House Approves Funding Bill Containing Illinois Projects

Logan County to Receive Funds for Emergency Communications System Upgrade

Lincoln College Receiving Education Program Funds

[December 19, 2007]  WASHINGTON -- By a vote of 253-154, the U.S. House approved legislation Monday night that would fund federal government programs for fiscal 2008. The Senate was expected to act on the legislation Tuesday.

Contained in the measure was funding for several projects requested by U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Peoria. Those projects, listed by funding agency, are as follows:

Department of Justice

Logan County Sheriff's Department

• $846,000 for countywide communication system upgrade

Adams County Emergency Management Agency

• $376,000 to complete installation of communications upgrades

Adams County Sheriff's Office

• $282,000 for the purchase of interoperable communications equipment

City of Springfield

• $400,000 for telecommunications upgrades

Department of Agriculture

National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria

• $1,869,819 for lab construction

• $837,099 for crop production and food processing

Biotechnology Research Development Corp., Peoria

• $2,666,205 for Biotechnology Research Development Corp.

• $872,847 for Animal Health Consortium

University of Illinois

• $862,917 for Illinois-Missouri Alliance for Biotechnology
  (with Sen. Durbin, Reps. Jackson and Johnson)

• $793,407 for soybean research
  (with Sens. Durbin and Obama, Reps. Jackson and Johnson)

• $600,765 for livestock genome sequencing
  (with Jackson and Johnson)

• $490,542 for Future Foods
  (with Durbin and Johnson)

• $186,684 for agricultural marketing
  (with Durbin, Jackson and Johnson)

Illinois River 2020 Initiative

• $429,969

Illinois Buffer Initiative

• $70,503

Department of Defense -- military construction

Illinois National Guard -- Camp Lincoln, Springfield

• $666,000 for design of Combined Support Maintenance Shop

Department of Education

MacMurray College, Jacksonville

• $335,043 for campus technology infrastructure upgrades

Lincoln College, Lincoln

• $95,305 for the Lincoln Barat Initiative, developing a new methodology for college and high school teachers in an effort to provide better teaching methods to students

Army Corps of Engineers

Illinois River 2020 Initiative

• $737,000
  (with Durbin)

Peoria Riverfront Development

• $109,000

Department of Energy

Memorial Hospital, Springfield

• $492,000 for medical equipment

Lakeview Museum, Peoria

• $196,800 for green building technologies

Department of Health and Human Services

Heartland Community Health Clinic, Peoria

• $286,899 for equipment

Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville

• $238,755 for construction of a cardiopulmonary department

Bel-Wood Nursing Home, Peoria

• $238,755 for facility improvements

Illinois Primary Healthcare Association

• $574,780 for electronic medical records program
  (with Durbin, Obama and Jackson)

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Cancer Center, Peoria

• $238,754 for design and construction

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Lakeview Museum, Peoria

• $343,000 for construction
  (with Durbin)

PeoriaNEXT Innovation Center, Peoria

• $49,000 for construction

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Cancer Center, Peoria

• $98,000 for design and construction

Department of Interior

City of Virginia

• $492,200 for a water treatment facility

Small Business Administration

PeoriaNEXT Innovation Center, Peoria

• $250,000 for construction

Department of Transportation

City of Springfield, Oak Ridge Cemetery

• $245,000 for road repair, and curbs and gutters repair and installation

City of Decatur

• $490,000 for improvement of Twin Bridge Road south of Decatur Airport

Village of Elmwood

• $245,000 for Morgan Street improvements

[Text from file received from Rep. Ray LaHood, 18th Congressional District]