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March 11, 2009
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Congressman Doyle Announces Federal Funding For Local Initiatives
 
     

Washington, DC – Congressman Mike Doyle (PA-14) announced today that Congress had approved more than $55 million in federal funding that he had requested for initiatives in Pennsylvania"s 14th Congressional District.

"I'm very pleased that I could provide this important assistance to the people of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania"s 14th Congressional District," Congressman Doyle said.
 
"As the 14th District"s Representative in Congress, it's my responsibility to make sure that federal assistance for our region addresses our most pressing local needs," Congressman Doyle added. "I worked with local community leaders over the last year and a half to prioritize possible requests for federal support, and then I worked to make sure our top priorities were included in this bill. It"s always rewarding to announce that this process has had a successful outcome for the 14th District."
 
H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act for 2009, was approved by the House of Representatives with Congressman Doyle's support on February 25 by a vote of 245 - 178. It was approved by the Senate earlier yesterday. This $410 billion bill provides funding for much of the federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2009, which ends September 30. It also includes the following congressionally mandated funding for Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District:
 
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
 

$25.8 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to make emergency repairs to the Emsworth Locks and Dams on the Ohio River near Neville Island;

$15.9 million for the Army Corps of Engineers for ongoing work to replace Lower Monongahela River Locks and Dams 2, 3 and 4;

$4 million from the Army Corps of Engineers for a Navigation Improvement Feasibility Study along the Upper Ohio River;

$800,000 from the Army Corps of Engineers for construction of a flood control project along Saw Mill Run;

$475,000 from the Federal Transit Administration for the Port Authority of Pittsburgh to purchase Hybrid Buses;

$600,000 from the EPA for the Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program for Sewer Overflow Control Demonstration Facilities;

 CRIME PREVENTION/EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/VICTIM ASSISTANCE
 

$150,000 from the Justice Department"s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the Rankin Christian Center for their Youth Development Initiative for programs that provide education, skill building, recreational and nutritional alternatives for at-risk minority youth;

$100,000 from the Justice Department"s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for Pittsburgh"s Hilltop Youth Team through the Brashear Association to provide at-risk youth with vocational and construction skills training, and mentorship through housing renovation;

$100,000 from the Justice Department"s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for Pittsburgh Gateways" Connection Center Project, which involves the implementation of prevention, intervention and mentoring strategies for as-risk youth and their families who reside in the East Hills Community;

$250,000 from the Justice Department"s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program for the acquisition and deployment of security cameras in 15 business districts within the City of Pittsburgh.

$250,000 from the Justice Department"s Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants Program for the Women"s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh for their Domestic Violence Support Program;

$750,000 from the Justice Department"s Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants Program for Allegheny County to establish a ThreatViewer Emergency Visualization System, which will provide the Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services with a state-of-the-art converged, map-based network system for managing responses to local emergencies;

R&D INVESTMENT/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/JOB CREATION
 

$570,900 from the Energy Department"s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program for Pittsburgh Gateways to develop a Green Innovators Synergy Center to meet increasing demand for green workforce training jobs, offer business support, and expand research on alternative energy and energy efficient technologies.

$2,854,500 from the Energy Department"s Defense Environmental Cleanup Account to fund the International Agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding between the US DOE and the UK Department of Trade and Industry, which has allowed a local company, NuVision Engineering, to build a successful business in the worldwide hazardous waste remediation/cleanup market;

$1,189,375 from the Energy Department"s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Account for PPG, Inc."s Integrated Solar Energy Windows Project, which could eventually significantly reduce building energy consumption;

$234,746 for the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) Tech Belt Biosciences Initiative so that PLSG can commercialize additional innovative biosciences concepts and technologies;

COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS
 

$380,600 from the Energy Department"s Fossil Energy Research and Development Account for the Versailles Borough Stray Gas Mitigation Project, to complete the remediation of leaks from abandoned natural gas wells;

$142,500 from the HUD Economic Development Initiatives Account for the Forest Hills Community Development Corporation for their Commercial Area Revitalization, specifically property acquisition for the construction of 25 new elderly housing units and ten façade rehabilitations;

$142,500 from the HUD Economic Development Initiatives Account for the Char-West COG Multi-Municipal Parks and Recreation Capital Improvements Program;

$95,000 from the Health and Human Services Department"s Health Resources and Services Administration for the North Side Christian Health Center for renovations;

EDUCATION & TRAINING
 

$283,000 from the Department of Labor for the Hill House for the Workforce Development Initiative Project, to support their non-custodial parents program;

$190,000 from the Department of Labor for the Steamfitters Local Union No. 449 and Plumbers Local Union No. 75 for a joint, extensive training program for those entering the pipe trades industry;

$285,000 from the Department of Education for Duquesne University"s Science Literacy Film Project. The funding will be used to produce a series of innovative planetarium shows; and

$283,000 from the Department of Education for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for curriculum development.

President Obama is expected to sign this bill into law in the near future.
 
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