What is in the Stimulous Bill?

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Note to readers: My 27 year old daughter wrote this, and I thought it was worth sharing. -Carol

What is in the Stimulous Bill?

These are actual things in the Bill, I am reading the whole thing. 680 pgs of it. Just thought you should know what your senator's are voting for. This isn't everything in the bill, just stuff I thought would in no way help the economy, not that some of this stuff isn't good, but it is NOT going to help the economy, and some of it is just stupid.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration $2,000,000 -Pg 11.
The Board who presides over the spending gets $14,000,000 Pg 28
Distance Learning, Broadband Connections and Telemedicine $2,825,000,000 pg 75
WIC -$100,000,000 pg 78
Periodic Censuses - $1,000,000,000 pg83
Wireless and Broadband [wait a min wasn't Broadband in this earlier?] - $2,825,000,000 pgs 83,84
Digital to Analog Converter Box Program $650,000,000 pg85
Construction of Reasearch Facilities $300,000,000 pg85
National Oceanic Admin. $400,000,000 for operations, research & facitities pg86
Climate data modeling $140,000,000 pg86
Community Oriented Policing Services $1,000,000,000 {ie:neighborhood watch} pg87
$250,000,000 shall be solely for accelerating the development of the tier 1 set of Earth science climate research missions pg88
Aeronautics, $150,000,000 pg88
Mississippi River and Tributaries - $250,000,000 pg 94

Regulatory Program [I don't even know what this is] $25,000,000. pg96
water reclamation $126,000,000 pg96
biomass $800,000,000 pg97
geothermal technologies $400,000,000 pg97

Weatherization Assistance Program $6,200,000,000 pg98
manufacturing of advanced batteries $1,000,000,000 pg99
Defense Environmental Cleanup $500,000,000 pg102 
construction, repair, and alteration of border facilities and land ports of entry $1,000,000,000  pg109
construction, repair, and alteration of Federal buildings $6,000,000,000 pg109

Energy efficient Federal Motor Vehicle Fleet Procurement $600,000,000 pg111
purchase and installation of explosive detection systems $500,000,000, pg138
alteration or removal of obstructive bridges $150,000,000, pg139
remediation of abandoned mine or well sites pg150
Fish and Wildlife Service Construction $300,000,000 pg151
preservation and repair of historical and cultural resources within the National Park System $200,000,000  pg151
historic preservation projects at historically black colleges and universities $15,000,000 pg152
stream gages, and seismic and volcanic monitoring systems; national map activities; and other critical deferred maintenance and improvement projects $200,000,000 pg 153
Hazardous Substance Superfund $800,000,000 pg154
Leaking Underground Storage Tank $200,000,000 pg154
Clean Water State Revolving Funds $6,000,000,000 pg155
Safe Drinking Water $2,000,000,000 pg156/157
remediation of abandoned mine sites, removal of fish passage barriers, and other critical habitat, forest improvement $650,000,000 pg158
hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, wood to energy $300,000,000 pg159
Smithsonian Institution $150,000,000 pg 160
National Endowment For The Arts Grants $50,000,000 pg 161
summer jobs for youths 1.2 bil pg162
Centers for Disease Control $462,000,000 pg170
pandemic influenza preparedness and response activities, biomedical advanced research $50,000,000 pg184
domestic HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually-transmitted diseases $335,000,000 pg186
healthcare-associated infection reduction strategies $50,000,000 pg187
services for older blind individuals $50,644,000 pg201 (this is very nice and all but how does it stimulate the economy?)
Statewide data systems that include postsecondary and workforce information $250,000,000 pg203
LEED Green Building Rating System $500,000,000 pg222
National Computer Center $400,000,000 pg237
Look I'm all for the military and the selfishly I like this part, but HOW do these help the rest of the populace?
Military training and recruit troop housing $600,000,000 pg238
permanent party troop housing $220,000,000 pg238
sailor and marine housing $170,000,000 pg239
airmen housing $200,000,000 pg239 Why the hell do the AF get 30mil more than the navy and marines put together? They already have the best housing?
National Cemetery Administration for monument and memorial repairs, $50,000,000 pg244
Comprehensive National Cybersecurity $98,527,000 pg244
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico $224,000,000 pg245
Indian reservation roads $300,000,000 pg 247
establish an Innovation Fund, which shall consist of academic achievement awards that recognize States $325,000,000 each year pg286 

What they took out....After School Feeding program -This is the only thing I found that had been taken out of the bill. 

I would like to point out that this is one of the main reasons we need a Bill and it gets the least amount of money? Job Creation Goal 65,000 pg135

Ok so I've read the bill, it is definately one of those, "hey can I put in whatever I want!" bills. It is simply ridiculous, of 680 pgs I saw maybe 25 that were about real job help and housing. We are being duped people!