Compiled by Tom Ichniowski

Construction-related spending in House Democrats' stimulus proposal, released Jan.15, could approach $160 billion. But a precise figure is hard to determine because some of the accounts that would receive funding under the plan can go for other types of capital spending besides infrastructure or buildings.

A look at the House Appropriations Committee's explanatory report on the bill shows substantial funding for a wide range of construction programs across many federal departments and agencies. Stimulus aid for buildings is especially widespread among agencies.

• DOT Federal-aid highways, $30 billion


• DOT Airport improvement grants, $3 billion


• DOT Passenger rail, $1.1 billion, including $800 million for Amtrak capital spending, $300 million for state grants for intercity rail capital improvements


• DOT Transit capital assistance, $6 billion to buy buses, railcars; make facility improvements


• DOT Transit fixed-guideway infrastructure, $2 billion (includes modernizing, terminals, stations, structures, substations, etc., plus rolling stock


• DOT Transit capital investment grants, $1 billion, for light rail, heavy rail, commuter rail, HOV projects.


• U.S. Forest Service capital improvement, maintenance (roads, bridges, trails) $650 million

• Facilities improvements $4.5 billion (including $1.8 billion for energy-efficiency upgrades, $455 million for medical facilities, $154 million for barracks, $2.1 billion for facilities "sustainment" projects)


• DOD-wide, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, $3.75 billion


• Troop housing and child care centers, $1.55 billion, including: Army, $920 million; Navy and Marine Corps, $350 million; Air Force, $280 million


• Reserves and National Guard, $400 million


• Base Realignment and Closure, environmental cleanup $300 million


• VA Medical facilities, maintenance projects, $950 million

• Public housing capital fund, repair and construction of public housing units, $5 billion


• Elderly, disabled, Section 8 housing, energy retrofits, $2.5 billion


• Native American housing block grants, repairs, rehabilitation, $500 million


• Community Development Block Grants, for housing, services, infrastructure, $1 billion


• Neighborhood stabilization fund (purchase, rehabilitate vacant housing), $4.19 billion


• Lead-based paint hazards, remediation, rehabilitation, $100 million

• School modernization, renovation, repair, $20 billion, includes $14 billion for K-12 schools, $6 billion for higher education


• "Impact Aid" school construction (includes schools on federal land), $100 million

• Grid Investment $11.0 billion, including $4.5 billion for Smart Grid investment program; $3.25 billion for Western Area Power Administration; $3.25 billion for Bonneville Power Administration


• Renewable energy and Transmission loan guarantees $8 billion


• Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy grants and loans $8.4 billion


• Home weatherization assistance $6.2 billion


• Carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects $2.4 billion

• GSA: federal buildings, $7.7 billion, including $6 billion for energy conservation, energy efficiency upgrades, $1 billion for border stations


• Fish and Wildlife Service, maintenance and construction, $300 million


• National Park Service infrastructure maintenance $1.7 billion


• National Mall (Wash, DC) revitalization (including Jefferson Memorial repairs) $200 million


• U.S. Geological Survey, facilities and equipment repair, restoration $200 million


• Bureau of Indian Affairs, infrastructure (schools, dams, roads, detention and law enforcement facilities) $500 million


• Indian Health Service, facilities $550 million


• Smithsonian Institution, facilities maintenance $150 million


• Homeland Security: Border patrol facilities, maintenance and repairs, modernization $150 million


• Agriculture Dept. facilities $253 million


• Agriculture Dept. Rural facilities $200 million (loans)


• Commerce Dept. aid for research science buildings $300 mill


• NASA facilities, hurricane damage repairs $50 mill


• National Science Foundation facilities repair grants (to academic institutions) $200 million


• NSF major research facilities and equipment $400 million

• Community health centers, new or expanded sites $500 million


• Community Health Centers modernization $1 billion


• Public Health Service HQ building replacement, $88 million


• Centers for Disease Control modernization $462 million


• National Institutes of Health, university research facilities renovation, construction, $1.5 billion


• NIH campus modernization, $500 million

• EPA Superfund $800 million


• EPA Leaking underground storage tank cleanup, enforcement $200 million


• EPA Clean Water SRF $6 billion


• EPA Drinking Water SRF $2 billion


• EPA Brownfields assessments, cleanup $100 million


• Corps of Engineers (civil works) $4.5 billion (includes $2 billion for construction, $2.25 billion for operation and maintenance).


• Bureau of Reclamation drinking water projects $500 million


• International Boundary and Water Commission (U.S.-Mexico), water projects $224 million


• Agriculture Dept, rural water and waste disposal (grants and loans ) $1.5 billion


• Agriculture Dept., watershed rehab,/flood prevention $400 million


• NOAA habitat restoration, $400 million


• DOE defense environmental management (accelerate nuclear waste cleanup) $500 million

• Bureau of Land Management, infrastructure maintenance (roads, trails, buildings, bridges, habitat, hazardous-fuels reduction), $325 million


• Commerce Dept., Economic Development Administration, public works aid, $250 million