(Washington, DC) –The U.S. House of Representatives has adjourned for the year and accomplished something the previous Republican Congress could not – completing federal agency budgets. With the Omnibus Appropriations bill receiving final Congressional approval yesterday, which the President indicates he will sign, all of the fiscal year 2008 appropriations bills are completed, and include more than $65 million secured by Congressman James E. Clyburn for various South Carolina requests.
“This Omnibus package puts our government back on track by funding priorities that are important to the American people,” Congressman Clyburn said. “These funding priorities include increasing Pell grants, funding after school and early childhood education programs, investing in alternative energy sources and addressing long neglected infrastructure needs.”
The Omnibus package includes funding for most federal agencies. The Defense Appropriations bill became law last month. The following projects are listed according to the agency that will fund the request:
Agriculture
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
Clemson University |
Peach tree short life |
$209,000 |
|
Clemson University |
Pest control alternatives |
$212,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$421,000
|
Commerce, Justice, Science
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
DIVA, Inc. |
Eliminate domestic violence initiative |
$188,000 |
|
University of South Carolina |
Gangnet – gang tracking software |
$282,000 |
|
Voorhees College |
Program to eliminate violence against women |
$470,000 |
|
Orangeburg Department of Public Safety |
Gang intervention/ Methamphetamine abuse |
$282,000 |
|
Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Department |
Technology enhancement |
$470,000 |
|
A Better Way of Columbia |
Gang prevention project |
$470,000 |
|
Milton Eisenhower Foundation |
Safe Haven — after-school mentoring program |
$470,000 |
|
Service Over Self |
Eliminate juvenile delinquency in Georgetown County |
$235,000 |
|
South Sumter Resource Center |
Expand programs for at-risk youth |
$282,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$3,149,000
|
Defense
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
SC Army National Guard |
Vibration management enhancement program |
$2,400,000 |
|
University of South Carolina |
Identifying health barriers |
$2,400,000 |
|
Medical University of South Carolina |
Health research and disparities eradication program |
$8,000,000 |
|
South Carolina Research Authority |
Tactical metal fabrication system |
$2,400,000 |
|
World Golf Foundation |
First Tee life skills program on military installations |
$3,000,000 |
|
Clemson University |
Advanced photonic composites research |
$3,253,000 |
|
Claflin University |
Detection and remediation response to biological and chemical weapons project |
$2,000,000 |
|
South Carolina Concurrent Technology |
Green product evaluation and implementation program |
$2,400,000 |
|
DefenseCS Inc. in Bamberg |
Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology for the Antiballistic Windshield Armor Project |
$2,000,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$27,853,000
|
Energy and Water
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
Edisto Island |
Environmental study |
$218,000 |
|
Lake Marion Regional Water Agency |
Water treatment plant |
$6,714,000 |
|
Claflin University |
Biofuel production initiative |
$500,000 |
|
University of South Carolina |
Hydrogen fuel cell development |
$1,500,000 |
|
South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
Math and Science initiative |
$10,500,000 |
|
Savannah River Site |
National lab in South Carolina for integrated collaborative prototyping environment |
$1,000,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$20,432,000
|
Financial Services
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
Williamsburg County |
Commodity development small business initiative |
$282,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$282,000
|
Homeland Security
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
SC Adjutant General Office of Emergency Preparedness |
Projects in Manning and Santee |
$3,000,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$3,000,000
|
Interior
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
Goodwill Historical Society of Sumter |
Restoration of school in Mayesville, SC |
$100,000 |
|
Town of Andrews |
Water and wastewater improvements |
$500,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$600,000
|
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
City of Columbia |
Charles R. Drew Wellness Center childhood obesity program |
$229,000 |
|
Voorhees College |
Demonstration program on reversing diabetes in minority communities |
$131,000 |
|
College Summit, Inc. |
An initiative to increase college enrollment of low-income youth in South Carolina |
$131,000 |
|
Williamsburg County First Steps |
School readiness program in Kingstree, SC |
$84,000 |
|
Communicare, Inc. |
Health information systems, facilities, and equipment |
$277,000 |
|
Palmetto Health Foundation |
Facilities and equipment for Children’s Hospital in Columbia, SC |
$975,000 |
|
Pee Dee Healthy Start |
Program to improve maternal and child health in Florence, SC |
$85,000 |
|
SC HIV/AIDS Council |
Outreach programs to reduce incidents of HIV/AIDS |
$180,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$2,092,000
|
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
|
Project
|
Description
|
Funding Amount
|
|
Georgetown County |
Georgetown Airport runway extension |
$1,000,000 |
|
SC Department of Transportation |
I-95/US 301 Interchange |
$4,000,000 |
|
INNOVISTA |
Greene Street/William Street Connector |
$500,000 |
|
Brainerd Institute Foundation |
School restoration in Chester, SC |
$100,000 |
|
Paxville Community Development Corp. |
Complete construction of community center |
$100,000 |
|
City of Charleston |
International African American Museum |
$800,000 |
|
City of Columbia |
CMRTA transit facility |
$750,000 |
|
TOTAL
|
$7,250,000
|
In addition to these specific projects receiving funding, the Interior Appropriations bill includes language that insures all new Heritage Corridors, including the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, will each receive $150,000 in federal funding for FY08.
“I am pleased the Gullah/Geechee Corridor will have funding to begin its preliminary work,” Congressman Clyburn added. “It is one of many projects that were stymied by the previous Congress’s inability to complete its work on the budget. Now that this new Congress has broken the log jam many worthwhile projects will receive the funding they need to proceed.”
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