Stimulus package

Well, here it is. This is where Obama wants the money to go to. Hope you can stay awake ;-)

$650,000,000 for Wildland Fire Management programs

$135,000,000 for Indian Health Services

$410,000,000 for Indian Health Facilities

$150,000,000 for the Smithsonian facilities

$3,250,000,000 for Training and Employment services under the Department of Labor

$120,000,000 for community service programs for the elderly

$160,000,000 for the Office of Job Corps

$400,000,000 for State Unemployment

$160,000,000 MORE for the Office of Job Corps facilities

$1,000,000,000 for the Department of Health and Human Services

$88,000,000 for Department of Health and Human Services HQ replacement

$412,000,000 for the CDC

$300,000,000 for the National Institute of Health

The Committee recommends an additional $2,700,000,000 for the Office of the Director, half of which will be transferred to the Institutes and Centers. The Committee strongly urges that, to the extent possible, the funds should be used for purposes that can be completed within 2 years. In particular, the Committee recommends placing a priority on: short-term new grants that focus on specific scientific challenges; new research that expands the scope of ongoing projects; research on public health priorities such as influenza, tuberculosis and malaria; and stem cell research.

$1,110,000,000 for vague "research comparability" projects, with nearly half available for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use at will.

$2,000,000,000 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant to subsidize child care costs.

$400,000,000 for "social services" for laid-off or otherwise displaced persons

$2,100,000,000 for Head Start

$100,000,000 for senior meal programs

$5,000,000,000 for Health Information Programs

$5,800,000,000 MORE to the CDC for disease prevention with this interesting caveat: The Committee believes that CDC's State portfolio managers have been successful in making the most efficient use of multiple funding streams.

$750,000,000 for vaccination projects

$15,000,000 for newborn screening

$60,000,000 for CDC research and screening, including under the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

$13,000,000,000 for the Department of Education

$17,070,000,000 for school improvement programs

$1,000,000,000 for educational technology grants

$16,000,000,000 to rebuild public schools

$13,500,000,000 for Special Education

$610,000,000 for Rehabilitation Services

$110,000,000 for independent living programs for the disabled

$13,869,000,000 in Pell grants

$100,000,000 for improving teacher quality

$3,500,000,000 for modernization of higher education facilities

$160,000,000 for AmeriCorps

$40,000,000 to cover the National Service Trust against market losses

$890,000,000 to limit the administrative costs of Social Security

$20,000,000 to the Government Accountability Office

$3,012,922,000 for military construction

$410,973,000 for the Homeowners Assistance Fund so military personnel do not have to take a large loss if permanently deployed and forced to sell an overvalued home in today's market.

$637,875,000 for Army construction projects

$990,092,000 for Navy and Marine Corps construction projects

$871,332,000 for Air Force construction projects

$118,560,000 for other vague and non-stated military construction projects

$150,000,000 for Army National Guard "readiness centers"

$110,000,000 for Air National Guard

$3,944,100,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs

$1,370,459,000 for VA facilities

$64,961,000 for the National Cemetery Administration for "capital infrastructure" and construction projects.

$1,105,333,000 for "major" construction projects for the VA and the National Cemetery Administration

$939,836,000 for "minor" construction projects

$257,986,000 for extended care facilities

$60,300,000 for Arlington National Cemetery

$180,500,000 for the Department of State Administration of Foreign Affairs

$75,000,000 for Worldwide Security Protection

$524,000,000 for the Capital Investment Fund to upgrade government IT programs.

$98,527,00o for the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative to prevent cyber crime

$305,473,000 to upgrade IT systems

$224,000,000 for border "construction"

$100,000,000 To the President for IT modernization under the United States Agency for International Development

$45,467,750,000 for the Department of Transportation

$5,500,000,000 in additional state transportation money

$200,000,000 for FAA facilities and equipment

$27,060,000,00 MORE for "highway investments"

$250,000,000 to the Federal Railroad Administration

$850,000,000 to AMTRAK

$2,000,000,000 for a high-speed rail corridor investigation

$8,400,000,000 for public transportation systems around the country

$100,000,000 to the Maritime Administration

$510,000,000 for the Native American Housing Block Grant

$5,000,000,00 to the Public Housing Capital Fund

$2,250,000,000 for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program from your friends at HUD

$1,600,000,000 for the Homelessness Prevention Fund

$3,500,000,000 to Section 8 low-income housing

$79,000,000,000 for a new State Fiscal Stabilization Fund which will help offset state defaults

Damn, I need to come up with some program quick.