Feb. 13, 2009 -- Congress released details Thursday night of its $787 billion stimulus plan, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. About 65 percent of funds in the measure go toward spending, while about 35 percent will pay for tax cuts. Below is a breakdown of some of the key spending provisions in the measure.
*Note: Line items may not add up to the totals shown for each spending category. Total figures reflect only discretionary spending and do not include mandatory spending.
| $120 billion* | Infrastructure and science, including |
|---|---|
| Infrastructure improvements | |
| $7.2 billion | Broadband access and usage in unserved and underserved areas |
| $2.75 billion | Department of Homeland Security, including: - $1 billion for airport baggage and checkpoint security - $430 million for construction of border points of entry - $210 million for construction of fire stations - $300 million for port, transit and rail security - $280 million for border security technology and communication - $240 million for the Coast Guard |
| $4.6 billion | Army Corps of Engineers |
| $1.2 billion | Veterans Affairs hospital and medical facility construction and improvements, long-term-care facilities for veterans and improvements, at VA national cemeteries |
| $3.1 billion | Repair, restoration and improvement of public facilities on public and tribal lands |
| $4.2 billion | Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization to be used to invest in energy efficiency projects and to improve the repair and modernization of Department of Defense facilities to include Defense Health facilities |
| $2.33 billion | Department of Defense Facilities including quality-of-life and family-friendly military improvement projects such as family housing, hospitals and child care centers |
| $2.25 billion | HOME and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, to fill financing gaps caused by the credit freeze and get stalled housing development projects moving |
| $1 billion | Community Development Block Grant program for community and economic development projects, including housing and services for those hit hard by tough economic times |
| $1 billion | Bureau of Reclamation to provide clean, reliable drinking water to rural areas and to ensure adequate water supply to Western localities impacted by drought |
| Transportation | |
| $27.5 billion | Highway investments |
| $8.4 billion | Public transportation |
| $1.5 billion | Competitive grants to state and local governments for transportation investments |
| $1.3 billion | Air transportation system |
| $9.3 billion | Rail transportation, including Amtrak, high-speed and intercity rail |
| Public Housing | |
| $4 billion | Public housing capital fund to enable local public housing agencies to address a $32 billion backlog in capital needs -- especially those improving energy efficiency in aging buildings |
| $2 billion | Full-year payments to owners receiving Section 8 project-based rental assistance |
| $2 billion | Redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes |
| $1.5 billion | Homeless prevention activities, which will be sent out to states, cities and local governments through the emergency shelter grant formula |
| $250 million | Energy retrofitting and green investments in HUD-assisted housing projects |
| Environmental CleanUp/Clean Water | |
| $6 billion | Environmental cleanup of former weapon production and energy research sites |
| $6 billion | Local clean and drinking water infrastructure improvements |
| $1.2 billion | EPA environmental cleanup programs, including Superfund |
| $1.38 billion | Support $3.8 billion in loans and grants for needed water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas |
| Science | |
| $1 billion | NASA |
| $3 billion | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| $2 billion | Department of Energy, including $400 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) |
| $830 million | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) |
| $14.2 billion* | Health, including |
| $19 billion | $2 billion in discretionary funds and $17 billion for investments and incentives through Medicare and Medicaid to ensure widespread adoption and use of interoperable health information technology |
| $1 billion | Prevention and wellness programs to fight preventable diseases and conditions with evidence-based strategies |
| $10 billion | Biomedical research in areas such as cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease and stem cells, and to improve NIH facilities |
| $1.1 billion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NIH and the HHS Office of the Secretary, to evaluate the relative effectiveness of different health care services and treatment options |
| $105.9 billion* | Education and Training, including |
| $53.6 billion | State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, including: - $39.5 billion to local school districts using existing funding formulas, which can be used for preventing cutbacks and layoffs, for school modernization or for other purposes - $5 billion to states as bonus grants for meeting key performance measures in education - $8.8 billion to states for high-priority needs such as public safety and other critical services, which may include education, and for modernization, renovation and repairs of facilities at public schools and institutes of higher education |
| $13 billion | Title 1 to help close the achievement gap and enable disadvantaged students to reach their potential |
| $12.2 billion | Special Education/IDEA to improve educational outcomes for disabled children |
| $15.6 billion | Increase the maximum Pell grant by $500 |
| $3.95 billion | Job training, including state formula grants for adult, dislocated worker and youth programs (including $1.2 billion to create up to 1 million summer jobs for youth) |
| $37.5 billion* | Energy, including |
| $4.5 billion | Repair of federal buildings to increase energy efficiency using green technology |
| $3.4 billion | Fossil energy research and development |
| $11 billion | Smart-grid-related activities, including work to modernize the electric grid |
| $6.3 billion | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Grants |
| $5 billion | Weatherization Assistance Program |
| $2.5 billion | Energy efficiency and renewable energy research |
| $2 billion | Grant funding for the manufacturing of advanced batteries systems and components and vehicle batteries that are produced in the United States |
| $6 billion | New loan guarantees aimed at standard renewable projects such as wind or solar projects and for electricity transmission projects |
| $1 billion | Other energy efficiency programs including alternative fuel trucks and buses, transportation-charging infrastructure, and smart and energy efficient appliances |
| $24.3 billion* | Helping Americans Hit Hardest by the Economic Crisis, including |
| $19.9 billion | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly food stamps, to increase the benefit by 13.6 percent |
| $2 billion | Child Care Development Block Grant, to provide quality child care services for an additional 300,000 children in low-income families |
| $2.1 billion | Head Start and Early Head Start, to allow an additional 124,000 children to participate in this program |
| $4 billion | State and local law enforcement |
| $555 million | Expand the Department of Defense Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) during the national mortgage crisis |
| $7.8 billion* | Law Enforcement, Oversight, Other Programs |
The House approved President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan on Friday, paving the way for a Senate vote later in the day. The plan passed on a 246-183 vote with no Republican support, despite Obama's pleas for a bipartisan consensus. Seven Democrats also voted against the package, and one Democrat voted present.
