Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Where to apply
Watershed and Flood
Natural Resources
Prevention Operations Program Conservation Service
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
Project Priorities/Other
Loans for the purchase and restoration of
$290 million
floodplain easements and for investment in
structural and non-structural watershed
infrastructure improvements.
Funds for the rehabilitation of aging flood control $50 million
infrastructure.
100%
Competitive loans Sponsoring local
Priority to shovel-ready projects, projects that
organizations of authorized most cost-effectively provide greatest public
watershed projects
benefits.
100%
Loans
Competitive grants Counties, cities, tribes,
and direct loans
special-purpose districts,
non-profit corporations
Competitive
State and local
grants, loans, and governments and
loan guarantees
broadband providers
At least 10% shall be allocated for assistance in
persistent poverty counties.
Discretionary
allocations
Discretionary
allocations
USACE commands
Funded investigations must be completed using
stimulus funds.
$200M for water-related environmental
infrastructure assistance. No project cost
limitations.
USACE commands
No project cost limitations.
USACE commands
$20M annual Levee Safety Program authorization
limit does not apply.
Watershed Rehabilitation
Program
Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Rural Water & Waste Disposal
Program Account
Rural Utilities Service
Direct loans and grants for rural water, waste
water, and waste disposal.
$1.38 billion
100%
Distance Learning,
Telemedicine, & Broadband
Program
Rural Utilities Service
Cost of broadband loans and loan guarantees
(anywhere in U.S.)
$2.5 billion
100%
Sponsoring local
Priority to shovel-ready projects, projects at
organizations of authorized greatest risk of failure, presents threats to public
watershed projects
safety.
At least 75% of covered area must be rural with
insufficient broadband access. If you receive
funding under this program, then you may not
received funding under the Broadband
Technology Opportunities Program. Priority for
high proportion of rural residents w/o broadband
access/delivers multiple service providers/rural
electrification borrowers. No overlap with
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Civil Works - Investigations
USACE Headquarters
Study new projects
$25 million
100%
Civil Works - Construction
USACE Headquarters
Build new projects
$2 billion
Civil Works - Mississippi River
and Tributaries
Civil Works - Operations and
Maintenance
USACE Headquarters
Flood control
$375 million
USACE Headquarters
Operate & maintain projects
$2.075 billion
Cannot be costshared with
Inland Waterway
Trust Fund
100%
Discretionary
allocations
100%
Discretionary
allocations
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USACE commands
Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Where to apply
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Economic Development
Assistance program
Economic Development
Administration
Grants to leverage private investment, stimulate $150 million
employment, increase incomes in economically
distressed communities. Includes funds for
construction/rehabilitation of public infrastructure.
Broadband Technology
Opportunities Program
National
Competitive grants to expand broadband access. $4.7 billion
Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
Project Priorities/Other
Typically 50%
Competitive grants State and local
governments, nonprofits,
tribes, individuals, and
companies
$50M designated for communities to recover from
effects of corporate restructuring, $50 to be
transferred to federally-authorized regional
Economic Development Administrations.
80%
Competitive grants States, tribes, nonprofits,
broadband service
providers and others as
determined by the
Economic Development
Administration to be in
public interest
$200M for public computer center capacity,
$250M for sustainable broadband service, $350M
for broadband map, any amounts deemed
necessary by the Secretary of Commerce may
transfer funds to the FCC for the development of
a national broadband plan.
TBD
Discretionary
allocations
Military medical facilities
Funding to be distributed as follows: Army:
$220M; Navy: $50M; Air Force: $130M
TBD
Discretionary
allocations
DOD contractors,
Priority on R&D of energy from fuel cells, wind,
government labs,
solar, biofuels and bioenergy. Funding to be
universities, and nonprofits distributed equally ($75M each) to Army, Navy,
Air Force and Defense Wide projects.
100%
Discretionary
allocations
DOD facilities
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Health Programs
Office of the Asstistant
Secretary for Health
Affairs
Energy Efficiency Technology & Offices of the Assistant
Research
Secretaries for R&D and
Acquisition
Funding for improvement, repair, and
$400 million
modernization of military medical facilities,
including for energy efficiency improvements
Funding for Research, Development, Test, &
$300 million
Evaluation projects. Funds are for
improvements in energy generation and
efficiency, transmission, regulation, storage. For
use on military installations and within
operational forces.
Funding for facility sustainment, restoration, and $4.24 billion
modernization associated with maintaining
infrastructure at DOD sites
Facility Infrastructure
Investments
Service Installation
Commands
Funding distributed as follows: Army: $1.475B;
Navy: $651M; Marines: $114M; Air Force:
$1.096B; Army Reserve: $98.3M; Navy Reserve:
$55M; Marines Reserve: $40M; Air Force
Reserve: $13.2M; Army National Guard:
$266.3M; Air National Guard: $25.9M
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Department of Education Funding for modernization, renovation, or repair. $53.6 billion
Includes those that are consistent with a
recognized green building rating system.
100%
Formula and
States, for distribution of
competitive grants funds to local education
agencies, institutions of
higher education
$48.6B distributed by formula grants; $5B
distributed through competitive grants for
incentive programs (non-infrastructure); states
may use some funds to stabilize state budgets.
Education for the
Disadvantaged
Impact Aid
Department of Education
$13 billion
100%
Formula grants
$3B for school improvement grants
Department of Education Emergency repairs and modernization
$100 million
100%
States to make awards to
local education agencies
Formula and
Local education agencies
competitive grants that receive Impact Aid
$22 billion
100%
Tax credit bonds
$11B allocated for 2009; $11B allocated for 2010
Department of Education (ED)
Qualified School Construction
Bonds
Construction, rehabilitation, or repair of
public school facilities or for the acquisition of
land on which a public school facility will be
constructed
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States and local
governments and local
education agencies
Construction is an allowable use of funds, but not
an exclusive use for funds.
Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Where to apply
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Department of Energy (DOE)
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
Project Priorities/Other
Energy Efficiency &
Conservation Block Grants
Office of Energy
Block grants to states
Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (EERE)
$3.2 billion
100%
Formula and
States, eligible units of local $2.8B through the formula and $400M through
competitive grants governments, and tribes
competitive grants
Weatherization Assistance
Program
Grants for manufacturing
advanced batteries &
components
Research and Development
EERE
Funding to states to provide weatherization
assistance to low income persons
Funding to manufacturers of advanced battery
systems & vehicle batteries
$5 billion
100%
Formula grants
$2 billion
TBD
Funding for applied research, development,
demonstration and deployment activities.
$2.5 billion
State Energy Program
States (for allocation to
local entities)
Competitive grants Manufacturers and others
as determined by DOE
Funds intended for low income families.
TBD
Competitive grants Subject to specific
solicitations; may include
universities, research
institutions, private industry
$800M for biomass projects and $400M for
geothermal projects; other eligible technologies
include wind, hydropower, solar, fuel cell,
hydrogen, and advanced vehicle technologies.
State energy departments Funding to states for energy conservation plans $3.1 billion
100%
Formula grants
Smart Grid
Office of Electricity
Delivery & Energy
Reliability
Electric grid; energy infrastructure
$4.5 billion
reliability/security; energy storage; energy supply
disruption recovery
Fossil Energy Research and
Development
Office of Fossil Energy
Funds for the development of innovative
$3.4 billion
technologies for clean coal, petroleum coke and
other plants of the future.
50% for
Competitive grants Public and private entities
demonstration
depending on program
projects; 20% for
investments
TBD
Competitive grants Private entities and
research institutions
Public building improvements and private building
codes, incentives, and energy audits.
$100M for worker training.
Innovative Technology Loan
Guarantee Program
Department of Energy
Loan guarantees for pollution reduction or new
energy technology projects
$6 billion
100%
Competitive loan
guarantees
Public and private entities
Power Administrations (PA)
Department of Energy
Funding for increased borrowing authority.
$6.5 billion
100%
Borrowing
authority
Western Area PA,
Bonneville PA
EERE
EERE
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As determined by states
Grants must be awarded to manufacturers of
batteries produced in the U.S.
$1B for fossil energy research and development
programs; $800K for Clean Coal Power Initiative
Round III Funding Opportunity Announcement;
$1.52B for competitive projects relating to carbon
capture and energy efficiency improvements;
$50M for geological site characterization.
Eligible projects include electric power
transmission systems, renewable energy
systems, biofuel projects.
$3.25B to Western Area PA; $3.25B to Bonneville
PA
Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Where to apply
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
Brownfields projects
Office of Brownfields and Funding for assessment, loans, direct clean-up
Land Revitalization; Office and job training
of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
$100 million
100%
Diesel Emission Reduction Act
grants
Office of Air and Radiation Funding to reduce diesel vehicle emissions
$300 million
100%
Leaking Underground Storage
Tank Trust Fund Program
Office of Underground
Storage Tanks; Office of
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
State Reserve Fund
(SRF) administrators
Supplemental funding for LUST clean up
activities
$200 million
100%
Clean Water State Revolving Funds
$4 billion
100%
Formula grants to SRF programs; counties,
SRFs, and state
municipalities, and tribes
grants
SRF administrators
Capitalization grants under section 1452 of Safe $2 billion
Drinking Water Act
100%
Formula grants to SRF programs; counties,
SRFs, and state
municipalities, and tribes
grants
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Project Priorities/Other
Competitive grants States, tribes, local
governments, universities,
colleges, companies, and
other public and private
entities
Project grants
State and local
No funds provided under this program shall be
transportation or air quality used to fund the costs of emissions reductions
agencies
that are mandated under federal, state or local
law.
Formula grants
States and tribes
Projects must be ready for construction within 12
months. 50% to subsidize loans. 20% for green
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency
improvements or other environmentally innovative
projects.
Projects must be ready for construction within 12
months. 50% to subsidize loans. 20% for green
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency
improvements or other environmentally innovative
projects.
General Services Administration (GSA)
Federal Building Fund
General Services
Administration
For construction, upgrades of federal facilities
$5.55 billion
100%
Discretionary
allocations
Federal agencies
$4.5B to convert GSA facilities to High
Performance Green Buildings; $750M for federal
buildings, US courthouses; $300M for border
stations, land ports of entry.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Health Resources and Services HRSA
Administration (HRSA) grants
Health Information Technology
(HIT)
Office of the National
Coordinator of Health
Information Technology
Grants for community health center infrastructure $2.5 billion
and to address shortages in the health care
workforce
Funding for health information technology to
$19 billion
implement electronic medical records systems
for private hospitals and physicians, Medicare,
and Medicaid. Includes grants to promote HIT,
demonstration project to integrate IT into clinical
education.
TBD
Federally qualified
$1.5B included for construction, renovation,
Community Health Centers equipment, and Health Information Technology
(HIT).
Up to 90%, but
Competitive grants States and qualified state Sec. 3013 provides grants states/qualified state
varies by
designated entities
designated entities to promote electronic health
program and year
information exchange. Sec. 3014 includes grants
funded
to States/Tribes for the development of loan
programs to facilitate widespread adoption of
certified EHR technology. Sec. 3015 provides
grants for demonstration projects to integrate IT
into clinical education. Specific grant program
funding TBD.
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TBD (within 90
days)
Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Firefighter Assistance Grants
Port Security Grants
Public Transportation &
Railroads Security
Bridge Program
Where to apply
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
Project Priorities/Other
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(FEMA)
FEMA
Funding for construction, renovations of nonfederal fire stations
$210 million
100%
Competitive grants Fire departments
Maximum grant size is $15M.
Funding for protection of critical port
infrastructure from terrorism
$150 million
100%
Invited port facilities and
port authorities
Applicants must be invited to compete for funds.
FEMA
Funding for Public Transportation Security
$150 million
Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance
Funding for removal of or modifications to
$142 million
designated highway and railroad bridges that are
obstructing navigable waters
100%
Competitive and
discretionary
grants
Grants
100%
Grants
TBD
Priority given to projects identified by as shovel
ready by USCG. USCG expected to issue
solicitations for work to be performed on the
selected bridges; USCG must submit plan for
expenditure of funds within 45 days of enactment.
States, qualified local
jurisdictions, and others at
discretion of states or
Secretary
Allocated to states and qualified local jurisdictions
by formula; entitlement funds may be distributed
to additional recipients at discretion of HUD
Secretary; non-entitlement funds to be distributed
at discretion of states.
United States Coast
Guard (USCG)
State and local entities
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Community Development Block Formula funds: Office of
Grant Program
Community Planning and
Development; Nonentitlement funds: States
Neighborhood Stabilization
Program
Office of Community
Planning and
Development
Grants to address community development
$1 billion
needs, including for property acquisition,
construction/renovation of public facilities,
improvements to water and road infrastructure,
energy conservation/renewable energy activities,
job creation activities.
Grants to assist in purchase and rehabilitation of $2 billion
foreclosed, vacant properties to create affordable
housing and reduce neighborhood blight
100%
Formula
allocations and
state competitive
grants
100%
Competitive grants States, local governments, Recipients to expend at least 50% of funds in two
and nonprofits
years, 100% within three years.
Department of Interior (DOI)
Water and Related Resources
Bureau of Reclamation
Grants and loans for water and water related
resource activities
$1 billion
100%
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Competitive grants State agencies,
municipalities, and water
districts
Minimum of $126M for authorized water
reclamation and reuse projects; $50M for
projects, activities authorized by Central Utah
Project Completion Act; $50M for projects,
activities under CA Bay-Delta Restoration Act;
minimum of $60M on rural water projects;
minimum of $10M on inspection of canals
program in urbanized areas; loans for
extraordinary maintenance and replacement
activities to be repayed with interest within 50
years. Priority given to existing BOR projects.
Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Where to apply
Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Bureau of Justice
Program
Assistance
Byrne Competitive Grants
Bureau of Justice
Assistance
Southwest Border/Project
Gunrunner
Bureau of Justice
Assistance
Tribal Law Enforcement
Assistance
Bureau of Justice
Assistance and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
States and local law
enforcement agencies
Project Priorities/Other
Grants to state and local law enforcement
$2 billion
agencies to fight crime and uphold public safety.
Funding may be used for law enforcement
programs, equipment, facilities, training, and
information systems.
Competitive grants to states and local law
$225 million
enforcement agencies for crime prevention
programs, mentor programs for at-risk youth,
programs to enhance justice and public safety,
and for assisting victims of crime.
Competitive grants for programs that combat
$40 million
drug-trafficking and activity along the Southern
border of the country.
100%
Formula grants
100%
Competitive grants State, local, and tribal
Funding will be distributed competitively.
governments and non-profit
agencies.
100%
Competitive grants State and local
governments in the
Southern U.S.
Competitive grants for Indian and Alaskan native $225 million
tribes to assist with their law enforcement and
public safety needs, according to the
Correctional Facilities on Tribal Lands Program.
100%
Competitive grants State tribes
Funding will be distributed competitively. $10M of
the $40M is allocated to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for salaries
and expenses related to Project Gunrunner.
Includes funding for equipment.
The following factors are to be considered when
allocating grants: the detention bed space needs
of the tribe and the violent crime statistics of the
tribe.
Internet Crimes Against Children Office of Juvenile Justice Funding to assist state and local law
$50 million
100%
(ICAC) Task Force Program
and Delinquency
enforcement in their efforts to combat the
Prevention
exploitation of children through the internet or
other electronic technology.
Community Oriented Policing
Office of Community
Funding for grants to states, local and tribal
$1 billion
100%
Services (COPS)
Oriented Policing
governments to hire additional law enforcement
Services
officers.
Department of State (DOS)
TBD
Competitive grants State, local, and tribal
governments
Does not allow for the deduction of administrative
overhead costs.
Water Quantity Program
Discretionary
allocations
Funds to be used for immediate infrastructure
upgrades identified by the International Boundary
and Water Commission in their FY-09 budget as
unfunded needs: Rio Grande Flood Control
System; Safety of Dams; Colorado Boundary;
and Capacity Preservation.
International Boundary
and Water Commission
Funds for rehabilitation of flood control levees on $220 million
U.S.-Mexico border
100%
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State and local
governments and law
enforcement agencies
Funding will be distributed according to formula.
sec. 1001(c) and the special rules for Puerto Rico
under sec. 505(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 do not apply.
TBD
Includes funding to upgrade technology
infrastructure for program.
Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
Where to apply
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
Project Priorities/Other
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)
FAA
Airport infrastructure grants
$1.1 billion
100%
Supplemental funding for facilities and
equipment
$200 million
100%
Highway Infrastructure
Investment
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA),
state DOTs, and
Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs)
Funding for projects eligible under Surface
$27.5 billion
Transportation Program, including federal
highways, bridges, trails, surface road projects.
Funding also included for passenger & freight rail
transportation & port infrastructure projects
100%
Complete projects within 2 years. Not subject to
obligation limitations.
Competitive grants Airports and private entities Complete projects within 2 years. Use of funds:
$50M to upgrade FAA power systems; $50M to
modernize en-route air traffic control centers;
$20M to install navigation and landing equipment,
airport lighting; $80M to replace air traffic control
centers.
Formula
State DOTs and MPOs
Allocated by formula to state DOTs, MPOs,
allocations and
except: $60M for Ferry Boat Discretionary
competitive grants
Program; $550M for Indian reservations and
federal lands; $310M for Indian Reservation
Roads Program; $170M for Parks Roads and
Parkways Program; $60M for Forest Highways
Program; $10M for Refuge Roads Program/$20M
for training. Funds available through FY10.
Complete projects within 3 years.
Capital Grants for Amtrak
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA)
$1.3 billion
100%
Grants to Amtrak
High Speed Rail
Corridors/Intercity Passenger
Rail Service
Transit Capital Assistance
FRA
Capital security projects; repair, rehab, and
upgrade railroad assets and infrastructure;
expand rail passenger service
Capital assistance grants
$8 billion
100%
Competitive grants States
Transit capital assistance grants (broadly
defined)
$6.9 billion
100%
Formula
allocations
Capital grants to modernize existing fixed
guideway systems
Major new fixed guideway capital projects
$750 million
100%
$750 million
100%
Supplemental Grant Assistance Maritime Administration
to Small Shipyards
Grants to qualified shipyards
$100 million
75%
Formula
State DOTs and transit
allocations
agencies
Competitive grants State DOTs and transit
agencies
Competitive grants Qualified shipyards
National Surface Transportation Office of the Secretary
System Grants
Funding for projects of national or regional
$1.5 billion
significance. Includes funds for highway or
bridge projects under 23 USC, public
transportation projects under 49 USC, passenger
and freight rail projects, and port infrastructure
investments
Facilities and Equipment
Fixed Guideway Infrastructure
Investment
Capital Investment Grants
Federal Transit
Administration (FTA),
selected recipients
FTA, selected recipients
FTA
100%
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Competitive grants Airports
Amtrak
State DOTs and transit
agencies
$450M for security projects. Not more than 60%
of remaining funds for NE Corridor.
Funds available through FY12. Priority for
supporting development of intercity high speed
rail service.
$100M to public transit agencies to reduce
energy consumption of greenhouse gas
emissions.
Funds available through FY10.
Funds available through FY10.
Funds available through FY10. Obligate within
180 days.
Competitive grants States, local governments, Grant size $20M-$300M, may be smaller for
and transit agencies
smaller entities, at discretion of Secretary. No
state can get more than 20% of funds. Complete
projects within 3 years. Award within 1 year. Up
to $200M can be used for credit subsidy.
Stimulus Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
Program Name
Information Technology
Systems
Medical Facilities
State Extended Care Facilities
Where to apply
Office of Veterans
Benefits Administration
Office of Veterans Health
Administration
Office of Veterans Health
Administration
Program Description
Federal
Cost Share
Amount
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Funding Type
Who's Eligible
Funds for information technology systems
$50 million
TBD
Grants
IT companies
Funding for existing maintenance projects
$1 billion
N/A
VA medical facilities
Funding for construction, modification of state
extended care facilities
$150 million
N/A
Discretionary to
VA facilities
Grants
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States
Project Priorities/Other
Priority to be on energy projects at facilities.