Includes
funds for conservation programs, ag research center, University of
Illinois
Send a link to a friend
[MAY 30, 2006]
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives on
May 23 overwhelmingly approved the fiscal 2007 appropriations bill
for the Department of Agriculture by a vote of 378-46. The bill
contains $18.4 billion in discretionary spending and $76 billion in
mandatory spending. The bill now heads to the Senate for
consideration.
The projects listed below are contained in the legislation and were
requested by U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Peoria, Ill.
National Center
for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria
$843,339 reprogramming request
$500,000 for biofuels research
Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation, Peoria
$100,000 increase over fiscal 2006 funding (total of
$3,717,000 for fiscal 2007)
University of Illinois
$865,000 for
Livestock Genome Sequencing Initiative
$1,126,000 for
Soybean Disease Biotechnology Center
$706,000 for Future
Foods Initiative
$1,270,000 for
Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance
$600,000 for Illinois
Rivers 2020 from Environmental Quality Incentives Program
$100,000 for Illinois
Trees Forever from Natural Resources Conservation Service
$500,000 for a joint
project with the Illinois and Missouri Corn Growers associations
for Product Verification Protocols Pilot from Grain, Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration
The following projects were included as projects identified for
potential funding under Rural Development, but funding levels were
not contained in the legislation.
Peoria County, Ill.,
to expand water treatment facilities
Midwest Emergency
Department Services for a rural telemedicine program
Illinois office of
USDA's Rural Development to complete a statewide rural water map
[News release from
Rep. Ray LaHood,
18th Congressional District]
