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Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations Requests
The responsible application of congressionally directed funds, federal resources designated for local projects of high public purpose, can have widespread benefits for our communities, our state, and our nation.
In making such requests, my office seeks to use taxpayer dollars wisely. These requests may support military construction, expand health care access, provide wastewater infrastructure in our most rural counties, or provide transportation resources to our most rural and often overlooked roads. The federal appropriations process is lengthy and complicated, involving 12 separate bills.
Over the past two years Congressional Democrats instituted wide-ranging reforms making Congressional funding requests more transparent and accountable. Some of these reforms require each project request be posted on the website of the Member of Congress making the request. Members of Congress must also send a letter with each request to the Appropriations Committee that certifies they have no personal financial stake in the project. Additionally, each project request that gets funded has the requesting legislator's name alongside the project in the actual bill. Starting with FY2011 requests, the House Appropriations Committee will not approve requests that are directed to for-profit entities
For your information, below is a list of the projects I have requested from the House Appropriations Committee by Tennesseans for Fiscal Year 2011, categorized by applicable Appropriations Bill.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesWebsite
The responsible application of congressionally directed funds, federal resources designated for local projects of high public purpose, can have widespread benefits for our communities, our state, and our nation.
In making such requests, my office seeks to use taxpayer dollars wisely. These requests may support military construction, expand health care access, provide wastewater infrastructure in our most rural counties, or provide transportation resources to our most rural and often overlooked roads. The federal appropriations process is lengthy and complicated, involving 12 separate bills.
Over the past two years Congressional Democrats instituted wide-ranging reforms making Congressional funding requests more transparent and accountable. Some of these reforms require each project request be posted on the website of the Member of Congress making the request. Members of Congress must also send a letter with each request to the Appropriations Committee that certifies they have no personal financial stake in the project. Additionally, each project request that gets funded has the requesting legislator's name alongside the project in the actual bill. Starting with FY2011 requests, the House Appropriations Committee will not approve requests that are directed to for-profit entities
For your information, below is a list of the projects I have requested from the House Appropriations Committee by Tennesseans for Fiscal Year 2011, categorized by applicable Appropriations Bill.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesWebsite
- Adaptation of Field and Forest Crops to Climate Change in the Southeast
- Developing New Plant Sources of Biofuels
- Heritage Oakley Sustainable Agricultural Center
- Bioenergy Production and Carbon Sequestration
- Atmospheric Science Research
- Drug and Violent Crime Task Force
- Emergency Dispatch Radio Upgrades Roane County
- Law Enforcement Biometric Technology Insertion
- Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force
- Advanced Portable Power Institute - Phase 5
- Tennessee National Guard Counterdrug Task Force Appalachia HIDTA
- Wheeled-vehicle Virtual Operations Trainers (WVOT)
- HH60A to HH60L Upgrades Tennessee National Guard
- Tullahoma City Schools Solar Roof Demonstration
- Southern Cumberland Plateau
- Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee River, TN
- Cumberland County Water Supply
- Lewis, Lawrence, and Wayne Counties Environmental Infrastructure
- Giles County Environmental Infrastructure
- Duck River Centerville Ecosystem Restoration
- Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee River, TN (Op/Maintenance)
- None
- None
- Morgan County Waterline Improvements
- Campbell County Waterline Improvements Phase II
- North Cumberlands/Emory River
- 1880 Uffington House Education and Economic Development Project
- Jellico Community Hospital Roof Repair and HVAC Replacement
- Art Education Program
- FQHC- Building & Project Construction
- Implementation of a Rural RN to BSN Program
- American Museum of Science and Energy Discovery Center and Transformation
- Emergency Department/Operating Room Expansion
- Cumberland County Health Department Building
- None
- Tennessee Air National Guard Warehouse Construction
- Arnold Engineering Development Center Power Distribution Modernization
- Establish C-130 Formal Training Unit
- None
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Washington, D.C. 20515
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