The federal programs Bush wants to kill or cut
Published 9:00 pm Thursday, February 9, 2006
The 141 programs that President Bush proposed to eliminate or cut in his 2007 budget, with the potential savings:
TERMINATIONS:
Agriculture
Microbiological data program, $6 million
Community Connect broadband grants, $9 million
Commodity supplemental food program, $107 million
Research and extension grant earmarks, $196 million
Ocean freight differential grants, $77 million
Forest Service economic action program, $10 million
High-cost energy grants, $26 million
Public broadcast grants, $5 million
Watershed protection and flood prevention operations, $75 million
Total: $511 million
Commerce
Advanced technology program, $79 million.
Emergency steel guarantee loan program, $49 million
Telecommunications construction grants, $22 million
Total: $150 million
Education
Educational technology state grants, $272 million
Even Start, $99 million
High school programs terminations:
Vocational education state grants, $1.182 billion
Vocational education national programs, $9 million
Upward Bound, $311 million
GEAR UP, $303 million
Talent search, $145 million
Tech prep state grants, $105 million
Smaller learning communities, $94 million
Safe and Drug-Free Schools state grants, $347 million
Elementary and secondary education program terminations:
Parental information and resource centers, $40 million
Arts in education, $35 million
Elementary and secondary school counseling, $35 million
Alcohol abuse reduction, $32 million
Civic education, $29 million
National Writing Project, $22 million
Star Schools, $15 million
School leadership, $15 million
Ready to Teach, $11 million
Javits gifted and talented education, $10 million
Exchanges with historic whaling and trading partners, $9 million
Comprehensive school reform, $8 million
Dropout prevention program, $5 million
Mental health integration in schools, $5 million
Women’s Educational Equity, $3 million
Academies for American History and Civics, $2 million
Close-Up fellowships, $1 million
Foundations for Learning, $1 million
Excellence in Economic Education, $1 million
Higher education programs:
Education demos for students with disabilities, $7 million
Underground Railroad program, $2 million
State grants for incarcerated youth offenders, $23 million
Post-secondary student financial assistance programs:
Perkins Loan cancellations, $65 million
Leveraging educational assistance programs, $65 million
Byrd Scholarships, $41 million
Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational opportunity, $3 million
B.J. Stupak Olympic scholarships, $1 million
Vocational rehabilitation programs:
Supported employment, $30 million
Projects with industry, $20 million
Recreational programs, $3 million
Migrant and seasonal farm workers,$2 million
Teacher Quality Enhancement, $60 million
Total: $3.46 billion
Energy
University nuclear energy program, $27 million
Oil and gas research and development, $64 million
Geothermal technology program, $23 million
Total: $114 million
Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control preventive block grant, $99 million
Real Choice System Change grants, $25 million
Community services block grant, $630 million
Community economic development, $27 million
Rural community facilities, $7 million
Job opportunities for low-income individuals, $6 million
Maternal and child health small categorical grants, $39 million
Urban Indian health program, $33 million
Total: $866 million
Homeland Security
Office of grants and training, $229 million
Housing and Urban Development
HOPE VI, $198 million
Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs Johnson-O’Malley assistance grants, $16 million
Land and water conservation fund state recreation grants, $28 million
National Park Service statutory aid, $7 million
Rural fire assistance, $10 million
Total: $61 million
Justice
Byrne discretionary grants, $189 million
Byrne justice assistance grants, $327 million
Community Oriented Policing Services technology grants, $128 million
Juvenile accountability block grants, $49 million
National Drug Intelligence Center, $23 million
State criminal alien assistance program, $400 million
Total: $1.11 billion
Labor
America’s Job Bank, $15 million
Denali Commission job training earmark, $7 million
Migrant and seasonal farm workers training program, $79 million
Reintegration of youthful offenders, $49 million
Susan Harwood training grants, $10 million
Work incentive grants, $20 million
Total: $180 million
Transportation
National defense tank vessel construction program, $74 million
Railroad rehabilitation financing loan program, $0 (no funds were enacted in 2006)
Environmental Protection Agency
Unrequested projects, $277 million
Other agencies
National Civilian Community Corps, $22 million
President’s Freedom scholarships, $4 million
National Veterans Business Development Corp., $1 million
Small Business Administration microloan program, $14 million
Postal Service forgone revenue appropriation, $29 million
Total: $70 million
MAJOR REDUCTIONS:
Agriculture
Conservation operations, $77 million
Resource conservation and development program, $25 million
State and private forestry, $100 million
In-house research, $123 million
Environmental quality incentives program, $270 million
Market access program, $100 million
Rural economic development grants, $89 million
Watershed rehabilitation program, $65 million
Farmland protection program, $47 million
Value-added marketing grants, $40 million
Wildlife habitat incentives program, $30 million
Agricultural management assistance, $14 million
Broadband, $10 million
Ground and surface water conservation, $9 million
Renewable energy program, $3 million
Biomass research and development, $2 million
Total: $1 billion
Commerce
Manufacturing extension partnership, $59 million
Technology administration, $5 million
Total: $64 million
Education
Perkins Loans Institutional Fund recall, $664 million
Teaching American history, $71 million
Physical education, $47 million
Mentoring program, $30 million
Total: $811 million
Energy
Environmental management, $762 million
Weatherization assistance program, $79 million
Clean Coal Power initiative, $45 million
Total: $886 million
Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Service Administration-Children’s Graduate Medical Education, $198
HRSA health professions, $136 million
HRSA poison control centers, $10 million
HRSA rural health, $133 million
Social services block grant, $500 million
Substance abuse and mental health programs, $71 million
Total: $1 billion
Homeland Security
Office of grants and training, $694 million
Housing and Urban Development
Public housing capital fund, $261 million
Interior
BIA school construction, $50 million
Bureau of Reclamation reductions, $127 million
USGS Mineral Resources program, $22 million
Total: $199 million
Labor
State job training grants consolidation, $514 million
International Labor Affairs Bureau, $61 million
Office of Disability Employment Policy, $8 million
Total: $583 million
Transportation
Amtrak, $394 million
Federal Aviation Administration, Airport improvement program, $765 million
Total: $1.15 billion
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service business systems modernization, $30 million
Environmental Protection Agency
Alaska Native villages, $19 million
Clean water state revolving fund, $199 million
Total: $218 million
International Assistance Programs
Assistance for Eastern European democracy, $83 million
Assistance for the state of the former Soviet Union, $68 million
Total: $160 million
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Aeronautics Mission Research Directorate, $160 million
Other agencies
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, $114 million
Denali Commission, $47 million
National Archives and Records Administration, $8 million
Total: $169 million
