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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.
Click here to see a full list of Senator Cardin's original appropriations requests.
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State/Local - Non-Federal Government
BRAC - Related to Base Realignment
Metro - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Federal - Federal Agencies
White Oak - FDA Consolidation at White Oak
Non-profit - Non-Profit Organizations
Private - Private Entity
Bay - Chesapeake Bay related
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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: |
Baltimore City's Juvenile Screening and Diversion |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice |
| Amount: |
$200,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Youth who are arrested for nonviolent offenses and do not have an extensive arrest history rarely receive supervision or services. They are released to a parent without any intervention or services. Because of the compelling need to address the lack of early intervention programs for delinquent youth, the City of Baltimore intends to pilot an intervention and diversion project, the Juvenile Screening and Diversion Program. Funding under this request would support evidence-based programming designed to serve these youth. One-third of the funding would be used for staffing and administrative costs while the remaining funding would support evidence-based early intervention services. Outcomes include reduced recidivism and improved school attendance. |
| 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: |
Earth System Information Delivery and Assessment (ESIDA) |
| Location: |
College Park, MD |
| Recipient: |
University of Maryland College Park |
| Amount: |
$150,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Societies around the world expect, and depend upon, a stable, though seasonally variable, climate. Recent climate changes have demonstrated the need for better understanding of the climate system, its natural variability, and its susceptibility to human influences. Funds are requested to perform a one-year feasibility study in support of Earth System Information Delivery and Assessment (ESIDA). Such a capability would produce complete, comprehensive and consistent space-time descriptions of all significant aspects of the Earth System. |
| 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: |
Maryland Internet Safety 101: Empowering Parents Program |
| Location: |
Great Falls, VA (Project location: throughout Maryland) |
| Recipient: |
Enough Is Enough |
| Amount: |
$250,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Maryland Internet Safety 101: Empowering Parents Program will target adult audiences through multi-faceted state-focused initiatives, in partnership with grassroots networks including the Maryland PTA and Maryland Coalition Against Pornography and through additional sponsorship through local business interests. As a cohesive, integrated state-based strategy, Internet Safety 101 will ensure that parents and other adult child caregivers are provided with the information needed to establish safety rules and to use appropriate software tools to protect children under their care, irrespective of any insecurities about technology or a lack of previous training or education. |
| Project Title: |
Metagenomic Analysis of Chesapeake Bay (MACB) |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| MACB will ultimately lead to a healthier Bay and stronger, more productive fisheries that currently support over 28 million jobs in the fishing, seafood, aquaculture, tourism and recreational industries. The partnership between UMBI, University of Maryland at Baltimore's Institute of Genomic Science and University of Maryland Eastern Shore will increase competitiveness in sequencing and genomic technologies that provide the underpinning for Maryland's biotechnology industry and will include job training and job creation for the next generation, both at professional levels (scientists, engineers, natural resource management, watermen, seafood business) and at technical levels (technicians, trades). MACB will provide the scientific underpinning for the first detailed cataloguing of the Chesapeake Bay microbial communities and thereby will advance restoration strategies for scientific ecosystem-based management of Chesapeake resources.
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| 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 Senate and House Conferees are currently meeting to reconcile differences between the FY2010 Defense 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: |
Advance Restoration Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury |
| Recipient: |
Kennedy Krieger Institute |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
| 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: |
Energetics S&T Workforce Development |
| Recipient: |
Energetics Technology Center/td>
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| Location: |
La Plata, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding would go toward the research and technology development of the next generation reactive material warhead concepts for highly reactive materials. |
| Project Title: |
Fibrin Adhesive STat (FAST) Dressing |
| Recipient: |
STB Lifesaving Technologies |
| Location: |
Rockville, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,000,000 |
| 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: |
$1,000,000 |
| 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: |
Hybrid Electric Heavy Truck Vehicle |
| Recipient: |
Volvo Powertrain of North America |
| Location: |
Hagerstown, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,600,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Need exists to provide the military with a more fuel efficient, cleaner and more easily maintained heavy truck powertrain. 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 Platforms |
| Recipient: |
Naval Air Station Patuxent River |
| Location: |
Lexington Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| 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: |
Joint Mission Battle-Space to Support Net-Ready Key Performance Parameters |
| Recipient: |
Naval Air Station Patuxent River |
| Location: |
Lexington Park, MD |
| Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
| 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. |
| Project Title: |
Naval Ship Hydrodynamic Test Facilities |
| Recipient: |
Naval Surface Warfare Center- Carderock Division |
| Location: |
West Bethesda, MD |
| Amount: |
$3,200,000 |
| 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: |
neu Vision - Intelligent Explosives Detection |
| Recipient: |
Applied Signal Technology, Inc. |
| Location: |
Annapolis Junction, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| 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: |
Real-Time Tactical Intelligence Collection System |
| Recipient: |
Voxtec International, Inc |
| Location: |
Annapolis, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,500,000 |
| 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: |
Shadow TUAS Flight in the National Air Space |
| Recipient: |
AAI Corporation |
| Location: |
Hunt Valley, MD |
| Amount: |
$2,500,000 |
| 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: |
$800,000 |
| 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: |
$1,000,000 |
| 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: |
Submarine Fatline Vector Sensor Towed Array |
| Recipient: |
L3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation |
| Location: |
Millersville, MD |
| Amount: |
$1,600,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This project includes the fabrication, assembly and test of a prototype 96-element vector sensor fatline submarine towed array. Additional funding in FY10 will accelerate the design, development, and deployment of much needed and improved detection capabilities for the U.S. submarine force. |
| Project Title: |
Vehicle And Dismount Exploitation Radar - VADER |
| Recipient: |
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems |
| Location: |
Linthicum, MD |
| Amount: |
$4,000,000 |
| 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. |
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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: |
Delaware 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: |
East County Science and Technology Center |
| Location: |
Rockville, Maryland |
| Location: |
Rockville, Maryland |
| Amount: |
$150,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| Funding will support the design, planning and construction of a 60,000 green tech business incubator. The facility itself will be a LEED building providing office and lab space to entrepreneurs and small businesses dedicated to creating alternative fuels, sustainable products, green chemistry and other water and energy technologies. The green incubator is expected to house 20-25 new businesses, with about 80% of those companies graduating from the incubator every three to four years. These graduating companies will likely expand in Maryland, and create an estimated 460 well-paying new jobs in Maryland.
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| Project Title: |
Food and Drug Administration Consolidation |
| Location: |
Silver Spring, MD |
| Location: |
General Services Administration |
| Amount: |
$137,871,000 |
| 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: |
Maryland Rural Business Innovation Initiative |
| Location: |
Columbia, Maryland |
| Location: |
Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) |
| Amount: |
$220,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The project is designed to stimulate innovation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and facilitate the growth of technology companies relevant for the sustainability and growing demands on rural communities. Specialists would provide intensive entrepreneurial training to individuals with follow-on mentoring and business and technical assistance to ensure successful company development. TEDCO would work with local economic development officials to identify entrepreneurs; engage federal laboratory and university technology licensing offices to identify technology available for commercialization; and utilize federal funds to invest in small businesses developing national priority technologies that would aid the Eastern Shore in creating an economically competitive, innovative and prosperous region.
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| Project Title: |
Prince George's County, Small Business Initiative |
| Location: |
Upper Marlboro, MD |
| Location: |
Prince George's County, MD |
| Amount: |
$150,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| In collaboration with alliance partners, the Small Business Initiative (SBI) provides direct assistance to the rapid-growth potential small and minority-owned businesses located in Prince George's County. Additionally the SBI will provide access to: capital, contract awards, and comprehensive one-stop-shop delivery of entrepreneurial training, management consulting and technical assistance. Companies are also assisted by a host of training, as well as one-on-one counseling services.
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| 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: |
$1,000,000 |
| 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 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: |
$650,000 |
| 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: |
Helping Transition Aged-Youth |
| Location: |
Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
Prince George's County |
| Amount: |
$165,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| In Prince George's County, there are more than 3,000 young adults aged 18-21 years whom have either dropped out of high school or are at high risk of dropping out due to a lack of mental health supports for youth in this age group. Requested funding will support an evidence-based program "Transition to Independence Process" (TIP) is that encourages youth to be fully engaged in their future planning processes and also provides timely access to services across all systems of care. |
| Project Title: |
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Recipient: |
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| Amount: |
$2,500,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will work with Dental Action Committee stakeholders and contract with health communications consultants to develop and implement an oral health public education campaign work plan and product. The Maryland Oral Health Messaging Support (MOHMS) campaign will primarily be aimed to educate parents. |
| 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: |
$1,000,000 |
| 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. |
| Project Title: |
Southern Maryland Simulation Alliance for Health Education |
| Location: |
La Plata, Maryland |
| Recipient: |
College of Southern Maryland |
| Amount: |
$400,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| The Southern Maryland Simulation Alliance for Health Education project will improve the College of Southern Maryland's capacity to deliver high quality clinical simulation experiences at all three campuses and build a multi-sector alliance for sharing simulation technology and expertise with local hospitals and other schools of nursing in Maryland. Through the alliance, the clinical simulation laboratories will be used to educate and test nursing students and provide competency validation and skill development for hospitals and other health care facilities in the Southern Maryland region. |
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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. |
| Project Title: |
RDT&E Support Facility |
| Recipient: |
Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock |
| Location: |
West Bethesda, MD |
| Amount: |
$9,300,000 |
| Description of Project: |
| This project would complete a phased plan to provide for design and construction of a 13,288SF
facility adjoining P-188 (Phase I). This facility would consolidate major business and support functions, including financial management, human resource management and contracting.
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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: |
| This 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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