1) The purpose of this bill is to "jumpstart the economy and create jobs.
2) The amount of money these departments/programs are recieving in this package, set's the benchmark for what they will expect to recieve from future budgets.
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$2 billion for FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois from which the DoE pulled funding last year after having determined that the project was inefficient.
$246 million as a tax break to Hollywood for movie producers buying film.
(What....hollywood doesn't have enough money?)
$650 million for the digital TV converter coupon fiasco.
(That many people still rely on rabit ears?)
$448 million to build the headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security.
$248 million for furniture for said DoHS HQ.
(Mahogany baby)
$600 million to buy hybrids for federal employees.
$400 million for CDC screening to prevent STDs.
$1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
$125 million for the Washington sewer system.
(note to contractors: Make sure the pipes heading to teh capital are really really big)
$150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
$1 billion for the 2010 Census.
$75 million for smoking cessation activities.
$25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse programs.
$500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.
$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.
$6 billion to make federal buildings green.
$500 million for state and local fire stations.
$650 million for wildland fire management on forest lands.
$1.2 billion for youth activities including summer job programs.
$88 million to renovate Public Health Services HQ.
$412 million for CDC buildings and property.
$500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Maryland.
$160 million for paid volunteers at the Corporation for National and Community Service.
$5.5 million for energy efficient initiatives at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
$850 million for Amtrak.
$100 million to reduce the hazard of lead-based paint.
$75 million to construct a security training facility for State Department Security officers.
$100 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.
$200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military
installations.
$50 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts
$726 million for the "after school snack program".
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