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For Immediate Release
 
June 14, 2007

Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations Process

 
Earmark requests
 
Washington, DC - The following is a list of member project requests submitted by Rep. Gene Green to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration during the fiscal year 2008 Appropriations process.  The project requests are listed in no particular priority order and are organized by the subcommittee to which they were submitted, in accordance with House rules. 

 

Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education:

  • $225,000 for Gateway to Care’s Community Health Center Support Program
  • $584,000 for Harris Co. Hospital District’s Diabetes Program
  • $250,000 for UTMB Maternal and Child Health Program’s Pasadena Clinic
  • $500,000 for AVANCE Houston for its Early Childhood Intervention and Family Support Program
  • $329,400 for San Jacinto College’s Strengthening Access to and Success in Postsecondary Education Program
  • $200,000 for Project GRAD for implementation and evaluation of its college readiness program
  • $500,000 for Recipe for Success Foundation to expand its nutrition education program in local elementary schools
  • $1.5 million for St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital’s Non-Invasive Robotic Arm Neurovascular Diagnostic and Research Program
  • $3.4 million for MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Center for Targeted Therapy
  • $100,000 for the University of Houston’s Center for Mexican American Studies

 

Subcommittee on Transportation:

  • $125 million for the Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority’s light rail project
  • $12.8 million for the City of Houston’s Harrisburg Grade Crossing Project
  • $1 million for TXDOT for the design and construction of BW8 and US59 connectors
  • $1 million for the City of Baytown for the Texas Avenue Streetscape Program
  • $2.2 million for the City of Houston’s Mason Park Pedestrian Bridge
  • $500,000 for the Houston Zoo’s Enhanced Zoo Interpretives Project
  • $186,000 for the Harris Co. Community Transit Enhancement Study
  • $123,000 for the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region’s Economic Recovery Task Force

 Subcommittee on Defense:

  • $5 million for S&B Infrastructure’s Radar/Video Fusion Vessel and Port Security Demonstration Program
  • $3 million for the Battleship TEXAS Foundation
  • $5 million for the University of Houston Consortium for Nanomaterials for Aerospace Commerce and Technology (CONTACT)
  • $2.7 million for the Manganese Health Research Program

 

Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment:

  • $3.5 million for the Aldine Improvement District Water and Sanitary Sewer Initiative
  • $222,000 for the City of Houston’s Remote Vehicle Emissions/Efficiency Testing Program
  • $1.2 million for the Texas Environmental Research Consortium’s Hazardous Air Pollutants Modeling Program

 

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science:

  • $2.18 million for Harris Co. to acquire coastal and estuary land along Buffalo Bayou
  • $1.5 million for the Houston Community College Public Safety Institute
  • $500,000 for the YMCA of Greater Houston’s Apartment Outreach Project
  • $3 million for the Harris Co. Integrated In-Car Mobile Technology Project

 

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development:

  • $3.8 million for a flood damage reduction on Greens Bayou, Harris Co. Texas ($488,000 in General Investigations, $3.3 million in Construction)
  • $4 million for flood damage reduction  on Hunting Bayou, Harris Co. Texas
  • $50.7 million for levee and marsh construction and environmental restoration along the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channel Project
  • $35 million for operations and maintenance for the Houston Ship Channel’s Deepening and Widening Project
  • $100,000 for flood damage reduction on Halls Bayou, Harris Co. Texas
  • $3.95 million for the University of Houston’s Center for Clean Fuels and Power Generation
  • $6.1 million for the Subsea Multiphase Pumping System
  • $5 million for the Texas Hydrogen Highway

 

Subcommittee on Agriculture, FDA and Related Agencies:

  • $2 million for the Self Reliance Foundation’s National Hispanic Nutrition Education and Wellness Initiative

 

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