Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today announced the following are the projects he requested to benefit Kansas approved as part of the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act:

 

Agriculture:

National Agriculture Biosecurity Center , KSU                                                     $259,000

Homeland Security, Food and Ag Defense Initiative                                            $9,830,000

Grain Sorghum                                                                                                  $515,000

Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center                                                  $240,000

Preharvest Food Safety and Security                                                                  $142,000

Water Conservation                                                                                           $69,000

Karnal Bunt Research, Manhattan, KS                                                               $508,000

Blackbird Control                                                                                              $119,000

Animal Science and Food Safety Consortium (Joint with IA and AR)                   $939,000

Air Quality (Joint with Texas )                                                                            $1,090,000

 CJS:

Kansas Emergency Resource Registry                                                               $250,000

Johnson County, KS 700 MHz Radio Interoperable Communication Technology    $150,000

 A Child is Missing – Kansas                                                                              $100,000

 KCKPD Victim Services Unit                                                                            $200,000

 Energy & Water:

Missouri River Degradation Study                                                                      $84,000

Wilson Lake Reallocation Study                                                                         $1,670,000

Turkey Creek Basin                                                                                           $9,570,000

Tuttle Creek Lake Dam Safety Program                                                              $22,776,000

Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project, KS                                                  $1,500,000

Kansas City, KS /MO Local Protection System                                                    $1,196,000

Manhattan, KS Local Protection Project                                                              $96,000

Grand ( Neosho ) River Basin, KS and OK                                                            $57,000

Topeka, KS                                                                                                        $191,000

Clinton Lake, KS                                                                                               $1,895,000

Council Grove Lake,KS                                                                                      $1,233,000

El Dorado Lake, KS                                                                                          $619,000

Elk City Lake                                                                                                    $681,000

Fall River Lake , KS                                                                                           $1,192,000

Kansas State University Center for Sustainable Energy, KS                                 $713,625

Wichita Project - Cheney Division                                                                      $372,000

Kansas Investigations Program                                                                          $67,000

Tuttle Creek Lake                                                                                             $1,982,000

Toronto Lake                                                                                                    $496,000

Scheduling Reservoir Operations, KS                                                                  $28,000

Pomona Lake, KS                                                                                             $1,828,000

Perry Lake , KS                                                                                                 $2,335,000

Pearson-Skubitz Big Hill Lake, KS                                                                     $973,000

Milford Lake, KS                                                                                              $1,980,000

Melvern Lake, KS                                                                                             $1,959,000

Marion Lake , KS                                                                                               $1,396,000

Kanopolis Lake, KS                                                                                           $1,316,000

John Redmond Dam and Reservoir, KS                                                              $1,688,000

Inspection of completed works, KS                                                                     $164,000

Hillsdale Lake, KS                                                                                             $709,000

Financial Services

Montgomery County Action Council for economic growth in Independence, KS    $475,000

Interior, EPA

Great Bend Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Projects                                              $300,000

Riley County Konza Sewer Main Extension                                                        $290,000

Kansas City, KS Water Main Repair and Replacement Project                            $500,000

Lindsborg Wastewater Treatment Plant                                                              $500,000

National Rural Water Association (Group Letter)                                                $11,500,000

Labor:

University of Kansas Medical Center                                                                 $285,000

Kansas Children's Discovery Center                                                                   $95,000

Economic Opportunity Foundation, Inc. Head Start Bryant Program                     $95,000

Marillac Center                                                                                                    $190,000

Sedgwick County, Kansas Government                                                               $428,000

 World Impact Good Samaritan Clinic                                                                  $143,000

 Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, Inc.                                                           $333,000

 Reading is Fundamental (Group Letter)                                                               $24,803,000

Sedgwick County Government, Wichita, KS , for the Healthy Babies Program       $143,000

 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education - Center for Civic Education for two programs (Group

Letter)                                                                                                             $25,095,000

National Council on Economic Education for the Cooperative Education Exchange program (Group

Letter)                                                                                                              $5,019,000

Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development:

Bus and Bus Facilities, City of Lawrence, KS                                                     $950,000

Unified Government Transit, Bus Replacements, Bus Expansions and Bus Facilities, KS $475,000

I-235/US 54 and I-235/Central Ave Interchange, KS                                           $380,000

1-70 Viaduct Realignment, Topeka, KS                                                               $950,000

Redesign and Reconstruction of I-235 and Kellogg Interchange, Wichita, KS        $950,000

Advanced Materials Performance Research, National Institute for Aviation Research, WSU  $2,375,000

159th and US 69 Interchange Improvements, Overland Park, KS                                     $950,000

K-7 Corridor Study from 183rd St to 119th St. in Olathe, KS                                 $712,500

US Highway 69 Corridor Study, KS                                                                    $950,000

For planning, design and land acquisition for the Salina Workforce Housing Project $118,750

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