Appropriations - FY2008
Every year, Congress passes twelve appropriations bills to fund the federal government. Below, I lay out the Delaware projects that recevied funding in the FY2008 appropriations bills. Click on each bill for a list of included projects.
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Defense
Energy and Water Development
Financial Services and General Government
Homeland Security
Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
Legislative Branch
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
- University of Delaware for the detection of and response to highly pathogenic avian influenza on the Delmarva Pennisula. (Funded at $74,475)
- Delaware Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment.(Funded at $74,475)
- Irrigation System Program. (Funded at $251,229)
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
- Delaware State Police's Automated Fingerprint Identification System. (Funded at $893,000)
- University of Delaware's Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies. (Funded at $58,045)
- Delware Checkpoint Strikeforce funding for additional sobriety checkpoints. (Funded at $223,250)
- Delaware State Police's Vehicle Roll Out. (Funded at $352,500)
- Children and Families First of Delaware. (Funded at $347,800)
- City of Newark Police Department creation of K-9 unit. (Funded at $44,650)
- Delaware State University's National Mobile Crime Scene Pilot Demonstration Project. (Funded at $893,000)
Defense
(No earmark projects were included in this bill.)
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- Port of Wilmington - Wilmington Harbor. (Funded at $4,295,776)
- Rehoboth Beach/Dewey Beach project. (Funded at $2,656,800)
- Broadkill Beach Project. (Funded at $234,192)
- Roosevelt Inlet/Lewes Beach Project. (Funded at $95,448)
- Fenwick Island Project. (Funded at $93,480)
- Delaware Coast Protection, Sand Bypass Facility. (Funded at $365,064)
- Army Corps of Engineers Repairs to Highway Approaches to the Summit Bridge. (Funded at $1,758,408)
- Red Clay Creek/Christina River Watershed Study. (Funded at $246,000)
- Delaware Bay Oyster Industry Revitalization/Restoration. (Funded at $770,472)
- Indian River Inlet Scour Holes. (Funded at $686,832)
- Little Mill Creek Channel Modification Project. (Funded at $$442,800)
- White Clay Creek Flooding Evaluation. (Funded at $172,200)
- Mispillion River Navigation Project. (Funded at $398,520)
- Harbor of Refuge breakwater, Sussex County (Funded at $343,416)
- Delaware River Comprehensive (NY, NJ, PA & DE) Watershed Flood Management. (Funded at ??)
- St. Georges Bridge Crossing the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. (Funded at ??)
- State of Delaware - Vehicle to Grid Demonstration Project. (Funded at $738,000)
- Compact Membrane Systems: Renewable Energy; Development of Applied Membrane Technology for Processing Ethanol from Biomass. (Funded at $492,000)
Financial Services and General Government
- First State Innovation for business development organization focused on high tech businesses. (Funded at $500,000)
Homeland Security
(No earmark projects were included in this bill.)
Return to contentsInterior, Environment and Related Agencies
- New Castle County - Old Shellpot Interceptor. (Funded at $300,000)
- Grand Opera House, Inc. - Refurbishment of Historic Theater. (Funded at $250,000)
- Brandywine Filter Plant Membrane Upgrades. (Funded at $300,000)
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
- Wesley College, Dover, DE; facilities for construction and renovation to permit expansion of the Department of Nursing. (Funded at $162,117)
- Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League create a program aimed at closing the achievement gap among low-income and minority students. (Funded at $406,767)
- St. Francis Hospital, health outreach programs. (Funded at $564,954)
- University of Delaware for the Biotechnology Institute. (Funded at $363,536)
- Delaware Department of Education for the Vision Network of schools and districts. (Funded at $200,436)
- Delaware Department of Education for the Starting Strong for Student Success program. (Funded at $383,186)
- Beebe Medical School for the School of Nursing. (Funded at $162,117)
- Jewish Family Services of Delaware, Inc., for an "aging in place" initiative. (Funded at $286,898)
- Christiana Care Health System, to renovate and expand Wilmington Hospital's Emergency Department. (Funded at $406,767)
Legislative Branch
(No earmark projects were included in this bill.)
Return to contentsMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
- Replace the Delaware Air National Guard Inadequate C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Hanger. (Funded at $10,800,000)
- Army National Guard New Joint Force Headquarters. (Funded at $1,020,000)
- Dover Air Force Base Joint Personal Effects Depot. (Funded at $17,500,000)
State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
(No earmark projects were included in this bill.)
Return to contentsTransportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies
- Turnpike Improvements Project at I-95 and State Route 1 Interchange. (Funded at $1,460,200)
- Port of Wilmington Rail Improvement Project. (Funded at $984,900)
- Airframe Maintenance Technology AAS Degree Program. (Funded at $328,300)
- DelTrac Integrated Transportation Management System. (Funded at $787,920)
- University of Delaware Fuel Cell Bus Project. (Funded at $984,900)
- State of Delaware Bus Replacement and Facilities for the Delaware Transit Corporation. (Funded at $656,600)
- Construction of Delaware Children's Museum. (Funded at $262,640)
- Study on the Recreational Enhancements along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. (Funded at $686,000)
- Beautiful Gate Outreach Center. (Funded at $328,300)
- Ministry of Caring, Inc.'s Mary Mother of Hope Renovation Project. (Funded at $656,600)
- Wilmington Housing Authority: Sprinkler Retrofit of High Rise Building. (Funded at $656,600)
- Delaware State Transportation & Public Safety Traffic Information Exchange Pilot Project. (Funded at $328,300)
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