Copied-pasted. 1. $300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg.. 147 2. $10,000 per person for student loan bailout. 3. $100,000,000 to NASA 4. $20,000,000,000 to the USPS 5. $300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts 6. $300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities
7. $15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn't enough. 8. $435,000,000 for mental health support. 9. $30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund. (that's $30 BILLION).
10. $200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program 11. $300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR 12. $500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries 13. $720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
14. $25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not it's on page 136 15. $7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries. 16. $35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts. 17. $25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives.
18. $3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA. 19. $315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs. 20. $95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development.
21. $300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance. 22. $90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg. 148. 23. $13,000,000 to Howard University pg. 121. 24. $9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg. 134. 25. $100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg. 162.
26. $40,000,000,000 Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act This sounds like it's direct payments for workers pg. 164. 27. $1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg. 163. 28. $25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg. 165.
29. $492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg. 167. 30. $526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg. 168 (zero chance that goes unused) Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress.
31. $25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg. 169. 32. $3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg. 172. 33. $5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg. 172. 34. $2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg. 175.
35. $5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg. 175. 36. $2,500,000 Office of Housing.
And.....
$63 billion for vaccine distribution, testing and tracing, and other health-care initiatives
And ...
$135 million to Burma
$85.5 million to Cambodia
$1.4 billion for “Asia Reassurance Initiative Act”
$130 million to Nepal
$700 million to Sudan
$250 million in Palestinian aid
$25 million for “gender programs” in Pakistan.
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