WHAT GOT CUT FROM THE STIMULUS BILL

07 Saturday Feb 2009

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(CNN) — A coalition of Democrats and some Republicans reached a compromise that trimmed billions in spending from an earlier version of the Senate economic stimulus bill.

CNN obtained, from a Democratic leadership aide, a list of some programs that have been cut, either entirely or partially:

Partially cut:

$3.5 billion for energy-efficient federal buildings (original bill $7 billion)
$75 million from Smithsonian (original bill $150 million)
$200 million from Environmental Protection Agency Superfund (original bill $800 million)
$100 million from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (original bill $427 million)
$100 million from law enforcement wireless (original bill $200 million)
$300 million from federal fleet of hybrid vehicles (original bill $600 million)
$100 million from FBI construction (original bill $400 million)

Fully eliminated

$55 million for historic preservation
$122 million for Coast Guard polar icebreaker/cutters
$100 million for Farm Service Agency modernization
$50 million for Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
$65 million for watershed rehabilitation
$100 million for distance learning
$98 million for school nutrition
$50 million for aquaculture
$2 billion for broadband
$100 million for National Institute of Standards and Technology
$50 million for detention trustee
$25 million for Marshalls Construction
$300 million for federal prisons
$300 million for BYRNE Formula grant program
$140 million for BYRNE Competitive grant program
$10 million state and local law enforcement
$50 million for NASA
$50 million for aeronautics
$50 million for exploration
$50 million for Cross Agency Support
$200 million for National Science Foundation
$100 million for science
$1 billion for Energy Loan Guarantees
$4.5 billion for General Services Administration
$89 million General Services Administration operations
$50 million fromDepartment of Homeland Security
$200 million Transportation Security Administration
$122 million for Coast Guard Cutters, modifies use
$25 million for Fish and Wildlife
$55 million for historic preservation
$20 million for working capital fund
$165 million for Forest Service capital improvement
$90 million for State and Private Wildlife Fire Management
$1 billion for Head Start/Early Start
$5.8 billion for Health Prevention Activity
$2 billion for Health Information Technology Grants
$600 million for Title I (No Child Left Behind)
$16 billion for school construction
$3.5 billion for higher education construction
$1.25 billion for project based rental
$2.25 billion for Neighborhood Stabilization
$1.2 billion for retrofitting Project 8 housing
$40 billion for state fiscal stabilization (includes $7.5 billion of state incentive grants)