Below is a list of all the earmark requests I have submitted for consideration in the FY2011 budget process. While all projects cannot be funded through the federal budget, the appropriations process is one way that we can help ensure that a fair share of our tax dollars are returned to our area to fund projects that provide jobs and improve our communities.

As you know, our national, state and local budgets are under extreme pressure, and there has been discussion at the federal level about whether to freeze, cut or eliminate congressional earmarks. Our area has many pressing needs, and if possible I will continue to pursue earmarks for our area.

Requester/Recipient	Amount	Description
Agriculture
Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1400 Douglas Drive Carbondale, IL 62901	$495,000	Establish undergraduate traineeships for students in crop and horticulture research
Commerce Justice Science
Children’s Home + Aid Administrative Office 2133 Johnson Road Granite City, IL 62040	$100,000	Strengthen and maintain the agency’s Youth Services for at-risk youth in Madison and St. Clair Counties
Department of Defense
Scott AFB 735 Seibert Road Scott AFB, IL 62225	N/A	Insert legislative language into the bill that would prohibit the C-9s at the 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott AFB from retiring until 2 C-40s are procured or an alternative mission is identified to replace the C-9s at the 932nd.
Energy and Water
Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council 104 United Drive Collinsville, IL 62234	$1,166,000	Prairie du Pont Levee and Sanitary District and Fish Lake Drainage and Levee District – deficiency correction study and feasibility study
Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council 104 United Drive Collinsville, IL 62234	$8,600,000	East St. Louis – rehabilitate design deficiencies in under seepage
Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council 104 United Drive Collinsville, IL 62234	$5,615,000	Wood River Levee – construct relief wells
Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council 104 United Drive Collinsville, IL 62234	$33,092,000	Melvin Price Lock and Dam – fabricate and install the lock wall gratings; reimburse the City of Alton for cost-shared recreation, and address uncontrolled seepage at Wood River Levee
Interior
Village of Shiloh 1 Park Drive Shiloh, IL 62269	$907,500	Sanitary sewer improvements adjoining Scott AFB
City of Du Quoin P.O. Box 466 Du Quoin, IL 62832	$646,250	New water storage facility
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
Saint Anthony’s Health Center #1 Saint Anthony’s Way PO Box 340 Alton, IL 62002	$500,000	Acquire and implement standard information technology (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems)
Illinois Community College Sustainability Network 2500 Carlyle Avenue Belleville, IL 62221	$2,000,000	Expand the Network’s Green Job Centers to 10 additional community colleges throughout Illinois
N/A	$1,350,000,000	Impact Aid - Program Level Request – cosigned a letter, along with 45 other Members of Congress, requesting that Appropriations Committee fund the federal Impact Aid program which benefits 1,300 school districts nation-wide.
Military Construction / Veterans Administration
Scott AFB 735 Seibert Road Scott AFB, IL 62225	$13,200,000	Construct an addition to the health center facility
Transportation / Housing and Urban Development
Southern Illinois University Carbondale College of Applied Sciences and Arts Mail Code 6604 Carbondale IL 62901	$300,000	Glass cockpit technology (provides flight instrumentation in digital, rather than an analog format) simulation equipment
Village of Hartford 140 W. Hawthorne Hartford, IL 62048	$2,172,000	Reconstruct Rand Ave. from Rt. 3 to Rt. 111, a main thoroughfare through the community which serves Conoco Phillips’ expansion