INOUYE PROJECT AMERICA PROVISIONS TO PROMOTE U.S-FLAG CRUISE SHIPS IN HAWAII CLEARS SENATE HURDLE
THURSDAY, January 23, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HONOLULU, HAWAII – The Senate late yesterday evening approved by a vote of 69 to 29, H.R. 2, the Fiscal Year 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which includes more than $489 million for Hawaii projects. Among the many projects funded at Senator Daniel K. Inouye's request:
Native Hawaiian Education. $32.5 million to support educational programs for Native Hawaiians, an increase of $2 million above Fiscal Year 2002. Senator Inouye stated, "These funds will ensure the continuation and expansion of programs that have proven their merit as valuable and viable components of Hawaii's educational infrastructure."
Impact Aid. $40.66 million to the State Department of Education to help offset the cost of educating children of the military and federal dependents. This is an increase of $1.14 million over last year.
Highway/Bus Funds. The State of Hawaii will receive more than $144 million in formula highway funds and the City and County of Honolulu will receive approximately $30 million in bus funding. Additional funding totaling approximately $59 million is also provided for other transportation initiatives.
East-West Center. H.R. 2 also includes $18 million for the East-West Center, an increase of $4 million above Fiscal Year 2002, including $2.5 million for renovation of existing East-West Center facilities. "These funds will allow the Center to enhance its vital role as part of a broad strategy to build a safer world, particularly given the Administration's concerns regarding China, North Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines," stated Senator Inouye.
Compact Aid Relief for Hawaii's Hospitals. H.R. 2 includes $5 million for the State of Hawaii and the Hospital Association of Hawaii to defray the costs that Hawaii hospitals and the State incur as a result of the Compacts of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. "The uncompensated medical care that our hospitals have provided under the Compacts, together with the many social services the State provides, have created a grave financial situation for our hospitals and the State. This aid will help offset the losses being experienced by our hospitals," observed Senator Inouye.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
| Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture Research | $5.781 million |
U.S. Pacific Basin Agriculture Research Center
Laboratory Construction
Research | $3 million
$780,000 |
Pre-clearance Quarantine Inspections
Tropical Aquaculture Research Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center
Wildlife Services Office: Pest and Disease Management
Pineapple Nematode and Papaya Ringspot Virus Research
Agriculture Development in the American Pacific
Women in Technology
Floriculture Industry
Nontoxic Fruit Fly Control
Minor Crop Pest Control
Molokai Agriculture Development and Resource Conservation
Rodent Control
Hawaii Plant Materials Center
Subterranean Termite Control
Diversified Agriculture
Multicropping Strategies for Aquaculture |
$3 million
$1.5838 million
$1.75 million
$936,000
$800,000
$586,000
$552,000
$500,000
$400,000
$278,200
$278,000
$250,000
$240,000
$200,000
$141,500
$128,000
$124,000 |
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
East-West Center
Globalization Research Network
|
$18 million
$2.5 million |
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Hawaii County Comprehensive Methamphetamine Response Program
Upgrade of Hawaii AFIS Technology
Teen Program at Kuhio Park Terrace/Kuhio Homes
|
$5 million
$1.9 million
$400,000
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Consolidated NOAA Facility, Honolulu
Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
(Funding shared with west coast states)
Sea Turtle Protection
Economic Disaster Assistance to Longline Fishing Industry
Hawaii Longline Fisheries Observers Program
Hawaii Coastal Conservation Land Acquisition
Pelagic Fisheries Research and Management
Pacific Services Center
International Pacific Research Center
Hawaii Coral Reef Monitoring, Assessment, and Research
Hawaii Fisheries Development Program
Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery
Seafood Safety Inspection and Training
Hawaii Stock Enhancement Program
Pacific Tropical Fish Ornamental Aquaculture Program
Pacific Community Development Program
and Fishery Demonstration Projects |
$15 million
$6.3 million
$6.3 million
$5 million
$4 million
$3 million
$2.5 million
$2 million
$2 million
$1.5 million
$1 million
$825,000
$800,000
$750,000
$500,000
$500,000 |
ENERGY AND WATER PROJECTS
Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor Construction
Maalaea Harbor Construction
Hawaii Water Management Project
Kaumalapau Harbor
Iao Stream Flood Control Project
Nawiliwili Harbor
Waikiki Beach Erosion Control Project
Ala Wai Canal Investigations
Kihei Beach Erosion
Wailupe Stream Flood Control Study
Coastal Field Data Collection
Project Condition Surveys
Barbers Point Harbor (Operations and Maintenance)
Inspection of Completed Works
Kawaihae Deep Draft Harbor Modification
Kahuku Investigation
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$4.303 million
$2.262 million
$2 million
$2 million
$419,000
$300,000
$250,000
$135,000
$100,000
$50,000
$1 million
$544,000
$354,000
$275,000
$142,000
$100,000 |
Barbers Point Harbor Modification (Planning) $50,000
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Kahuku Ranch Big Island Acquisition $10 million
Compacts of Free Association Impact Aid $5 million
Aid to State of Hawaii for Invasive Species $2.7 million
(Shared with the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge,
and the Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge)
Brown Tree Snake Control $2.35 million
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Kahuku Acquisition $2 million
McCandless Ranch Conservation Easement $1.3 million
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Research Facility Construction $1 million
Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Research and Management $1 million
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation and
Game Mammal Management $1 million
Native Hawaiian Culture and the Arts Program $740,000
Water Drilling Program $450,000
University of Hawaii Volcanic Processes Study $250,000
Cladophora Bloom Studies in Coastal West Maui $220,000
U.S. DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION
Impact Aid $40.66 million
Native Hawaiian Education $32.5 million
Native Hawaiian Health Care (Papa Ola Lokahi) $9 million
Title III, Strengthening Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions $4.117 million
Native Hawaiian Vocational Education $2.9 million
Administration on Aging Grants to Native Hawaiian Organizations $2.65 million
State of Hawaii, Hansen's Disease Treatment $2.045 million
Bishop Museum, Education & Cultural Training Initiative (ECHO) $2 million
Funding for additional Hawaii initiatives in job training, rural economic development, and targeted community health programs will be set out during conference deliberations between the House and Senate. The actual amounts for these initiatives have yet to be determined.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration Formula Funds $144,088,890
Federal Transit Administration Formula Funds $29,669,116
Hawaii Ferryboat up to $20 million
Oahu Bus Rapid Transit $11 million
Bus and Bus Facilities $6 million
Improvements to Roadways on Federal Lands $5 million
Saddle Road $4 million
Rainbow Communications System Modernization $3 million
Alien Species Action Plan $3 million
U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue Spectral Imaging
Demonstration Project $2.5 million
Maui County Bus System – start-up $1.5 million
Essential Air Service $1.27 million
Farrington Highway improvements $1 million
Waipoli Road improvements, Haleakala $1 million
U.S. TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program $2.5 million
Customs Inspectors Part-time and Temporary Positions $750,000
State Historic Records and Artifacts Preservation $250,000
The measure includes a provision that continues to require the federal government to fully staff Taxpayer Advocate offices in Hawaii and Alaska. The offices were set up in these non-contiguous states to eliminate the problems that arise when Alaska and Hawaii taxpayers seek assistance from the federal government's mainland-based toll-free lines and service centers.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Hawaiian Homelands Community Development
Block Grant Program $10 million
Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions – Community Development $2 million
Native Hawaiian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund $1 million
Economic Development Initiative Grant Program $3.3 million
• Construction of Emergency Homeless Shelter,
Kailua-Kona, County of Hawaii – $750,000
• West Kauai High Tech Training Facility, County of Kauai – $500,000
• Senior Housing, County of Maui – $750,000
• Housing Management Support-Nanakuli
Neighborhood – $300,000
• Boys and Girls Club, Hilo – $300,000
• Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (Construction of expanded facility) – $200,000
• Alternative Structures International, Waianae (Expansion of housing facilities) – $500,000
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Cesspools and Septic Systems in Hawaii,
State of Hawaii, Department of Health $550,000
Wastewater Treatment Technologies,
City and County of Honolulu $500,000
Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii $500,000
Community Recycling Centers,
Hawaii Island Economic Development Board,
Hawaii County $250,000
Sustainable Agriculture in Hawaii and the American Pacific,
American Farmland Trust $100,000
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center $4 million
The Omnibus Appropriations Bill will now go to conference with the House to resolve any differences before sending the bill to the White House for approval.
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