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April 2, 2009

The Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Having heard so much about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1), I decided to go online (www.recovery.gov) and take a look at it for myself. I went through all 407 pages looking for the words like preservation and construction – any information that might be of interest to architects, designers, builders, contractors and others in the building industry.

Here’s some of the information that I found, with the preservation information listed first, followed by other more general construction notes. I have included a few web site addresses for further information. I hope this is useful. Please feel free to make suggestions and comments.
-- Martha McDonald

$5,550,000,000, of which not less than $750 million shall be available for Federal buildings and United States courthouses, not less than $300,000,000 shall be available for border stations and land ports of entry, and not less than $4,500,000,000 shall be available for measures necessary to convert GSA facilities to High-Performance Green Buildings. – General Service Administration, Federal Buildings Fund -- www.gsa.gov/recovery

$15 million for a Historic Preservation Fund for historic preservation projects at historically black colleges and universities as authorized by the Historic Preservation Fund Act of 1996 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Act of 1996. – National Park Service – www.nps.gov and www.achp.gov/funding-nhpa.html

$360 million for construction of research facilities, of which $180,000,000 shall be for a competitive construction grant program for research science buildings. -- National Institute of Standards and Technology -- www.nist.gov/index.html

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: -- www.defenselink.mil/ and www.defenselink.mil/recovery/
$1,474,525,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Army
$657,051,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Navy

$113,865,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Marine Corps

$1,095,959,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Air Force

$98,269,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Army Reserve

$55,083,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Navy Reserve

$39,909,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Marine Corps Reserve

$13,187,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Air Force Reserve

$266,304,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Army National Guard

$25,848,000 to improve, repair and modernize Department of Defense facilities, restore and modernize real property to include barracks, and invest in the energy efficiency of Department of Defense facilities. – Department of Defense, Air National Guard

$400 million to improve, repair and modernize military medical facilities, and invest in the energy efficiency of military medical facilities. – Department of Defense Health Program

OTHER MILITARY CONSTRUCTION:
$180 million, for military construction, Army, for planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $80,000,000 shall be for child development centers, and $100,000,000 shall be for warrior transition complexes:

$280 million, military construction, Navy and Marine Corps, planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be for troop housing, $80,000,000 shall be for child development centers, and $100,000,000 shall be for energy conservation and alternative energy projects.

$180 million, military construction, Air Force, to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be for troop housing and $80,000,000 shall be for child development centers.

$1.45 billion, military construction, Defense-wide, expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,330,000,000 shall be for the construction of hospitals and $120,000,000 shall be for the Energy Conservation Investment Program.

$50 million, military construction, National Guard, to carry out planning and design and military construction projects in the United States not otherwise authorized by law.

$50 million, military construction, Air National Guard

$34.5 million, family housing construction, Army

$80 million, family housing construction, Air Force

$1 billion for medical facilities maintenance, including energy projects. – Department of Veterans Affairs

$150 million for grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans. -- Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Inspector General

OTHER:
$4 billion for public housing capital fund. – Department of Housing and Urban Development -- www.hud.gov

$250 million shall be for grants or loans to home owners for energy retrofit and green investments in such assisted housing: -- Office of Affordable Housing Preservation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development --www.hud.gov

$200 million for planning, design, construction costs, site security, information technology infrastructure, fixtures, and related costs to consolidate the Department of Homeland Security headquarters. – Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Under Secretary for Management -- www.dhs.gov/index.shtm and www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/bio_1214856571829.shtm

$420 million solely for planning, management, design, alteration, and construction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection owned land border ports of entry. -- Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Under Secretary for Management -- www.dhs.gov/index.shtm

$180 million for construction activities on all Bureau of Land Management lands including construction, reconstruction, decommissioning and repair of roads, bridges, trails, property, and facilities and for energy efficient retrofits of existing facilities. – Bureau of Land Management -- www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html

$165,000,000 deferred maintenance, construction, and capital improvement projects on national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries and for high priority habitat restoration projects. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management -- www.fws.gov/fisheries/

$115 million for construction, reconstruction, and repair of roads, bridges, property, and facilities and for energy efficient retrofits of existing facilities. – National Park Service

$146 million for deferred maintenance of facilities and trails and for other critical repair and rehabilitation projects. -- National Park Service – www.nps.gov

$589 million for repair and restoration of roads; construction of facilities, including energy efficient retrofits of existing facilities; equipment replacement; preservation and repair of historical resources within the National Park System; cleanup of abandoned mine sites on park lands; and other critical infrastructure projects. -- National Park Service – www.nps.gov

$1.3 billion, of which $1 billion shall be for grants or contracts under section 481A of the Public Health Service Act to construct, renovate or repair existing non-Federal research facilities. – National Institute of Health -- www.nih.gov/recovery

$500 million for buildings and facilities, to fund high-priority repair, construction and improvement projects for National Institutes of Health facilities on the Bethesda, MD, campus and other agency locations. – National Institute of Health -- www.nih.gov/recovery

$420 million for planning, management, design, alteration, and construction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection owned land border ports of entry: -- U.S. Geological Survey --

$415 million for Indian Health Facilities, of which $227,000,000 is provided within the health facilities construction activity for the completion of up to two facilities from the current priority list for which work has already been initiated. – U.S. Geological Survey -- www.usgs.gov

$24 million for repair and revitalization of existing facilities. – Smithsonian Institution -- www.si.edu

$2.5 billion to be used for: (1) $500,000,000 shall be for grants to health centers authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’); (2) $1,500,000,000 shall be available for grants for construction, renovation and equipment, and for the acquisition of health information technology systems, for health centers including health center controlled networks receiving operating grants under section 330 of the PHS Act. – Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Resources and Services.

$500 million to fund high-priority repair, construction and improvement projects for National Institutes of Health facilities on the Bethesda, MD, campus and other agency locations. – Department of Health and Human Services -- www.hhs.gov

$1 billion for medical facilities for non-recurring maintenance, including energy projects. – Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration -- www.va.gov/recovery/Implementing_the_Recovery_Act.asp

$90 million for urgent domestic facilities requirements for passport and training functions. -- Department of State, Administration of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic and Consular Programs -- www.state.gov

Also interesting:
LIMIT ON FUNDS -- SEC. 1604. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used by any State or local government, or any private entity, for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool.

SEC. 1605. USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFACTURED
GOODS. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States.

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