Rep. Young Pleased To Announce Key Funding For In Appropriations Bill: Alaskan Congressman is pleased to announce the following key funding for constituent projects of interest in the Fiscal Year 2010 Omnibus Appropriations Bill:

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

Secured by Rep. Young: • Infrastructure expansion at Port of Bristol Bay $1,000,000 • Airport Apron Expansion, Wasilla $500,000 • Anchorage People Mover $750,000

Other Alaskan Projects of Interest: • Native Alaskan and Hawaiian Serving Institutions $3,265,000 • Anchorage Community Land For rehabilitation and renewal of key blighted along Mountain View Drive $389,600 • Covenant House Alaska, For the relocation of a crisis $500,000 center facility , Anchorage AK • Juneau International Airport MALSR Lighting $1,000,000 • Arterial Road and Bridge Improvements, Mat-Su $1,000,000 • Denali Commission Transportation Program $2,313,250 • FNSB Road and Bridge Improvements $1,000,000 • Replacement and Rehabilitation of Municipal Bridges $500,000 and Trestles, Ketchikan • Abused Women in Crisis for infrastructure, Anchorage $200,000 • Construction of a multi-disciplinary facility for Copper $1,000,000 River Native Association • Sitka Waterfront Development $487,000 • Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion Project $487,000 • Tundra Women's Coalition, facility in Bethel $487,000

Commerce, Justice, and Science

Secured by Rep. Young: • Indigenous People's Council for Marine Mammals $500,000 • Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association $100,000 • Yukon River Salmon Agreement Studies $500,000 • Seal and Steller Sea Lion Biological Research $300,000 • Sexual Assault Response Team Center in Anchorage $400,000

Other Alaskan Projects of Interest: • UAF, Extended Continental Shelf Mapping $300,000 • Bering Sea Crab Management and Research $300,000 • Yukon River Salmon Agreement Studies $500,000 • Drug and Alcohol Interdiction, Rural Law Enforcement, $900,000 Training and Equipment in Anchorage

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

Secured by Rep. Young: • Denali Commission to support health projects and $10,000,000 economic development activities for the arctic region • Alaska Native Heritage Center for educational $150,000

programming and outreach, Anchorage • Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center for $100,000 facilities and equipment • Chickaloon Native Village for facilities and equipment $250,000 • Providence Health and Services, Anchorage, AK for $350,000 a physician recruitment and retention initiative • Maniilaq Association, Kotzebue, AK for facilities $500,000 and equipment • Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving $15,084,000 Institutions Programs for activities authorized under the Higher Education Act • School Improvement Alaska Native Educational Equity $33,315,000 for activities authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Other Alaskan Projects of Interest: • Avant-Garde Learning Foundation, Anchorage $500,000 • Big Brothers and Sisters of Alaska, Anchorage $100,000 • United Way Anchorage, for Alaska 2-1-1 referral system $100,000 • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage $1,000,000 (facilities and equipment) • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage $2,000,000 (training and dental health care workers) • Anchorage Project Access for health care $125,000 coordination and supplies • City of Anchorage, AK, for facilities and equipment, $125,000 relating to public health • City of Ketchikan, AK, for facilities and equipment at $1,000,000 Ketchikan General Hospital • Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Bethel, for $1,000,000 facilities and equipment • Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes to $308,000 expand vocational training Milcon/VA

Secured by Rep. Young: • Arctic Utilidors (Phase 11) at Eielson $9,900,000 • Taxiway Golf Lighting at Eielson Air Force Base $3,450,000 Language: Allows the VA to partner with the Alaskan Native Health System and Community Health Centers serving rural Alaskan veterans where no VA health care facilities are located.

Other Alaskan Projects of Interest: • Airborne Sustainment Training Complex at  $6,100,000 • Training Aids Center at Fort Richardson $2,050,000 • Warrior in Transition Complex at Fort Richardson $43,000,000 • Combat Pistol Range at Fort Richardson $4,900,000

• health clinic at Fort Richardson $3,518,000

• Aviation Task Force Complex, Phase 1 at  $95,000,000 • Aviation Unit Operations Complex at Fort Wainwright $19,000,000 • Railhead Complex at Fort Wainwright $26,000,000 • Warrior in Transition Complex at Fort Wainwright $28,000,000 • Power Plant Facility at Clear Air Force Station $24,300,000 • F-22 Weapons Load Training Facility at Elmendorf $12,600,000 • Red Flag Alaska Add/Alter Operations Center at Elmendorf $3,100,000 • Aeromedical Services/Mental Health Clinic at Elmendorf $25,017,000

Financial Services and General Government

Other Alaskan Projects Of Interest: • Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partnership for the $200.000 AMBIT Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum. Anchorage • University of Alaska, Small Business Development Center $350,000 Ketchikan