November 18, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10925 marines, thank you for your service, titles in which concurrence of the I bring to the House the first-ever God bless you, and come home safe and House is requested: conference report for Transportation, sound. S. 467. An act to extend the applicability of Treasury, Housing and Urban Develop- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. ment, the Judiciary, the independent S. 1418. An act to enhance the adoption of of my time. agencies, plus the District of Columbia. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. a nationwide interoperable health informa- tion technology system and to improve the This is a complex bill, but an impor- HASTINGS of Washington). Without ob- quality and reduce the costs of health care in jection, the previous question is or- tant bill, making appropriations for the United States. dered on the conference report. our Nation’s important infrastructure: There was no objection. f roads, airports and rail, for our Na- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3058, tion’s capital, for our Nation’s housing question is on the conference report. TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, needs, and for our Nation’s judiciary. Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- We have met the needs for fiscal year yeas and nays are ordered. MENT, THE JUDICIARY, THE DIS- 2006, all the while staying within our Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur- TRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDE- 302(b) allocation of $65.9 billion, and ther proceedings on this question will PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA- total spending of $133.4 billion. be postponed. TIONS ACT, 2006 I would like to thank my friend and f Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, ranking member, the gentleman from pursuant to House Resolution 565, I call GENERAL LEAVE Massachusetts (Mr. OLVER), for all of up the conference report on the bill the hard work and the keen interest in Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I (H.R. 3058) making appropriations for ask unanimous consent that all Mem- the Departments of Transportation, the programs in this bill. He has prov- bers may have 5 legislative days in Treasury, and Housing and Urban De- en to be a valuable partner, and I want which to revise and extend their re- velopment, the Judiciary, District of to commend him. He has made signifi- marks and include tabular and extra- Columbia, and independent agencies cant contributions to this bill, and I neous material on the conference re- for the fiscal year ending September 30, thank him for his support. port to accompany H.R. 3058. 2006, and for other purposes. I would also like to thank the mem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The Clerk read the title of the bill. bers of the subcommittee for their hard objection to the request of the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tleman from Michigan? ant to House Resolution 565, the con- work during the hearing process and in There was no objection. ference report is considered read. creating the bill. I certainly want to f (For conference report and state- mention and point out that this staff, ment, see prior proceedings of the the entire staff, has really done some MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE House of November 17, 2005.) extraordinary things over the last sev- A message from the Senate by Ms. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- eral days, and they have had some Curtis, one of its clerks, announced tleman from Michigan (Mr. KNOLLEN- sleepless nights, and so they are pre- that the Senate has passed without BERG) and the gentleman from Massa- pared to leave here tonight and catch amendment a joint resolution of the chusetts (Mr. OLVER) each will control up on some needed sleep. House of the following title: 30 minutes. H.J. Res. 72. Joint Resolution making fur- The Chair recognizes the gentleman This is a good bill, a clean bill, and ther continuing appropriations for the fiscal from Michigan (Mr. KNOLLENBERG). one that I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote to pass the year 2006, and for other purposes. Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I Transportation, Treasury, Housing and The message also announced that the yield myself such time as I may con- Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Senate has passed bills of the following sume. the District of Columbia bill.

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Yet we have normal- we must be on the train headed for provide valuable funding for important ized relations with Vietnam by fol- Turkey or something like that, because initiatives that include the Anacostia lowing an engagement communication I expected to have my chairman to River Trail, the Water and Sewer Au- trade and travel policy. have a good many more comments to thority and for elementary and sec- Similarly, we fought a war against say than he has done. ondary and postsecondary education. I China, which is virtually to the day Mr. Speaker, at the outset I would particularly regret the continuing now 55 years ago, started 55 years ago like to thank the staff on both sides for rider forbidding the use of local funds on the Korean peninsula, and we have their exceedingly diligent work in put- for needle exchange programs. I think again followed the engagement com- ting this conference report together. I they are an important tool in a city munication trade and travel policy want to recognize our committee clerk such as our Capital which has a high with Communist China. And China, it Dena Baron and her excellent majority HIV incidence. But I do commend the goes so far as to now have China with staff, including Cheryle Tucker, Dave chairman for ensuring no new social the largest trade surplus with respect Gibbons, Steve Crane, Dave Napoliello, riders were placed on the District of to us. Obviously our largest trade def- Christian Jones and Tammy Hughes. Columbia. icit is with Communist China, and And for the minority, I thank the Mr. Speaker, if one looks at this leg- China holds the second largest amount committee staff Mike Malone and islation because of the allocations of our national debt that is held by a Michelle Burkett, and Shalanda Young; being low, I think if you have a pri- foreign nation. and from my own staff, Matt Wash- mary interest in the judiciary, you are Again, this year, the House and the ington and Nora Kaitfors. going to find good and bad provisions Senate passed, by roll call votes in All worked under particularly dif- within the title relating to the judici- each branch, identical language to ficult circumstances to complete this ary. If your primary interest is in bring us to a rational engagement com- bill and deserve our gratitude for a job housing, you may find good and bad munication trade and travel policy in well done. there. If it is in transportation, you Cuba, which has been so successful in I also want to thank Chairman may find good and bad there. But I be- the case of Vietnam and China. You KNOLLENBERG for his hard work and lieve that no one can legitimately find will not find any such language in this dedication, and for the constructive re- the effect of the low and, in my view, conference report. I regret that deeply lationship that we have forged thus far inadequate allocation is disproportion- because what I think that means is as the chairman and the ranking mem- ately borne by any one title or subtitle that America will continue its ber of this complicated jurisdiction. I within the bill. hyperventilated tantrum against Cuba In housing, for instance, the sections particularly congratulate Chairman for another year, and that is unfortu- that were so hotly contested on the KNOLLENBERG for the collaborative way nate that we are putting off the nor- floor when the House bill was under in which the majority and the minority malization of our relations with Cuba. consideration here back in July, that staffs worked to bring this bill forward, But at the same time, while I regret section, most of those hotly contested and congratulate the chairman because that, I see elsewhere other provisions items have been included simply by he has not simply allowed, but encour- that are in the so-called general provi- balancing halfway, reaching halfway aged that collaboration, and the col- sions, which are very good. The con- between the two branches. One in par- laboration has gotten stronger and ference report includes corporate expa- ticular, if I remember in particular, more effective throughout the work- triates language that was in the Senate the shop program, it was in the House ings of the subcommittee in the hear- bill which prohibits Federal agencies bill and not in the Senate, and the ings, then the Appropriations Com- which are part of this act from con- House number is the one that is used in mittee process, then floor consider- tracting with corporations that located ation, then the conference, and today the final report. So these provisions are fairly dealt with. outside the United States to avoid pay- the conference report. So I am particu- In the transportation section, prob- ing corporate taxes. This language has larly grateful to him for that collabo- ably the most hotly contested issue been fought over year after year in this ration. was the issue of Amtrak. And in this House of Representatives, and I am This is a very complex bill. There are conference report, we have provided glad that we have gone along with the nine titles to this bill really covering the largest total number of dollars for Senate’s language and included it in two different divisions, because the ju- Amtrak that has ever been provided by this conference report. risdiction is a little bit different in the going halfway between the House and This report provides a level playing other body than it is in this House. The the Senate numbers. field for our dedicated Federal employ- portion of our jurisdiction which is the ees by including language that deals District of Columbia makes up a sepa- b 1030 with the Federal employee contracting rate subcommittee on the other side. But at the same time, we have used out protections often referred to as ‘‘A– The allocation for this overall sub- what I think are very valuable fire 76.’’ This is the third straight year that committee was below both the House walls between capital spending and conferees negotiated a compromise and the Senate, by more than a billion debt financing and operating subsidy, provision; however, this year the provi- dollars below the House number and and provided also language that should sion remains, and once again the intent more than a half a billion dollars below lead to important and significant re- of this House is carried out. And I the Senate’s number. All or part of a forms in the operation of Amtrak. So, thank Chairman KNOLLENBERG for billion dollars would have made a great I think that too is very fair. In fact, that. difference where holes remain in this my comments about there being, for On balance, I believe that this is a bill. But that was the allocation that those who might be interested in only very good bill. Under Chairman we were given, and so we had to deal one title, or primarily in one title, KNOLLENBERG’s guidance the staff has with it. could also apply to the good and bad in produced a fair and proportionate bill, With that I want to just point out the titles which are the part of the 60 and I hope that the conference report first that in the matter of the District or 70 or so outside sections, those sec- will be adopted overwhelmingly. of Columbia, which is a separate divi- tions are included in the two titles Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of sion within this bill, as I mentioned, it that are general provisions for the my time. is an important and sometimes over- agencies in this bill alone, and then Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I looked portion of the bill, perhaps part- general provisions that apply to all of yield 31⁄2 minutes to the gentleman ly so because of the different jurisdic- government. from Wisconsin (Mr. PETRI), the rank- tions in the House and the Senate. It I want to mention just a couple of ing member on the Transportation and makes up only a small portion of the those because in one case, the case of Infrastructure Committee.

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Could we not, for a change, stand up year, to make it a little stronger. Let me first say thank you to Chair- for the consumer against industry and Black mold is in there with the air man KNOLLENBERG and also to the correct the injustice? It is a sad day traffic controllers; we need to alleviate Speaker. And I want to thank the staff, when we make it more difficult, and that so that they can be healthy and do as well, for the consideration that they not less, for our citizens to get the re- their jobs as well, and I hope the FAA have given to the authorizing commit- course that they deserve. will take another look at that. It is tees and for providing such strong sup- This was not a move on the part of most important; a new facility, air port for as long as was possible. I ap- this body. Again, thanks to Chairman traffic controllers are working in black preciate your efforts. KNOLLENBERG, the leadership, the Sen- mold, and we all know how toxic black But it is simply wrong that this con- ate Commerce Committee and others mold can be. ference report contains provisions that who fought this hijacking. It is unfor- Overall, I love the bill. It is a good were specifically rejected by the Sen- tunate for consumers across the Nation bill. I urge my colleagues to support it, ate when it was considering its trans- that we were not able to beat back this with two exceptions. With HUD, I want portation bill earlier this year and that assault. us to work more on that and I look for- were rejected during the conference on Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 ward to working with both the chair- the transportation bill this past sum- minutes to the gentlewoman from man and ranking member on better mer. Michigan (Ms. KILPATRICK), a member HUD funding and a better snapshot of For years I have worked to provide of the subcommittee. the expenses so that all the housing au- relief to the many citizens from all Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Mr. thorities can get their equal share of across this country who call my office Speaker, I thank my ranking member that. and other offices around here seeking for yielding. Thank you very much. Again, I thank the chairman and the help because they have been victimized I say to the gentleman from Michi- ranking member and your staffs for and find they have nowhere to turn. gan (Mr. KNOLLENBERG), I am so very bringing forth a wonderful transpor- The most egregious of these situations proud of his leadership, as he has taken tation bill. is where a moving company holds all of this bill, a very difficult bill with many Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill, and their earthly possessions until they agencies and multimillions of dollars, I want to commend Chairman KNOLLENBERG, pay thousands of dollars in excess of and am very proud of the gentleman as Ranking Member OLVER and the staff of the the original estimate, basically extor- a Congressman, and certainly for our Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban tion. These people find themselves in a State, for his leadership. Development, the District of Columbia and strange city with no goods and no re- I thank Ranking Member OLVER for, Independent Agencies Subcommittee for their course. as well, working to see that we got hard work in getting this bill to the House floor. The Department of Transportation is through this and did our best to fund This bill provides a total of $137 billion in simply not suited to police the 1.5 mil- the roads, the bridges, the transit total budgetary resources and $65.9 billion in lion interstate moves that occur each agencies and all that goes with that. I discretionary spending for the Departments of year. Until recently, a total of three appreciate how the gentlemen work to- Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban people were assigned to handle com- gether and how you allow all of us, the Development, the District of Columbia, and plaints, and they could do little about subcommittee members, to participate. Independent Agencies. This is $5.2 billion them. States which want to get in- I think we were unique in that, and I above the request and $2.7 billion more than volved and oversee intrastate moves want to thank the gentlemen. the previous year. with little controversy have been told I want to give special thanks to the SURFACE TRANSPORTATION by the courts that they have no juris- staffs on both sides of the aisle. We Under the bill, highways and transit receive diction since this is interstate com- know how important staff is, and I tell healthy increases under the conference report. merce. So SAFETEA–LU created a you, from Mike Malone, and I am going The bill follows the guidelines under partnership with the States by allow- to mess up if I start naming names, but SAFETEA–LU for surface transportation ing them to enforce Federal consumer I want to name a couple of them. Just projects. It provides a $36.0 billion highway protection rules, a model that works thank you very much for all the work obligation limitation, which is a $1.6 billion in- well in other areas. that you do. Our staffs, we could not do crease over FY05 and a $1.3 billion increase It is disheartening that only a few half the work we do as efficiently if it over the President’s request. months after these new authorities were not for the staffs on both sides of Like SAFETEA–LU, the bill provides signifi- were put in place, before they could the aisle, so I thank you for that as cant increases in the transit accounts, and really even take effect, some in the well. funds New Starts programs $1.5 billion. Senate have seen fit to reopen these I am a little concerned that in the The increases in transportation will help cit- provisions and basically neuter the HUD budget we did not assess and con- ies like Detroit to invest in and maintain their consumer protection provisions in- tinue to work to change what was transportation infrastructure and enhance the cluded in SAFETEA–LU. Most changed a few years ago, for the snap- mobility of the traveling public to move to their shockingly, State authorities will only shot for receiving section 8 vouchers jobs and make our communities more livable. be able to initiate actions against cer- from the 3-month look to a 12-month SC AMTRAK tain carriers, and all others are pro- look. At a time when housing needs are Amtrak is funded at $1.313 billion, which will tected no matter what their actions most pressing, I do believe that still we enable the national passenger rail system to may be. We are putting up roadblocks need to be able to take a 12-month maintain current operational requirements. The when we should be tearing them down. snapshot of the housing authorities bill contains a number of mandates on the Mr. Speaker, inclusion of these provi- and then determine what their funding system: find savings in food and beverage sions is wrong on so many levels. It is ought to be. service, first class service, and commuter rail an affront to all authorizing commit- In my own State of Michigan, and my fees. Amtrak also would be barred from mar- tees that language just negotiated district particularly, we are losing 1,500 keting ticket discounts of more than 50 per- after years of discussion can be cast slots because we use a 3-month snap- cent in peak hours: includes a new discre- aside and changed in an appropriation shot of expenses rather than a full 12 tionary account, the Efficiency Incentive Fund, bill. It is wrong that those who did not months. So, as a result, some housing which the Secretary of Transportation can get what they wanted and were re- authorities will get more money. Oth- parse out as grants to fund priority capital im- jected both in the Senate and in con- ers, like mine, will get less and we will provements that are directly tied to short-term ference can then get another bite at find many, many people out in the cold operating savings.

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I want to congratulate the staff, the fault of the subcommittee. They tional $12 million above the request to hire especially, as we have gone through have been given an allocation. Well, I and train safety inspectors in the office of air- this transition. They have done won- take it back. It is not the fault of those craft certification and flight standards. derful work. I congratulate the entire members of the subcommittee that did The House report contained language that subcommittee. not vote for the budget. Members of requires the FAA to provide the Committee Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 the subcommittee that voted for the with a report on its effort to remediate a Black minutes to the gentleman from Massa- budget I think are hard-pressed to com- Mold problem in the control tower at the De- chusetts (Mr. FRANK), the ranking plain about what it did to their alloca- troit Metropolitan and Wayne County Airport. member of the Financial Services Com- tion. That is a self-inflicted wound. My colleagues in Southeast Michigan have re- mittee. But we ought to be clear that as a re- Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. ceived complaints from the people who work sult of the spending constraints, I take Speaker, I appreciate the good work in the tower that this problem is causing work- it back, not spending constraints, the that was done by members of the sub- ers to become ill and unfit for work. I am look- misallocated priorities, because there committee, and I am going to vote for ing forward to receiving FAA’s response. is certainly plenty of money being the bill in recognition of the very good HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT spent elsewhere in this budget that efforts. I believe the chairman, oper- The Department of Housing and Urban De- need not have been spent; but because ating within the constraints that he velopment (HUD) is funded at $34.0 billion; of these terrible priorities, Community had to operate within, did a reasonable $2.1 billion above last year’s level and $4.9 job. I very much agree with the gentle- Development Block Grants gets about billion above the President’s request. woman from Michigan who lamented a 9 percent cut, and there is not much I am disappointed that the conference failed some of the decisions that were made money for brownfields. to address the problem of the unfair distribu- with regard to HUD, and I appreciate Hope VI is a very important program. tion of renewal funding for the Section 8 Hous- the work that has been done by my col- Three years ago it was at $574 million. ing Choice Voucher Program. league from Massachusetts in a number Today it is at $100 million because we The trend of the past few years has been to of areas. have an administration ideologically base budget allocations on a 3–month ‘‘snap- Just briefly, I want to comment on opposed to it, despite an overwhelming shot.’’ This arbitrary snap-shot creates a dis- one subject, and that is the question of bipartisan consensus that it is a good parity where some housing agencies wind up earmarks in transportation. The Gov- way to deal with housing. with more money than they need and others ernor of my State put out a transpor- Home funds, one of the few sources have to turn families out into the cold because tation plan for the entire State earlier left now for construction, is cut fur- their under-estimated budgets could no longer this year. The only two highway ther. support the same number of vouchers. projects for the entire region of the So I understand that the sub- At a time when rising energy costs are driv- State in southeastern Massachusetts committee did a good job within the ing utility costs up, and job markets are fluc- that several of us represent came be- constraints that they were given, al- tuating, particularly in areas like Michigan, we cause our colleagues in the committees though some of them gave themselves cannot ignore the impact of yearly market did what we asked and earmarked some those constraints, but the consequence changes on subsidy needs. funding. of these spending priorities of this Con- TREASURY b 1045 gress is underfunding of several impor- Department of Treasury is funded at $11.7 tant housing and community develop- billion, $400 million above FY05 and $50 mil- That is, not only were those ear- ment priorities. marks very important for the local lion above the President’s request. Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I areas, but the State then adopted them The Internal Revenue Service is funded at yield such time as he may consume to as their only projects. So for people request level of $10.7 billion, $434 million the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. above FY05. who think that earmarks somehow are TIAHRT), a member of the sub- The bulk of the increase is for the tax en- some excrescence imposed from with- committee. forcement activities of the IRS. out, in my judgment, they often reflect Federal Election Commission is funded at better the local priorities; and one of Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I want to the budget request of $55 million, $3 million the ones where I have gotten some help bring to light an issue that several of above FY05 and the Election Assistance Com- from the ranking member and others is my colleagues on the subcommittee mission is funded at $16 million. to create the first handicapped-acces- and the gentleman from California (Mr. Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I sible commuter rail station on an im- DOOLITTLE) feel should be a critical yield as much time as he may consume portant commuter route going into concern of the American taxpayer. I to the gentleman from California (Mr. Boston from the west. I make no apolo- want to ensure that the IRS under- LEWIS), the chairman of the full Appro- gies for that earmark. stands the intent of Congress that is priations Committee. Unfortunately, this subcommittee, stated in the report language of this Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- however, had to operate within the bill. er, Chairman KNOLLENBERG, my col- constraints of a terrible budget, and Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, will league from Massachusetts (Mr. OLVER) while they did the best they could, the gentleman yield? I rise simply to express my deepest ap- with one exception, I would join the Mr. TIAHRT. I yield to the gen- preciation for the work that you have gentleman from Michigan in regretting tleman from California. been about on this newly organized the choice that was made about the Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, I subcommittee that has a variety, a voucher funding formula; they did not, thank the chairman very much; he has mix, of complex issues that can con- I think, take the right choice there. been extremely generous in listening to flict with each other, issues that if They adopted a formula that locks into our concerns. I thank the gentleman taken the wrong way, can cause bills to the past, and let me predict now that from Kansas (Mr. TIAHRT) as a member be stymied and no progress made. You Members, once again, are going to of the subcommittee for working on have done a very, very fine job of es- start hearing from their local commu- this and working with me as well. tablishing a tone that says that we can nities as the year goes on about prob- This ‘‘Return-Free’’ tax filing sys- work together. And where Appropria- lems with vouchers, about the waiting tem, Mr. Speaker, would create a con- tions does its best work is when we list being too long, about people being flict of interest by making the IRS not reach across the aisle and recognize upset; and it is probably because of only the tax collector and the enforcer, that while we do not have to agree 100 what we have been coerced into doing but also the tax preparer. The loser in percent of the time, there is little here. such a scenario would be the American

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Mr. Speak- audits, and enforces compliance, now bill report includes an adjustment for er, $3 billion is a large sum of money; also becomes the tax preparer. our Federal civilian employees in their but when you spread it throughout 50 Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, reclaim- cost of living consistent with the pay States, it diminishes. ing my time, is it the chairman’s un- adjustment proposed for the military Mr. Speaker, I would hope that we derstanding that the IRS is bound from personnel. It is essential that we pro- could work together with the White setting up tax preparation services, vide this adjustment as recognition of House that has been helpful in the past and does the chairman agree that it is the contribution made by both Federal and Speaker HASTERT, who has been the intent of the subcommittee that civilian employees and military per- very helpful in the past; Mr. OBEY and the Treasury and the IRS must abide sonnel to the safety and security of the Mr. OLVER have both been helpful in by the Free File agreement and not go Nation. It also allows us to recruit and making sure that next year we can into the business of preparing taxes for indeed retain those that we need to work with the administration to try to taxpayers? carry out important and vital services get this funding at the level that it Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, if for our citizens. really ought to be, because that is the gentleman will yield, I do indeed. I am also pleased that the President’s what we promised the States and, but There is language in the bill addressing request for the FDA consolidation is in for that, it will be an unfunded man- this bill. These funds will go a long the Free File Alliance stating that date. way in helping to relocate FDA em- So, again, in closing, I thank the ‘‘the conferees are aware that the IRS ployees from their current substandard chairman, I thank Mr. OLVER, Mr. and the FFA have signed a new 4-year facilities into modern, state-of-the-art OBEY and Mr. LEWIS for working to- agreement under which the IRS con- facilities. gether to bring this bill to the floor, tinues to agree not to enter the tax I am enormously grateful, and I want and I will certainly be supportive. preparation market.’’ to say this publicly, I have said it pri- Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I The conferees direct IRS to abide by vately, to Chairman KNOLLENBERG for reserve the balance of my time. the terms and conditions of the agree- his leadership in making possible reim- Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 ment. bursement to small business people minutes to the gentlewoman from We believe that this will ensure that who operated small airports and, for Texas (Ms. JACKSON-LEE). the IRS adheres to the agreement and security reasons, were shut down by (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked will not enter the tax preparation mar- the Federal Government and sustained and was given permission to revise and ket. substantial losses. We have been work- extend her remarks.) Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, reclaim- ing on this for many years, and Mr. Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. ing my time, I would like to thank the KNOLLENBERG and Mr. OLVER have now Speaker, let me thank the distin- gentleman from California (Mr. DOO- ensured that we resolve this, and I guished ranking member from Massa- LITTLE) for addressing this important thank the chairman for that. The fail- chusetts for a tough job, a tough task, issue to the American taxpayer. If the ure to provide these small businessmen and very good work. I add my apprecia- IRS does deviate from this agreement, with compensation in the years past tion to the chairman, the gentleman then we will seek to stop them through has caused great difficulty, and this from Michigan (Mr. KNOLLENBERG). I statutory language to prevent tax will be a welcome addition to this bill. could not imagine a more combined preparation originating within the I also want to commend the conferees challenge than the appropriations bill IRS. for withstanding pressure from the that we have before us. Unfortunately, Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 White House, including the Bond-Mi- in tough times we have tough choices, minutes to a member of the sub- kulski reform provision, which will and many times some along the way committee and the minority whip, the correct fundamental flaws in the con- are affected by those tough choices. So, Mr. Speaker, I add my apprecia- gentleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER). tracting-out provisions. Simply put, tion for a number of aspects of this Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, today we the provision will eliminate waste and bill. First of all, I want to thank the consider the conference report on the save taxpayer money while, at the combined Texas delegation and, as I Treasury, Transportation, HUD bill. same time, preserving appropriate said, the ranking member and chair- That in and of itself is a remarkable competition by employees with the pri- man of the subcommittee, and the gen- achievement, given that in recent vate sector to get the most efficient years the tendency has been to cir- tleman from Texas (Mr. CULBERSON) in and effective results for our taxpayers. particular, on at least providing for cumvent the established appropriation I want to close by saying that I am New Start monies for Metro in Hous- process. concerned about what I believe to be ton. I want to commend Chairman one very significant provision that is Mr. OLVER knows that this has been KNOLLENBERG and Ranking Democrat not in this bill, or funding that is not Olver for working diligently and coop- a long journey. We have had discus- in this bill. As the sponsor of the Help sions on the floor in sessions past when eratively on a bill that is profoundly America Vote Act with the gentleman we have not made it. We have had con- important to every American. We have from Ohio (Mr. NEY), and it was over- flicting views coming out of the Hous- seen much conflict over the last few whelmingly supported on this side, ton delegation. But I can stand proudly days, and it is, I think, a happy event Senator MCCONNELL and Senator DODD and say that the Houston money, $12 that we can come to the floor and be on the Senate side, strong support, we million for New Starts, will not go un- supportive of a bill that was worked on promised the States some $3.8 billion in used and unappreciated. in a bipartisan, cooperative way; and I funding. We have given $3 billion to get We have a system that is one of the think that is a testament to Mr. our technology up to date, to ensure most used New Starts in America, with KNOLLENBERG and to Mr. OLVER, and that every voter has access to the very large numbers of utilization; and thanks to them as well. polls, that our registration rolls are up it is important that we get started and Now, they would agree, and we all to date and accurate, that no American continue to commit. agree, this is not a perfect conference is precluded from voting because of in- Might I also say, however, it is im- report, hardly any conference report is, efficiencies in the registration system, portant for Metro to listen to commu- and there are limited resources. Crit- and we required the States to have nity input so that we will have light ical social programs are hurt. Public statewide registration systems, a cen- rail and not have BRT. Light rail is housing, Hope VI, people with AIDS, tralized database so that no Mary- what we voted on, and light rail is rural housing and economic develop- lander, no Massachusetts resident, no what we want. ment, Community Development Block Michigander would be shut out of the I am gratified that the judiciary, or Grants, brownfields, and the HOME process because they were not properly the Justice Department, has been fund- program all face, frankly, fewer re- included on the rolls. ed in aspects where the staff has been

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I do raise a point about an over- 5. $950,000 for the Western Alaska Council, 34. $300,000 for the City of Evergreen for ex- use of the national security letters by Boy Scouts of America in Anchorage, Alaska pansion of the Evergreen Conecuh County the FBI and hope that we may look at for construction of the Boy Scouts High Ad- Library in Evergreen, Alabama; that in the future. venture Base Camp near Talkeetna, Alaska; 35. $400,000 for the Fayette County Com- But the real issue, Mr. Speaker, is to 6. $750,000 for the construction of the mission for the Fayette County Industrial Tongass Coast Aquarium; Park in Fayette County, Alabama; talk about HUD, which really has be- 7. $750,000 for Alaska Pacific University for 36. $200,000 for the Hayneville/Lowndes come a bank for this bill, as hard as my the construction of a building; County Library Foundation for construction colleagues have worked. The bad news 8. $250,000 for the construction of the of a new library in Hayneville, Alabama; is that CDBG funds have been cut; that Alyeska Roundhouse in Girdwood, Alaska; 37. $350,000 for the Jasper Area Family is the very heart of many of our com- 9. $500,000 for the People’s Regional Learn- Services Center for construction of the Cen- munities, and we see that it has been ing Center in Bethel, Alaska to construct a ter in Jasper, Alabama; cut by 9 percent. vocational school and dormitories; 38. $300,000 for the City of Tuskegee for The voucher question is severe. The 10. $500,000 for the Dillingham City School Downtown Revitalization in Tuskegee, Ala- District in Dillingham, Alaska, to repair the section 8 vouchers have been cut. Un- bama; gymnasium in the Dillingham middle/high 39. $400,000 for the Alabama Institute for fortunately, public housing authorities school; the Deaf and Blind’s Tuscaloosa Regional will come up short this year. Even 11. $250,000 to the National Children’s Ad- Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; though we have used the House for- vocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama for fa- 40. $250,000 for the City of Montgomery to mula of a snapshot of a few years back, cilities planning and improvements to the develop the Montgomery Riverwalk in Mont- we are going to face a crisis because advocacy center; gomery, Alabama; Houston is an example where we have 12. $200,000 to Chambers County, Alabama 41. $250,000 for the Cleveland Avenue YMCA thousands of Hurricane Katrina sur- for the development of the Chambers County for facility expansion in Montgomery, Ala- industrial park; bama; vivors and Rita survivors, and we are 13. $400,000 to Clarke County Commission, short of vouchers for housing as we 42. $200,000 for the Wilcox County Indus- Alabama for an ongoing economic develop- trial Development Authority for planning speak. FEMA has shut off the doors for ment project by the Clark Co. commission; and development of its Industrial/Commer- the hotels by December 1. We hope to 14. $150,000 to Jefferson State Community cial Park; press them to realize that that is an College in Alabama for facilities renovation 43. $300,000 for the City of Guin for plan- untenable position. of an existing building; ning and development of its Industrial/Com- I also hope the elderly repair housing dollars 15. $200,000 to the City of Ashland, Alabama mercial Park; are protected because the elderly are some of for the purchase of land for Ashland indus- 44. $150,000 to Grand Prairie Center for the our most vulnerable populations. trial development; Arts and Allied Health, Phillips County 16. $300,000 to the City of Bear Creek, Ala- Community College in Stuttgart, Arkansas b 1100 bama for industrial park expansion; for facility construction; Then we do not even have Section 8 17. $500,000 to the City of Decatur, Alabama 45. $150,000 to the City of Little Rock, Ar- for the Ingalls Harbor/Day Park Riverfront vouchers for the 25,000 backlog list that kansas for facilities renovation and improve- Renovation; ments to the community center at Granite we already have in Houston. 18. $200,000 to the city of Fort Payne, Ala- Mountain; I am disappointed that the bama for facilities renovation of a building brownfields are effectively zeroed out. 46. $150,000 to the El Dorado Public Schools as part of the downtown revitalization in El Dorado, Arkansas for the expansion of That has, of course, been an effort to project; a recreational field; 19. $100,000 to the City of Guntersville, Ala- clean up many of the dastardly condi- 47. $150,000 to the North Arkansas College, bama for renovations to the Whole Back- tions in urban and rural areas, particu- Harrison County, Arkansas for renovations stage Theater; larly some of the chemical plants that to a Conference and Training facility; 20. $100,000 to the City of Huntsville, Ala- 48. $250,000 to Vada Sheid Community De- have been in our inner cities. bama for land acquisition for downtown re- velopment Center, ASU in Mountain Home, This is a bill that took a lot of development; Arkansas for the community development choices and I know a lot of hard work. 21. $100,000 to the City of Montevallo, Ala- center auditorium; I wish we could have done better the bama for sidewalks, street furniture, and 49. $800,000 for the Central Arkansas Re- housing area, Mr. Speaker, and I hope fac˛ade improvements; 22. $1,000,000 to the City of Opelika, Ala- source Conservation and Development Coun- we do so in the future. cil in Helena, Arkansas for the construction GENERAL LEAVE bama for the Northeast Opelika Industrial Park; of the Phillips County Agricultural Storage Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I sub- 23. $150,000 to the City of Prattville, Ala- Facility; mit the following: Statement of Managers Cor- bama for the Prattville Waterfront Develop- 50. $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of rection for H.R. 3058 Relating to the Economic ment Project to provide access to local wa- Ouachita County, Arkansas for the construc- Development Initiative Submitted by the Chair- terways; tion of recreational facilities; man of the Committee on Appropriations of 24. $100,000 to the City of Robertsdale, Ala- 51. $200,000 for the City of Conway, Arkan- bama for upgrades to the PZK Civic Center; sas for downtown revitalization; the House of Representatives November 18, 52. $200,000 for Audubon Arkansas for the 2005. 25. $100,000 to the City of Shorter, Alabama for facilities construction and renovation of development of the Audubon Nature Center The following corrects, and constitutes a at Gillam Park in Little Rock, Arkansas; complete substitute for, the provisions of the the Old Shorter School building to a commu- nity center; 53. $600,000 to Chicanos Por La Causa in statement of managers of the committee of 26. $150,000 to the City of Thomasville, Ala- Phoenix, Arizona for redevelopment of the conference accompanying H.R. 3058 relating bama to construct a worker training center Nuestro Barrio Community; to the Economic Development Initiative of the at Alabama Southern Community Center; 54. $250,000 to Chicanos Por La Causa in Department of Housing and Urban Develop- 27. $100,000 to the Huntsville Museum of Phoenix, Arizona for land acquisition and re- ment’s Community Development Fund. Art, Alabama for facility renovations; development of the East Washington Fluff The conference agreement includes 28. $75,000 to the Town of Mooresville, Ala- site; 55. $250,000 to Pinal County, Arizona for the $310,000,000 for the Economic Development bama for rehabilitation, facility improve- ments, and build out of three buildings; renovation and repair of the Pinal County Initiative with specific requirements on how 29. $250,000 to the University of Montevallo, Courthouse; these funds can be used. The conference Alabama for facilities renovation and expan- 56. $650,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Si- agreement directs HUD to implement the Eco- sion of the Ramsay Conference Center at the erra Vista, City of Sierra Vista, Arizona for nomic Development Initiatives program as fol- University of Montevallo in Alabama; construction of the Boys & Girls Club in Si- lows: 30. $275,000 to Troy University, Alabama for erra Vista; 1. $100,000 to the Salvation Army, City of small business training; 57. $500,000 to the City of Eloy, Arizona for Anchorage, Alaska for facilities construction 31. $400,000 for Construction and outfitting construction of a community center; associated with the SAFE Center at Chester of the University of South Alabama’s Mitch- 58. $250,000 to the City of Globe, Arizona for Creek; ell School of Business Library in Mobile, land acquisition and streetscape improve- 2. $400,000 for Bean’s Cafe´, in Anchorage, Alabama; ments; Alaska for the expansion of its kitchen; 32. $400,000 for construction and outfitting 59. $180,000 to the City of Scottsdale, Ari- 3. $150,000 for the Alaska Botanical Garden of the New Centurions, Inc. New Life for zona for the renovation of the Vista del Ca- in Anchorage, Alaska for expansion and ren- Women Shelter in Etowah County, Alabama; mino Community Center; ovation of its infrastructure; 33. $250,000 for the Greenville Family 60. $350,000 to the Douglas Arts and Human- 4. $750,000 for the Bering Straits Native YMCA for child care facility acquisition, ities Association, City of Douglas, Arizona Corporation in Nome, Alaska for Cape Nome renovation, and construction in Greenville, for facilities renovation of the Grand The- Quarry upgrades; Alabama; ater;

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ins and dining hall improvements; fornia for construction of a new senior cen- 120. $100,000 to the International 64. $150,000 to Chualar, California for con- ter; AgriCenter, City of Tulare, California to ex- struction of a multipurpose cultural room on 93. $150,000 to the City of La Mirada, Cali- pand educational activities with the College the Chualar Elementary School campus; fornia for construction of an aquatic center; of Sequoias and the California Polytechnic 65. $125,000 to Esperanza Mercado Project, 94. $250,000 to the City of Lancaster, Cali- University; California for the Esperanza Community fornia for installations related to the base- 121. $75,000 to the La Habra Vista Grande Maple-Mae Project; ball complex; Park, City of La Habra, California to reha- 66. $1,000,000 to Los Angeles County, Cali- 95. $400,000 to the City of Los Angeles, Cali- bilitate the La Habra Vista Grande Park; fornia for the ongoing construction of a new fornia for site acquisition and development; 122. $250,000 to the Lake County Arts Coun- library; 96. $100,000 to the City of Madera, Cali- cil in Lakeport, California for renovation of 67. $50,000 to LOVARC in the City of fornia to construct a youth center for at risk the Lakeport Cinema to a Performing Arts Lompoc, California for construction of an el- youth; Center; evator for a building that serves the dis- 97. $150,000 to the County of Fresno, Cali- 123. $100,000 to the Lompoc Healthcare Dis- abled; fornia for construction of the Rural Voca- trict, California for the construction of a 68. $150,000 to Merced County, California tional Training Facility (RVTF); new C.N.A. training center; for renovation of the George Washington 98. $150,000 to the City of Oakland, Cali- 124. $500,000 to the Museum of Latin Amer- Carver Community Center in Dos Palos, fornia for renovation of historic Fruitvale ican Art in Long Beach, California to com- California; Masonic Temple; plete the renovation of the Museum; 69. $150,000 to Mono County Library Au- 99. $200,000 to the City of Oceanside, Cali- 125. $100,000 to the National Orange Show, thority Board/Board of Ed., Mono County, fornia for a Senior Center facility to serve City of San Bernardino, California for Ren- California for the Library Authority Board seniors from Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad and ovations to National Orange Show stadium; of Education for construction of a building; San Marcos; 126. $100,000 to the North County Solutions 70. $100,000 to San Bernardino County, CA 100. $100,000 to the City of Oroville, Cali- for Change, City of Vista, California Solu- for the development of the Santa Ana River fornia for Vega Center renovations; tions Family Intake/Access Center for home- Regional Park; 101. $200,000 to the City of Pico Rivera, less families and their children; 71. $200,000 to Solano County, California for California for the expansion of the California 127. $100,000 to the Oasis of Hope Commu- renovation of two structures used by local senior center; nity Development Corporation, City of veterans groups; 102. $200,000 to the City of Placerville, Cali- Stockton, California for the Oasis of Hope 72. $250,000 to SVDP Management-Father fornia for Gold Bug Park Renovations; Community Development Corporation edu- Joe’s Villages, City of Lake Morena, Cali- 103. $100,000 to the City of Riverside, Cali- cation project; fornia for the design of a residential facility fornia for the development of a Technology 128. $200,000 to the Preservation of CA for homeless youth; Center within University Research Park; State Mining & Mineral Museum, City of 73. $150,000 to Taylor Yard Park in Los An- 104. $100,000 to the City of Riverside, Cali- Mariposa, California for preservation of the geles, California for recreational equipment fornia for construction of a pedestrian bridge CA Mining and Mineral Museum; and other park upgrades that will serve at- in the California Citrus State Park; 129. $100,000 to the Riverside Community risk youth; 105. $100,000 to the City of San Fernando, College, California for facility construction 74. $100,000 to the Antelope Valley Boys and California for revitalization of downtown of the School for Nursing; 130. $400,000 to the Sacramento Food Bank, Girls Club, City of Lancaster, California for San Fernando; improvements to the Boys and Girls Club of 106. $300,000 to the City of San Jacinto, California for construction of the food bank; 131. $150,000 to the San Diego Housing Com- Antelope Valley; California for improvements to city musuem/ mission in San Diego, California for the 75. $150,000 to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Estudillo property; HOPE Village Project to construct a 20–unit City of Long Beach, California to develop an 107. $150,000 to the City of San Jose, Cali- housing complex to house homeless individ- exhibit to educate the public on the impor- fornia to the construction of a community uals; tance of ports; center in a low and moderate-income area; 132. $150,000 to the Santa Barbara County 76. $500,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of 108. $350,000 to the City of San Leandro, Food bank in Santa Barbara, California for East County, City of Santee, California for California for streetscape and pedestrian construction of a new facility at East Coun- expansion and upgrades to its facility; safety improvements; 133. $550,000 to the Skirball Cultural Center ty; 109. $150,000 to the City of San Pedro, Cali- 77. $250,000 to the City of Alhambra, Cali- in Los Angeles, California for development fornia for streetscape and other improve- fornia for development and construction of a and construction of Noah’s pArk; ments along Gaffey Street; 134. $250,000 to the Stillwater Business park; 110. $100,000 to the City of Thousand Oaks, 78. $1,000,000 to the City of Apple Valley, Park, City of Redding, California to develop California to construct a community California for Civic Center Park develop- the Stillwater business park; aquatics complex on the campus of Cali- ment; 135. $125,000 to the Tehachapi Performing fornia Lutheran University; 79. $250,000 to the City of Banning, CA for Arts Center Foundation, City of Tehachapi, 111. $250,000 to the City of Twentynine city pool improvements; California for design and construction of a 80. $350,000 to the City of Beaumont, CA for Palms, California for Development of a Visi- performing arts center; the construction of the Beaumont Sports tors Center; 136. $250,000 to the Town of Yucca Valley, Park; 112. $350,000 to the City of Yucaipa, Cali- California for development and construction 81. $200,000 to the City of Bell Gardens, fornia for development and construction of of the South Side Community Center; California for renovation and update of fa- the Yucaipa/Crafton Hills College Rec- 137. $40,000 to the Tulare Veterans Memo- cilities; reational Facility; rial District, City of Tulare, California for 82. $100,000 to the City of Bishop, California 113. $350,000 to the City of Yucaipa, Cali- modernization of the veterans hall; for improvements to City housing; fornia for development of the Yucaipa Valley 138. $350,000 to the U of CA’s Shafter Re- 83. $150,000 to the City of Chowchilla, Cali- Regional Sports Complex; search and Extension Center, City of Davis, fornia for reconstruction of an industrial 114. $150,000 to the Community Action part- California; to complete the design and con- park; nership of Orange County in Garden Grove, struction of Shafter Research and Extension 84. $80,000 to the City of Colfax, California California for acquisition, construction, or Center at the University of California, Davis; for an expansion of the Youth Center; rehabilitation of a service facility; 139. $200,000 to the Valley Alliance for the 85. $150,000 to the City of Colton, California 115. $200,000 to the Department of Eco- Arts in San Fernando Valley, California for for improvements to Veterans Park; nomic Development in Rancho Cordova, construction of a performing arts center; 86. $100,000 to the City of Corona, California California for Cordova Senior Center Expan- 140. $100,000 to the Visalia Rescue Mission, for the renovation of the Old City Hall; sion; City of Visalia, California for construction of 87. $150,000 to the City of East Palo Alto, 116. $250,000 to the Department of Parks a new facility to provide shelter for homeless California for the construction of facilities and Recreation, Encinitas, California for the women and children; for community services; construction of a visitor center in the San 141. $200,000 to the Youth Science Institute 88. $350,000 to the City of El Monte, Cali- Elijo Lagoon Open Space Preserve; Center in San Jose, California for building fornia for construction of a community gym- 117. $250,000 to the Diamond Bar High renovations; nasium; School and Community Sports Field, City of 142. $50,000 to Ventura County, California 89. $250,000 to the City of Greenfield, Cali- Diamond Bar, California for the renovation for rehabilitation of the multi-purpose room fornia for construction of a multipurpose of the Diamond Bar High School and Com- and kitchen of the Oak View Park and Re- community facility; munity Sports Field; source Center;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H10944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 18, 2005 143. $250,000 for the 10th and Mission Af- 169. $350,000 to the Town of Stonington, 199. $300,000 to the Central Florida Commu- fordable Family Housing & Commercial Connecticut for the construction of south nity College, City of Ocala, Florida for im- Space Project, for the development of hous- pier at Stonington Town Dock Complex; provements to the Fine Arts Center at Cen- ing units and commercial space, Mercy 170. $350,000 to the Town of Willington, tral Florida Community College; Housing, San Francisco; Connecticut for the expansion of low-income 200. $500,000 to the Centro Mater Founda- 144. $200,000 for the City of Inglewood to senior housing; tion, Florida for construction of a new build- construct a Senior Center; 171. $300,000 to the University of Hartford ing; 145. $200,000 for the San Francisco Museum in Hartford, Connecticut for facilities con- 201. $25,000 to the City of Alachua, Florida and Historical Society Old Mint Restoration struction and renovation of the Hartt Per- for the construction of the Veterans’ Memo- Project for planning, design and construc- forming Arts Center; rial at City Hall; tion, San Francisco; 172. $100,000 to the Yerwood Community 202. $250,000 to the City of Bartow, Florida 146. $150,000 for the Fresno County Eco- Center, City of Stamford, Connecticut for re- for the redevelopment of downtown Bartow; nomic Opportunities Commission, Fresno, pairs to the Yerwood Community Center; 203. $500,000 to the City of Dunedin, FL con- CA, for construction of the Neighborhood 173. $100,000 to the YMCA, City of Elling- struction of a new community center; Youth Center; ton, Connecticut for construction of a new 204. $200,000 to the City of Ft. Myers, Flor- 147. $600,000 for the City of Oakland, CA for YMCA in an underserved area; ida for the redevelopment of Edison & Ford the Fox Theater Restoration; 174. $450,000 for the City of Hartford for the Estates; 148. $200,000 for the City of Redding, CA for Hartford Homeownership Initiative; 205. $400,000 to the City of Gainsville, Flor- the Stillwater Business Park; 175. $200,000 for the City of Hartford for the ida for renovations and historic preservation 149. $200,000 for the West Angeles Commu- renovation of the Mark Twain House Build- of James Norman Hall at the University of nity Development Corporation, CA for the ing; Florida, Gainesville; development of the West Angeles Plaza; 176. $300,000 for the City of Ansonia for the 150. $100,000 to the Housing Trust of Santa 206. $200,000 to the City of Gulfport, Florida renovation of the Ansonia Armory; Clara County, CA, for the First Time Home for renovations to City of Gulfport Scout 177. $250,000 for the City of West Haven, CT, Hall; Buyer Loan Program; for the redevelopment of residential housing; 151. $175,000 for the San Francisco Fine 207. $200,000 to the City of Hollywood, Flor- 178. $250,000 for the City of Stamford, CT, Arts Museums, CA, for M.H. de Young Memo- ida for the construction and development of for renovations to the Yerwood Community rial Museum construction; the Young Circle Arts Park project; 152. $175,000 for the Agua Caliente Cultural Center; 208. $75,000 to the City of Marathon, Flor- 179. $250,000 for the Town of Southbury, CT, Museum, Palm Springs, CA for construction; ida for the redevelopment of Boot Key Mu- 153. $160,000 to the City of Montrose, Colo- for renovations to the Bent of the River Au- nicipal Harbor; rado for expansion of a research park for the dubon Center; 209. $250,000 to the City of Miami Gardens, Mesa State University; 180. $200,000 for the City of Hartford, CT, Florida for revitalization of the business dis- 154. $240,000 to the City of Pueblo, Colorado for neighborhood restoration activities un- trict; for redevelopment of recreation and park fa- dertaken by the Southside Institutions 210. $100,000 to the City of Miami Springs, cilities; Neighborhood Alliance; Florida for the construction of a hurricane 155. $150,000 to the Denver Rescue Mission 181. $250,000 to the African American Civil shelter; in Denver, Colorado for acquisition and ren- War Museum in Washington, DC for capital 211. $250,000 to the City of Miami, Florida ovation of an emergency shelter; improvements to the facility and visitors for the elderly assistance program; 156. $250,000 to the Denver Rescue Mission, center; 212. $250,000 to the City of Ocoee, Florida City of Wellington, Colorado for construc- 182. $250,000 to Beebe Medical Center, Dela- for construction of a senior citizens veterans tion and renovation of rehabilitation facili- ware for renovations; service center; 183. $200,000 to the Wilmington Senior Cen- ties; 213. $300,000 to the City of Riviera Beach, ter, Delaware for renovations; 157. $300,000 for the City of Denver, Denver Florida for site acquisition and improve- 184. $250,000 for the Ministry of Caring, Rescue Mission for the Acquisition and Ren- ments for commercial revitalization; House of Joseph II, in Wilmington, DE for ovation of Emergency and Transitional 214. $250,000 to the City of Sarasota, Flor- the renovation/operation of the facility; Housing for Colorado’s Homeless population; ida for renovations to the Robert L. Taylor 185. $200,000 to the St. Michaels School and 158. $100,000 to the Cardinal Shehan Center, Community Center; Nursery, Wilmington, DE, for expansion of City of Bridgeport, Connecticut to complete 215. $250,000 to the City of St. Petersburg the school; the renovation of the former CT state ar- Beach, Florida for construction of a new mory facility; 186. $200,000 to the Wilmington Senior Cen- ter, Wilmington, DE, for the completion of Community Center; 159. $100,000 to the Charles Smith Founda- 216. $100,000 to the City of St. Petersburg, tion, City of Bridgeport, Connecticut for the renovation of the Lafayette Court Senior Apartments project; Florida for planning and design of Albert planning and implementation of a Neighbor- Whitted Waterfront Park; hood Revitalization Zone (NRZ); 187. $250,000 for Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore for the construc- 217. $125,000 to the City of Treasure Island, 160. $150,000 to the City of Ansonia, Con- Florida for construction of beach walkovers; necticut for construction of a new commu- tion of the new Easter Seals Facility in Georgetown, Delaware; 218. $250,000 to the City of Winter Haven, nity space; Florida for improvements to the downtown 161. $100,000 to the Friendship Service Cen- 188. $200,000 for the Wilmington Music business district; ter of New Britain, City of New Britain, Con- School for the Music School Expansion in 219. $250,000 to the Community Aging & Re- necticut for the renovation of 85 Arch Street Wilmington, Delaware; tirement Services, Inc., Florida to replace a by the Friendship Service Center of New 189. $200,000 to the City of Lewes for the building; Britain; Lewes Canal front Park in Lewes, Delaware; 220. $250,000 to the Good Samaritan Health 162. $250,000 to the Hill-Stead Museum, City 190. $75,000 to Crosswinds, Brevard County, Clinic of Pasco, Inc., Florida for the renova- of Farmington, Connecticut for Hill-Stead Florida for the construction of Crosswinds tion of Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Museum Renovation and Security Improve- youth center; Pasco, Inc; ments; 191. $200,000 to Goodwill of North Florida, 163. $100,000 to the Human Services Coun- Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida for the expan- 221. $100,000 to the Osceola County Home- cil, City of Norwalk, Connecticut for the sion of its facility; less Shelter, City of Osceola County, Florida Human Services Council to redevelop facili- 192. $350,000 to Hubbs/Sea World, Brevard for the completion of Osceola County Home- ties for affordable housing; County, Florida for construction of a marine less Shelter; 164. $100,000 to the Mattatuck Museum, and coastal research center at Hubbs/Sea 222. $100,000 to the Osceola County Senior City of Waterbury, Connecticut for renova- World; Center, City of Osceola County, Florida for tions to the Mattatuck Museum to create an 193. $200,000 to Lake County, FL for con- the construction of a senior citizen center; exhibit on the history of Brass Valley; struction of a library; 223. $250,000 to the Pearl City Masterplan, 165. $350,000 to the Music and Arts Center 194. $100,000 to Little Manatee Housing Cor- City of Boca Raton, Florida for infrastruc- for the Humanities, City of Bridgeport, Con- poration, Hillsborough County, FL for con- ture improvements for Pearl City; necticut for relocation of the Music and Arts struction of an agricultural worker center; 224. $250,000 to the Pinellas County Board Center for the Humanities to a now-vacant 195. $150,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida of County Commissioners, City of Pinellas department store; for upgrades to the Dade County water and County, Florida for construction of Joe’s 166. $450,000 to the Naugatuck YMCA in sewer infrastructure; Creek Greenway Park; Naugatuck, Connecticut for upgrades and 196. $250,000 to Pinellas County Board of 225. $250,000 to the Santa Fe Community other facilities expansion; County Commissioners, Pinellas County, College, City of Gainesville, Florida for the 167. $100,000 to the Sherman Library Board Florida for the renovation of Palm Harbor expansion of the Fine and Applied Arts Edu- of Trustees, Town of Sherman, Connecticut Public Library; cational Building at Santa Fe Community for reconstruction of the Sherman town li- 197. $96,300 to the Biltmore Hotel, City of College; brary; Coral Gables, Florida for the renovation of 226. $200,000 to the St. Petersburg College, 168. $250,000 to the Stamford Center for the historic Biltmore Hotel; City of Seminole, Florida for the develop- Arts, City of Stamford, Connecticut for ren- 198. $250,000 to the Camillus House, Florida ment of a Science and Nature Park at St. Pe- ovations to the Palace Theatre; to construct a facility; tersburg College;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE November 18, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10945 227. $150,000 to the Tangerine Avenue Com- opment of land for Morehouse School of Med- 286. $300,000 to the City of Council Bluffs, munity Redevelopment Area in St. Peters- icine; Iowa for downtown historic building renova- burg, Florida for the redevelopment of the 257. $50,000 to the Morehouse School of tion; Tangerine Avenue Community Area; Medicine, City of Atlanta, Georgia for devel- 287. $100,000 Oneida Stake Academy, Frank- 228. $100,000 to the DeBary Art League, opment of land for Morehouse School of Med- lin County, Idaho for restoration of Oneida City of DeBary, Florida for construction of a icine; Stake Academy for historic renovations; Gateway Center for the Arts; 258. $250,000 to the Museum of Aviation, 288. $45,000 to the City of Franklin, Idaho 229. $100,000 to the YMCA of Greater Pensa- City of Warner Robins, Georgia for the con- for repairs to historic City Hall; cola, City of Pensacola, Florida for construc- struction of a WWII exhibit and depot flight 289. $350,000 to the City of Rexburg, Idaho tion of the YMCA of Greater Pensacola; line for the Museum of Aviation; for construction of recreational facilities 230. $400,000 to Wakulla County, Florida for 259. $200,000 for Mercer University, Macon, and handicap accessibility; construction of the multi-purpose commu- Georgia for Critical Personnel Development 290. $150,000 to the Clearwater Economic nity center; Program (CPDP); Development Association, City of Lewiston, 231. $500,000 for Orange County, FL for Cen- 260. $200,000 Atlanta, Georgia Intergener- Idaho for completion of the Lewis and Clark tral Receiving Center to renovate single oc- ational Resource Center for a senior housing Bicentennial Project Planning and Imple- cupancy rooms; project; mentation; 232. $500,000 for the Lowry Park Zoological 261. $200,000 Warner Robins, Georgia Mu- 291. $100,000 to the Greater Pocatello Sen- Society, Tampa, FL for business develop- seum of Aviation, expansion of aviation ior Center, City of Pocatello, Idaho for ren- ment initiative; flight and technology center; ovations to the Greater Pocatello Senior 233. $300,000 for the Central Florida YMCA 262. $200,000 City of Moutri, Georgia for a Center; to expand and renovate the Wayne Densch community and economic development ini- 292. $1,000,000 for Ada County, Idaho for de- YMCA Family Center; tiative; velopment of the Family Justice Center and 234. $250,000 for Miami Dade College and 263. $200,000 Morehouse School of Medicine the Detox Center; the construction of a library at their Hia- for West End Community Development; 293. $1,000,000 for the Clearwater Economic leah, Florida campus; 264. $500,000 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Development Association for the implemen- 235. $250,000 for Nova Southeastern Univer- Georgia for the Atlanta Symphony Center tation of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial sity for the Center for Collaborative Bio- expansion; Plan; Medical Research; 265. $150,000 to the Children’s Justice Cen- 294. $1,000,000 for Boise State University for 236. $600,000 for the City of Coral Gables, ter Foundation in Honolulu, Hawaii for ren- construction of the Center for Environ- Florida for the Biltmore Complex Restora- ovation of a building to provide services to mental Science and Economic Development; tion Project; victims of child abuse and neglect; 295. $1,000,000 for the Idaho Migrant Council 237. $400,000 for the City of Orlando, Florida 266. $150,000 to the County of Hawaii in for planning, design, and construction of the for the Parramore Neighborhood Revitaliza- Kailua-Kona, Hawaii for construction of a Burley Community Center, Burley, Idaho; tion Project; homeless shelter; 296. $250,000 to Western Illinois University 238. $250,000 for Miami Dade County, Flor- 267. $650,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Quad City Campus in Moline, Illinois for ren- ida for the Miami Performing Arts Center; Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, for planning, design ovations of facilities; 239. $250,000 for the American Beach Prop- and construction of the Nanakuli Boys & 297. $250,000 to Coles County Council on erty Owners’ Association, Fernandina Beach, Girls Club; Aging, Coles County, Illinois for construc- Florida for the Historic Evans Rendezvous 268. $300,000 for Pa’a Pono Miloli’I con- tion of Lifespan Center for seniors; Cultural Center Restoration Project; structs a community and youth center; 298. $250,000 to Illinois College, City of 240. $200,000 for the City of Gainesville, 269. $300,000 for the Children’s Justice Cen- Jacksonville, Illinois for renovation to Florida for the Downtown Revitalization ter Foundation to construct and renovate Crampton Hall at Illinois College; Project; the child counseling center on Oahu; 299. $100,000 to Northeastern Illinois Uni- 241. $200,000 for the Florida Memorial Uni- 270. $300,000 for the Maui Economic Devel- versity in Chicago, Illinois for a feasibility versity, Miami, Florida: West Augustine Ini- opment Board to renovate the enterprise study on planning and design analysis for a tiative; building; new education building; 242. $200,000 to Clarkston Community Cen- 271. $300,000 for the Kauai YMCA to con- 300. $75,000 to Our Children’s Homestead, Il- ter in Dekalb County, Georgia for renovation struct facilities; linois for Our Children’s Homestead to con- of Clarkston Community Center; 272. $200,000 for the Lanai Youth Center to struct new foster care homes; 243. $150,000 to Clayton County, Georgia for acquire and construct activity facilities; 301. $200,000 to Pioneer Center Group Home renovation of the Clayton Senior Center; 273. $200,000 for the County of Hawaii for in McHenry County, Illinois for upgrades at 244. $275,000 to Con-Ed, Inc., City of Savan- the renovation of a Caregiver and Senior Re- to a group home; nah, Georgia for the renovation of a building source Center; 302. $100,000 to Quincy University, City of annex to house a library and computer lab; 274. $300,000 for Hale Mahaolu Ehiku to Quincy, Illinois for the design and construc- 245. $400,000 to Morehouse School of Medi- construct affordable rental housing for sen- tion of an Art and Sciences Center at Quincy cine in Atlanta, Georgia for land acquisition ior citizens; University; to revitalize its West End neighborhood; 275. $450,000 to Systems Unlimited, Inc., 303. $150,000 to Seguin Services in Cicero, 246. $250,000 to Paulding County, Georgia Iowa City, Iowa for the establishment of a Illinois for construction of a garden center; for site preparations; service center for Systems Unlimited, Inc to 304. $200,000 to the Avalon Park School in 247. $175,000 to SOWEGA Council on Aging aid disadvantaged families; Chicago, Illinois for construction of a child- in Albany, Georgia for facility construction; 276. $450,000 to the city of Cedar Rapids, parent center; 248. $100,000 to the City of Covington, Geor- Iowa for redevelopment of southern Cedar 305. $80,000 to the Beardstown Historical gia for renovation and construction of a re- Rapids; Society, City of Beardstown, Illinois for con- source center; 277. $400,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa struction of the Grand Opera House 249. $75,000 to the Coastal Heritage Society, for land acquisition for a technology park; Beardstown Historical Society; City of Savannah, Georgia for revitalization 278. $750,000 for the City of Clinton, Iowa, 306. $250,000 to the Bradley University, City of the Central Georgia Railway for Coastal for redevelopment of Liberty Square; of Peoria, Illinois for renovations to Bradley Heritage Society; 279. $250,000 for the National Cattle Con- Hall at Bradley University; 250. $250,000 to the Community Service gress, Waterloo, Iowa, for renovation and 307. $150,000 to the Burpee/Discovery Center Board of Middle Georgia for construction of construction of facilities; Museum, City of Rockford, Illinois for the a girls crisis center; 280. $400,000 for the City of Waterloo, Iowa, expansion of laboratories and public viewing 251. $100,000 to the George E. Ford Center, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the areas at Burpee/Discovery Center Museum; in Powder Springs, Georgia to refurbish the Cedar Valley TechWorks facility; 308. $250,000 to the Central Illinois Regional Ford Center; 281. $300,000 for the City of Des Moines, Museum, City of Peoria, Illinois for design 252. $75,000 to the Georgia 4–H Foundation, Iowa, for the Riverpoint West development; and construction of Central Illinois Regional City of Tybee Island, Georgia for a new facil- 282. $300,000 for the City of Fort Dodge, Museum; ity for the Georgia 4–H Foundation; Iowa for the Lincoln Neighborhood housing 309. $900,000 to the Chicago Academy High 253. $150,000 to the Hope House Inc., City of initiative; School in Chicago, Illinois for construction Augusta, Georgia for a Hope House facility 283. $1,000,000 to the Iowa Department of of a campus park; for therapeutic childcare; Economic Development for the Main Street 310. $150,000 to the Chicago Children’s Ad- 254. $225,000 to the Infantry Museum and Iowa program for restoration of structures vocacy Center in Chicago, Illinois for expan- Heritage Park in Columbus, Georgia for con- on main streets throughout the state; sion of its facilities; struction/development of National Infantry 284. $750,000 to Polk County, Iowa for the 311. $150,000 to the Chicago Park District in Museum and Heritage Park; purchase and rehabilitation of housing for Chicago, Illinois for land acquisition and fa- 255. $100,000 to the Marietta Growth Fund, low income people; cilities improvements to expand a park; Georgia for the city redevelopment of Mari- 285. $200,000 to the Heartland Hill Habitat 312. $200,000 to the Chicago Park District in etta Growth Fund; for Humanity in Brehmer County, Iowa for Chicago, Illinois for land acquisition and fa- 256. $100,000 to the Morehouse School of the renovation of deteriorated housing for cilities improvements for the expansion of a Medicine, City of Atlanta, Georgia for devel- low income housing; park;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H10946 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 18, 2005 313. $100,000 to the City of East Moline, Illi- City of Bloomington, IL for the construction 370. $200,000 for the City of Topeka, KS for nois for revitalization of downtown; of an additional housing facility; renovating and updating Heartland Park To- 314. $225,000 to the City of Harvey, Illinois 341. $250,000 for the Village of Northfield, peka; for demolition and redevelopment of prop- IL for construction of pedestrian and bicycle 371. $500,000 for the City of Mission Kansas erty to aid the community; paths as well as other infrastructure im- to ensure the future viability of business and 315. $500,000 to the City of Yorkville, Illi- provements to the Northfield Park District; residential districts near the Rock Creek nois for the redevelopment of a Yorkville 342. $200,000 for the Township of North Hur- Project; site; ricane, IL for construction of a multi-pur- 372. $500,000 for the City of Fairview, Kan- 316. $75,000 to the City of Crest Hill, Illinois pose building within Precinct 1 of the Town- sas to ensure the future viability of business for redevelopment of Division Street; ship; and residential districts near the Rock Creek 317. $100,000 to the Collins Home Project, 343. $100,000 to Crane Technology Park in Project; City of Collinsville, Illinois for completion of Martin County, Indiana for improvements to 373. $350,000 Mill Springs Battlefield Asso- the Collins Home Project; the Park; ciation, Somerset, KY for construction of 318. $150,000 to the County of DuPage, Illi- 344. $500,000 to Memorial Coliseum Redevel- the Mill Springs Battlefield Visitors Center; nois for renovation of a nursing facility to be opment, Indiana for the renovation of Memo- 374. $75,000 to Crittenden County Day Care used for nurses training center; rial Coliseum Redevelopment; Center, Crittenden County, Kentucky for ex- 319. $200,000 to the DuPage Children’s Mu- 345. $250,000 to the African American pansion of the Crittenden County Day Care seum, Illinois for the DuPage Children’s Mu- Achievers Youth Corporation in Gary, Indi- Center; seum for building renovations; ana for renovations of the Glen Theater; 375. $100,000 to LaRue County Fiscal Court, 320. $250,000 to the Glen Oak Zoo, Peoria 346. $250,000 to the City of Muncie, Indiana LaRue County, Kentucky for construction of Park District, City of Peoria, Illinois for de- for enhancements to Urban Park; a facility for the Lincoln Bicentennial cele- sign and construction of Africa exhibit at 347. $150,000 to the Crossroad of Fort bration in 2008; Glen Oak Zoo; Wayne, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for the 376. $150,000 to Powell County Fiscal Court 321. $75,000 to the Home of the Sparrow in construction of a new building for Crossroad; in Powell County, Kentucky for the con- Lake, Illinois for the renovation of a home- 348. $100,000 to the Easter Seals Arc of NE struction and development of a park; less shelter; Indiana, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for con- 377. $250,000 to the Community Economic 322. $100,000 to the Horizon House of Illinois struction of a new facility for Easter Seals Empowerment Corporation, City of Louis- Valley, City of Peru, Illinois for construction Arc of Northeast Indiana; ville, Kentucky for the construction of an of the Horizon House; 349. $500,000 to the South Bend Heritage entertainment facility for the Community 323. $75,000 to the Inner Voice in Chicago, Foundation, Indiana for neighborhood eco- Economic Empowerment Corporation; Illinois for upgrades to homeless shelters on nomic development and revitalization; 378. $350,000 to the Day Spring Foundation, the South Side of Chicago; 350. $250,000 to the Studebaker Corridor, In- City of Louisville, Kentucky for construc- 324. $100,000 to the Lincoln Christian Col- diana for the redevelopment of a brownfield tion of a community resource center for Day lege, City of Lincoln, Illinois for the restora- site; Spring Foundation; tion of the Earl C. Hargrove Auditorium at 351. $500,000 to the Town of Cedar Lake, In- 379. $100,000 to the Dream Foundation, Inc., Lincoln Christian College; diana for downtown streetscape improve- City of Louisville, Kentucky for construc- 325. $200,000 to the Marklund Children’s ments; tion of a playground in Shawnee Park; Home, City of Bloomingdale, Illinois for the 352. $500,000 for the City of Muncie, Indiana 380. $100,000 to the First Gethsemane Cen- renovation of Marklund Children’s Home; to revitalize the downtown urban park; ter for Family Development, City of Louis- 326. $500,000 to the Ray Graham Associa- 353. $250,000 for the Learning Collaborative ville, Kentucky for the renovation of First tion for People With Disabilities, City of to implement the Web Portal Technology Gethsemane Center for Family Development; Downers Grove, Illinois for improvements to 381. $200,000 to the Fleming County Indus- Development Initiative in Daviess County; Ray Graham Association for People With trial Authority, Kentucky for construction 354. $250,000 for the City of Anderson, Indi- Disabilities; of a building; ana to expand the Fiber Optic Network; 327. $250,000 to the Rialto Square Theater, 382. $150,000 to the LaRue County Fiscal 355. $150,000 for the City of Indianapolis, IN City of Joliet, Illinois for repairs to Rialto Court, Hardin County, Kentucky for renova- for the Link Savoy Housing Development; Square Theater; tion of an historic state theater; 356. $100,000 for the City of Evansville, IN 328. $200,000 to the Shawneetown Regional 383. $100,000 to the Louisville Olmsted for the Center City Industrial Park; Port District, City of Shawneetown, Illinois Parks Conservancy, City of Louisville, Ken- 357. $100,000 for the City of Fort Wayne, IN for construction of a facility at tucky for construction of a playground in for the Fort Wayne Technology Center; Shawneetown Regional Port District; the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy; 329. $150,000 to the Timber Pointe Outdoor 358. $200,000 to SAFEHOME, Inc. in Over- 384. $100,000 to the New Zion Community Center, City of Hudson, Illinois for construc- land Park, Kansas for building acquisition; Foundation, City of Louisville, Kentucky for 359. $100,000 to the City of Atchison, Kansas tion of Timber Pointe Outdoor Center; renovation of a facility for the New Zion for the redevelopment of a storm water sys- 330. $100,000 to the Village of Hazel Crest in Community Foundation; Hazel Crest, Illinois for the redevelopment of tem overflow; 385. $500,000 to the Portal 31 Exhibition the area around Hazel Crest Metra Station; 360. $250,000 to the City of Fort Scott, Kan- Mine Site, City of Lynch, Kentucky for his- 331. $160,000 to the Village of Orion, Illinois sas for restoration of historic buildings and toric preservation of the Portal 31 Exhibition for lead-based paint removal; brick streets in the downtown area; Mine Site; 332. $75,000 to the Village of South Jack- 361. $250,000 to the City of Independence, 386. $350,000 to the Temple Community De- sonville, Illinois for construction of a play- Kansas for renovations to historic Landon velopment Corporation, City of Louisville, ground and park for disabled children; House and Booth Theater; Kentucky for the renovation of a facility for 333. $500,000 for the Looking for Lincoln 362. $300,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas the Temple Community Development Cor- Heritage Coalition in Springfield, IL, for the for construction of food bank central dis- poration; Looking for Lincoln economic development tribution facility; 387. $70,000 to the Tompkinsville Senior and tourism initiative; 363. $250,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas Citizen Housing Complex, City of Pontotoc, 334. $800,000 for the Peace and Education for the downtown WaterWalk revitalization Mississippi for the completion of the Coalition in Chicago, IL, for construction of project; Tompkinsville Senior Citizen Housing Com- a new facility to serve San Miguel Schools in 364. $300,000 to the Lord’s Diner, Catholic plex; the City’s Back of the Yards neighborhood; Diocese of Wichita, City of Wichita, Kansas 388. $500,000 to the Visions of Eastern Ken- 335. $300,000 to the Haymarket Center in for expansion of Lord’s Diner of Wichita; tucky, City of Manchester, KY for facility Chicago, IL, for construction and establish- 365. $200,000 to the World Impact: Morning construction; ment of the McDermott Addiction Center; Star Ranch, City of Florence, Kansas for 389. $600,000 for the Kentucky Commerce 336. $200,000 for the Quincy Public Library construction and upgrades of the World Im- Cabinet to develop a visitor center at the Big in Quincy, IL, for a newspaper digitization pact Morning Star Ranch; Bone Lick State Park; and community education project; 366. $150,000 to the YWCA of Greater Kan- 390. $200,000 for McCracken County Fiscal 337. $200,000 to the Community Foundation sas City in Kansas City, Kansas for expan- Court to construct an Emergency Services of Decatur/Macon County for construction sion of the facility; Building; and rehabilitation of housing facilities for 367. $1,000,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs 391. $200,000 for Clinton County to develop the homeless and disabled; of Greater Kansas City for the construction and construct a Welcome Center; 338. $200,000 to the Heartland Community of the Heathwood Community Center for 392. $100,000 to Livingston Parish Veterans’ Health Center for equipment and facilities to Children and Families in Wyandotte County, Memorial Plaza, Louisiana for construction expand services; KS; of Livingston Parish Veterans’ Memorial 339. $250,000 to the Chicago Historical Soci- 368. $500,000 for Sedwick County, KS for the Plaza; ety for construction of a new Chicago His- construction of a Technical Education and 393. $250,000 to Loyola University New Or- tory Exhibition and redevelopment of cur- Training Center; leans, Louisiana for renovations and up- rent facilities; 369. $300,000 for the City of Fort Scott, KS grades to a facility; 340. $200,000 for Home Sweet Home Min- for the redevelopment of underground infra- 394. $225,000 to the City of Covington, Lou- istries—Threshold program located in the structure in the Central Business District; isiana to build a trailhead plaza;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE November 18, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10947 395. $250,000 to the City of Grand Isle, Lou- 423. $400,000 to the Springfield Day Nursery 455. $350,000 for the Town of Milo, Maine for isiana for construction of a multiplex center; in Springfield, Massachusetts for renova- the development of the Eastern Piscataquis 396. $500,000 to the City of Opelousas, Lou- tions to the King Street Children’s Center; Industrial Park; isiana for Phase I of recreation improve- 424. $400,000 to Western Mass Enterprise 456. $350,000 for the Town of Van Buren: ments; Fund, Inc. in Greenfield, Massachusetts for Van Buren Regional Business Park; 397. $250,000 to the National Center for capitalization of a loan fund; 457. $350,000 for Western Maine Community Community Renewal (NCCR), City of Shreve- 425. $200,000 to Whittier Street Community Action: Keeping Seniors Home program; port, Louisiana for renovations to a donated Center in Roxbury, Massachusetts for facili- 458. $300,000 for the University of New Eng- building in Shreveport; ties renovation; land: George and Barbara Bush Cultural Cen- 398. $180,000 to the Village of Sun, City of 426. $400,000 Walpole, MA for improvements ter for construction and equipment; St. Tammany, Louisiana for repairs to the and renovations to town fields; 459. $200,000 for the City of Portland, Port- Town Hall and Community Center; 427. $280,000 for the City of North Adams, land Public Library Renovation and Expan- 399. $250,000 for Alexandria Central Eco- MA for the renovation of the historic Mo- sion Project; nomic Development District, to develop the hawk Theater; 460. $100,000 for the Penobscot Marine Mu- Alexandria Riverfront Development; 428. $280,000 for the City of Holyoke, MA for seum Maine-Mawooshen: One Country, Two 400. $250,000 for Ascension Parish, to de- renovations to the Picknelly Adult and Fam- Worlds Project—Construction of exhibit; velop the Lamar Dixon Exposition Center; ily Education Center; 461. $300,000 for the Westbrook Housing Au- 401. $500,000 for the Audubon Nature Insti- 429. $200,000 for the City of Medford, MA for thority: Larrabee Village Supportive Serv- tute for the Audubon Living Science Mu- the redevelopment of Medford Square; ices for construction and design of facilities seum and Wetlands Center in New Orleans, 430. $280,000 for the Main South Community for the elderly & disabled; Louisiana; Development Corporation, Worcester, MA for 462. $250,000 to Grand Traverse County, 402. $500,000 for Lafourche Parish for water- the redevelopment of the Gardner-Kilby- Michigan for a homeless shelter to serve five front development along Bayou Lafourche in Hammond Neighborhood; counties; Ascension, Asumption and Lafourche Par- 431. $260,000 for the City of Lawrence, MA 463. $400,000 to Grand Valley State Univer- ishes, Louisiana; for the redevelopment of the Lawrence In- sity in the Town of Allendale, Michigan for 403. $300,000 to American International Col- Town Mall site; renovations to a research and education fa- lege in Springfield, Massachusetts for the 432. $250,000 for the Bird Street Community cility; renovation of Reed Mansion and Breck Hall; Center, Boston, MA for facility renovations; 464. $150,000 to Northern Michigan Univer- 404. $600,000 to Banknorth building in 433. $200,000 for Straight Ahead Ministries sity in Marquette, Michigan for construction Fitchburg, Massachusetts for renovation and of Westboro, MA for the acquisition and ren- and facility expansion of the Olympic Vil- construction; ovation of facilities in Hubbardston, MA; lage Project; 405. $200,000 to Boston Healthcare for the 434. $200,000 for Girls Incorporated of Lynn, 465. $550,000 to the Arab Community Center Homeless in Boston, Massachusetts for ren- MA for building renovations; for Economic and Social Services in Dear- ovation of its facility; 435. $250,000 to Dawson Safe Haven for Chil- born, Michigan for construction of a mu- 406. $300,000 to Edith Wharton Restoration, dren, Youth, and Families in Baltimore, seum; Inc. in Lenox, Massachusetts for facilities Maryland for reconstruction of the Dawson 466. $250,000 to the Boysville Neighborhood upgrade and build out; Safe Haven facility; Centers, Village of Clinton, Michigan for 436. $225,000 to St. Mary’s College, St. 407. $300,000 to Endicott College in Beverly, renovations to the Boysville Neighborhood Mary’s, Maryland for the renovation and Massachusetts for construction of a research Centers; purchasing of technology equipment for center; 467. $550,000 to the City of Detroit, Michi- Goodpaster Hall; 408. $100,000 to Greenfield Community Col- gan for the demolition of unsafe buildings; 437. $150,000 to the City of Baltimore, Mary- lege in Greenfield, Massachusetts for a feasi- 468. $500,000 to the City of Detroit, Michi- land for revitalization of the East Baltimore bility study; gan for demolition of dangerous structures; Development Project Area; 409. $380,000 to Lawrence Community 469. $300,000 to the City of Detroit, Michi- 438. $250,000 to the City of Hyattsville, Works in Lawrence, Massachusetts for con- gan for revitalization of Eastern Market; Maryland for construction of the Renais- struction of a design and technology training 470. $350,000 to the City of East Lansing, sance Square Artists’ Housing; Michigan for the construction of housing center; 439. $250,000 to the City of Takoma Park, 410. $250,000 to Stetson Town Hall in Ran- units for low-income families; Maryland for construction and build out of a dolph, Massachusetts for improvements and 471. $400,000 to the City of Ferndale, Michi- community learning center; renovations of its facility; 440. $500,000 to the Historic St. Mary’s City gan for the expansion of the existing Kulick 411. $200,000 to the City of Holyoke, Massa- Commission in St. Mary’s City, Maryland for Community Center; 472. $100,000 to the City of Frankfort, chusetts for renovations of facility for Solu- construction and renovation of a brick chap- Michigan for mixed-use development; tions Development Corporation; el; 412. $200,000 to the City of Lynn, Massachu- 441. $275,000 to the Ministers Alliance of 473. $250,000 to the City of Port Huron, setts for the renovation of the City Hall and Charles County in Waldorf, Maryland for the Michigan for the renovation of areas in con- Auditorium; acquisition, renovation, and construction of junction with the city revitalization plan; 474. $100,000 to the Detroit Zoo for con- 413. $500,000 to the City of Medford, Massa- a business center; chusetts for construction and renovation of 442. $100,000 to the Towson YMCA Day Care struction of the Ford Center for Environ- an outdoor facility; in Towson, Maryland for the renovation and mental and Conservation Education; 414. $300,000 to the City of Melrose, Massa- expansion of the Day Care Facility; 475. $200,000 to the Jewish Vocational Serv- chusetts for improvements to the Soldiers 443. $300,000 for the Maryland Food Bank in ices in the City of Southfield, Michigan for and Sailors Memorial Hall; Baltimore for construction and equipping of the development of assisted housing; 415. $1,000,000 to the City of New Bedford, new food distribution center; 476. $300,000 to the Labor Museum and Massachusetts for design and construction of 444. $500,000 for the Washington Arch- Learning Center of Michigan in Flint, Michi- a community center; diocese/Langley Park Health Clinic and So- gan for construction and build out of a mu- 416. $100,000 to the City of Sommerville, cial Service Center, Maryland; seum; Massachusetts for renovations and upgrades 445. $450,000 for the East Baltimore Devel- 477. $400,000 to the Lighthouse of Oakland to its facility; opment Project, Maryland; County, Michigan for construction of new 417. $100,000 to the Community Art Center, 446. $500,000 for Patterson Park/Library homes in Unity Park; Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts for renova- Square Revitalization, Maryland; 478. $475,000 to the Michigan Jewish Insti- tion and capital improvements; 447. $400,000 for Goucher College, Commu- tute in West Bloomfield, Michigan for im- 418. $300,000 to the Mahaiwae Performing nity Service Center, Maryland; provements to campus buildings and class- Arts Center, Inc. in Great Barrington, Mas- 448. $200,000 for the American Visionary rooms; sachusetts for facilities renovation and im- Arts Museum, Maryland; 479. $200,000 to the MotorCities National provements; 449. $200,000 for the Our Daily Bread Em- Heritage Area in Detroit, Michigan for ren- 419. $400,000 to the Main South Community ployment Center, Maryland; ovations to the historic Piquette Plant; Development Corporation in Worcester, Mas- 450. $100,000 to Bowdoin College in Bruns- 480. $150,000 to the Municipal Riverfront sachusetts for revitalization of the Gardner- wick, Maine for site planning and renovation Park, City of Farmington, Michigan for trail Kilby-Hammond neighborhood; of a building; improvements to Shiawassee Park; 420. $125,000 to the Mashpee Wampanoq 451. $200,000 to the Town of Milo, Maine for 481. $350,000 to the Municipal Riverfront Tribal Council, Inc. in Massachusetts for the development of an industrial park; Park, City of Farmington, Michigan for ADA renovation of a facility; 452. $325,000 for the City of Brewer Admin- compliance of the Municipal Riverfront 421. $200,000 to the Merrimack Repertory istrative Building Redevelopment; Park; Theater in Lowell, Massachusetts for renova- 453. $300,000 for the Franco-American Her- 482. $700,000 to the National Center for tion of facilities; itage Center, Renovation Project; Manufacturing Sciences in the City of Ann 422. $100,000 to the Narrows Center in Fall 454. $325,000 for the Bangor Waterfront Arbor, Michigan for the development of ad- River, Massachusetts for renovations and up- Park on the Penobscot River for the City of vanced technologies to the manufacturing grades to facilities; Bangor; base;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H10948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 18, 2005 483. $200,000 to The Oakland Livingston 510. $150,000 to the Better Family Life Cul- 536. $400,000 to City of Kennett for down- Human Service Agency in Pontiac, Michigan tural Center & Museum in St. Louis, Mis- town revitalization in Kennett, Missouri; for the purchase of 196 Cesar Chavez Avenue; souri for facility construction and renova- 537. $550,000 City of Moorhead, Sunflower 484. $250,000 to the Presbyterian Villages of tion; County, Mississippi for streetscape improve- Pontiac, Michigan for improvements to the 511. $250,000 to the City of Joplin, Missouri ments; senior wellness center; for the renovation of center downtown dis- 538. $300,000 to Panola County Board of Su- 485. $350,000 to the Presbyterian Villages of trict; pervisors, Panola County, Mississippi for the Redwood, Michigan for construction of green 512. $150,000 to the City of Kansas City, construction of a multi-purpose community housing; Missouri for project planning and design, facility; 486. $200,000 to the Recording for the Blind demolition, and redevelopment at the Co- 539. $750,000 to Pontotoc County, MS for and Dyslexic in the City of Troy, Michigan lumbus Park Redevelopment Project; construction of the Pontotoc County for material dissemination to homes and 513. $250,000 to the City of Springfield, Mis- Sportsplex; classrooms; souri for the construction of a multi-purpose 487. $250,000 to the Samaritan Center in the community facility; 540. $200,000 to the City of Meridian, Mis- City of Detroit, Michigan for renovation of a 514. $150,000 to the City of Ste. Genevieve, sissippi for the construction of the Mis- multipurpose facility; Missouri for streetscape improvements; sissippi Arts and Entertainment Center; 488. $350,000 to the YMCA of Saginaw, 515. $500,000 to the Gillioz/Reagan Theater, 541. $100,000 to the City of Natchez, Mis- Michigan for renovation of the YMCA of Missouri for the renovation of the theater; sissippi for a long term master plan for com- Saginaw; 516. $250,000 to the Mid-America Research munity development; 489. $250,000 to Walsh College in the City of and Development Foundation, Missouri for 542. $50,000 to the Mississippi State Univer- Troy, Michigan for a library expansion; construction of a Discovery Research Insti- sity, City of Starkville, 490. $600,000 for The Enterprise Group of tute; Mississippi for improvements to the Cor- Jackson, MI for the Armory Arts redevelop- 517. $500,000 for the Liberty Memorial Asso- nerstone Industrial Park; ment project; ciation in Kansas City, MO for construction 543. $250,000 to the Town of McLain, Mis- 491. $600,000 to the Arab Community Center and renovation; sissippi for industrial park development; for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) 518. $250,000 for the St. Louis Bosnian 544. $500,000 in the City of Oxford, Mis- in Dearborn, MI for expansion of a museum; Chamber of Commerce for construction of a sissippi for the Innovation and Outreach 492. $600,000 to the City of Detroit, MI for community center in St. Louis, MO; Center; redevelopment of the Far East Side neigh- 519. $250,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of borhood; Greater Kansas City, MO for RBI construc- 545. $500,000 in the City of Madison, Mis- 493. $350,000 to the City of Saginaw, MI to tion; sissippi, for the Historic Madison Gateway provide for the revitalization of Northeast 520. $250,000 for the Winston Churchill Me- Project; Saginaw; morial in Fulton, MO for construction and 546. $500,000 in the City of Tchula, Mis- 494. $300,000 for the State of Michigan for renovation; sissippi for the Tchula New Town costs associated with the relocation of the 521. $250,000 for Covenant House Missouri Infrastructure Project; A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum; for construction of homeless youth center in 547. $1,500,000 for the Mississippi Museum of 495. $300,000 for Focus: Hope in Detroit, MI St. Louis, MO; Art in Jackson, Mississippi, for renovations for the upgrades to the cogeneration 522. $250,000 for Truman State University and improvements; microgrid; for construction of Speech and Hearing Clin- 548. $950,000 for the Education Building for 496. $250,000 for the Goodwill Inn Homeless ic in Kirksville, MO; the Jackson Zoo in Jackson, Mississippi, to Shelter in Traverse City, MI for construction 523. $250,000 for City of Springfield, MO for construct an educational building; of a new shelter; renovation of the Springfield Commercial 549. $850,000 for the Lafayette County 497. $200,000 to the Harbor Habitat for Hu- Club Building; Courthouse in Oxford, Mississippi, to restore manity in Benton Harbor, MI for costs asso- 524. $750,000 to the Family Support Serv- and renovate their historic c.1872 court- ciated with infrastructure in the construc- ices Center for Autistic Children for con- house; tion of new homes; struction of a Center to serve families with 550. $800,000 for the Hinds Community Col- 498. $150,000 to the City of St. Paul, Min- autistic children in St. Charles County, Mis- lege Performing Arts Center in Utica, Mis- nesota for rehabilitation needs at the Ames souri; sissippi, to construct a performing arts, Lake Neighborhood/Phalen Place Apart- 525. $500,000 to the University of Missouri multi-purpose building; ments; for Hickman House preservation, renovation 499. $500,000 to the Minneapolis American and improvements projects in Howard Coun- 551. $500,000 for the Mississippi University Indian Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota for ty, Missouri; for Women Facility Restoration in Colum- facilities renovation; 526. $500,000 to the Salvation Army North- bus, Mississippi, for facility improvements 500. $100,000 to the Minnesota Housing Fi- land Community Center, to construct a fam- and restoration; nance Agency, City of St. Paul, Minnesota ily center and community room Clay Coun- 552. $500,000 for the Simpson County, Mis- for the development of supporting housing ty, Missouri; sissippi Courthouse for renovations and im- for homeless youth; 527. $1,000,000 to the Kansas City Neighbor- provements; 501. $275,000 to the Northside Residents Re- hood Alliance for capital improvements in 553. $500,000 for the Jackson Public School- development Council in Minneapolis, Min- Kansas City, Missouri; Belhaven College H.T. Newell Field Complex nesota for construction of mixed-use facili- 528. $1,000,000 to Better Living Commu- Partnership for facility improvements and ties; nities for capital improvements for Salis- construction in Jackson, Mississippi; 502. $550,000 to the Red Lake Band of Chip- bury Park neighborhood housing develop- 554. $600,000 for the City of Collins, Mis- pewa Indians in Red Lake, Minnesota for ment in St. Louis, Missouri; sissippi, to build a multi-purpose civic cen- construction and build out of a multi-pur- 529. $500,000 to the St. Louis Housing Au- ter; pose complex; thority for neighborhood housing develop- 555. $500,000 for the renovation of the Rob- 503. $200,000 for the Hmong American Mu- ment of the Cochran Gardens Public Housing ert O. Wilder Building at Tougaloo College in tual Assistance Association in Minneapolis, Site in St. Louis, Missouri; Jackson, Mississippi; Minnesota to complete the HAMAA Commu- 530. $620,000 to the City of Kansas City for 556. $500,000 for the St. Ambrose Leadership nity Center; Swope Community Builders for the Linwood College in Wesson, Mississippi, for restora- 504. $200,000 for the Red Lake Band of Chip- Housing project, Kansas City, Missouri; tion of a historic building for housing; 531. $500,000 to the Missouri Soybean Asso- pewa Indians in Red Lake, Minnesota to con- 557. $500,000 for Delta State University for ciation for test plots for the Life Sciences struct criminal justice complex project; economic development activities and campus 505. $200,000 for the Chicanos Latinos Research Development and Commercializa- and facility improvements; Unidos En Servicio (CLUES) in St. Paul, tion Project in Boone County, Missouri; Minnesota for facility construction; 532. $500,000 to the Mark Twain Neighbor- 558. $500,000 for the Historical Preservation 506. $200,000 for Redwood County, Min- hood Association for capital improvements at Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, nesota for the Material Recovery/Waste to in St. Louis, Missouri; Mississippi, for the restoration project of ex- Energy Facility at Lamberton, Minnesota; 533. $750,000 to the Students in Free Enter- isting historic buildings; 507. $300,000 to construct a community, ac- prise World Headquarters for capital im- 559. $100,000 to the Child and Family Inter- tivity center for low-income seniors in Mora, provements [equipment] in Greene County, vention Center, City of Billings, Montana for MN; Missouri; the renovation of the Child and Family 508. $500,000 to Southeast Missouri State 534. $250,000 to the Advanced Technology Intervention Center; University, Missouri for the construction of Center for construction of Laser/photronics 560. $500,000 to the Montana Food Bank a new school for the visual and performing lab complex and classroom in Mexico, Mis- Network, City of Missoula, Montana for ex- arts; souri; pansion of the Montana Food Bank Network; 509. $75,000 to the 3rd Ward Neighborhood 535. $750,000 to the Youzeum for construc- 561. $100,000 to the Montana State Univer- Council in St. Louis, Missouri for renovation tion of youth health museum in Boone Coun- sity-Applied Technology Center, City of and preservation of a facility; ty, Missouri; Havre, Montana for improvements to the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE November 18, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10949 Montana State University Applied Tech- 590. $250,000 to the City of Troy, North 617. $200,000 for the Minot Area Community nology Center; Carolina for the implementation of an af- Development Foundation, Minot, ND for the 562. $40,000 to the Traveler’s Rest Preserva- fordable housing program; Prairie Community Development Center; tion and Heritage Association, City of Lolo, 591. $250,000 to the Graveyard of the Atlan- 618. $200,000 for the Turtle Mountain Com- Montana for construction of a pedestrian tic Museum, City of Hatteras, North Caro- munity College, Belcourt, ND for the Turtle bridge over Lolo Creek; lina for the construction of the Graveyard of Mountain Community College Vocational 563. $200,000 for the Liberty House Founda- the Atlantic Museum; Educational Center; tion, for construction expenses in Ft. Har- 592. $250,000 to the Inter-Faith Council for 619. $150,000 to Peru State College, Ne- rison, MT; Social Services in Chapel Hill, North Caro- braska for construction of a new technology 564. $350,000 for the Rocky Mountain Devel- lina for construction, renovation, and build building; opment Council, to continue the PenKay Ea- out of facilities; 620. $200,000 to the Boys and Girls Home of gles Manor Renovation in Helena, MT; 593. $200,000 to the Piedmont Environ- Nebraska, Columbus, NE for renovations to 565. $250,000 for the Rocky Boy Reserva- mental Center in High Point, North Carolina the Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska; tion’s utilization of Malmstrom Air Force for renovation and expansion of the Natu- 621. $400,000 to the City of Lincoln, Ne- Base’s excess housing; ralist Education Center; braska for the revitalization of the Antelope 566. $250,000 for the Rocky Mountain Elk 594. $250,000 to the Sparta Teapot Museum, Valley Neighborhood Project; Foundation in Missoula, MT for the infra- North Carolina for construction of the Spar- 622. $250,000 to the Girls and Boys Town structure needs of their new headquarters fa- ta Teapot Museum; USA, Nebraska for the national priorities of cility; 595. $150,000 to the Central Library of Girls and Boys Town USA; 567. $250,000 for the Center for St. Vincent Forsyth County, North Carolina for renova- 623. $100,000 to the Tech Auditorium Res- Healthcare’s Center for Healthy Aging in tion and expansion of the Central Library; toration Committee, City of Omaha, Ne- Billings, MT; 596. $50,000 to the Town of Dobbins Heights, braska for the restoration of Tech Audito- 568. $200,000 for the Child and Family Inter- North Carolina for the redevelopment of rium; vention Center to renovate the Garfield downtown; 624. $100,000 to the University of Nebraska, School Building in Billings, MT; 597. $150,000 to the Town of Zebulon, North Lincoln for the expansion of rural business 569. $200,000 for the Yellowstone Boys and Carolina for land acquisition; enterprise development; Girls Ranch’s Education Facilities Expan- 598. $250,000 to the UNC Asheville Science 625. $100,000 to the Willa Cather Pioneer sion in Billings, MT; and Multimedia Center, City of Asheville, Memorial, City of Red Cloud, Nebraska for 570. $200,000 for the Carter County Muse- North Carolina; for construction of a new renovations to the historic Moon Block um’s Highway to Hell Creek project facilities science and multi-media building; building; expansion in Ekalaka, MT; 599. $150,000 to the Western Carolina Uni- 626. $200,000 to Thurston County, Nebraska 571. $400,000 for the Big Sky Economic De- versity Center for Engineering Technologies, for the renovation of the Thurston County velopment Corporation for acquisition and Town of Cullowhee, North Carolina for inte- Courthouse; rehabilitation for low-income housing in Bil- rior building renovations to the Center for 627. $1,000,000 for Metro Community Col- lings, MT; Engineering Technologies at Western Caro- lege’s Health Careers and Science Building 572. $200,000 for the Missoula Aging Serv- lina University; in the City of Omaha; ices building renovation in Missoula, MT; 600. $200,000 to UDI Community Develop- 628. $200,000 for Thurston County Court- 573. $200,000 to the St. Vincent Center for ment Corporation in Durham, North Caro- house renovation in the City of Pender; 629. $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Home of Healthy Aging for construction in Billings, lina for construction/renovation and build Nebraska’s Columbus Family Resources Cen- MT; out of an industrial park facility; 574. $300,000 to the Daly Mansion Preserva- 601. $400,000 for Renovations to the Core ter in the City of Columbus; 630. $200,000 for the Willa Cather Pioneer tion Trust for the renovation of the Daly Sound Waterfowl Museum in Harkers Island, Memorial and Educational Foundation’s Mansion in Hamilton, MT; NC; Moon Block restoration project in the City 575. $250,000 to CommunityWorks for the 602. $200,000 to the City of Kannapolis, NC of Red Cloud; construction of the ExplorationWorks Mu- for the rehabilitation of the Pillowtex Plant 631. $200,000 for Clarkson College’s Central seum in Helena, MT; 1 site; Student Service Center Facility in the City 576. $200,000 to the Montana Technology 603. $250,000 for New River Community of Omaha; Enterprise Center for the construction of lab Partners, Inc., in Sparta, NC for the Sparta 632. $200,000 for University of Nebraska- facilities in Missoula, MT; Teapot Museum; Lincoln’s Enterprise Development in Rural 577. $250,000 Davidson County Community 604. $200,000 for Catawba Science Museum Nebraska in the City of Lincoln; College, North Carolina for facility and to renovate and expand exhibitions in Hick- 633. $950,000 for a parking facility as part of equipment upgrades; ory, NC; the Joslyn Art Museum Master Plan, in 578. $150,000 to Columbus County, North 605. $200,000 for Military Business Park De- Omaha, Nebraska; Carolina for construction of a center for the velopment in Fayetteville, NC; 634. $100,000 to the Bethlehem Redevelop- Southeast Community College; 606. $250,000 for the City of Wilmington, NC, ment Association, New Hampshire for the 579. $200,000 to DHIC, Inc. in Wake County, for the Downtown Park & Open Space Initia- renovation of Main Street performing arts North Carolina for a revolving loan fund for tive; theater; low-income homebuyers; 607. $250,000 for the City of Fayetteville, 635. $150,000 to the City of Concord, New 580. $200,000 to EmPOWERment, Inc. in NC, for the Military Business Park; Hampshire for site preparation for improve- Chapel Hill, North Carolina for a revolving 608. $250,000 for the City of Asheville, NC, ments to White Park; loan fund for low-income homebuyers; for the Veterans Memorial Restoration; 636. $100,000 to the City of Portsmouth, 581. $150,000 to Gaston County, North Caro- 609. $350,000 to the Dakota Boys and Girls New Hampshire for construction of an envi- lina for technology park expansion; Ranch Residential Facilities in North Da- ronmentally responsible library; 582. $100,000 to Northampton County, North kota for construction and renovation of its 637. $100,000 to the New Hampshire Commu- Carolina for planning, design, and construc- three facilities; nity Technical College for construction of an tion of a community center; 610. $250,000 for the Northwest Ventures academic learning center at the New Hamp- 583. $50,000 to Spring Creek Community Communities, Minot, ND for the construc- shire Community Technical College; Center, Madison County, North Carolina; for tion of the Northwest Career and Technology 638. $225,000 to the Town of Temple, New restoration of an old school building to be Center; Hampshire for restoration of Temple Town used as the Spring Creek Community Center; 611. $200,000 for the United Tribes Tech- Hall; 584. $348,700 to the City of Asheville, North nical College in Bismarck, ND for the con- 639. 450,000 for Families in Transition, Carolina for the renovation of the Asheville struction of family housing; Manchester, New Hampshire for the Mothers Veterans Memorial Stadium; 612. $350,000 for the City of Killdeer, ND to and Children: Staying Together Recovery 585. $150,000 to the City of Durham, North construct a community activity center; Center; Carolina for facilities construction/renova- 613. $400,000 for the City of Rugby, ND to 640. 350,000 for New Hampshire Community tion and streetscape improvements; support construction and other projects Technical College System, Conway, New 586. $150,000 to the City of Fayetteville and within two North Dakota REAP Zones; Hampshire for the Consortium-Based Aca- Cumberland County, North Carolina for the 614. $300,000 for the Dakota Boys and Girls demic Center; development of a business park; Ranch, Minot, ND for facilities at their 641. 200,000 for Gibson Center, Madison, 587. $250,000 to the City of Laurinburg, Minot location; New Hampshire for the preservation of sen- North Carolina for the demolition of an old 615. $350,000 for the UND Center for Innova- ior housing at Silver Lake Landing; hospital; tion Foundation in Grand Forks, ND for the 642. $500,000 for the New Hampshire Com- 588. $250,000 to the City of Monroe, North Ina Mae Rude Entrepreneur Center; munity Loan Fund, manufactured housing Carolina for the renovation of Old Armory 616. $300,000 for the Bismarck-Mandan De- park program for neighborhood revitalization; velopment Association, Bismarck, ND for 643. $200,000 for the Monadnock, NH, Town- 589. $200,000 to the City of Raeford, North the construction of the National Energy ship home owner initiative Carolina for improvements to the Raeford Technology Training and Education Facil- 644. $400,000 for the Derry, NH, Senior Cen- downtown streetscape; ity; ter project

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H10950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 18, 2005 645. $600,000 for the Manchester, NH, YWCA 675. $20,000 to the East Central Ministries, 707. $150,000 to Greater Brockport Develop- project City of Albuquerque, New Mexico for the ment Corporation, Monroe County, New 646. $400,000 for the Nashua, NH, Downtown East Central Ministries enterprises program; York for the rehabilitation of historic Riverfront Opportunity Program 676. $350,000 to the Placitas Public Library, Whiteside Barnett and Co. Agricultural 647. $400,000 for the Student Conservation City of Placitas, New Mexico for the con- Works property; Association service center, New Hampshire struction of the Placitas Public Library; 708. $75,000 to Mamaroneck Village, New 648. $400,000 to 2nd Floor Youth Helpline in 677. $200,000 to the Village of Angel Fire in York for a pedestrian streetscape program; Hazlet, New Jersey for construction and ren- New Mexico for construction and develop- 709. $250,000 to Operation Oswego County, ovation of its space; ment of a town square; Oswego County, New York, for the develop- 649. $300,000 to Essex County, New Jersey 678. $500,000 to the YMCA of Albuquerque, ment of Riverview Business Park; for economic development; City of Albuquerque, New Mexico for the 710. $250,000 to Proctor’s Theatre in Sche- 650. $250,000 to Eva’s Kitchen and Shel- construction of the YMCA of Albuquerque; nectady, New York for facility expansion; tering Program in Paterson, New Jersey for 679. $1,130,000 for Presbyterian Medical 711. $250,000 to Prospect Park Alliance in renovation and construction of a homeless Services for their Head Start Facility in Brooklyn, New York for construction of a shelter; Santa Fe, New Mexico; visitor’s center and upgrades to its facilities; 651. $100,000 to Montclair State University, 680. $750,000 for the Albuquerque Mental 712. $350,000 to Shaker Museum and Li- New Jersey for construction of a facility at Health Housing Coalition, Inc. for the ren- brary, Columbia County, New York for res- Montclair State University; ovation of the Support Plaza Apartments in toration of historic Great Stone Barn; 652. $300,000 to Morris County, New Jersey Albuquerque, New Mexico; 713. $150,000 to State University of New for economic development; 681. $620,000 for Eastern New Mexico State York College at Brockport, Monroe County, 653. $150,000 to Oldwick Village, Hunterdon University in Portales, New Mexico for sci- New York for construction of a research and County, New Jersey for improvements to the entific instructional equipment; education center at the State University of Village of Oldwick; 682. $200,000 Otero County, NM, Veteran’s New York College, Brockport; 654. $150,000 to Rutgers University in New Museum Construction; 714. $150,000 to Sunnyside Community Serv- Jersey for land acquisition for Early Child- 683. $350,000 City of Carlsbad, NM, Battered ices in Queens, New York for construction of hood Research Learning Academy; Family Shelter Construction; a senior center; 655. $300,000 to Somerset County, New Jer- 684. $250,000 Helping Hands Food Bank of 715. $150,000 to the 39th Street Recreation sey for economic development; Deming, NM, Construction; Center, New York Department of Parks for 656. $300,000 to Sussex County, New Jersey 685. $350,000 City of Sunland Park, NM, the renovation of a recreation center; for economic development; Community Center Construction; 716. $100,000 to the 86th Street Business Im- 657. $100,000 to the Appel Farm Arts and 686. $250,000 Sandoval County, NM, Commu- provement District, New York for Music Center, City of Elmer, New Jersey for nity Health Alliance, Construction and streetscape improvements; 717. $100,000 to the Adirondack Champlain expansion of Appel Farm Arts and Music Equipment; Fiber Network (ACFN), City of Plattsburgh, Center; 687. $200,000 City of Portales, NM, Rehabili- New York for the construction of Adiron- 658. $90,000 to the Center for Community tation of the Yam Movie Palace; Arts, City of Cape May, New Jersey for reha- 688. $100,000 to Nevada’s Center for Entre- dack Champlain Fiber Network; 718. $200,000 to the Alfred State College, bilitation of a community arts center; preneurship & Technology in Carson, Nevada City of Alfred, New York for construction of 659. $150,000 to the City of Atlantic City, for expansion of the center; a facility at Alfred State College; New Jersey for the development of a manu- 689. $150,000 to Nye County, Nevada for the 719. $200,000 to the Arts Guild of Old Forge, facturers business park; development of multifunctional recreational New York for renovations; 660. $150,000 to the City of Bridgeton, New facilities; 720. $250,000 to the Bardavon 1869 Opera Jersey for the revitalization of Southeast 690. $500,000 to the City of Henderson, Ne- House, Inc. in Poughkeepsie, New York for Gateway Neighborhood; vada for improvements and building renova- improvements to the Bardavon Opera House; 661. $350,000 to the City of East Orange, tions; 721. $150,000 to the Beth Gavriel Bukharian New Jersey for upgrades and improvements 691. $150,000 to the City of North Las Vegas, Congregation in Queens, New York for plan- to recreation fields; Nevada for construction of a recreation cen- ning, design, and construction of a building 662. $600,000 to the City of Perth Amboy, ter; expansion to serve the Bukharian and Rus- New Jersey for rehabilitation and construc- 692. $350,000 to the WestCare Foundation, sian populations; tion of the Jewish Renaissance Medical Cen- City of Las Vegas, Nevada for improvements 722. $550,000 to the Boricua College in New ter; to WestCare; York, New York for renovation of the Audu- 663. $50,000 to the Martin House Transi- 693. $300,000 for the Pahrump Senior Cen- bon Terrace Building; tional Housing Program, City of Trenton, ter, Pahrump NV, for senior transportation; 723. $250,000 to the Breast Cancer Help, Inc, New Jersey for the completion of the Martin 694. $500,000 for the Nathan Adelson Hos- City of Lindenhurst, New York for construc- House Transitional Housing Program; pice, Henderson, NV, for an adult day care tion of a center for Breast Cancer Help, Inc; 664. $250,000 to the Monroe Township in center; 724. $250,000 to the Burchfield-Penney Art Middlesex County, New Jersey for the devel- 695. $200,000 for the Ridge House, Reno, NV, Center in Buffalo, New York for the con- opment of recreation facilities; for the purchase or acquisition of facilities struction of an art museum; 665. $250,000 to the School for Children with for the Reentry Resource Center; 725. $250,000 to the Catskill Mountain Foun- Hidden Intelligence, City of Lakewood, New 696. $500,000 for the University of Nevada- dation, City of Hunter, New York for renova- Jersey for the construction of a new building Reno to provide a Small Business Develop- tions of the Orpheum Theatre and renova- for the School for Children with Hidden In- ment Center; tions of the Sugar Maples Center for the telligence; 697. $500,000 for the City of Las Vegas, Ne- Arts; 666. $200,000 to the Viking Village, City of vada for the renovation of the Old Post Of- 726. $450,000 to the City College of New Barnegat Light, New Jersey for renovations fice; York for the planning, design, and construc- to historic structures; 698. $350,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada to tion of the Center for Public Service; 667. $100,000 to the Westfield YMCA, New provide Fourth St. Corridor Enhancements; 727. $100,000 to the City of Geneva, New Jersey for the renovation of the new East 699. $300,000 for the City of Pahrump/Nye York for construction of community recre- Board Street YMCA; County, Nevada Fairgrounds Project; ation center; 668. $350,000 to West Milford Township, New 700. $500,000 for Wadsworth, Nevada to pro- 728. $100,000 to the City of Rome, New York Jersey for public commercial improvements; vide a Community Center; for the construction of a community recre- 669. $250,000 for the City of Pleasantville, 701. $200,000 for the City of Sparks, Nevada ation center; NJ for the construction and renovation of for the Deer Park Facility Renovation 729. $250,000 to the Elmira College, City of the Pleasantville Marina; Project; Elmira, New York for the restoration of 670. $200,000 for the City of Paterson, NJ for 702. $250,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada to Cowles Hall on the Elmira College; the design and renovation of the Silk City provide a Food Bank of Northern Nevada Re- 730. $200,000 to the Federation of Italian- Senior Nutrition Center; gional Distribution Facility Project; American Organization in Brooklyn, New 671. $200,000 for the St. Joseph’s School of 703. $350,000 to Amherst Chamber of Com- York for facility upgrades; the Blind in Jersey City, NJ for the con- merce Inc., Erie County, New York for the 731. $250,000 to the Houghton College, City struction of a new facility; Suburban Solutions Center; of Houghton, New York for the rehabilita- 672. $300,000 for the Rutgers-Camden Busi- 704. $150,000 to Elmcor Youth and Adult Ac- tion of Paine Science Center at Houghton ness Incubator, Camden, NJ for the expan- tivities in Queens, New York for renovation College; sion of the business incubator; of economic development facilities; 732. $150,000 to the Huntington Economic 673. $250,000 to the City of Belen, New Mex- 705. $400,000 to Fordham University in Development Corporation in Huntington, ico for construction of a multipurpose com- Bronx, New York for the construction of a New York for planning and design of a public munity center; multipurpose center; plaza; 674. $150,000 to the City of Carlsbad, New 706. $150,000 to Genesee Country Village & 733. $550,000 to the Lutheran Medical Cen- Mexico for construction of the Carlsbad Bat- Museum, Monroe County, New York for con- ter in Brooklyn, New York for renovation tered Family Shelter; struction of education center classrooms; and capital improvements;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE November 18, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10951 734. $200,000 to the Mary Mitchell Family 762. $200,000 to SUNY Plattsburgh, NY for of Springfield, Ohio for the expansion of Ap- and Youth Center in Bronx, New York for the expansion of the Adirondack-Champlain plied Research Technology Park (ARTP) in the construction of a multipurpose center; Community Fiber Network; Springfield; 735. $150,000 to the Museum of the Moving 763. $250,000 to the El Museo del Barrio in 793. $250,000 to the St. Mary Development Image in Queens, New York for facility ex- New York City, NY for capital improve- Corporation, City of Dayton, Ohio for street pansion; ments; infrastructure and parking facility improve- 736. $250,000 to the Neighborhood Initiative, 764. $200,000 to the Central New York Com- ments; City of Syracuse, New York for the continu- munity Arts Council of Utica, NY for the ex- 794. $300,000 to the Main Street Business ation of the Neighborhood Initiative Pro- pansion of the Stanley Theater; Association, Inc., City of Columbus, Ohio for gram; 765. $200,000 to the City of Canandaigua, NY mixed-use commercial and residential facili- 737. $100,000 to the NI—Metropolitan Devel- for the construction of a regional tourism ties; opment Association, City of Syracuse, New center; 795. $250,000 to the Marsh Foundation in York for the Essential New York Initiative; 766. $200,000 for the Graduate College of Van Wert, Ohio for renovations to a facility; 738. $100,000 to the North Country Chil- Union University, Schenectady, NY to estab- 796. $750,000 to the Thousand Hills Enter- dren’s Clinic, City of Watertown, New York lish a freestanding campus; prises, LLC, City of Canton, Ohio for con- for renovations to North Country Children’s 767. $200,000 for the Robert H. Jackson Cen- struction of a Community Youth/Recreation Clinic; ter, Jamestown, NY for auditorium restora- Activity Center; 739. $150,000 to the Northwest Family tion; 797. $400,000 to the Towpath Trail YMCA YMCA, Camp Northpoint, City of Rochester, 768. $200,000 for the Griffiss Local Develop- Community Center, City of Navarre, Ohio for New York for construction to the Northwest ment Corporation, Rome, NY for develop- construction of a library for the Towpath Family YMCA, Camp Northpoint; ment of a multi-tenant technology office Trail YMCA Community Center; 740. $375,000 to the Old Fort Niagara Gate- complex; 798. $100,000 to the University of Dayton, way to History in Porter, New York for reha- 769. $200,000 for the Nassau County Museum City of Dayton, Ohio for redevelopment of bilitation of a visitor’s center, and $375,000 to of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY for building res- Brown and Stewart Street properties at the Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation toration; University of Dayton; for infrastructure improvements in Central 770. $200,000 for the Veterans Outreach Cen- 799. $150,000 to the Urban League of Greater Plaza Park; ter, Rochester, NY for renovation and expan- Cleveland, Ohio for a multicultural business 741. $400,000 to the Orange County Commu- sion of employment and training facilities; development center; nity College in Middletown, New York for 771. $100,000 to Carroll County, Ohio for the 800. $200,000 to the Youngstown Ohio Asso- construction of a new building; development of a community center; ciated Neighborhood Center in Youngstown, 742. $75,000 to the Pregones Theater in 772. $250,000 to Columbiana County, Ohio Ohio for upgrades to the McGuffey Center; Bronx, New York for renovation of its facil- for construction of a new community serv- 801. $200,000 for the City of Canton, Ohio for ity; ices building; the New Horizons Park land and site acquisi- 743. $75,000 to the Queens Borough Chil- 773. $200,000 to Connecting Point, Inc. in tion, demolition, or facilities construction; dren’s Discovery Center, New York City, Toledo, Ohio for facility construction; 802. $200,000 for Wright Dunbar, Inc., Day- New York for the construction of a chil- 774. $200,000 to Ross County, Ohio for devel- ton, Ohio, to construct the Gateway to Paul dren’s discovery center; opment of an industrial park; Laurence Dunbar Memorial; 744. $300,000 to the Sephardic Community 775. $250,000 to Starr Commonwealth in Van 803. $200,000 for Daybreak, Inc., Dayton, Center, New York for building additions and Wert, Ohio for the renovation of a facility; Ohio, for the Daybreak Opportunity House improvements; 776. $150,000 to the Champaign County Pres- land and site acquisition, demolition, site 745. $158,000 to the Sugar Hill Industrial ervation Alliance, City of Urbana, Ohio for preparation and facilities construction; Park, City of Alfred, New York for construc- the revitalization of Champaign County her- 804. $200,000 for Catholic Charities Services tion of the Sugar Hill Industrial Park; itage sites; Corporation, Parma, Ohio, for Parmadale’s 746. $100,000 to the Town and Village of 777. $100,000 to the Cincinnati Young People land and site acquisition, demolition, site Fort Ann, New York for construction of the Theater, Ohio for the renovation of Covedale preparation and facilities construction; Adirondack Golden Goal complex; Center for Performing Arts; 805. $100,000 for Cornerstone of Hope, Inde- 747. $250,000 to the Town of Babylon 9/11 778. $100,000 to the City of St. Clairsville, pendence, OH, to build a facility; 806. $300,000 for The Preston Fund for SMA Hometown Memorial Foundation, City of Ohio for the renovation of the Clarendon Research, Beachwood, Ohio, for the construc- Babylon, New York for construction of 9/11 Hotel; Education Center; 779. $350,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio tion and development of Preston’s H.O.P.E.; 807. $300,000 for the Defiance County Senior 748. $200,000 to the Town of Brookhaven, for the construction of community education Service Center, Defiance, Ohio, for construc- Farmingville, New York for demolition and center on grounds of fire training facility; construction of a new Senior Citizens 780. $250,000 to the City of Green, Ohio for tion; 808. $250,000 for the Ukrainian Museum-Ar- Wellness Center; the purchase of Southgate Farm; chives, Cleveland, Ohio, for Phase II Devel- 749. $75,000 to the Town of Eastchester, 781. $100,000 to the City of Lima, Ohio for opment and construction; New York for construction of a youth center; improvements to riverwalk; 809. $250,000 for The Scioto Society, Inc., 750. $100,000 to the Town of Lenox, New 782. $150,000 to the City of Lorain, Ohio for Chillicothe, Ohio for the ‘‘Tecumseh!’’ Cap- York for construction of WWI Memorial; planning, design, demolition, and redevelop- 751. $150,000 to the Town of North Hemp- ital Improvement Project; ment of Broadway Avenue; stead, New York for construction and revi- 810. $270,000 for the Lorain County Commu- 783. $175,000 to the City of Springfield, Ohio talization in New Cassel; nity College Great Lakes Business Growth for demolition of a property to be used for a 752. $100,000 to the Town of Ripley, New and Development Center; new hospital; York for land acquisition; 811. $200,000 for the City of Jackson’s Day 753. $250,000 to the Utica Public Library, 784. $200,000 to the City of St. Marys, Ohio Care Center; New York for the replacement of windows at for renovations to the historic Glass Block; 812. $260,000 for Wilberforce University 785. $100,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for the Utica Public Library; Ohio Private Historically Black University 754. $75,000 to the Village of Elmsford, New the construction of Ice-Skating Rinks in Residence Hall Project; York for construction of a new senior center; City Parks; 813. $270,000 for the Solid Waste Authority 755. $75,000 to the Village of Pleasantville, 786. $650,000 to the Community Properties of Central Ohio (SWACO) Pyramid Resource New York for a pedestrian streetscape pro- of Ohio, City of Columbus, Ohio for the Cam- Center; gram; pus Partners Neighborhood Initiative; 814. $300,000 to the City of Pawnee, Okla- 756. $200,000 to the Village of Tuckahoe, 787. $200,000 to the Depression and Bipolar homa for the renovation of the Buffalo The- New York for streetscape improvements in Support Alliance in Toledo, Ohio for facility ater; the Crestwood section; construction; 815. $250,000 to the Rural Enterprises of 757. $100,000 to the YMCA at Glen Cove, 788. $200,000 to the Hocking Athens Perry Oklahoma, Inc., City of Durant, Oklahoma City of Glen Cove, New York for construc- Community Action, City of Glouster, Ohio for an employer assisted housing initiative; tion of children’s center for the YMCA at for renovations to the Ohio Department of 816. $100,000 to the Tulsa Family and Chil- Glen Cove; Corrections Facility; dren’s Services, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma for 758. $100,000 to Utica College, New York for 789. $75,000 to the Ohio Glass Museum, City the renovation of a facility to establish a the construction and expansion of nursing of Lancaster, Ohio for the renovation of a one-stop youth and family service center; laboratory; building for the glass-blowing museum; 817. $100,000 to the Youth and Family Serv- 759. $500,000 to Warren County Economic 790. $295,000 to the Ohio Historical Society, ices, Inc., City of El Reno, Oklahoma for the Development Corporation, Warren County, City of Peebles, Ohio for improvements to construction of a facility for Youth and New York for facilities construction at the Serpent Mound State Memorial Visitor Family Services; North Creek Ski Bowl; Facility; 818. $220,000 for the City of Ardmore, OK, to 760. $200,000 to the YWCA of Niagara, NY 791. $200,000 to the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- construct the Ardmore Community Resource for the computer lab expansion; sity, City of Delaware, Ohio for renovations Center; 761. $250,000 to Alianza Dominicana of New to the Stand Theater; 819. $220,000 for Norman Economic Develop- York City, NY for expansion of the Triangle 792. $1,000,000 to the Springfield-Clark ment Corporation, Norman, OK, to construct building; County Community Improvement Corp, City an engineering incubator;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H10952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 18, 2005 820. $200,000 for the City of Ponca City, OK, 847. $100,000 to the Allentown Art Museum, sylvania for parking improvements to the to construct a museum building and infor- Pennsylvania for expansion of the museum; business district; mation center for the statue of Ponca Chief 848. $200,000 to the Berks County Commu- 874. $150,000 to the Jewish Community Cen- Standing Bear; nity Foundation, Pennsylvania for a Com- ter of Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 821. $220,000 for the United States-Mexico petitive Greater Reading Initiative; facilities construction and improvements; Cultural Education Foundation to establish 849. $200,000 to the Borough of Mahonoy 875. $100,000 to the Lehigh County Histor- the Center for North American Sustainable City, Pennsylvania for improvements to ical Society, Pennsylvania for the construc- Economic Development at the University of West Market Street; tion of a center for LeHigh Valley Heritage; Oklahoma, Norman, OK; 850. $250,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of 876. $10,000 to the Marysville Borough 822. $220,000 for the Native American Cul- Lancaster, Inc., City of Lancaster, Pennsyl- Council, City of Marysville, Pennsylvania for tural Center and Museum, Oklahoma City, vania for construction of the Columbia Club- enhancements to a public playground; OK, for construction of the American Indian house for the Boys and Girls Club of Lan- 877. $100,000 to the Oil Creek Railway His- Cultural Center; caster; toric Caboose Project, City of Oil City, Penn- 823. $200,000 for the City of Midwest City, 851. $200,000 to the Brookville YMCA, City sylvania for upgrades to the Oil Creek Rail- OK to construct a community outreach cen- of Bradford, Pennsylvania for construction way Historic Caboose; ter; of an aquatic area at Brookville YMCA; 878. $200,000 to the Pennsylvania Lumber 824. $150,000 to the Portland Center Stage 852. $200,000 to the Bucks County Planning Museum, City of Galeton, Pennsylvania for Armory Theater in Portland, Oregon for ren- Commission, Pennsylvania for the construc- the expansion of the museum’s visitor cen- ovations and upgrades to its facility; tion of a community center for Freedom ter; 825. $150,000 to the Portland Development Neighborhood; 879. $200,000 to the Sawmill Center for the Commission in Portland, Oregon for urban 853. $100,000 to the Carroll Park Neighbors Arts, City of Clarion, Pennsylvania for im- revitalization of the South Waterfront Dis- Advisory Council in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- provements to Sawmill Center for the Arts; trict; vania for facility renovations and upgrades; 880. $15,000 to the Toboyne Township, City 826. $300,000 to the Richard E. Wildish Com- 854. $250,000 to the Chartiers West Council of Blaine, Pennsylvania for renovations to munity Theater in Springfield, Oregon for of Governments, City of Carnegie, Pennsyl- the baseball park in Toboyne Township; the completion of construction of its’ facil- vania for infrastructure improvements; 881. $250,000 to the YWCA of Chester, City ity; 855. $400,000 to the City of Johnstown, of Chester, Pennsylvania for improving the 827. $200,000 to the Salem Urban Renewal Pennsylvania for construction and improve- YWCA of Chester; Agency in Salem, Oregon for rehabilitation ments to the convention center; 882. $200,000 to Waynesburg College Center, of downtown Salem; 856. $250,000 to the City of Monroeville, Greene County, Pennsylvania for a center for 828. $200,000 for the City of Lakeview, Or- Pennsylvania for construction of a new cen- economic development; egon to develop geothermal resources; ter and park for Monroeville Community 883. $200,000 YMCA of Carbondale, Lacka- 829. $200,000 for Marion-Polk Food Share in Center; wanna County, PA for construction of a new Salem, Oregon to improve and renovate an 857. $300,000 to the City of Philadelphia, facility for the YMCA of Carbondale; emergency food distribution center; Pennsylvania for streetscape of the vendors 884. $200,000 for the City of Carbondale, 830. $200,000 for the City of Pendleton, Or- mall; Pennsylvania for the South Main Street Eco- egon to improve and renovate round-up fa- 858. $250,000 to the City of Sunbury, Penn- nomic Development Initiative which is de- cilities; sylvania for construction of an amphitheater signed to reduce blight along the City’s Main 831. $500,000 for construction of an edu- complex for the Susquehanna Riverfront; Street Corridor. cation building at the Blue Mountain Com- 859. $150,000 to the City of York, Pennsyl- 885. $200,000 for the Redevelopment Author- munity College’s Northeastern Oregon Col- vania for improvements to streetscapes; ity of the City of Corry to acquire a laborative University Center, Hermiston, Or- 860. $200,000 to the Clearfield YMCA, City brownfield site in downtown Corry, Pennsyl- egon; of Clearfield, Pennsylvania for improve- vania. 832. $250,000 for construction of the Down- ments to the Clearfield YMCA; 886. $200,000 for Weatherly Borough, Penn- town/Riverfront Access Project by the City 861. $60,000 to the Coal Country Hang-out sylvania to acquire and redevelop the Lehigh of The Dalles for the Port of The Dalles, Or- Youth Center, City of Cambria, Pennsyl- Valley Railroad Shops and Weatherly Steel egon; vania for construction of a playground facil- Plant complex in the heart of Weatherly, 833. $200,000 for construction of a Teen Ac- ity for Coal Country Hang-out Youth Center; PA. tivity Center at the Santo Community Cen- 862. $200,000 to the Corry Redevelopment 887. $200,000 for Indiana County, Pennsyl- ter in Medford, Oregon; Authority, Pennsylvania for the redevelop- vania to acquire the Wayne Avenue Property 834. $200,000 SAFE Inc. New Hope Farm, ment of the former Cooper Ajax facility; in Indiana. Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA for con- 863. $100,000 to the Da Vinci Discovery Cen- 888. $200,000 for Armstrong County, Penn- struction of a community facility for autis- ter of Science & Technology, Pennsylvania sylvania for remediation and infrastructure tic children; for the construction of a new facility for development on a 14.2 acre of brownfield 835. $200,000 to Armstrong County, Pennsyl- science and technology; property in Apollo Borough. vania for rebuilding the Belmont Complex; 864. $100,000 to the Delaware County Com- 889. $200,000 for Perry County, Pennsyl- 836. $500,000 to Bradford County Progress munity College, City of Media, Pennsylvania vania to develop an industrial park in New Authority, Bradford County, Pennsylvania for technology infrastructure at the Dela- Bloomfield. for the construction of two business parks; ware County Community College; 890. $200,000 for People for People, Inc. for 837. $250,000 to Cabrini College, Pennsyl- 865. $100,000 to the Downtown Chambers- planning and project development efforts for vania for expansion of a community center; burg Inc, City of Chambersburg, Pennsyl- the Triangle redevelopment projects. 838. $150,000 to Carbon County, Pennsyl- vania for renovations to the Capitol Theater; 891. $200,000 for the Southwestern Pennsyl- vania for land acquisition, facilities renova- 866. $25,000 to the Fermanagh Township, vania Commission, to develop the Alta Vista tion, and demolition; Juniata County, City of Mifflintown, Penn- Business Park, a mixed-use business park on 839. $200,000 to Greene County, Pennsyl- sylvania for the development of a playground a former strip mine site adjacent to I–70, in vania for revitalization of recreational facili- facility; Washington County, Pennsylvania. ties; 867. $100,000 to the Gettysburg Borough, 892. $300,000 for the Allegheny County Air- 840. $100,000 to Gwen’s Girls, Inc. in Pitts- Pennsylvania for the renovation of Gettys- port Authority in Allegheny County, Penn- burgh, Pennsylvania for construction of a burg Railway Station as a visitor’s center; sylvania for site preparation and construc- residential facility; 868. $150,000 to the Greenville Area Eco- tion of its North Field Development project; 841. $100,000 to KidsPeace, Pennsylvania for nomic Development Corporation, Pennsyl- 893. $200,000 for Gaudenzia, Inc. in Norris- the renovation to the Broadway Campus; vania for the reconstruction of streetscapes; town, Pennsylvania to renovate and expand 842. $47,000 to Liverpool Township, Perry 869. $50,000 to the Hollidaysburg YMCA, its residential facilities; County, Pennsylvania for expansion of the City of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania for the 894. $200,000 for Our City Reading in Read- community pool in Liverpool Township; renovations to the YMCA in Hollidaysburg; ing, Pennsylvania to rehabilitate abandoned 843. $750,000 to Lower Makefield Township, 870. $50,000 to the Homer City School Dis- houses and provide down payment assistance Pennsylvania for construction of the Lower trict, City of Homer, Pennsylvania for con- to home buyers; Makefield 9/11 Memorial Garden; struction of a new athletic facility; 895. $200,000 for the City of Lancaster, 844. $150,000 to North Central Triangle Re- 871. $1,500,000 to the Indiana University, In- Pennsylvania for the revitalization and con- vitalization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania diana, Pennsylvania for the development and struction of Lancaster Square; for planning and design of the Triangle Revi- construction of a Regional Development 896. $200,000 for the Greater Wilkes-Barre talization project; Center; Chamber of Business and Industry in Wilkes- 845. $200,000 to Pine Forge Academy, Penn- 872. $1,500,000 to the Indiana University, In- Barre, Pennsylvania for acquisition, plan- sylvania for construction of a student cen- diana, Pennsylvania for the construction of a ning, and redevelopment of the historic Irem ter; multiuse training facility in Indiana, Penn- Temple; 846. $100,000 to Point Breeze Performing sylvania; 897. $200,000 for the Greene County Depart- Arts Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 873. $250,000 to the Jeanette Downtown Re- ment of Planning and Economic Develop- for renovations and upgrades of its facility; development Project, City of Jeanette, Penn- ment in Greene County, Pennsylvania for

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899. $200,000 for the Shippensburg Univer- ance, South Carolina for the renovation of 950. $200,000 to the Mammoth Site of Hot sity Foundation in Shippensburg, Pennsyl- Old Federal Courthouse; Springs, SD for the Theater and Lecture Hall vania for construction of Phase III of the 926. $60,000 to Laurens County, South Caro- Project; 951. $200,000 to the Wakpa Sica Historical Shippensburg Regional Conference Center; lina for the Hunter Industrial Park improve- Society of Fort Pierre, SD for the Wakpa 900. $200,000 for the Partnership CDC in ments; Sica Reconciliation Place; 927. $250,000 to Lee County, South Carolina Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for acquisition, 952. $200,000 to the Rapid City Area Eco- renovation and rehabilitation of affordable for construction of a county recreation cen- nomic Development Partnership of Rapid housing for moderate- and low-income fami- ter; City, SD for the Technology Transfer and lies; 928. $150,000 to Marion County, South Caro- Entrepreneur Center Project; 901. $200,000 for the Allentown Art Museum lina for constructing of an outdoor wellness 953. $200,000 to Miner County Revitaliza- in Allentown, Pennsylvania to expand and facility; tion of Howard, SD for the Rural Learning modernize its facilities; 929. $125,000 to the Bible Way Community Center Project; 902. $200,000 for the Pittsburgh Zoo in Development Corporation, Columbia, South 954. $100,000 to Clay County, Tennessee for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the planning, Carolina for construction of a multipurpose renovation of the Clay County Senior Citi- site development, and construction of Phase facility; zens Center; I of its expansion project; 930. $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of 955. $100,000 to Cleveland Bradley County 903. $200,000 for Universal Community the Pee Dee in Florence, South Carolina for Incubator Bradley County, Tennessee for Homes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for renovation and expansion of Florence and construction of a facility to house small conversion of parcels of land into housing Sumter facilities; business development; units for low- and moderate-income families; 931. $300,000 to the City of Lancaster, South 956. $150,000 to Hamilton County Center for 904. $150,000 to the Commission of Puerto Carolina for renovation of the ‘‘Hope on the Entrepreneurial Growth, Hamilton County, Rico, Office of Youth affairs for the con- Hill’’ adult education and after school cen- Tennessee for technology improvements to struction of a youth center; ter; the Hamilton County Center for Entrepre- 905. $250,000 to the Sports and Recreation 932. $300,000 to the City of Walterboro, neurial Growth; Authority of the Community, Puerto Rico South Carolina for construction of Great 957. $250,000 to The Appalachia Service for construction of a little league baseball Swamp Sanctuary Discovery Center and as- Project, Johnson City, Tennessee for con- park at Old Ramey Air Force Base; sociated streetscape; struction materials for expansion; 906. $200,000 to the City of Central Falls, 933. $500,000 to the Clemson University 958. $250,000 to Knox County, Tennessee for Rhode Island for construction and renova- International Center for Automotive Re- the construction of a senior center; tion of parks facilities; search, City of Greenville, South Carolina 959. $100,000 to Loudon County Senior Cen- 907. $150,000 to the Providence YMCA in for the development of Clemson University ter, Tennessee to complete construction of a Providence, Rhode Island for the construc- International Center for Automotive Re- senior center; tion of a multipurpose center; search; 960. $500,000 to Southeast Local Develop- 908. $200,000 to the Town of North Smith- 934. $200,000 to the National Council of ment Corporation, Polk County, Tennessee field, Rhode Island for economic develop- Negro Women, Inc. in Bishopville, South for the construction of community projects; 961. $100,000 to the City of Gallatin, Ten- ment initiatives focused on technology im- Carolina for construction of the Dr. Mary nessee for construction of facilities; provements; McLeod Bethune Memorial Park; 962. $200,000 to the Cumberland County 909. $350,000 for the Cranston Public Li- 935. $200,000 to the Paxville Community De- Playhouse in Crossville, Tennessee for facil- brary in Cranston, Rhode Island for building velopment Center in Paxville, South Caro- ity renovations; renovations; lina for the construction of a multipurpose 963. $150,000 to the Second Harvest Food 910. $250,000 for Jamiel Park in Warren, center; Bank in Middle, Tennessee for facilities ren- Rhode Island for facility improvements; 936. $50,000 to the Progressive Club in ovation and build out; 911. $200,000 for the Town of West Warwick, John’s Island, South Carolina for renovation 964. $150,000 to the Second Harvest Food Rhode Island for the development and con- of a multi-purpose building; Bank in Nashville, Tennessee for facilities struction of a river walk; 937. $100,000 to the South Carolina School renovation and equipment; 912. $200,000 for Meeting Street School in for the Deaf and the Blind, City of 965. $50,000 to the Second Harvest Food Providence, Rhode Island for the construc- Spartanburg, South Carolina for the expan- Bank of Northeast Tennessee for renovations tion of the Bright Futures Early Learning sion of dormitories and classrooms at the to the storage warehouse; Center; South Carolina School for the Deaf and the 966. $150,000 to the Southwest Tennessee 913. $200,000 for Sexual Assault and Trauma Blind; Community College in Memphis, Tennessee Resource Center in Providence, Rhode Island 938. $400,000 to the Spirit of South Carolina for construction of a teaching facility; for building acquisition and renovations; for construction completion; 967. $100,000 to the Tech 2020 East TN 914. $200,000 for the Pastime Theatre in 939. $100,000 to the Town of St. Stephens, Nanoscience Initiative, City of Oak Ridge, Bristol, Rhode Island for building improve- South Carolina for renovation of the Berke- Tennessee for the nanoscience research ini- ments; ley Senior Center; tiative for Tech 2020; 915. $200,000 for Family Service of Rhode Is- 940. $75,000 to the Williamsburg County 968. $100,000 to the Tennessee River Mu- land in Providence, Rhode Island for building Boys and Girls Club in Hemingway, South seum, Tennessee for the expansion of the purchase and renovations; Carolina for expansion and upgrading of fa- Tennessee River Museum; 916. $200,000 for St. Mary’s Home for Chil- cilities; 969. $750,000 for the City of Clinton, Ten- dren in North Providence, Rhode Island for 941. $280,000 for the South Carolina School nessee to renovate the Green McAdoo Cul- building renovations; for the Deaf and Blind in Spartanburg, SC tural Center; 970. $400,000 for the Second Harvest Food 917. $200,000 for Stand Up for Animals in for dormitory renovation; Bank of Middle Tennessee in Nashville, Ten- Westerly, Rhode Island for building con- 942. $220,000 for Crisis Ministries Homeless nessee for the expansion of its distribution struction; Shelter in Charleston, SC for facilities ren- center; 918. $300,000 for the acquisition and renova- ovation; 971. $300,000 for the Chattanooga African tion of the Seniors Helping Others volunteer 943. $100,000 to the Children’s Home Society American Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee center in South Kingstown, RI; of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Da- to construct the Martin Luther King Busi- 919. $300,000 for the expansion and renova- kota for construction of facilities; ness Solutions Center; tion of the Pawtucket Day Child Develop- 944. $100,000 to the City of Aberdeen, South 972. $600,000 for the Carroll County Water- ment Center, Pawtucket, RI; Dakota for renovations to the Aberdeen shed Authority in Carroll County, Tennessee 920. $300,000 for the renovation and expan- Recreation and Cultural Center; for land acquisition; sion of the John E. Fogarty Center to pro- 945. $150,000 to Wakpa Sica Reconciliation 973. $200,000 for the Big South Fork Visi- vide services and programs for children and Place in Ft. Pierre, South Dakota for con- tors Center in Cumberland County, Ten- adults with disabilities, North Providence, struction of the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation nessee to develop new visitors facilities; RI; Place; 974. $500,000 for Technology 2020 in Oak 921. $200,000 for the City of Woonsocket, RI 946. $250,000 for the City of Aberdeen, South Ridge, Tennessee to support the East Ten- for the redevelopment of the Hamlet Avenue Dakota to construct a Recreation and Cul- nessee Nanotechnology Initiative; Mill site; tural Center; 975. $250,000 for Smith County, Tennessee 922. $200,000 to provide for equipment and 947. $250,000 for the Children’s Home Soci- for construction and infrastructure improve- construction of the Arlington Branch of the ety in Sioux Falls to expand its at- risk ments to the Health, Senior, and Education Cranston Public Library, Cranston, RI; youth facility; complex;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H10954 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 18, 2005 976. $320,000 to Cameron County, Texas for 1007. $200,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for construction of a technology building at construction of a Boys and Girls Club in for the Dallas Fair Park Commercial Dis- the Northern Virginia Community College; Santa Rosa, Texas; trict; 1036. $100,000 to The Prizery in South Bos- 977. $150,000 to Harris County, Texas for the 1008. $300,000 to the City of Lufkin, Texas ton, Virginia for restoration to the commu- development of an economic development for the convention center initiative; nity arts center; plan; 1009. $200,000 for the Los Fresnos Texas 1037. $250,000 to the Southwestern Virginia 978. $150,000 to Harris County, Texas for the Boys and Girls Club, Los Fresnos, TX for Food Bank in Roanoke, Virginia for renova- construction of a senior education center; planning, design and facility construction; tions to the food bank; 979. $250,000 to the Alabama-Coushatta 1010. $200,000 to Sandy City, Utah for 1038. $75,000 to the Town of Boydton, Vir- Tribe of Texas for facility improvements; streetscape improvements and revitalization ginia for revitalization projects in the cen- 980. $500,000 to the Arlington Chamber of efforts; tral business district; Commerce, Texas for construction of an en- 1011. $250,000 to the City of Riverton, Utah 1039. $50,000 to the Town of Charlotte Court trepreneur center; for the construction of Nature Center; House, Virginia for the revitalization of the 981. $150,000 to the Children’s Museum of 1012. $250,000 to the City of Riverton, Utah historic Charlotte Court House; Houston, Texas for construction of an annex for the reconstruction of Old Dome Meeting 1040. $200,000 to the Town of Vienna, Vir- to a Children’s Museum; Hall; ginia for the Green Project; 982. $250,000 to the City of Abilene, Texas 1013. $150,000 to the College of Eastern Utah 1041. $250,000 to the USS Monitor Center at for construction of a new hangar at Abilene in Blanding, Utah for construction of a The Mariners’ Museum, Virginia for the res- Regional Airport; building on its campus; toration of USS Monitor artifacts; 983. $500,000 to the City of Cleburne, Texas 1014. $600,000 for the City of Provo, Utah to 1042. $150,000 to the Virginia Historical So- for construction of a new East Cleburne build the Provo Community Arts Center in ciety for construction and renovations; Community Center; the City of Provo; 1043. $200,000 to the Virginia Holocaust Mu- 984. $150,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for 1015. $200,000 for the City of Hyrum, Utah seum for construction and renovations to the planning and design of an Afro-Centric cul- to build the Hyrum Library and Museum museum; tural district; Complex in the City of Hyrum; 1044. $150,000 to the Virginia Museum of 985. $650,000 to the City of Fort Worth, 1016. $1,000,000 for Sandy City, Utah, for the Fine Arts for facility expansion; Texas for construction of the Trinity River revitalization of the city’s original historic 1045. $300,000 to the Virginia Performing Vision; district; Arts Foundation for the construction of an 986. $350,000 to the City of Fort Worth, 1017. $1,200,000 for the City of Blanding’s education center; Texas for the Central City Revitalization College of Eastern Utah—San Juan Campus, 1046. $100,000 to the West Piedmont Busi- Initiative; for the construction of a library community ness Development Center in Martinsville, 987. $200,000 to the City of Leonard, Texas multipurpose building; Virginia for the expansion of the center; for streetscape improvements; 1018. $800,000 for Summit County, Utah, for 1047. $50,000 to Thyne Institute Memorial 988. $100,000 to the City of Madisonville, improvements to the Utah Olympic Park fa- Inc. in Chase City, Virginia for the construc- Texas for upgrades and improvements to its cilities; tion of an African-American historic land- 1019. $100,000 to Fairfax County, Virginia community recreational fields; mark memorial; 989. $250,000 to the City of Midland, Texas for creation of the Housing Counseling Infor- 1048. $450,000 to Warren County, Virginia for the renovation of downtown Midland; mation and Technology Center; for renovations to the county youth center; 1020. $150,000 to Henrico County, Virginia 990. $200,000 to the City of Nacogdoches, 1049. $250,000 for the Woodrow Wilson Presi- for site preparation and construction of a Texas for renovations to The Fredonia Hotel dential Library in Staunton, Virginia to con- war memorial and visitor’s center; and Convention Center; tinue undertaking initial design of the Li- 1021. $100,000 to Prince William County, 991. $250,000 to the City of Odessa, Texas for brary; Virginia for improvements to the Nokesville the renovation of Historical Globe Theatre; 1050. $250,000 for the Radford University streetscape; 992. $250,000 to the City of Rio Bravo, Texas Business and Technology Park in Radford, 1022. $200,000 to the Alexandria Redevelop- for the construction of a community center; Virginia to begin site preparation and sche- ment Housing Authority in Alexandria, Vir- 993. $150,000 to the City of Tilden, Texas for matic design of the Park; ginia for renovations of the Family Resource construction of a community center; 1051. $200,000 for the George L. Carter Home Learning Center; 994. $250,000 to the Food Bank of the Rio Regional Arts and Crafts Center in Hillville, 1023. $50,000 to the American Armoured Grande Valley, Inc. in McAllen, Texas for Virginia to restore the historic home to Foundation, Inc. Tank Museum in Danville, purchase of a facility; serve as a regional Appalachian arts and Virginia for development of the museum; 995. $250,000 to the Foundation for Browns- 1024. $250,000 to the Barns of Rose Hill, City crafts center; 1052. $200,000 for the Suffolk Museum of Af- ville Sports in Brownsville, Texas for renova- of Berryville, Virginia for the restoration of rican-American History in Suffolk, Virginia tion of a site; Barns of Rose Hill; 996. $150,000 to the San Antonio Food Bank 1025. $400,000 to the Bayview Citizens for to renovate the former Phoenix Bank of in San Antonio, Texas for construction of a Social Justice Inc., Virginia for construction Nansemond for the Museum of African- distribution facility; of a community center; American History; 997. $1,000,000 to the University of Houston 1026. $250,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of 1053. $500,000 for the Christopher Newport Clear Lake, Texas for construction of a facil- Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia for ren- News University Real Estate Foundation for ity for the Bay Area Business and Tech- ovation and expansion of facilities; the Warwick Boulevard Commercial Corridor nology Center at the University of Houston 1027. $250,000 to the City of Chesapeake, Redevelopment Project in Newport News, Clear Lake; Virginia for improvements to the Poindexter Virginia; 998. $100,000 to the WCIT 2006, Inc., City of streetscape; 1054. $200,000 for the Mariners’ Museum for Austin, Texas for construction of Inter- 1028. $150,000 to the City of Staunton, Vir- the USS Monitor Center in Newport News, national Center of Austin; ginia for building renovations and improve- Virginia; 999. $400,000 for the Dallas Women’s Mu- ments to downtown buildings; 1055. $200,000 for the Total Action Against seum in Dallas, Texas to conduct renova- 1029. $250,000 to the County of North- Poverty to restore and revitalize the Dumas tions; ampton, Virginia for the construction of a Center for Artistic and Cultural Develop- 1000. $200,000 for the Houston Hispanic recreational facility; ment in Roanoke, Virginia; Forum of Houston, Texas to provide the his- 1030. $150,000 to the Dabney S. Lancaster 1056. $200,000 for the Appalachia Service toric preservation and renovation of the Community College in Clifton Forge, Vir- Project for its Home Repair Program in Houston Light Guard Armory into the His- ginia for construction of the Virginia Pack- Jonesville, Virginia; panic Cultural and Educational Center; aging Applications Center; 1057. $200,000 to the Northeast Vermont 1001. $200,000 for Polk County, Texas to re- 1031. $100,000 to the Falls Church Education Area Agency on Aging in Vermont for con- store the Polk County Annex; Foundation in Falls Church, Virginia for struction and rehabilitation of senior cen- 1002. $200,000 to the Arlington Chamber of planning and expansion of Mt. Daniel Ele- ters; Commerce in Arlington, Texas to establish mentary School; 1058. $750,000 for the Preservation Trust of the Arlington Entrepreneur Center; 1032. $100,000 to the Harrisonburg Chil- Vermont, Burlington, VT for the Village Re- 1003. $200,000 to the City of Fort Worth, dren’s Museum, Virginia for renovations to valorization Initiative; Texas for the Central City revitalization ini- the museum; 1059. $750,000 for the Vermont Broadband tiative; 1033. $150,000 to the Jubal A. Early Preser- Council, Waterbury, VT for high speed 1004. $200,000 to the World Congress on In- vation Trust, Virginia for restoration of the broadband deployment; formation Technology in Austin, Texas for Jubal A. Early homeplace; 1060. $450,000 for the Vermont Housing and convention center renovations; 1034. $100,000 to the National D-Day Memo- Conservation Board, Montpelier, VT for de- 1005. $200,000 to the City of Commerce, rial Foundation in Bedford County, Virginia velopment of affordable housing in Town- Texas for a new city hall facility; for construction of the National D-Day Me- send, VT; 1006. $200,000 to the City of Hillsboro, Texas morial; 1061. $300,000 for Project Independence, for the district warehouse development 1035. $300,000 to the Northern Virginia Com- Bennington, VT for renovation of the Har- project; munity College, City of Manassas, Virginia wood Hill Farm Facility;

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE November 18, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10955 1062. $250,000 for the Vermont Housing and 1089. $500,000 for Kitsap Community Re- 1117. $1,000,000 for the Wheeling Park Com- Conservation Board to build low-income sources in Bremerton, Washington, for the mission for the development of training fa- housing and reconstruct downtown construction of the Bremerton Community cilities at Oglebay Park; Enosburg, VT; Services Center; 1118. $2,000,000 for West Virginia University 1063. $250,000 for the Vermont Housing and 1090. $150,000 to Chippewa Valley Technical for the development of a facility to house fo- Conservation Board to construct senior College in Eau Claire, Wisconsin for con- rensic science research and academic pro- housing in South Burlington, VT; struction of an addition to the Gateway grams; 1064. $250,000 for the Visiting Nurse Asso- Manufacturing and Technology Center; 1119. $1,000,000 for the Kanawha Institute ciation of Chittenden and Grand Isle Coun- 1091. $200,000 to Manitowoc County, Wis- for Social Research and Action, for renova- ties, VT to construct a low-income parent consin for reconstruction of the Manitowoc tions to the Empowerment Center in West and child center in Burlington, VT; County Courthouse; Dunbar, which will house an array of self- 1065. $200,000 for the Vermont Housing and 1092. $150,000 to Monroe Senior Center in sufficiency programs for low- to moderate- Conservation Board to rehabilitate and con- Monroe, Wisconsin for renovation of its fa- income individuals; struct affordable rental housing in Bradford, cilities; 1120. $350,000 to the Ark Regional Services, VT; 1093. $100,000 to the City of Cedarburg, Wis- Wyoming for construction of a National Cre- 1066. $150,000 to Kitsap County, Washington consin for demolition of a facility for future ative Arts Center facility; for land acquisition for a community center construction; 1121. $150,000 to the Dubois Community 1094. $300,000 to the Door County Economic and park/utility complex; Project, Wyoming for improvements to the Development Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, 1067. $800,000 to Mamma’s Hands, City of Dubois Community area; Bellevue, Washington for the purchase of an Wisconsin for the completion of the New 1122. $100,000 to the University of Wyoming additional Safe House for short-term transi- Launch System at Sturgeon Bay Ship- for improvements to the Wyoming Tech- tional shelter; building Cluster; nology Business Center; 1095. $100,000 to the Juneau County Eco- 1068. $200,000 to Skagit County, Washington 1123. $900,000 for the Sustainable Agri- nomic Development Corporation in Wis- for land acquisition to assist in the redevel- culture Research & Extension Center consin for renovation of a multipurpose fa- opment of Hamilton, Washington; (SAREC) in Goshen County Wyoming for 1069. $150,000 to Skamania County Wind cility; 1096. $200,000 to the Milwaukee Public construction of a community center build- River Public Development Authority in ing; Washington for rehabilitation and upgrades Schools for a demolition project; 1097. $150,000 to the West End Development 1124. $1,100,000 for the Wyoming Substance to existing buildings; Abuse Treatment and Recovery Center 1070. $350,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for re- vitalization of the city’s Near West Side; (WYSTAR) in Sheridan, Wyoming to expand King County in Seattle, Washington for ren- its substance abuse treatment facility for ovation of the Greenbridge Community Cen- 1098. $200,000 for the City of LaCrosse, WI to construct the Center for Manufacturing women with children; ter; 1125. $1,000,000 for the Central Wyoming 1071. $200,000 to the Foss Waterway Devel- Excellence; College Foundation in Riverton, Wyoming to opment Authority in Tacoma, Washington 1099. $300,000 for the City of Appleton, WI construct the Intertribal Education & Com- for redevelopment of its downtown urban for construction of affordable housing units munity Center; core; at the Appleton Wire Works factory site; 1072. $250,000 to the Kent Youth and Family 1100. $270,000 for the Redevelopment Au- Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, after being Services, City of Kent, Washington for ren- thority of the City of Racine, WI to rede- derailed for generations, I am delighted to re- ovations to the Springwood Community Cen- velop brownfields space for the Racine Indus- port to New Yorkers that the Second Avenue ter; trial Park; Subway is on track and moving with real mo- 1073. $550,000 to the Museum of Glass in Ta- 1101. $200,000 for the Redevelopment Au- thority of the City of Milwaukee, WI to rede- mentum, thanks to hard-fought battles for coma, Washington for construction of facili- funding in Washington and an unwavering co- ties; velop a vacant school and provide for the 1074. $225,000 to the Northwest Maritime Bronzeville Cultural Center; alition of support for the project in New York. 1102. $200,000 for the City of Kenosha, WI Center in Port Townsend, Washington for In the last two weeks alone, the Second Av- for construction related to the Columbus construction of its facility; enue Subway has taken two giant leaps for- 1075. $200,000 to the Old North Yakima His- Neighborhood Affordable Housing Project; ward. 1103. $200,000 for West End Development toric Restoration Project, City of Yakima, Corporation in Milwaukee, WI to rehabilita- First, New Yorkers passed the Transpor- Washington for restoring buildings and im- tion a commercial building as part of the tation Bond Act, putting $450 million towards proving streetscapes; North 27th Street Project; the project. 1076. $300,000 to the Roslyn City Hall Reha- 1104. $230,000 for the City of Green Bay, WI, Combined with $1.05 billion in subway funds bilitation, Washington for rehabilitation of for the Green Bay Waterfront construction Roslyn City Hall; previously authorized by the State, New York- and revitalization project; 1077. $300,000 for the City of Roslyn, WA, ers have now put forward nearly half of the fi- 1105. $200,000 for the City of Milwaukee, WI nancing for the subway’s first phase. for the Old City Hall and Library Renovation for construction of the Menomonee Valley Project; Partners Stormwater Park; New Yorkers did their part, and now the 1078. $325,000 for the Wing Luke Asian Mu- 1106. $200,000 for City of Necedah, WI to focus has shifted to the Federal government to seum in Seattle, WA for an expansion construct a facility for the Juneau County ante up for its share of the project. project; Business Incubator; Last night, the Congress said loud and clear 1079. $500,000 for North Helpline in Seattle, 1107. $250,000 for the City of Milwaukee, WI WA for new facility site acquisition; that it will stand strong for the Second Avenue for rehabilitation associated with the 30th Subway: I’m proud to announce that we’ve se- 1080. $500,000 for the Fremont Public Asso- Street Industrial Corridor-Esser Paint site; ciation in Seattle, WA for the Housing for 1108. $25,000 Mineral County Historical cured another $25 million for the project—giv- the Homeless project; Foundation for facilities construction; ing us five straight years of Federal funding for 1081. $500,000 for the Asian Counseling and 1109. $2,200,000 to Glenville State College in the subway. Referral Service in Seattle, WA for facility Glenville, West Virginia for facilities con- Earlier this year, the Federal Transit Admin- construction; struction; 1082. $325,000 for the Urban League in Se- istration declared the Second Avenue Subway 1110. $550,000 to Greenbrier County, West one of only two ‘‘highly recommended’’ attle, WA for construction of the Northwest Virginia for construction of the Greenbrier African American Museum; Valley Welcome and Interpretive Center; projects in the Nation. 1083. $500,000 for the Seattle Art Museum in 1111. $100,000 to Preston County Commis- The other project is East Side Access, Seattle, WA for construction of the Olympic sion in West Virginia for construction and which also received a boost from the federal Sculpture Park; renovation; government last night—to the tune of $340 1084. $325,000 for the Seattle Aquarium So- 1112. $25,000 to the Friends of Preston Acad- million dollars. ciety in Seattle, WA for the renovation and emy for facilities construction; For far too long, New York City residents expansion of the Seattle Aquarium; 1113. $450,000 to the Mid-Atlantic Tech- 1085. $500,000 Northeast Community Center nology, Research & Innovation Center, West have been riding some of the most over- Association in Spokane, WA for a capital im- Virginia for a feasibility study for the Mid- crowded mass transit lines in the nation. provement project; Atlantic Technology, Research and Innova- So, to my fellow New Yorkers, I say: take 1086. $400,000 for Easter Seals Washington tion Center; heart. The Second Avenue Subway is coming. in Seattle, WA for construction of a camp 1114. $300,000 to the West Virginia Tech- Mr. BUYER. Mr. Speaker, the completion of and respite lodging facility; nical College for completion of a building for the Hoosier Heartland Corridor gets another 1087. $500,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of a newspaper publishing program; step closer today with the House passage of King County, WA for renovations to the 1115. $50,000 to Wetzel County Commission Greenbridge Community Center; for construction and renovation; the FY 2006 Transportation Appropriations 1088. $325,000 for the Spokane Symphony in 1116. $1,000,000 for construction, related ac- conference report. Spokane, WA for renovations to the Fox tivities, and programs at the Scarborough For over thirteen years, I have worked with Theater; Library at Shepherd University; many others in a bipartisan effort across

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Report that I support, I regret that the Com- the Conference Committee, we included lan- I commend Congressman CHRIS CHOCOLA mittee on Appropriations, with no consultation guage in SAFETEA–LU that provided greater who has provided leadership in the completion with the Committee on Transportanon and In- protection against unscrupulous ‘‘rogue’’ mov- of this project and commend the $1.3 million frastructure, has made numerous changes to ers. The law authorized state attorneys gen- he secured for the Cass County-Carroll Coun- the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient eral and state consumer protection agencies ty segment. Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to enforce federal regulations governing the Included in this bill is a $1.5 million designa- (SAFETEA–LU), just months after the Presi- interstate movement of household goods. tion for the Hoosier Heartland’s most dan- dent signed the Act. Today, the Transportation-Treasury Appro- gerous segment yet to be completed between The Conference Report alters the priations Conference Report undoes this pro- Lafayette and Delphi. This project continues to SAFETEA–LU highway formula for distribution tection. The new language prevents state au- be a priority for me and many other commu- of funds to the States to provide more than thorities from taking action against established nity leaders and elected officials along the $600 million in earmarks at 100% federal movers, or those who do not egregiously vio- route. funding for the chosen few. The Report cuts late federal motor carrier safety regulations, Also included in this conference report is funding for the National Highway System, regardless of how flagrantly these companies $750,000 to continue the Lafayette Bus Re- Interstate Maintenance, Bridge, Surface Trans- violate consumer protection laws. It also pre- placement plan that I have worked on the past portation Program, Congestion Mitigation and vents state consumer protection agencies from several years with CityBus’s Marty Sennett Air Quality Improvement, Equity Bonus, Appa- taking administrative action against unscrupu- and State Senator Brandt Hershman. Earlier lachian Development Highway System, and lous movers, and limits these agencies to filing this year the, Transportation Authorization bill Federal Lands programs in order to finance cases in United States District Courts. included $500,000 for FY 2006 and this appro- these earmarks. Simply earmarking every I am disappointed that the Appropriations priation places us on schedule to meet $2.5 available dollar of the Department of Transpor- Committee and the Republican Leadership million by FY 2009. tation’s discretionary funding is apparently not would not honor the agreements of Finally, Johnson County is one of the fastest enough—the Appropriators need to skim high- SAFETEA–LU and allow such a rider to be growing counties in the state and significant way formula dollars too. The earmarks are added. traffic congestion exists and will only get 100 percent Federally funded and subject to Although the Conference Report includes worse. To assist in local efforts to keep traffic no reduction like other programs and projects. dozens of other surface transportation author- moving and doing so safely, $1 million is in- There appears no limit to the majority’s insa- izing provisions that were included without the cluded in the conference report to help ease tiable appetite for highway and transit ear- concurrence of the Committee on Transpor- this congestion through a feasibility study for marks. the proposed East/West Corridor. These in- I also regret that the Appropriators, with the tation and Infrastructure, I will focus on only vestments in Indiana’s infrastructure will im- concurrence of the Republican Leadership, one other provision—which I find truly indefen- prove safety and efficiency and create oppor- have enabled Members and Senators to revisit sible. Section 1926 of SAFETEA–LU requires tunity for Hoosiers. issues that were clearly decided in the Con- the Department of Transportation to provide Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise in op- ference on SAFETEA–LU. We appear to be budget justification documents to the Trans- position to the Conference Report on H.R. moving from a time when an agreement could portation Committee and the Committee on 3058, the FY2006 Transportation, Treasury, be secured with a handshake to a period in Environment and Public Works of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development, the Judici- which an agreement is only for today: there is Senate with the President’s annual budget ary, District of Columbia, and Independent always the opportunity, with an appropriations submission. The budget justification docu- Agencies Act. rider, to get another ‘‘bite at the apple’’—fair ments provide the line-item detail of the Presi- This Conference Report, and the process by compromise be damned. dent’s Budget that helps the Transportation which this Body considers it, are another dis- The Conference Report’s household goods Committee analyze the programs within our ju- appointing chapter in the Republican’s Leader- appropriations rider provides a telling example. risdiction. Although the Transportation Com- ship’s management of this House. The Report overturns SAFETEA–LU’s con- mittee routinely receives these budget docu- At 5:30 a.m. this morning, the House Appro- sumer protection provisions that give States ments from non-DOT agencies within the priations Committee filed this Conference Re- the power to enforce federal consumer laws Committee’s jurisdiction, the Department of port. At 8:00 a.m., the Rules Committee met on interstate moving companies. Transportation has been reluctant to provide in emergency session to report a rule waiving Just three months ago, the President signed the information without express authorization. all points of order against a bill that no one, SAFETEA–LU with important consumer pro- Thus, SAFETEA–LU specifically required that other than Members of the Appropriations tection provisions to address the serious prob- DOT provides the documents to the Com- Committee and the Republican Leadership, lem of fraud by unscrupulous moving compa- mittee with the President’s budget, in February had seen or read. The Rules Committee nies. Fraud in the household goods moving in- each year. waived all points of order against the Con- dustry affects thousands of victims each year, The Conference Report amends this provi- ference Report and its consideration. Within as documented in hearings of the Surface sion to prevent our Committee from receiving hours, the House is now forced to vote on the Transportation Subcommittee. Unscrupulous these documents until June, four months after bill. This process, requiring Members to vote movers offer low estimates, then later inflate the President’s Budget is submitted. Why on bills they have never seen nor read, has the price of the move and hold the customer’s would the Committee on Appropriations not become the all too common practice of this goods hostage until they pay the inflated price. want an authorizing Committee to have the majority. The frequency of such scams increased necessary information to conduct budgetary The days of filing a conference report, giv- after federal authority over these companies oversight over the agencies within its jurisdic- ing Members an opportunity to read it, and al- was transferred from the Interstate Commerce tion? Does the Committee on Appropriations lowing the House to consider it without all Commission to the Department of Transpor- believe that it is the only committee entitled to points of order waived against the bill are a tation (DOT) in 1995. These responsibilities such budget information? The Conference Re- distant memory of a Democratic majority. fell to the Federal Highway Administration port’s provision is indefensible and I can as- When Democrats were the majority party of (FHWA) and later to the Federal Motor Carrier sure you that the Committee on Transportation the House, under House Rules, provisions that Safety Administration (FMCSA). FMCSA’s pri- and Infrastructure, which provides the manda- were beyond the scope of an Appropriations mary mission is safety, and the agency has tory budget authority for the highway, transit, Conference Report were subject to a separate few resources to focus on consumer protec- highway safety, and aviation programs, has vote. A Member could vote against these tion. Corrupt movers increasingly exploited this every right to this information and will restore types of riders without killing the Conference regulatory gap. the SAFETEA–LU provision. Report. In the early 1990’s, I recall how proud In March of 2001, the General Accounting The Conference Report also disregards the then-Appropriations Committee Chairman Office (GAO) reported that complaints of con- aviation budgetary firewalls established under Natcher was to bring appropriations bills to the sumer fraud in the household goods moving Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthoriza- Floor with no authorizing provisions and no industry rose dramatically from 1996 to 1999. tion Act. The Report cuts the capital invest- points of order waived. Clean bills and trans- Complaints to DOT rose 107 percent and the ment guaranteed in Vision 100 by more than parency are no longer the goal. The new order number of requests for arbitration to the Amer- $500 million.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 07:04 Nov 16, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\H18NO5.REC H18NO5 CCOLEMAN on PROD1PC71 with CONG-REC-ONLINE November 18, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10957 These cuts, in direct violation of the aviation RECESS Honda Meek (FL) Sa´ nchez, Linda Hooley Meeks (NY) T. budgetary firewalls, will directly impact our ef- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Hostettler Melancon Sanchez, Loretta forts to address the continued growth of com- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Hoyer Menendez Sanders mercial aviation. Commercial aviation is on declares the House in recess subject to Hulshof Mica Saxton track to reach 1 billion enplanements by 2015. Hunter Michaud Schakowsky the call of the Chair. Hyde Millender- Schiff DOT predicts up to a tripling of passengers, Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 1 Inglis (SC) McDonald Schmidt operations, and cargo by 2025. The Commis- minute a.m.), the House stood in recess Inslee Miller (FL) Schwartz (PA) sion on the Future of the United States Aero- subject to the call of the Chair. Israel Miller (MI) Schwarz (MI) space Industry reported that consumers could Issa Miller (NC) Scott (GA) f Jackson (IL) Miller, Gary Scott (VA) lose as much as $30 billion annually if people Jackson-Lee Miller, George Sensenbrenner and products cannot reach their destinations b 1200 (TX) Mollohan Serrano within the time periods expected today. Jefferson Moore (KS) Sessions AFTER RECESS Jenkins Moore (WI) Shadegg Yet, the Conference Report dramatically Jindal Moran (KS) Shaw cuts the Federal Aviation Administration’s The recess having expired, the House Johnson (CT) Murphy Shays (FAA) Facilities and Equipment (F&E) capital was called to order by the Speaker pro Johnson (IL) Murtha Sherman Johnson, E. B. Musgrave Sherwood account—the primary vehicle for modernizing tempore (Mr. HASTINGS of Washington) Johnson, Sam Myrick Shimkus the National Airspace System (NAS)—for the at noon. Jones (NC) Nadler Shuster second year in a row. Together, the FY2005 Jones (OH) Napolitano Simmons f and FY2006 Transportation Appropriations Kanjorski Neal (MA) Simpson Acts have cut the F&E account by almost $1 Kaptur Neugebauer Skelton CALL OF THE HOUSE Keller Ney Slaughter billion below the level authorized and guaran- Kelly Northup Smith (NJ) teed by Congress in Vision 100. The DOT In- Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I move a call of the House. Kennedy (MN) Norwood Smith (TX) spector General testified before the Sub- Kennedy (RI) Nunes Smith (WA) committee on Aviation of the Committee on A call of the House was ordered. Kildee Nussle Snyder The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Kilpatrick (MI) Oberstar Sodrel Transportation and Infrastructure that the FAA Kind Obey Solis could not technologically transform the NAS objection, this 15-minute call of the House will be followed by a 5-minute King (IA) Olver Spratt with only the approximate level of F&E funding King (NY) Ortiz Stark provided by the Conference Report. vote on H.R. 2528. Kingston Osborne Stearns There was no objection. Kirk Otter Strickland In addition, according to the FAA’s own The call was taken by electronic de- Kline Oxley Stupak analysis, two thirds of its $30 billion worth of vice, and the following Members re- Knollenberg Pallone Sullivan Kolbe Pascrell Sweeney assets is beyond their useful life. Air traffic sponded to their names: control towers average 30 years in age. Kucinich Pastor Tancredo [Roll No. 603] Kuhl (NY) Payne Tanner TRACON facilities average 34 years. Primary LaHood Pearce Tauscher Abercrombie Capuano English (PA) En Route Radar Systems average 27 years. Langevin Pelosi Taylor (MS) Ackerman Cardin Eshoo Lantos Pence Taylor (NC) En Route Control Center facilities average 40 Aderholt Cardoza Etheridge Larsen (WA) Peterson (MN) Terry years and are rated by the General Services Akin Carnahan Evans Larson (CT) Peterson (PA) Thomas Alexander Carson Everett Administration as being in poor condition and Thompson (CA) Allen Carter Farr Latham Petri getting worse each year. The cuts to FAA’s Andrews Case Fattah LaTourette Pickering Thompson (MS) capital account will make it more difficult for Baca Castle Feeney Leach Pitts Thornberry the FAA to maintain its current deteriorating Bachus Chabot Ferguson Lee Platts Tiahrt Levin Poe Tiberi facilities and equipment, much less techno- Baird Chandler Filner Baker Chocola Fitzpatrick (PA) Lewis (CA) Pombo Tierney logically transform the system to handle the Baldwin Cleaver Flake Lewis (GA) Pomeroy Turner nation’s future needs. Barrett (SC) Clyburn Foley Lewis (KY) Porter Udall (CO) Lipinski Price (GA) Udall (NM) The Appropriators, with the concurrence of Barrow Coble Forbes Bartlett (MD) Cole (OK) Ford LoBiondo Price (NC) Upton the House Republican Leadership, include Barton (TX) Conaway Fossella Lofgren, Zoe Pryce (OH) Van Hollen these and dozens of other authorizing provi- Bass Conyers Foxx Lowey Putnam Vela´ zquez sions in the Conference Report that we con- Bean Cooper Franks (AZ) Lucas Radanovich Visclosky Beauprez Costa Frelinghuysen Lungren, Daniel Rahall Walden (OR) sider today. Votes are cast before the Con- Becerra Costello Gallegly E. Ramstad Walsh ference Report is even printed. I regret that so Berkley Cramer Garrett (NJ) Lynch Rangel Wamp few Members know that it needn’t be this way. Berry Crenshaw Gerlach Mack Regula Wasserman I regret that the Republican rank-and-file Biggert Crowley Gibbons Maloney Rehberg Schultz Bilirakis Cubin Gilchrest Marchant Reichert Waters Members allow their Leadership to run the Bishop (GA) Cuellar Gillmor Markey Renzi Watson House in such a way. I regret that, under this Bishop (NY) Culberson Gingrey Marshall Reyes Watt majority, we may never be able to recapture Bishop (UT) Cummings Gohmert Matheson Reynolds Waxman Blackburn Cunningham Gonzalez Matsui Rogers (AL) Weiner an appropriations process that made Bill Blumenauer Davis (AL) Goode McCarthy Rogers (KY) Weldon (FL) Natcher so proud. Blunt Davis (CA) Goodlatte McCaul (TX) Rogers (MI) Weldon (PA) Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I have no Boehlert Davis (FL) Gordon McCollum (MN) Rohrabacher Weller Boehner Davis (IL) Granger McCotter Ros-Lehtinen Westmoreland further speakers. I urge the adoption of Bonilla Davis (KY) Graves McCrery Ross Wexler the conference report, and yield the Bonner Davis (TN) Green (WI) McDermott Rothman Whitfield balance of my time. Bono Davis, Jo Ann Green, Al McGovern Roybal-Allard Wicker Boozman Davis, Tom Green, Gene McHenry Royce Wilson (NM) Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, Boren Deal (GA) Grijalva McHugh Ruppersberger Wilson (SC) likewise, I urge everyone to support Boucher DeFazio Gutierrez McIntyre Rush Wolf this bill. It is a good bill. Boustany DeGette Gutknecht McKeon Ryan (OH) Woolsey Boyd Delahunt Harman McKinney Ryan (WI) Wu I yield back the balance of my time. Bradley (NH) DeLauro Harris McMorris Ryun (KS) Wynn The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Brady (PA) DeLay Hart McNulty Sabo Young (AK) HASTINGS of Washington). Without ob- Brady (TX) Dent Hastings (FL) Meehan Salazar Young (FL) Brown (OH) Diaz-Balart, L. Hastings (WA) jection, the previous question is or- Brown (SC) Diaz-Balart, M. Hayes dered on the conference report. Brown, Corrine Dicks Hayworth b 1225 There was no objection. Brown-Waite, Dingell Hefley Ginny Doggett Hensarling The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Burgess Doolittle Herger HASTINGS of Washington). On this roll- question is on the conference report. Burton (IN) Doyle Herseth Buyer Drake Higgins call, 417 Members have recorded their Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the Calvert Dreier Hinchey presence by electronic device, a yeas and nays are ordered. Camp Duncan Hinojosa quorum. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur- Cannon Edwards Hobson Cantor Ehlers Hoekstra ther proceedings on this question will Capito Emanuel Holden Under the rule, further proceedings be postponed. Capps Engel Holt under the call are dispensed with.

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