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Construction-related spending in House Democrats' stimulus proposal, released Jan.15, could approach $160 billion. But a precise figure is hard to determine because some of the accounts that would receive funding under the plan can go for other types of capital spending besides infrastructure or buildings.
A look at the House Appropriations Committee's explanatory report on the bill shows substantial funding for a wide range of construction programs across many federal departments and agencies. Stimulus aid for buildings is especially widespread among agencies.
TRANSPORTATION[$43.75 billion]
DOT Federal-aid highways, $30 billion
DOT Airport improvement grants, $3 billion
DOT Passenger rail, $1.1 billion, including $800 million for Amtrak capital spending, $300 million for state grants for intercity rail capital improvements
DOT Transit capital assistance, $6 billion to buy buses, railcars; make facility improvements
DOT Transit fixed-guideway infrastructure, $2 billion (includes modernizing, terminals, stations, structures, substations, etc., plus rolling stock
DOT Transit capital investment grants, $1 billion, for light rail, heavy rail, commuter rail, HOV projects.
U.S. Forest Service capital improvement, maintenance (roads, bridges, trails) $650 million
DEFENSE/VETERANS[$11.45 billion]
Facilities improvements $4.5 billion (including $1.8 billion for energy-efficiency upgrades, $455 million for medical facilities, $154 million for barracks, $2.1 billion for facilities "sustainment" projects)
DOD-wide, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, $3.75 billion
Troop housing and child care centers, $1.55 billion, including: Army, $920 million; Navy and Marine Corps, $350 million; Air Force, $280 million
Reserves and National Guard, $400 million
Base Realignment and Closure, environmental cleanup $300 million
VA Medical facilities, maintenance projects, $950 million
Photo: J. Peabody
HOUSING/HUD[$13.29 billion]
Public housing capital fund, repair and construction of public housing units, $5 billion
Elderly, disabled, Section 8 housing, energy retrofits, $2.5 billion
Native American housing block grants, repairs, rehabilitation, $500 million
Community Development Block Grants, for housing, services, infrastructure, $1 billion
Neighborhood stabilization fund (purchase, rehabilitate vacant housing), $4.19 billion
Lead-based paint hazards, remediation, rehabilitation, $100 million
SCHOOLS[$20.1 billion]
School modernization, renovation, repair, $20 billion, includes $14 billion for K-12 schools, $6 billion for higher education
"Impact Aid" school construction (includes schools on federal land), $100 million
ENERGY[$36 billion]
Grid Investment $11.0 billion, including $4.5 billion for Smart Grid investment program; $3.25 billion for Western Area Power Administration; $3.25 billion for Bonneville Power Administration
Renewable energy and Transmission loan guarantees $8 billion
Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy grants and loans $8.4 billion
Home weatherization assistance $6.2 billion
Carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects $2.4 billion
OTHER BUILDINGS[$12.853 billion]
GSA: federal buildings, $7.7 billion, including $6 billion for energy conservation, energy efficiency upgrades, $1 billion for border stations
Fish and Wildlife Service, maintenance and construction, $300 million
National Park Service infrastructure maintenance $1.7 billion
National Mall (Wash, DC) revitalization (including Jefferson Memorial repairs) $200 million
U.S. Geological Survey, facilities and equipment repair, restoration $200 million
Bureau of Indian Affairs, infrastructure (schools, dams, roads, detention and law enforcement facilities) $500 million
Indian Health Service, facilities $550 million
Smithsonian Institution, facilities maintenance $150 million
Homeland Security: Border patrol facilities, maintenance and repairs, modernization $150 million
Agriculture Dept. facilities $253 million
Agriculture Dept. Rural facilities $200 million (loans)
Commerce Dept. aid for research science buildings $300 mill
NASA facilities, hurricane damage repairs $50 mill
National Science Foundation facilities repair grants (to academic institutions) $200 million
NSF major research facilities and equipment $400 million
Photo: Neil Brake
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPT. BUILDINGS[$4.05 billion]
Community health centers, new or expanded sites $500 million
Community Health Centers modernization $1 billion
Public Health Service HQ building replacement, $88 million
Centers for Disease Control modernization $462 million
National Institutes of Health, university research facilities renovation, construction, $1.5 billion
NIH campus modernization, $500 million
WATER AND ENVIRONMENT[$17.124 billion]
EPA Superfund $800 million
EPA Leaking underground storage tank cleanup, enforcement $200 million
EPA Clean Water SRF $6 billion
EPA Drinking Water SRF $2 billion
EPA Brownfields assessments, cleanup $100 million
Corps of Engineers (civil works) $4.5 billion (includes $2 billion for construction, $2.25 billion for operation and maintenance).
Bureau of Reclamation drinking water projects $500 million
International Boundary and Water Commission (U.S.-Mexico), water projects $224 million
Agriculture Dept, rural water and waste disposal (grants and loans ) $1.5 billion
Agriculture Dept., watershed rehab,/flood prevention $400 million
NOAA habitat restoration, $400 million
DOE defense environmental management (accelerate nuclear waste cleanup) $500 million
OTHER[$575 million]
Bureau of Land Management, infrastructure maintenance (roads, trails, buildings, bridges, habitat, hazardous-fuels reduction), $325 million
Commerce Dept., Economic Development Administration, public works aid, $250 million
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