
schools as the number of these schools increase over the next
several years.
Accordingly, the Committee recommends increased funding for
charter school grants, but not the entire amount of the
Administration's request. The Committee also recommends new
measures designed to increase monitoring and oversight of
charter school performance. The bill language permits the
Secretary to reserve up to: (1) $20,000,000 to make awards to
charter management organizations and other entities to
replicate and expand successful charter school models and
networks; and (2) $10,000,000 to support technical assistance
to public chartering agencies in order to increase the number
of high-performing charter schools. It also requires grant
applicants to develop plans to build the capacity of public
chartering agencies to hold charter schools accountable for
student performance and to require certain accountability
measures.
Voluntary Public School Choice
The Committee recommends $25,819,000 for Voluntary Public
School Choice, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program supports
efforts to establish intra-district and inter-district public
school choice programs to provide students in participating
schools with the widest variety of options for their education.
Funds are used to make competitive awards to States, school
districts or partnerships.
Magnet Schools Assistance
The Committee recommends $104,829,000 for the Magnet
Schools Assistance program, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. The Magnet
Schools Assistance program awards competitive grants to local
educational agencies to establish or operate magnet schools
that are part of a desegregation plan approved by a court or by
the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. A magnet
school is defined by statute as ``a school or education center
that offers a special curriculum capable of attracting
substantial numbers of students of different racial
backgrounds.''
Fund for the Improvement of Education
The Committee recommends $217,666,000 for the Fund for the
Improvement of Education, which is $32,704,000 below the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $3,830,000 above the budget
request.
Within the amount for the Fund for the Improvement of
Education, the bill includes funding for the following
activities in the following amounts:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Academies for American History and Civics.............. $0 -$1,945,000 $0
Arts in Education...................................... 40,166,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
Continuation Awards.................................... 10,000,000 10,000,000 -700,000
Data Quality and Evaluation............................ 3,000,000 1,110,000 0
Digital Professional Development....................... 0 0 -5,000,000
Excellence in Economics Education...................... 1,447,000 0 0
Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners... 0 -8,754,000 -8,754,000
Foundations for Learning............................... 1,000,000 0 1,000,000
Full-Service Community Schools......................... 10,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
History, Civics, Government Initiative................. 0 0 -37,000,000
Mental Health Integration.............................. 0 -5,913,000 -6,913,000
National History Day................................... 500,000 0 500,000
Other activities....................................... 1,376,000 676,000 0
Reading is Fundamental................................. 24,803,000 0 0
Reach Out and Read..................................... 4,965,000 0 -35,000
Ready to Teach......................................... 0 -10,700,000 0
Parental Assistance Information Centers................ 39,254,000 0 0
Promise Neighborhoods.................................. 10,000,000 10,000,000 0
Teach for America...................................... 15,000,000 105,000 0
Women's Educational Equity............................. 2,423,000 0 0
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The Committee recommendation does not include funding for
several lower priority or duplicative activities, as requested
by the Administration. Funding for improving instruction in
American history and civics is included within Teaching
American History ($100,000,000), Civic Education ($35,000,000)
and the Close Up Foundation ($1,942,000) and, therefore, the
Committee does not fund the Academies for American History and
Civics and a proposed History, Civics, and Government
initiative. The Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading
Partners program supports narrowly focused activities limited
to Alaska, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Mississippi and,
therefore, the Committee does not fund this activity. Funding
in the bill to improve mental health services in the schools is
provided under the Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative
($159,676,000) and the Children's Mental Health program
($125,316,000) and, therefore, the Committee does not fund this
activity. The Ready-to-Teach program has completed five-year
competitive awards to the Public Broadcasting Service
($29,116,466) and the Alabama Education Television Foundation
($29,116,466) and, therefore, the Committee does not include
continued funding for this program; instead, these funds are
redirected to higher priority fiscal stabilization grants to
public broadcasting stations under the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
Arts in Education.--The Committee provides $40,166,000 for
Arts in Education, which is $2,000,000 above the fiscal year
2009 level and the budget request. Within this total, the
Committee provides $8,639,000 for VSA Arts, $6,838,000 for the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $14,675,000 for
the Model Arts program, $9,520,000 for Professional Development
for Arts Educators, and $494,000 for evaluation activities.
National studies show that the arts not only motivate
students to learn more and inspire them to achieve better
grades, they also keep at risk youth in schools and graduating
on time. Given the demonstrated value of arts in education, the
Committee notes the troubling findings of the most recent
National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), which show
that students who are Black or Hispanic, from low-income
households, and/or who attend city schools score significantly
worse on arts testing than their counterparts, revealing
potentially considerable gaps in the quality of and access to
arts instruction. In order for visual arts, music, theater, and
dance education to remain an essential subject of learning in
our nation's schools--regardless of race/ethnicity or
socioeconomic status--public investment in arts education must
become a priority, and data collection and research in arts
education must improve. To this latter end, the Committee
requests that the Department of Education produce comprehensive
reports on the status of all arts education disciplines in U.S.
public schools when implementing future Fast Response
Statistical Surveys and National Assessment of Education
Progress evaluations.
Full-Service Community Schools.--The Committee strongly
supports the Full-Service Community Schools initiative, which
encourages coordination of education, developmental, family,
health, and other services for students, families, and
communities through partnerships between: (1) public elementary
and secondary schools and (2) community-based organizations and
public-private ventures. In its first year of operation, the
Department received 519 applications of which only ten, or two
percent, could be supported due to limited funding. These
awards were continued in fiscal year 2009. For fiscal year
2010, the Committee doubles funding for full-service community
schools to $10,000,000 so that additional meritorious
applications can be supported.
Promise Neighborhoods.--The Committee provides $10,000,000
for Promise Neighborhoods, which is $10,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 level and the same as the budget request.
Promise Neighborhoods is a new initiative to support one-year
planning grants to nonprofit, community-based organizations for
the development of comprehensive neighborhood programs designed
to combat the effects of poverty and improve educational
outcomes for children and youth, from birth through college.
The Committee directs that these grants be made on a
competitive basis, after a rigorous peer review. In addition,
the Committee directs that the Department provide a briefing to
the Committee on the planned use of these funds not less than
15 days prior to the release of a request for proposals.
The bill includes $51,732,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc., $700,000
Bridgeport, CT for its Total Learning early
childhood initiative................................
Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, AL for 100,000
curriculum development and teacher training,
including purchase of equipment.....................
Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, AK for 150,000
educational programming and outreach................
America Scores, St. Louis, MO for an after-school 200,000
program.............................................
An Achievable Dream, Newport News, VA for education 300,000
and support services for at-risk children...........
Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation, San 200,000
Diego, CA for an after-school science education
program, which may include equipment and technology.
Arab City School District, Arab, AL for an education 150,000
technology initiative, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Auburn Joint Vocational School District, Concord 250,000
Township, OH for curriculum development.............
AVANCE, Inc., Austin, TX for parenting education 350,000
programs............................................
AVANCE, Inc., El Paso, TX for a parenting education 250,000
program.............................................
AVANCE, Inc., Waco, TX for a family literacy program. 100,000
Babyland Family Services, Inc., Newark, NJ for an 400,000
early childhood education program...................
Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore MD to 500,000
establish alternative education programs for
academically challenged students, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Bay Point Schools, Inc., Miami, FL for a boarding 400,000
school for at-risk students.........................
Best Buddies Florida, Orlando, FL for mentoring 250,000
programs in the 4th Congressional District for
elementary and secondary school students with
disabilities........................................
Bloomfield Board of Education, Bloomfield, NJ to 300,000
provide alternative education for academically
challenged students.................................
Boise State University, Boise, ID for the Idaho 400,000
SySTEMic Solution program...........................
California State University, Northridge, CA for 400,000
teacher training and professional development.......
Capeverdean American Community Development, 100,000
Pawtucket, RI for after-school, tutoring, and
literacy programs...................................
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY for music education 300,000
programs............................................
Center for Rural Development, Somerset, KY for the 500,000
Forward in the Fifth literacy program...............
Charter School Development Foundation, Las Vegas, NV 400,000
for an early childhood education program............
Chicago Youth Centers, Chicago, IL for the ABC Youth 200,000
Center after school program, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Childhelp, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ to develop a 250,000
comprehensive update to the Good Touch Bad Touch
curriculum..........................................
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA for 250,000
an outreach program to encourage minorities to
consider health care careers........................
Children's Literacy Initiative, Philadelphia, PA for 200,000
its literacy program................................
Choice Thru Education, Inc., Chelsea, MA for 100,000
educational and career development programs for at-
risk youth..........................................
City of Bell, CA for an after-school program, which 200,000
may include equipment and technology................
City of Fairfield, CA for an after-school and job- 350,000
skills training program.............................
City of La Habra, CA for the Young at Art program.... 148,000
City of Newark, CA for an after-school program....... 50,000
City of Prestonsburg, KY for an arts education 200,000
initiative..........................................
City School District of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, 297,000
NY for after-school programs........................
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional 900,000
Learning, Chicago, IL for social and emotional
learning curriculum development and implementation
in the Youngstown, Niles, and/or Warren City, OH
school districts....................................
College Success Foundation, Issaquah, WA for its 400,000
academic support and mentoring programs, which may
include equipment and technology....................
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public 250,000
School Systems, Saipan, MP for its Refaluwasch and
Chamorro language programs..........................
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public 100,000
School Systems, Saipan, MP for the purchase of books
and educational materials...........................
Communities in Schools--Northeast Texas c/o Northeast 200,000
Texas Community College, Mt. Pleasant, TX for
dropout prevention programs.........................
Communities-in-Schools, Bell-Coryell Counties Inc., 250,000
Killeen, TX for the Youngest Victims of War project.
Connecticut Technical High School System, Middletown, 350,000
CT for equipment for Eli Whitney Technical High
School's Manufacturing Technology Program...........
Connecticut Technical High School System, Middletown, 250,000
CT for equipment for Vinal Technical High School's
Manufacturing Technology Program....................
Contra Costa Child Care Council, Concord, CA for an 100,000
early childhood education program...................
Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 10, 300,000
Chippewa Falls, WI for after-school programs........
Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 11, Turtle 400,000
Lake, WI for after-school programs..................
Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 12, 400,000
Ashland, WI for after-school programs...............
Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 9, 300,000
Tomahawk, WI for after-school programs..............
Corpus Christi Independent School District, Corpus 200,000
Christi, TX for its South Texas School Literacy
Project.............................................
County of Alachua, FL for after school programming... 250,000
Cullman County Schools, Cullman, AL for a mobile 150,000
laboratory initiative, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Cuyahoga County Board of County Commissioners, 100,000
Cleveland, OH for an early childhood education
program.............................................
Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE for a 250,000
school leadership initiative........................
Devereux Center for Effective Schools, King of 100,000
Prussia, PA for the School-wide Positive Behavioral
Support program.....................................
East Los Angeles Classic Theater, Los Angeles, CA for 150,000
an arts education program...........................
East Whittier City School District, Whittier, CA for 225,000
support services for at-risk students, which may
include equipment and technology....................
Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Somerset, KY for 250,000
environmental education programs....................
Eden Housing, Hayward, CA for a technology training 100,000
program, which may include equipment and technology.
Education Service Center, Region 12, Hillsboro, TX 70,000
for a GEAR UP college preparation program...........
Enrichment Services Program, Inc., Columbus, GA for 100,000
after-school tutoring and GED programs for at-risk
youth...............................................
Farrell Area School District, Farrell, PA for 200,000
education enrichment programs, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Fayette County Schools, Lexington, KY for a foreign 2,500,000
language program....................................
Five County Regional Vocational System, Tamms, IL for 50,000
education support services for at-risk students.....
Franklin County Schools, Russellville, AL for an 935,000
education technology initiative, including purchase
of equipment........................................
Franklin McKinley School District, San Jose, CA for 180,000
an academic enrichment and college preparation
program, which may include equipment and technology.
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County, San Leandro, CA 250,000
for a literacy program for young girls, which may
include equipment and software......................
Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, West Campus, St. 100,000
Charles, IL for an assessment and evaluation system,
which may include software and technology...........
Governors State University, University Park, IL for 200,000
early childhood education and after-school programs.
Harambee Institute, St. Louis, MO for an after-school 325,000
arts education program, which may include equipment
and technology......................................
Harcum College, Bryn Mawr, PA for a science, 243,000
technology, engineering and math education
initiative, including purchase of equipment.........
Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, HI for its 700,000
Assistance to Low Performing Schools Project, which
may include equipment and technology................
Hazleton Area School District, Hazleton, PA for 300,000
curriculum development, equipment and technology....
Helen Keller International, New York, NY for the 1,200,000
Child Sight Vision Screening Program and to provide
eyeglasses to children whose educational performance
may be hindered because of poor vision..............
Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School 800,000
District, Highland Falls, NY for science education,
which may include equipment and technology..........
Highline School District, Burien, WA for Aviation 335,000
High School, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
Hope Through Housing Foundation, Rancho Cucamonga, 350,000
CA, for an academic tutoring and enrichment
initiative..........................................
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Ft. 260,000
Wayne, IN for the Strategic Languages Institute.....
Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis, IN for an 500,000
instructional technology program, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, 200,000
Danville, VA for an environmental education program,
which may include equipment and technology..........
Institute for Student Achievement, Lake Success, NY 150,000
for a school retention and completion initiative at
Point Coupee, Louisiana Central Prep High School....
Irwin County Schools, Ocilla, GA to purchase 100,000
textbooks...........................................
Jawonio, Inc., New York, NY for educational support 118,000
services for students with disabilities.............
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY for music 400,000
education programs..................................
Jobs for Arizona's Graduates, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ 150,000
for drop out prevention and after-school programs...
Joplin R-VIII School District, Joplin, MO for an 100,000
education technology initiative, including purchase
of equipment........................................
KNME-TV, Albuquerque, NM for the Ready to Learn 50,000
program.............................................
Labor of Love Performing Arts Academy, Chicago, IL 400,000
for an after-school arts program....................
Laurinburg Institute, Laurinburg, NC for its math, 400,000
science, technology and engineering program.........
Leadership Excellence, Inc., Oakland, CA for a 250,000
mentoring program for at-risk youth.................
Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership, 300,000
Inc., New Haven, CT for its after-school and
mentoring programs..................................
Lee Pesky Learning Center, Boise, ID for the Idaho 350,000
Early Literacy Project, which may include the
purchase of equipment...............................
Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, FL for its gifted 350,000
and talented enrichment program.....................
Literacy Council of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL for 250,000
a literacy program..................................
Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center, Chicago, IL 300,000
for an after-school arts program....................
LOOKBOTHWAYS, Port Townsend, WA for development of an 500,000
internet safety curriculum..........................
Maspeth Town Hall, Inc., Maspeth, NY for after- 150,000
schools programs for at-risk youth in Queens, NY....
McLean County Fiscal Court, Calhoun, KY for purchase 150,000
of equipment at the Livermore Community Library.....
Meeting Street, Providence, RI for an early childhood 700,000
education program...................................
Memphis City Schools, Memphis, TN for an after-school 500,000
program.............................................
Merced County Association of Governments, Merced, CA 425,000
to develop a college preparatory program at Buhach
Colony High School..................................
Michigan City Area Schools, Michigan City, IN for 350,000
career and technical education programs, which may
include equipment and technology....................
Millcreek Children Center, Youngstown, OH for an arts 145,000
education program, which may include equipment......
Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI for community 110,000
learning centers....................................
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS for a 630,000
teacher training initiative at the College of
Education's Early Childhood Institute...............
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO for the 150,000
Missouri Innovation Academy.........................
National Center for Electronically Mediated Learning, 150,000
Inc., Milford, CT for the P.E.B.B.L.E.S. Project,
which may include equipment.........................
National Network of Digital Schools Management 500,000
Foundation, Beaver, PA for the development of an
online education program, which may include
equipment and technology............................
New Haven Reads Community Book Bank, Inc., New Haven, 200,000
CT for its after-school tutoring program............
New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY for its teacher 450,000
training program for science........................
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC for a 100,000
childrens' engineering and technological literacy
program.............................................
North River Commission, Chicago, IL for after school 100,000
enrichment programs in Chicago public schools
located in the North River Commission area..........
North Rockland Central School District, Garnerville, 297,000
NY for an English literacy program, which may
include equipment and technology....................
Northern Rockies Educational Services (NRES), 300,000
Missoula, MT for the Taking Technology to the
Classroom initiative, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Ogden City School District, Ogden, UT for a teacher 250,000
training initiative, including purchase of equipment
Ohio University, Athens, OH for its Southeast Ohio 100,000
Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science....
Old Bridge Township Public Schools, Matawan, NJ for 200,000
equipment and technology............................
Orange County Department of Education, Costa Mesa, CA 400,000
for an Internet safety training program.............
Ossining Union Free School District, Ossining, NY for 297,000
after-school and mentoring initiatives..............
Ouachita Parish School Board, Monroe, LA for 400,000
programming at the Northeast Louisiana Family
Literacy Interagency Consortium.....................
Palisades Park School District, Palisades Park, NJ 150,000
for its after-school homework program, which may
include technology and equipment....................
Palm Beach County School District, West Palm Beach, 300,000
FL for a mentoring program..........................
Parents as Teachers of Lake County, Inc., Hammond, IN 100,000
for family literacy services........................
Pasadena Educational Foundation, Pasadena, CA for its 100,000
Early College High School initiative................
Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children, Inc., 255,000
Killeen, TX for educational programming.............
Pegasus Players, Chicago, IL for an arts education 100,000
program.............................................
Polk County Public Schools, Bartow, FL for purchase 150,000
of equipment........................................
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District, Port 297,000
Chester, NY for after-school, tutoring, or other
activities to implement full service community
schools.............................................
Project Cornerstone, San Jose, CA for education and 226,000
enrichment activities...............................
Prospera Initiatives, Inc., Annandale, VA for a 200,000
mentoring program...................................
Resource Area For Teachers, San Jose, CA for teacher 200,000
training and professional development...............
Rio Rancho Public Schools, Rio Rancho, NM for teacher 250,000
training and professional development, which may
include equipment and technology....................
River Region Multicultural Chamber of Commerce, La 300,000
Place, LA for after-school and summer academic
enrichment programs.................................
River Rouge School District, River Rouge, MI for 200,000
transitional services and workforce training for
youth, which may include equipment and technology...
Riverside Unified School District, Riverside, CA for 325,000
a science, technology, engineering and mathematics
initiative, including curriculum development and
purchase of equipment...............................
Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, GA for its 300,000
AVID/Advanced Placement program.....................
Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, GA to 400,000
establish year-round Pre-K programs, which may
include expenses for tuition, transportation, and
meals...............................................
Rodel Foundation of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for the 150,000
Delaware Parent Leadership Institute................
San Antonio Youth Centers, San Antonio, TX for after- 200,000
school programs, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
San Jose Unified School District, San Jose, CA for a 250,000
longitudinal data system............................
Save the Children, Westport, CT for a literacy 100,000
program.............................................
Save the Children, Westport, CT for a rural literacy 300,000
program in Washington, St. Martin, and/or Tangipahoa
parishes, which may include equipment and technology
School District of Cheltenham Township, Elkins Park, 50,000
PA for a dual enrollment program, which may include
expenses for tuition and textbooks..................
Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA for a language 200,000
immersion program...................................
Self Enhancement, Inc., Portland, OR for a mentoring 525,000
and academic enrichment program.....................
Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., Durham, NC for its 200,000
Computing Mentoring Academic Transitions through
Experience, Research, and Service initiative........
Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA for an arts 500,000
education program...................................
Sisters In Struggle, Hempstead, NY for a life-skills 200,000
program for at-risk youth, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Somerset Hills School District, Bernardsville, NJ for 312,000
the Cultural Tolerance Education initiative.........
South Berkshire Educational Collaborative, Great 250,000
Barrington, MA for educational enrichment and
professional development activities.................
South Carolina Governor's School for Science and 275,000
Mathematics Foundation, Columbia, SC for academic
enrichment programs in science, mathematics,
engineering and technology..........................
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 200,000
for its Autism Center for Excellence................
Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, 350,000
OK for purchase of equipment........................
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX for a summer 443,000
college preparatory program.........................
Special Olympics 2010 USA National Games, Lincoln, NE 350,000
to support the 2010 Special Olympics National Games.
Springboard for Improving Schools, San Francisco, CA 150,000
for teacher training and professional development in
one or more school districts in the 20th
Congressional district..............................
Springboard for Improving Schools, San Francisco, CA 150,000
for the Improving Student Achievement in the
Palmdale, CA Elementary School District program.....
Springboard Schools, San Francisco, CA for teacher 150,000
training and professional development in the Santa
Ana Unified School District.........................
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY for its Say Yes to 300,000
Education after-school and extended learning
initiative..........................................
Tarrytown Union Free School District, Tarrytown, NY 297,000
for programs for at-risk youth......................
Texas A&M University--Commerce, TX for a science, 100,000
technology, engineering and math initiative.........
Texas State University--San Marcos, TX for the Texas 350,000
Mathworks initiative................................
Toledo GROWs, Toledo, OH for a hands-on science based 300,000
curriculum in urban areas...........................
Trimble Local School District, Glouster, OH for an 175,000
after-school program................................
Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, OK for the Tulsa 350,000
Academic Center.....................................
United Way of Miami-Dade, Miami, FL for the Center of 300,000
Excellence in Early Education, including teacher
training programs...................................
United Way of Youngstown/Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, 100,000
OH for an early childhood education program.........
University of Houston, Houston, TX for teacher 400,000
training and professional development...............
University of Nebraska--Kearney, Kearney, NE for 350,000
curriculum development..............................
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 165,000
Greensboro, NC for the ON TRACK mathematics
enrichment program..................................
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL for the 250,000
Virtual School Readiness Incubator..................
Upper Palmetto YMCA, Rock Hill, SC for an 225,000
environmental education program, which may include
equipment and technology............................
USD 353, Wellington, KS, Public Schools for 250,000
technology upgrades and teacher training............
USD 373, Newton, Kansas Public Schools for technology 250,000
upgrades............................................
USD 402, Augusta, KS Public Schools for technology 250,000
upgrades............................................
USD 446, Independence, KS Public Schools for 250,000
technology upgrades and teacher training............
USD 470, Arkansas City, KS Public Schools for 250,000
technology upgrades, professional development and
training/technical assistance.......................
USD 490, Butler County, KS for technology upgrades 250,000
and teacher training at the El Dorado, KS public
school system.......................................
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI for its science, 300,000
engineering, mathematics, aerospace academy.........
We Care San Jacinto, San Jacinto, CA for an 100,000
afterschool tutoring program........................
Western Oklahoma State College, Altus, OK for 100,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Wings of Eagles, Horseheads, NY for a Regional 275,000
Science, Technological, Engineering, and Math
Academy.............................................
YMCA of Warren, Warren, OH for an after-school 100,000
program.............................................
Yonkers Public Schools, Yonkers, NY for Saturday 297,000
academies, music education, and teacher professional
development activities..............................
YWCA of the Harbor Area and South Bay, San Pedro, CA 300,000
for an early childhood education program............
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Teacher Incentive Fund
The Committee recommends $445,864,000 for the Teacher
Incentive Fund (TIF), which is $348,594,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $41,406,000 below the budget
request. In addition, the Recovery Act provided $200,000,000
for TIF for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The goals of TIF are to
improve student achievement by increasing teacher and principal
effectiveness; reform teacher and principal compensation
systems so that teachers and principals are rewarded for gains
in student achievement; increase the number of effective
teachers teaching low-income, minority, and disadvantaged
students in hard-to-staff subjects; and create sustainable
performance-based compensation systems. The program provides
grants to encourage school districts and States to develop and
implement innovative ways to provide financial incentives for
teachers and principals who raise student achievement and close
the achievement gap in some of our nation's highest-need
schools. The bill includes language recommended by the
Administration to permit TIF funds to support initiatives that
provide performance-based compensation to all staff in a school
(rather than only to teachers and the principal).
Within the total amount provided, $220,000,000 will
continue awards made with fiscal year 2009 Omnibus and Recovery
Act funds, $200,000,000 will be available for new awards, and
the remaining funds will support training, technical
assistance, evaluation, and peer review activities.
Finally, the bill includes a general provision that
prohibits the obligation of funds for new TIF awards prior to
the submission of an impact evaluation plan to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate. The Committee intends that the Institute of Education
Sciences oversee the conduct of this TIF evaluation, which
shall employ rigorous scientific methods including, to the
extent practicable, random assignment.
National Teacher Recruitment Campaign
The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for a new National
Teacher Recruitment Campaign, which is $10,000,000 more than
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $20,000,000 below the budget
request. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act authorizes
a National Teacher Recruitment Campaign, which may be carried
out through a national teacher recruitment clearinghouse to
assist high-need schools and to conduct a national public
service campaign concerning the available resources for and
possible routes to entering teaching. The Committee
recommendation does not include funding for grants to school
districts, which already receive teacher recruitment and
retention funding through the Improving Teacher Quality State
Grants, TIF, and the Teacher Quality Partnership programs. The
Committee provides these resources for a comprehensive national
effort to link those who wish to enter teaching with teaching
positions, which may include a national clearinghouse. The
Committee directs that the Department provide a briefing to the
Committee on the planned use of these funds no later than 30
days prior to the release of a request for proposals.
Ready-to-Learn Television
The Committee recommends $25,416,000 for the Ready-to-Learn
Television program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Ready-to-Learn
Television program is designed to facilitate student academic
achievement by supporting the development and distribution of
educational video programming for preschool and elementary
school children and their parents.
Close Up Fellowships
The Committee recommends $1,942,000 for the Close Up
Fellowships program, which is the same amount as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level. The Committee does not agree with the
Administration's request to terminate this program. Close Up
Fellowships are administered by the Close Up Foundation and
support fellowships to low-income middle- and high school
students for low-income families and their teachers to spend
one week in D.C. attending seminars on government and current
events and meeting with leaders from the three branches of the
Federal government.
Advanced Placement Program
The Committee recommends $43,540,000 for the Advanced
Placement program. This recommendation is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program finances grants to States to pay Advanced Placement
test fees on behalf of low-income individuals, as well as
grants to States, local education agencies, or nonprofit
educational entities with relevant expertise, to support
activities intended to expand access to advanced placement
programs for low-income individuals. The Committee
recommendation includes $15,374,000 for test fee subsidies for
low-income students who are enrolled in advanced placement
classes and plan to take Advanced Placement or International
Baccalaureate tests. The remaining funds are allocated for
Advanced Placement Incentive Program Grants, which are used to
expand access to Advanced Placement programs for low-income
students, by supporting activities such as teacher training,
development of pre-advanced placement courses, and books and
supplies.
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Recovery Act
The Committee includes $3,000,000 for the What Works and
Innovation Fund authorized under the State Fiscal Stabilization
Fund established in the Recovery Act. This amount is $3,000,000
more than the fiscal year 2009 level and $97,000,000 less than
the request. This fund supports competitive grants to school
districts, and to partnerships between nonprofit organizations
and school districts, that have made significant progress in
improving student achievement to scale up their work and serve
as models of best practices. The Recovery Act provided
$650,000,000 for this purpose in fiscal year 2010. The
Committee recommends additional funding to provide additional
flexibility to the Secretary of Education to address the
expected strong demand for this assistance.
The Committee encourages the Department to establish
invitational priorities under the What Works and Innovation
Fund for program approaches that prepare students to
successfully pursue, enter, and matriculate in college as
described in sections 801 and 808 of the Higher Education Act.
Safe Schools and Citizenship Education
The Committee recommends $395,753,000 for Safe Schools and
Citizenship Education programs. This amount is $294,617,000
below the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $17,855,000 below
the budget request. This appropriation account includes
programs authorized under parts of titles II, IV, and V of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities: State Grants
The President's fiscal year 2010 budget proposes to
eliminate funding for Safe and Drug Free Schools and
Communities State Grants program, which was funded at
$294,759,000 in fiscal year 2009. While the Committee supports
efforts to improve school safety and reduce drug use, the
Committee agrees with the Administration's request and the need
to redirect these funds into higher impact activities, such as
teacher and principal training and development. Safe and Drug-
Free Schools and Communities State Grants are State-
administered, formula grant programs intended to provide
assistance to schools to establish safe and orderly school-
environments. However, school districts generally do not
receive sufficient funding to support quality interventions.
The Committee recommends below a series of targeted
interventions to help districts foster a safe and secure
learning environment, develop emergency response plans, and
reduce alcohol and drug use.
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities: National Programs
The Committee recommends $195,041,000 for the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities National Programs, which is
$54,777,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$55,855,000 below the budget request. Under this program, the
Secretary of Education administers a variety of activities to
prevent the illegal use of drugs, underage drinking, and
violence among students at all levels of education.
Within the funds included in the bill for Safe and Drug
Free Schools and Communities, National Programs, the following
amounts are provided for the following activities:
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FY 2010 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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School Culture and Climate............................. $50,000,000 $50,000,000 -$50,000,000
School and College Emergency Preparedness.............. 40,000,000 4,009,000 0
Safe Schools/Healthy Students.......................... 77,816,000 0 0
Drug Testing Initiative................................ 7,839,000 1,232,000 0
Postsecondary Education Drug and Violence Prevention... 5,409,000 -608,000 -2,608,000
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP Act). 2,500,000 0 2,500,000
Project SERV........................................... 2,000,000 2,000,000 -3,000,000
National activities.................................... 9,477,000 -576,000 -2,747,000
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School Culture and Climate.--The Committee includes
$50,000,000 for an initiative to support new approaches to
assisting schools foster a safe, secure and drug-free learning
environment, particularly by using approaches to change school
culture and climate--and thereby improve character and
discipline--and reduce drug use, crime and violence. The funds
will support approximately 200 competitive awards focused on:
(1) reducing suspensions and expulsions related to student
disruptive behavior and nonviolent offenses; and (2) reducing
violent crime in schools, on school grounds, and on the way to
and from school.
School and College Emergency Preparedness.--The Committee
also continues its initiative to enhance school and college
emergency preparedness planning. These activities assist school
districts and colleges in preventing, preparing for,
mitigating, and responding to catastrophic events and other
crises. The Committee recommends a total of $43,000,000 for
this initiative--$40,000,000 under the Department of Education
and $3,000,000 under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA). This amount includes
$33,000,000 for elementary and secondary education and
$10,000,000 for higher education, of which $7,000,000 is
provided under the Department of Education and $3,000,000, is
provided under SAMHSA.
Safe Schools/Healthy Students.--The Committee's
recommendation includes $77,816,000 for the Safe Schools/
Healthy Students initiative. The bill also provides $81,860,000
for this initiative under SAMHSA. In total, $159,676,000 will
be available in fiscal year 2010 for these comprehensive
grants, which require the commitment of local partners--school
districts, local law enforcement, juvenile justice agencies,
and public mental health authorities--to develop joint
strategies and services to prevent youth violence and provide
student mental health services. A key feature of this program
is its collaborative planning among the Department of
Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the
Department of Justice and joint funding between the Department
of Education and SAMHSA.
Student Drug Testing.--For the final year of the Student
Drug Testing Initiative, the Committee provides $7,839,000, as
requested by the Administration. These projects must be
conducted in strict compliance with Supreme Court rulings on
student drug testing.
Postsecondary Education Drug and Violence Prevention.--The
Committee provides $5,409,000 for Postsecondary Education Drug
and Violence Prevention. This program provides financial and
technical assistance to institutions of higher education for
drug prevention and campus safety programs for students
attending such institutions. The amount provided also includes
funds for a National Recognition Awards program that would
recognize models of exemplary, effective, and promising drug
and alcohol prevention programs on college campuses.
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP Act).--
The Committee recommends $2,500,000 for the Sober Truth on
Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP Act). Among other things,
this program finances grants to institutions of higher
education, States and non-profit organizations to combat
underage drinking in communities.
Project SERV.--The bill includes $2,000,000 for the School
Emergency Response to Violence initiative (Project SERV). The
Committee expects that these funds will be sufficient for
fiscal year 2010, given approximately $6,200,000 in unexpended
balances from prior years and historical expenditure patterns.
Project SERV provides education-related services to school
districts in which the learning environment has been disrupted
due to a violent or traumatic crisis.
Social and Emotional Learning.--The Committee believes that
addressing the social and emotional development of students
through evidence-based social and emotional learning programs
is a highly effective way to create safe and drug-free schools
and to promote higher student achievement and attainment. The
Committee urges Federal support for the implementation of
evidenced-based social and emotional learning standards and
programming.
Alcohol Abuse Reduction
The Committee recommends $32,712,000 for this program,
which is the same amount as the fiscal year 2009 funding level.
This program awards competitive grants to school districts to
develop and implement programs to reduce alcohol abuse in
secondary schools. The Committee recommendation will support
$3,657,000 in new awards in fiscal year 2010.
Mentoring Programs
The Administration's budget proposes to eliminate funding
for Mentoring Programs, which were funded at $47,264,000 in
fiscal year 2009. The Committee adopts this recommendation.
This program provides competitive grants to school districts
and community-based organizations to promote mentoring programs
for children. In March 2009, the Department's Institute of
Education Sciences completed a rigorous multi-year evaluation,
which found this program to be ineffective. Students were
compared on 17 measures across four domains: school engagement,
academic achievement, delinquent behavior, and ``prosocial''
behavior. The evaluation found no statistically significant
impacts of this program on any of the measures. The Committee
does support mentoring programs for at-risk children and youth,
however, and recommends $17,847,000 for new mentoring programs
for youth offenders under the Re-integration of Ex-offenders
Program in the Department of Labor and $49,314,000 for the
Mentoring Children of Prisoners program in the Department of
Health and Human Services.
Character Education
The Administration's budget proposes to eliminate funding
for Character Education, which was funded at $11,912,000 in
fiscal year 2009. The Committee adopts this recommendation.
This program provides support for the design and implementation
of character education programs in elementary and secondary
schools, but is now too small to have significant impact. In
lieu of these funds, the Committee provides $50,000,000 for a
larger grant competition focused on school culture and climate,
which may include character education.
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling
The Committee provides $55,000,000 for Elementary and
Secondary School Counseling, which is $3,000,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program provides grants to school districts to enable them to
establish or expand elementary school and secondary school
counseling programs. School counselors are primarily supported
with non-Federal funds.
According to the Department, a recent review of school
counseling research found that school counseling programs have
a significant impact in reducing student disciplinary problems,
enhancing problem solving skills, and increasing career
knowledge; they also were found to have a small but positive
impact on academic achievement. The funds provided by the
Committee will support the hiring and training of qualified
school counselors, school psychologists, child and adolescent
psychiatrists, and school social workers to provide beneficial
counseling services.
Carol M. White Physical Education Program
The Committee recommends $78,000,000 for this program,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This program provides grants to local
educational agencies and community-based organizations to
initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for
students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
The Committee again directs the Department to work with CDC
to incorporate the school health index into this program. In
fiscal year 2010, approximately $39,000,000 will be available
for new awards; the Department shall grant priority to those
applications that have completed physical education and
nutritional assessments as part of the school health index or
propose to implement the school health index. Awards should
support the implementation of science-based curriculum tools to
encourage physical education and healthy eating. In addition,
the Committee provides $62,780,000 under CDC to expand from 22
to 32 the number of State educational agencies receiving
assistance for school health, nutrition, and obesity programs.
Civic Education
The Administration's budget proposes to eliminate funding
for Civic Education. The Committee strongly disagrees with this
proposal and instead recommends $35,000,000 for Civic
Education, which is the $1,541,000 more than the fiscal year
2009 funding level. Program funds support the ``We the People''
and the Cooperative Education Exchange programs. ``We the
People'' seeks to promote civic competence and responsibility
among students. The Cooperative Education Exchange program
provides support for education exchange activities in civics
and economics between the United States and eligible countries
in Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent
States, any country of the former Soviet Union, the Republic of
Ireland, the Province of Northern Ireland, or a developing
country with a democratic form of government. Within the total
amount for Civic Education, $2,957,000 is designated in the
bill for a comprehensive program, developed by the Center for
Civic Education, in partnership with Indiana University and the
National Conference on State Legislatures, to improve student
knowledge, understanding, and support of American democratic
institutions. The bill also designates up to $13,383,000 to
carry out the Cooperative Education Exchange program.
English Language Acquisition
The Committee recommends $760,000,000 for the English
Language Acquisition program. This amount is $30,000,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Of
this amount provided for the 2010-2011 academic year,
$49,400,000 is appropriated for obligation on or after October
1, 2009 and $710,600,000 is appropriated for obligation on or
after, July 1, 2010. All funds are available through September
30, 2011. The bill modifies existing language to calculate all
State awards based on a three-year average of data from the
American Community Survey.
This program provides formula grants to States to serve
limited English proficient students. Grants are based on each
State's share of the national limited English proficient (LEP)
and recent immigrant student population. Funds under this
account also support professional development to increase the
pool of teachers prepared to serve LEP students as well as
evaluation activities.
High rates of immigration over the last two decades have
resulted in dramatic increases in the number of LEP students
identified by States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the
number of LEP students has risen from below 1 million in 1980
to above 4.6 million in 2005. According to the Department, the
overall increase in LEP students, and the rapid growth in the
LEP population in States lacking an infrastructure for serving
LEP students, underscores the need for this program.
Special Education
The Committee recommends $12,579,677,000 for programs for
children with disabilities authorized under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This funding level is
the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. Of the total amount available, $3,726,354,000 is
available for obligation on or after July 1, 2010, and
$8,592,383,000 is available for obligation on or after October
1, 2010. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$12,200,000,000 for special education in fiscal years 2009 and
2010. These grants help States and localities pay for a free
appropriate education for 6.7 million students with
disabilities aged 3 through 21 years.
Grants to States
The Committee recommends $11,505,211,000 for Part B Grants
to States, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an
additional $11,300,000,000 for Part B Grants to States in
fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This program provides formula
grants to assist States in meeting the excess costs of
providing special education and related services to children
with disabilities. States generally transfer most of the funds
to local educational agencies; however, they can reserve some
funds for program monitoring, technical assistance, and other
related activities. In order to be eligible for funds States
must make free appropriate public education available to all
children with disabilities.
The Committee believes that students with disabilities
should have an equal opportunity to participate in high quality
education and it helped to make this goal a reality by
providing a historic $11,300,000,000 for Part B Grants to
States in the Recovery Act. These funds, together with the
funds provided in this bill, will support a record 25 percent
Federal contribution toward special education in each of fiscal
years 2009 and 2010.
The Committee includes bill language proposed in the budget
request to limit the increase in the amount of funds required
to be transferred to the Department of the Interior to the
lesser of the 2009 plus inflation or the percentage change in
the funding for the Grants to States program.
Preschool Grants
The Committee recommends $374,099,000 for Preschool Grants,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$400,000,000 for Preschool Grants to States in fiscal years
2009 and 2010. These funds provide additional assistance to
States to help them make free, appropriate public education
available to children with disabilities ages three through
five.
Grants for Infants and Families
The Committee recommends $439,427,000 for Grants for
Infants and Families, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $500,000,000 for Grants for Infants and Families
in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. These funds provide additional
assistance to States to help them make free, appropriate public
education available to children with disabilities from birth
through age two.
IDEA National Activities
The Committee recommends $252,845,000 for the IDEA National
Activities program. This amount is the same as fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The IDEA National
Activities programs support State efforts to improve early
intervention and education results for children with
disabilities.
State Personnel Development.--The Committee recommends
$48,000,000 for State Personnel Development, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
This program focuses on professional development by supporting
grants to States to assist with improving personnel preparation
and professional development related to early intervention and
educational and transition services that improve outcomes for
students with disabilities.
Technical Assistance and Dissemination.--The Committee
recommends $48,549,000 for Technical Assistance and
Dissemination, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program provides
funding for technical assistance, demonstration projects, and
information dissemination. These funds support efforts by State
and local education agencies, institutions of higher education,
and other entities to build State and local capacity to make
systemic changes and improve results for children with
disabilities.
Personnel Preparation.--The Committee recommends
$90,653,000 for Personnel Preparation, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program supports competitive awards to help address State-
identified needs for qualified personnel to work with children
with disabilities, and to ensure that those personnel have the
necessary skills and knowledge to serve children with special
needs. Awards focus on addressing the need for leadership and
personnel to serve low-incidence populations.
Parent Information Centers.--The Committee recommends
$27,028,000 for Parent Information Centers, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
This program makes awards to parent organizations to support
Parent Training and Information Centers, including community
parent resource centers. These centers provide training and
information to meet the needs of parents of children with
disabilities living in the areas served by the centers,
particularly underserved parents and parents of children who
may be inappropriately identified. Technical assistance is also
provided under this program for developing, assisting, and
coordinating centers receiving assistance under this program.
Technology and Media Services.--The Committee recommends
$38,615,000 for Technology and Media Services, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. This program makes competitive awards to support the
development, demonstration, and use of technology and
educational media activities of educational value to children
with disabilities.
Within the total, the bill includes $13,250,000 for
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc. These funds support
continued development, production, and circulation of
accessible educational materials for print-disabled students
and their teachers, and accelerated use of digital technology.
Special Olympics Education Programs
The Committee recommends $8,095,000 for Special Olympics
Education Programs, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This program finances
grants to the Special Olympics to support activities which
increase awareness of and participation in the Special
Olympics.
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research
The Committee recommends $3,504,305,000 for Rehabilitation
Services and Disability Research. This amount is $116,543,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $3,570,000 above
the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$680,000,000 for Rehabilitation Services in fiscal years 2009
and 2010. The programs in this account are authorized by the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Helen Keller National Center
Act, and the Assistive Technology Act of 1998.
Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants
The Committee recommends $3,084,696,000 for Vocational
Rehabilitation State Grants, which is $110,061,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level, and the same as the budget
request. The Recovery Act provided an additional $540,000,000
for Vocational Rehabilitation State grants in fiscal years 2009
and 2010. This program supports basic vocational rehabilitation
services through formula grants to the States. These grants
support a wide range of services designed to help persons with
physical and mental disabilities prepare for and engage in
gainful employment to the extent of their capabilities.
Emphasis is placed on providing vocational rehabilitation
services to persons with the most significant disabilities. The
Committee's recommendation provides the cost-of-living
adjustment for Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States, as
authorized.
Client Assistance State Grants
The Committee recommends $11,576,000 for Client Assistance
State Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. Client Assistance State Grants
support services for eligible individuals and applicants of the
Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants program, and other
programs, projects, and services funded under the
Rehabilitation Act. These formula grants are used to help
persons with disabilities overcome problems with the service
delivery system and improve their understanding of services
available to them under the Rehabilitation Act.
Training
The Committee recommends $37,766,000 for the Training
program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The program supports long-term
and short-term training, in-service personnel training, and
training of interpreters for deaf persons. Projects in a broad
array of disciplines are funded to ensure that skilled
personnel are available to serve the vocational needs of
persons with disabilities.
Demonstration and Training Programs
The Committee recommends $9,076,000 for Demonstration and
Training Programs, which is $518,000 below the fiscal year 2009
funding level and $2,570,000 above the same as the budget
request. These programs authorize discretionary awards on a
competitive basis to public and private organizations to
support demonstrations, direct services, and related activities
for persons with disabilities.
The bill includes $2,570,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Project recommendation
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AbilityFirst, Pasadena, CA for programs to provide $100,000
employment assistance for individuals with
disabilities........................................
Best Buddies Maryland, Baltimore, MD for mentoring 300,000
programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.
Best Buddies Massachusetts, Boston, MA for mentoring 70,000
programs in the 8th Congressional district for
persons with intellectual disabilities..............
Best Buddies Virginia, Falls Church, VA for mentoring 250,000
programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.
Best Buddies, San Francisco, CA for mentoring 250,000
programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL for a 600,000
training program to prepare instructors to work with
visually impaired veterans, which may include
scholarships........................................
Opportunity Enterprises, Inc., Valparaiso, IN for its 150,000
adult day program, which may include equipment......
Southern California Rehabilitation Services, Downey, 100,000
CA for computer and Internet training for
individuals with disabilities, which may include
equipment...........................................
Southside Training, Employment and Placement 300,000
Services, Inc., Farmville, VA for training,
employment services, and placement assistance for
persons with disabilities, which may include
equipment...........................................
Special Olympics of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI for 200,000
delivering programs and promoting physical fitness
among individuals with disabilities.................
Vocational Guidance Services-- Painesville Center, 100,000
Painesville, OH for the Training Enhancements
Promoting Jobs for Ohioans with Disabilities project
Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, 150,000
Inc., Madison, WI for its Increase Vets'
Independence Initiative to provide independent
living services to disabled veterans................
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Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
The Committee recommends $2,239,000 for programs serving
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
program provides discretionary grants to finance comprehensive
vocational rehabilitation services available to migrant and
seasonal farmworkers with vocational disabilities. Projects
emphasize outreach activities, specialized bilingual
rehabilitation counseling, and coordination of vocational
rehabilitation services with services from other sources.
Recreational Program
The Committee recommends $2,474,000 for Recreational
Programs, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program provides individuals
with recreation and related activities to aid in their
employment, mobility, independence, socialization, and
community integration. Discretionary grants are made on a
competitive basis to States, public agencies, and nonprofit
private organizations, including institutions of higher
education.
Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights
The Committee recommends $18,101,000 for Protection and
Advocacy of Individual Rights, which is $1,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This
funding increase will help to meet the growing demand for
services by children and adults with disabilities within their
community and avoid institutionalization. Grants are awarded to
entities that have the authority to pursue legal,
administrative, and other appropriate remedies to protect and
advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.
Projects With Industry
The Committee recommends $19,197,000 for Projects with
Industry, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program promotes greater
participation of business and industry in the rehabilitation
process. The program provides placement and job development
services to assist persons with disabilities to prepare them
for employment in the competitive labor market. Awards are made
to a variety of agencies and organizations, including business
and industrial corporations, rehabilitation facilities, labor
organizations, trade associations, and foundations.
Supported Employment State Grants
The Committee recommends $29,181,000 for Supported
Employment State Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. These formula grants
assist States in developing collaborative programs with public
agencies and nonprofit agencies for training and post-
employment services leading to supported employment. In
supported employment programs, persons with the most
significant disabilities are given special supervision and
assistance to enable them to work in an integrated setting.
Independent Living
The Committee recommends $137,867,000 for Independent
Living Programs, which is $3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. The Recovery
Act provided an additional $140,000,000 for Independent Living
for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. These programs provide services
to individuals with disabilities to maximize their independence
and productivity, and to help them integrate into the
mainstream of American society.
Independent Living State Grants.--The Committee recommends
$23,450,000 for Independent Living State Grants, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The Recovery Act provided an additional $18,200,000
for Independent Living State Grants for fiscal years 2009 and
2010. This program supports formula grants to States to provide
services for independent living for persons with significant
disabilities.
Centers for Independent Living.--The Committee recommends
$80,266,000 for Centers for Independent Living, which is
$3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an
additional $87,500,000 for Independent Living Centers for
fiscal years 2009 and 2010. A population-based formula
determines the total amount available for discretionary grants
for centers in each State. These grants support a network of
consumer-controlled, nonresidential, community-based, private,
nonprofit centers that provide a wide range of services to help
persons with significant disabilities live more independently
in family and community settings. Centers provide information
and referral services, independent living skills training, peer
counseling, and individual and systems advocacy.
Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are
Blind.--The Committee recommends $34,151,000 for Independent
Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind, which is
the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The Recovery Act provided an additional $34,300,000
for Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are
Blind Grants for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Funds are
distributed to States according to a formula based on the
population of individuals who are 55 or older, and support
services for persons 55 years old or over whose severe visual
impairment makes gainful employment extremely difficult to
obtain, but for whom independent living goals are feasible.
Program Improvement
The Committee recommends $852,000 for Program Improvement,
which is $230,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
the same as the budget request. The program provides technical
assistance and consultative services to public and non-profit
private agencies and organizations; short-term training and
technical instruction; conducts special demonstrations;
collects, prepares, publishes and disseminates educational or
informational materials; and monitors and conducts evaluations.
Evaluation
The Committee recommends $1,217,000 for program evaluation,
which is $230,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
the same as the budget request. These funds are used to
evaluate the impact and effectiveness of individual programs
authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. Contracts are awarded
on an annual basis for studies to be conducted by persons not
immediately involved in the administration of the programs
authorized by the Act.
Helen Keller National Center
The Committee recommends $8,362,000 for the Helen Keller
National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. These funds are used for the operation of a national
center that provides intensive services for deaf-blind
individuals and their families at Sands Point, New York, and a
network of ten regional offices that provide referral,
counseling, transition services, and technical assistance to
service providers.
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
The Committee recommends $110,741,000 for the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, which is
$3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Institute supports research,
demonstration, and training activities that are designed to
maximize the employment and integration into society of
individuals with disabilities of all ages. The Committee
encourages the Administration to establish an Interagency
Committee on Disability Research to develop a comprehensive
government-wide strategic plan for disability and
rehabilitation research, including capacity building and
knowledge translation.
Assistive Technology
For Assistive Technology, the Committee recommends
$30,960,000, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. Technology assistance activities
are authorized under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. This
Act authorizes population-based formula grants to the States to
assist them in supporting alternative financing programs and
assistive technology device demonstrations, loan, and
reutilization programs. In addition, the funds support
protection and advocacy services related to assistive
technology and national technical assistance activities.
Of the funds provided, $25,660,000 is for the State grant
program, $4,300,000 is for the protection and advocacy program,
and $1,000,000 is for national activities. Consistent with the
authorizing statute, the Committee does not provide separate
funding for the alternative financing program. Instead, funds
for alternative financing are included in the State grant
program.
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities
The Committee recommends $211,036,000 for Special
Institutions for Persons with Disabilities. This amount is
$225,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same
as the budget request.
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
The Committee recommends $22,599,000 for the American
Printing House for the Blind, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This funding
subsidizes the production of educational materials for legally
blind persons enrolled in pre-college programs. The Printing
House, which is chartered by the State of Kentucky,
manufactures and maintains an inventory of educational
materials in accessible formats that are distributed free of
charge to schools and States based on the number of blind
students in each State. The Printing House also conducts
research and field activities to inform educators about the
availability of materials and how to use them.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
The Committee recommends $68,437,000 for the National
Technical Institute for the Deaf which is $4,225,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. The Committee's recommendation includes $5,400,000 for
construction. The National Technical Institute for the Deaf was
established by Congress in 1965 to provide a residential
facility for postsecondary technical training and education for
deaf persons with the purpose of promoting the employment of
these individuals. The Institute also conducts applied research
and provides training in various aspects of deafness. The
Secretary of Education administers these activities through a
contract with the Rochester Institute of Technology in
Rochester, New York.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
The Committee recommends $120,000,000 for Gallaudet
University, which is $4,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009
funding level, and the same as the budget request. The
Committee's recommendation includes $2,000,000 for
construction. Gallaudet is a private, non-profit educational
institution Federally-chartered in 1864 providing elementary,
secondary, undergraduate, and continuing education for deaf
persons. In addition, the University offers graduate programs
in fields related to deafness for deaf and hearing students,
conducts research on deafness, and provides public service
programs for deaf persons.
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
The Committee recommends $2,016,447,000 for Career,
Technical, and Adult Education programs, which is $72,099,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $2,000,000 below
the budget request. This account includes vocational education
programs authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006. The account also includes adult
education programs authorized under the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998. These significant new investments reflect the
increasing need to assist students to stay in school or return
to school in order to complete a high school degree or
equivalent that will prepare them for the workforce or
postsecondary education or training.
Career and Technical Education
The Committee recommends $1,271,694,000 for Career
Education. This amount is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request.
Career and Technical Education: State Grants
The Committee recommends $1,160,911,000 for Career and
Technical Education State Grants, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Of the
funds provided, $791,000,000 is appropriated for obligation on
or after October 1, 2010.
State Grants support a variety of career and technical
education programs developed in accordance with the State plan.
The Act concentrates Federal resources on institutions with
high concentrations of low-income students. The populations
assisted by State Grants range from secondary students in pre-
vocational courses to adults who need retraining to adapt to
changing technological and labor markets. Funding for State
Grants will continue support for state-of-the art career and
technical training to approximately six million students in
secondary schools and more than four million students in
community and technical colleges.
Tech-Prep Education State Grants
The Committee recommends $102,923,000 for Tech-Prep
Education State Grants, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. This appropriation
includes activities under title II of the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
The Tech-Prep Education State Grants program provides
planning and demonstration grants to a consortia of local
educational agencies and postsecondary institutions to develop
and operate model technical education programs that integrate
academic and vocational education. These programs begin in high
school and provide students with the mathematical, science,
communications, and technological skills needed to enter a two-
year associate degree or two-year certificate program in a
given occupational field. They also help students make a
successful transition into further postsecondary education or
begin their careers.
National Programs
The Committee recommends $7,860,000 for National programs,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This authority supports the conduct and
dissemination of research in career and technical education. It
also includes support for the National Centers for Research and
Dissemination in Career and Technical Education and other
discretionary research.
Adult Education
The Committee recommends $639,567,000 for Adult Education.
This amount is $72,099,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and $2,000,000 below the budget request.
Adult Basic Literacy Education State Grants
The Committee recommends $628,221,000 for Adult Basic
Literacy Education State Grants, which is $74,099,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. These State formula grants, authorized under the Adult
Education Act, support programs to enable all adults to acquire
basic literacy skills, to enable those who so desire to
complete secondary education, and to make available to adults
the means to become more employable, productive, and
responsible citizens.
Within the total amount for Adult Basic Literacy Education
State Grants, $45,907,000 is provided for a one-time increase
to those States that, between fiscal years 2003 and 2008, did
not receive their full allocations because of an administrative
error by the Department of Education. This funding allows these
States to recover the additional amounts to which they are
entitled. The bill includes language holding harmless those
States that received overpayments during this period. The
remaining increase of $28,192,000 is distributed to States
under statutory formulas.
According to the Department of Education, there is a
significant and ongoing need for adult education services given
to the number of high school dropouts and the growing
population of adult immigrants without the English language
skills that are needed to succeed in school and the workplace.
Moreover, the adult education program is one of a relatively
few number of programs that was rated as effective under the
Program Assessment Rating Tool. Accordingly, the Committee
provides the requested funding to begin to address these needs.
Under the Committee recommendation, over three million adults
will be served, an increase of 316,000 adults over the fiscal
year 2009 level.
The bill also specifies that the set aside for English
literacy and civics education State grants within the adult
education program shall be $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2010,
providing a $7,104,000 increase over the fiscal year 2009
level, as requested.
National Leadership Activities
The Committee provides $11,346,000 for National Leadership
Activities, which is $4,468,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level, and $2,000,000 below the budget request. Through
applied research, development, dissemination, evaluation, and
program improvement activities, this program assists State
efforts to improve the quality of adult education. The funds
support such projects as evaluations on the status and
effectiveness of adult education programs, national and
international adult literacy surveys, and technical assistance
on using technology to improve instruction and administration
that shows promise of contributing to the improvement and
expansion of adult education. Additional activities include
addressing the need to increase the literacy and workforce
skills of the nation's native-born adult population, as well as
the growing need to meet the English language acquisition,
literacy, and workforce skills needs of the immigrant
population.
Within the total, the bill includes $5,000,000 for an Adult
Workforce Transition initiative, which will provide competitive
grants to partnerships of local adult education providers and
community colleges, business and industry, to enable adults to
transition into new careers in a changing economy. This
initiative will complement the $130,000,000 provided within the
Department of Labor for the Career Pathways Innovation Fund,
resulting in a total of $135,000,000 to prepare workers for
careers in high-demand and emerging industries.
National Institute for Literacy
The Administration's request does not include funds for the
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), which received
$6,468,000 in fiscal year 2009. The Committee adopts this
recommendation. The Committee is concerned about duplicative
Federal efforts in support of basic literacy and skills
services and the efficient use of resources. A recent review
showed at least nine other Federal agencies with
responsibilities in these areas. The broad mission of the
Institute and the lack of clear management oversight have led
to project overlap and high administrative overhead costs. The
Institute has had few successful examples of joint projects
which leveraged the resources of multiple organizations; thus,
failing, to end the fragmentation of programs across agencies
as envisioned when it was created.
The Committee directs the Department to consult with
stakeholders in the field of adult literacy to determine which
activities currently supported by NIFL are worthwhile, if any,
and to incorporate these activities under the National
Leadership activities line, where appropriate.
Smaller Learning Communities
The Committee recommends $88,000,000 for Smaller Learning
Communities, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. Within the total, $83,600,000
becomes available for obligation on or after July 1, 2010 and
all funds remain available through September 30, 2011. As in
past years, the bill specifies that these funds shall be used
only for activities related to the redesign of large high
schools enrolling 1,000 or more students. The funds provided in
the bill will help school districts to implement smaller, more
personalized learning environments in large high schools
benefiting approximately 500,000 students in fiscal year 2010.
The Committee directs that the Department consult with the
House Committee on Appropriations prior to the release of
program guidance for the fiscal year 2010 Smaller Learning
Communities grant competition. Further, the Committee directs
the Department to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate an operating plan
outlining the planned use of the five percent set-aside prior
to the obligation of these funds.
State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders
The Committee recommends $17,186,000 for this program,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This program makes grants to State correctional
agencies to assist and encourage incarcerated youths to acquire
functional literacy skills as well as life and job skills.
Student Financial Assistance
(INCLUDING DEFERRAL OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $19,634,905,000 for Student
Financial Assistance programs, which is $477,932,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $338,096,000 above the
budget request. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$17,314,000,000 for student financial assistance in fiscal
years 2009 and 2010.
Pell Grants
The Committee recommends $17,783,395,000 for the Pell Grant
program, which is $495,395,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$17,114,000,000 for Pell Grants for academic years 2009 and
2010, and an additional $3,030,000,000 is available for
mandatory supplemental Pell Grants under the College Cost
Reduction and Access Act (CCRA). These funds will support Pell
awards to students for the 2010-11 academic years.
Pell Grants help to ensure access to higher educational
opportunities for low- and middle-income students by providing
need-based financial assistance that helps them pay for college
costs. These grant awards are determined according to a
statutory formula, which considers income, assets, household
size, and the number of family members in college, among other
factors. Pell Grants are the foundation of Federal
postsecondary student aid programs.
The Committee does not include the bill language proposed
by the Administration that assumes enactment of proposed
language that would change the Pell Grant program to an
appropriated entitlement, setting the maximum award at $5,550
and thereafter increasing the maximum award amount by the
Consumer Price Index plus one percent. This legislative
proposal will be considered by the authorizing committees. In
the interim, the Committee continues bill language providing
discretionary funding for Pell awards.
The bill also includes language deferring $511,000,000 in
unobligated balances under the Academic Competitiveness and
National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent
(SMART) Grants until October 1, 2010 because these funds are
not needed for awards in fiscal year 2010. The Administration
requested a rescission of these funds.
In fiscal year 2009, the Committee led the effort to
provide a historic $619 increase in the maximum Pell award, to
$5,350, with fiscal year 2009 Omnibus Act, Recovery Act, and
CCRA funding. This bill maintains the discretionary portion of
the maximum Pell Grant award at $4,860, which will be combined
with a mandatory supplement of $690 to provide a $5,550 maximum
Pell Grant in fiscal year 2010, an increase of $200 over the
2009 level.
Under the Committee's recommendation, the maximum Pell
award will have increased by $1,500, or 37 percent, since 2006,
greatly enhancing postsecondary educational opportunities for
many Americans. In fiscal year 2010, nearly 7.6 million low-
and middle-income students will benefit from this investment in
Pell Grants.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
The Committee recommends $757,465,000 for this program,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
provide funds to postsecondary institutions for need-based
grants of up to $4,000 to undergraduate students, with priority
given to students who are Pell-eligible. Approximately 65
percent of dependent recipients have annual family incomes
under $30,000 and nearly 80 percent of independent SEOG
recipients have annual family incomes under $20,000.
Institutions must contribute a 25 percent match toward
their Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants' allocations.
Thus, the amount provided in the bill will result in nearly
$960,000,000 in need-based student financial aid benefiting
nearly 1.3 million students.
Federal Work-Study
The Committee recommends $980,492,000 for the Federal Work-
Study program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $200,000,000 for this program for fiscal years
2009 and 2010. Federal Work-Study funds are provided through
institutions to students who work part-time. The funds assist
with paying for the cost of education. Approximately 3,400
colleges and universities receive funding, according to a
statutory formula, and may allocate it for job location and job
development centers. Work-study jobs must pay at least the
Federal minimum wage and institutions must provide 25 percent
of student earnings. Thus, the amount provided in the bill will
result in nearly $1,200,000,000 in need-based student aid for
approximately 780,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Work Colleges.--The Department shall provide the same
funding from the Federal Work-Study Program appropriation
(excluding funding provided under the Recovery Act) in fiscal
year 2010 as in the prior year for the Work Colleges program
authorized under section 448 of the Higher Education Act.
Perkins Loans: Loan Cancellations
The Committee recommends $49,701,000 for this program,
which is $17,463,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $49,701,000 above the request. The Administration's request
does not include discretionary funds for this purpose; instead,
it proposes legislation to establish a new mandatory Perkins
Loan program that would include the costs of loan forgiveness
for existing Perkins Loans. This program reimburses college
revolving loan funds for Perkins loans that are forgiven under
Federal law. Perkins Loans may be forgiven when a student
borrower pursues a public service career in statutorily-
designated areas, including teaching in low-income communities
and in under-staffed subject areas, Head Start programs,
military service in areas of imminent danger, Peace Corps and
ACTION service, nurses and medical technicians providing health
care services, and law enforcement. Over one half of Perkins
loan cancellations are for teachers.
The bill continues discretionary funding of Perkins Loan
cancellations pending Congressional review of the
Administration's legislative proposal.
Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership
The Committee recommends $63,852,000 for this program,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This program provides dollar-for-dollar
matching funds to States for grant and work-study assistance to
eligible postsecondary students who demonstrate financial need.
Over half of Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership
grants go to students with annual family incomes under $20,000.
The amount provided in the bill will leverage nearly
$162,000,000 in need-based aid to approximately 162,000
students.
Student Aid Administration
The Committee recommends $870,402,000 for Student Aid
Administration, which is $117,000,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
Recovery Act provided an additional $60,000,000 for this
account in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Under this account, the
Department delivers, or supports the delivery of, a complex
array of grants, work-study, and loan assistance to over 11.5
million college students and their families. Programs
administered under this account include Pell Grants, Academic
Competitiveness and National Science and Mathematics Access to
Retain Talent (SMART) Grants, campus-based programs, Teacher
Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH)
grants, Federal and Federally guaranteed student loans, and new
loan purchase programs under the Ensuring Continued Access to
Student Loans Act of 2008.
The substantial increase in funding recommended by the
Committee for fiscal year 2010 is necessary to ensure that
students are guaranteed access to loans and provided high-
quality servicing through competitive, private sector providers
that process loans and repayments. The Department will utilize
appropriated funds to manage new loan purchase authorities,
ensure the capacity to handle increased Direct Loan volume, and
modernize student aid systems to improve efficiency and
customer service.
Higher Education
The Committee recommends $2,293,882,000 for Higher
Education programs, which is an increase of $193,732,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $243,691,000 above the
budget request. The Recovery Act provided an additional
$100,000,000 for the Higher Education account for fiscal years
2009 and 2010.
Strengthening Institutions
The Committee recommends $84,000,000 for the Part A,
Strengthening Institutions program, which is $4,000,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. This program provides general operating subsidies to
institutions with low average educational and general
expenditures per student and significant percentages of low-
income students. Funds may be used for faculty and academic
program development, management, joint use of libraries and
laboratories, acquisition of equipment, and student services.
This is a competitive grant program.
Strengthening Hispanic-Serving Institutions
The Committee recommends $136,938,000 for the Hispanic-
Serving Institutions program, which is $43,682,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $39,019,000 above the budget
request. The Hispanic-Serving Institutions program provides
operating subsidies to schools that serve at least 25 percent
Hispanic students. Funds may be used for faculty and academic
program development, management, joint use of libraries and
laboratories, acquisition of equipment, and student services.
This is a competitive grant program.
Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans
The Committee recommends $10,500,000 for the Promoting
Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans program.
The Administration did not request discretionary funding for
this activity, which was supported under the Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education in fiscal year 2009.
This program provides expanded postbaccalaureate educational
opportunities for the academic attainment of Hispanic and low
income students. In addition, it expands academic offerings and
enhances program quality at institutions of higher education
educating the majority of Hispanic college students. This is a
competitive grant program.
In addition, the Higher Education Opportunity Act provides
an additional $11,500,000 in mandatory funding for this program
in fiscal year 2010.
Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The Committee recommends $283,172,000 for Strengthening
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which is
$45,077,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$33,172,000 above the budget request. This program provides
operating subsidies to accredited, historically black colleges
and universities that were established prior to 1964, with the
principal mission of educating black Americans. Funds are
distributed through a formula grant based on the enrollment of
Pell Grant recipients, number of graduates, and the number of
graduates entering graduate or professional schools in which
blacks are underrepresented. The minimum grant is $500,000.
Funds may be used to establish or enhance a teacher education
program, community outreach programs, and curriculum
development. Funds are awarded on a competitive basis.
In addition, the Administration's budget includes
$32,000,000 under the National Science Foundation to support
undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics in these same institutions. These funds are
recommended by the Committee in the Commerce, Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2010.
Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions
The Committee recommends $61,425,000 for the Strengthening
Historically Black Graduate Institutions program, which is
$2,925,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The program provides five-year
grants to 18 postsecondary institutions that are specified in
section 326(e)(1) of the Higher Education Act. Funds may be
used to build endowments, provide scholarships and fellowships,
and to assist students with the enrollment and completion of
post baccalaureate and professional degrees.
In addition, the Higher Education Opportunity Act provides
$11,500,000 in mandatory funding for master's degree programs
at HBCUs and predominantly Black institutions in fiscal year
2010.
Strengthening Predominantly Black Institutions
The Committee recommends $13,727,000 for the Strengthening
Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) program, which is
$13,727,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$5,852,000 above the budget request. This new program provides
five-year grants to help PBIs to plan, develop, undertake, and
implement activities to enhance their capacity to serve more
low- and middle-income Black Americans; expand higher education
opportunities for students by encouraging college preparation
and student persistence in secondary and postsecondary
education; and to strengthen the financial ability of the PBIs
to serve the academic needs of these students. Funds are
awarded on a competitive basis.
Strengthening Asian American and Native American Pacific-Islander-
Serving Institutions
The Committee recommends $4,575,000 for the Asian American
Pacific Islander program, which is $2,075,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $1,950,000 above the budget
request. This program provides grants to undergraduate
institutions that have an undergraduate student enrollment of
at least ten percent Asian American or Native American Pacific
Islander. Funds may be used for faculty and academic program
development, management, joint use of libraries and
laboratories, acquisition of equipment, and student services.
Funds are awarded on a competitive basis.
Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
The Committee recommends $18,010,000 for the Strengthening
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program,
which is $6,431,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $5,852,000 above the budget request. This program enables
these institutions to improve and expand higher education
opportunities for Native Alaskans and Hawaiians. Funds may be
used for equipment acquisition, facilities' improvement,
faculty development, and student support services. Funds are
awarded on a competitive basis.
Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions
The Committee recommends $4,575,000 for the Native American
Serving Non-Tribal Institutions program, which is $4,575,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $1,950,000 above
the budget request. This program helps Native-American serving,
nontribal institutions to improve and expand their capacity to
serve Native Americans and low-income individuals. Funds are
awarded on a competitive basis.
Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities
The Committee recommends $36,021,000 for the Strengthening
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities program, which is
$12,863,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$11,705,000 above the budget request. This program enables
these institutions to improve and expand higher education
opportunities for American Indian students. In past years, the
Committee has supported a competitive grant program to assist
institutions in addressing long overdue and high-priority
infrastructure and facilities requirements. The Committee
intends for the funds provided to be used to support the
continuation of existing grants and new planning or
developmental grants. Any remaining funds shall be available
for grants for renovation and construction of facilities to
continue to address needed facilities repair and expansion.
Funds are awarded on a competitive basis.
International Education and Foreign Language Studies
The Committee recommends $128,881,000 for International
Education and Foreign Language Studies. This amount is
$10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. These programs are designed to help meet the
nation's security and economic needs through the development of
expertise in foreign languages and area and international
studies.
Domestic Programs.--The Committee recommends $111,635,000
for the Domestic Programs of the International Education and
Foreign Languages Studies program, which is $9,300,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Authorized by title VI of the Higher Education Act, these
programs include national resource centers, foreign language
and area studies fellowships, undergraduate international
studies and foreign language programs, international research
and studies projects, business and international education
projects, international business education centers, language
resource centers, American overseas research centers, and
technological innovation and cooperation for foreign
information access.
The Committee is aware that all national resource centers,
centers for international business education, and research and
language centers will compete for new awards in fiscal year
2010. The bill includes sufficient funds to increase the
average award for the existing number of centers. The Committee
believes that restoring the awards that have eroded over the
years, thereby enabling each center to implement an effective,
multifaceted program of advanced language training, research,
technical assistance, and outreach, should be a priority over
expanding the number of centers over current levels. The
Committee requests a briefing with Department of Education
officials not less than 30 days prior to the issuance of these
requests for proposal.
The Committee provides sufficient funds to increase the
FLAS academic year institutional allowance and the numbers of
FLAS academic year and summer fellowships. Due to the global
financial crisis, falling endowments and State funds have made
filling the tuition gap more difficult for institutions of
higher education. These fellowships should be allocated across
all world areas, with an emphasis on languages of strategic
national importance.
The bill repeats language permitting up to one percent of
the Title VI/Fulbright-Hays funds provided to the Department to
be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and
information dissemination activities. The Committee urges the
Department to use a portion of these funds to assist Title VI
grantees with developing web portals to improve the
dissemination of information produced under these programs to
the public.
Overseas Programs.--The Committee recommends $15,209,000
for the Overseas Programs of the International Education and
Foreign Language Studies programs, popularly known as the
Fulbright-Hays Act. This amount is $500,000 more than fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. Funding for
these programs support group projects abroad, faculty research
abroad, special bilateral projects, and doctoral dissertation
research abroad. Fulbright-Hays provides an essential overseas
component for research and training of Americans in foreign
languages and international studies. Overseas immersion is
critical to achieving high levels of foreign language
proficiency. Additional funds provided over the request should
be used to expand doctoral and faculty research fellowships,
and group projects abroad in intermediate and advanced language
skills in the strategic world areas.
The Committee expects the increased funding to be used to
help graphic the rising costs of educational and programming
activities occurring abroad due to the declining value of the
U.S. dollar.
The bill also repeats language allowing Title VI and
section 102(b)(6) funds for individuals planning to apply their
advanced language skills in the fields of government,
professional, or international development.
International Public Policy.--The Committee recommends
$2,037,000 for the Institute for International Public Policy.
This amount is $200,000 higher than fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This program is intended to
increase the participation of underrepresented populations in
international service, including private international
voluntary organizations and the U.S. Foreign Service. This
program provides a grant to an eligible recipient to operate
the Institute through sub-grantees chosen among minority-
serving institutions. The Committee encourages the funding of
Ralph Bunche Scholarships and the continued emphasis on helping
students obtain foreign language competence and international
expertise in areas important to national security.
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
The Committee recommends $133,916,000 for the Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), which is
$249,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$86,492,000 above the budget request. This program awards
grants and contracts to a variety of postsecondary institutions
and other organizations to improve the quality and delivery of
postsecondary education.
FIPSE Comprehensive Program.--Within the total, the
Committee includes $34,805,000 for the Comprehensive Program.
The Committee directs the Department to establish invitational
priorities under the Comprehensive Program for centers of
excellence for teacher preparation as described in Section 242;
university sustainability initiatives as described in section
881; rural development initiatives for rural-serving colleges
and universities as described in section 861; as well as for
initiatives to assist highly qualified minorities and women to
acquire doctoral degrees in fields where they are
underrepresented as described in section 807 of the Higher
Education Act.
College Textbook Rental Initiative.--Within the total, the
Committee includes $10,000,000 for the second year of funding
for a college textbook rental initiative. This pilot initiative
provides competitive grants to institutions of higher education
to support pilot programs that expand the services of
bookstores to provide the option for students to rent course
materials in order to achieve savings for students. The
Committee directs that these funds be awarded under a FIPSE
special focus competition, in accordance with section 803(b)-
(d) of the Higher Education Act.
Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success.--Within
the total, the Committee includes not less than $8,000,000 for
competitive grants to institutions of higher education to
encourage model programs to support veterans, particularly
those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, pursuing
postsecondary education by coordinating services to address
their academic, financial, physical and social needs. The
Committee directs that these funds be awarded under a FIPSE
special focus competition, in accordance with section 873 of
the Higher Education Act.
The bill includes $68,247,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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AB Christian Learning Center, Ft. Worth, TX for a $175,000
higher education resource center....................
Alamo Community College, San Antonio, TX for an 200,000
associates degree program for air traffic
controllers, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
Albany State University, Albany, GA for a model 150,000
program to increase the recruitment and retention of
underrepresented students in postsecondary education
Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 100,000
Alexander City, AL for the Gateway to Education
Scholarship program, including scholarships.........
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI for its Research 100,000
Center for Women and Girls, which may include
equipment...........................................
Anne Arundel Community College, Hanover, MD for its 350,000
science, technology, engineering, and math
initiative, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
Anoka Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN for 800,000
curriculum development in programs relating to the
medical device manufacturing industry, including
purchase of equipment...............................
Armstrong Atlantic State University Cyber Security 457,000
Research Institute Foundation, Savannah, GA for
curriculum development, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT for a 250,000
Medical Device Machine Technology Certificate
Program, which may include equipment and technology.
Beloit College, Beloit, WI for college scholarships 150,000
and college outreach and early awareness programs...
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA for science and 350,000
technology academic programs, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Brazosport College, Galveston, TX for purchase of 200,000
equipment to be used in the petrochemical and
nuclear technician training programs................
Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX for curriculum 380,000
development.........................................
Breathitt Veterinary Center, Hopkinsville, KY for 350,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA for purchase 100,000
of equipment........................................
Burcham Hills Retirement Community, East Lansing, MI 200,000
to develop an Alzheimer's and dementia training
program, including purchase of equipment............
Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS for purchase 500,000
of equipment........................................
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ for curriculum 550,000
development, including purchase of equipment........
California Baptist University, Riverside, CA for 300,000
purchase of equipment...............................
California State University, Fullerton, CA for 350,000
curriculum development associated with the
Vietnamese language and culture program.............
California State University, Fullerton, CA for the 300,000
Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
in Mathematics and Science..........................
California State University, Sacramento, CA for 350,000
equipment and technology for science laboratories...
Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC for an 300,000
initiative at its School of Pharmacy to train
underrepresented pharmacists........................
Canisius College, Buffalo, NY for its science 400,000
education program, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
Castleton State College, Castleton, VT for 400,000
development of a bachelor of science in nursing
degree program......................................
Central Maine Community College, Auburn, ME for its 150,000
Veterans to College Initiative to provide academic
counseling and support to veterans..................
Centralia College, Centralia, WA for biotechnology 375,000
and science equipment...............................
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, PA for 100,000
its Keystone Honors Academy.........................
City College of San Jose, CA for its California 368,000
Construction College to train students for careers
in construction management, which may include
equipment...........................................
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR for 400,000
education and training programs in renewable energy
fields, which may include equipment and technology..
Clarke College, Dubuque, IA for its Doctor of Nurse 400,000
Practitioner program, which may include equipment,
technology and scholarships.........................
Coahoma Community College, Clarksdale, MS for 50,000
curricula, equipment and technology.................
Coffeyville Community College, Coffeyville, KS for 500,000
the Native American Center, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID for 200,000
curriculum development, including the purchase of
equipment...........................................
College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA for the 100,000
University Center Consortium, including curriculum
development.........................................
College Opportunity Resources for Education, 750,000
Philadelphia, PA for college preparation and
scholarship assistance..............................
College Summit-West Virginia, Dunbar, WV for a 100,000
college access initiative...........................
Columbia College, Columbia, SC for its Masters Degree 200,000
Program in Divergent Learning.......................
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA for a 150,000
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
program.............................................
Creighton University, Omaha, NE for purchase of 500,000
equipment...........................................
Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, TX 300,000
for its Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) Professions Initiative, which may
include scholarships................................
Dean College, Franklin, MA for its Embedded Study 150,000
Model Project to integrate academic support services
into curricula, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
Donnelly College, Kansas City, KS for equipment and 200,000
technology..........................................
Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher, AZ for the Gila 400,000
Community College nursing education program, which
may include equipment and technology................
Edmonds Community College, Lynwood, WA for equipment 500,000
for training programs at its National Advanced
Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Center.......
Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL for the Health 100,000
Careers Center of Excellence, including curriculum
development and purchase of equipment...............
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA for its 325,000
Curriculum for the Bioregion initiative.............
Fairleigh Dickenson University, Madison, NJ for 500,000
curriculum development, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL for the 350,000
Coastal Watershed Institute.........................
Ft. Hays State University, Hays, KS for purchase of 250,000
equipment...........................................
Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, AL for 100,000
technology upgrades.................................
George C. Wallace Community College, Dothan, AL for 200,000
equipment and technology to train energy technicians
for nuclear facilities..............................
Grace College and Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, 150,000
IN for curriculum development, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, 300,000
Harrisburg, PA for science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) academic programs, which may
include equipment and technology....................
Hill College, Hillsboro, TX for vocational training 200,000
at the Bosque County campus, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, TX for a math 350,000
and science education initiative....................
Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS for 250,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Illinois Community College Trustee Association, 600,000
Springfield, IL for the Illinois Community College
Sustainability Network to promote and provide energy
education and sustainable practices.................
Iowa Valley Community College, Marshalltown, IA for 165,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS for 700,000
consolidation of the Tupelo and Fulton Nursing
School Programs in order to provide additional
nursing specialists to a five-county region.........
Ivy Tech Community College, Terre Haute, IN for 600,000
equipment and technology for training programs at
its Advanced Manufacturing Center...................
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL for 250,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Jewish Employment and Vocational Service (JEVS) d/b/a 165,000
JEVS Human Services, Philadelphia, PA for an
associate degree program in court reporting, which
may include equipment and technology................
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC for an 400,000
Undergraduate Research Center for Electronic and
Cyber Security, which may include equipment,
technology and student financial assistance.........
Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse 100,000
Services, Kalamazoo, MI for a nursing distance
education curriculum, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI for 350,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, IL for 400,000
renewable energy technology training programs, which
may include equipment and technology................
Keene State College, Keene, NH for its Regional 300,000
Center for Advanced Manufacturing Education, which
may include equipment and student financial
assistance..........................................
Kern Community College District, Bakersfield, CA for 250,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI for 150,000
curriculum development, including the purchase of
equipment...........................................
Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN for certificate and 200,000
degree programs in aviation, which may include
equipment and technology............................
Lakeshore Technical College, Cleveland, WI for 250,000
curriculum development..............................
LeTourneau University, Longview, TX for purchase of 350,000
equipment...........................................
Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL for 350,000
the HIRE Education Program, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC for its Center for 300,000
Holistic Learning to provide academic and student
support services, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
Long Island University, Brookville, NY for a Grow 700,000
Your Own Teacher Program providing mentoring,
education and support to high school students in
underserved areas, which may include college
scholarships........................................
Los Angeles City College Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 450,000
for the Los Angeles City College nursing program....
Madisonville Community College, Madisonville, KY for 100,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI for nursing 200,000
curriculum development..............................
Maricopa County Community College District, Mesa, AZ 100,000
for health professions training.....................
Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, AZ 300,000
for its East Valley Veterans Education Center to
enable veterans to enroll in and complete
postsecondary education, which may include equipment
and technology......................................
Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, AZ 300,000
for the Bilingual Nursing Program at South Mountain
Community College, which may include stipends.......
Marshall University Research Corporation, Huntington, 300,000
WV for equipment and technology for advanced
maritime training...................................
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY for 400,000
academic programs at the Geraldine Farraro Center
for Educational Excellence in Science, Technology,
and Math, which may include equipment and technology
Marymount University, Arlington, VA for science 200,000
equipment and technology............................
Maryville College, Maryville, TN for an experiential 300,000
science education program...........................
Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO for equipment 200,000
and technology for its accredited aviation training
program.............................................
Mid-America Christian University, Oklahoma City, OK 485,000
for teacher training programs, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 450,000
for a STEM education teacher training initiative,
which may include stipends..........................
Midland Independent School District, Midland, TX for 350,000
teacher training....................................
Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS 400,000
for an initiative to prepare undergraduate students
for professional medical education, which may
include equipment, technology and scholarships......
Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY for an 275,000
Academy for Veterans' Success to provide academic,
career counseling, and support services to veterans.
Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY to establish 325,000
a medical laboratory technician program, including
curriculum development and purchase of equipment....
Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI for a 200,000
Nuclear Engineering Technology Program..............
Mount Union College, Alliance, OH for engineering and 100,000
technology programs, which may include curricula,
faculty, equipment, technology and student support..
Neumann College, Aston, PA for pharmacy education 200,000
programs, which may include equipment and technology
Nevada State College, Henderson, NV for nursing 400,000
education programs, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
New College, Sarasota, FL for digital collections at 100,000
the Jane Bancroft Cook Library......................
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, NM for its 300,000
Native American Criminal Justice Program, which may
include student scholarships........................
Niagara Community College, Sanborn, NY for equipment 100,000
and technology for training programs in hospitality
and tourism.........................................
Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY for 275,000
information technology upgrades.....................
North Arkansas College, Harrison, AR for an education 250,000
technology initiative, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA for a 400,000
veterans education and job training program, which
may include scholarships and stipends...............
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA for 400,000
programmatic support of its Monroe County campus,
which may include equipment and technology..........
Northern Kentucky University Foundation, Highland 350,000
Heights, KY for purchase of equipment...............
Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA 500,000
for a health information management program.........
Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, 350,000
CT for an associate degree nursing program, which
may include equipment and technology................
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK for a 450,000
wildlife management technician program, which may
include equipment...................................
Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL for 150,000
education and training programs in emerging
industries at its Institute for Energy, which may
include equipment and technology....................
Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL for 350,000
equipment and technology for student technology and
communication programs at its Belle Glade campus....
Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FL for purchase 300,000
of equipment........................................
Portland Community College, Portland, OR for 350,000
education and training programs in renewable energy
and emerging industries, which may include equipment
and technology......................................
Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, AR for 500,000
library improvements, which may include equipment
and technology......................................
Richland Community College, Decatur, IL for 200,000
curriculum development in its bioenergy and
bioprocessing degree programs.......................
Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA 600,000
for curriculum development..........................
Rockford College, Rockford, IL for technology 250,000
upgrades............................................
Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, NJ, for its 500,000
public interest legal program, which may include
scholarships and fellowships, a public interest
summer externship program, its Marshall Brennan
Program, and pro bono legal services................
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI for equipment 500,000
and technology at its Blackstone Valley learning
center and Newport campus...........................
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA for 350,000
a competency-based early childhood education and
training initiative, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX for training 400,000
programs in the maritime and energy industries,
which may include equipment and technology..........
San Jose State University Research Foundation, San 220,000
Jose, CA for an interdisciplinary Center for Global
Innovation and Immigration, including curricula
development and student research....................
San Luis Obispo County Community College District, 350,000
San Luis Obispo, CA for purchase of equipment.......
San Mateo County Community College District, San 350,000
Mateo, CA for the University Center Consortium
initiative to expand academic programs and the
number of students pursuing postsecondary education.
Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL for a clinical 450,000
laboratory sciences program, including curriculum
development and purchase of equipment...............
Seattle University, Seattle, WA for the Fostering 500,000
Scholars Program, including scholarships............
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 500,000
MO for technology upgrades..........................
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 200,000
Edwardsville, IL for purchase of equipment..........
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL for 400,000
equipment and technology upgrades...................
Southern Queens Park Association, Jamaica, NY for its 350,000
Young Adults College Access & Preparedness Program,
in partnership with Bard College and local high
schools, to expand college access, retention and
graduation for youth and young adults...............
Southern Union Community College, Wadley, AL for 100,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Special Education District of McHenry County, 100,000
Woodstock, IL for the Pathways Program..............
St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI 100,000
for curriculum development..........................
St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY for its Project 650,000
Access initiative, which may include equipment and
technology..........................................
St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, NY for equipment and 400,000
technology for science laboratories, smart
classrooms and distance learning....................
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD 600,000
for science laboratory and information technology
equipment...........................................
St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI for an initiative to 400,000
prepare students in science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM) fields, which may include equipment
and technology......................................
St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ for equipment 300,000
and technology for ``smart'' classrooms.............
St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL for a 300,000
healthcare informatics program, including curriculum
development and purchase of equipment...............
St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL for a 300,000
science and technology teacher training program in
conjunction with the Miami-Dade County Public School
System..............................................
St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA for purchase of 150,000
equipment...........................................
St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL for equipment and 550,000
technology for a media center, library and distance
learning programs...................................
St. Xavier University, Orland Park, IL for the 500,000
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Education Center, including purchase of equipment...
State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 500,000
for purchase of equipment...........................
Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL for 200,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center, Georgetown, 245,000
TX for life science programs, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Texas State Technical College, Waco, TX for its 100,000
Career Paths for Veterans project...................
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX for nursing 1,000,000
curriculum development, including purchase of
equipment...........................................
Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, MO for 215,000
an education technology initiative..................
Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC for the 500,000
nursing education program, which may include
equipment...........................................
Trine University, Angola, IN for curriculum 340,000
development.........................................
Union County College, Cranford, NJ for curriculum 400,000
development.........................................
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ for the Disability 500,000
Resource Center to provide instruction and support
to disabled veterans to ensure academic success,
which may include equipment.........................
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT 365,000
for a Center for Energy and Environmental Law.......
University of Guam, Mangilao, GU for development, in 300,000
conjunction with the Guam Public School System and
Guam Community College, of a K-16 educational
program to provide a seamless pathway for college
and careers.........................................
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA for the 12,602,000
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate, which
may include support for an endowment................
University of Minnesota, Crookston, MN for its Center 500,000
for Rural Entrepreneurial Studies, which may include
equipment, technology and student support...........
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH for its 450,000
National Center on Inclusive Education for Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related
Disabilities........................................
University of New Haven, Waterbury, CT for equipment 350,000
and technology for the Henry C. Lee Institute of
Forensic Science Learning Center....................
University of New Mexico-Taos, NM for equipment and 450,000
technology for distance education programs..........
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, 770,000
TN for the Center for Leadership in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education,
including purchase of equipment.....................
University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX for a 300,000
science, technology, engineering and math
initiative, including purchase of equipment.........
University of Virginia, Wise, VA for installation of 150,000
a Voice Over Internet Protocol telephone system and
demonstration activities through its Emerging
Technologies Learning Center........................
University of Washington, Bothell, WA for a nursing 200,000
faculty consortium training program, which may
include scholarships................................
Valley City State University, Valley City, ND for 400,000
science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) workshops, courses, certificates and programs
to increase undergraduate and graduate participation
in STEM programs....................................
Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA for a teacher 350,000
training initiative, including purchase of equipment
Wayne State College, Norfolk, NE for equipment at the 100,000
South Sioux City College Center.....................
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT for 100,000
curriculum development..............................
Western Kentucky Community and Technical College, 250,000
Paducah, KY for purchase of equipment...............
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY for 500,000
purchase of equipment...............................
Wharton County Jr. College, Wharton, TX for 220,000
curriculum development to train students for work in
the nuclear power industry..........................
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC for its Focusing 350,000
on Collegiate Undergraduate Success initiative to
enhance residential learning and academic support
services for students...............................
York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA for facilities 300,000
and equipment.......................................
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH for its 200,000
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Project to integrate
SEL theory and techniques into the College of
Education curricula and for evaluation activities...
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Minority Science and Engineering Improvement
The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for the Minority
Science and Engineering Improvement Program, which is
$1,423,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$994,000 above the budget request. The Minority Science and
Engineering Improvement Program awards grants to improve
mathematics, science, and engineering programs at institutions
serving primarily minority students and to increase the number
of minority students who pursue advanced degrees and careers in
those fields.
Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions
The Committee recommends $8,162,000 for this program, which
is $389,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This program provides grants to two tribally
controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions to
provide career and technical education to Native American
students.
Federal TRIO Programs
The Committee recommends $868,089,000 for the TRIO
programs, which is $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The TRIO programs provide
a variety of outreach and support services to encourage low-
income, potential first-generation college students to enter
and complete college. Discretionary grants of up to four or
five years are awarded competitively to institutions of higher
education and other agencies. At least two-thirds of the
eligible participants in TRIO must be low-income, first-
generation college students. Under the Committee
recommendation, approximately 845,000 students will receive
TRIO services, nearly 7,000 more than in fiscal year 2009.
The Committee intends that the funding increase be used for
the Student Support Services program, which will be re-competed
in fiscal year 2010. Of this amount, $10,000,000 shall be for
college completion awards to provide grant aid to participating
students who are at high risk of dropping out of college due to
financial need. The Committee intends that Student Support
Services projects receiving these college completion awards
shall provide matching funds equal to 33 percent of the total
award; thus leveraging an additional $3,300,000 in need-based
student aid. The Student Support Service program offers a broad
range of support services to postsecondary students to increase
their retention and graduation rates and to increase their
transfer rates from two-year to four-year colleges. A national
evaluation of Student Support Services indicates that
participation in supplemental services is related to improved
student outcomes.
GEAR UP
The Committee recommends $333,212,000 for the GEAR UP
program, which is $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. This additional funding
will enable the Department to make new awards available in
fiscal year 2010. GEAR UP provides grants to States and
partnerships of low-income middle and high schools,
institutions of higher education and community organizations to
target entire grades of students and give them the skills,
encouragement, and scholarships to successfully pursue
postsecondary education.
GEAR UP is proving to be an effective strategy for
addressing the dropout crisis and boosting college enrollment
rates of low-income students. Early evaluation findings and
performance data show that GEAR UP has positive impacts on
student achievement, high school graduation, and college
entrance rates for GEAR UP participants. In total, the
Committee recommendation will help approximately 812,000 at-
risk middle and high school students prepare for and attend
college, an increase of nearly 44,000 students over the fiscal
year 2009 level.
The Committee intends that not less than $6,600,000 of the
increase over fiscal year 2009 be used for State grants, of
which half must be used to provide student scholarships, and
not less than $6,600,000 be used for Partnership grants. The
statutory 50 percent matching requirement for State grant
recipients will produce a minimum of $3,300,000 in scholarship
assistance for participating students. The Committee encourages
the Department to give favorable consideration in any
competitions for GEAR UP funding to partnerships that, in
addition to providing early intervention services, guarantee
college scholarships to GEAR UP students.
Byrd Scholarships
The Committee recommends $40,642,000 for this program,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. This program provides formula grants to States
to award $1,500 scholarships for up to four years of higher
education to students who demonstrate academic excellence in
high school. Under the Committee bill, approximately 27,000
students will receive merit scholarships in fiscal year 2010.
Javits Fellowships
The Committee recommends $9,687,000 for Javits Fellowships,
which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. Under the Javits Fellowships program,
institutions receive Federal support to make fellowship awards
to students pursuing doctoral study in the arts, humanities,
and social sciences. The Committee recommendation will support
approximately 225 fellowship awards in the 2011-2012 academic
year.
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
The Committee recommends $31,030,000 for the Graduate
Assistance in Areas of National Need program, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
The program awards grants to institutions of higher education
to provide fellowships to economically disadvantaged students
who have demonstrated academic excellence and who are pursuing
graduate education in designated areas of national need, such
as the sciences, mathematics, engineering, and nursing. The
Committee recommendation will support fellowships for
approximately 700 students in fiscal year 2010.
Teacher Quality Partnerships Grants
The Committee recommends $43,000,000 for Teacher Quality
Partnerships which is $7,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act provides
an additional $100,000,000 for Teacher Quality Partnerships for
fiscal years 2009 and 2010. A total of 50 new awards will be
made based on funding in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
The Teacher Quality Partnership program aims to improve the
quality of teachers working in high-need schools and early
childhood education programs by creating model teacher
preparation programs and teaching residency programs. The
Committee recommendation will support continuing grants issued
with fiscal year 2009 or Recovery Act funds.
Baccalaureate STEM and Foreign Language Teacher Training Program
The Committee does not recommend funding for the
Baccalaureate STEM and Foreign Language Teacher Training
Program, which is the $1,092,000 below the fiscal year 2009
funding and the budget request. The Committee eliminates this
program because it duplicates funding included in the
Administration's budget request for the National Science
Foundation of $113,220,000 for the Robert Noyce Teacher
Scholarship Program and Math and Science Partnership Program.
These programs are designed to encourage college students and
professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers
and improve K-12 student achievement. This bill also includes
$178,978,000 for Mathematics and Science Partnerships, which
supports the recruitment of individuals with mathematics,
science, and engineering majors into the teaching profession.
Master's STEM and Foreign Language Teacher Training Program
The Committee does not recommend funding for the Master's
STEM and Foreign Language Teacher Training Program, which is
$1,092,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
budget request. The Committee eliminates this program because
it duplicates funding included in the Administration's budget
request for the National Science Foundation for the Robert
Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program providing graduate degree
programs for students to become mathematics and science
teachers in high-need K-12 school districts.
Child Care Access Means Parents in School
The Committee recommends $17,034,000 for Child Care Access
Means Parents in School, which is $1,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This program
helps to ensure that low-income student parents have access to
postsecondary education and affordable and convenient child
care. Colleges and universities may receive discretionary
grants of up to four years to support or establish a campus-
based childcare program primarily serving the needs of low-
income students enrolled at the institution. Priority is given
to childcare programs that leverage significant local or
institutional resources and utilize a sliding fee scale.
Demonstration Projects to Ensure Quality Higher Education for Students
with Disabilities
The Committee recommends $10,755,000 for Demonstration
Projects to Ensure Quality Higher Education for Students with
Disabilities, which is $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request. These programs provide
students with disabilities a higher quality education through
support for model demonstrations to provide technical
assistance or professional development for post-secondary
faculty, staff and administrators in institutions of higher
education, as well as support for model demonstration programs
that promote the successful transition of students with
intellectual disabilities into higher education.
Within the total, the Committee intends that $6,755,000 be
used to support continuation awards for Demonstration Projects
to Support Postsecondary Faculty, Staff and Administrators in
Educating Students with Disabilities under subpart 1 of part D
of title VII of the Higher Education Act. The remaining
$4,000,000 shall be used to support new awards for Transition
Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Into
Higher Education under subpart 2 of part D of title VII of the
Higher Education Act.
Underground Railroad Program
The Committee recommends $1,945,000 for the Underground
Railroad Program, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level. This program provides grants to non-profit
institutions to research, display, interpret and collect
artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad.
GPRA Data/Higher Education Act Program Evaluation
The Committee recommends $609,000 for program evaluation
and development of data required under the Government
Performance and Results Act for Higher Education programs
administered by the Department. This amount is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships
The Committee recommends $977,000 for B.J. Stupak Olympic
Scholarships, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level. This program provides financial assistance to Olympic
athletes who are pursuing a postsecondary education. The
Committee recommendation will provide scholarships to over 90
student athletes.
Thurgood Marshall Legal Education Opportunity Scholarships
The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for the Thurgood
Marshall Legal Education Opportunity program, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level. This program provides
low income, minority, or disadvantaged secondary school and
college students with the information, preparation, and
financial assistance needed to gain access to and complete law
school study and admission to law practice. This funding will
support, including financial assistance, over 160 Thurgood
Marshall Fellows.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
The Committee recommends $234,977,000 for Howard
University, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. The bill includes a minimum of
$3,600,000 for the endowment, which is $136,000 above the
current level.
Howard University is a ``Research I'' university located in
the District of Columbia. Howard University provides
undergraduate liberal arts, graduate and professional
instruction to approximately 11,000 students from all 50
States. Masters degrees are offered in over 55 fields and
Doctor of Philosophy degrees in 26 fields. The Committee notes
recent University efforts to achieve staffing reductions
through buy out and early out offers, reflecting the financial
pressures the University is experiencing. In addition, as part
of its ongoing monitoring process, the Department of Education
has expressed concern about the University's overall lack of
progress with regard to addressing findings in its financial
auditing reports and cites concern with the efficacy of the
University's internal controls. The Committee requests that the
University conduct a review of its financial management
practices and staffing and provide a report to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate no later than May 1, 2010 describing how the University
plans to address its financial challenges and improve its
fiscal oversight.
Within the amount provided, the Committee recommends
$28,946,000 for the Howard University Hospital, which is the
same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. The hospital serves as a major acute and ambulatory
care center for the District of Columbia, and functions as a
major teaching facility.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM
The Committee recommends $461,000 for the Federal
administration of the College Housing and Academic Facilities
Loan program, the Higher Educational Facilities Loans program,
and the College Housing Loans program, which is the same as the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
Previously these programs helped to ensure that postsecondary
institutions were able to make necessary capital improvements
to maintain and increase their ability to provide a high-
quality education. Since 1994, no new loans have been made, and
the Department's role has been to manage the outstanding loans.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
The Committee recommends $20,582,000 for the Historically
Black College and University Capital Financing program,
authorized under part D of Title III of the Higher Education
Act. This amount is $10,228,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. The
Historically Black Colleges and University Capital Financing
program makes capital available for repair and renovation of
facilities at historically black colleges and universities. In
exceptional circumstances, capital provided under the program
can be used for construction or acquisition of facilities.
The Committee recommendation includes $354,000 for the
administrative expenses to carry out this program and
$20,228,000 for loan subsidy costs that will be sufficient to
guarantee up to $178,221,000 in new loans in fiscal year 2010.
Funds will also be used to continue technical assistance
services to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities
improve their financial stability and access to capital
markets.
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES
The Committee recommends $664,256,000 for the Institute of
Education Sciences, which is $47,081,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $25,000,000 below the budget request.
The Recovery Act provided an additional $250,000,000 for this
account in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This account supports
education research, statistics, dissemination, evaluation, and
assessment activities. The bill provides that $593,606,000 of
the amount provided for this account shall remain available
through September 30, 2011 to accommodate cyclical surveys and
assessments, as well as facilitate planning of long-term
research projects.
The Committee includes up to $2,000,000 for IES conduct a
national study on minority male achievement as described in
section 1109 of The Higher Education Act.
Research, Development, and Dissemination
The Committee recommends $199,196,000 for Research,
Development, and Dissemination, which is $32,000,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $25,000,000 below the budget
request. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) supports
research, development, and national dissemination activities
that are aimed at expanding fundamental knowledge of education
and promoting the use of research and development findings in
the design of efforts to improve education.
The Committee recommendation includes funding for several
research priorities, including research on and development of
promising educational innovations; a new research effort to
develop, test, and disseminate interventions to improve reading
comprehension; and a research program to support English
language learners.
In addition, the Committee includes $2,000,000 for a new
research and development center for adult learning and literacy
within the Institute of Education Sciences, which shall be
awarded on a competitive basis and structured similar to other
IES centers with a five-year grant period. This new research
center will address the unique challenges of adult learning and
literacy, and identify and support the best practices in this
field of research. The center will establish a broad-based
national level research agenda, conduct research, and translate
and disseminate its research findings to practitioners and
policymakers.
The Committee's recommendation reflects its support for the
Department's efforts to carry out congressionally authorized
evaluations of Federal education programs using rigorous
methodologies that are capable of producing scientifically
valid knowledge regarding which program activities are
effective. To ensure that authorized evaluations are conducted
in a rigorous manner, are independent of the program offices,
and include scientific peer review, the Committee believes that
the IES should be the lead agency for the design and
implementation of these evaluations. The Committee believes
further that it is appropriate for program offices to work
collaboratively with IES to include an option in program
solicitations for grantee participation in such evaluations, to
the extent appropriate and where not specifically prohibited by
law.
The Committee repeats its request that the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an evaluation of the What
Works Clearinghouse (WWC) to examine the extent to which WWC
reviews meet rigorous standards, the timeliness of reviews, the
consistency of standards and review procedures, the clarity,
usefulness, and utility to educators of the products issued by
the WWC, and the cost effectiveness of the WWC. The Committee
requests that this evaluation be completed no later than May 1,
2010.
Statistics
The Committee recommends $108,521,000 for the activities of
the National Center for Education Statistics, which is
$10,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. Statistics activities are
authorized under title I of the Education Sciences Reform Act
of 2002. The Center collects, analyzes, and reports statistics
on all levels of education in the United States. Activities are
carried out directly and through grants and contracts and
include projections of enrollments, teacher supply and demand,
and educational expenditures. IES also provides technical
assistance to State and local education agencies and
postsecondary institutions.
Regional Educational Laboratories
The Committee recommendation includes $70,650,000 for the
Regional Educational Laboratories, an increase of $3,081,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. The Regional Educational Laboratories help
States and education practitioners implement the requirements
contained in the No Child Left Behind Act. This assistance
includes product development, applied research, technical
assistance, and professional development.
Research in Special Education
The Committee recommendation includes $70,585,000 for
Research in Special Education, which is the same as the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the budget request. This program
supports competitive awards to produce and advance the use of
knowledge to improve services and results for children with
disabilities. The program focuses on producing new knowledge,
integrating research and practice, and improving the use of
knowledge.
Special Education Studies and Evaluations
The Committee recommendation includes $11,460,000 for
Special Education Studies and Evaluations, which is $2,000,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level. This program awards
competitive grants, contracts and cooperative agreements to
assess the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act and the effectiveness of State and local efforts
to provide special education and early intervention programs
and services to infants, toddlers, and children with
disabilities.
Statewide Data Systems
The Committee recommendation includes $65,000,000 for
Statewide Data Systems, which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the budget request. The Recovery Act
provided an additional $250,000,000 for Statewide Data Systems
for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This program awards grants to
State educational agencies to enable such agencies to design,
develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal data systems.
Such data systems help States to efficiently and accurately
manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use individual student data
consistent with the No Child Left Behind Act. The bill provides
that these funds may be used for data systems that include
postsecondary and workforce information and information on
children of all ages, and specifies that up to $10,000,000 of
these funds may be used for State data coordinators and for
awards to public or private entities to improve data
coordination, quality and use.
Assessment
The Committee recommendation includes $138,844,000 for
Assessment, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the budget request. This amount includes $8,723,000
for the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which is
the same as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget
request. In addition, this amount includes $130,121,000 for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress, which is the same
as the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the budget request.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is the only
nationally representative and continuing survey of educational
ability and achievement of American students. The primary goal
of the Assessment is to determine and report the status and
trends of the knowledge and skills of students, subject by
subject. Subject areas assessed in the past have included
reading, writing, mathematics, science, and history, as well as
citizenship, literature, art, and music. The National
Assessment of Educational Progress is operated by contractors
through competitive awards made by the National Center for
Education Statistics. The NAGB formulates the policy guidelines
for the program.
In fiscal year 2010, NAGB will conduct the 2010 U.S.
history, civics and geography assessments at grades 4, 8 and
12. It will also prepare for 2011 national and State
assessments in reading, math, and writing at grades 4 and 8, a
national grade 12 writing assessment, and the Trial Urban
District Assessment.
Departmental Management
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
The Committee recommendation includes $615,277,000 for
Program Management at the Department of Education. This amount
is $30,430,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$4,300,000 below the budget request. These activities are
authorized by the Department of Education Organization Act,
P.L. 96-88, and include costs associated with the management
and operation of the Department as well as separate costs
associated with the Office for Civil Rights and the Office of
the Inspector General.
Congressional Budget Justifications.--Committee commends
the Department for the Fiscal Year 2010 Justifications of
Appropriations Estimates to the Congress, which were well
written, contained useful budget, programmatic, and performance
information, and submitted on time. The Committee appreciates
the continual improvement in the Department's budget
justifications, which sets a high standard for other Federal
agencies to follow.
Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission.--The
Committee is concerned about disparities in the educational
opportunities provided by different schools within States,
counties, and even within a single school district. The
Committee directs the Department to establish an Educational
Opportunity and Equity Commission, which would be comprised of
a diverse group of education experts (e.g. teachers,
professors, administrators) and stakeholders (e.g. parents,
students, businesses) and would conduct hearings and community
engagement meetings regarding how the Federal government could
improve education and eliminate disparities by ensuring that
each student receives an equitable and sound education.
Federal Contracting with Women-Owned Firms, Minority-Owned
Firms, and Small Businesses.--The Committee directs the
Secretary of Education to provide a report on the Department's
activities to assist women-owned and minority-owned firms
seeking to compete for Federal contracts. The report should
include the percentage of Federal procurement contracts and
subcontracts awarded in fiscal year 2009 to women-owned firms,
minority-owned firms, and small businesses; a review of the
Department's technical assistance and outreach to women-owned
firms, minority-owned firms, and small businesses; and the
Department's plan for increasing the number of Federal
contracts that are awarded to such firms. The Secretary should
submit this report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate by March 1, 2010.
Military Recruiting and Parental Consent.--The Committee is
concerned about student and parent privacy with respect to
military recruiting. Section 9528 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 established an opt-out system,
through which parents may request that private information not
be released. In practice, this opt-out option has not been
adequately communicated to parents. The Committee requests that
the Department provide technical assistance to school districts
through the comprehensive centers to ensure that the opt-out
option is clearly understood by parents.
Rural Education.--Children in rural America face unique
challenges to academic and life success. Over 20 percent of
children in the U.S. attend schools in rural areas, and nearly
one in five live in poverty. Low population density and
infrastructure deficits create obstacles to children's success.
Therefore, the Committee encourages the Department to dedicate
resources towards research and consideration of best-practices
that will help address this concern. The Department should
consider structured afterschool and literacy interventions
tailored to serve rural, poor populations; prevention and
enrichment activities, including improved access to physical
activity and nutritious food; and addressing transportation
barriers that limit programming options and deter
participation. In addition, the Committee encourages the
Department to consider establishing a Federal advisory
committee to study the challenges faced by rural public school
systems in delivering elementary and secondary education.
Program Administration
The Committee recommendation includes $452,200,000 for
Program Administration, which is $18,718,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and $4,300,000 below the budget
request. These funds support the staff and other costs of
administering programs and activities at the Department. Items
include personnel compensation and health, retirement and other
benefits as well as travel, rent, telephones, utilities,
postage fees, data processing, printing, equipment, supplies,
technology training, consultants and other contractual
services. The Committee bill includes language proposed by the
Administration extending the availability of funds appropriated
for the renovation of buildings and related relocation of
Department staff. Within the funds provided, $8,200,000, to
remain available until expended, is for the relocation of, and
renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff.
Office for Civil Rights
The bill includes $103,024,000 for the Office for Civil
Rights. This amount is $6,198,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. The Office
for Civil Rights is responsible for enforcing laws that
prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national
origin, sex, disability, and age in all programs and
institutions that receive funds from the Department. These laws
extend to 50 State educational agencies, 14,000 local
educational agencies, and nearly 6,500 institutions of higher
education, including proprietary schools. They also extend to
82 State rehabilitation agencies, libraries, museums, and other
institutions receiving Federal funds.
The Committee encourages the Department to conduct a campus
survey on sexual harassment on college campuses in order to
assess the need for an online reporting system for sexual
harassment incidents on college campuses. The Committee
encourages the Department to collaborate with relevant
organizations that have well established prior experience in
this area.
Office of the Inspector General
The bill includes $60,053,000 for the Office of the
Inspector General, which is $5,514,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. The
Recovery Act provided an additional $14,000,000 for this office
for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. This Office has authority to
inquire into all program and administrative activities of the
Department as well as into related activities of grant and
contract recipients. It conducts audits and investigations to
determine compliance with applicable laws and regulations, to
check alleged fraud and abuse, efficiency of operations, and
effectiveness of results.
General Provisions
Sec. 301. The Committee continues a provision that
prohibits funds in this Act from being used for the
transportation of students or teachers in order to overcome
racial imbalances or to carry out a plan of racial
desegregation.
Sec. 302. The Committee continues a provision that
prohibits funds in this Act from being used to require the
transportation of any student to a school other than the school
which is nearest the student's home in order to comply with
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Sec. 303. The Committee continues a provision that
prohibits funds in this Act from being used to prevent the
implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation
in public schools.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 304. The Committee continues a transfer of funds
provision that allows up to one percent of any discretionary
funds appropriated for the Department of Education to be
transferred between appropriations accounts, provided that no
appropriation is increased by above three percent by any such
transfer.
Sec. 305. The Committee continues a provision that allows
the Outlying Areas to consolidate funds under title V of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Sec. 306. The Committee includes a provision that prohibits
the obligation of funds in this Act for new awards under the
Teacher Incentive Fund prior to the submission of an impact
evaluation plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate.
Sec. 307. The Committee includes provisions making
technical corrections to the Innovation Fund within the State
Fiscal Stabilization Fund established under section 14007 of
division A of the Recovery Act.
TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $5,396,000 for the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, which
is $302,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request.
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled, established by the Wagner-O'Day Act of 1938,
is the independent Federal agency that administers the
AbilityOne (formerly Javits-Wagner-O'Day or JWOD) Program. The
program's primary objective is to increase employment
opportunities for people who are blind or have other severe
disabilities and, whenever possible, to prepare them to engage
in competitive employment.
Corporation for National and Community Service
The bill provides $1,059,016,000 for the Corporation for
National and Community Service (the Corporation), which is
$169,150,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$90,000,000 below the budget request.
The Corporation makes grants to States, institutions of
higher education, public and private non-profit organizations,
and others to create service opportunities for a wide variety
of individuals through full-time national and community service
programs. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act reauthorized
the Corporation in 2009. New programs authorized under the
Serve America Act include: new national service corps under the
AmeriCorps program focused on education, healthy futures, clean
energy, veterans, and economic opportunities; a Summer of
Service program within Learn and Serve; and a Social Innovation
Fund to identify and scale-up high impact, results-oriented
non-profit initiatives. In addition, the Serve America Act
establishes a Call to Service Campaign in conjunction with a
September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance.
OPERATING EXPENSES
The Committee provides $782,179,000 for the Operating
Expenses of the programs administered by the Corporation. This
amount is $101,615,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $75,500,000 below the budget request.
Domestic Volunteer Services Programs
Within the Operating Expenses total, the Committee provides
$318,832,000 for the Domestic Volunteer Service Programs
administered by the Corporation, which is $8,997,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request.
VISTA.--The Committee provides $97,932,000 for the
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program, which is
$1,882,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an
additional $65,000,000 for Volunteers in Service for America
(VISTA) in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The VISTA program
supports individuals who recruit low-income volunteers and
organize community volunteer activities, but who do not provide
direct volunteer services.
National Senior Volunteer Corps.--The Committee provides a
total of $220,900,000 for the National Senior Volunteer Corps,
which is $7,115,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request.
The Committee recommendation supports an increase of more
than 9,000 members in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program
(RSVP) for a total of over 438,000 direct volunteers, and
maintains the volunteer level of Foster Grandparents at nearly
29,000 and Senior Companions at over 15,000. In addition, the
fiscal year 2010 funding levels provided for all three National
Senior Volunteer Corps programs--Foster Grandparents, Senior
Companions, and RSVP--maintain or provide modest increases for
administrative costs, recruitment and retention, and electronic
grants management systems.
National and Community Service Programs
Within the Operating Expenses total, the Committee provides
$463,347,000 for National and Community Service programs
administered by the Corporation. This amount is $92,618,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $75,500,000 less
than the budget request. Funding for the National Service Trust
is appropriated in a separate funding account.
AmeriCorps State and National Grants.--The Committee
provides $331,547,000 for AmeriCorps State and National Grants,
which is $60,351,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and $41,000,000 less than the budget request. The Recovery Act
provided an additional $89,000,000 for AmeriCorps State and
National grants for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Funds for the
AmeriCorps State and National program support grants to public
and non-profit organizations that recruit, train, and place
AmeriCorps members in service programs to meet critical
community needs in education, public safety, health, and the
environment. This funding investment, together with Recovery
Act funds, will increase the number of all AmeriCorps members
from approximately 74,000 to nearly 89,000, putting AmeriCorps
on a growth path towards achieving the long-term goal of
reaching 250,000 members by 2017.
Disability Grants.--The Committee provides $5,000,000 for a
newly authorized Disability Grants program, which is the same
as the budget request. In fiscal year 2009, $4,140,000 was
provided for a similar program under the Innovation,
Assistance, and Other Activities line item. These grants will
be made available to the entire community of national service
grantees to support increased service and volunteer
opportunities for Americans with disabilities.
Innovation, Assistance, and Other Activities.--The
Committee provides $40,500,000 for Innovation, Assistance, and
Other Activities, which is $21,607,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $25,000,000 below the budget request.
This funding level will enable the Corporation to increase its
focus on social innovation and demonstration programs that both
strengthen and encourage service and civic participation while
increasing private and public investment in nonprofit community
organizations. The Committee does not provide funding for the
new Volunteer Generation Fund as requested in fiscal year 2010
in order to fund higher priority initiatives in CNCS.
Within the total for Innovation, Assistance, and Other
Activities, the Committee provides $35,000,000 to create a new
Social Innovation Fund to provide seed capital to and scale up
proven and promising solutions to our nation's most pressing
problems. The Serve America Act requires that Social Innovation
Fund grantees and sub-grantees provide no less than a one-to-
one dollar match, therefore the Committee believes this initial
investment will be sufficient to begin this new program.
As requested, the Committee also provides $1,500,000 for a
national Call to Service Campaign and for the September 11th
National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Evaluation.--The Committee provides $6,000,000 for
Evaluation, which is $2,109,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. This funding
will enable the Corporation to provide research and analysis to
strengthen program performance and expand national service
through innovation and reform; conduct evaluation research
designed to measure the impact of the Corporation's programs;
and provide national data on volunteering.
National Civilian Community Corps.--The Committee provides
$26,300,000 for the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC),
which is $1,200,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding level
and the same as the budget request. NCCC participants focus on
disaster relief, infrastructure development, environmental
improvement, energy conservation, and urban and rural
development. This funding supports a five-campus structure,
which ensures coverage across all 50 States in the event of a
disaster.
Learn and Serve America.--The Committee provides
$39,500,000 for Learn and Serve America, which is $2,041,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. Learn and Serve America provides grants to
schools, higher education institutions, and community-based
organizations that engage students, their teachers, and others
in service-learning. This teaching and learning strategy
integrates curricula with community service, enabling young
people to solve the needs of their communities while improving
grades, increasing attendance, and developing personal and
social responsibility.
Within the total for Learn and Serve America, the Committee
provides up to $2,000,000 for the newly authorized Summer of
Service program for 2,000 students in fiscal year 2010. The
budget request did not recommend funding for this program. The
goal of the Summer of Service program is to develop the ethic
of active citizenship and enable 6th through 12th graders
(particularly economically disadvantaged youth) to contribute
to their communities while building essential skills for future
success. Each participant who successfully completes a Summer
of Service is entitled to an educational award.
State Commissions.--The Committee provides $17,000,000 for
State Commission administrative grants, which is $5,210,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $1,000,000 above
the budget request. These funds support grants to the State
Commissions to implement and administer the expanded AmeriCorps
service program at the State level.
Training and Technical Assistance.--The Committee provides
$7,500,000 for a new Training and Technical Assistance program,
which is $500,000 below the budget request. In prior years,
Training and Technical Assistance activities were funded by an
allocation from each of the Corporation's programs. These funds
support training and technical assistance for grantees, the
National Clearinghouse, and other national training providers,
and for a civic health assessment.
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee provides $178,214,000 for the National
Service Trust, to be available until expended. This amount is
$47,139,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$17,423,000 below the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $40,000,000 for the National Service Trust for
fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The National Service Trust pays for
education awards earned by AmeriCorps and VISTA members who
complete their service. In fiscal year 2010, the Segal
Education Award will increase from $4,725 to $5,350 to align it
with the maximum Pell Grant level. This is the first increase
in the award amount since the inception of the Corporation for
National and Community Service in 1993. The Committee fully
funds the increase for the higher education award level and
covers additional education awards for the increase in
AmeriCorps State and National members. In addition, the
Committee includes $1,000,000 for education awards for 2,000
students under the Summer of Service program in fiscal year
2010. The Committee continues bill language that allows the
Corporation to transfer funds from AmeriCorps grants funded
under the Operating Expenses account to the National Service
Trust after notice of such a transfer is transmitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate. The Committee also continues bill language that
allows funds appropriated for the National Service Trust to be
invested without regard to apportionment requirements.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $80,923,000 for Salaries and
Expenses associated with the administrative activities of the
Corporation for National and Community Service. This amount is
$9,208,000 more than the fiscal year 2009 funding level and
$7,077,000 below the budget request. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $6,000,000 for Salaries and Expenses in fiscal
years 2009 and 2010. These funds allow the Corporation to
manage and operate its programs. The Committee provides a 13
percent increase in funding over fiscal year 2009, which will
enable the Corporation to continue a measured expansion of its
administrative workforce and training, as well as its
information technology infrastructure.
In October 2008, the Committee requested that the Office of
Inspector General (OIG) evaluate the internal budgeting
procedures of the Corporation due to financial management
issues and the failure of key information technology systems.
In June 2009, the OIG provided preliminary findings and
recommendations to the Committee. As a result of these
findings, the Committee believes that significant steps need to
be taken by the Corporation's management to strengthen its
policies regarding budget formulation and execution, human
capital management, contracting, and information technology
processes. The Committee believes that the Corporation's
ability to effectively manage a significant expansion of
service programs and initiatives requires a robust
administrative governance process and technological
infrastructure. The Committee directs the Corporation to
provide a comprehensive plan to address these management gaps,
particularly deficiencies in financial management, within two
months of receiving the OIG's final audit report. The Committee
directs the OIG to continue its management oversight of the
Corporation and requests a revised work plan for fiscal year
2010 that reflects this priority.
Office of Inspector General
The Committee provides $7,700,000 for the Office of
Inspector General (OIG), which is $1,188,000 more than the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. The Recovery Act provided an additional $1,000,000 for
the OIG for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The OIG is authorized
by the Inspector General Act of 1978. This office provides an
independent assessment of all of the operations and programs of
the Corporation for National and Community Service, through
audits, investigations, and other proactive projects.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. The Committee recommendation continues bill
language that requires the Corporation for National and
Community Service to ensure that significant changes to program
requirements or policy are made only through public notice and
comment rulemaking.
Sec. 402. The Committee recommendation continues bill
language that combines separate matching requirements for
AmeriCorps grants.
Sec. 403. The Committee recommendation continues bill
language requiring that donations to the Corporation for
National and Community Service be used to supplement and not
supplant operations.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Committee recommends a $440,000,000 fiscal year 2012
advance appropriation for the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (CPB), which is $10,000,000 more than the fiscal
year 2011 advance appropriation. CPB's appropriation is
allocated according to a statutory formula reserving no less
than 89 percent of the appropriation for grants to public
broadcasting stations or program producers, six percent for
system support, and no more than five percent for CPB
operations. These funds will partially support the operations
of over 1,150 public radio and television stations.
For fiscal year 2010, the bill includes a total of
$101,000,000 for public broadcasting. Of this amount,
$40,000,000 is provided for fiscal stabilization grants to
public television and radio stations, which have been
negatively impacted by the economic downturn. On average, these
stations have seen a non-Federal revenue loss of approximately
19 percent, which has led to numerous job losses and reductions
in local programming and services. In March 2009, in
consultation with public television and radio stations, the
Corporation developed a set of guidelines that would govern the
distribution of any fiscal stabilization funds provided to
public broadcasting stations. The Committee expects that the
Corporation will utilize those guidelines in issuing such
grants, which shall be awarded no later than 45 days after the
enactment of this Act. Further, the Committee directs that no
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the
Corporation shall submit a report to the Committee detailing
how the funds were distributed. The President's request did not
include these funds.
Also within the total amount for fiscal year 2010, the
Committee recommends $36,000,000 for digital transition
activities, which is $1,409,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the request. Finally, within the
total amount for fiscal year 2010, the Committee provides
$25,000,000 for the third and final funding installment for a
three-year project to enhance public radio satellite capacity
and improve related ground and operating systems. This amount
is $1,642,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the request.
The Committee continues and updates bill language
restrictions on the use of funds included in fiscal year 2009.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $47,000,000 for the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), which is $1,524,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and $697,000 above the
budget request.
The FMCS, created in 1947 through the Labor Management
Relations Act, assists parties in labor disputes in industries
affecting commerce to settle such disputes through conciliation
and mediation. Subsequent Acts and Executive Orders have
expanded the role of the FMCS to provide mediation services to
the private sector and alternative dispute resolution programs
to Federal government agencies, as well as promote and
establish labor-management partnerships in the private sector.
In addition, the FMCS convenes boards of inquiry appointed by
the President in emergency disputes. By statute, the
jurisdiction of the FMCS excludes the rail and airline
industries, which are covered by the National Mediation Board
under the Railway Labor Act.
The Committee bill includes provisions first enacted in
fiscal year 1996 granting the FMCS the authority to accept
gifts and to charge fees for certain services.
Within the total, not less than $650,000 shall be used for
FMCS's Labor-Management Grants Program, to remain available
through September 30, 2011. This program provides grants to
encourage and support joint labor-management activities
conducted by plant, area, and industry-wide committees designed
to improve labor-management relationships, employment security,
and organizational effectiveness. These funds assist in the
establishment and operation of these labor-management
committees. The Committee believes this program has
demonstrated success in improving workplace relationships and
in instilling effective and efficient conflict resolution.
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $9,858,000 for the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Review Commission (Commission), which is
$1,205,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Commission is responsible for
reviewing the enforcement activities of the Secretary of Labor
under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, including new
responsibilities provided for in the Mine Improvement and New
Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act). The Commission's
administrative law judges (ALJ) hear and decide cases initiated
by the Secretary of Labor, mine operators, or miners. The five-
member Commission hears appeals from administrative law judge
decisions, rules on petitions for discretionary review, and may
direct, on its own initiative, a review of cases that present
unusual questions of law.
In recent years there has been a significant increase in
the number of new cases brought before ALJs for review, more
than doubling in one year from 4,100 in fiscal year 2007 to
almost 9,000 in fiscal year 2008. The Committee is concerned
that this increasing workload has resulted in a significant
increase in cases pending, with cases pending at the beginning
of the year expected to increase from just over 4,000 in fiscal
2008 to over 15,000 in fiscal year 2010. The Committee provides
the full amount of the request to allow the Commission to hire
additional ALJs and support staff. In addition, the Committee
requests that the Commission include in its fiscal year 2011
Congressional budget justification information on how it plans
to handle this increase in new cases while keeping the pending
workload at a reasonable level.
Institute for Museum and Library Services
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
The Committee provides $275,688,000 for the Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is $848,000 above the
fiscal year 2009 funding level and $10,132,000 above the budget
request.
IMLS, created in 1996 by the Museum and Library Services
Act, provides support for museums and libraries to provide
broad and equitable access to high-quality knowledge resources
by administering the Library Services and Technology Act and
the Museum Services Act. Within the total for IMLS, the
Committee recommends the following amounts:
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2009 Committee compared to--
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Budget activity FY 2010 Committee FY 2010 Budget
FY 2009 request
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Library Services Technology Act (LSTA):................
Grants to States................................... $172,561,000 +$1,061,000 +$204,000
Native American Library Services................... 3,717,000 0 -19,000
National Leadership: Libraries..................... 12,437,000 0 -62,000
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian.................. 24,525,000 0 -123,000
Museum Services Act:...................................
Museums for America................................ 19,176,000 0 -96,000
Museum Assessment Program.......................... 460,000 0 -2,000
21st Century Museum Professionals.................. 1,280,000 0 -6,000
Conservation Project Support....................... 3,052,000 0 -15,000
Conservation Assessment Program.................... 803,000 0 -4,000
Native American/Hawaiian Museum Services........... 945,000 0 -5,000
National Leadership: Museums....................... 7,981,000 0 -40,000
African American History and Culture Act:..............
Museum Grants for African American History & 1,485,000 +175,000 +168,000
Culture...........................................
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Library Services and Technology
The Grants to State Library Agencies program provides funds
to State Library Administrative Agencies using a population-
based formula. The Committee recommendation ensures that all
States receive a minimum funding level of $680,000 provided for
in the Library Services and Technology Act reauthorization,
while ensuring that additional funds are distributed based on
an equitable population based formula.
Native American/Native Hawaiian Library Services Grants
support improved access to library services for Native
Americans, Alaska Native Villages, and Native Hawaiians.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries support
cutting-edge projects to enhance library services nationwide by
providing grants that enable libraries to address current
problems in creative ways, develop and test innovative
solutions, and expand the boundaries within which libraries
operate.
The Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program builds the
professional capacity of libraries by improving staff knowledge
and skills, supporting recruitment and education efforts, and
providing grants for research related to library education and
library staffing needs.
Museum Services
Museums for America grants strengthen museums as active
resources for lifelong learning and as community assets.
The Museum Assessment Program provides technical assistance
to help institutions assess their strengths and weaknesses and
create a plan for the future.
The 21st Century Museum Professionals program supports the
preparation of museum professionals for the future by updating
and expanding their knowledge and skills.
The Conservation Project Support program awards grants to
help museums identify conservation needs and priorities and
perform activities to ensure the safekeeping of their
collections.
The Conservation Assessment Program assists small museums
in laying the groundwork for effective collections management
by providing professional assistance in analyzing all aspects
of care, assessing current practices, and recommending actions
to be taken.
Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grants
enable Native American tribes, Alaska Native villages or
corporations, and organizations that primarily serve Native
Hawaiians to benefit their communities and audiences through
strengthened museum services.
National Leadership Grants for Museums support cutting-edge
projects to enhance museum services nationwide by providing
grants that enable museums to address current problems in
creative ways, develop and test innovative solutions, and
expand the boundaries within which museums operate.
African American History and Culture
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
build professional capacity in the African American museum
community.
Program Administration
The Committee provides $17,134,000 for Program
Administration, which is $217,000 above the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the same as the budget request. Program
Administration funds provide administrative and management
support for all programs administered by IMLS. Within the funds
provided, the Committee includes funds for Policy, Research,
and Statistics, including functions formerly conducted by the
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. This
accommodates the directive in the fiscal year 2003
reauthorization for IMLS to conduct and publish analyses of the
impact of museum and library services.
The bill includes $10,132,000 for the following projects in
the following amounts:
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Committee
Project recommendation
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Aerospace Museum of California Foundation, Inc., $930,000
McClellan, CA for maintenance of collections........
Alameda County Library Foundation, Fremont, CA for 300,000
technology and equipment for the Castro Calley
Library.............................................
Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Ft. Worth, TX 500,000
to enhance collections..............................
Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, IA for its 300,000
flood recovery project..............................
Center for American History, Austin, TX for 250,000
educational programming at the Sam Rayburn Library
and Museum..........................................
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, San Jose, CA 120,000
for education programs..............................
City of Chino Hills, CA for library facility 250,000
improvements........................................
City of Daphne, AL for library equipment............. 100,000
City of Desert Hot Springs, CA for preservation of 100,000
collections at the Cabot's Pueblo Museum............
City of San Diego, CA for books, technology, 25,000
education and outreach programs for the Skyline
Hills Branch Library................................
City of Twin Falls, ID to digitize collections....... 100,000
City of Yucaipa, CA for expanded library collections 100,000
and technology upgrades.............................
Downingtown Library Senior Center, Downingtown, PA to 350,000
expand collections and for technology upgrades......
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL for 200,000
exhibits, collections and educational outreach
programs............................................
Gig Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA for 200,000
exhibits and interactive displays...................
Glenville State College, Glenville, WV for 350,000
programming and equipment for the college library's
veteran's history project...........................
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mobile, AL for 100,000
exhibits and educational outreach...................
Isamue Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long 30,000
Island City, NY for conservation projects...........
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation, 220,000
Jackson, MS for educational outreach programs.......
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ for exhibits and 300,000
educational programming.............................
Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA for science and 350,000
educational programs................................
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL for 175,000
teacher professional development....................
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., Mystic, CT for 350,000
technology based educational programs...............
National Voting Rights Museum & Institute, Selma, AL 450,000
for the preservation and restoration of exhibits....
Native American Cultural Center and Museum, Oklahoma 750,000
City, OK for exhibits and educational programming...
New Jersey State Library for the Blind and 100,000
Handicapped, Trenton, NJ for an awareness campaign
and digital materials...............................
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA for a 250,000
technology initiative for educational outreach......
Orange County Library System, Orlando, FL for Spanish 500,000
language media and books............................
Phoenixville Public Library, Phoenixville, PA to 157,000
enhance collections.................................
St. Louis Art Museum Foundation, St. Louis, MO for 225,000
restoration and reinstallation of exhibits..........
Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, Glendora, 400,000
MS for preservation of exhibits and collections for
the Emmett Till memorial complex....................
Texas Southern University, Robert Terry Library and 300,000
Mickey Leland Center, Houston, TX for archive
preservation........................................
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for the Virtual 850,000
Vietnam Archive.....................................
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation, 150,000
Buffalo, NY for exhibits and interactive displays...
Town of Jamestown, Jamestown, CA for books and 100,000
materials for the Jamestown County Library..........
Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX for exhibits and 100,000
educational outreach................................
Young at Art Children's Museum, Davie, FL for the 100,000
Global Village educational program..................
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee recommends $11,800,000 for the Medicare
Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which is $397,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. MedPAC advises Congress on payment and other policy
issues affecting the Medicare program and on implications of
changes in health care delivery and the market for health care
services on the Medicare program.
The Committee recognizes that regional inequities in
Medicare reimbursement have created barriers to care and have
penalized states that have cost-effective health care delivery
systems. The Committee urges the Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission develop recommendations on policies and practices
that would equalize Medicare payments across regions while
encouraging health outcomes and quality care under Medicare.
National Council on Disability
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $3,271,000 for the National Council
on Disability (NCD), which is $65,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
The NCD monitors implementation of the Americans with
Disabilities Act and makes recommendations to the President,
Congress, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and the
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research on
public policy issues of concern to individuals with
disabilities.
National Labor Relations Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $283,400,000 for the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB), which is $20,805,000 above the fiscal
year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget request.
The NLRB receives, investigates, and prosecutes unfair
labor practice charges filed by businesses, labor unions, and
individuals. The NLRB also schedules and conducts
representation elections. The five members of the NLRB consider
appeals of administrative law judge decisions. The Committee
will continue to monitor potential legislation that could
affect NLRB's workload.
National Mediation Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $12,992,000 for the National
Mediation Board (NMB), which is the same as the fiscal year
2009 funding level and $442,000 below the budget request. The
NMB mediates labor disputes between employees and railroad and
airline carriers subject to the Railway Labor Act. The NMB also
resolves representation disputes involving labor organizations
seeking to represent railroad or airline employees.
The Committee is displeased that the National Mediation
Board did not submit its fiscal year 2009 Congressional budget
justification to the Committee in a timely manner. The
Committee requires the detailed information included in the
Congressional budget justification to properly analyze the
budget request and determine recommended funding levels.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee provides $11,712,000 for the Occupational
Safety and Health Review Commission, which is $526,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request.
The Commission adjudicates contested citations issued by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration against
employers for violations of safety and health standards. The
Commission's administrative law judges settle and decide cases
at the initial level of review. OSHRC's three appointed
Commissioners also review cases, issue rulings on complicated
matters, and may direct review of any decision by an
administrative law judge.
Railroad Retirement Board
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
The Committee provides $64,000,000 for dual benefits, which
is $8,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request.
These funds pay dual benefits to retirees receiving both
Railroad Retirement and Social Security benefits. The Committee
includes a provision permitting a portion of these funds to be
derived from income tax receipts on dual benefits as authorized
by law. The Railroad Retirement Board estimates that
approximately $3,000,000 may be derived in this manner.
Federal Payment to the Railroad Retirement Accounts
The Committee provides $150,000 for the interest earned on
unnegotiated checks, which is the same as the fiscal year 2009
funding level and the budget request.
Limitation on Administration
The Committee provides a consolidated limitation of
$109,073,000 on the expenditure of Railroad Retirement and
Railroad Unemployment Trust Funds for administrative expenses
of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), which is $3,610,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request.
The RRB administers comprehensive retirement-survivor and
unemployment-sickness insurance benefit programs for railroad
workers and their families. This appropriation limits the
amount of funds in the Railroad Retirement and Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Trust Funds that may be used by the RRB
for administrative expenses. The committee prohibits funds from
the Railroad Retirement Trust Fund from being spent on any
charges over and above the actual cost of administering the
trust fund, including commercial rental rates.
The Committee maintains its position that the financial
statements and audit of the National Railroad Retirement
Investment Trust (Trust) should remain separate from the
financial statements and audit of the RRB. The Committee notes
that the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of
2001 (Act) mandates that the Trust functions independently from
the RRB. Further, the Act specifically requires a separate
audit of the Trust by a nongovernmental auditor and requires
that the results of this audit be included in the Trust's
Annual Management Report to Congress. The Committee expects
that the Trust shall be administered and audited solely in
conformance with the Act of 2001.
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Committee provides authority to expend $8,186,000 from
the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance
Trust Funds for the Office of Inspector General, which is
$380,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same
as the budget request.
The Inspector General conducts and supervises audits and
investigations of programs and operations of the RRB. The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, included a provision
that allows the Office of Inspector General to conduct audits,
investigations and reviews of Medicare programs. The Committee
continues bill language that clarifies the Inspector General's
authority to receive funds for these activities.
Social Security Administration
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
The Committee recommends $20,404,000 for mandatory payments
necessary to compensate the Old Age and Survivors Insurance
(OASI) Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund
for special payments to certain uninsured persons (for which no
payroll tax is received), costs incurred for administration of
pension reform activities and interest lost on the value of
benefit checks issued but not negotiated. This amount is $2,000
below the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request. This appropriation restores the trust funds to
the position they would have been in had they not borne these
costs properly charged to the general funds.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
The Committee recommends $34,742,000,000 for the
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. This is
$4,270,463,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Committee also provides
$16,000,000,000 in advance funding for the first quarter of
fiscal year 2011, as requested.
The Committee is concerned that the Social Security
Administration's current Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
rules--which count research compensation for participation in a
clinical drug study as income for determining SSI--are a
barrier to participation in clinical trials. The Committee
encourages the Social Security Administration to disregard any
compensation to an individual who is a participant in a
clinical trial testing treatments for diseases that have been
reviewed and approved by an institutional review board and meet
the ethical standards for clinical research for the purposes of
determining that individual's eligibility for the SSI program.
Beneficiary Services
In addition to Federal benefits, the Social Security
Administration (SSA) administers a program of supplementary
State benefits for those States that choose to participate. The
funds also are used to reimburse the trust funds for the
administrative costs of the program. The Committee provides
$49,000,000 for beneficiary services, which is $46,000,000
above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the
budget request.
Research and Demonstration
Within the appropriation for SSI, the Committee recommends
$49,000,000 for research and demonstration activities conducted
under section 1110 of the Social Security Act. This amount is
$14,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request.
Administration
Within the appropriation for SSI, the Committee recommends
$3,442,000,000 for payment to the Social Security trust funds
for SSI's share of the base administrative expenses of SSA.
This amount is $235,463,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding
level and the same as the budget request.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The Committee recommends a Limitation on Administrative
Expenses for SSA of $10,800,500,000 to be funded from the
Social Security and Medicare trust funds. This amount is
$733,000,000 above the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the
same as the budget request. The Recovery Act provided an
additional $1,090,000,000 to process an influx of disability
and retirement claims related to the economic downturn; to
administer the issuance of a one-time Economic Recovery Payment
to Social Security beneficiaries; and for necessary expenses to
replace the National Computer Center.
The Committee notes that the Omnibus Appropriations Act,
2009, provided an additional $126,500,000 above the fiscal year
2009 budget request for SSA to accelerate its Hearings Backlog
Reduction Plan. SSA has used these funds to make initial
progress in reducing the disability hearings backlog, as the
number of pending hearings has fallen for the first time since
2001. The Committee also supports SSA's plan to add more than
200 administrative law judges (ALJs) with funds in this bill,
with an overall target of 1,450 ALJs by 2011. The Committee
continues to urge SSA to ensure that ALJs have sufficient
support staff to maximize ALJ productivity, as this remains a
cost-effective means of reducing the backlog more efficiently.
The Committee provides the full budget request to ensure that
SSA builds on its recent success and can continue to reduce the
hearings backlog despite the recent steep increase in initial
disability claims due to the economic downturn.
Social Security Advisory Board
The Committee recommends that not less than $2,300,000
within the Limitation on Administrative Expenses be available
for the Social Security Advisory Board, which is $300,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request.
Continuing Disability Reviews and Redeterminations
The Committee recommendation for the Limitation on
Administrative Expenses includes $273,000,000 for conducting
continuing disability reviews (CDRs) and redeterminations of
SSI eligibility. An additional $485,000,000 is available for
this purpose through a discretionary cap adjustment, as
included in the budget request and the Concurrent Resolution on
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010. The recommendation for CDRs
and redeterminations of SSI eligibility is $254,000,000 above
the fiscal year 2009 funding level and the same as the budget
request. Moreover, the Committee includes bill language
allowing up to $34,000,000 of the additional funds to be
available for asset verification initiatives, if the Office of
the Chief Actuary determines that such initiatives would be at
least as cost effective as redeterminations of eligibility. The
bill language is consistent with the provisions of the
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010. The
Committee emphasizes that successful program integrity
activities are vital to maintain the public's support for
continuing benefit payments to recipients deserving of
assistance.
The Committee is concerned about delays in processing work-
related CDRs that determine if disability insurance
beneficiaries have lost eligibility for benefits due to
returning to the workplace. These delays cause SSA to transmit
overpayments after beneficiaries have returned to work and then
impose hardships on beneficiaries forced to repay unexpected
sums; in addition, SSA is frequently unable to recover all the
overpaid funds. The Committee requests that SSA provide a
report by December 15, 2010 on its progress in eliminating
delays in processing work-related CDRs and other workloads
essential to the work-related CDR process, including work
reports and work reviews.
User fees
In addition to the other amounts provided, the Committee
provides $161,000,000 for administrative activities funded from
user fees. Of this amount, $160,000,000 is derived from fees
collected from States that request SSA to administer State SSI
supplementary payments. And $1,000,000 is made available from a
fee payment process for non-attorneys who represent claimants
under a five-year demonstration project that will end in fiscal
year 2010.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Committee recommends $102,682,000 for the Office of
Inspector General, which is $4,555,000 above the fiscal year
2009 funding level and the same as the budget request. Within
this total, the bill also provides authority to expend
$73,682,000 from the Social Security trust funds for activities
conducted by the Inspector General. The Recovery Act provided
an additional $2,000,000 for oversight and audit of programs
under the Social Security account.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 501. The Committee continues a provision to allow the
Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to
accounts corresponding to current appropriations to be used for
the same purpose and for the same periods of time for which
they were originally appropriated.
Sec. 502. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
the obligation of funds beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided.
Sec. 503. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
appropriated funds to be used to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in
presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself.
Sec. 504. The Committee continues a provision to limit the
amount available for official reception and representation
expenses for the Secretaries of Labor and Education, the
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and
the Chairman of the National Mediation Board.
Sec. 505. The Committee continues a provision to require
grantees receiving Federal funds to clearly state the
percentage of the total cost of the program or project that
will be financed with Federal money.
Sec. 506. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
appropriated funds to be used for any abortion.
Sec. 507. The Committee continues a provision to provide
exceptions for Sec. 506 and a provision to prohibit funds from
being made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a
State or local government, if such agency, program or
government discriminates against institutional or individual
health care entities because they do not provide, pay for,
provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
Sec. 508. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
the use of funds in the Act concerning research involving human
embryos. However, this language should not be construed to
limit Federal support for research involving human embryonic
stem cells carried out in accordance with policy outlined by
the President.
Sec. 509. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
the use of funds for any activity that promotes the
legalization of any drug or substance included in schedule I of
the schedules of controlled substances.
Sec. 510. The Committee continues a provision to prohibit
the use of funds to promulgate or adopt any final standard
providing for a unique health identifier until legislation is
enacted specifically approving the standard.
Sec. 511. The Committee continues a provision related to
annual reports to the Secretary of Labor.
Sec. 512. The Committee continues a provision that
prohibits the transfer of funds from this Act except by
authority provided in this Act or another appropriation Act.
Sec. 513. The Committee continues a provision to limit
funds in the bill for public libraries to those libraries that
comply with the requirements of the Children's Internet
Protection Act.
Sec. 514. The Committee continues a provision to limit
technology funds in the bill for elementary and secondary
schools to those schools that comply with the requirements of
the Children's Internet Protection Act.
Sec. 515. The Committee continues a provision regarding
procedures for reprogramming of funds.
Sec. 516. The Committee continues a provision pertaining to
appointments to a scientific advisory committee.
Sec. 517. The Committee continues a provision requesting
each department and related agency funded through this Act to
submit an operating plan within 45 days of enactment, detailing
any reprogramming of funds which result in a different funding
allocation than that in the fiscal year 2010 Act, the
accompanying detailed table, or budget request.
Sec. 518. The Committee modifies a provision that requires
the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education to submit a quarterly report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
containing certain information on noncompetitive contracts,
grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $100,000 in value.
Sec. 519. The Committee continues a provision that
prohibits the use of funds in this Act for a contract or grant
exceeding $5,000,000 unless the prospective contractor or
grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax
liability.
Sec. 520. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting
funds in this Act to process claims for credit for quarters of
coverage based on work performed under a Social Security number
that was not the claimant's number and the performance of such
work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of
the claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the
Social Security Act.
Sec. 521. The Committee includes a provision that prohibits
the use of funds in this Act to implement a Social Security
totalization agreement with Mexico.
Sec. 522. The Committee includes a provision that prohibits
the use of funds in this Act that contravene the 1996 Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
Sec. 523. The Committee includes a provision that prohibits
the use of funds in the Act for needle exchange programs that
are within 1,000 feet of a public or private day care center,
elementary school, vocational school, secondary school,
college, junior college, or university, or any public swimming
pool, park, playground, video arcade, or youth center, or an
event sponsored by any such entity.
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations bases
its authority to report this legislation from clause 7 of
section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States
of America which states:
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in
consequence of Appropriations made by law * * *
Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to
this specific power granted by the Constitution.
COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(``Budget Act''), the following table compares the levels of
new budget authority provided in the bill with the appropriate
allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget Act.
[In millions of dollars]
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302(b) allocation This bill
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Budget Budget
authority Outlays authority Outlays
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Discretionary............................................... 160,654 219,692 163,400 \1\218,789
Mandatory................................................... 551,512 552,780 551,512 552,780
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\1\Includes outlays from prior year budget authority.
Note.--The amounts in this bill are technically in excess
of the Subcommittee section 302(b) suballocation. However,
pursuant to section 422 of the Congressional budget resolution
for fiscal year 2010, increases to the Committee's section
302(a) allocation are authorized for funding in the reported
bill for (1) program integrity spending relating to State
Unemployment Insurance in-person reemployment and eligibility
assessments, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health
Care Fraud and Abuse Control, and Social Security
Administration Continuing Disability Reviews and SSI
Eligibility Redeterminations, and (2) the Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program. After the bill is reported to the
House, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget will provide
an increased section 302(a) allocation consistent with the
funding provided in the bill. That new allocation will
eliminate the technical difference prior to floor
consideration.
FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS
Pursuant to section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the following table
contains five-year projections prepared by the Congressional
Budget Office of outlays associated with the budget authority
provided in the accompanying bill:
[In millions of dollars] Outlays:..............................................
2010.............................................. \1\624,299
2011.............................................. 64,624
2012.............................................. 15,185
2013.............................................. 3,538
2014 and beyond................................... 522\1\Excludes outlays from prior year budget authority.
ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Pursuant to section 308(a(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the financial assistance
to State and local governments is as follows:
[In millions of dollars] New budget authority.................................. 362,229
Fiscal year 2010 outlays resulting therefrom.......... 317,602
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following table lists the
transfers of funds included in the accompanying bill.
TITLE I
Language is included under ``Training and Employment
Services'' authorizing the transfer of funds from the
``Evaluation'' account to any other account within the
Department to carry out evaluation activities.
Language is included under ``Special Benefits'' which
provides for the transfer of such sums as necessary from the
``Postal Service'' account.
Language is included under ``Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund'' which provides for the transfer of $32,720,000 to the
``Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration,
Salaries and Expenses.''
Language is included under ``Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund'' which provides for the transfer of $25,091,000 to the
``Department of Labor, Departmental Management, Salaries and
Expenses.''
Language is included under ``Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund'' which provides for the transfer of $327,000 to the
``Department of Labor, Inspector General.''
Language is included under ``Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund'' which provides for the transfer of $356,000 to the
``Department of the Treasury.''
Language is included under ``Departmental Management,
Salary and Expenses'' authorizing the transfer of up to
$5,000,000 to any other account within the Department to carry
out evaluation activities.
A general provision is included that allows not to exceed
one percent of any discretionary appropriations to be
transferred between a program, project or activity of the
Department of Labor, provided that no such program, project or
activity is increased by more than three percent by such
transfer.
A general provision is included that requires the
Department to submit a plan to transfer the administration of
the Job Corps program from the Office of the Secretary to the
Employment and Training Administration. The Department is
prohibited from transferring the administration authority or
appropriation for Job Corps until 30 days after submitting the
plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
TITLE II
Language is included under ``National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases'' providing for the transfer of
$300,000,000 to the ``Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria,
and Tuberculosis'', U.S. Agency for International Development.
Language is included under ``National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases'' transferring to the account
$500,000,000 from ``Biodefense Countermeasures'' in the
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004.
Language is included under ``Children and Family Services
Programs'' providing for the transfer of $1,000,000 to the
National Commission on Children and Disasters.
Language is included under ``Office of the Secretary,
General Departmental Management'' providing for the transfer of
$1,000,000 to the National Institute of Mental Health to
administer the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.
Language is included under ``Public Health and Social
Services Emergency Fund'' authorizing the transfer of up to
$8,000,000 to the U.S. Postal Service from the amount made
available for the delivery of medical countermeasures.
Language is included under ``Public Health and Social
Services Emergency Fund'' that $305,000,000 to support advanced
research and development shall be derived by transfer from
funds appropriated under the heading ``Biodefense
Countermeasures'' in the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2004.
Language is included under ``Public Health and Social
Services Emergency Fund'' authorizing the transfer of pandemic
influenza preparedness and response funds to other
appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
Language is included under ``Public Health and Social
Services Emergency Fund'' transferring all remaining balances
from funds appropriated under the heading ``Biodefense
Countermeasures'' in the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2004.
A general provision is included that allows not to exceed
one percent of any discretionary funds to be transferred
between appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and
Human Services, provided that no appropriation account is
increased by more than three percent by such transfer.
A general provision is included that allows the transfer of
up to three percent among the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health from amounts identified as
pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus.
A general provision is included that allows the transfer of
funding determined to be related to the human immunodeficiency
virus to the Office of AIDS Research.
A general provision is included that transfers one percent
of the amount made available for National Research Service
Awards at the National Institutes of Health to the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality and one percent to the Health
Resources and Services Administration.
TITLE III
A general provision is included that allows not to exceed
one percent of any discretionary funds to be transferred
between appropriation accounts of the Department of Education,
provided that no appropriation account is increased by more
than three percent by such transfer.
TITLE IV
Language is included under ``National Service Trust'' to
allow the transfer of additional funds if necessary from within
``Operating Expenses'' to support the activities of national
service participants of the Corporation of National and
Community Service.
Language is included under ``Social Security
Administration'' authorizing the transfer of up to three
percent of the Social Security Administration's ``Limitation on
Administration Expenses'' account to be available for purposes
of the Office of Inspector General.
RESCISSIONS
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following table lists the
rescissions in the accompanying bill.
RESCISSIONS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL
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Account Amount
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Department of Labor, Employment Standards $65,000,000
Administration......................................
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Compliance With Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new
matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change
is proposed is shown in roman):
SECTION 14007 OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
(Division A of Public Law 111-5)
SEC. 14007. INNOVATION FUND.
(a) In General.--
(1) * * *
* * * * * * *
[(3) Basis for awards.--The Secretary shall make
awards to eligible entities that have made significant
gains in closing the achievement gap as described in
subsection (b)(1)--
[(A) to allow such eligible entities to
expand their work and serve as models for best
practices;
[(B) to allow such eligible entities to work
in partnership with the private sector and the
philanthropic community; and
[(C) to identify and document best practices
that can be shared, and taken to scale based on
demonstrated success.]
(3) Purpose of awards.--The Secretary shall make
awards to eligible entities in order to identify,
document, and bring to scale innovative best practices
based on demonstrated success, to allow such eligible
entities to--
(A) expand their work and serve as models for
best practices; and
(B) work in partnership with the private
sector and the philanthropic community.
(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for such an award, an
eligible entity shall--
(1)(A) have significantly closed the achievement gaps
between groups of students described in section
1111(b)(2) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)); or
[(2) have exceeded the State's annual measurable
objectives consistent with such section 1111(b)(2) for
2 or more consecutive years or have demonstrated
success in significantly increasing student academic
achievement for all groups of students described in
such section through another measure, such as measures
described in section 1111(c)(2) of the ESEA;]
(B) have demonstrated success in significantly
increasing student academic achievement for all groups
of students described in such section;
[(3)] (2) have made significant improvement in other
areas, such as graduation rates or increased
recruitment and placement of high-quality teachers and
school leaders, as demonstrated with meaningful data;
and
[(4)] (3) demonstrate that [they have established
partnerships] it has established one or more
partnerships with the private sector, which may include
philanthropic organizations, and that the private
sector will provide matching funds in order to help
bring results to scale.
(c) Special Rule.--In the case of an eligible entity that
includes a nonprofit organization, the eligible entity shall be
considered to have met the eligibility requirements of
[paragraphs (1), (2), (3) of subsection (b) if such nonprofit
organization has a record of meeting such requirements]
paragraphs (1)(A) or (1)(B) and (2) of subsection (b) if the
nonprofit organization has a record of significantly improving
student achievement, attainment, or retention and shall be
considered to have met the requirements of subsection (b)(3) if
it demonstrates that it will meet the requirement relating to
private-sector matching.
(d) Subgrants.--In the case of an eligible entity that is a
partnership described in subsection (a)(1)(B), the partner
serving as the fiscal agent may make subgrants to one or more
of the other entities in the partnership.
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
Changes in Application of Existing Law
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, the following statements are
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the
accompanying bill that directly or indirectly change the
application of existing law.
The bill provides that appropriations shall remain
available for more than one year for some programs for which
the basic authorizing legislation does not so authorize such
extended availability.
In various places in the bill, an earmark of funds within
appropriation accounts may not track the authorization language
with the level of specificity required under clause 2 of rule
XXI.
In several instances, the bill provides advance
appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for programs for which such
advances are not authorized by law.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Language providing for local area transfer authority
between the adult and dislocated worker funds under the
Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
Language providing that adult and dislocated worker funds
may be awarded to institutions of higher education or other
eligible training providers.
Language providing that dislocated worker national reserve
funds can be used for certain demonstration and competitive
grant purposes.
Language prohibiting the limitation on eligible
participants in migrant and seasonal farmworker programs
receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees
from providing such services.
Language providing that YouthBuild grantees may serve an
individual who has dropped out of high school and re-enrolled
in an alternative school. The bill includes language to make
this provision permanent.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report, and waiving application of certain
provisions of the WIA.
Language providing funds for ex-offender activities and
waiving application of certain provisions of the WIA.
Language providing funds for careers in renewable energy
and energy efficiency and waiving application of certain
provisions of the WIA.
Language providing funds for career pathways and waiving
application of certain provisions of the WIA.
Language establishing a minimum amount from the Career
Pathways Innovation Fund to be available for grants to be
dedicated to activities that prepare workers for careers in the
health care sector.
Language providing funds for workforce data quality and
waiving application of certain provisions of the WIA.
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations
Language allowing the use of funds for amortization
payments to states which had independent retirement plans in
their state employment service agencies prior to 1980.
Language allowing States to use unemployment insurance
administrative funds to assist other States under Presidential
disaster declarations.
Language allowing the Secretary of Labor to make payments
on behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of
New Hires.
Language providing that funds in this Act for one-stop
career centers and unemployment insurance national activities
may be used for contracts, grants, or agreements with non-state
entities.
Language providing that funds in this Act may be used by
the States for integrated employment service and unemployment
insurance automation efforts.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Language providing additional administrative expenses on
the basis of participant and asset triggers.
Language providing that funding for additional
administrative expenses is available until September 30, 2011.
Employment Standards Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Language authorizing the Secretary of Labor to collect user
fees for processing certain applications and issuing certain
certificates and registrations under the Fair Labor Standards
Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
Act.
SPECIAL BENEFITS
Language providing funds may be used under the Federal
Employees' Compensation Act in which the Secretary of Labor may
reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the time of
injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled
beneficiary.
Language allowing the Secretary of Labor to transfer
certain administrative funds from the Postal Service fund and
certain other government corporations and agencies related to
the administration of Federal Employees' Compensation Act.
Language allowing the Secretary of Labor to require any
person filing a claim for benefits under the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act or the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act to provide such identifying information as the
Secretary may require, including a Social Security number.
Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Fund
Language allowing the Secretary of Labor to require any
person filing a claim for benefits under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act to provide such
indentifying information as the Secretary may require,
including a Social Security number.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Language establishing a maximum amount available for grants
to states under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which
grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of state
programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the
Secretary under section 18 of the Act.
Language authorizing the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration to retain and spend a certain amount of training
institute course tuition fees for training and education
grants.
Language allowing the Secretary of Labor to collect and
retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratories.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Language allowing the Mine Safety and Health Administration
to collect funds at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy
for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials to
be available for mine safety and health education and training
activities.
Language allowing the Mine Safety and Health Administration
to retain and utilize funds from fees collected for the
certification of equipment, materials and explosives.
Language allowing the Mine Safety and Health Administration
to accept land, buildings, equipment, and other contributions
from public and private sources; to prosecute projects in
cooperation with other agencies, Federal, state, or private;
and to promote health and safety education and training in the
mining community through cooperative programs with states,
industry, and safety associations.
Language allowing the Secretary of Labor to use funds
available to the Department to provide for the costs of mine
rescue and survival operations in the event of major disasters.
Language authorizing the Secretary of Labor to recognize a
designated entity and to provide funds and allow personnel to
serve as officers in that entity. This bill includes language
to make this provision permanent.
Departmental Management
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS
Language providing the Office of Job Corps with contracting
authority.
Language prohibiting the use of funds from any other
appropriation to provide meal services at or for Job Corps
centers.
Language limiting the use of funds to pay salaries at a
rate in excess of Executive Level I.
Language providing authority to transfer the administration
responsibilities and funding for the Job Corps program from the
Office of the Secretary to the Employment and Training
Administration, following the submission of a plan for such
activities to the Committee on Appropriations.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
Language providing that funding from general revenues,
notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act,
shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital
flexibility grants program under section 1820 of such Act.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report and setting aside up to one percent of
the total for agency administrative costs.
Language providing that in addition to fees authorized by
section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of
information under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs
of operating the National practitioner Data Bank, and shall
remain available until expended to carry out that Act.
Language providing that fees collected under the Health
Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program, authorized by
section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act shall be
sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program,
and shall remain available until expended to carry out that
Act.
Language providing that funding included for free clinics
malpractice claims may be used for Federal administrative
expenses and relevant evaluations.
Language providing that all pregnancy counseling under the
family planning program shall be nondirective.
Language limiting the reductions in Ryan White part A
grants in fiscal year 2009.
Language making funding available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act to fund special programs for the care
and treatment of individuals with HIV disease.
Language extending the authorization for the Ryan White
Care Act programs through fiscal year 2010.
Language identifying a specific amount for maternal and
child health SPRANS and CISS activities.
Language identifying specific amounts for general and
pediatric dentistry and family medicine training programs.
Language providing that funds for the National Health
Service Corps Recruitment and Nurse Loan Repayment and
Scholarship programs may be used to make prior year adjustments
to awards made under these programs.
Language identifying a specific amount for State Offices of
Rural Health.
Language identifying particular purposes for the use of
Small Rural Hospital Improvement grants.
Language identifying a specific amount for State health
access grants.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
Language permitting the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) to purchase and insure official motor vehicles
in foreign countries.
Language permitting CDC to purchase, hire, maintain, and
operate aircraft.
Language providing that funding is available until expended
for acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, and
renovation of facilities.
Language providing that funding for the Strategic National
Stockpile is available until expended.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
Language providing that funding for international HIV/AIDS
is available until September 30, 2011.
Language providing that funds are available until expended
to provide screening and treatment for first response emergency
personnel, residents, students, and others related to the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Language providing that collections from user fees may be
credited to the CDC appropriation.
Language providing that funds collected through Vessel
Sanitation Program user fees shall be available through
September 30, 2011.
Language making specific amounts under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act available to carry out: National
Immunization Surveys; National Center for Health Statistics
surveys; Public Health Informatics; Health Marketing; Public
Health Research; and the National Occupational Research Agenda.
Language providing up to $1,000 per eligible CDC employee
to remain available until expended for Individual Learning
Accounts.
Language allowing the Director of CDC to redirect certain
funds appropriated under Public Law 101-502.
Language providing that funds may be made available for
grants under section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act to
not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations.
Language permitting CDC to exempt from any personnel
ceiling applicable to the agency both civilian and Commissioned
Officers detailed to the States, municipalities, or other
organizations or in overseas assignments under authority of
section 214 of the Public Health Service Act during the period
of detail or assignment.
National Institutes of Health
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Language providing that funding is to be transferred from
funds appropriated under the heading ``Biodefense
Countermeasures'' in the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2004.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
Language providing that the National Library of Medicine
may enter into certain personal services contracts.
Language making funding available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act to carry out National Information
Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
and related health services.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Language providing that the National Institutes of Health
is authorized to collect third party payments for the cost of
the clinical services that are incurred in NIH research
facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the NIH
Management Fund and shall remain available for one fiscal year
after they are deposited.
Language identifying $534,066,000 for the Common Fund.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
Language providing that notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2)
of the Public Health Service Act, no funds appropriated for
carrying out section 520A are available for carrying out
section 1971.
Language providing funds to be available until expended to
reimburse the General Services Administration for environmental
testing and remediation at St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Language making specific amounts available under section
241 of the Public Health Service Act to fund technical
assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation
activities; national surveys on drug abuse and mental health;
and to collect and analyze data and evaluate substance abuse
treatment programs.
Language that section 520E(b)(2) of the Public Health
Service Act shall not apply to funds appropriated.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
Language is included to permit the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality to retain and expend amounts received from
Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency
agreements, and the sale of data tapes.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
Language providing that in the administration of title XIX
of the Social Security Act, payments to a State for any quarter
may be made with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in
effect during any such quarter, if submitted in, or prior to,
such quarter and approved in that or any such subsequent
quarter.
PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
Language providing indefinite authority for paying benefits
if the annual appropriation is insufficient.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Language providing that all funds collected in accordance
with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act, together
with such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees,
administrative fees collected relative to Medicare overpayment
recovery activities, and the sale of data, shall be available
for expenditure by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
Language allowing fees charged in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9701 to be credited to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services administrative account.
Language providing two-year availability for funds provided
for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System
and Medicare contracting reform activities.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
Administration for Children and Families
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAMS
Language providing that the sum of the amounts available to
a State with respect to expenditures under title IV-A of the
Social Security Act in fiscal year 1997 under this
appropriation and under such title IV-A as amended by the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b)
of such Act.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
Language waiving existing law.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Language specifying an applicable percentage of funds under
section 404(d)(2) of the Social Security Act.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
Language specifying treatment of Recovery Funds for
purposes of calculating fiscal year 2009 Head Start base
grants.
Language making funds available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act to carry out provisions of section
1110 of the Social Security Act.
Language granting eligible entities authority to carryover
funds from one fiscal year to the next.
Language requiring the Secretary to establish certain
procedures regarding the disposition of intangible property and
program income under the community economic development
program.
Language allowing certain funds to be available for
financing construction and other activities in certain private
business enterprises under the community economic development
program.
Language specifying use of funds for teenage pregnancy
prevention programs.
Language making funds available under section 241 of the
Public Health Services Act for evaluating teenage pregnancy
prevention approaches.
Language imposing certain requirements on grantees under
the abstinence education program.
Language making funds available under section 241 of the
Public Health Services Act for evaluating abstinence education.
Language making funds available for a human services case
management system for Federally-declared disasters.
Language providing for the transfer of $1,000,000 to the
National Commission on Children and Disasters.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
Administration on Aging
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
Office of the Secretary
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Language making funds available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act to carry out national health or human
services research and evaluation activities.
Language designating specific funds for teenage pregnancy
prevention grants under the Adolescent Family Life program.
Language providing that funds for embryo adoption
activities may be used for certain medical and administrative
services consistent with section 59.5(a)(4) of title 42, Code
of Federal Regulations.
Language providing that certain scientific information
requests shall be transmitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate uncensored and without
delay.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Lanuage making $61,342,000 available under section 241 of
the Public Health Service Act to carry out health information
technology network development activities.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
Language providing that funding is available through
September 30, 2011 to support preparedness and emergency
operations.
Language providing that funding is available through
September 30, 2011 to support the delivery of medical
countermeasures.
Language is included that a portion of the funding
available to support the delivery of medical countermeasures
may be transferred to the U.S. Postal Service.
Language is included that funding for advanced research and
development is to be derived by transfer from funds
appropriated under the heading ``Biodefense Countermeasures''
in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004
and shall remain available through September 30, 2011.
Language providing that a portion of the funding made
available to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic
is to be available until expended.
Language providing that notwithstanding section 496(b) of
the Public Health Service Act, funds provided may be used for
the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities
for the production of pandemic vaccine and other biologics,
where the Secretary of HHS finds such a contract necessary to
secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics.
Language that all remaining balances from funds
appropriated under the heading ``Biodefense Countermeasures''
in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004
shall be transferred to HHS and remain available through
September 30, 2013.
Language that funding for fit-out and other costs related
to a competitive lease procurement to renovate or replace the
existing Public Health Service headquarters building shall
remain available until expended.
TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Education for the Disadvantaged
Language providing that State educational agencies ensure
that a certain percentage of School Improvement Grant
allocations be used for evidence-based reading instruction.
Language providing that State and local educational
agencies may use fiscal years 2009 and 2010 funds for School
Improvement Grants for any title I eligible school that meets
certain criteria.
Language providing that ESEA title I, part A funds awarded
to local educational agencies under the Recovery Act shall not
be part of the hold-harmless calculation for certain title I
allocations in fiscal year 2010 and succeeding years.
Impact Aid
Language ensuring that schools serving the children of
military personnel continue to receive Impact Aid funds when
the military parents who live on-base are deployed and the
child continues to attend the same school and in cases in which
an on-base military parent is killed while on active duty and
the child continues to attend the same school.
School Improvement Programs
Language pertaining to school construction and renovation
activities under the Education for Native Hawaiians program.
Language pertaining to activities under the Alaska Native
Education Equity program.
Language permitting State educational agencies to sub-grant
education technology funds.
Language allowing the Republic of the Marshall Islands and
the Federated States of Micronesia to reserve up to five
percent of their supplemental education grants for certain
purposes.
Innovation and Improvement
Language allowing the Secretary to retain up to three
percent of the funding for the Teaching American History
program for technical assistance and the dissemination of
information.
Language specifying certain criteria for grants to local
educational agencies, States, or certain partnerships regarding
performance-based compensation systems in high-need schools.
Language specifying the amount of funds available for five-
year grants to local educational agencies to work in
partnership with one or more institutions of higher education,
to establish or expand articulated programs of study in
languages critical to U.S. national security.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
Language requiring the Secretary to make funds available to
continue a national school leadership partnership initiative.
Language permitting funds under the Charter School Program
to be awarded to charter management organizations and other
entities and specifying certain requirements for applications
submitted to this program.
English Language Acquisition
Language providing that the Secretary shall use estimates
of the American Community Survey child counts for the most
recent three-year period to calculate allocations.
Special Education
Language limiting the increase in the amount of funds
required to be transferred to the Department of the Interior
under the Grants to States.
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
Language providing the Institute certain discretion in the
use of funds for the endowment program.
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
Language providing the University certain discretion in the
use of funds for the endowment program.
Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Language specifying an allocation formula for awarding
State grants and civics education.
Language to correct an administrative error by the
Department of Education in the Adult Basic Literacy Education
State grants program.
Language waiving existing law to permit a portion of the
amount provided for Adult Education State Grants to be used for
integrated English literacy and civics education services to
immigrants and other limited English proficient populations,
and specifying the distribution of such funds.
Language identifying specific funding levels for the
national leadership activities under the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act, overriding the statutory set-aside of 1.5
percent of the adult education appropriation.
Student Financial Assistance
Language providing that the maximum Pell Grant a student
may receive in the 2010-2011 academic year shall be $4,860.
Language deferring mandatory funds for Academic
Competitiveness and SMART grants until October 1, 2010.
Higher Education
Language providing that funds are available to fund
fellowships for academic year 2011-2012 under part A, subpart 1
of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, under the
terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1.
Language permitting up to one percent of the Title VI/
Fulbright-Hays funds provided to the Department to be used for
program evaluation, national outreach, and information
dissemination activities.
Language providing that notwithstanding any other provision
of law, funds made available to carry out title VI of the
Higher Education Act and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to
support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals
who are participating in advanced foreign language training and
international studies in areas that are vital to United States
national security and who plan to apply their language skills
and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government,
the professions, or international development.
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the reports.
Howard University
Language providing the University certain discretion in the
use of funds for the endowment program.
General Provisions
Language allowing the Outlying Areas to consolidate certain
funds received under this Act.
TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
Corporation for National and Community Service
OPERATING EXPENSES
Language prohibiting funds from being used for the
ServeAmerica Fellowships Program.
Language prohibiting funding for the non-profit capacity
building funding program.
Language prohibiting funding for the Silver Scholarship
Program.
Language prohibiting funding for the Volunteer Generation
Fund.
Language allowing certain funds to be used for grant
application reviews.
Language limiting funding available for the Social
Innovation Fund.
Language limiting funding available for Training and
Technical Evaluation Assistance.
Language limiting funding available for grants to increase
the participation of individuals with disabilities in national
service.
Language limiting funds available for assistance to State
commissions on national community service.
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST
Language allows funds appropriated for the National Trust
to be invested without regard for apportionment requirements.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Language specifying funds for Labor-Management partnership
grants shall remain available through September 30, 2011.
Language allowing certain fees charged, up to full-cost
recovery, to be credited to and merged with this account,
provided that fees collected for arbitration services shall
only be available for education, training, and professional
development of the agency workforce.
Language allowing the Director of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Services to accept and use on behalf of the United
States gifts of services and property in the aid of any
projects or functions within the Director's jurisdiction.
National Labor Relations Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Language specifying appropriations to the NLRB cannot be
used to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers
or used in connection with investigations, hearings,
directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of
agricultural laborers.
Institute of Museums and Library Services
Language providing funds for projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the report.
Railroad Retirement Board
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
Language requiring the total amount appropriated for
railroad retirement dual benefits to be credited to the Dual
Benefits Payments Account in 12 approximately equal amounts on
the first day of each month in the fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
Language allowing the Railroad Retirement Board to
determine the allocation of its administrative budget between
the railroad retirement accounts and the railroad unemployment
insurance administration fund.
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Language restricting the transfer and use of certain funds
for the Office of Inspector General.
Social Security Administration
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
Language requiring States to return to the Treasury funds
unobligated at the end of the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Language providing that unobligated balances at the end of
the fiscal year shall remain available until expended for the
agency's information technology and telecommunications hardware
and software infrastructure, including related equipment and
non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this
infrastructure.
Language providing that reimbursement to the trust funds
for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social
Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for
facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant
to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in 7135(b)
of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury,
with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise
appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are
made.
Language providing that funds derived from administration
fees collected shall be available in the subsequent fiscal year
only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Language permitting the transfer of a certain amount of
funds into this account from the SSA administrative account
provided that the Appropriations Committees are promptly
notified.
Administrative and General Provisions
Sections 102, 206, 207, 208, 217, 304, and 501 include
legislative transfer authorities.
Sections 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 203,
204, 209, 210, 211, 301, 302, 303, 306, 403, 502, 503, 506,
507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 519, 520,
521, 522, and 523 may be construed as placing legislative
limitations on the use of funds in the bill.
Sections 108, 113, 201, 202, 205, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216,
305, 401, 402, 504, 505, 517, and 518 establish affirmative
directions, confer new authorities, or impose new
responsibilities on departments or agencies funded by the bill.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
During fiscal year 2010 for purposes of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the following
information provides the definition of the term ``program,
project, and activity'' for departments and agencies under the
jurisdiction of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee. The term
``program, project, and activity'' shall include the most
specific level of budget items identified in the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, the accompanying House and
Senate Committee reports, the conference report and
accompanying joint explanatory statement of the managers of the
committee of conference.
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following is a statement of
general performance goals and objectives for which this measure
authorizes funding:
The Committee on Appropriations considers program
performance in developing funding recommendations,
including a program's success in developing and
attaining outcome-related goals and objectives.
Appropriations Not Authorized by Law
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, the following table lists the
appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not
authorized by law for the period concerned:
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Appropriations in
Agency/Program Last Year of Authorization Level Last Year of Appropriations
Authorization Authorization in this Bill
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ETA--Training and Employment......
Services--Workforce...............
Investment Act programs\1\........ FY 2003 Such Sums............ $3,606,317,000 $3,701,961,000
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Office of Job Corps\1\............ FY 2003 Such Sums............ $1,509,094,000 $1,705,320,000
VETS
Veterans Workforce Investment FY 2003 Such Sums............ $7,377,000 $9,641,000
Program.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HRSA
Health Professions................ FY 2002 Such Sums............ $295,111,000 $529,708,000
Black Lung Clinics................ FY 2007 ..................... $5,891,000 $7,200,000
Radiation Exposure Screening...... FY 2009 Such Sums............ $1,952,000 $1,952,000
Newborn Hearing Screening......... FY 2002 Such Sums............ $9,995,000 $19,000,000
Emergency Medical Services for FY 2005 Such Sums............ $19,831,000 $20,000,000
Children.
Traumatic Brain Injury............ FY 2005 Such Sums............ $9,297,000 $10,000,000
Sickle Cell Demonstration......... FY 2009 $10,000,000.......... $4,250,000 $5,250,000
Ryan White Care Act programs...... FY 2009 $2,237,000,000....... $2,238,421,000 $2,267,414,000
Organ Transplantation............. FY 1993 Such Sums............ $2,767,000 $24,049,000
Rural Health Outreach Grants...... FY 2006 Such Sums............ $38,885,000 $56,600,000
Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants. FY 2008 $35,000,000.......... $37,865,000 $41,200,000
Rural and Community Access to FY 2003 $25,000,000.......... $12,419,000 $3,300,000
Emergency Devices.
State Offices of Rural Health..... FY 2002 Such Sums............ $7,996,000 $9,700,000
Family Planning................... FY 1985 $158,400,000......... $142,500,000 $317,491,000
Telehealth........................ FY 2006 Such Sums............ $6,819,000 $15,000,000
CDC
Immunization Program.............. FY 2005 Such Sums............ $493,032,000 $545,674,000
HIV/AIDS Prevention............... FY 2005 Such Sums............ $662,267,000 $744,914,000
Sexually Transmitted Diseases FY 1998 Such Sums............ $113,671,000 $152,750,000
Grants.
Tuberculosis Grants............... FY 2002 Such Sums............ $132,403,000 $144,268,000
Other Infectious Disease Control.. FY 2005 Such Sums............ $225,589,000 $270,731,000
Diabetes.......................... FY 2005 Such Sums............ $63,457,000 $65,998,000
Breast and Cervical Cancer FY 2003 Such Sums............ $199,371,000 $214,699,000
Prevention.
WISEWOMAN......................... FY 2003 Such Sums............ $12,419,000 $20,573,000
Cancer Registeries................ FY 2003 Such Sums............ $45,649,000 $46,472,000
Prostate Cancer................... FY 2004 Such Sums............ $14,091,000 $13,275,000
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and FY 2005 Such Sums............ $41,930,000 $44,402,000
Obesity.
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health FY 2005 Such Sums............ $44,738,000 $49,891,000
Promotion.
Oral Health Promotion............. FY 2005 Such Sums............ $11,204,000 $15,074,000
Prevention Centers................ FY 2003 Such Sums............ $26,830,000 $33,203,000
Birth Defects, Developmental......
Disability, Disability and Health. FY 2002 Such Sums............ $89,946,000 $140,882,000
Asthma Prevention................. FY 2005 Such Sums............ $32,422,000 $30,924,000
Lead Poisoning Prevention......... FY 2005 Such Sums............ $36,474,000 $34,805,000
Injury Prevention and Control..... FY 2005 Such Sums............ $138,237,000 $148,615,000
Preventive Health Services Block FY 1998 Such Sums............ $194,092,000 $102,034,000
Grant.
NIH
All 27 Institutes and Centers..... FY 2009 Such Sums............ $30,317,024,000 $31,258,788,000
SAMHSA
Substance Abuse and Mental Health FY 2003 Such Sums............ $3,161,951,000 $3,412,438,000
Services programs, except STOP
Act programs.
ACF
Low Income Home Energy Assistance FY 2007 $5,100,000,000....... $1,980,000,000 $5,100,000,000
Block Grant.
ORR: Social Services, Transitional FY 2002 Such Sums............ $439,894,000 $544,445,000
and Medical Services, Preventive
Health, Targeted Assistance.
Torture Victims............... FY 2007 $25,000,000.......... $9,817,000 $11,358,000
Family Violence Prevention and FY 2008 $175,000,000......... $127,776,000 $133,776,000
Services Act.
Child Abuse State Grants.......... FY 2008 Such Sums............ $26,535,000 $26,535,000
Abandoned Infants Assistance...... FY 2008 Such Sums............ $11,628,000 $11,628,000
Adoption Opportunities............ FY 2008 Such Sums............ $26,379,000 $26,379,000
Adoption Awareness................ FY 2005 Such Sums............ $12,453,000 $12,953,000
Child Care Development Block Grant FY 2002 $1,000,000,000....... $2,099,994,000 $2,127,081,000
Voting Access for Individuals with FY 2005 $35,000,000.......... $14,879,000 $17,410,000
Disabilities.
Developmental Disabilities........ FY 2007 Such Sums............ $155,115,000 $168,945,000
Native American programs.......... FY 2002 Such Sums............ $45,946,000 $48,523,000
Community Services Block Grant FY 2003 Such Sums............ $739,315,000 $746,000,000
programs.
Individual Development Account.... FY 2003 $25,000,000.......... $24,990,000 $24,025,000
AOA
Alzheimer's Diseases..............
Demonstration Grants.......... FY 2002 Such Sums............ $11,483,000 $11,464,000
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Adolescent Family Life............ FY 1985 $30,000,000.......... $14,716,000 $29,778,000
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Education for the Disadvantaged-- FY 2008 $25,000,000,000...... $13,898,875,000 14,492,401,000
LEA formula grants.
Education for the Disadvantaged-- FY 2008 Such Sums............ $1,557,267,000 1,409,146,000
(except Grants to LEAs and
Special Programs for Migrant
Students).
Impact Aid........................ FY 2008 Such Sums............ $1,240,717,000 1,290,718,000
School Improvement Programs-- FY 2008 Such Sums............ $5,264,400,000 5,207,505,000
(except Training and Advisory
Services and Supplemental
Education Grants).
Indian Education.................. FY 2008 Such Sums............ $119,564,000 132,282,000
Innovation and Improvement-- FY 2008 Such Sums............ $985,518,000 1,341,213,000
(except Teach for America).
Safe Schools and Citizenship FY 2008 Such Sums............ $693,404,000 395,753,000
Education.
English Language Acquisition...... FY 2008 Such Sums............ $700,395,000 760,000,000
Rehabilitation Services and FY 2004 Such Sums............ $2,985,327,000 3,473,345,000
Disability Research (except
Assistive Technology).
Adult Education................... FY 2004 Such Sums............ $590,233,000 639,567,000
Smaller Learning Communities...... FY 2008 ..................... $80,108,000 88,000,000
GPRA Data/HEA Program Evaluation.. FY 2004 Such Sums............ $988,000 609,000
Howard University--Endowment FY 1985 $2,000,000........... $2,000,000 3,600,000
Program.
Institute of Education Sciences... FY 2009 Such Sums............ $617,175,000 664,256,000
RELATED AGENCIES
Corporation for Public FY 1996 $425,000,000......... $275,000,000 $440,000,000
Broadcasting.
Corporation for Public none $40,000,000
Broadcasting, Emergency Fund.
Corporation for Public FY 1993 $200,000,000......... $65,327,000 $25,000,000
Broadcasting, Interconnection.
Corporation for Public FY 2001 $20,000,000.......... $20,000,000 $36,000,000
Broadcasting, Digitalization.
National Council on Disability.... FY 2003 Such Sums............ $3,144,000 $3,271,000
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\1\Job Corps was included in Training and Employment Services in 2003, and is now under Departmental Management
Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending Items
DIRECTED SPENDING BY CONGRESS AND BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
This bill contains approximately $33,500,000,000 in grant
funding awarded solely at the discretion of the Administration,
and $188,765,000 requested by the President for specific
projects. In addition to placing a one-year moratorium on
earmarks in appropriations bills enacted in 2007 so that new
rules could be put in place, the Committee has subsequently
taken unprecedented action to increase transparency and reduce
funding for earmarks. In this bill since 2005, the total
funding earmarked has been reduced by 33 percent. This year
earmarked funding will equal less than one percent of the cost
of the bill. It should also be noted that under the policies
adopted by the Committee the use of member earmarks awarded to
for-profit entities as a functional equivalent of no bid
contracts is ended. In cases where the Committee funds an
earmark designated for a for-profit entity, the Committee
includes legislative language requiring the Executive Branch to
nonetheless issue a request for proposal that gives other
entities an opportunity to apply and requires the agency to
evaluate all bids received and make a decision based on merit.
This gives the original designee an opportunity to be brought
to the attention of the agency, but with the possibility that
an alternative entity may be selected.
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Fiscal year 2005 Fiscal year 2008 Fiscal year 2009 Fiscal year 2010
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# $ in millions # $ in millions # $ in millions # $ in millions
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3,054 1,465 2,241 1,009 2,154 974 1,151 672
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The following table is submitted in compliance with clause
9 of rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined
in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this
report. Neither the bill nor the report contain any limited tax
benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs
(f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule XXI.
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
[Presidentially Directed Spending Items]
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Requester(s)
Agency Account Project Amount -------------------------------------------------
Administration House
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Department of Education--National Projects Higher Education B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarship Program for $977,000 The President Stupak
activities authorized under the Higher Education
Act
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Department of Education--National Projects Higher Education Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian $12,158,000 The President Abercrombie; Hirono; Honda;
Serving Institutions Programs for activities Young (AK)
authorized under the Higher Education Act
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Department of Education--National Projects Higher Education Thurgood Marshall Legal Scholarships Program $3,000,000 The President Jackson (IL)
authorized under the Higher Education Act
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Department of Education--National Projects Higher Education Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational $8,162,000 The President Honda
Institutions authorized under the Perkins Career
and Technical Education Act
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement National Board for Professional Teaching Standards $10,649,000 The President
for activities authorized under the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement National Writing Project for activities authorized $24,291,000 The President Berkley; Capps; Capuano;
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Cardoza; Crowley; Davis
(CA); Davis (IL); Ellison;
Hirono; Holt; Johnson, Eddie
Bernice; Kildee; Langevin;
McCarthy (NY); Miller,
George; Murphy (CT);
Oberstar; Pomeroy; Ross;
Sarbanes; Van Hollen;
Waxman; Wu; Yarmuth
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement Reading is Fundamental authorized under the $24,803,000 The President Abercrombie; Arcuri; Berkley;
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Bordallo; Brown (SC); Capps;
Capuano; Carnahan; Castor
(FL); Connolly (VA);
Conyers; Costa; Crowley;
Cuellar; Davis (CA); Davis
(IL); Ellison; Etheridge;
Fattah; Fudge; Gerlach;
Gonzalez; Green, Gene;
Grijalva; Gutierrez;
Halvorson; Hastings (FL);
Herseth Sandlin; Hinojosa;
Hirono; Holt; Johnson (GA);
Johnson, Eddie Bernice;
Kucinich; Langevin; Lee
(NY); Lofgren, Zoe;
Marshall; McGovern; McHugh;
Miller (NC); Moore (WI);
Moran (VA); Murphy (CT);
Nadler (NY); Napolitano;
Norton; Oberstar; Ortiz;
Paul; Payne; Perriello;
Pierluisi; Pomeroy; Price
(NC); Rahall; Roskam; Ross;
Rothman (NJ); Rush;
Sarbanes; Scott (GA); Scott
(VA); Shimkus; Smith (NJ);
Snyder; Tauscher; Van
Hollen; Waters; Waxman;
Whitfield; Yarmuth; Young
(AK)
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement Teach for America as authorized under the Higher $15,000,000 The President Abercrombie; Berkley;
Education Act Capuano; Carnahan; Conyers;
Davis (AL); Davis (IL);
Eshoo; Etheridge; Fattah;
Grijalva; Gutierrez; Herseth
Sandlin; Hinojosa; Hirono;
Johnson (GA); Johnson, Eddie
Bernice; Miller (NC); Moore
(WI); Ortiz; Price (NC);
Ross; Sablan; Sarbanes; Van
Hollen; Waters; Waxman
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Department of Education--National Projects School Improvement Alaska Native Educational Equity for activities $33,315,000 The President Young (AK)
authorized under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
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Department of Education--National Projects School Improvement Education for Native Hawaiians for activities $33,315,000 The President Abercrombie; Hirono; Honda
authorized under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
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Department of Education--National Projects Special Olympics Special Olympics for Special Olympics educational $8,095,000 The President Conyers; Honda; Hoyer; Price
programs that can be integrated into classroom (NC); Rehberg
instruction and for activities to increase the
participation of individuals with intellectual
disabilities, as authorized under the Special
Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act
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Department of Health & Human Services-- ACF National Association of Child Care Resources and $1,000,000 The President Moran (VA)
National Projects Referral Agencies for the Child Care Aware toll
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Department of Health & Human Services-- HRSA Native Hawaiian Health Care to provide primary $14,000,000 The President Abercrombie; Hirono; Honda
National Projects health promotion and disease prevention services
to Native Hawaiians through regional clinics
under the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988
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LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
[Congressionally Directed Spending Items]
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Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s)
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc., $700,000 Himes
(includes FIE) Bridgeport, CT for its Total Learning early
childhood initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Alabama School of Math and Science, Mobile, AL for $100,000 Bonner
(includes FIE) curriculum development and teacher training,
including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, AK for $150,000 Young (AK)
(includes FIE) educational programming and outreach
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education America Scores, St. Louis, MO for an after-school $200,000 Carnahan
(includes FIE) program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education An Achievable Dream, Newport News, VA for education $300,000 Wittman; Scott (VA)
(includes FIE) and support services for at-risk children
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Aquatic Adventures Science Education Foundation, $200,000 Davis (CA)
(includes FIE) San Diego, CA for an after-school science
education program, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Arab City School District, Arab, AL for an $150,000 Aderholt
(includes FIE) education technology initiative, including
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Auburn Joint Vocational School District, Concord $250,000 LaTourette
(includes FIE) Township, OH for curriculum development
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education AVANCE, Inc., Austin, TX for parenting education $350,000 Doggett
(includes FIE) programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education AVANCE, Inc., El Paso, TX for a parenting education $250,000 Reyes
(includes FIE) program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education AVANCE, Inc., Waco, TX for a family literacy $100,000 Edwards (TX)
(includes FIE) program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Babyland Family Services, Inc., Newark, NJ for an $400,000 Payne
(includes FIE) early childhood education program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore MD to $500,000 Cummings
(includes FIE) establish alternative education programs for
academically-challenged students, which may
include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Bay Point Schools, Inc., Miami, FL for a boarding $400,000 Meek (FL); Ros-Lehtinen
(includes FIE) school for at-risk students
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Best Buddies Florida, Orlando, FL for mentoring $250,000 Crenshaw
(includes FIE) programs in the 4th Congressional District for
elementary and secondary school students with
disabilities
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Bloomfield Board of Education, Bloomfield, NJ to $300,000 Pascrell
(includes FIE) provide alternative education for academically-
challenged students
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Boise State University, Boise, ID for the Idaho $400,000 Simpson
(includes FIE) SySTEMic Solution program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education California State University, Northridge, CA for $400,000 Sherman
(includes FIE) teacher training and professional development
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Capeverdean American Community Development, $100,000 Kennedy
(includes FIE) Pawtucket, RI for after-school, tutoring, and
literacy programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Carnegie Hall, New York, NY for music education $300,000 Maloney
(includes FIE) programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Center for Rural Development, Somerset, KY for the $500,000 Rogers (KY)
(includes FIE) Forward in the Fifth literacy program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Charter School Development Foundation, Las Vegas, $400,000 Berkley
(includes FIE) NV for an early childhood education program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Chicago Youth Centers, Chicago, IL for the ABC $200,000 Davis (IL)
(includes FIE) Youth Center after school program, which may
include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Childhelp, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ to develop a $250,000 Crenshaw
(includes FIE) comprehensive update to the Good Touch Bad Touch
curriculum
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA $250,000 Roybal-Allard
(includes FIE) for an outreach program to encourage minorities to
consider health care careers
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Children's Literacy Initiative, Philadelphia, PA $200,000 Fattah
(includes FIE) for its literacy program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Choice Thru Education, Inc., Chelsea, MA for $100,000 Capuano
(includes FIE) educational and career development programs for at-
risk youth
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education City of Bell, CA for an after-school program, which $200,000 Roybal-Allard
(includes FIE) may include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education City of Fairfield, CA for an after-school and job- $350,000 Tauscher
(includes FIE) skills training program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education City of La Habra, CA for the Young at Art program $148,000 Miller, Gary
(includes FIE)
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education City of Newark, CA for an after-school program $50,000 Stark
(includes FIE)
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education City of Prestonsburg, KY for an arts education $200,000 Rogers (KY)
(includes FIE) initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education City School District of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, $297,000 Lowey
(includes FIE) NY for after-school programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional $900,000 Ryan (OH)
(includes FIE) Learning, Chicago, IL for social and emotional
learning curriculum development and implementation
in the Youngstown, Niles, and/or Warren City, OH
school districts
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education College Success Foundation, Issaquah, WA for its $400,000 Dicks; Smith (WA)
(includes FIE) academic support and mentoring programs, which may
include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public $250,000 Sablan
(includes FIE) School Systems, Saipan, MP for its Refaluwasch and
Chamorro language programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public $100,000 Sablan
(includes FIE) School Systems, Saipan, MP for the purchase of
books and educational materials
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Communities in Schools--Northeast Texas c/o $200,000 Hall (TX)
(includes FIE) Northeast Texas Community College, Mt. Pleasant,
TX for dropout prevention programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Communities-in-Schools, Bell-Coryell Counties Inc., $250,000 Carter
(includes FIE) Killeen, TX for the Youngest Victims of War
project
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Connecticut Technical High School System, $350,000 DeLauro
(includes FIE) Middletown, CT for equipment for Eli Whitney
Technical High School's Manufacturing Technology
Program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Connecticut Technical High School System, $250,000 DeLauro
(includes FIE) Middletown, CT for equipment for Vinal Technical
High School's Manufacturing Technology Program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Contra Costa Child Care Council, Concord, CA for an $100,000 Miller, George
(includes FIE) early childhood education program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 10, $300,000 Obey
(includes FIE) Chippewa Falls, WI for after-school programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 11, $400,000 Obey
(includes FIE) Turtle Lake, WI for after-school programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 12, $400,000 Obey
(includes FIE) Ashland, WI for after-school programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 9, $300,000 Obey
(includes FIE) Tomahawk, WI for after-school programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Corpus Christi Independent School District, Corpus $200,000 Ortiz
(includes FIE) Christi, TX for its South Texas School Literacy
Project
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education County of Alachua, FL for after school programming $250,000 Stearns; Brown, Corrine
(includes FIE)
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Cullman County Schools, Cullman, AL for a mobile $150,000 Aderholt
(includes FIE) laboratory initiative, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Cuyahoga County Board of County Commissioners, $100,000 Kucinich; Fudge; Sutton
(includes FIE) Cleveland, OH for an early childhood education
program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE for a $250,000 Castle
(includes FIE) school leadership initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Devereux Center for Effective Schools, King of $100,000 Gerlach
(includes FIE) Prussia, PA for the School-wide Positive
Behavioral Support program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education East Los Angeles Classic Theater, Los Angeles, CA $150,000 Roybal-Allard
(includes FIE) for an arts education program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education East Whittier City School District, Whittier, CA $225,000 Sanchez, Linda
(includes FIE) for support services for at-risk students, which
may include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Somerset, KY for $250,000 Rogers (KY)
(includes FIE) environmental education programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Eden Housing, Hayward, CA for a technology training $100,000 Eshoo
(includes FIE) program, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Education Service Center, Region 12, Hillsboro, TX $70,000 Edwards (TX)
(includes FIE) for a GEAR UP college preparation program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Enrichment Services Program, Inc., Columbus, GA for $100,000 Bishop (GA)
(includes FIE) after-school tutoring and GED programs for at-risk
youth
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Farrell Area School District, Farrell, PA for $200,000 Altmire
(includes FIE) education enrichment programs, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Fayette County Schools, Lexington, KY for a foreign $2,500,000 Chandler
(includes FIE) language program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Five County Regional Vocational System, Tamms, IL $50,000 Costello
(includes FIE) for education support services for at-risk
students
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Franklin County Schools, Russellville, AL for an $935,000 Aderholt
(includes FIE) education technology initiative, including
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Franklin McKinley School District, San Jose, CA for $180,000 Honda
(includes FIE) an academic enrichment and college preparation
program, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Girls Incorporated of Alameda County, San Leandro, $250,000 Lee (CA)
(includes FIE) CA for a literacy program for young girls, which
may include equipment and software
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, West Campus, $100,000 Foster
(includes FIE) St. Charles, IL for an assessment and evaluation
system, which may include software and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Governors State University, University Park, IL for $200,000 Jackson (IL)
(includes FIE) early childhood education and after-school
programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Harambee Institute, St. Louis, MO for and after- $325,000 Clay
(includes FIE) school arts education program, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Harcum College, Bryn Mawr, PA for a science, $243,000 Gerlach
(includes FIE) technology, engineering and math education
initiative, including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Hawaii Department of Education, Honolulu, HI for $700,000 Hirono
(includes FIE) its Assistance to Low Performing Schools Project,
which may include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Hazleton Area School District, Hazleton, PA for $300,000 Kanjorski
(includes FIE) curriculum development, equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Helen Keller International, New York, NY for the $1,200,000 DeLauro
(includes FIE) Child Sight Vision Screening Program and to
provide eyeglasses to children whose educational
performance may be hindered because of poor vision
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School $800,000 Hall (NY)
(includes FIE) District, Highland Falls, NY for science
education, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Highline School District, Burien, WA for Aviation $335,000 Smith (WA); McDermott
(includes FIE) High School, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Hope Through Housing Foundation, Rancho Cucamonga, $350,000 Miller, Gary; Tauscher
(includes FIE) CA, for an academic tutoring and enrichment
initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, $260,000 Souder
(includes FIE) Ft. Wayne, IN for the Strategic Languages
Institute
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis, IN for $500,000 Carson (IN)
(includes FIE) an instructional technology program, which may
include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, $200,000 Perriello
(includes FIE) Danville, VA for an environmental education
program, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Institute for Student Achievement, Lake Success, NY $150,000 Alexander
(includes FIE) for a school retention and completion initiative
at Point Coupee, Louisiana Central Prep High
School
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Irwin County Schools, Ocilla, GA to purchase $100,000 Marshall
(includes FIE) textbooks
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Jawonio, Inc., New York, NY for educational support $118,000 Lowey; Engel
(includes FIE) services for students with disabilities
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY for music $400,000 Nadler (NY)
(includes FIE) education programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Jobs for Arizona's Graduates, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ $150,000 Grijalva; Pastor (AZ)
(includes FIE) for dropout prevention and after-school programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Joplin R-VIII School District, Joplin, MO for an $100,000 Blunt
(includes FIE) education technology initiative, including
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education KNME-TV, Albuquerque, NM for the Ready to Learn $50,000 Heinrich
(includes FIE) program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Labor of Love Performing Arts Academy, Chicago, IL $400,000 Rush
(includes FIE) for an after-school arts program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Laurinburg Institute, Laurinburg, NC for its math, $400,000 Kissell
(includes FIE) science, technology and engineering program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Leadership Excellence, Inc., Oakland, CA for a $250,000 Lee (CA)
(includes FIE) mentoring program for at-risk youth
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership, $300,000 DeLauro
(includes FIE) Inc., New Haven, CT for its after-school and
mentoring programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Lee Pesky Learning Center, Boise, ID for the Idaho $350,000 Simpson
(includes FIE) Early Literacy Project, which may include the
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, FL for its gifted $350,000 Boyd
(includes FIE) and talented enrichment program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Literacy Council of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL $250,000 Davis (AL); Bachus
(includes FIE) for a literacy program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center, Chicago, $300,000 Rush
(includes FIE) IL for an after-school arts program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education LOOKBOTHWAYS, Port Townsend, WA for development of $500,000 Reichert; Wasserman Schultz
(includes FIE) an internet safety curriculum
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Maspeth Town Hall, Inc., Maspeth, NY for after- $150,000 Crowley
(includes FIE) schools programs for at-risk youth in Queens, NY
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education McLean County Fiscal Court, Calhoun, KY for $150,000 Whitfield
(includes FIE) purchase of equipment at the Livermore Community
Library
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Meeting Street, Providence, RI for an early $700,000 Langevin; Kennedy
(includes FIE) childhood education program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Memphis City Schools, Memphis, TN for an after- $500,000 Cohen
(includes FIE) school program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Merced County Association of Governments, Merced, $425,000 Cardoza
(includes FIE) CA to develop a college preparatory program at
Buhach Colony High School
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Michigan City Area Schools, Michigan City, IN for $350,000 Donnelly (IN)
(includes FIE) career and technical education programs, which may
include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Millcreek Children Center, Youngstown, OH for an $145,000 Ryan (OH)
(includes FIE) arts education program, which may include
equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI for $110,000 Moore (WI)
(includes FIE) community learning centers
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS for a $630,000 Harper
(includes FIE) teacher training initiative at the College of
Education's Early Childhood Institute
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Missouri State University, Springfield, MO for the $150,000 Blunt
(includes FIE) Missouri Innovation Academy
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education National Center for Electronically Mediated $150,000 DeLauro
(includes FIE) Learning, Inc., Milford, CT for the P.E.B.B.L.E.S.
Project, which may include equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education National Network of Digital Schools Management $500,000 Altmire
(includes FIE) Foundation, Beaver, PA for the development of an
online education program, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education New Haven Reads Community Book Bank, Inc., New $200,000 DeLauro
(includes FIE) Haven, CT for its after-school tutoring program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY for its $450,000 Ackerman; Crowley
(includes FIE) teacher training program for science
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC for a $100,000 Price (NC)
(includes FIE) childrens' engineering and technological literacy
program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education North River Commission, Chicago, IL for after $100,000 Quigley
(includes FIE) school enrichment programs in Chicago public
schools located in the North River Commission area
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education North Rockland Central School District, $297,000 Lowey
(includes FIE) Garnerville, NY for an English literacy program,
which may include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Northern Rockies Educational Services (NRES), $300,000 Rehberg
(includes FIE) Missoula, MT for the Taking Technology to the
Classroom initiative, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Ogden City School District, Ogden, UT for a teacher $250,000 Bishop (UT)
(includes FIE) training initiative, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Ohio University, Athens, OH for its Southeast Ohio $100,000 Wilson (OH); Space
(includes FIE) Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Old Bridge Township Public Schools, Matawan, NJ for $200,000 Holt
(includes FIE) equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Orange County Department of Education, Costa Mesa, $400,000 Sanchez, Loretta; Royce
(includes FIE) CA for an Internet safety training program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Ossining Union Free School District, Ossining, NY $297,000 Lowey
(includes FIE) for after-school and mentoring initiatives
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Ouachita Parish School Board, Monroe, LA for $400,000 Alexander
(includes FIE) programming at the Northeast Louisiana Family
Literacy Interagency Consortium
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Palisades Park School District, Palisades Park, NJ $150,000 Rothman (NJ)
(includes FIE) for its after-school homework program, which may
include technology and equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Palm Beach County School District, West Palm Beach, $300,000 Wexler; Hastings (FL); Klein (FL)
(includes FIE) FL for a mentoring program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Parents as Teachers of Lake County, Inc., Hammond, $100,000 Visclosky
(includes FIE) IN for family literacy services
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Pasadena Educational Foundation, Pasadena, CA for $100,000 Schiff
(includes FIE) its Early College High School initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children, Inc., $255,000 Carter
(includes FIE) Killeen, TX for educational programming
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Pegasus Players, Chicago, IL for an arts education $100,000 Schakowsky
(includes FIE) program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Polk County Public Schools, Bartow, FL for purchase $150,000 Putnam
(includes FIE) of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District, Port $297,000 Lowey
(includes FIE) Chester, NY for after-school, tutoring, or other
activities to implement full service community
schools
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Project Cornerstone, San Jose, CA for education and $226,000 Honda
(includes FIE) enrichment activities
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Prospera Initiatives, Inc., Annandale, VA for a $200,000 Moran (VA)
(includes FIE) mentoring program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Resource Area For Teachers, San Jose, CA for $200,000 Honda
(includes FIE) teacher training and professional development
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Rio Rancho Public Schools, Rio Rancho, NM for $250,000 Lujan
(includes FIE) teacher training and professional development,
which may include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education River Region Multicultural Chamber of Commerce, La $300,000 Melancon
(includes FIE) Place, LA for after-school and summer academic
enrichment programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education River Rouge School District, River Rouge, MI for $200,000 Kilpatrick (MI)
(includes FIE) transitional services and workforce training for
youth, which may include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Riverside Unified School District, Riverside, CA $325,000 Calvert
(includes FIE) for a science, technology, engineering and
mathematics initiative, including curriculum
development and purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, GA for its $300,000 Johnson (GA)
(includes FIE) AVID/Advanced Placement program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, GA to $400,000 Johnson (GA)
(includes FIE) establish year-round Pre-K programs, which may
include expenses for tuition, transportation, and
meals
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Rodel Foundation of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for $150,000 Castle
(includes FIE) the Delaware Parent Leadership Institute
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education San Antonio Youth Centers, San Antonio, TX for $200,000 Gonzalez
(includes FIE) after-school programs, which may include equipment
and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education San Jose Unified School District, San Jose, CA for $250,000 Honda
(includes FIE) a longitudinal data system
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Save the Children, Westport, CT for a literacy $100,000 Clyburn
(includes FIE) program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Save the Children, Westport, CT for a rural $300,000 Melancon
(includes FIE) literacy program in Washington, St. Martin, and /
or Tangipahoa parishes, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education School District of Cheltenham Township, Elkins $50,000 Fattah
(includes FIE) Park, PA for a dual enrollment program, which may
include expenses for tuition and textbooks
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA for a language $200,000 McDermott
(includes FIE) immersion program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Self Enhancement, Inc., Portland, OR for a $525,000 Blumenauer
(includes FIE) mentoring and academic enrichment program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., Durham, NC for $200,000 Price (NC)
(includes FIE) its Computing Mentoring Academic Transitions
through Experience, Research, and Service
initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA for an arts $500,000 Moran (VA)
(includes FIE) education program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Sisters In Struggle, Hempstead, NY for a life- $200,000 McCarthy (NY)
(includes FIE) skills program for at-risk youth, which may
include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Somerset Hills School District, Bernardsville, NJ $312,000 Lance
(includes FIE) for the Cultural Tolerance Education initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education South Berkshire Educational Collaborative, Great $250,000 Olver
(includes FIE) Barrington, MA for educational enrichment and
professional development activities
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education South Carolina Governor's School for Science and $275,000 Spratt
(includes FIE) Mathematics Foundation, Columbia, SC for academic
enrichment programs in science, mathematics,
engineering and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, $200,000 DeLauro
(includes FIE) CT for its Autism Center for Excellence
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Southwestern Oklahoma State University, $350,000 Lucas
(includes FIE) Weatherford, OK for purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX for a $443,000 Granger
(includes FIE) summer college preparatory program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Special Olympics 2010 USA National Games, Lincoln, $350,000 Fortenberry
(includes FIE) NE to support the 2010 Special Olympics National
Games
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Springboard for Improving Schools, San Francisco, $150,000 Costa
(includes FIE) CA for teacher training and professional
development in one or more school districts in the
20th Congressional district
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Springboard for Improving Schools, San Francisco, $150,000 McKeon
(includes FIE) CA for the Improving Student Achievement in the
Palmdale, CA Elementary School District program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Springboard Schools, San Francisco, CA for teacher $150,000 Sanchez, Loretta
(includes FIE) training and professional development in the Santa
Ana Unified School District
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY for its Say Yes $300,000 Maffei
(includes FIE) to Education after-school and extended learning
initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Tarrytown Union Free School District, Tarrytown, NY $297,000 Lowey
(includes FIE) for programs for at-risk youth
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Texas A&M University--Commerce, TX for a science, $100,000 Hall (TX)
(includes FIE) technology, engineering and math initiative
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Texas State University--San Marcos, TX for the $350,000 Smith (TX)
(includes FIE) Texas Mathworks initiative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Toledo GROWs, Toledo, OH for a hands-one science $300,000 Kaptur
(includes FIE) based curriculum in urban areas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Trimble Local School District, Glouster, OH for an $175,000 Space
(includes FIE) after-school program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, OK for the Tulsa $350,000 Sullivan
(includes FIE) Academic Center
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education United Way of Miami-Dade, Miami, FL for the Center $300,000 Ros-Lehtinen; Wasserman Schultz
(includes FIE) of Excellence in Early Education, including
teacher training programs
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education United Way of Youngstown/Mahoning Valley, $100,000 Ryan (OH)
(includes FIE) Youngstown, OH for an early childhood education
program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education University of Houston, Houston, TX for teacher $400,000 Jackson-Lee (TX)
(includes FIE) training and professional development
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education University of Nebraska--Kearney, Kearney, NE for $350,000 Smith (NE)
(includes FIE) curriculum development
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro, $165,000 Miller (NC); Coble
(includes FIE) Greensboro, NC for the ON TRACK mathematics
enrichment program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL for $250,000 Crenshaw; Brown, Corrine
(includes FIE) the Virtual School Readiness Incubator
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Upper Palmetto YMCA, Rock Hill, SC for an $225,000 Spratt
(includes FIE) environmental education program, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education USD 353, Wellington, KS, Public Schools for $250,000 Tiahrt
(includes FIE) technology upgrades and teacher training
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education USD 373, Newton, Kansas Public Schools for $250,000 Tiahrt
(includes FIE) technology upgrades
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education USD 402, Augusta, KS Public Schools for technology $250,000 Tiahrt
(includes FIE) upgrades
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education USD 446, Independence, KS Public Schools for $250,000 Tiahrt
(includes FIE) technology upgrades and teacher training
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education USD 470, Arkansas City, KS Public Schools for $250,000 Tiahrt
(includes FIE) technology upgrades, professional development and
training/technical assistance
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education USD 490, Butler County, KS for technology upgrades $250,000 Tiahrt
(includes FIE) and teacher training at the El Dorado, KS public
school system
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Wayne State University, Detroit, MI for its $300,000 Kilpatrick (MI)
(includes FIE) science, engineering, mathematics, aerospace
academy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education We Care San Jacinto, San Jacinto, CA for an $100,000 Lewis (CA)
(includes FIE) afterschool tutoring program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Western Oklahoma State College, Altus, OK for $100,000 Lucas
(includes FIE) purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Wings of Eagles, Horseheads, NY for a Regional $275,000 Massa
(includes FIE) Science, Technological, Engineering, and Math
Academy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education YMCA of Warren, Warren, OH for an after-school $100,000 Ryan (OH)
(includes FIE) program
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education Yonkers Public Schools, Yonkers, NY for Saturday $297,000 Lowey
(includes FIE) academies, music education, and teacher
professional development activities
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Department of Education Elementary & Secondary Education YWCA of the Harbor Area and South Bay, San Pedro, $300,000 Harman
(includes FIE) CA for an early childhood education program
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) AB Christian Learning Center, Ft. Worth, TX for a $175,000 Burgess
higher education resource center
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Alamo Community College, San Antonio, TX for an $200,000 Rodriguez
associates degree program for air traffic
controllers, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Albany State University, Albany, GA for a model $150,000 Bishop (GA)
program to increase the recruitment and retention
of underrepresented students in postsecondary
education
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Foundation, $100,000 Rogers (AL)
Alexander City, AL for the Gateway to Education
Scholarship program, including scholarships
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI for its Research $100,000 Moore (WI)
Center for Women and Girls, which may include
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Anne Arundel Community College, Hanover, MD for its $350,000 Ruppersberger
science, technology, engineering, and math
initiative, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Anoka Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN for $800,000 Paulsen
curriculum development in programs relating to the
medical device manufacturing industry, including
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Armstrong Atlantic State University Cyber Security $457,000 Kingston
Research Institute Foundation, Savannah, GA for
curriculum development, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT for a $250,000 Courtney
Medical Device Machine Technology Certificate
Program, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Beloit College, Beloit, WI for college scholarships $150,000 Baldwin
and college outreach and early awareness programs
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Brandeis University, Waltham, MA for science and $350,000 Markey (MA)
technology academic programs, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Brazosport College, Galveston, TX for purchase of $200,000 Paul
equipment to be used in the petrochemical and
nuclear technician training programs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, TX for curriculum $380,000 Paul
development
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Breathitt Veterinary Center, Hopkinsville, KY for $350,000 Whitfield
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA for purchase $100,000 King (IA)
of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Burcham Hills Retirement Community, East Lansing, $200,000 Rogers (MI)
MI to develop an Alzheimer's and dementia training
program, including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS for $500,000 Tiahrt
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ for curriculum $550,000 Frelinghuysen
development, including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) California Baptist University, Riverside, CA for $300,000 Calvert
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) California State University, Fullerton, CA for $350,000 Royce
curriculum development associated with the
Vietnamese language and culture program
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) California State University, Fullerton, CA for the $300,000 Royce
Center for the Advancement of Teaching and
Learning in Mathematics and Science
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) California State University, Sacramento, CA for $350,000 Matsui
equipment and technology for science laboratories
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC for an $300,000 Etheridge
initiative at its School of Pharmacy to train
underrepresented pharmacists
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Canisius College, Buffalo, NY for its science $400,000 Higgins; Lee (NY)
education program, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Castleton State College, Castleton, VT for $400,000 Welch
development of a bachelor of science in nursing
degree program
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Central Maine Community College, Auburn, ME for its $150,000 Michaud
Veterans to College Initiative to provide academic
counseling and support to veterans
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Centralia College, Centralia, WA for biotechnology $375,000 Baird
and science equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, PA for $100,000 Sestak
its Keystone Honors Academy
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) City College of San Jose, CA for its California $368,000 Honda
Construction College to train students for careers
in construction management, which may include
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR for $400,000 Schrader
education and training programs in renewable
energy fields, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Clarke College, Dubuque, IA for its Doctor of Nurse $400,000 Braley (IA)
Practitioner program, which may include equipment,
technology and scholarships
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Coahoma Community College, Clarksdale, MS for $50,000 Thompson (MS)
curricula, equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Coffeyville Community College, Coffeyville, KS for $500,000 Tiahrt
the Native American Center, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID for $200,000 Simpson
curriculum development, including the purchase of
equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA for the $100,000 McKeon
University Center Consortium, including curriculum
development
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) College Opportunity Resources for Education, $750,000 Fattah
Philadelphia, PA for college preparation and
scholarship assistance
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) College Summit-West Virginia, Dunbar, WV for a $100,000 Capito
college access initiative
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Columbia College, Columbia, SC for its Masters $200,000 Clyburn
Degree Program in Divergent Learning
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Columbus State University, Columbus, GA for a $150,000 Bishop (GA)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Creighton University, Omaha, NE for purchase of $500,000 Terry
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, $300,000 Johnson, Eddie Bernice
TX for its Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) Professions Initiative, which
may include scholarships
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Dean College, Franklin, MA for its Embedded Study $150,000 McGovern
Model Project to integrate academic support
services into curricula, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Donnelly College, Kansas City, KS for equipment and $200,000 Moore (KS)
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher, AZ for the Gila $400,000 Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Community College nursing education program, which
may include equipment and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Edmonds Community College, Lynwood, WA for $500,000 Inslee
equipment for training programs at its National
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation
Center
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL for the Health $100,000 Roskam; Foster
Careers Center of Excellence, including curriculum
development and purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA for its $325,000 Baird; Dicks; Smith (WA)
Curriculum for the Bioregion initiative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Fairleigh Dickenson University, Madison, NJ for $500,000 Frelinghuysen
curriculum development, including purchase of
equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL for $350,000 Mack
the Coastal Watershed Institute
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Ft. Hays State University, Hays, KS for purchase of $250,000 Moran (KS)
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, AL for $100,000 Rogers (AL); Aderholt
technology upgrades
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) George C. Wallace Community College, Dothan, AL for $200,000 Bright
equipment and technology to train energy
technicians for nuclear facilities
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Grace College and Theological Seminary, Winona $150,000 Souder
Lake, IN for curriculum development, including
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, $300,000 Holden
Harrisburg, PA for science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) academic
programs, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Hill College, Hillsboro, TX for vocational training $200,000 Edwards (TX)
at the Bosque County campus, which may include
equipment and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, TX for a math $350,000 Doggett
and science education initiative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS for $250,000 Moran (KS)
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Illinois Community College Trustee Association, $600,000 Hare
Springfield, IL for the Illinois Community College
Sustainability Network to promote and provide
energy education and sustainable practices
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Iowa Valley Community College District, $165,000 Latham
Marshalltown, IA for purchase of equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS for $700,000 Childers
consolidation of the Tupelo and Fulton Nursing
School Programs in order to provide additional
nursing specialists to a five-county region
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Ivy Tech Community College, Terre Haute, IN for $600,000 Ellsworth
equipment and technology for training programs at
its Advanced Manufacturing Center
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL for $250,000 Rogers (AL)
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Jewish Employment and Vocational Service (JEVS) d/b/ $165,000 Schwartz
a JEVS Human Services, Philadelphia, PA for an
associate degree program in court reporting, which
may include equipment and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC for an $400,000 Watt
Undergraduate Research Center for Electronic and
Cyber Security, which may include equipment,
technology and student financial assistance
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance $100,000 Upton
Abuse Services, Kalamazoo, MI for a nursing
distance education curriculum, including purchase
of equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI $350,000 Upton
for purchase of equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, IL for $400,000 Halvorson
renewable energy technology training programs,
which may include equipment and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Keene State College, Keene, NH for its Regional $300,000 Hodes
Center for Advanced Manufacturing Education, which
may include equipment and student financial
assistance
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Kern Community College District, Bakersfield, CA $250,000 McCarthy (CA)
for purchase of equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI for $150,000 Upton
curriculum development, including the purchase of
equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN for certificate $200,000 Oberstar
and degree programs in aviation, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Lakeshore Technical College, Cleveland, WI for $250,000 Petri
curriculum development
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) LeTourneau University, Longview, TX for purchase of $350,000 Gohmert
equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL for $350,000 Shimkus; Schock
the HIRE Education Program, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC for its Center $300,000 Watt
for Holistic Learning to provide academic and
student support services, which may include
equipment and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Long Island University, Brookville, NY for a Grow $700,000 Israel
Your Own Teacher Program providing mentoring,
education and support to high school students in
underserved areas, which may include college
scholarships
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Los Angeles City College Foundation, Los Angeles, $450,000 Becerra
CA for the Los Angeles City College nursing
program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Madisonville Community College, Madisonville, KY $100,000 Whitfield
for purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Marian University, Fond du Lac, WI for nursing $200,000 Petri
curriculum development
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Maricopa County Community College District, Mesa, $100,000 Mitchell
AZ for health professions training
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, $300,000 Mitchell
AZ for its East Valley Veterans Education Center
to enable veterans to enroll in and complete
postsecondary education, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, $300,000 Pastor (AZ)
AZ for the Bilingual Nursing Program at South
Mountain Community College, which may include
stipends
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Marshall University Research Corporation, $300,000 Rahall
Huntington, WV for equipment and technology for
advanced maritime training
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY for $400,000 Maloney
academic programs at the Geraldine Farraro Center
for Educational Excellence in Science, Technology,
and Math, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Marymount University, Arlington, VA for science $200,000 Moran (VA)
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Maryville College, Maryville, TN for an $300,000 Duncan
experiential science education program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO for $200,000 DeGette
equipment and technology for its accredited
aviation training program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Mid-America Christian University, Oklahoma City, OK $485,000 Cole
for teacher training programs, including purchase
of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN $450,000 Gordon (TN)
for a STEM education teacher training initiative,
which may include stipends
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Midland Independent School District, Midland, TX $350,000 Conaway
for teacher training
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS $400,000 Thompson (MS)
for an initiative to prepare undergraduate
students for professional medical education, which
may include equipment, technology and scholarships
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY for an $275,000 Massa
Academy for Veterans' Success to provide academic,
career counseling, and support services to
veterans
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY to $325,000 Lee (NY)
establish a medical laboratory technician program,
including curriculum development and purchase of
equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI for a $200,000 Dingell
Nuclear Engineering Technology Program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Mount Union College, Alliance, OH for engineering $100,000 Boccieri
and technology programs, which may include
curricula, faculty, equipment, technology and
student support
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Neumann College, Aston, PA for pharmacy education $200,000 Sestak; Gerlach
programs, which may include equipment and
technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Nevada State College, Henderson, NV for nursing $400,000 Titus
education programs, which may include equipment
and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) New College, Sarasota, FL for digital collections $100,000 Buchanan
at the Jane Bancroft Cook Library
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, NM for its $300,000 Teague
Native American Criminal Justice Program, which
may include student scholarships
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Niagara Community College, Sanborn, NY for $100,000 Slaughter
equipment and technology for training programs in
hospitality and tourism
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY for $275,000 Lee (NY)
information technology upgrades
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) North Arkansas College, Harrison, AR for an $250,000 Boozman
education technology initiative, including
purchase of equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA for a $400,000 Tierney
veterans education and job training program, which
may include scholarships and stipends
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA for $400,000 Kanjorski
programmatic support of its Monroe County campus,
which may include equipment and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Northern Kentucky University Foundation, Highland $350,000 Davis (KY)
Heights, KY for purchase of equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA $500,000 Connolly (VA)
for a health information management program
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Northwestern Connecticut Community College, $350,000 Larson (CT)
Winsted, CT for an associate degree nursing
program, which may include equipment and
technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK for a $450,000 Boren
wildlife management technician program, which may
include equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL for $150,000 Klein (FL); Wexler
education and training programs in emerging
industries at its Institute for Energy, which may
include equipment and technology
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL for $350,000 Hastings (FL)
equipment and technology for student technology
and communication programs at its Belle Glade
campus
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FL for $300,000 Putnam
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Portland Community College, Portland, OR for $350,000 Wu; Blumenauer; Schrader
education and training programs in renewable
energy and emerging industries, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, AR $500,000 Snyder
for library improvements, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Richland Community College, Decatur, IL for $200,000 Schock; Hare
curriculum development in its bioenergy and
bioprocessing degree programs
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA $600,000 Calvert
for curriculum development
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Rockford College, Rockford, IL for technology $250,000 Manzullo
upgrades
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, NJ, for $500,000 Andrews
its public interest legal program, which may
include scholarships and fellowships, a public
interest summer externship program, its Marshall
Brennan Program, and pro bono legal services
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Salve Regina University, Newport, RI for equipment $500,000 Kennedy
and technology at its Blackstone Valley learning
center and Newport campus
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA $350,000 Speier
for a competency-based early childhood education
and training initiative, which may include
equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX for training $400,000 Green, Gene
programs in the maritime and energy industries,
which may include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) San Jose State University Research Foundation, San $220,000 Lofgren, Zoe
Jose, CA for an interdisciplinary Center for
Global Innovation and Immigration, including
curricula development and student research
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) San Luis Obispo County Community College District, $350,000 McCarthy (CA)
San Luis Obispo, CA for purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) San Mateo County Community College District, San $350,000 Speier
Mateo, CA for the University Center Consortium
initiative to expand academic programs and the
number of students pursuing postsecondary
education
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL for a clinical $450,000 Stearns; Brown, Corrine
laboratory sciences program, including curriculum
development and purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Seattle University, Seattle, WA for the Fostering $500,000 Reichert; McDermott
Scholars Program, including scholarships
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Southeast Missouri State University, Cape $500,000 Emerson
Girardeau, MO for technology upgrades
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, $200,000 Shimkus
Edwardsville, IL for purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL for $400,000 Costello
equipment and technology upgrades
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Southern Queens Park Association, Jamaica, NY for $350,000 Meeks (NY)
its Young Adults College Access & Preparedness
Program, in partnership with Bard College and
local high schools, to expand college access,
retention and graduation for youth and young
adults
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Southern Union Community College, Wadley, AL for $100,000 Rogers (AL)
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Special Education District of McHenry County, $100,000 Manzullo
Woodstock, IL for the Pathways Program
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI $100,000 Miller (MI)
for curriculum development
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY for its Project $650,000 Clarke; King (NY); Towns
Access initiative, which may include equipment and
technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, NY for equipment $400,000 Towns
and technology for science laboratories, smart
classrooms and distance learning
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD $600,000 Hoyer
for science laboratory and information technology
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI for an initiative $400,000 Kagen
to prepare students in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) fields, which may
include equipment and technology
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ for equipment $300,000 Sires; Rothman (NJ)
and technology for smart classrooms
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL for a $300,000 Young (FL)
healthcare informatics program, including
curriculum development and purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL for a $300,000 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln; Meek (FL); Ros-
science and technology teacher training program in Lehtinen; Wasserman Schultz
conjunction with the Miami-Dade County Public
School System
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA for purchase of $150,000 Murphy, Tim
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL for equipment $550,000 Lipinski
and technology for a media center, library and
distance learning programs
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) St. Xavier University, Orland Park, IL for the $500,000 Biggert
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Education Center, including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, $500,000 Lee (NY)
NY for purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL for $200,000 Crenshaw
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center, $245,000 Carter
Georgetown, TX for life science programs,
including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Texas State Technical College, Waco, TX for its $100,000 Edwards (TX)
Career Paths for Veterans project
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Texas State University, San Marcos, TX for nursing $1,000,000 Carter
curriculum development, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, MO $215,000 Emerson
for an education technology initiative
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC for the $500,000 Brown (SC); Clyburn
nursing education program, which may include
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Trine University, Angola, IN for curriculum $340,000 Souder
development
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Union County College, Cranford, NJ for curriculum $400,000 Lance; Payne
development
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ for the $500,000 Grijalva
Disability Resource Center to provide instruction
and support to disabled veterans to ensure
academic success, which may include equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, $365,000 Larson (CT)
CT for a Center for Energy and Environmental Law
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Guam, Mangilao, GU for development, $300,000 Bordallo
in conjunction with the Guam Public School System
and Guam Community College, of a K-16 educational
program to provide a seamless pathway for college
and careers
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA for the $12,602,000 Markey (MA)
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate, which
may include support for an endowment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Minnesota, Crookston, MN for its $500,000 Peterson
Center for Rural Entrepreneurial Studies, which
may include equipment, technology and student
support
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH for its $450,000 Shea-Porter
National Center on Inclusive Education for
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and
Related Disabilities
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of New Haven, Waterbury, CT for $350,000 DeLauro
equipment and technology for the Henry C. Lee
Institute of Forensic Science Learning Center
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of New Mexico-Taos, NM for equipment and $450,000 Lujan
technology for distance education programs
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, $770,000 Wamp
Chattanooga, TN for the Center for Leadership in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Education, including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX for a $300,000 Gohmert
science, technology, engineering and math
initiative, including purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Virginia, Wise, VA for installation $150,000 Boucher
of a Voice Over Internet Protocol telephone system
and demonstration activities through its Emerging
Technologies Learning Center
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) University of Washington, Bothell, WA for a nursing $200,000 Inslee; McDermott
faculty consortium training program, which may
include scholarships
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Valley City State University, Valley City, ND for $400,000 Pomeroy
science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) workshops, courses, certificates and
programs to increase undergraduate and graduate
participation in STEM programs
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA for a teacher $350,000 Rohrabacher
training initiative, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Wayne State College, Norfolk, NE for equipment at $100,000 Fortenberry
the South Sioux City College Center
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT $100,000 Bishop (UT); Matheson
for curriculum development
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Western Kentucky Community and Technical College, $250,000 Whitfield
Paducah, KY for purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY for $500,000 Guthrie
purchase of equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Wharton County Jr. College, Wharton, TX for $220,000 Paul
curriculum development to train students for work
in the nuclear power industry
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC for its Focusing $350,000 Spratt
on Collegiate Undergraduate Success initiative to
enhance residential learning and academic support
services for students
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA for $300,000 Platts
facilities and equipment
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Department of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH for its $200,000 Ryan (OH)
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Project to
integrate SEL theory and techniques into the
College of Education curricula and for evaluation
activities
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & AbilityFirst, Pasadena, CA for programs to provide $100,000 Schiff
Disability Research employment assistance for individuals with
disabilities
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Best Buddies Maryland, Baltimore, MD for mentoring $300,000 Hoyer
Disability Research programs for persons with intellectual
disabilities
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Best Buddies Massachusetts, Boston, MA for $70,000 Capuano
Disability Research mentoring programs in the 8th Congressional
district for persons with intellectual
disabilities
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Best Buddies Virginia, Falls Church, VA for $250,000 Moran (VA)
Disability Research mentoring programs for persons with intellectual
disabilities
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Best Buddies, San Francisco, CA for mentoring $250,000 Pelosi
Disability Research programs for persons with intellectual
disabilities
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL for a $600,000 Foster
Disability Research training program to prepare instructors to work
with visually impaired veterans, which may include
scholarships
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Opportunity Enterprises, Inc., Valparaiso, IN for $150,000 Visclosky
Disability Research its adult day program, which may include equipment
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Southern California Rehabilitation Services, $100,000 Roybal-Allard
Disability Research Downey, CA for computer and Internet training for
individuals with disabilities, which may include
equipment
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Southside Training, Employment and Placement $300,000 Perriello
Disability Research Services, Inc., Farmville, VA for training,
employment services, and placement assistance for
persons with disabilities, which may include
equipment
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Special Olympics of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI for $200,000 Kennedy
Disability Research delivering programs and promoting physical fitness
among individuals with disabilities
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Vocational Guidance Services--Painesville Center, $100,000 LaTourette
Disability Research Painesville, OH for the Training Enhancements
Promoting Jobs for Ohioans with Disabilities
project
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Department of Education Rehabilitation Services & Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, $150,000 Baldwin
Disability Research Inc., Madison, WI for its Increase Vets'
Independence Initiative to provide independent
living services to disabled veterans
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and County of Contra Costa, Martinez, CA for an $350,000 Tauscher; McNerney
Families (ACF)--Child Abuse initiative for children and adolescents exposed to
Prevention domestic violence
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Douglas County C.A.R.E.S., Roseburg, OR for the $300,000 DeFazio
Families (ACF)--Child Abuse Kids in Common program to provide services to
Prevention abused and neglected children
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Marcus Autism Center, Atlanta, GA for an autism $300,000 Kingston; Barrow; Bishop (GA); Lewis (GA)
Families (ACF)--Child Abuse initiative
Prevention
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and University of California, Merced/The Great Valley $300,000 Cardoza
Families (ACF)--Child Abuse Center, Merced, CA for child abuse prevention
Prevention education services
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Asian Pacific Women, Los Angeles, CA for a domestic $50,000 Schiff
Families (ACF)--Social Services violence prevention and education initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Barry University, Miami Shores, FL for the Center $300,000 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln; Meek (FL)
Families (ACF)--Social Services for Community Services Initiatives
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Beth El House, Alexandria, VA for housing and $200,000 Moran (VA)
Families (ACF)--Social Services social services to formerly homeless single
mothers and their families
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Bethany House, Laredo, TX for equipment and job $230,000 Cuellar
Families (ACF)--Social Services training resources to help the unemployed find
gainful employment
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Bethel's Place, Houston, TX for the Heavenly Hands $100,000 Green, Al
Families (ACF)--Social Services community project
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Beyond Shelter, Los Angeles, CA for a crisis $400,000 Waters
Families (ACF)--Social Services intervention demonstration project
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Chabad of South Bay, Lomita, CA for a project to $370,000 Harman
Families (ACF)--Social Services improve services for youth and families in crisis
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Health $500,000 Nye
Families (ACF)--Social Services System, Norfolk, VA for a comprehensive program to
treat abused children
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and City of Bellevue, WA for the Wrap-Around Services $375,000 Reichert
Families (ACF)--Social Services program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and City of Emeryville, CA for early childhood $250,000 Lee (CA)
Families (ACF)--Social Services development, counseling, and related services
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and City of Ft. Worth, TX for the Early Childhood $425,000 Burgess
Families (ACF)--Social Services Matters Initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and City of Norwich, CT for services to pregnant and $85,000 Courtney
Families (ACF)--Social Services parenting adolescents and their families
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and City of San Jose, CA for a pilot program to $284,000 Honda
Families (ACF)--Social Services evaluate and assess the Smart Start childcare
model
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Council of Peoples Organization, Brooklyn, NY for $150,000 Weiner
Families (ACF)--Social Services the Community Youth Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Easter Seals of Southern Georgia, Albany, GA for $100,000 Bishop (GA)
Families (ACF)--Social Services respite services for children who are
developmentally disabled, have autism, or are
medically fragile
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Eva's Place, Sandusky, MI for domestic violence $200,000 Miller (MI)
Families (ACF)--Social Services service programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and First 5 Alameda County, San Leandro, CA for its $500,000 Stark
Families (ACF)--Social Services children's screening, assessment, referral, and
treatment initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Glenwood School for Boys and Girls, Glenwood, IL $350,000 Jackson (IL)
Families (ACF)--Social Services for housing support and educational and social
skills development programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, $100,000 Murphy (CT)
Families (ACF)--Social Services Inc., New Britain, CT for teen pregnancy
prevention services
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Gregory House Programs, Honolulu, HI for a $100,000 Abercrombie
Families (ACF)--Social Services comprehensive homelessness prevention program for
people living with HIV/AIDS
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Homeless Prenatal Program, San Francisco CA for $400,000 Pelosi
Families (ACF)--Social Services case management and supportive services
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Hope Institute for Children and Families, $100,000 Shimkus
Families (ACF)--Social Services Springfield, IL for facilities and equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Horizons for Homeless Children, Roxbury, MA for $630,000 Capuano
Families (ACF)--Social Services programs for homeless children
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County, Inc., $50,000 Arcuri
Families (ACF)--Social Services Ithaca, NY for 2-1-1 Tompkins to provide access to
social services
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Huron County Safe Place, Bad Axe, MI for domestic $150,000 Miller (MI)
Families (ACF)--Social Services violence service programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Jewish Community Council of Canarsie, Brooklyn, NY $300,000 Towns
Families (ACF)--Social Services for services for at-risk Holocaust survivors
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Lapeer Area Citizens Against Domestic Assault, $200,000 Miller (MI)
Families (ACF)--Social Services Lapeer, MI for domestic violence service programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Larkin Street Youth Services, San Francisco, CA for $300,000 Pelosi
Families (ACF)--Social Services homeless and runaway youth services
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and LifeStyles of Maryland, Inc., La Plata, MD for its $60,000 Hoyer
Families (ACF)--Social Services Safe Nights Program for homeless and disadvantaged
populations
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Little Friends, Inc., Naperville, IL for an autism $200,000 Biggert
Families (ACF)--Social Services initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Make the Road New York, Jackson Heights, NY for $300,000 Crowley
Families (ACF)--Social Services support services for low-income and working
families
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Minot State University, Minot, ND for its Great $300,000 Pomeroy
Families (ACF)--Social Services Plains Autism Treatment Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Monterey County Probation Department, Salinas, CA $750,000 Farr
Families (ACF)--Social Services for the Silver Star Gang Prevention and
Intervention Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Montgomery County Department of Health and Human $200,000 Edwards (MD)
Families (ACF)--Social Services Services, Rockville, MD for community based
service delivery and outreach
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and National Energy Assistance Directors' Association, $200,000 DeLauro
Families (ACF)--Social Services Washington, DC for research and information
dissemination related to the Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and North Ward Center, Newark, NJ for comprehensive $400,000 Sires
Families (ACF)--Social Services services for people with autism spectrum disorders
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Pathways PA, Holmes, PA for services for pregnant $150,000 Sestak
Families (ACF)--Social Services and parenting teens
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Pierce County Alliance, Tacoma, WA for a program to $150,000 Dicks
Families (ACF)--Social Services expedite the permanent placement of child victims
of parental abuse or neglect
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Polaris Project, Washington, DC for the New Jersey $250,000 Smith (NJ)
Families (ACF)--Social Services Trafficking Intervention Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, MD for a $165,000 Van Hollen; Edwards (MD)
Families (ACF)--Social Services program for transition aged youth
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Safe Horizons, Port Huron, MI for domestic violence $200,000 Miller (MI)
Families (ACF)--Social Services service programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Salvation Army San Bernardino Center for Worship $160,000 Lewis (CA)
Families (ACF)--Social Services and Service, San Bernardino, CA for the Support
Family Services Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Santa Clara Family Health Plan, Campbell, CA for a $300,000 Honda
Families (ACF)--Social Services program to transfer medically fragile and severely
developmentally disabled individuals from an
institutional setting
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and SingleStop USA, San Francisco, CA for a program to $100,000 Pelosi
Families (ACF)--Social Services increase low-income households' access to social
services
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children, $400,000 Holt
Families (ACF)--Social Services Bridgewater, NJ for a transitional/permanent
housing program for youth who have aged out of
foster care
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center, East $250,000 Emerson
Families (ACF)--Social Services Prairie, MO to assist at-risk youth and their
families
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL for the West $355,000 Bonner
Families (ACF)--Social Services Alabama Autism Outreach Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO for $280,000 Skelton
Families (ACF)--Social Services services for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and University of Toledo, Toledo, OH for services for $500,000 Kaptur
Families (ACF)--Social Services persons with autism and research on autism
spectrum disorders
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Wayne County Department of Children and Family $150,000 Conyers; Kilpatrick
Families (ACF)--Social Services Services, Detroit, MI for the Kids-TALK forensic
interviewing project
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Wynona's House, Newark, NJ for multicultural $300,000 Payne
Families (ACF)--Social Services psychotherapeutic interventions for child victims
of sexual abuse
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and YWCA of Monterey County, Monterey, CA for expansion $250,000 Farr
Families (ACF)--Social Services of direct services and prevention programs to
combat domestic and gang violence
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Catholic Charities Hawaii, Honolulu, HI for an $400,000 Abercrombie
independent living demonstration project
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL for wellness $475,000 Quigley
services for seniors
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) City of Fremont, CA for training, coordination, and $150,000 Stark
outreach to address the needs of seniors
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) City of Long Beach, CA for a program to coordinate $100,000 Richardson
senior services and activities within the region
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) County of Ventura, CA for an elder abuse prevention $654,000 Gallegly
and treatment program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Family Caregiver Alliance, San Francisco, CA for a $500,000 Pelosi
National Resource Center on Family Caregiving
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Jewish Family and Children's Service of $250,000 Paulsen; Ellison
Minneapolis, Minnetonka, MN for the Family
Caregiver Access Network Demonstration Project
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey, $300,000 Lance; Sires
Elizabeth, NJ for an aging-in-place demonstration
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, West $200,000 Peters
Bloomfield, MI for a family caregiver services
development project
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and $225,000 Lance
Warren Counties, Somerville, NJ for an aging-in-
place demonstration
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Mosaic-Garden City Agency, Garden City, KS for the $350,000 Moran (KS)
Legacy Senior Services initiative to provide
services to seniors with intellectual or
developmental disabilities or Alzheimer's disease
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) NORC Supportive Services Center, Inc., New York, NY $500,000 Nadler (NY)
for a program to provide medical products and
services to seniors
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Rebuilding Together, Inc., Washington, DC for the $350,000 Hoyer
Safe at Home falls prevention initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL for $100,000 Young (FL)
a demonstration program to educate seniors on
economic issues
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, Paramus, NJ $200,000 Garrett (NJ); Pascrell; Rothman (NJ)
for an-aging-in place program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) United Jewish Communities of MetroWestNJ, Whippany, $100,000 Pascrell
NJ for the Lifelong Involvement for Vital Elders
independent aging demonstration program
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Department of Health & Human Services Administration on Aging (AOA) Westminster Village, Allentown, PA for the $225,000 Dent
Demential Leadership Initiative Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Access Community Health Network, Chicago, IL for a $200,000 Jackson (IL); Schakowski
Prevention (CDC) program to reduce cancer disparities through
comprehensive early detection
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Alameda County Department of Public Health, Office $300,000 Lee (CA)
Prevention (CDC) of AIDS, Oakland, CA for an HIV/AIDS prevention
and testing initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, $100,000 Lynch
Prevention (CDC) Boston, MA for a comprehensive program to review
antibiotic resistance trends, interventions, and
prevention methods, including a public information
campaign
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN for a $200,000 Walz
Prevention (CDC) heart disease prevention program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and American Red Cross, San Juan, PR for testing the $400,000 Pierluisi
Prevention (CDC) Puerto Rico blood supply for the dengue virus
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Betty Jean Kerr Peoples Health Center, St. Louis, $150,000 Clay
Prevention (CDC) MO for the prostate cancer screening program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Broward County, Ft. Lauderdale, FL for a pediatric $275,000 Hastings (FL)
Prevention (CDC) mortality public awareness campaign
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Children's Health Fund, New York, NY for health $100,000 Rangel
Prevention (CDC) assessments, outreach, and education services for
children and their families
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and City of Laredo, TX for a community health $200,000 Cuellar
Prevention (CDC) assessment
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and County of Marin, San Rafael, CA for research and $200,000 Woolsey
Prevention (CDC) analysis related to breast cancer incidence and
mortality in the county and breast cancer
screening
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Dillard University, New Orleans, LA for facilities $300,000 Cao
Prevention (CDC) and equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and East Carolina University, Greenville, NC for a $400,000 Butterfield
Prevention (CDC) program to reduce health disparities through
chronic disease management
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and El Puente, Inc., Brooklyn, NY for a youth and $500,000 Velazquez
Prevention (CDC) family wellness program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Pittsburgh, PA $100,000 Murphy, Tim
Prevention (CDC) for the Center for Compassionate Care Education
Outreach program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus $50,000 Moran (VA)
Prevention (CDC) Foundation, Lake Success, NY for glaucoma
screenings in Northern Virginia
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Ft. Valley State University, Ft. Valley, GA for a $100,000 Bishop (GA)
Prevention (CDC) food and nutrition education program (EFNEP) aimed
at curbing obesity, particularly among young
minorities
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Inc., $300,000 Meek (FL)
Prevention (CDC) Miami, FL for cancer education, outreach,
screening, and related programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, $100,000 Israel
Prevention (CDC) Huntington, NY for providing services and programs
to underserved populations on how to reduce the
risks of cancer
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Inland Northwest Health Services, Spokane, WA for a $350,000 McMorris Rodgers
Prevention (CDC) public health surveillance initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and International Rett Syndrome Foundation, Cincinnati, $180,000 Hoyer
Prevention (CDC) OH for education and awareness programs regarding
Rett Syndrome
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Iowa Chronic Care Consortium/Des Moines University, $200,000 Latham; Boswell
Prevention (CDC) Des Moines, IA for a preventive health initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Iowa State University, Ames, IA for facilities and $1,000,000 Latham
Prevention (CDC) equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Latino Health Access, Santa Ana, CA for a youth $150,000 Sanchez, Loretta
Prevention (CDC) obesity prevention program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Lupus LA, Los Angeles, CA for increasing public $250,000 Roybal-Allard
Prevention (CDC) awareness of lupus
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Mario Lemieux Foundation, Bridgeville, PA for the $100,000 Murphy, Tim
Prevention (CDC) Hodgkin's Disease Patient and Public Education
Outreach Initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA $350,000 Scalise
Prevention (CDC) for continuation and expansion of the CARE network
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN $400,000 Gordon (TN)
Prevention (CDC) for a program to improve the physical fitness of
children and adolescents in Middle Tennessee
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD for a $200,000 Cummings
Prevention (CDC) program to understand the social determinants and
the impact of health disparities on the health of
urban and underserved populations
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and National Marfan Foundation, Port Washington, NY for $250,000 Ackerman
Prevention (CDC) an awareness and education campaign for Marfan
Syndrome
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, NV for cancer $400,000 Berkley; Titus
Prevention (CDC) education and outreach services
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and New York Junior Tennis League, Woodside, NY for a $250,000 Crowley
Prevention (CDC) childhood obesity program for high-risk youth from
low-income families
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Padres Contra El Cancer, Los Angeles, CA for $250,000 Berman
Prevention (CDC) educational resources and outreach programs to
serve families with children with cancer
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, Kansas City, $100,000 Wasserman Schultz
Prevention (CDC) MO for developing education and awareness programs
about chronic kidney disease
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevent Blindness Florida, Tampa, FL for the See $200,000 Bilirakis; Boyd; Grayson
Prevention (CDC) the Difference Vision Screening Program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago, IL for an $100,000 Gutierrez; Quigley
Prevention (CDC) HIV/AIDS outreach and education program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Pulmonary Hypertension Association, Silver Spring, $250,000 Brady (TX)
Prevention (CDC) MD for a pulmonary hypertension prevention and
awareness initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, San $500,000 Gonzalez
Prevention (CDC) Antonio, TX for a program to assess the health
behaviors of the Kelly community and address
health issues such as lead poisoning, asthma, and
indoor pollutants
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, NY $300,000 McCarthy (NY)
Prevention (CDC) for comprehensive Diamond Blackfan Anemia
awareness and surveillance
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Shelby County Community Services, Memphis, TN for $200,000 Cohen
Prevention (CDC) an infant mortality prevention and education
program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Silent Spring Institute, Newton, MA for studies of $350,000 Delahunt
Prevention (CDC) the impact of environmental pollutants on breast
cancer and women's health
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council, Columbia, SC for $200,000 Clyburn
Prevention (CDC) an HIV/AIDS prevention program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Texas AgriLife Extension Service, College Station, $300,000 Granger
Prevention (CDC) TX for a youth obesity prevention initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Texas Tech University Health Science Center, $200,000 Conaway
Prevention (CDC) Lubbock, TX for the West Texas Center for
Influenza Research, Education and Treatment
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Thundermist Health Center, Woonsocket, RI for the $200,000 Kennedy
Prevention (CDC) active teen challenge project to reduce childhood
obesity
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and UMOS, Inc., Milwaukee, WI for a teen pregnancy and $100,000 Moore (WI)
Prevention (CDC) sexually transmitted infections prevention program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM for a $350,000 Heinrich
Prevention (CDC) prevention program aimed at reducing diabetes-
related heart and blood vessel diseases in New
Mexico
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, $500,000 Green, Al; Jackson-Lee (TX)
Prevention (CDC) Houston, TX for a comprehensive cancer control
program to address the needs of minority and
medically underserved populations
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX for $250,000 Hinojosa
Prevention (CDC) research and education activities at the South
Texas Border Health Disparities Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Public $300,000 Moore (WI)
Prevention (CDC) Health, Milwaukee, WI for a healthy birth outcomes
program
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Valentine Boys and Girls Club of Chicago, Chicago, $150,000 Lipinski
Prevention (CDC) IL for a health and physical education program to
prevent obesity and promote healthy development
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Visiting Nurses Association, Council Bluffs, IA for $350,000 King (IA)
Prevention (CDC) a telehealth initiative, including purchase of
equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Watts Healthcare Corporation, Los Angeles, CA for a $250,000 Sanchez, Linda
Prevention (CDC) project to improve breastfeeding rates
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Bi-State Primary Care Association, Montpelier, VT $100,000 Welch
Services (CMS)--Research & to treat uninsured patients
Demonstration
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid County of Ventura Health Care Agency, Ventura, CA $200,000 Capps
Services (CMS)--Research & for Medicaid enrollment programs
Demonstration
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Fond du Lac County, WI for the Save a Smile Program $400,000 Petri
Services (CMS)--Research &
Demonstration
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA for $100,000 Doyle
Services (CMS)--Research & program to increase involvement of pharmacists in
Demonstration chronic disease management
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid PACE Greater New Orleans, New Orleans, LA for $500,000 Alexander; Cao
Services (CMS)--Research & facilities and equipment
Demonstration
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Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Patient Advocate Foundation, Newport News, VA for a $300,000 Scott (VA)
Services (CMS)--Research & patient assistance program for the uninsured
Demonstration
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, IL for $70,000 Bean
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest, IL $300,000 Jackson (IL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Advocates for a Healthy Community, Inc., $250,000 Blunt
Administration (HRSA)--Health Springfield, MO for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH for facilities $250,000 LaTourette
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc., $500,000 Moran (VA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Alexandria, VA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Alivio Medical Center, Chicago, IL for facilities $600,000 Gutierrez
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment for a community health center in
Facilities and Services Cicero, IL
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL for $350,000 Bilirakis
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton, IL for facilities $250,000 Costello
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services American Oncologic Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer $1,000,000 Hoyer
Administration (HRSA)--Health Center, Philadelphia, PA for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment for the American Russian Cancer Alliance
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Anchorage, AK $100,000 Young (AK)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Angelina College, Lufkin, TX for purchase of $200,000 Gohmert
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Arcadia Methodist Hospital, Arcadia, CA for an $750,000 Dreier
Administration (HRSA)--Health electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, Paragould, AR $100,000 Berry
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Ashtabula County Council on Aging, Inc., dba $250,000 LaTourette
Administration (HRSA)--Health Ashtabula Senior Center, Ashtabula, OH for
Facilities and Services facilities and equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Asian Health Services, Oakland, CA for facilities $275,000 Lee (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Association for Utah Community Health, Salt Lake $350,000 Matheson
Administration (HRSA)--Health City, UT for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Athol Memorial Hospital, Athol, MA for facilities $250,000 Olver
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ for $750,000 Frelinghuysen
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, NJ for facilities $200,000 LoBiondo
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Avis Goodwin Community Health Center, Dover, NH for $100,000 Shea-Porter
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation, Pomona, NJ $250,000 LoBiondo
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bacon County Hospital, Alma, GA for facilities and $993,000 Kingston
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Baltimore Medical System, Baltimore, MD for $250,000 Sarbanes
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the Highlandtown
Facilities and Services Health Living Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX $200,000 Poe (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, OH for $600,000 Wilson (OH)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bassett Hospital of Schoharie County dba Cobleskill $350,000 Tonko
Administration (HRSA)--Health Regional Hospital, Cobleskill, NY for facilities
Facilities and Services and equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bay Regional Medical Center, Bay City, MI for $350,000 Kildee
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services BayCare Health System, Clearwater, FL for $1,000,000 Young (FL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, Montpelier, ID for $300,000 Simpson
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Ben Archer Health Center, Hatch, NM for facilities $300,000 Teague
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Benefis Health System, Great Falls, MT for $500,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Billings Clinic, Billings, MT for a rural health $250,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health outreach program, including purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services BioInnovation Institute of Akron, Akron, OH for $600,000 Sutton; LaTourett; Ryan (OH)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bisbee Hospital Association, Bisbee, AZ for $400,000 Giffords
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA for facilities $500,000 Markey (MA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment for the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro
Facilities and Services Ambulatory Care Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bothwell Region Health Center, Sedalia, MO for $370,000 Skelton
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI for $500,000 Kennedy
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health $400,000 Schauer
Administration (HRSA)--Health Agency, Coldwater, MI for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services for a Hillsdale public health dental clinic
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bronx Regional Health Information Organization, $310,000 Engel
Administration (HRSA)--Health Bronx, NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY for $600,000 Serrano
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, $150,000 Bishop (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Patchogue, NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Brownsville Community Development Corporation, $400,000 Clarke
Administration (HRSA)--Health Brooklyn, NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation, Huntington, $650,000 Rahall
Administration (HRSA)--Health WV for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Calhoun Liberty Hospital, Blountstown, FL for $450,000 Boyd
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services California State University Channel Islands, $195,000 Gallegly
Administration (HRSA)--Health Camarillo, CA for nursing curriculum development,
Facilities and Services including purchase of equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services California State University San Bernardino, San $100,000 Bono Mack
Administration (HRSA)--Health Bernardino, CA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services California State University, Bakersfield, CA for $150,000 McCarthy (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services California State University, Long Beach, Department $200,000 Rohrabacher
Administration (HRSA)--Health of Nursing, Long Beach, CA for nursing programs
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Camillus House, Inc., Miami, FL for facilities and $500,000 Ros-Lehtinen; Diaz-Balart, Mario; Meek (FL);
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment Wasserman Schultz
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Caritas Christi Health Care, Boston, MA for $400,000 Lynch
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for Carney Hospital,
Facilities and Services Dorchester, MA
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Caroline's Room/Community Foundation of Greater New $300,000 DeLauro
Administration (HRSA)--Health Haven, New Haven, CT for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, NY for $300,000 Hinchey
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD), Libby, $350,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health MT for an asbestos surveillance initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Central Suffolk Hospital dba Peconic Bay Medical $100,000 Bishop (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Center, Riverhead, NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Central Washington Hospital, Wenatchee, WA for $600,000 Hastings (WA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center, New Hartford, $250,000 Arcuri
Administration (HRSA)--Health NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Chicago Family Health Project, Chicago, IL for $250,000 Jackson (IL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Chickaloon Native Village, Chickaloon, AK for $250,000 Young (AK)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Child Protection Center, Sarasota, FL for $150,000 Buchanan
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Childersburg Medical Clinic Board, Childersburg, AL $200,000 Rogers (AL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment at the Regional
Facilities and Services Diabetic Care and Advanced Wound Care Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, St. $675,000 McCollum
Administration (HRSA)--Health Paul, MN for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Health $200,000 Forbes
Administration (HRSA)--Health System, Chesapeake, VA for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, $250,000 Wittman
Administration (HRSA)--Health Norfolk, VA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO for facilities and $225,000 Perlmutter
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, $450,000 Paulsen
Administration (HRSA)--Health Minneapolis, MN for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Children's Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA $600,000 Doyle
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL for $380,000 Bean; Gutierrez; Jackson (IL); Quigley
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, CA for facilities $350,000 Pelosi
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services CHOICE Regional Health Network, Olympia, WA for $115,000 Smith (WA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health rural health outreach
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services CHRISTUS Health St. Francis Cabrini Hospital, $400,000 Alexander
Administration (HRSA)--Health Alexandria, LA for an electronic medical records
Facilities and Services initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services CHRISTUS Health System, Shreveport, LA for a rural $350,000 Alexander
Administration (HRSA)--Health health initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH for $500,000 Driehaus
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Citizens for a Fair Ferndale, Hazel Park, MI for $150,000 Levin
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for Ferndale Free Clinic
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services City of Bethlehem, PA for facilities and equipment $100,000 Dent
Administration (HRSA)--Health
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services City of Hopewell, VA for facilities and equipment $257,000 Forbes
Administration (HRSA)--Health
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services City of New Orleans, LA for facilities and $450,000 Cao
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment associated with replacement of Methodist
Facilities and Services Hospital
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services City of Philadelphia, PA for facilities and $535,000 Schwartz
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment for electronic health records
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services City of Springville, AL for facilities and $250,000 Bachus
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services City of Sumter, SC for facilities and equipment for $250,000 Clyburn; Spratt
Administration (HRSA)--Health Central Carolina Technical College
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services City of Vineland, NJ for facilities and equipment $300,000 LoBiondo
Administration (HRSA)--Health
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Clarian Health and Riley Hospital for Children, $400,000 Buyer
Administration (HRSA)--Health Indianapolis, IN for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN for facilities and $200,000 Carson (IN)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Clayton County Board of Commissioners, Jonesboro, $350,000 Scott (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health GA for facilities and equipment for Alzheimer's
Facilities and Services Disease services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Clinica Family Health Services, Lafayette, CO for $250,000 Polis
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Clinica Sierra Vista, Bakersfield, CA for $550,000 Costa
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc., Brawley, CA for $400,000 Filner
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Clinics of Hope, USA, Knoxville, TN for facilities $200,000 Duncan
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Coastal Bend College, Beeville, TX for facilities $220,000 Hinojosa
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Coastal Medical Access Project, Brunswick, GA for $100,000 Kingston
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Cobb County Government, Marietta, GA for facilities $500,000 Gingrey (GA); Scott (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD $450,000 Sarbanes
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment for the school of
Facilities and Services pharmacy
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD for $400,000 Hoyer
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN for health $600,000 McCollum
Administration (HRSA)--Health professions training
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN for a rural $350,000 Oberstar
Administration (HRSA)--Health health technology project
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Collier County, FL for a health care access network $600,000 Diaz-Balart, Mario
Administration (HRSA)--Health for the uninsured, including purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Colorado State University--Pueblo, Pueblo, CO for $300,000 Salazar
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the Nursing Education
Facilities and Services program
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO for $500,000 Markey (CO)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for a biocontainment
Facilities and Services training facility
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Columbus Community Hospital, Columbus, WI for $500,000 Baldwin
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Columbus County Department of Aging and Adult $450,000 McIntyre
Administration (HRSA)--Health Services, Whiteville, NC for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, IN for $500,000 Hill
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Care Services, Taunton, MA for facilities $200,000 Frank (MA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Health Alliance of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA $100,000 Schiff
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Health Center of Franklin County, Inc., $200,000 Olver
Administration (HRSA)--Health Turners Falls, MA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Health Development, Inc., Uvalde, TX for $600,000 Rodriguez
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Health Integrated Partnership, Inc., Glen $500,000 Hoyer; Kratovil; Ruppersberger; Sarbanes
Administration (HRSA)--Health Burnie, MD for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Health Service Agency, Greenville, TX for $300,000 Hall (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Hospital Association, Inc., Fairfax, MO $500,000 Graves
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Medical Center, Missoula, MT for $500,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ for $400,000 Adler (NJ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Cooper Health System, Camden, NJ for facilities and $200,000 Andrews
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Cortland Regional Medical Center, Inc., Cortland, $250,000 Arcuri
Administration (HRSA)--Health NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services County Commissioners of Charles County, MD, La $250,000 Hoyer
Administration (HRSA)--Health Plata, MD for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services County of Brunswick, Bolivia, NC for facilities and $250,000 McIntyre
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services County of Custer, ID for facilities and equipment $400,000 Simpson
Administration (HRSA)--Health
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services County of Hood River, OR for facilities and $150,000 Walden
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services County of Sarasota, FL for facilities and equipment $350,000 Buchanan
Administration (HRSA)--Health
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services County of Washington, Hillsboro, OR for facilities $350,000 Wu
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment for a mental health clinic
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Creighton University, Omaha, NE for facilities and $1,000,000 Terry
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman, AL for $1,000,000 Aderholt
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Daniel Memorial, Inc., Jacksonville, FL for $500,000 Crenshaw
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Daniels Memorial Hospital Association, Scobey, MT $400,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services DCH Health System, Northport, AL for facilities and $350,000 Bachus
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services DCH Health System/Fayette Medical Center, Fayette, $600,000 Aderholt
Administration (HRSA)--Health AL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO $500,000 DeGette
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, $500,000 Edwards (MD)
Administration (HRSA)--Health MD for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Dubois Regional Medical Center, Dubois, PA for $100,000 Thompson (PA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services DuPage County Health Department, Wheaton, IL for $150,000 Roskam
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services E.J. Noble Hospital, Gouverneur, NY for facilities $350,000 McHugh
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services East Carolina University, Greenville, NC for $222,000 Jones; Butterfield
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc., New $300,000 Rangel
Administration (HRSA)--Health York, NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Easter Seals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain, $500,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health Inc., Great Falls, MT for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Eastside Eye Care Clinic, San Antonio, TX for $250,000 Smith (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Edgerton Care Center, Edgerton, WI for facilities $150,000 Baldwin
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL for $500,000 Brown, Corrine
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA for $350,000 Bono Mack
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services El Proyecto del Barrio Inc., Arleta, CA for $300,000 Sherman
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for a community health
Facilities and Services clinic in Winnetka, CA
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Endless Mountains Health Systems, Montrose, PA for $700,000 Carney
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Enrichment Center of Hernando County, Brooksville, $600,000 Brown-Waite, Ginny
Administration (HRSA)--Health FL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant, PA for $150,000 Murtha
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Family Health Centers Worcester, Worcester, MA for $250,000 McGovern
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Family Service of RI, Providence, RI for facilities $400,000 Kennedy
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA for facilities and $200,000 Perriello
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Flambeau Hospital, Park Falls, WI for facilities $750,000 Obey
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Florida Blood Services, St. Petersburg, FL for $200,000 Young (FL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Florida Community College at Jacksonville, FL for $250,000 Crenshaw; Brown, Corrine
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Florida Hospital Altamonte, Altamonte Springs, FL $100,000 Mica
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL for $400,000 Putnam
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Floyd Medical Center, Rome, GA for facilities and $250,000 Gingrey (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA for facilities and $450,000 Delahunt; Capuano
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services FoundCare, Palm Springs, FL for facilities and $200,000 Hastings (FL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Frank R. Howard Foundation, Willits, CA for $350,000 Thompson (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA for purchase of $250,000 McMorris Rodgers
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA for $400,000 Roybal-Allard
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Gordon Hospital, Calhoun, GA for an electronic $150,000 Gingrey (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health medical records system
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Graceland University, Lamoni, IA for facilities and $150,000 King (IA); Cleaver
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA for facilities and $900,000 Lewis (GA); Bishop (GA); Johnson (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI for $500,000 Ehlers
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment at the Central Health
Facilities and Services Science Campus
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT for facilities and $300,000 DeLauro
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Grimes St. Joseph Health Center, Navasota, TX for $150,000 Edwards (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Clearwater, FL $500,000 Young (FL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Gulf County Health Department, Port St. Joe, FL for $200,000 Boyd
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Halifax Community College, Weldon, NC for $150,000 Butterfield
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hamilton Memorial Hospital, McLeansboro, IL for an $200,000 Shimkus
Administration (HRSA)--Health electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hancock Medical Center, Bay Saint Louis, MS for $500,000 Taylor
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hanover Hospital, Hanover, PA for an electronic $450,000 Platts
Administration (HRSA)--Health medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Happiness House/Finger Lakes Cerebral Palsy $30,000 Arcuri
Administration (HRSA)--Health Association, Geneva, NY for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Harnett County Central Campus Hospital, Dunn, NC $400,000 Etheridge
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Harris County Hospital District, Houston, TX for $300,000 Green, Gene; Culberson; Jackson-Lee (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Harris County Hospital District, Houston, TX for $100,000 Green, Al
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the Nurse Call Triage
Facilities and Services System
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Harrison Memorial Hospital, Cynthiana, KY for $100,000 Davis (KY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Health Alliance, Lake Katrine, NY for facilities $300,000 Hinchey
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Healthy Learners Midlands, Columbia, SC for rural $110,000 Clyburn
Administration (HRSA)--Health health outreach
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hendricks Regional Health, Danville, IN for $550,000 Buyer
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN for $300,000 Ellison
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia, CA $350,000 McKeon
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hidalgo County Health Department, Edinburg, TX for $230,000 Hinojosa
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Highland Community Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS for $200,000 Taylor
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Highlands Hospital, Connellsville, PA for $300,000 Murtha
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ for facilities and $500,000 Rothman (NJ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA for facilities $300,000 Olver
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hormel Foundation, Austin, MN for facilities and $500,000 Walz
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment for biomedical research
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hospice of Tuscarawas County, Inc., Dover, OH for $400,000 Space
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hospital Authority of Jefferson County, Louisville, $150,000 Barrow
Administration (HRSA)--Health GA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Houlton Regional Hospital, Houlton, ME for $250,000 Michaud
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hudson Headwaters Health Network, Queensbury, NY $350,000 Murphy (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hudson River HealthCare, Inc., Peekskill, NY for $400,000 Hinchey
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Huguley Memorial Medical Center, Burleson, TX for $380,000 Edwards (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI for facilities and $350,000 Kildee
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Idaho Caring Foundation for Children, Boise, ID for $300,000 Simpson
Administration (HRSA)--Health dental services for low-income children
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID for $400,000 Simpson
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Illinois Capital Development Board, Springfield, IL $200,000 Davis (IL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Illinois State University, Normal, IL for $500,000 Johnson (IL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health curriculum development
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Indian Health Center of Santa Clara County, San $300,000 Honda
Administration (HRSA)--Health Jose, CA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, PA for an $350,000 Shuster; Murtha
Administration (HRSA)--Health electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Infirmary Health System, Mobile, AL for an $250,000 Bonner
Administration (HRSA)--Health electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Ingham Regional Medical Center, Lansing, MI for $100,000 Rogers (MI)
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Iowa State University, Ames, IA for facilities and $650,000 Latham
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA $250,000 King (IA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon, PA for $180,000 Shuster
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Jackson Health System, Miami, FL for health $500,000 Ros-Lehtinen; Meek (FL); Wasserman Schultz
Administration (HRSA)--Health information technology upgrades
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL for $250,000 Crenshaw
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, NY for $250,000 Meeks (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Jasper Memorial Hospital, Monticello, GA for $100,000 Marshall
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Jenkins County Hospital, Millen, GA for facilities $200,000 Barrow
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Foundation, $600,000 Yarmuth
Administration (HRSA)--Health Louisville, KY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ for facilities and $300,000 Pallone
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, Erie, PA $700,000 Dahlkemper
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson, $450,000 Bishop (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY for facilities and $300,000 Higgins; Lee (NY); Slaughter
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA for $100,000 Gingrey (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services KVC Behavioral Health Care, Kansas City, KS for $500,000 Moore (KS)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services La Porte Regional Health System, La Porte, IN for $350,000 Donnelly (IN)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services La Rabida Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL for $325,000 Jackson (IL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lake City Community College, Lake City, FL for $250,000 Crenshaw
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase of mobile clinical training laboratories
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lake Hospital System, Painesville, OH for an $500,000 LaTourette
Administration (HRSA)--Health electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH for $250,000 LaTourette
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lamar University, Beaumont, TX for the Community $350,000 Poe (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and University Partnership Service, including
Facilities and Services facilities and equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lamprey Health Care, Inc., Newmarket, NH for $400,000 Hodes
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lane Community College, Eugene, OR for facilities $400,000 DeFazio
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Pago Pago, AS for $700,000 Faleomavaega
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lehigh Valley Coalition for Kids, Allentown, PA to $150,000 Dent
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase and equip mobile health clinics
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Little Rivers Health Care, Bradford, VT for $200,000 Welch
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA $350,000 Richardson
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA for $300,000 Waters
Administration (HRSA)--Health health professions training
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA for $600,000 Tsongas
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY for $150,000 McMahon
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN $450,000 McCollum
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mackinac Straits Health System, Inc., St. Ignace, $150,000 Stupak
Administration (HRSA)--Health MI for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Madison County Health Care Center, Winterset, IA $250,000 Latham
Administration (HRSA)--Health for an electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Madison County Memorial Hospital, Rexburg, ID for $350,000 Simpson
Administration (HRSA)--Health an electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, NE for $250,000 Fortenberry
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Manchester Community Health Center, Manchester, NH $250,000 Shea-Porter
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria, CA for $500,000 Capps
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI for rural $410,000 Kagen; Obey
Administration (HRSA)--Health dental health outreach
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI for facilities $1,000,000 Obey
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Martin Methodist College, Pulaski, TN for $1,000,000 Davis (TN)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development $400,000 Cao
Administration (HRSA)--Health Corporation, New Orleans, LA for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health $400,000 McGovern
Administration (HRSA)--Health Sciences, Worcester, MA for health professions
Facilities and Services training
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services McCurtain Memorial Hospital, Idabel, OK for $250,000 Boren
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services McKay-Dee Hospital Center, Ogden, UT for facilities $150,000 Bishop (UT)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Medical University of South Carolina--Hollings $200,000 Brown (SC)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Cancer Center, Charleston, SC for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, FL for $450,000 Wasserman Schultz; Meek (FL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Memorial Hermann Foundation, Houston, TX for $250,000 Culberson; Green, Al; Jackson-Lee (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX for $1,000,000 Culberson
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Memorial Hospital, Miramar, FL for facilities and $250,000 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mena Regional Health System, Mena, AR for $500,000 Ross
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mental Health Association in High Point, NC for $247,000 Coble
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mercy Health Foundation, Durango, CO for facilities $400,000 Salazar
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment for a primary health clinic in La
Facilities and Services Plata County
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mercy Medical Center--North Iowa, Mason City, IA $350,000 Latham
Administration (HRSA)--Health for an electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Meridian Health, Neptune, NJ for facilities and $100,000 Smith (NJ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Miami Beach Community Health Center, North Miami, $200,000 Ros-Lehtinen
Administration (HRSA)--Health FL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL for facilities $450,000 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln; Diaz-Balart, Mario;
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment Wasserman Schultz
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Miami, $500,000 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln
Administration (HRSA)--Health FL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA for $300,000 Tierney; Tsongas
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the Lowell dental
Facilities and Services hygiene clinic
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mid-Illinois Medical District, Springfield, IL for $250,000 Schock
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services MidState Medical Center, Meridien, CT for $250,000 Murphy (CT)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Milwaukee Health Services, Milwaukee, WI for $100,000 Moore (WI)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, MO for $400,000 Carnahan
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, for a $250,000 Emerson
Administration (HRSA)--Health nursing clinical simulation laboratory, including
Facilities and Services facilities and equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL for the Cancer $700,000 Young (FL); Castor (FL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health LifeLink program
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ for $400,000 Pallone
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Monongahela Valley Hospital, Monongahela, PA for $400,000 Murtha; Murphy, Tim
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Monongalia General Hospital, Morgantown, WV for $450,000 Mollohan
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, Billings, $100,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health MT for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Montgomery College, Rockville, MD for facilities $550,000 Van Hollen; Edwards (MD)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Morehead State University, Morehead, KY for a rural $250,000 Rogers (KY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health health initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA for $100,000 Lewis (GA); Bishop (GA); Johnson (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Morris College, Sumter, SC for facilities and $275,000 Clyburn
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Morrisania Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Bronx, $200,000 Serrano
Administration (HRSA)--Health NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA for $150,000 Thompson (PA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, NY for $300,000 Slaughter
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, WA for facilities $250,000 Dicks
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Murphy Medical Center, Murphy, NC for facilities $350,000 Shuler
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Nanticoke Senior Center, Seaford, DE for facilities $100,000 Castle
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Nathan Littauer Hospital Association, Gloversville, $350,000 Tonko
Administration (HRSA)--Health NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services National Association of Hispanic Nurses, $500,000 Roybal-Allard; Pastor (AZ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Washington, DC for health professions training
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY for purchase $177,000 King (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Native Women's Health Care, Rapid City, SD for $60,000 Herseth Sandlin
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services NC Dental Health Fund, Cary, NC for facilities and $300,000 Price (NC)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment for the Missions of Mercy (MOM) free
Facilities and Services dental clinics
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, $350,000 Castle
Administration (HRSA)--Health Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services New Horizons Health System, Owenton, KY for $250,000 Davis (KY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY for $150,000 Maloney
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for ophthalmology and
Facilities and Services otolaryngology surgery
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY for $200,000 Nadler (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and ultrasound equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services New York University Langone Medical Center, New $270,000 Maloney
Administration (HRSA)--Health York, NY for facilities and equipment at Columbus
Facilities and Services Medical in Reno Park, Queens
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Newton Memorial Hospital, Newton, NJ for facilities $300,000 Garrett (NJ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Norman Regional Health System, Norman, OK for $1,715,000 Cole
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services North General Hospital, New York, NY for facilities $450,000 Rangel
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA for $200,000 Tierney
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for allied health
Facilities and Services training
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Great $200,000 Israel; Ackerman
Administration (HRSA)--Health Neck, NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services North Woods Community Health Center, Minong, WI for $100,000 Obey
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine $200,000 Ryan (OH)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and Pharmacy, Rootstown, OH for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, NY for $350,000 Murphy (NY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc., $150,000 McHugh
Administration (HRSA)--Health Pulaski, NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center, Jasper, AL $200,000 Aderholt
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, $400,000 Boozman
Administration (HRSA)--Health AR for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oakland Primary Health Services, Pontiac, MI for $500,000 Peters
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-- $700,000 Kilroy
Administration (HRSA)--Health James Cancer Hospital and Richard Solove
Facilities and Services Institute, Columbus, OH for facilities and
equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK $250,000 Cole
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma $300,000 Cole
Administration (HRSA)--Health City, OK for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oklahoma State University--Center for Health $300,000 Fallin; Boren; Lucas; Sullivan
Administration (HRSA)--Health Systems, Tulsa, OK for purchase of equipment,
Facilities and Services including a mobile clinic
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK for $350,000 Fallin; Lucas
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR $175,000 Blumenauer; Schrader; Wu
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR $250,000 Walden; Wu
Administration (HRSA)--Health for purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR $100,000 Walden; Wu
Administration (HRSA)--Health for purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services OSF St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group, $250,000 Stupak
Administration (HRSA)--Health Escanaba, MI for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Our Lady of Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, $125,000 Quigley
Administration (HRSA)--Health IL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Ozark Tri-County Health Care Consortium, Neosho, MO $500,000 Blunt
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, MO for $500,000 Emerson
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, $400,000 Hastings (WA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Yakima, WA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ for $350,000 Rothman (NJ); Sires
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Palmetto Health Foundation, Columbia, SC for $375,000 Clyburn
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX for $400,000 Johnson, Eddie Bernice
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the Pharmacy
Facilities and Services Inpatient Robotics program
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX for $100,000 Burgess
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Pennsylvania State University--Altoona, PA for $320,000 Shuster
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Petaluma Health Center, Petaluma, CA for facilities $500,000 Woolsey
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Peter Christensen Health Center, Lac du Flambeau, $140,000 Kagen
Administration (HRSA)--Health WI for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ for $200,000 Pastor (AZ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for a Computerized
Facilities and Services Tomography (CT) scanner for the emergency
department
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, Grand $200,000 Ehlers
Administration (HRSA)--Health Rapids, MI for an electronic medical records
Facilities and Services initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute--Baystate $500,000 Neal
Administration (HRSA)--Health Medical Center, Springfield, MA for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Porter-Starke Services, Inc., Valparaiso, IN for $550,000 Visclosky
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Providence Health and Services, Anchorage, AK for a $350,000 Young (AK)
Administration (HRSA)--Health physician recruitment and retention initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Providence Hospital, Mobile, AL for facilities and $250,000 Bonner
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, CA $500,000 Schiff
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA $100,000 McMorris Rodgers
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers, Seattle, $500,000 McDermott
Administration (HRSA)--Health WA for facilities and equipment for the Rainier
Facilities and Services Beach Medical and Dental Clinic
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Range Regional Health Services, Hibbing, MN for $400,000 Oberstar
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bayfield, $750,000 Obey
Administration (HRSA)--Health WI for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands, CA for $500,000 Lewis (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Refuah, Spring Valley, NY for facilities and $390,000 Engel
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Renown Health Systems, Reno, NV for facilities and $800,000 Heller
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Rice University, Houston, TX for facilities and $150,000 Culberson
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Richland Parish Hospital, Delhi, LA for facilities $1,025,000 Alexander
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, $150,000 McMahon
Administration (HRSA)--Health NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA $150,000 Bono Mack; Calvert
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno $400,000 Calvert
Administration (HRSA)--Health Valley, CA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Roane County Committee on Aging, Inc., Spencer, WV $100,000 Capito
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Rochester General Health System, Newark, NY for $100,000 Maffei
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Rome Memorial Hospital Foundation, Rome, NY for $250,000 Arcuri
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Roper/St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, SC for $200,000 Brown (SC)
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA for facilities $350,000 Dent
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, San Clemente, $150,000 Calvert
Administration (HRSA)--Health CA for an electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services SafeHaven of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, TX for a $200,000 Barton (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health domestic violence prevention initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services San Antonio Community Hospital, Upland, CA for $750,000 Dreier
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services San Francisco Human Services Agency, San Francisco, $350,000 Pelosi
Administration (HRSA)--Health CA for facilities and equipment for the Child
Facilities and Services Advocacy Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA $500,000 Pelosi
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment for health
Facilities and Services professions training
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Banning, CA for $340,000 Lewis (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services San Luis Obispo County Community College District, $100,000 McCarthy (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health San Luis Obispo, CA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services San Ysidro Health Center, San Ysidro, CA for $250,000 Filner
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, San $292,000 Honda
Administration (HRSA)--Health Jose, CA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL for facilities $150,000 Stearns
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Schuylkill Health System, Pottsville, PA for $400,000 Holden
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA to develop $500,000 Murphy, Tim
Administration (HRSA)--Health the Advanced Certificate in Orthodontics,
Facilities and Services including purchase of equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, NJ for $500,000 LoBiondo
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Sisters of Providence Health System, Springfield, $200,000 Neal
Administration (HRSA)--Health MA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc., $350,000 Jackson (IL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Olympia Fields, IL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon, WA for $400,000 Larsen (WA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, NJ for an $600,000 Frelinghuysen
Administration (HRSA)--Health electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services South Boston Community Health Center, Boston, MA $100,000 Lynch
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services South Shore Hospital, Chicago, IL for facilities $250,000 Jackson (IL)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Southeast Arkansas College, Pine Bluff, AR for $200,000 Ross
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the nursing school
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick, GA for $1,000,000 Kingston
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Southeast Missouri State University, Cape $205,000 Emerson
Administration (HRSA)--Health Girardeau, MO for the SHOW Mobile initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT for $350,000 Matheson
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS, Phoenix, AZ for $300,000 Pastor (AZ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI for an $300,000 Rogers (MI)
Administration (HRSA)--Health electronic medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI for purchase of $200,000 Ehlers
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services SSM St. Mary's Health Center, Jefferson City, MO $200,000 Skelton
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA for $300,000 Braley (IA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino, CA $500,000 Lewis (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino, CA $500,000 Baca
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment for an MRI system
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Bernards Development Foundation, Jonesboro, AR $300,000 Berry
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Clare's Health System, Denville, NJ for $600,000 Frelinghuysen
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Elizabeth Regional Health, Lafayette, IN for $300,000 Buyer
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, WV for facilities $650,000 Capito
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, NJ for $350,000 Smith (NJ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA $500,000 Pelosi
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. John West Shore Hospital, Westlake, OH for $300,000 Kucinich
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. John's Hospital, Berryville, AR for facilities $200,000 Boozman
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. John's Hospital, Maplewood, MN for facilities $675,000 McCollum
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY for $250,000 Lowey
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Joseph Health System, Inc., Tawas City, MI for $400,000 Stupak
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka, CA for facilities and $350,000 Thompson (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Joseph Hospital/Peace Health, Bellingham, WA $300,000 Larsen (WA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Joseph of the Pines, Southern Pines, NC for $453,000 Coble
Administration (HRSA)--Health purchase and outfitting of a mobile health unit
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA $200,000 Lewis (GA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah, GA $350,000 Barrow
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Luke's Health System, Boise, ID for facilities $350,000 Simpson
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Mary's Hospital, Passaic, NJ for facilities and $400,000 Pascrell
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV for $700,000 Heller
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center, $300,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health Missoula, MT for the Western Montana Telemedicine
Facilities and Services Network, including purchase of equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleveland, OH for $500,000 Fudge
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, Billings, MT for $400,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH for $200,000 Kaptur
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, $400,000 McMahon
Administration (HRSA)--Health NY for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Stewart-Marchman-Act Foundation, Inc., Daytona $700,000 Mica
Administration (HRSA)--Health Beach, FL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Summa Foundation, Akron, OH for facilities and $250,000 Ryan (OH); Sutton
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment for the Center for Minority Health and
Facilities and Services Health Disparities Solutions
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Sun Life Family Health Center, Casa Grande, AZ for $300,000 Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Taunton Nursing Home, Taunton, MA for facilities $650,000 Frank (MA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development $750,000 Carter
Administration (HRSA)--Health District, Temple, TX for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, $300,000 Granger
Administration (HRSA)--Health Ft. Worth, TX for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, $300,000 Conaway
Administration (HRSA)--Health Lubbock, TX for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for facilities $480,000 Neugebauer
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for the Center $250,000 Neugebauer
Administration (HRSA)--Health for the Study of Addiction
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Texas Wesleyan University, Ft. Worth, TX for $650,000 Granger; Burgess
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, $700,000 Brady (PA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health PA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), $300,000 Pastor (AZ); Mitchell
Administration (HRSA)--Health Phoenix, AZ for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Trinity Regional Medical Center, Ft. Dodge, IA for $694,000 Latham
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Troy University, Troy, AL for facilities and $500,000 Bright
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, St. $500,000 Christensen
Administration (HRSA)--Health Thomas, VI for facilities and equipment for an
Facilities and Services Emergency Medical Services Administrative and
Clinical Health Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, St. $200,000 Christensen
Administration (HRSA)--Health Thomas, VI for facilities and equipment for the
Facilities and Services Eldra Schulterbrandt Long-Term Care Facility
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services UAW Local 1005, Parma, OH for facilities and $300,000 Kucinich
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment for a health clinic
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Union College, Barbourville, KY for facilities and $500,000 Rogers (KY)
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Unity Health System, Rochester, NY for facilities $800,000 Lee (NY); Slaughter
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University Hospitals, Chardon, OH for an electronic $250,000 LaTourette
Administration (HRSA)--Health medical records initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University Medical Center Foundation, El Paso, TX $600,000 Reyes
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little $600,000 Berry
Administration (HRSA)--Health Rock, AR for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of California--Riverside, Riverside, CA $3,400,000 Calvert; Baca; Bono Mack; Lewis (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of California, Davis Medical Center, $375,000 Matsui
Administration (HRSA)--Health Sacramento, CA for facilities and equipment for
Facilities and Services the surgery and emergency services pavilion
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of California--San Diego, San Diego, CA $500,000 Davis (CA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health for health professions training
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, $975,000 Perlmutter; Polis
Administration (HRSA)--Health Aurora, CO for facilities and equipment for the
Facilities and Services Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, $300,000 Salazar
Administration (HRSA)--Health CO for health professions training through the
Facilities and Services Physician Pipeline for Rural Colorado
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Florida, Gainesville, FL for $350,000 Wasserman Schultz; Stearns
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Guam, Mangilao, GU for facilities and $400,000 Bordallo
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Illinois at Chicago College of $250,000 Manzullo
Administration (HRSA)--Health Medicine at Rockford, IL for facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Illinois- College of Medicine at $400,000 Schock
Administration (HRSA)--Health Peoria, Peoria, IL for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Kansas Medical Center, Wichita, KS $500,000 Tiahrt
Administration (HRSA)--Health for development of the Clinical Skills Simulation
Facilities and Services Laboratory, including curriculum development and
purchase of equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS for facilities $1,500,000 Jenkins; Moran (KS)
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA for $840,000 Alexander
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment, including purchase of a
Facilities and Services mobile dental unit
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Maine Bangor, Augusta, ME for $300,000 Michaud
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, $400,000 Kratovil
Administration (HRSA)--Health MD for facilities and equipment for an emergency
Facilities and Services medical facility in Queen Anne's County
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL for $750,000 Diaz-Balart, Mario
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI $500,000 Dingell
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE $150,000 Fortenberry
Administration (HRSA)--Health for a rural health initiative
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of North Alabama, Florence, AL for $700,000 Griffith
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Oklahoma--College of Medicine, Tulsa, $300,000 Sullivan
Administration (HRSA)--Health OK for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, $300,000 Pierluisi
Administration (HRSA)--Health San Juan, PR for facilities and equipment for the
Facilities and Services Unit of Comparative Medicine
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL for $2,500,000 Bonner
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, $250,000 Buchanan
Administration (HRSA)--Health Tampa, FL for nursing program facilities and
Facilities and Services equipment
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of South Florida, Tampa, FL for the $500,000 Young (FL); Bilirakis
Administration (HRSA)--Health Cancer Clinical Trial project
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME for $475,000 Pingree (ME)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the nursing
Facilities and Services simulation laboratory
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, IN for $200,000 Visclosky
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for nurse training
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, $350,000 Duncan
Administration (HRSA)--Health TN for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX for $650,000 Barton (TX)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX $500,000 Ortiz
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, $100,000 Culberson; Green, Al
Administration (HRSA)--Health TX for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Texas Health Science Center, San $270,000 Cuellar
Administration (HRSA)--Health Antonio, TX for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Texas Health Science Center, San $150,000 Smith (TX); Gonzalez
Administration (HRSA)--Health Antonio, TX for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, $1,000,000 Culberson
Administration (HRSA)--Health Houston, TX for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, CA for $300,000 Berman
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Van Wert County Hospital, Van Wert, OH for $840,000 Latta
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA for facilities $300,000 Rohrabacher
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Variety--The Children's Charity of Wisconsin, $40,000 Moore (WI)
Administration (HRSA)--Health Milwaukee, WI for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Victor Valley Community Hospital, Victorville, CA $250,000 McKeon
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA for $600,000 Scott (VA); Wittman
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment for the Massey Cancer
Facilities and Services Center
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Visiting Nurse Services of Putnam County, Avon, IN $100,000 Ellsworth
Administration (HRSA)--Health for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Visiting Nurses Association Healthcare Partners of $100,000 Sutton; Kucinich; LaTourette
Administration (HRSA)--Health Ohio, Cleveland, OH for health professions
Facilities and Services training
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital Foundation, Wadsworth, $600,000 Boccieri
Administration (HRSA)--Health OH for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Wake Health Services, Inc., Raleigh, NC for $550,000 Miller (NC); Etheridge
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Warren Achievement Center, Inc., Monmouth, IL for $100,000 Hare
Administration (HRSA)--Health rural health outreach
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Warren County Community College, Washington, NJ for $350,000 Garrett (NJ)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Warren County Planning Commission, Warren, PA for $350,000 Thompson (PA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health health care facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, MD for $750,000 Bartlett
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment and for an electronic
Facilities and Services medical records initiative
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Washington County, North Carolina, Plymouth, NC for $150,000 Butterfield
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Washington State University, Spokane, WA for $150,000 McMorris Rodgers; Baird
Administration (HRSA)--Health distance learning technologies and purchase of
Facilities and Services equipment related to nursing programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Weber State University, Ogden, UT for expansion of $350,000 Bishop (UT)
Administration (HRSA)--Health nursing programs, including purchase of equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services WellSpan Health, York, PA for purchase of equipment $100,000 Platts
Administration (HRSA)--Health
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, LA for $100,000 Scalise
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV for $50,000 Mollohan
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services WestCare Health Systems, Sylva, NC for facilities $350,000 Shuler
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Wheeling Hospital, Inc., Wheeling, WV for $150,000 Mollohan
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services White Memorial Medical Charitable Foundation, Los $500,000 Roybal-Allard
Administration (HRSA)--Health Angeles, CA for facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY for $250,000 Lowey
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Wills Eye Health System, Philadelphia, PA for $150,000 Brady (PA)
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH for facilities $200,000 Turner
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services World Impact Good Samaritan Clinic, Wichita, KS for $1,000,000 Tiahrt
Administration (HRSA)--Health facilities and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Xavier University of New Orleans, LA for facilities $350,000 Cao
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Youth Dynamics, Inc., Billings, MT for facilities $100,000 Rehberg
Administration (HRSA)--Health and equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Zufall Health Center, Dover, NJ for facilities and $225,000 Lance
Administration (HRSA)--Health equipment
Facilities and Services
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Department of Health & Human Services HHS Office of the Secretary (OS)-- BayCare Health System, Tampa, FL for a community- $200,000 Castor (FL)
Research & Demonstration based health outreach program to address health
(including Minority & Women's disparities in South Pinellas and Hillsborough
Health) counties
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Department of Health & Human Services HHS Office of the Secretary (OS)-- South Central Family Health Center, Los Angeles, CA $100,000 Becerra
Research & Demonstration for a community diabetes management initiative
(including Minority & Women's
Health)
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Department of Health & Human Services HHS Office of the Secretary (OS)-- University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL for a $400,000 Miller (FL)
Research & Demonstration health information technology evaluation project
(including Minority & Women's
Health)
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health American Combat Veterans of War, San Diego, CA for $175,000 Filner
Services Administration mental health services for returning veterans
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health American Red Cross, Lower Bucks County Chapter, $100,000 Murphy, Patrick
Services Administration Levittown, PA for mental health services and case
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health management
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health BayCare Health System, Clearwater, FL for a mental $200,000 Bilirakis
Services Administration health initiative
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Bellfaire JCB, Shaker Heights, OH for the Social $200,000 LaTourette
Services Administration Advocates for Youth program
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, SD for $90,000 Herseth Sandlin
Services Administration alcohol and drug awareness and youth suicide
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health prevention programs
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health City of Detroit, MI for behavioral health services $700,000 Conyers
Services Administration at the Grace Ross Health Center
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Foothill Family Service, Pasadena, CA for mental $200,000 Napolitano
Services Administration health services to children ages 0-5 and parenting
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health education that supports the services provided to
the children
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Gateway Healthcare, Pawtucket, RI for behavioral $200,000 Kennedy
Services Administration health services for returning veterans
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services, $100,000 Schiff
Services Administration Pasadena, CA for mental health and emotional
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health support services for children of the terminally
ill during the illness and after the death
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Heartland Health Outreach, Chicago, IL for a mental $200,000 Schakowsky
Services Administration health supportive services program
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Hispanic Counseling Center, Hempstead, NY for $200,000 McCarthy (NY); Israel
Services Administration mental health services and treatment for the
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health uninsured and underinsured Hispanic population on
Long Island
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Jacksonville Community Rehabilitation Center, $200,000 Brown, Corrine
Services Administration Jacksonville, FL for long-term substance abuse and
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health mental health programs for those with severe
mental health ailments
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Ohel Children's Home and Family Services, Brooklyn, $550,000 Weiner; Engel; McCarthy (NY); Towns
Services Administration NY for inpatient and outpatient mental health
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health treatment services
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Pacific Clinics, Arcadia, CA for mental health and $500,000 Napolitano
Services Administration suicide prevention programs for adolescents
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, SD for suicide $500,000 Herseth Sandlin
Services Administration prevention and early intervention services
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Spectrum Programs Inc., Miami, FL for a mental $200,000 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln
Services Administration health and substance abuse program
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health St. Bernard Project, Chalmette, LA for mental $100,000 Melancon
Services Administration health services
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health St. Luke's Hospital, Adult Behavioral Services, $400,000 Loebsack
Services Administration Cedar Rapids, IA for behavioral health services
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Young & Healthy, Pasadena, CA for mental health $100,000 Schiff
Services Administration care for children who are uninsured or
(SAMHSA)--Mental Health underinsured
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Betty Ford Institute, Palm Springs, CA for a $250,000 Bono Mack
Services Administration substance abuse prevention and training initiative
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse
Prevention
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Honolulu, HI for $200,000 Abercrombie
Services Administration a youth alcohol abuse and suicide prevention
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse program
Prevention
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Operation UNITE, Somerset, KY for a multi-school $1,000,000 Rogers (KY)
Services Administration substance abuse counseling and curriculum
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse development program
Prevention
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Postpartum Resource Center of New York, West Islip, $100,000 Israel
Services Administration NY for perinatal mood disorder prevention and
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse early detection programs, support groups, and a
Prevention multilingual helpline
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Rhode Island State Nurses Association, Pawtucket, $100,000 Kennedy
Services Administration RI for substance abuse programs for nurses
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse
Prevention
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction, Bronx, NY for $100,000 Serrano
Services Administration mental health consultations and substance abuse
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse prevention and treatment support services
Prevention
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health A Safe Haven Foundation, Chicago, IL for behavioral $300,000 Davis (IL)
Services Administration health services for individuals affected by
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse substance abuse
Treatment
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Chesterfield County, VA for the Dual Treatment $143,000 Forbes
Services Administration Track program
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse
Treatment
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Gavin Foundation, Inc., South Boston, MA for $200,000 Lynch
Services Administration substance abuse treatment services at its Cushing
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse House facility for adolescents
Treatment
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Operation UNITE, Somerset, KY for a substance abuse $1,000,000 Rogers (KY)
Services Administration treatment and voucher program
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse
Treatment
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, $300,000 Young (FL)
Services Administration Clearwater, FL for a substance abuse treatment
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse initiative
Treatment
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health San Francisco Department of Public Health, San $750,000 Pelosi
Services Administration Francisco, CA for mental health and substance
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse abuse services for homeless veterans
Treatment
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Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Tuesday's Children, Manhasset, NY for a mental $750,000 King (NY)
Services Administration health initiative
(SAMHSA)--Substance Abuse
Treatment
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Access Community Health Network, Chicago, IL for a $400,000 Roskam
Administration (ETA)--Training & job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, $200,000 Bachus; Rogers (AL)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Talladega, AL for an employer training and job
Employment Services (TES) development initiative
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Arkansas State University-Beebe, Searcy, AR for a $200,000 Snyder
Administration (ETA)--Training & training program for employment in the natural gas
Employment Services (TES) industry
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Atlanta Christian College, East Point, GA, for $350,000 Kingston
Administration (ETA)--Training & curriculum development
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood, NJ for a job $150,000 Smith (NJ)
Administration (ETA)--Training & training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Brevard Workforce Development Board, Rockledge, FL $1,000,000 Posey; Kosmas
Administration (ETA)--Training & for a job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Bridge to Independence & Career Opportunities, $100,000 Murphy (CT)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Danbury, CT for job training and job placement
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA for job $100,000 Frank (MA)
Administration (ETA)--Training & placement services for veterans
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA for the $600,000 Murphy, Patrick
Administration (ETA)--Training & Renewable Energy Academy
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Campbellsville-Taylor County Industrial Development $500,000 Guthrie
Administration (ETA)--Training & Authority, Campbellsville, KY for a job training
Employment Services (TES) initiative
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Center for Employment Training, San Jose, CA for $350,000 Lofgren, Zoe
Administration (ETA)--Training & training dislocated workers and out-of-school
Employment Services (TES) youth for green jobs
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and $250,000 Thompson (PA)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Technology, Pleasant Gap, PA for job training
Employment Services (TES) programs
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Chicago House and Social Service Agency, Chicago, $200,000 Schakowsky
Administration (ETA)--Training & IL for an employment training and transitional
Employment Services (TES) jobs program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training City of Baltimore, Office of Employment $400,000 Ruppersberger
Administration (ETA)--Training & Development, MD for its BRAC Employment
Employment Services (TES) Preparedness Program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training City of Chesapeake, VA for a job training $250,000 Forbes
Administration (ETA)--Training & initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training City of Detroit, MI for its Summer Youth Services $500,000 Kilpatrick (MI); Conyers
Administration (ETA)--Training & Program
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training City of East Palo Alto, CA for workforce training $600,000 Eshoo
Administration (ETA)--Training & in green jobs
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training City of Grand Rapids, MI for the Our Community's $350,000 Ehlers
Administration (ETA)--Training & Children job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training City of Petersburg, Clearwater, FL for an $200,000 Castor (FL)
Administration (ETA)--Training & employment readiness program
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training City of Richmond, CA for the Richmond BUILD Pre- $500,000 Miller, George
Administration (ETA)--Training & apprenticeship Construction Skills & Solar
Employment Services (TES) Installation Training Program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training City of St. Petersburg, FL for the Summer Youth $300,000 Castor (FL)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Internship/Green Workforce Readiness Training
Employment Services (TES) Program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training City of West Palm Beach, FL for its Youth $400,000 Wexler; Hastings (FL)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Empowerment Centers
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Closing the Digital Gap, Lansing, MI for a computer- $250,000 Rogers (MI)
Administration (ETA)--Training & based job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, ME to launch $250,000 Pingree (ME)
Administration (ETA)--Training & the CEI Green Business Investment and Job Creation
Employment Services (TES) Initiative
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Columbia Gorge Community College, The Dalles, OR to $350,000 Walden
Administration (ETA)--Training & develop a renewable energy training program,
Employment Services (TES) including purchase of equipment
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Community Learning Center, Inc., Ft. Worth, TX for $500,000 Granger
Administration (ETA)--Training & a job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Conservation Corps of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA $225,000 Sanchez, Linda
Administration (ETA)--Training & for a job training program for at-risk youth
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Covenant House Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL for job $550,000 Klein (FL); Wasserman Schultz
Administration (ETA)--Training & readiness training
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Cypress Mandela Training Center, Inc., Oakland, CA $275,000 Lee (CA)
Administration (ETA)--Training & for pre-apprentice construction training for solar
Employment Services (TES) and green jobs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Danville Community College, Danville, VA for $100,000 Perriello
Administration (ETA)--Training & training at its Wood Products Advanced
Employment Services (TES) Manufacturing Lab
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Davinci Center for Community Progress, Providence, $200,000 Kennedy
Administration (ETA)--Training & RI for workforce education and training
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training DaytonDefense, Beavercreek, OH for a job training $300,000 Turner
Administration (ETA)--Training & initiative
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, IA for $350,000 Boswell
Administration (ETA)--Training & dislocated worker training and job placement in
Employment Services (TES) financial services, health care and construction
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Digital Workforce Academy, Austin, TX for a job $300,000 Poe (TX)
Administration (ETA)--Training & training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Labor Employment and Training Duke Media Foundation, Hollywood, CA for career $100,000 Watson
Administration (ETA)--Training & exploration and training for at-risk youth for
Employment Services (TES) jobs in filmmaking
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Easter Seals Arc of NE Indiana, Ft. Wayne, IN for a $100,000 Souder
Administration (ETA)--Training & job training program for adults with disabilities
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Fighting Back Partnership, Vallejo, CA for $250,000 Miller, George
Administration (ETA)--Training & workforce recidivism services for state parolees
Employment Services (TES) to reduce recidivism
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Filipino-American Service Group, Los Angeles, CA $250,000 Roybal-Allard
Administration (ETA)--Training & for case management and job training for homeless
Employment Services (TES) individuals
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Fordham Bedford Children's Services, Bronx, NY for $100,000 Serrano
Administration (ETA)--Training & job placement, training, and workforce development
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg, VA for $100,000 Wittman
Administration (ETA)--Training & nursing curriculum development
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Give Every Child A Chance, Manteca, CA for $500,000 McNerney
Administration (ETA)--Training & employment mentoring
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Guadalupe Centers, Inc., Kansas City, MO for its $200,000 Cleaver
Administration (ETA)--Training & Culinary Arts Institute job training and
Employment Services (TES) employment program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training HARBEL Community Organization, Baltimore, MD for $250,000 Ruppersberger
Administration (ETA)--Training & unemployed and underemployed individuals
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Hard Hatted Women, Warren, OH for the Tradeswomen $200,000 Ryan (OH); Sutton
Administration (ETA)--Training & TOOLS program
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA for a $250,000 Smith (WA)
Administration (ETA)--Training & workforce training, education, and outreach
Employment Services (TES) initiative
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, CA for solar panel $300,000 Roybal-Allard
Administration (ETA)--Training & installation training and certification for at-
Employment Services (TES) risk young individuals in Los Angeles
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Hopkins House, Alexandria, VA for workforce $250,000 Moran (VA)
Administration (ETA)--Training & development and training in early childhood
Employment Services (TES) education
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Department of Labor Employment and Training IndependenceFirst, Milwaukee, WI to provide $100,000 Moore (WI)
Administration (ETA)--Training & employment support services to persons with
Employment Services (TES) disabilities
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Innovative Productivity, Inc., Louisville, KY for a $150,000 Davis (KY)
Administration (ETA)--Training & job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA for $150,000 Boucher
Administration (ETA)--Training & workforce training
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training JobPath, Inc., Tucson, AZ for underserved adults $200,000 Grijalva
Administration (ETA)--Training & job training
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Johnstown Area Regional Industries, Inc., $200,000 Murtha
Administration (ETA)--Training & Johnstown, PA for its workforce development
Employment Services (TES) program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI for a job $420,000 Rogers (MI); Schauer
Administration (ETA)--Training & training initiative focused on alternative
Employment Services (TES) automotive technologies
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, $350,000 Norton
Administration (ETA)--Training & Washington, DC for its youth workforce development
Employment Services (TES) program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Los Angeles Community College District/Valley $300,000 Berman
Administration (ETA)--Training & College, Valley Glen, CA for workforce development
Employment Services (TES) in energy efficiency and green technology fields
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Macomb Community College, Warren, MI for training $550,000 Levin
Administration (ETA)--Training & displaced workers in the aerospace and defense
Employment Services (TES) industries
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Department of Labor Employment and Training MAGNET, Cleveland, OH for veterans workforce $200,000 Fudge; Kucinich; Sutton
Administration (ETA)--Training & development, training, and job placement in the
Employment Services (TES) manufacturing industry
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Make the Road New York, Brooklyn, NY for English $200,000 Velazquez; Weiner
Administration (ETA)--Training & language and economic literacy training in low-
Employment Services (TES) income, primarily immigrant communities
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Department of Labor Employment and Training McHenry County, Woodstock, IL for short-term $250,000 Bean
Administration (ETA)--Training & occupational training
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Metropolitan Community Colleges, Kansas City, MO $500,000 Cleaver
Administration (ETA)--Training & for its Sustainability Training Center
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Michigan Works, Benton Harbor, MI for the basic $250,000 Upton
Administration (ETA)--Training & workforce transformation program
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY $100,000 Yarmuth
Administration (ETA)--Training & for integration of career awareness and job
Employment Services (TES) readiness activities into a family literacy
program
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Department of Labor Employment and Training National Council of Negro Women, Washington, DC for $350,000 Norton
Administration (ETA)--Training & a job readiness, life skills, and training program
Employment Services (TES) for disadvantaged women
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Northern Marianas Trade Institute, Saipan, MP for $200,000 Sablan
Administration (ETA)--Training & vocational and technical training programs
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation, $100,000 Meeks (NY)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Averne, NY for a workforce preparation program for
Employment Services (TES) youth and young adults residing in public housing
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK $200,000 Fallin; Cole
Administration (ETA)--Training & for a veterans job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training People for the Parks, Venice, CA for a program to $165,000 Becerra
Administration (ETA)--Training & train at-risk youth to maintain and operate
Employment Services (TES) sustainable parks
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Department of Labor Employment and Training San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX for purchase of $350,000 Olson
Administration (ETA)--Training & equipment
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA for $150,000 Scalise
Administration (ETA)--Training & a workforce development initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Southwest Virginia Community College, Richlands, VA $400,000 Boucher
Administration (ETA)--Training & for green jobs training in rural communities
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation, $150,000 Velazquez
Administration (ETA)--Training & Brooklyn, NY for a workforce development center
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Summit Academy OIC, Minneapolis, MN for a program $400,000 Ellison
Administration (ETA)--Training & focused on weatherization technician training and
Employment Services (TES) residential energy auditing
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Tulane University, New Orleans, LA for a community $250,000 Scalise; Cao; Melancon
Administration (ETA)--Training & health worker training program
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training UMWA Career Centers, Inc., Washington, PA for its $550,000 Murtha
Administration (ETA)--Training & mine worker training and employment programs
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL for the $450,000 Miller (FL)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Hometown Heroes Reach Out and Raise Hope program
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Upper Rio Grande Workforce Solutions, El Paso, TX $200,000 Rodriguez
Administration (ETA)--Training & for its Rural Initiatives Program
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Vanguard Services Unlimited, Arlington, VA for a $250,000 Moran (VA)
Administration (ETA)--Training & comprehensive vocational counselor training
Employment Services (TES) project
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC for $400,000 Price (NC); Miller (NC)
Administration (ETA)--Training & job training in the computer simulation and green
Employment Services (TES) automotive technologies industries
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Department of Labor Employment and Training West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA for the $600,000 Watson
Administration (ETA)--Training & Pathways to 21st Century Careers program
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Workforce Services Unlimited, Inc., Circleville, OH $350,000 Turner
Administration (ETA)--Training & for a job training initiative
Employment Services (TES)
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Department of Labor Employment and Training WRTP/BIG STEP, Milwaukee, WI for workforce skills $100,000 Moore (WI)
Administration (ETA)--Training & training to match needs in the construction,
Employment Services (TES) manufacturing and healthcare sectors
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, $305,000 Ryan (OH)
Administration (ETA)--Training & Youngstown, OH for its Youngstown Grey to Green
Employment Services (TES) Initiative to provide training in green jobs
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Department of Labor Employment and Training Youth Radio, Oakland, CA for training of at-risk $250,000 Lee (CA)
Administration (ETA)--Training & youth in media production, digital technology and
Employment Services (TES) broadcast engineering
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Aerospace Museum of California Foundation, Inc., $930,000 Lungren, Dan
McClellan, CA for maintenance of collections
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Alameda County Library Foundation, Fremont, CA for $300,000 Lee (CA)
technology and equipment for the Castro Calley
Library
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Ft. Worth, $500,000 Granger
TX to enhance collections
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, IA for $300,000 Loebsack
its flood recovery project
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Center for American History, Austin, TX for $250,000 Hall (TX)
educational programming at the Sam Rayburn Library
and Museum
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, San Jose, $120,000 Lofgren, Zoe
CA for education programs
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries City of Chino Hills, CA for library facility $250,000 Miller, Gary
improvements
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries City of Daphne, AL for library equipment $100,000 Bonner
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries City of Desert Hot Springs, CA for preservation of $100,000 Lewis (CA)
collections at the Cabot's Pueblo Museum
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries City of San Diego, CA for books, technology, $25,000 Filner
education and outreach programs for the Skyline
Hills Branch Library
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries City of Twin Falls, ID to digitize collections $100,000 Simpson
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries City of Yucaipa, CA for expanded library $100,000 Lewis (CA)
collections and technology upgrades
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Downingtown Library Senior Center, Downingtown, PA $350,000 Gerlach
to expand collections and for technology upgrades
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL for $200,000 Young (FL)
exhibits, collections and educational outreach
programs
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Gig Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA for $200,000 Dicks
exhibits and interactive displays
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Glenville State College, Glenville, WV for $350,000 Mollohan
programming and equipment for the college
library's veteran's history project
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mobile, AL for $100,000 Bonner
exhibits and educational outreach
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Isamue Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long $30,000 Maloney
Island City, NY for conservation projects
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation, $220,000 Harper
Jackson, MS for educational outreach programs
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ for exhibits and $300,000 Frelinghuysen; Rothman
educational programming
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA for science $350,000 Marshall
and educational programs
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL for $175,000 Jackson (IL); Schakowsky
teacher professional development
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., Mystic, CT for $350,000 Courtney
technology based educational programs
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries National Voting Rights Museum & Institute, Selma, $450,000 Davis (AL)
AL for the preservation and restoration of
exhibits
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Native American Cultural Center and Museum, $750,000 Cole
Oklahoma City, OK for exhibits and educational
programming
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries New Jersey State Library for the Blind and $100,000 Holt
Handicapped, Trenton, NJ for an awareness campaign
and digital materials
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA for a $250,000 Lee (CA)
technology initiative for educational outreach
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Orange County Library System, Orlando, FL for $500,000 Grayson
Spanish language media and books
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Phoenixville Public Library, Phoenixville, PA to $157,000 Gerlach
enhance collections
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries St. Louis Art Museum Foundation, St. Louis, MO for $225,000 Clay
restoration and reinstallation of exhibits
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, Glendora, $400,000 Thompson (MS)
MS for preservation of exhibits and collections
for the Emmett Till memorial complex
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Texas Southern University, Robert Terry Library and $300,000 Jackson-Lee (TX)
Mickey Leland Center, Houston, TX for archive
preservation
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for the Virtual $850,000 Johnson, Sam
Vietnam Archive
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation, $150,000 Slaughter
Buffalo, NY for exhibits and interactive displays
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Town of Jamestown, Jamestown, CA for books and $100,000 Clyburn
materials for the Jamestown County Library
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX for exhibits and $100,000 Smith (TX); Gonzalez
educational outreach
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Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums & Libraries Young at Art Children's Museum, Davie, FL for the $100,000 Wasserman Schultz; Wexler
Global Village educational program
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement Arts in Education program authorized by the $40,166,000 Hastings (FL); Herseth Sandlin; Hirono; Holt;
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Honda; Johnson, Eddie Bernice; Langevin;
McDermott; Miller (NC); Pomeroy; Rahall;
Slaughter; Tauscher; Van Hollen; Woolsey
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement Close Up Fellowships Program for activities $1,942,000 Grijalva; Hirono; Johnson (GA); Moran (VA);
authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Oberstar; Payne; Ross; Sarbanes; Wu; Young
Education Act (AK)
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement National History Day for activities authorized $500,000 Abercrombie; Bordallo; Gerlach; Grijalva;
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Hirono; Pingree (ME); Ross; Van Hollen
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement New Leaders for New Schools for activities $5,000,000 Miller, George
authorized under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
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Department of Education--National Projects Innovation and Improvement Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary $4,965,000 Abercrombie; Arcuri; Berkley; Brown (SC);
and Secondary Education Act Capps; Capuano; Cardoza; Carnahan; Castor
(FL); Clarke; Conyers; Costa; Crowley; Davis
(AL); Davis (CA); Davis (IL); Doyle;
Ellison; Eshoo; Fattah; Gerlach; Giffords;
Gonzalez; Green, Gene; Grijalva; Gutierrez;
Halvorson; Herseth Sandlin; Hinojosa;
Hirono; Holt; Johnson (GA); Johnson, Eddie
Bernice; Kildee; Kirkpatrick (AZ); Kucinich;
Langevin; Lee (NY); Loebsack; Lofgren, Zoe;
Marshall; McCarthy (NY); McDermott;
McGovern; McHugh; Moore (WI); Murphy (CT);
Nadler (NY); Napolitano; Oberstar; Paul;
Payne; Perriello; Price (NC); Rahall; Rogers
(MI); Roskam; Ross; Rush; Sarbanes; Scott
(GA); Scott (VA); Shea-Porter; Sherman;
Slaughter; Smith (NJ); Snyder; Spratt;
Tauscher; Tonko; Waxman; Yarmuth; Young (AK)
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Department of Education--National Projects Safe Schools and Citizenship Center for Civic Education and National Council $35,000,000 Abercrombie; Baca; Capps; Capuano; Carnahan;
Education for Economic Education for We the People Castor (FL); Costa; Davis (CA); Davis (IL);
(including a comprehensive program between the Dicks; Etheridge; Green, Gene; Grijalva;
Center for Civic Education, Indiana University, Gutierrez; Herseth Sandlin; Hinojosa;
and the National Conference on State Legislatures) Hirono; Johnson, Eddie Bernice; Kildee;
and Cooperative Education Exchange as authorized Langevin; Lofgren, Zoe; McCarthy (CA);
in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as McGovern; Miller (NC); Oberstar; Pomeroy;
part of the Civic Education program Rahall; Roskam; Ross; Shea-Porter; Van
Hollen; Waxman; Yarmuth; Young (AK)
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Department of Education--National Projects Special Education Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc. for $13,250,000 Holt; Moran (VA)
development, production, circulation, and support
of accessible educational materials as authorized
under section 674(c)(1)(D) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act
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MINORITY VIEWS OF THE HONORABLE JERRY LEWIS AND THE HONORABLE TODD
TIAHRT
Whatever is said about the individual benefits of this
appropriations bill and the thought that has gone into
developing it, one simple and irrefutable fact remains. When
combined with all the other bills that have preceded it and
those that will follow it, the spending course that we are on
is not sustainable, and should not be sustained. Regardless of
anyone's support for this individual bill when viewed in
isolation, when placed in the larger context of total
discretionary spending, and when discretionary spending is
placed in context of total spending, quite clearly the sum of
the parts greatly exceeds the whole. The final picture reveals
a complete intolerance for reform or restraint in spending by
the majority. That must change, and it must change now.
SPENDING SPREE
If recent polling data is even remotely accurate, most
Americans are wondering if this Congress and this
Administration understand the long-term ramifications of the
massive spending spree we've been on since January. The
stimulus bill passed in February spent nearly $800,000,000,000
of money we don't have. When you add the interest that we'll
have to pay the Chinese and the Saudis and other foreign
governments that buy our debt, the cost of that bill alone will
have exceeded $1,000,000,000,000.
To put that bill in perspective, it is larger than the
entire discretionary budget submitted by President George W.
Bush for fiscal year 2002, and when interest is added it
exceeds the size of the total discretionary spending this
Congress approved for fiscal year 2009. And what do we have to
show for that exercise? Unemployment has hit 9.5 percent and is
expected to rise above 10 percent. We have massive amounts of
money spent on programs--many funded by the agencies in this
bill--that may be good programs, but have absolutely nothing to
do with bringing us out of the economic crisis we're in today.
And worst of all, of the $126,000,000,000 contained in the
stimulus bill for discretionary programs under the jurisdiction
of this subcommittee, only about $7,700,000,000 has actually
been spent. In the case of one agency that received nearly
$23,000,000,000, only $200,000,000 had been spent as of May 31,
2009. The reality is that bill wasn't stimulus.
What it did do is create a tidal wave of spending that will
hit next year if we are to avoid what has been called the
``cliff effect.'' At the time, the President and Democrats in
the majority party claimed this was one-time spending. We would
like to believe that is true, because if it isn't, the fiscal
year 2011 allocation for this bill will need to be somewhere in
the neighborhood of $220,000,000,000--nearly $60,000,000,000
above the overly generous level contained in this bill--just to
sustain funding for popular programs like grants to local
school districts, Pell grants, special education, and
biomedical research at NIH.
One could argue that spending would be acceptable if we had
an extra $60,000,000,000 in the treasury--but we do not have
that money, it is borrowed money. It is borrowed from the
American people and it is borrowed from foreign governments
like China, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and others.
On July 16, House Democrats unveiled a health ``reform''
bill that looks like it's going to cost well over
$1,000,000,000,000--and it is laden with provisions that
instruct the Congressional Budget Office to ignore spending, so
the cost is likely much higher.
And last, we had a budget submitted to us by the White
House earlier this year that, for the first time exceeded
$1,000,000,000,000 in discretionary spending--and contains well
over $3,500,000,000,000 in total spending.
In short, the American people are being asked to shoulder
an incredible financial burden that will have lasting effects
on our economy.
THE CURRENT PATH IS NOT SUSTAINABLE
CBO's recent midyear ``Extended-Baseline Scenario''
analysis, which provides for the very best case that can be
made, reveals that even under the best of circumstances the
outcome is a shocking indictment of the spending path down
which the Government is currently racing. The most frightening
findings in this report are the deficit and debt projections.
In this year and next year, the yearly budget shortfall, or
deficit, will be the largest post-war deficits on record--
exceeding 11 percent of the economy or gross domestic product
(GDP)--and by 2080 it will reach 17.8 percent of GDP.
The national debt, which is the sum of all past deficits,
will escalate even faster. Since 1962, debt has averaged 36
percent of GDP, but it will reach 60 percent, nearly double the
average, by next year and will exceed 100 percent of the
economy by 2042. Put another way, in about 30 years, for every
$1 each American citizen and business earns or produces, the
government will be an equivalent $1 in debt. By 2083, debt
figures will surpass an astounding 306 percent of GDP.
The report also finds high overall growth in the government
as a share of the economy and as a share of taxpayers' wallets.
While total government spending has hovered around 20 percent
of the economy since the 1960s, it has jumped by a quarter to
25 percent in 2009 alone and is projected to exceed 32 percent.
Taxes, which have averaged at 18.3 percent of GDP, will reach
unprecedented levels of 26 percent unless something changes.
And remember this is the best case. Never in American history
have spending and tax levels been that high.
THE SHORT TERM OUTLOOK IS NO BETTER
According to CBO the Obama Administration is well on its
way to doubling the national debt in 5 years. In so doing it
will drive the Debt-to-GDP ratio from 41% today to a staggering
71%. And as the charts below show by 2019 the ratio will hit
80% under the Administration's own current assumptions.
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Let's face it, the United States Treasury is building a
mountain of debt and the Federal Reserve has issued another
mountain of dollars in its attempt to sustain the credit
markets in recent months. The possibility of much higher
inflation, which will reduce the value of the payments to the
holders of the US debt, is a very real, if not the single
largest threat against the ability of the economy to recover.
That rapid rise in debt is being fueled by unprecedented
increases in annual deficits. The deficits projected in the
Obama Budget Blueprint, and adopted in the Budget Resolution,
average just shy of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars annually for the
next ten years--not including revenue shortfalls in Social
Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which will add even greater
amounts to the annual deficit. In addition, the Budget
Resolution--at the behest of the Administration, and a
harbinger of more to come--raises taxes by $1,500,000,000,000
over the next ten years, withdrawing those funds from private
production in the economy as well.
Before the recession, federal spending totaled $24,000 per
U.S. household. President Obama and the budget resolution that
incorporates that plan would hike it to $32,000 per household
by 2019--an inflation-adjusted $8,000-per-household expansion
of government. Even the steep tax increases planned for all
taxpayers would not finance all of this spending. Simply put,
the President's budget and the budget resolution which adopted
those spending levels would add trillions of dollars in new
debt.
And as noted above that debt can only be paid for by
borrowing even more. But the global demand for U.S. debt is not
infinite and continued purchases of debt can only be induced by
greater interest rates. We are already seeing that occur as
treasury rates have soared recently in the face of government
borrowing.
As debt levels increase, interest rates, too, must increase
in order to encourage more citizens or foreign governments to
buy up debt. However, CBO does not attempt to model interest
rate increases. Had CBO accounted for this, long-term deficit
and debt numbers would be far higher because rising interest
rates would drive net interest costs up further, driving
deficits and debt up even higher, driving interest rates up
further, and so on in a vicious cycle. As CBO states on page
eight of the report: ``If debt actually increased as projected
under either scenario, interest rates would be higher than
otherwise and economic growth would be slower.''
This is not the time in our history to permanently add to
the burden on taxpayers. It is the time to minimize that burden
and hasten the recovery. The alternative budget blueprint that
has been proposed by the Republican leadership and the specific
alternative 302(b) allocations that were offered by Ranking
Member Lewis do just that.
BUT WHY SHOULD THIS YEAR BE ANY DIFFERENT?
Many of these statistics are old news and the shock has
worn off. The specific numbers from report to report by CBO and
even other agencies have changed but the message about the
budget's unsustainable course has stayed the same.
Two factors should cause this year's ``Long-Term Budget
Outlook'' to resonate more strongly and catalyze congressional
action.
1. First, the current recession has proven how important it
is to get and keep America's economy on track. America is in a
period of high unemployment, negative economic growth, and
trillion-dollar deficits. More trillion-dollar deficits, of
which, at $163,400,000,000, this bill is a very significant
part, will not get or keep America's economy on a sustainable
path, nor will they be tolerated by the public, but that is
precisely where the U.S. economy is headed unless we step up
now and start to reduce spending wherever we can, and that
includes this bill as well.
2. Second, the Obama Administration and Democratic
congressional leadership are poised to make the budget
situation far worse with proposals for new expensive federal
programs, such as national health care. While many policy goals
may seem important in isolation, they must still be paid for in
the broader context of the entire budget.
Americans cannot afford to let Congress develop yet another
huge entitlement program funded by deception, budget gimmicks,
phony phase-ins, deficits beyond the budget window, multiple
scorekeepers, bogus offsets and relying on hypothetical long-
term savings to finance coverage expansion. These gimmicks only
undermine the credibility of Congress and load increasing debt
on the next generation.
CONGRESS HAS ONE OPTION: REDUCE SPENDING
Cutting an earmark here or raising a soda tax there will be
absolutely insufficient to overcome the upward pressure on the
debt that we are now experiencing and which we seem unwilling
and even unable to stop. Entitlement reform is a key necessity
but so is the need to hold down spending in programs over which
we have not only control, but an annual opportunity to impose
restraint and reform. Not doing so is not just the fault of
this bill. It is the fault of an overall process that has been
established to prevent real and meaningful attempts to reduce
costs.
THE SITUATION IS TOO BAD TO IGNORE
Now that Americans are all too familiar with the problems
associated with economic slowdowns and trillion-dollar
deficits, Congress ought to take the warnings issued in the
CBO's ``Long-Term Budget Outlook'' seriously. Adding new
entitlements, such as national health care, or ignoring the
need to restrain domestic spending wherever possible while
claiming to care about fiscal responsibility will be
disingenuous at best and economically debilitating at worst.
HEALTH REFORM
Committee Republicans offered four amendments during full
committee consideration of this bill in an effort to control
costs and improve health reform legislation that is currently
being considered in the House. Among those improvements was an
amendment to prohibit the creation of a public health insurance
plan. While the concept may sound good to some, the reality is
that a public plan could exploit government's endless ability
to borrow money to the point at which it would crowd out
private insurance. Furthermore, according to recent reviews by
CBO, the current plan for a government option, the purported
purpose of which is to lower health care costs, would in fact
accomplish the opposite. CBO has concluded that both plans do
not make ``the sort of fundamental changes'' necessary to
control the explosive growth in government health programs. CBO
went on to conclude that as currently being considered, the
House and Senate health reform bills would actually increase
costs. Yet following on the philosophy that there is no problem
the government can't solve if only Congress spends more and
more money, every Democratic member of the Committee voted for
a massive, and according to CBO, more expensive government-run
plan.
In addition, Committee Republicans offered an amendment to
prohibit the Secretary of HHS from enforcing any new government
health insurance mandate on small businesses, which are truly
the engine of economic growth in the United States. In fact,
According to the National Federation of Independent Business,
as many as 1,600,000 million jobs could be lost as a result of
the mandates, fees and taxes that would be levied in the
current versions of health reform--and up to 1,000,000 of those
are likely to be jobs created by small businesses.
Unfortunately, this thoughtful and timely amendment was
defeated, without a single Democratic member voting in support
of our small businesses.
Third, an amendment was offered that required Members of
Congress who support a public health insurance option to enroll
in it. Ironically, not a single Democratic member of the
Committee supported that amendment--not one was willing to say
to their constituents that they and their family are willing to
live with what results from their vote.
GIMMICKS AND GIVEAWAYS
This bill contains several budget gimmicks--in the form of
cap adjustments permitted by the budget resolution or transfers
of other balances--that mask the true amount of spending. For
example, in fiscal year 2009, the majority provided a massive
increase for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or
LIHEAP, nearly $2.8 billion of which was financed by emergency
spending that did not count against the total amount of
spending in the bill. In short, it was ``free money'' for
purposes of the bill's cap. Of course it is not free money for
purposes of the exploding debt that America's children and
grandchildren will be responsible for paying down the road. In
its wisdom, the Budget Committee permitted this committee to
spend an additional $1.9 billion to continue that ``emergency''
funding via a budget gimmick. But what is more egregious is a
provision that expands eligibility for LIHEAP funding from
those earning 60 percent of a State's median income (SMI) level
to 75 percent. For anyone wondering, in states like
Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland, 75 percent of SMI
exceeds $70,000 per year. We would hardly call those people low
income, particularly when there are some states that are not
providing full benefits to some of the poorest of the poor. If
implemented, this misguided giveaway will benefit upper middle
income taxpayers, while those most in need of heating and
cooling assistance will continue to struggle.
The bill also contains giveaways for big labor--and quite
remarkably in some cases at the expense of regular union
members. For example, the bill cuts by nearly 10 percent the
budget of the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)--the
organization at DOL that investigates and prosecutes potential
crimes by union bosses against union members. What is worse, in
justifying this cut the Committee report cites a study--
authored by a former union organizer--that has been widely
criticized by objective observers and is clearly refuted by the
facts. Since fiscal year 1998, OLMS has secured 1,444
convictions, which has resulted in more than $106 million in
embezzled funds that were returned to union workers. Yet the
majority has chosen to reduce funding for OLMS, which will, in
turn, hinder its ability to prosecute those who break the law.
In addition, the bill fails to address an insidious
weakening of the disclosure requirements for union bosses that
has been proposed by the Obama Administration in its continuing
effort to pander to Big Labor. Meanwhile, the people who will
suffer from this retrenchment of transparency are the average,
run-of-the-mill union worker, whose dues are being siphoned off
by corrupt union leadership.
The bill also includes a provision that defers--rather than
cancels--$511,000,000 of mandatory funding for the Academic
Competitiveness/SMART Grant program at the Department of
Education. By employing this budgetary sleight of hand, the
majority ``saves'' $511,000,000 in FY10, and can ``save'' those
same funds again in FY11. In reality, this ``savings'' amounts
to nothing more than an effort to bend the rules that will end
up costing the American taxpayer $511,000,000 every year it is
used. If the majority party had any inclination toward fiscal
responsibility it would cancel these funds and return them to
the Treasury rather than deferring them over and over again as
a means to ``finance'' their appetite for government spending.
Additionally, the bill transfers $500 million of funding
from the BioShield Special Reserve Fund--which was established
for the express purpose of purchasing medical countermeasures
in the event an act of bioterrorism is committed--to the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under the
fig leaf that more research is needed. In reality, if more
research were needed, the appropriate place to transfer these
funds would have been the Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Agency at HHS. It is clear the majority has taken
these critical national security funds in an effort to pay for
an increase in biomedical research. Committee Republicans
support increases in biomedical research, and as a result,
offered an amendment that would have reduced a host of programs
that received mammoth increases to their FY09 levels, reduced
funding for programs that are currently swimming in more
``stimulus'' funding than they can spend, or would have
terminated or reduced other programs to President Obama's
budget request. Sadly, not one Democratic member crossed the
aisle to cast a vote that would have supported America's
security and preserved critical biomedical research funding
while reducing funding for lower priority programs or programs
that are awash in funding already.
Finally, because of the unorthodox and restrictive
procedure followed on the House floor this year during
consideration of appropriations bills, Mr. Lewis submitted an
amendment that contained thirteen timely and thoughtful
Republican ideas that, under an open floor procedure, would
have and should have been considered by the full House. These
ideas have largely been at the forefront of public discussion,
and the American people deserve to have their representatives
in Congress address them. Specifically, that amendment would
have:
Prohibited the employment of illegal aliens;
Stopped federal funds from going to any State or
locality that refuses to share information with Federal
immigration authorities;
Ensured housing benefits are not provided to
aliens who are not entitled to those benefits;
Expedited the requirement that Federal contractors
use the e-Verify system;
Protect the security of drivers' licenses;
Denied visas to citizens of countries that refuse
to repatriate their citizens ordered deported from the U.S.;
Prohibited the extension of Miranda protections to
U.S. detainees in Afghanistan;
Ensured that US Government assistance is not
provided to individuals who are members of terrorist
organizations;
Prohibited implementation of a costly and
economically disastrous cap and trade system;
Permitted the Department of Defense and other
agencies to purchase certain alternative fuels;
Stopped the public sale of Federally-owned
trailers deemed to be uninhabitable;
Ceased implementation of the Fairness Doctrine;
and
Denied funds to enforce changes to the wage rates
on Guam.
Unfortunately, Committee Democrats unanimously rejected
this amendment. The text of the Lewis amendment follows:
Jerry Lewis.
Todd Tiahrt.
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