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 |
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