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SENATOR CARDIN'S APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 (FY2010)
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The following Maryland-based projects have been requested by Senator Cardin for funding in FY2010. The Congress is making steady progress in considering each of the appropriations bills. The Constitution requires that the House of Representatives originate every spending bill, and that body has considered and passed all its funding bills. The Senate Appropriations Committee has completed its work on all of the bills except for Defense. The full Senate has completed its work on several bills and is now meeting with House Members to iron out differences so that a final bill can be sent to the President for his signature.
Each of the spending bills listed below contains more detailed information on the status of the legislation as well as the projects supported by Senator Cardin that have received approval thus far. Fiscal Year 2010 begins on October 1, 2009. Funding bills are expected to go to President Obama on or about that time. None of these projects will be funded until they have successfully completed all of these steps.
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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Requests The President signed the FY2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill into law on October 21, 2009. Senator Cardin supported funding for the following projects in that bill:
| Project Title: |
Agriculture's Contribution to Nutrient Input in the Chesapeake |
| Location: |
Queenstown, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Agro-Ecology Center |
| Amount: |
$439,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding would be used to calculate statewide nutrient mass balance that would guide nutrient management planning in Maryland. |
| Project Title: |
Appalachian Center for Ethnobotanical Studies |
| Location: |
Frostburg, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Frostburg State University |
| Amount: |
$550,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This project is a collaborative, inter-institutional effort (Frostburg State University with the University of Maryland and West Virginia University) devoted to the multidisciplinary study and conservation of native plants and will foster economic growth in the region through the managed development of the area's natural resources. Funds are sought for scientific research, economic development and public outreach, and educational outreach. |
| Project Title: |
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center |
| Location: |
Beltsville, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center consists of almost 7,000 acres including over 500 buildings or structures. Funding will support imperative facility improvements and building maintenance. |
| Project Title: |
Deer Creek Watershed Conservation and Restoration |
| Location: |
Bel Air, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Harford County Government |
| Amount: |
$400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding promotes conservation efforts and completing stream bank restoration in the Deer Creek Watershed. |
| Project Title: |
High Priority Research |
| Location: |
Beltsville, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center |
| Amount: |
$3,376,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is the flagship of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service. Requested funds will support high priority research projects, including Bio-medicinal Materials in Plants ($1,700,000), Foundry Sands/ Air and Water Quality in the Chesapeake ($638,000), Potato Diseases ($408,000), Poultry Diseases ($408,000), Medicinal and Bioactive Crops ($111,000) and Bioremediation Research ($111,000). |
| Project Title: |
National Resource Conservation Service Support for Chesapeake Bay Activities |
| Location: |
Statewide |
| Recipient: |
NRCS |
| Amount: |
$3,998,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding supports Chesapeake Bay restoration assistance and services. |
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Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Requests Senate and House Conferees are currently meeting to reconcile differences between the FY2010 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bills from each chamber. A compromise version will go back to both the Senate and House for final approval before going to the White House for signature.
| Project Title: |
Analytical Crime Tracking |
| Location: |
Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Prince George's County |
| Amount: |
$200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Analytical Crime Tracking is now being utilized by police department's throughout the country. Incorporating tools like aerial photographs, spatial analysis, real-time call for service monitoring, programmed alerts, and virtual case management to tradition investigative technology allows law enforcement agencies to analyze past crimes and accurately forecast future trouble areas. This critical intellegence can be shared with beat officers, other departments, and other agencies. This is imperative in a jurisdiction such as Prince George's County. |
| Project Title: |
Capital City Safe Streets Program |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Recipient: |
City of Annapolis |
| Amount: |
$200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The purpose of the Capital City Safe Streets Program is to reduce violent crime in the City of Annapolis, capital city of Maryland. To accomplish the overall objective of reducing violent crime, several overriding strategies, goals, and objectives for communication will be established. The City will utilize the funding to do the following: hire one crime analyst, one criminal justice coordinator and one job/career counselor. Funds will also be used to: 1) subsidize Stanton Community Center programs currently in the Recreation and Parks Department; 2) provide two additional foot patrol officers; 3) support nonprofits that provide services to troubled individuals, families, and impoverished communities. Also, inclusive in this process is the maintenance and enhancement of quality of our neighborhoods, the promotion of communication among the citizens of Annapolis and organizations |
| Project Title: |
Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Recipient: |
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| CBIBS is a network of environmental observation platforms along the John Smith Trail designed to meet the needs of scientists, on-the-water users, public safety officials, educators, decision-makers and other segments of the public. The platforms provide real-time data, and the supporting system delivers products and information for science, education, and interpretation. The requested funding for FY 2010 will allow for the acquisition and deployment of 5 additional buoys, each outfitted to address the needs of its surrounding area. There are tentative plans to deploy these buoys in the following locations: Washington D.C., Patuxent River, Eastern Shore, and two locations in Virginia. |
| Project Title: |
Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium (CIBAC) |
| Location: |
Baltimore, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Morgan State University (with Bowie State University & University of Maryland, Eastern Shore) |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium (CIBAC - comprised of Morgan State University, Bowie State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore) requests FY09 funding in the amount of $4 million to continue important ongoing research and development efforts with NASA needed to enable the development and deployment of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). In the combined CIBAC effort, the consortium will continue its development of flight experiments and lab work to develop the tools pilots will need in the NextGen. The ongoing projects that will be modified in the next funding period to support the Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck and the development of the Next Gen system include: Vehicle Safety Technologies, System Safety Technologies, Aviation Security, and Synthetic Vision Systems Information. |
| Project Title: |
Counter-Terrorism Intellegence Initiative |
| Location: |
Rockville, MD |
| Recipient: |
Montgomery County Department of Police |
| Amount: |
$200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The complete intelligence cycle established in this initiative allows for collection and distribution of State intelligence information to and from the law enforcement officers, including patrol officers, in Montgomery County in actionable formats. This capability provides not only for an immediate response to an unfolding threat but also would allow for investigators from within the Montgomery County jurisdiction to follow up on leads. Funding provides for a total of 4 personnel to staff counterintelligence and information sharing for Montgomery County for two (2) years to facilitate improved intelligence coordination between regional, state, and law enforcement agencies. |
| Project Title: |
First Responder Radio Interoperability Project |
| Location: |
Statewide |
| Recipient: |
State of Maryland |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| First Responder radio interoperability is a requirement to respond and/or investigate any widespread incident which would involve multiple jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies. The Maryland State Police, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police, and other critical state public safety agencies do not utilize the same radio system that most local law enforcement jurisdictions use. The State is addressing the need for a statewide wireless public safety communications system. In anticipation of the release of frequencies in the 700 MHz spectrum which will enable the State to achieve an interoperable statewide radio system using Voice over Internet protocol/Radio over Internet protocol (VoIP/RoIP), the State has developed a Request for Proposals that will provide a phased approach to implement this interoperable communications system in the 700 MHz spectrum. Funding will provide the State with the ability to continue to implement its phased approach to contract an effective interoperable radio solution that will better protect its first responders and citizens. |
| Project Title: |
NOAA Oyster Restoration Programs |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD; Commonwealth of Virginia |
| Recipient: |
Oyster Recovery Project |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The requested Oyster Restoration Funds will be divided between restoration of oyster habitat and oyster reefs and planting disease-free oysters in scientifically-selected sites throughout the Bay watershed through a grants program and partnership with the Oyster Recovery Project, a public-private entity. Oysters are at the heart of the ecological restoration of the Chesapeake, filtering up to 50 gallons per day per oyster, as well as providing essential habitat for many key Bay organisms. Oysters are also a central part of the watermen economy that fuels the seafood industry in Virginia, Maryland, and the entire region. |
| Project Title: |
Radio Replacement Project |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
City of Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Amount: |
$900,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Hagerstown seeks to participate in the regional interoperable radio system. The project involves the replacement of 130 disparate and aging radios, including the radio, licensing, and maintenance fees. The federal government has placed a priority on the ability of local governments to effectively communicate with one another in times of emergencies and crisis. The goal of this project is the enable the Hagerstown Police Department to achieve interoperability in communications with Washington County and other regional public safety agencies. The requested funds will enable the purchase of 130 portable radios, including the radio, licensing, and maintenance fees. |
| Project Title: |
Replacement of 911 Communications Center |
| Location: |
Towson, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Baltimore County |
| Amount: |
$1,500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Baltimore County requests assistance with funding to replace equipment at the 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Center at the current building location in Towson, Maryland. The existing center is 20 years old and was not designed or constructed to meet the modern security guidelines or critical infrastructure and standards. Staffed by 193 call-takers, dispatchers, supervisors, and technical personnel, the Center handles over 839,000 emergency and non-emergency calls per year and centralizes dispatch to police, fire, and other emergency services. A replacement Center is needed to enhance security, to provide upgraded training facilities, and expand regional communications. |
| Project Title: |
Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI) |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The DJS Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI) provides increased supervision and services to youth identified as most at risk of being victims or perpetrators of crimes of violence. The VPI is a statewide collaborative effort to reduce juvenile violence and victimization in conjunction with the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, local law enforcement, local government, health departments, community service providers and the judiciary. Services are based on and targeted to address individual needs that correlate with delinquent behavior including youth tolerance towards violence, negative peer associations, lack of supervision, lack of neighborhood safety, substance abuse, education, and anger management. The initiative incorporates a level system and continuum of graduated responses to ensure that immediate and appropriate actions are consistently applied when youth are non-compliant. Funding will enable DJS to expand VPI to remaining 23 jurisdictions. |
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Defense Appropriations Requests This bill has not seen Senate action yet.
| Project Title: |
3-D Imaging Polarimetric LIDAR Sensors |
| Recipient: |
Sigma Space Corporation |
| Location: |
Lanham, MD |
| Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable continuation of Air Force research and development of a novel instrument for smaller UAV platforms to provide 3D imaging and identification of targets partially obscured by foliage, ground fog, battlefield dust, camouflage, turbid water and other such challenges. Focus is to bring 3D imaging radar to full operational status, integrate into a deliverable mini-uav, flight test unit and deliver in-theatre. |
| Project Title: |
Advanced Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies |
| Recipient: |
Satcon Technology / Force Protection |
| Location: |
Linthicum(MD) Ladson(SC) |
| Amount: |
$9,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable the development, integration, and testing of the Satcon hybrid electric vehicle powertrain to meet/exceed current Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) objective electric power requirements in a ballistic and blast protected Force Protection Industries vehicle. This initiative will provide the US Army and Marine Corps with silent, fuel efficient vehicles with power system and power generation options that maximize force effectiveness while reducing energy needs and soldier risk in hostile environments. The overall objective of this proposed work is to develop and deliver a complete family of MRAP vehicles (one Buffalo, one Cougar and one Cheetah) capable of remote, mobile silent power generation and silent watch power. |
| Project Title: |
Advanced Marine Controller (AMC) for Marine Gas Turbine |
| Recipient: |
Rolls Royce Naval Marine (RRNMI) MES Division |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Amount: |
$7,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable development, testing and verification of algorithms for an Advanced Marine Controller for marine gas turbine engines to reduce energy and life cycle costs by leveraging proven aero engine technology. The new control system will reduce marine gas turbine operational and life cycle costs by leveraging proven technology from commercial and military aircraft engines. |
| Project Title: |
Advance Restoration Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury |
| Recipient: |
Kennedy Krieger Institute |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$5,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Traditional rehabilitation focuses mostly on teaching SCI patients how to compensate for injuries thought to be irreversible. Funding will enable the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Center to emphasize an innovative therapy technique known as Advanced Restoration Therapies. With this therapy, therapists and physicians can use specially designed exercise equipment to stimulate normal movements, a practice which can help regenerate cells and help patients' bodies "remember" how to move. |
| Project Title: |
Auxilliary Power Unit for the Abrams Main Battle Tank (M1A2) |
| Recipient: |
Patrick Power Products, Inc. |
| Location: |
Elkridge, MD |
| Amount: |
$5,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable completion of all qualification testing and/or modifications to meet the Army's requirements for the Abrams APU program with demonstrated technology for reduced fuel consumption. This technology would reduce M1A2 idle-run fuel consumption from 14 gallons/hour to 1 gallon/hour. This significantly reduces logistical resupply needs and greatly reduces significant in-theatre fuel expenditures. |
| Project Title: |
Bioagent Early Warning Detector |
| Recipient: |
CosmosID |
| Location: |
College Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$6,400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will develop hand held system to strengthen Force Protection by anticipating incidents involving biological WMD. The detector identifies multiple bioagents, gives threat Name & Confidence level and has dual use for the private health sector. Addresses gap in protection, improves logistical operations via effective response and delivers capability into the hands of forward observers and first responders. |
| Project Title: |
Civil Air Patrol O&M Account Plus-up |
| Recipient: |
Civil Air Patrol |
| Location: |
Nationwide |
| Amount: |
$4,400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The President's FY10 Defense Department Budget is expected to reduce the CAP's O&M funding by $4.4 million from last year's level. Plus-up funding is necessary to maintain readiness to support disaster relief, community service missions, search and rescue, youth leadership development and homeland security initiatives. |
| Project Title: |
Development of Model and Plan for Green Environment |
| Recipient: |
Amethyst Technologies, LLC |
| Location: |
Ft. Detrick, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,700,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The development of Green certified laboratories and clean rooms in accordance to the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system supports the performance measurement requirements specified in the Government Performance and Results Act. There is a need to develop a quality program for the creation, renovation, maintenance, and quality testing of biotechnology facilities to ensure activities are performed correctly the first time. This program will provide LEED certified engineers, six sigma blackbelts, subject matter experts, and computer scientists to develop a construction quality program. |
| Project Title: |
Energetics S&T Workforce Development |
| Recipient: |
Energetics Technology Center |
| Location: |
La Plata, MD |
| Amount: |
$5,800,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funds will be used to bolster our nation's energetics workforce and allow energetics experts to conduct wide-ranging basic research in order to advance the science and engineering of energetics systems. This project will help regenerate an energetics professional workforce at a time when many scientists and engineers are approaching retirement and many young people are choosing other career paths. |
| Project Title: |
Fibrin Adhesive STat (FAST) Dressing |
| Recipient: |
STB Lifesaving Technologies |
| Location: |
Rockville, MD |
| Amount: |
$6,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The FAST Dressing is the only bandage effective against all kinds of blood loss and the only one capable of stopping severe arterial and venous bleeding. The dressing will save 1000s of lives (military & civilian) once approved by the FDA. Funding for the FAST Dressing will enable production of clinical dressings, conducting the FDA required final tests on these clinical-grade dressings, preparing FDA-required documentation, and beginning the clinical trial of the bandage. |
| Project Title: |
Fuel Cell Hybrid Battery Manufacturing for Defense |
| Recipient: |
Ballard Power Systems |
| Location: |
College Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$7,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support the development of Fuel Cell Hybrid Battery (FCHB) technology for defense applications and ops while fostering domestic FCHB manufacturing capacity. FCHB systems optimize fuel cell and battery tech and enable increased efficiency and a reduced environmental footprint for the defense base and field ops. This program will support the development, manufacture and field trial evaluation of up to 40 FCHB systems in materials handling (forklift) applications at the Defense Logistics Agency. |
| Project Title: |
Global Location and Distress Alerting Capability |
| Recipient: |
TRX Systems, Inc. |
| Location: |
Greenbelt, MD |
| Amount: |
$2,600,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| As part of the Battlefield Airman initiative, AFSOC is seeking to provide individual airman and small, dismounted combat units with a passive, compact, lightweight, wearable device for 3D positioning, distress alerting and geo-location in any environment. Funding will enable TRX technology to provide an order of magnitude improvement in GPS denied location accuracy and transition this capability to DOD to provide global real time distress alerting and location. |
| Project Title: |
Healthcare Consortium for Improved Patient Safety |
| Recipient: |
University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will allow development of a cutting-edge consortium of renowned healthcare institutions to advance the application of technology to basic surgical sciences which will assist both the military and civilian medical communities. The proposed unique consortium seeks to maintain the clinical and medical superiority of health care professionals who support the U.S. military. The research pillars that they would work to promote, that are specifically referred to, each hold potential to impact military medical interventions from the urgent action of the far-forward medic through definitive care at a tertiary care treatment facility. |
| Project Title: |
High Energy Conventional Energetics (Phase 3) |
| Recipient: |
Indian Head Division / Naval Surface Warfare Center |
| Location: |
Indian Head, MD |
| Amount: |
$6,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Purpose is to fund an IHDIV / NSWC energetics project to develop conventional energetics that have energy release up to 10 times that of TNT, in order to counter new types of asymmetric threats such as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). More powerful energetics, such as thermobarics, reactive structural materials, and thermobaric high temperature incendiaries, alloys, intermetallics, fluorine-rich compounds, and/or thermites, must be developed to satisfy Agent Defeat and Hard Target Defeat requirements. |
| Project Title: |
Hybrid Electric (Heavy Truck) Vehicle |
| Recipient: |
Volvo Powertrain of North America |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Need exists to provide the military with a more fuel efficient, cleaner and more easily maintained heavy truck powertrain. A secondary goal is to build a truck engine that can provide the same electrical source as a traditional diesel generator. Combining these two capabilities reduces deployed forces need for fossil fuels and the need for inefficient diesel generators. Funding will be used to complete the final development stage prior to production. This final year of funding will enable Mack Trucks and Volvo Powertrain to finish building a prototype M915 truck with hybrid powertrain, and prepare to compete for an M915 procurement by the Army. |
| Project Title: |
Improved Capabilities for Irregular Warfare Platform |
| Recipient: |
Naval Air Station Patuxent River |
| Location: |
Lexington Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$6,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support integrating and upgrading Special Operations Forces (SOF) vehicles and platforms with more advanced intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance capabilities. Project will integrate new technology across the broad range of SOF vehicles to provide warfighters with access to a common operational picture and air-ground-sea interoperability. |
| Project Title: |
Integrated Chemical and Biological Detection System |
| Recipient: |
Battelle Memorial Institute |
| Location: |
Edgewood, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,750,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support the Integrated Chemical and Biological Detection System to warn military personnel and first responders before weapons of mass destruction and chemical or biological agents reach dangerous exposure levels. A technology demonstration will be conducted on the fully integrated mixed chemical and biological (CB) detection system in preparation of replacing currently deployed detection technologies that are antiquated and expensive to maintain. |
| Project Title: |
Intelligent Multi-modal Mobility for Robotics |
| Recipient: |
Vecna Technologies, Inc. |
| Location: |
Greenbelt, MD |
| Amount: |
$2,200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The US military has a critical need for high performance robotic mobility platforms that can quickly and efficiently traverse challenging terrain, particularly those that would be encountered in a wartime urban environment. Existing wheeled and tracked robots are too slow, and too difficult to operate. Funding will allow development of an intelligent multi-modal mobility technology capable of sensing the operational terrain and enabling robotic mobility platforms to morph between two mobility configurations, providing either continuous contact or discrete contact locomotion modalities (e.g., tracks and legs or wheels and legs). |
| Project Title: |
International Assessment of Stem Cell R&D for Soldier Healthcare |
| Recipient: |
World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc |
| Location: |
Frederick, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,800,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Now that some nations are investing heavily in stem-cell R&D, and are coming to lead the U.S. in some outputs, it is necessary to bring back important results from abroad. The best method is to send delegations of top U.S. experts to study the best labs abroad and meet with the world's leading researchers. Funding will enable WTEC, a non-profit of Loyola College, to coordinate peer review delegations and conduct a series of R&D assessments on worldwide stem-cell research. Findings from this research will allow TATRC to evaluate and incorporate these worldwide advances into healthcare for our nation's war-fighters. |
| Project Title: |
IP Routing In Space (IRIS) |
| Recipient: |
Space and Missile Command, Los Angeles AFB |
| Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| IP Routing in Space (IRIS) is a potentially transformational satellite-communications technology which enables the interconnection of many different and previously isolated, incompatible radio and networking systems across a common, secure and globally available IP network delivered via satellite. Following the 2009 launch and testing of the IRIS JCTD the Department of Defense will be well positioned to take full advantage of IP routed satellite services. Funding is requested to utilize satellite transponder capacity on the commercial IRIS JCTD system onboard the Intelsat 14 satellite for operational testing, evaluation and assessment by the US Military for one year. |
| Project Title: |
Joint Mission Battlespace to Support Net-Ready KPP and Joint Interoperability RDT&E |
| Recipient: |
Naval Air Station Patuxent River |
| Location: |
Lexington Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$5,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will procure and integrate the C4ISR systems (tactical data links, command and control, and communications) necessary to create a joint battle space environment to test, analyze and determine whether the Key Performance Parameters for net-readiness and interoperability have been met. This initiative gives NAS Patuxent River the ability to conduct joint testing and training throughout the Joint Atlantic and Chesapeake Ranges Cooperative, thereby allowing many tests to be conducted from multiple locations simultaneously. |
| Project Title: |
Large Experimental Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) System |
| Recipient: |
Phoenix International Holdings Inc. |
| Location: |
Largo, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support development of a large autonomous underwater vehicle with an open-frame expandable payload capacity to meet Navy and DoD UUV repair, maintenance and operational availability requirements for multiple roles and missions. The Large Experimental UUV System (LExUS) will fulfill Navy requirements by leveraging previous design efforts to maximize the payload volume and lithium-ion battery technology developed under a Navy SBIR program. |
| Project Title: |
Manportable Threat Warning Networking Technique AN |
| Recipient: |
Thales Communications, Inc |
| Location: |
Clarksburg, MD |
| Amount: |
$5,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support the investigation of utilizing existing SOF Operational Element (Team) communications equipment, the AN/PRC-148, as an element of a body worn threat warning system to support signal intercep, direction finding and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) acquisition and networked data connectivity. |
| Project Title: |
Mobile Optical Wireless Networking for Intel, Security & Recon |
| Recipient: |
Optemax, LLC |
| Location: |
Columbia, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable development of a fully functional optical wireless mobile aerial network system capable of transmitting data at 1 - 10 Gbps with high reliability. The OSD-SCO is testing 360 degree cameras on an aerostat and needs a high speed link to transmit those images, but current wireless technologies are too slow. Research and design has been accomplished on pointing and tracking technologies, suitable gimbals, transceiver designs to overcome distance and weather limitations, and developing protocol and class of service routing software for the BeamNet appliance. This funding is needed to develop and integrate the components, and demonstrate the device on an airship. |
| Project Title: |
NAE Interoperability with Carrier Strike and Expeditionary Group Forces |
| Recipient: |
Naval Air Station, Patuxent River |
| Location: |
Lexington Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$6,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Modern battlefield communications and electronic information warfare systems must perform in diverse frequency spectrum and geographic environments. Missions require that joint sea, air and land units process and exchange a multitude of sensor, tactical and strategic data electronically. Funding will enable an upgrade to advance Navy's ability to perform interoperability test and evaluation of ship and aircraft systems and emerging command and control system technologies, all in a hybrid replication of the user's environment. |
| Project Title: |
National Center for Craniofacial Reconstruction at the University Maryland |
| Recipient: |
University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support creation of a craniofacial reconstruction center as a national resource for military and civilian patients. This center will be dedicated to the integrated repair of complicated composite tissue loss secondary to military casualty, trauma, burn or tumor resection using state of the art innovative and restorative therapies. A clinical evaluation of military and civilian patients will also be conducted for potential composite tissue transplantation reconstructive techniques. |
| Project Title: |
National Traumatic Injury Simulation Training Center |
| Recipient: |
University of Maryland Medical Center / Shock Trauma |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support one of the most successful military-civilian medical training programs in the country. Project will develop seven simulation/training rooms to serve as test-beds for technology that replicate live environments, provide for multiple trauma team training and simulated image-guided procedures. This site will serve as both a training resource for military medical personnel and as a centralized source for the development and production of tailored education and training programs. |
| Project Title: |
Naval Health Research Network Information Exchange |
| Recipient: |
Prometheus Foundation, Inc. |
| Location: |
Frostburg, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable Prometheus Foundation and Frostburg State University to deploy systems and develop standards-based interfaces to exchange digital health information from civilian patient populations containing Veteran, Guard, Reserve, and DoD beneficiaries to enable a Military\Civilian Network Health Information Exchange. This dual-benefit use evaluation will be developed outside of DoD systems to create a test-bed to support NHRC objectives while providing a free electronic medical record (EMR) system and Health Information Exchange for civilian, university and rural healthcare organizations. |
| Project Title: |
Naval Technical Data Six Sigma Analysis Program |
| Recipient: |
Coalition Solutions Integrated |
| Location: |
Dundalk, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding this project supports employment of Disabled Veterans to analyze weapon systems failure data utilizing Lean Six Sigma techniques. This data is needed by the military Services for operational, maintenance and supply purposes. This initiative improves military readiness, reduces cost and improves Disabled Vets quality of life. Minor training is needed due to prior military experience of these disabled veterans. |
| Project Title: |
Network Centric Operations Laboratory |
| Recipient: |
Morgan State University |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| In response to the changing nature of global conflict away from conventional battle spaces to asymmetric warfare, MSU will join with CERDEC/ARL investigators, to assist in advancing the military's movement towards network centric operations. Funding will enable MSU to establish a test bed to support CERDEC Tactical Human Integration of Networked Knowledge directed at finding the Impact of Human Cognition Limits on Mission Success. |
| Project Title: |
neu Vision - Intelligent Explosives Detection |
| Recipient: |
Applied Signal Technology, Inc. |
| Location: |
Annapolis Junction, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| With increasing terrorist threats and changing world events, the Intelligence Community needs the ability to quickly conduct covert or overt inspection of containers, vehicles, packages and facilities. Associated Particle Imaging (API), provides a transformational capability that unambiguously identifies explosives and other contraband in a portable form factor. The technology utilizes high-energy neutrons to penetrate barriers of any material including steel, interact with the objects on the far side of the barrier, and generate material characteristic gamma rays. |
| Project Title: |
N-STAR Educational Outreach Program (MD) |
| Recipient: |
Office of Naval Research (ONR) - NSTAR |
| Location: |
St. Mary's, Charles, Calvert Counties, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable increased numbers of students (particularly students from under-represented groups) to complete science, technology, engineering, and mathematics degrees by enhancing student interest and attitudes toward math, science, technology, and engineering; strengthening peer, family, and school support for such interests; ensuring long-term inclusiveness of women and minorities in science and technology programs; and increasing the numbers of students taking college-prep mathematics and science courses. |
| Project Title: |
Real-Time Tactical Intelligence Collection System |
| Recipient: |
Voxtec International, Inc |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Military personnel are increasingly being tasked with operating in war zones where multiple languages are spoken and interpreters are in limited supply. To partially address this need, a limited number of machine based language translation (MBLT) systems have already been deployed to various theaters of operation. Funding will be used to further develop Voxtec's MBLT technologies to develop larger vocabulary and domain sizes for existing systems, to integrate highly mobile speech-to-text capabilities, and to develop mobile text-to-text document translations. |
| Project Title: |
Recombinant BChE Advanced Clinical Development Program |
| Recipient: |
PharmAthene, Inc. |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| OP nerve agents enter the blood stream and cause massive convulsions and death. Human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is a naturally occurring protein shown to be effective against man-made OPs before they cause neurological damage. BChE can now be produced recombinantly and is being developed as a pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis for the military and civilian first responders. Funding will support building upon the current data showing protection against high levels of dermal VX exposure to assess efficacy for therapeutic efficacy against a widened spectrum of agents to include soman, sarin and other organophosphate agents. |
| Project Title: |
Rehabilitation Technology Transition Center |
| Recipient: |
OrthoCare Innovations Foundation |
| Location: |
Columbia, MD |
| Amount: |
$10,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Technologies developed through DARPA's Revolutionizing Prosthetics initiative represent significant advancements in the field of prosthetics, and the most advanced technology in terms of dexterous manipulation, control and sensory feedback in history. Funding would develop a center to transition federally supported research into patient care to improve the quality of life for injured servicemen and veterans. Specific work of the Center will be to prepare the technology for transition into patient care through the following elements: FDA and regulatory continuity, clinical community transition preparation efforts, tooling and production, and provider education. |
| Project Title: |
Shadow TUAS Flight in the National Air Space |
| Recipient: |
AAI Corporation |
| Location: |
Hunt Valley, MD |
| Amount: |
$11,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have proven very successful in military applications, and can be used for many valuable non-military purposes. Funds will be used for the development, integration, and testing of technology to facilitate the flight of the Shadow Tactical UAS in the National Air Space. |
| Project Title: |
Smart Wound Dressing for MRSA-infected Battlefield Wounds |
| Recipient: |
Soluble Solutions, Inc |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The US military has the need for one battlefield wound dressing capable of preventing and treating infection, speeding healing and ultimately reducing the morbidity associated with battle injuries, most commonly acute traumatic wounds and full and partial thickness burns. Funding would enable four of the country's renowned medical institutions to conduct advanced clinical research to identify the most effective MRSA resistant antibiotics, the proper dosages of these antibiotics and the most efficient sizes and packages of dressings appropriate for the types of wounds experienced in battlefield situations. |
| Project Title: |
Spinel Transparent Armor Production Technology |
| Recipient: |
Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc (TA&T) |
| Location: |
Aberdeen, MD |
| Amount: |
$5,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding supports the transition to production and enables a major manufacturing scale up of Spinel ceramic armor for weight critical, advanced ballistic protection of combat and support vehicles. It will enable a major manufacturing scale up initiative for large flat and curved Spinel armor windows. These large, flat and curved transparent armor windows provide light weight, advanced ballistic protection against escalating threats and emerging tactics of insurgents. This technology is critical for heavily armored vehicles, where current windshields and windows may leave warfighters vulnerable. |
| Project Title: |
Stage 2 Development and Clinical Testing of an Attenuated Malaria Sporozoite Vaccine |
| Recipient: |
Sanaria Inc. |
| Location: |
Rockville, MD |
| Amount: |
$9,400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Sanaria's unique approach to malaria vaccine development capitalizes on the well-documented fact that the only way to reproducibly protect greater than 90% of humans against malaria by immunization is by exposure to radiation attenuated malaria parasite sporozoites. Funding will enable manufacturing and release of Sanaria's attenuated malaria sporozoite vaccine (PfSPZ Vaccine), conducting clinical trials to determine the optimal method of administration and dosage for the PfSPZ Vaccine, and optimizing the efficiency of manufacturing and scale-up of the PfSPZ to facilitate manufacturing to support FDA licensure. |
| Project Title: |
Submarine-Deployed Mobile Sensor System |
| Recipient: |
Oceaneering International |
| Location: |
Hanover, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable design, development, testing and production of three SEAL Delivery Vehicle-deployed Mobile Sensor Systems. Each system consists of 2 remotely operated vehicles, 1 handling system, 1 pilot console. Project would modify existing remotely operated vehicle (ROV) developed by Oceaneering for Navy. This project would enable a SEAL member in SDV to remotely pilot the ROV, thereby enabling entry into areas where SEALs would otherwise not have access. |
| Project Title: |
Substance Activated Fast Evaluation Technology |
| Recipient: |
Raptor Detection, Inc. |
| Location: |
Columbia, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,750,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will procure critically needed explosive detection and classification technology for explosive materials. Using molecularly imprinted polymers that detect and classify explosives, this kit offers military and law enforcement a non-lethal, non-destructive ability to determine whether a person or object possesses explosives on them. Funding would help develop technology and procure up to 100 deployable kits for field testing. |
| Project Title: |
Support for Naval Ship Hydrodynamic Test Facility |
| Recipient: |
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division |
| Location: |
West Bethesda, MD |
| Amount: |
$10,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The primary function of the wavemaking equipment is to generate a controlled, uniform wave field over the free water surface of the testing basins. Modern wavemakers must be capable of generating both regular waves of sinusoidal profile having constant height and period as well as irregular waves representative of ocean spectra typically encountered by U.S. Navy. Current test facility wavemakers were installed in early 1950's and 1960's and are incapable of reproducing many of the same wave characteristics from one test to the next. This capability is essential for assessing current and future naval ship and submarine designs, and is integral to national security. |
| Project Title: |
SureTrak Re-architecture: Integrate Services Orientation |
| Recipient: |
Computer Sciences Corporation |
| Location: |
Lexington Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$7,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support re-architecture of SureTrak's software system to a SOA enabling automatic sharing of sensor and system data to various NAWCAD Atlantic Test Range (ATR) software systems and external software systems employed in Homeland Security and Defense with significant cost savings to the Navy and tax payers. Project allows existing sensor software programs in DoD, Homeland Defense, and other governmental agencies to effectively communicate. |
| Project Title: |
Underserved Population Research Initiative with Walter Reed AMC |
| Recipient: |
Anne Arundel Medical Center |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will improve enrollment of underserved patients with cancer in clinical trials. Increased capabilities will improve and expand contributions to Walter Reed's Clinical Breast Care Program in ongoing tissue acquisition trials. Purpose is to expand outreach efforts to underserved populations to improve minority participation in both clinical trials and tissue acquisition protocols in which the mechanisms of disease, chiefly cancer, are the focus. |
| Project Title: |
Urban Mapping and Positioning System (UMAPS) |
| Recipient: |
Robotic Research, LLC |
| Location: |
Gaithersburg, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,750,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| UMAPS provides 3D mapping and localization for soldiers as they move through buildings. Data can be radioed to a team leader thus providing unparalleled situational awareness without using GPS. SBIR Phase III funding will allow continued development to ensure a speedy transition and non-interrupted work on UMAPS prototypes for initial evaluation for military use in controlled environments followed by refined prototypes for in-field testing. |
| Project Title: |
Vehicle And Dismount Exploitation Radar - VADER |
| Recipient: |
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems |
| Location: |
Linthicum, MD |
| Amount: |
$8,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| VADER is a multi-mode tactical pod radar capable of detecting and tracking surface vehicles and dismounted personnel. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) initiated the VADER program with the goal of providing tactical persistent surveillance and tracking of dismounts and vehicles over wide areas of the battle space to combat IEDs. Funding will enable productionization of the sensor, as well as enhanced processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) capability to transition to a deployed system to support of the warfighter. |
| Project Title: |
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Metro Entrance Design |
| Recipient: |
National Naval Medical Center Bethesda |
| Location: |
Bethesda, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will enable design of a new entrance to the Medical Center Metro station at the site of the future Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. This Metro entrance would include a pedestrian underpass below MD-355 to improve pedestrian mobility and vehicular flow. This design project will help ensure the success of the mission establishing the world-class Walter Reed National Military Medical Center serving our wounded, active and retired military personnel. |
| Project Title: |
WellDoc Mobile Diabetes Management with Automated Clinical Support Tools |
| Recipient: |
WellDoc Communications, Inc. |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding this project will support utilizing WellDoc's mobile diabetes management technology to securely capture real-time data, enabling feedback for patients and health care providers to best manage diabetes. Funding will support WellDoc's diabetes management technology that will reduce the number acute episodes of diabetes including hospitalizations, blindness, and chronic complications from micro and macro-vascular diseases. This technology can save the military health system roughly $1 billion in annual expeditures if utililized throughout the military health system. |
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Energy and Water Appropriations Requests The FY2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill has been presented to the White House for the President's signature. Senator Cardin supports funding for the following projects in that bill:
| Project Title: |
Anacostia River and Tributaries Watershed Restoration |
| Location: |
Montgomery, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$321,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Watershed feasibility study to compile existing watershed data, identify degraded stream conditions in the Anacostia River and identify potential problem solutions. The study will identify problem areas including unstable and eroding stream banks, poor fish habitat and fish blockages, and poor stream buffer conditions (lack of forests and wetlands along the stream). The problems will be ranked and potential solutions identified. |
| Project Title: |
Assateague Island Restoration |
| Location: |
Assateague Island, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| o The Ocean City inlet was formed in 1933 during a severe storm. In 1934, the Army Corps of Engineers constructed jetties to protect the newly-formed waterway in an effort to provide for navigation between the coastal bays and the ocean. The inlet has functioned as a thoroughfare for boating traffic for the past 60 years; however, the jetties have disrupted the sediment supply between Ocean City and Assateague Island. |
| Project Title: |
Atlantic Coast of Maryland Shoreline Protection |
| Location: |
Ocean City, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$4,500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The project consisted of widening and raising the beach from 4th street in Ocean City to the Maryland - Delaware line (about 8.2 miles) and a 0.3 mile transition into Delaware, construction of a steel sheetpile bulkhead from 4th street to the north end of the boardwalk at 28th Street (about 1.5 miles), construction of a sand dune from the north end of the boardwalk to the Maryland - Delaware line (about 6.7 miles plus a 0.3 mile transition into Delaware), and project operation and maintenance (non-Federal cost). |
| Project Title: |
Baltimore Harbor and Channel, MD |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$20,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| These funds would be used for maintenance dredging of Baltimore District Channels. |
| Project Title: |
Baltimore Metropolitan Water Resources, MD, Patapsco Urban River Restoration Initiative |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Patapsco River is one of the most heavily utilized and populated waterways within Chesapeake Bay, is located in the urbanized areas of central Maryland, and is home to over 750,000 residents. Back River drains the northeastern portions of Baltimore City and southeastern Baltimore County and empties into the Chesapeake Bay. Although the study authority allows for consideration of both the Patapsco and Back Rivers, there currently is no non-Federal interest in pursuing restoration of the tidal portion of Back River. |
| Project Title: |
Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding for equipment and research support for the development of nanomedicine technology to help better diagnosis and treat diseases for the civilian population. |
| Project Title: |
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection, Section 510 Program |
| Location: |
Chesapeake, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Section 510 of WRDA 1996 authorizes the establishment of a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. At least one project shall be established in each of the collaborating states. Design and construction costs will be cost-shared at 75% Federal and 25% non-Federal. |
| Project Title: |
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery, MD and VA |
| Location: |
Chesapeake, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Maryland oyster populations have declined dramatically since the turn of the 20th century, largely due to parasitic diseases. Oyster restoration is critical to the economic and environmental survival of the Chesapeake Bay and is a high priority for the State of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay Program. |
| Project Title: |
Chesapeake Bay Regional Sediment Management (Sediment Behind the Dams on the Lower Susquehanna River -PA, MD) |
| Location: |
Susquehanna River, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| As of 1990, it was estimated that 280 million tons of sediment originating from the Susquehanna River watershed were trapped behind the four hydroelectric dams located on the Lower Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace, MD, and Harrisburg, PA. It is estimated that the Conowingo Dam will cease to have trapping capacity in the next decade, which may result in dramatic increases of sediment loads to the Bay. |
| Project Title: |
Chesapeake Bay Shoreline - Maryland Coastal Management |
| Location: |
Chesapeake, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$170,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This feasibility study will result in three semi-independent stand-alone products. The first product is the development of a Maryland shoreline master plan that identifies problems and opportunities throughout the Maryland coastal zone. For those projects that are identified in the master plan to be federally-justified, a Feasibility Study will be prepared for implementation through the Corps' civil works program. The third product is an updated "Low-Cost Shoreline Protection Manual." |
| Project Title: |
Eastern Shore, Mid Chesapeake Bay, Maryland |
| Location: |
Chesapeake, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$483,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration feasibility study is focused on restoring/expanding island habitat to provide hundreds of acres of wetland and terrestrial habitat for fish, shellfish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals through the beneficial use of dredged material. This will provide direct benefits of improved health, richness, and sustainability to aquatic and wildlife species. In addition it will provide indirect benefits of navigational safety, education, and passive recreation and perhaps, increased tourism. |
| Project Title: |
Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, DE & MD |
| Location: |
Deleware and Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers |
| Amount: |
$28,390,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| These funds would be used for maintenance dredging for the C&D Canal and approach channels, and Replace Main Span Deck Joint over North Pier Chesapeake City Bridge. |
| Project Title: |
Middle Potomac River Watershed, MD, VA, PA, WV, DC Comprehensive Plan |
| Location: |
Potomac, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$255,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This sustainable watershed management approach addresses a broad spectrum of problems and reflects the diversity of the landscape of the Potomac basin, which includes urban, rural, and natural areas in six different eco-regions and five local jurisdictions-MD, PA, VA, WV, and DC. |
| Project Title: |
Middle Potomac Watershed, Great Seneca Creek and Muddy Branch |
| Location: |
Montgomery, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$255,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Watershed feasibility study to identify degraded stream conditions in Great Seneca Creek and Muddy Branch and the feasibility of corrective solutions. The study will identify problem areas including unstable and eroding stream banks, poor fish habitat, and poor stream buffer conditions (lack of forests and wetlands along the stream). The resulting inventory of potential restoration projects will be implemented by the Corps of Engineers and/or Montgomery County. |
| Project Title: |
North Beach, MD Wetlands Restoration Project |
| Location: |
North Beach, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding would be used to complete the feasibility study, negotiate and execute a Project Partnership Agreement, and initiate plans and specifications necessary to proceed with the construction of jetties to keep the channel clear and reduce the dredging. |
| Project Title: |
Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration at Poplar Island, MD |
| Location: |
Poplar Island, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$8,550,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This project involves the use of approximately 68 million cubic yards (mcy) of dredged material from the approach channels of the Baltimore Harbor and Channels navigation project to restore 1,715 acres of remote island habitat. The project will consist of 840 acres of upland habitat at an elevation up to +25 feet, 737 acres of wetland habitat that would be further divided into low marsh and high marsh, and approximately 138 acres of open water embayment. |
| Project Title: |
St. Jerome Creek, St. Mary's County, MD |
| Location: |
St. Mary's County, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding would be used to complete the feasibility study, negotiate and execute a Project Partnership Agreement, and initiate plans and specifications necessary to proceed with the construction of jetties to keep the channel clear and reduce the dredging need from a two year cycle to a ten year cycle. |
| Project Title: |
Submerged Aquative Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay |
| Location: |
Chesapeake, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| SAV performs many important ecosystem functions and the Chesapeake Bay Program had established a goal of planting at least 1,000 acres of SAV by December 2010. At present, most SAV planting projects are small in scale, typically less than 1 acre. |
| Project Title: |
Urieville Lake - Small Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration |
| Location: |
Kent County, MD |
| Recipient: |
Army Corps of Engineers |
| Description of Project: |
| These funds would be used to continue the Army Corps of Engineers investigation and restoration of Urieville Lake. The watershed is a highly degraded system, with insufficient buffers and extensive water quality problems such as high nutrient levels and low dissolved oxygen. |
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Financial Services Appropriations Requests This bill has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee and is awaiting consideration by the full Senate. Senate and House members will then meet to reconcile differences. A compromise version will go back to both the Senate and House for final approval before going to the White House for signature.
| Project Title: |
BioPark |
| Location: |
Baltimore, Maryland |
| Location: |
University of Maryland at Baltimore |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The UMB BioPark in West Baltimore will help establish the Baltimore region as a worldwide center for scientific research and discovery while simultaneously revitalizing an economically distressed neighborhood. The requested funding for physical infrastructure and workforce training will enable UMB to leverage the nearly $400,000,000 in biomedical research that is being conducted by its faculty to create dozens of new biotech businesses, over $400 million in private capital investment, and the creation of 2,500 jobs in a distressed community. |
| Project Title: |
Food and Drug Administration Consolidation |
| Location: |
Silver Spring, MD |
| Location: |
General Services Administration |
| Amount: |
$300,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The FDA consolidation is a $1.1 billion project to construct 15 new office and laboratory buildings on the site of a former Navy R&D facility at White Oak in Montgomery County, Maryland. To date, Congress has appropriated $842 million for the project. The consolidation will result in greatly improved facilities and significant operating efficiencies, enabling FDA to better regulate the drug and medical devices industries and protect the country against bioterrorism. The project will provide modern facilities that have been lacking, improve security, and save taxpayer money on commercial leases. Prior to the consolidation, FDA had been spending $30+ million annually on commercial leased space. The project will result in 9,000 permanent jobs, more than twice the number on the site before the Navy left in 1995. The funding will maintain over 1,000 construction jobs on the site through 2012. |
| Project Title: |
School of Pharmacy Lab Equipment |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Location: |
College of Notre Dame of Maryland |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| College of Notre Dame is in the process of launching the first women's college nationally to have a co-educational School of Pharmacy. It is no secret that as a country we need to educate more pharmacists or the expected pharmacist labor shortfall will create a major crisis for the delivery of quality health care. This is important from a small business perspective because (according to the NCPA) thousands of pharmacies are small businesses that dispense "nearly half of the nation's retail prescription medicines." In addition, a 2007 Department of Labor report for the state of Maryland indicates a projected (2007 - 2016 Maryland Occupational Projections) increase in the number of open pharmacist positions to be 200 per year, resulting in a 35% gap between the need and availability of pharmacists based on the current number of graduates from the State. This gap will directly hurt the ability of small business pharmacies in Maryland to recruit its next generation of qualified employees. In order to graduate pharmacists who will provide quality care, the School needs state of the art laboratory facilities to educate the next generation of pharmacists who will care for the aging population. |
| Project Title: |
Study of the Long-term Economic Effects of an Aging US Population |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Location: |
Board of Mathematical Sciences and their Applications (National Academies) |
| Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The aging of the U.S. population will require large scale readjustments to the nation's macro economy and financial state, affecting individuals, households, government, many economic sectors, and public programs such as Social Security, Medicare and private mechanisms to support retirees.
Without bold and far reaching actions the potential for economic disruption may easily exceed challenges of the current financial crisis. As a basis for policymaking, this request proposes that the National Academy of Sciences undertake a study to assemble a solid and complete base of information and analysis to support rational discussion of policy choices. Within the National Academy, the Board on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications will manage the study.
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Homeland Security Appropriations Requests The following projects were funded in the House version of the FY 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill and have Senator Cardin's support as the Conference Committee convenes.
| Recipient: |
Calvert County Department of Public Safety |
| Amount: |
$338,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Establish an alternative emergency operations center for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. |
| Recipient: |
Rockville Police Headquarters |
| Amount: |
$650,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Harden and reinforce the building's walls and windows in order to meet or exceed applicable building codes relative to hazard mitigation. |
| Recipient: |
State of Maryland |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| For the Wireless Alert Notification System to alert citizens of impending disasters to aid emergency response and protect life. |
| Recipient: |
State of Maryland |
| Amount: |
$1,500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Upgrade the obsolete information technology infrastructure at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency Emergency Operations Center. |
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Interior and Environment Appropriations Requests The President signed the FY2010 Interior and Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill into law on October 30, 2009. Senator Cardin supported funding for the following projects in that bill:
| Project Title: |
Blackwater National Refuge |
| Location: |
Blackwater National Refuge, Cambridge, MD |
| Recipient: |
The Conservation Fund |
| Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Protection of the four parcels totaling 1,803.5 acres will add to the permanently protected lands the Blackwater National Refuges (NWR) around its borders. The Conservation fund is working with the Fish and Wildlife Service to protect 4 parcels totaling 1,803.50 acres via fee acquisition and conservation easement within the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge boundary. |
| Project Title: |
Blue Plains WWTP - Construction of Enhanced Nutrient Removal Technology and Underground Storage Tunnel System |
| Location: |
Montgomery and Prince George Counties, Maryland and the District of the Columbia |
| Recipient: |
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission |
| Amount: |
$1,200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The proposed project entails planning, design and construction of Biological Nutrient Removal and Enhanced Nutrient Removal facilities at the existing 370 million gallons per day Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant to achieve effluent concentrations of 3 mg/l total nitrogen. If ENR is not implemented at this plant, Maryland will not achieve and maintain its nutrient reduction goals for the Chesapeake Bay. The additional funds will support the upgrade of the one of the largest WWTP in the nation and reduce nitrogen loading to the Chesapeake Bay by 5.6 million pounds per year. |
| Project Title: |
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails |
| Location: |
Chesapeake Bay Watershed |
| Recipient: |
National Park Service |
| Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Gateways and Water Trails Network (CBGN) is a partnership of public and private parks, refuges, maritime museums, historic sites, and around the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The CBGN is coordinated by the National Park Service in cooperation with the Chesapeake Bay Program. With more than 150 designated Gateways and over 1,500 miles of Water Trails, the CBGN provides essential infrastructure for the developing Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Funding for CBGN supports both matching grants to participating Gateway sites for development of high-quality interpretation, access, or conservation and restoration projects and a series of initiatives that support the entire Network. Visitation at the Gateway sites exceeds 10 million annually. |
| Project Title: |
City of Frostburg for Combined Sewer Overflow Improvements |
| Location: |
Frostburg, MD |
| Recipient: |
City of Frostburg |
| Amount: |
$300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This is an ongoing project that involves improvements to the existing Frostburg and Cumberland sanitary and combined sewer infrastructure to prevent combined sewer overflows. The two cities share sewer infrastructure. Specifically, the project consists of the planning, design and construction of gravity and pressure sewers, replacement and rehabilitation of existing sewer lines, and upgrades of pumping stations, and other related improvements to prevent combined sewer overflows. |
| Project Title: |
City of Rockville Sewer Rehabilitation Project |
| Location: |
Rockville, MD |
| Recipient: |
City of Rockville |
| Amount: |
$750,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This is a sewer system rehabilitation project including manhole rehabilitation, sewer lining, and inflow prevention. It will repair the pipes and manholes to reduce Infiltration and Inflow. System rehabilitation will include manhole rehabilitation, sewer lining, and inflow prevention to decrease flow in sewers and ultimately reduces flow to the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant. |
| Project Title: |
Coastal Plain and Fractured Rock Study |
| Location: |
Baltimore, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Environment |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This study will assess water availability in two of the State's aquifer systems and develop science-based tools to facilitate sound management of the State's water resources. Growing water demands for finite fresh water resources require a better understanding of Maryland's hydrologic/ecologic systems to water withdrawals. |
| Project Title: |
Funding for Study to Assess Water Availability in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont Regions |
| Location: |
Multiple Counties, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of the Environment |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This study will assess water availability in two of the State's aquifer systems and develop science-based tools to facilitate sound management of the State's water resources. Growing water demands for finite fresh water resources require a better understanding of Maryland's hydrologic/ecologic systems to water withdrawals. This request supports Phase II of a planned three Phase effort. The state has completed Phase I without federal support, but requires USGS expertise and federal funding to complete Phase II. Maryland has already committed $265,000 of matching funds for this Phase. |
| Project Title: |
Star-Spangled Banner Historic Trail |
| Location: |
Statewide |
| Recipient: |
National Park Service |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This project is to undertake the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan, conducted by the Chesapeake Bay Program Office, in partnership with Fort McHenry and Maryland's Department of Business and Economic Development. The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail was enacted during the 110th Congress. Rapid development of the management plan is needed in order to appropriately plan for the upcoming bicentennial of the War of 1812 which culminated at the Battle of Baltimore and the celebrated role of the Star-Spangled Banner flying over Fort McHenry. |
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Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Requests This bill has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee and is awaiting consideration by the full Senate. Senate and House members will then meet to reconcile differences. A compromise version will go back to both the Senate and House for final approval before going to the White House for signature.
| Project Title: |
CentroNia Teacher Training and Quality Improvement |
| Location: |
Takoma Park, MD |
| Recipient: |
CentroNia |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| CentroN��a proposes to prepare early childhood providers for national certification and develop state-wide training to improve the quality of the early childhood workforce while providing access to low-cost early childhood education for low-income working families. Through the program, 200 teachers will receive certifiable professional development in a classroom-lab setting while 60+ low income children will gain access to a full-day Pre-K program. |
| Project Title: |
CHIP Community Health Center Electronic Patient Record |
| Location: |
Glen Burnie, MD |
| Recipient: |
Community Health Integrated Partnership, Inc. (CHIP) |
| Amount: |
$150,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Community Health Integrated Partnership, (CHIP) is in the process of implementing an Electronic Patient Record System (EPRS) in 9 federally qualified community health centers representing 53 clinical delivery sites throughout Maryland. The goal of the use of the EPRS is to avoid delayed attainment of health care and improve patients' health status - goals that not only will result in a healthier Maryland but will save the state millions in inappropriate emergency department utilization and the exacerbation of chronic disease. |
| Project Title: |
Clean Water Jobs Training Initiative |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Recipient: |
Chesapeake Bay Trust |
| Amount: |
$116,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Chesapeake Bay Trust proposes a new green jobs program - the Clean Water Jobs Training Initiative - to help address two of Maryland's most pressing needs: Chesapeake Bay clean-up and increased employment. This new program will train hundreds of youth and adults, with a special focus on at-risk young people, lower-income workers, and transitioning watermen. |
| Project Title: |
Doleman Collection |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Recipient: |
City of Hagerstown |
| Amount: |
$150,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Doleman Collection is a very large collection of memorabilia detailing the history of African-Americans in Maryland. The project seeks to once again open the display to the public, thereby providing access, interpretation, and educational opportunities to Washington County students and the general public. |
| Project Title: |
Expansion of Youth Services Bureau (YSB) Programming |
| Location: |
Greenbelt, MD |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Association of Youth Services Bureaus |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Youth Service Bureaus (YSBs) are located in the areas of Maryland where 75% of Maryland's youth live. While they are strategically placed, they are unable to meet the demand for delinquency prevention services. The expansion of YSBs would strengthen and increase the availability of prevention and diversion services in Maryland. |
| Project Title: |
Maryland Unified Oral Health Messaging and Social Marketing Campaign |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Oral Health |
| Amount: |
$1,200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This statewide oral health literacy and social marketing campaign for the public and health care providers develops key oral health messages to help increase access to dental care. The project educates low-income, high-risk families about the importance of oral health and preventive behaviors including working with dental and medical providers to teach home care behaviors, and empower families to make and keep dental appointments. The project fosters cost-effective educational and preventive dental health approaches that saves the taxpayer from costly treatment of dental and medical diseases and offers social value in enhancing children's readiness to learn. |
| Project Title: |
Mid-Maryland Community College Allied Healthcare |
| Location: |
Columbia, MD |
| Recipient: |
Howard Community College |
| Amount: |
$1,200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Carroll, Frederick, and Howard Community Colleges are building on an existing academic arrangement to further enhance access to workforce education programs in their counties. The three colleges will be offering healthcare programs in a joint facility in Mt. Airy, Maryland. Specifically, funding would support science, medical, and computer laboratory equipment. |
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Military Construction Appropriations Requests This bill has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee and is awaiting consideration by the full Senate. Senate and House members will then meet to reconcile differences. A cmpromise version will go back to both the Senate and House for final approval before going to the White House for signature.
| Project Title: |
Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center - Advanced Chemistry Laboratory - Phase II |
| Project Number: |
59978 |
| Location: |
Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland |
| Amount: |
$15,500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This project would construct a third and final wing to the Advanced Chemical Laboratory at the Army's Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center at APG, completing the full capability of the original design by adding the final required 10,000SF of laboratory space and additional support space. This project would also provide the final phase of the laboratories necessary to vacate the remaining inadequate 1950-era facility. |
| Project Title: |
Munitions Storage Area |
| Project Number: |
AJXF063009 |
| Location: |
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland |
| Amount: |
$9,300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This project would construct 2,012SM of properly sited, adequately sized and correctly configured munitions storage facilities required to support the National Capitol Region (NCR) operations. Existing facility requires waiver to keep operational and configuration is inadequate to accommodate munitions of current missions. |
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Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Requests Senate and House Conferees are currently meeting to reconcile differences between the FY2010 Transportation & Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bills from each chamber. A compromise version will go back to both the Senate and House for final approval before going to the White House for signature.
| Project Title: |
Baltimore Red Line |
| Location: |
Baltimore, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Transit Administration |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Baltimore Red Line is a proposed 14-mile light rail or bus rapid transit line extending from the Woodlawn area of Baltimore County, Maryland through downtown Baltimore City to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Campus in East Baltimore. |
| Project Title: |
BRAC-related Improvements - Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland |
| Location: |
Andrew's Air Force Base, Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
MDOT |
| Amount: |
$2,300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funds would be used for design, right-of-way or construction of intersection improvements at key locations along access routes to Andrews Air Force Base. Bicycle and pedestrian improvements will be provided where appropriate. 50,000 new residents will arrive in Maryland in the next few years because of the BRAC process. I seek your help to BRAC-ready our transportation infrastructure. |
| Project Title: |
BRAC-related Improvements - Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Location: |
Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
MDOT |
| Amount: |
$2,300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funds will be used for design, right-of-way or construction of intersection improvements to improve safety, operations and access around Ft. George G. Meade to support BRAC-related growth. 50,000 new residents will arrive in Maryland in the next few years because of the BRAC process. I seek your help to BRAC-ready our transportation infrastructure. |
| Project Title: |
BRAC-related Improvements - Harford County, Maryland |
| Location: |
Harford County, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
MDOT |
| Amount: |
$2,300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funds will be used for the design, right-of-way acquisition or construction of intersection improvements in the vicinity of Aberdeen Proving Grounds to support BRAC-related growth. 50,000 new residents will arrive in Maryland in the next few years because of the BRAC process. I seek your help to BRAC-ready our transportation infrastructure. |
| Project Title: |
BRAC-related Improvements - Montgomery County, Maryland |
| Location: |
Montgomery County, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
MDOT |
| Amount: |
$2,300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funds will be used for design, right-of-way or constructions of intersection improvements to improve safety, operations, and access in the vicinity of National Naval Medical Center to support BRAC-related growth. 50,000 new residents will arrive in Maryland in the next few years because of the BRAC process. I seek your help to BRAC-ready our transportation infrastructure. |
| Project Title: |
Capital Beltway South Side Mobility Study |
| Location: |
Prince George's County, MD |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Transportation |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Capital Beltway South Side Mobility Study is a compilation of any available existing literature, analyses, studies, designs and reports that have been previously prepared by Stakeholder Agencies concerning mobility in Southern Capital Beltway Study Area. The Study Area is defined by the Beltway from and including the Springfield Interchange on the west to Maryland Route 5 on the east. |
| Project Title: |
College Park Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination |
| Location: |
College Park, MD |
| Recipient: |
University of Maryland |
| Amount: |
$200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| o At the University of Maryland, the federal funding will create a new multi-state cooperative initiative to expand on regional efforts to improve traffic and transportation systems in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. |
| Project Title: |
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Park and Visitor Center |
| Location: |
Dorchester, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
| Amount: |
$475,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Continued design, engineering and site preparation for joint State-Federal Harriet Tubman Visitors Center at the State Park and envisioned Federal Park. The project is in rural Dorchester County, one of the lowest income areas within one of Maryland's lowest per-capita counties. Tourism is a growing part of the economy and is viewed by the state and county economic development officials as the economic future of the area. The adjacent Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is already a major attraction for eco-tourists. Federal legislation to establish a Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historic Park in this part of Dorchester County is currently pending in both the Senate and House of Representatives. This Visitors Center will serve as a focal point of a growing tourism economy in the region while also celebrating one of America's true heroes. |
| Project Title: |
Indoor Plumbing for Low-Income housing in Charles County |
| Location: |
Charles County, MD |
| Recipient: |
Charles County Commissioners |
| Amount: |
$300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The requested funding will be used to install indoor plumbing in these households, with priority given to the homes of the elderly, the disabled and families with children. |
| Project Title: |
Intersection Improvements in Downtown Baltimore, MD |
| Location: |
Baltimore City, MD |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Transportation |
| Amount: |
$800,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| oThis project would improve midtown-Baltimore City intersections in advance of the State Center Transit Oriented Development Plan. |
| Project Title: |
Low Income Senior Housing in Howard County, Maryland |
| Location: |
Howard County, MD |
| Recipient: |
Howard County Housing Authority |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The requested funding will implement an aging-in-place model in a low and moderate income Howard County-owned senior community. Funds will be used to rehabilitate the community and wellness rooms and purchase equipment. These facility improvements will provide space for staff to accommodate the resident's human services needs allowing them to age-in-place. |
| Project Title: |
Maryland Food Bank Capital Projects |
| Location: |
Baltimore |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Food Bank |
| Amount: |
$400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funds will be used for the Maryland Food Bank's highest-priority capital needs: three refrigerated trucks and upgrades to office spaces and installation of a new roof at the Maryland Food Bank's 87,000 square food distribution center in Baltimore. |
| Project Title: |
MD 4, MD 2/4 to MD 235 including Thomas Johnson Bridge and MD 235 Intersection |
| Location: |
Southern Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Transportation |
| Amount: |
$750,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The requested funds would be used for design, right-of-way acquisition, or construction for improvements to the Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge, dualization of MD 4, stormwater management improvements, and improved traffic operations |
| Project Title: |
Metro Funding |
| Location: |
Metropolitan Washington, DC |
| Recipient: |
WMATA |
| Amount: |
$150,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Sometimes known as "America's Subway," WMATA was created in 1966 primarily to serve the federal government. Many Metrorail stations were built at the request of the federal government, and nearly half of all stations are located at federal facilities. Federal employees comprise 40% of WMATA's peak ridership, and millions of others use the WMATA system each year to visit the Nation's Capital or conduct business with the federal government. WMATA is also a critical component for ensuring continuity of federal government operations during an emergency, and federal recovery plans rely heavily on WMATA, which played a key role on September 11, 2001. The federal funds requested would be matched dollar-for-dollar by the supporting jurisdictions, resulting in approximately 7,140 jobs created or retained. |
| Project Title: |
Project Echo Homeless Shelter Renovations and Expansion |
| Location: |
Prince Frederick, MD |
| Recipient: |
Housing Authority of Calvert County |
| Amount: |
$375,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funds will be used for the renovation and expansion of a homeless shelter located in Calvert County, MD. |
| Project Title: |
Purple Line |
| Location: |
Montgomery & Prince George's Counties, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Transit Administration |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Purple Line is a proposed 16-mile light rail or bus rapid transit line in the State of Maryland suburban area of Washington, D.C., extending from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George's County. |
| Project Title: |
Southern Maryland Commuter Bus Initiative |
| Location: |
Southern Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Transit Authority |
| Amount: |
$1,250,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding supports planning, design and construction of new and expanded commuter parking lots in Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert Counties, Maryland, as well as acquisition of buses and contract service with private bus firms to meet rapidly growing demand in Southern Maryland. |
| Project Title: |
Spanish Language Foreclosure Prevention |
| Location: |
Prince George's and Montgomery County, MD |
| Recipient: |
Housing Initiative Partnership |
| Amount: |
$500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The requested funding will be used by the Housing Initiative Partnership, in cooperation with the Hispanic Communications Network, to launch a Spanish language home ownership public awareness and education media campaign targeted at the Hispanic communities in Prince George's and Montgomery counties. This effort will provide Spanish speakers with critical information regarding housing and foreclosure scams, foreclosure mitigation programs and first-time homebuyer opportunities. |
| Project Title: |
U.S. 301, Charles County, Maryland |
| Location: |
Charles County, MD |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Transportation |
| Amount: |
$750,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will be used for planning to help address the transportation needs along U.S. 301 in Charles County. |
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