The federal programs Bush wants to kill or cut

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

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