Stimulus Bill Cuts – Here is a list of cuts made in the stimulus bill by the Senate with further negotiations ahead to resolve differences between the Hous and Senate version of the massive spending bill.

A coalition of Democrats and some Republicans reached a compromise that trimmed billions in spending from an earlier version of the Senate economic stimulus bill.

Here is a list of some programs that have been cut, either entirely or partially:

Partially cut from stimulus bill:

  • $3.5 billion for energy-efficient federal buildings (original bill $7 billion)
  • $75 million from Smithsonian (original bill $150 million)
  • $200 million from Environmental Protection Agency Superfund (original bill $800 million)
  • $100 million from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (original bill $427 million)
  • $100 million from law enforcement wireless (original bill $200 million)
  • $300 million from federal fleet of hybrid vehicles (original bill $600 million)
  • $100 million from FBI construction (original bill $400 million)Fully eliminated from stimulus bill:
  • $55 million for historic preservation
  • $122 million for Coast Guard polar icebreaker/cutters
  • $100 million for Farm Service Agency modernization
  • $50 million for Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
  • $65 million for watershed rehabilitation
  • $100 million for distance learning
  • $98 million for school nutrition
  • $50 million for aquaculture
  • $2 billion for broadband
  • $100 million for National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • $50 million for detention trustee
  • $25 million for Marshalls Construction
  • $300 million for federal prisons
  • $300 million for BYRNE Formula grant program
  • $140 million for BYRNE Competitive grant program
  • $10 million state and local law enforcement
  • $50 million for NASA
  • $50 million for aeronautics
  • $50 million for exploration
  • $50 million for Cross Agency Support
  • $200 million for National Science Foundation
  • $100 million for science
  • $1 billion for Energy Loan Guarantees
  • $4.5 billion for General Services Administration
  • $89 million General Services Administration operations
  • $50 million from Department of Homeland Security
  • $200 million Transportation Security Administration
  • $122 million for Coast Guard Cutters, modifies use
  • $25 million for Fish and Wildlife
  • $55 million for historic preservation
  • $20 million for working capital fund
  • $165 million for Forest Service capital improvement
  • $90 million for State and Private Wildlife Fire Management
  • $1 billion for Head Start/Early Start
  • $5.8 billion for Health Prevention Activity
  • $2 billion for Health Information Technology Grants
  • $600 million for Title I (No Child Left Behind)
  • $16 billion for school construction
  • $3.5 billion for higher education construction
  • $1.25 billion for project based rental
  • $2.25 billion for Neighborhood Stabilization
  • $1.2 billion for retrofitting Project 8 housing
  • $40 billion for state fiscal stabilization, including $7.5 billion in state incentive grants.And that’s the entire list of stimulus bill cuts.
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