Getting to $787 Billion
After a month of wrangling, 246 House Democrats, 57 Senate Democrats and three Senate Republicans voted late last week to pass a compromise economic recovery package of spending provisions, tax cuts and aid to laid-off workers and their families. The 1,073-page bill, signed into law Monday by President Obama, contains hundreds of provisions. This is how they add up. Click the columns to sort by amount or type of spending, and see a summary table below.
Classification Keyword Description Cost ($M)
Spending Farming Repairs, security improvements and rental payments at Department of Agriculture $24
Spending Farming Repairs and security improvements at Agricultural Research Service $176
Spending
Farming
Salaries for staff to modernize IT system at Farm Service Agency
$50
Spending
Farming
Funding for watershed and flood prevention projects
$290
Spending
Farming
Funding for watershed rehabilitation
$50
Spending
Farming
Loans to rural homeowners
$200
Spending
Farming
Guaranteed loans for rural community facility building
$130
Spending
Farming
Guaranteed loans for rural businesses
$150
Spending
Farming
Grants for rural waste and waste disposal
$1,380
Spending
Farming
Broadband grants to rural communities
$2,500
Spending
Farming
Oversight of Department of Agriculture spending
$26
Aid
Food
Extra money for women, infants and children (WIC) special nutrition program
$500
Aid
Food
Extra commodities for food banks
$150
Aid
Food
Adult and child day care meals and snacks
$100
Aid
Food
Crop insurance reinstatement for farmers who failed to keep up with payments, emergency loans and grants to farmers
$749
Aid
Food
13% increase in food stamp payments
$19,991
Spending
Commerce
Urban industrial core and rural economic recovery programs
$150
Spending
Commerce
Extra money for Census
$1,000
Spending
Commerce
Salaries and expenses for program to create broadband inventory map of the country
$350
Spending
Commerce
Grants to provide wireless and broadband infrastructure to communities, including public computer centers and sustainable adoption of broadband service
$4,350
Spending
Commerce
Coupons, education and consumer support for digital to analogue converter box program
$650
Spending
Commerce
Oversight of Commerce Department spending
$6
Spending
Science
National Institute of Standards and Technology work, including research into technology with high-growth potential and technology grants to small and mid-size manufacturers
$220
Spending
Science
NIST facilities construction and maintenance backlog
$360
Spending
Science
Extra money for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration facilities and research
$230
Spending
Science
Extra money for NOAA satellite development including climate data sensors and modeling
$600
Spending
Justice
Grants to state and local law enforcement
$2,225
Spending
Justice
Grants to rural law enforcement
$125
Spending
Justice
Grants to law enforcement on southwest border
$40
Spending
Justice
Grants for victims compensation programs
$100
Spending
Justice
Grants for tribal law enforcement
$225
Spending
Justice
Grants for state and local law enforcement to pursue Internet sex offenders
$50
Spending
Justice
Grants to state and local law enforcement to hire extra police officers
$1,000
Spending
Justice
Grants for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs
$225
Spending
Justice
Costs of administering extra grant money
$10
Spending
Science
NASA shuttle construction
$400
Spending
Science
NASA climate research
$400
Spending
Science
NASA aeronautics research
$150
Spending
Science
NASA rebuilding of facilities damaged in 2008 floods
$50
Spending
Science
NASA spending oversight
$2
Spending
Science
National Science Foundation research
$2,500
Spending
Science
Construction of new research equipment and facilities for NSF
$400
Spending
Science
NSF education activities
$100
Spending
Science
NSF spending oversight
$2
Spending
Military
Restoration and modernization of Defense facilities in U.S. and territories
$3,840
Spending
Military
Research and development of renewable energy generation for military
$300
Spending
Military
Improvements and reparations to military medical facilities in U.S. and territories
$400
Spending
Military
Department of Defense spending oversight
$15
Spending
Outdoors
Flood control and water management construction, regulation and investigations
$4,125
Spending
Outdoors
Mississippi River and tributary construction
$375
Spending
Outdoors
Clean-up of 'brownfield' former industrial sites
$100
Spending
Outdoors
Water reclamation and reuse projects
$1,000
Spending
Energy
Home weatherization grants to low and middle-income families
$5,000
Spending
Energy
Funding for Energy Star program offering tax credits to consumers purchasing new, efficient appliances
$300
Spending
Energy
Advanced batteries manufacturing grants
$2,000
Spending
Energy
Energy efficiency grants to states and local governments
$6,300
Spending
Energy
Transport electrification grants
$400
Spending
Energy
Funding for states and local governments to buy efficient alternative fuel buses and trucks
$300
Spending
Energy
Research and development of renewable and efficient energy technology
$2,500
Spending
Energy
Loan guarantees for standard renewables
$4,000
Spending
Energy
Transmission loan guarantees
$2,000
Spending
Energy
Fossil energy research and development
$1,000
Spending
Energy
Research into low-emission coal plants
$800
Spending
Energy
Grants for industrial carbon capture and energy efficiency improvement projects
$1,520
Spending
Energy
Grants for identifying sites to store carbon dioxide emissions
$50
Spending
Energy
Grants for training and research on safe storage of carbon emission
$20
Spending
Energy
Administration of funding program
$10
Spending
Energy
Physics research including high-energy physics, nuclear physics and fusion energy sciences
$1,600
Spending
Energy
High-risk research into energy sources and energy efficiency
$400
Spending
Energy
Cleanup of former nuclear sites
$483
Spending
Energy
Uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning
$390
Spending
Energy
Cleanup of former nuclear defense sites
$5,127
Spending
Energy
Money for federal power marketing administrations in electric power transmission systems
$6,500
Spending
Energy
Construction and repairs for federal marketing administration
$10
Spending
Energy
Modernization of the electric grid
$4,400
Spending
Energy
Training of electric grid workers
$100
Spending
Energy
Oversight of Energy Department spending
$15
Spending
Government
Oversight of payroll tax credit and economic recovery payments
$7
Spending
Government
Treasury grants to community financial services and economic development groups
$100
Spending
Government
Construction, repair and energy alterations to federal buildings and facilities
$5,550
Spending
Government
Purchase of fuel efficient vehicles for federal fleet
$300
Spending
Government
Oversight of General Services Administration spending
$7
Aid
Government
Costs to Internal Revenue Service of providing health coverage help to workers laid off because of outsourcing overseas
$80
Spending
Government
Funding for Recovery and Accountability Transparency Board
$84
Spending
Government
Small Business Administration loans to businesses
$651
Spending
Government
Extra money for Small Business Administration disbursement of loans
$69
Spending
Government
Oversight of Small Business Administration spending
$10
Spending
Homeland security
Funding for departmental site security, IT infrastructure, furniture, fixtures and other costs for headquarters
$200
Spending
Homeland security
Oversight of Homeland Security spending
$5
Spending
Homeland security
Construction, repairs and equipment for ports of entry to the U.S.
$420
Spending
Homeland security
Purchase and deployment of non-intrusive inspection systems for Customs and Border Protection
$100
Spending
Homeland security
Tactical communications equipment for Customs and Border Protection
$60
Spending
Homeland security
Border security fencing and technology
$100
Spending
Homeland security
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement information-sharing technology
$20
Spending
Homeland security
Explosive detection systems for airports
$1,000
Spending
Homeland security
Funding for Coast Guard acquisitions and construction
$98
Spending
Homeland security
Repairing and removing bridges hazardous to marine navigation
$142
Spending
Homeland security
Grants for security upgrades to mass transit
$150
Spending
Homeland security
Grants for security upgrades to ports
$150
Spending
Homeland security
Competitive grants to upgrade state and local fire stations
$210
Aid
Homeland security
Extra emergency food and shelter funding for homeless
$100
Spending
Outdoors
Deferred maintenance on federal lands
$125
Spending
Outdoors
Priority road, bridge and trail repairs
$180
Spending
Outdoors
Wildland fire management
$15
Spending
Outdoors
Wildlife refuge and fish hatchery construction, deferred maintenance, road maintenance and energy efficient visitors centers
$280
Spending
Outdoors
National Park Service deferred maintenance
$735
Spending
Outdoors
Preservation grants for historically black colleges and universities
$15
Spending
Outdoors
Repairing facilities and equipment for U.S. Geological Survey seismic, volcano, monitoring and stream gages
$140
Spending
Outdoors
Repair of schools, detention centers, roads, bridges, housing, irrigation and dams on Indian reservations
$490
Spending
Indian reservations
Indian guaranteed loans
$10
Spending
Outdoors
Interior spending oversight
$15
Spending
Outdoors
Cleanup of hazardous and toxic waste sites
$600
Spending
Outdoors
Cleanup of petroleum leaks from underground storage tanks
$200
Spending
Outdoors
Loans for communities to upgrade wastewater treatment systems and drinking water infrastructure
$6,400
Spending
Outdoors
Environmental Protection Agency spending oversight
$20
Spending
Outdoors
Renovation of forest roads, bridges and trails, remediation of abandoned mines, removal of barriers to fish and other critical habitat
$650
Spending
Outdoors
Fire hazard reduction on federal and state lands
$500
Spending
Indian reservations
Indian Health Facilities construction, maintenance and equipment
$347
Spending
Indian reservations
Indian Health Facilities sanitation construction
$68
Spending
Indian reservations
Indian Health Services IT development and deployment
$85
Spending
Arts
Smithsonian Institution
$25
Spending
Arts
Grants to fund arts projects in non-profit sector
$50
Spending
Labor
Grants to states for adult employment and training activities
$500
Spending
Labor
Grants to states for youth training, including summer jobs
$1,200
Spending
Labor
Grants to states for dislocated worker employment and training activities
$1,250
Spending
Labor
Grants to states with highest unemployment numbers for employment and training
$200
Spending
Labor
Funds to national reserve assistance for dislocated workers
$750
Spending
Labor
Training high-risk youth in construction job skills
$50
Spending
Labor
Community service program for low-income over-55s
$120
Spending
Labor
Funding for states' unemployment insurance and employment service agencies
$400
Spending
Labor
Extra funds for department to manage enforcement of labor laws
$80
Spending
Labor
Office of Job Corps construction and modernization of residential facilities for at-risk youth
$250
Spending
Labor
Department of Labor spending oversight
$6
Spending
Health and Services
Renovation and health IT purchases for community health centers
$2,000
Spending
Health and Services
Training of nurses, primary care physicians, dentists to practice in underserved communities in the National Health Service Corps
$500
Spending
Health and Services
National Institutes of Health biomedical research
$9,500
Spending
Health and Services
National Institutes of Health buildings and facilities repairs and renovations
$500
Spending
Health and Services
Funding for research comparing effectiveness of treatments funded by Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP
$1,100
Spending
Health and Services
Grants to states for childcare services for low-income working parents
$2,000
Spending
Health and Services
"Head Start" programs for low-income preschoolers
$1,000
Spending
Health and Services
"Early Head Start" programs for low-income infants
$1,100
Spending
Health and Services
Grants for community employment, food, housing and healthcare projects
$1,000
Spending
Health and Services
Grants to faith-based and community organizations
$50
Spending
Health and Services
Grants for elderly nutrition services including Meals on Wheels
$100
Spending
Health and Services
Extra money for Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
$2,000
Spending
Health and Services
Funding for community preventative health campaigns, vaccination programs, healthcare-associated infection reduction strategies
$1,000
Spending
Health and Services
Funding to improve IT security at the Department of Health and Human Services
$50
Spending
Health and Services
Oversight of Department of Health and Human Services spending
$17
Spending
Education
Funding for 'Title I' education programs for disadvantaged children
$13,000
Spending
Education
Construction funding for school districts without a local property-tax base
$100
Spending
Education
Funding for school computer and science laboratories and technology training for teachers
$650
Spending
Education
Funding for services to homeless children including meals and transportation
$70
Spending
Education
Grants for states to address teacher shortages
$200
Spending
Education
Grants for special education programs
$12,200
Spending
Education
Grants to states for vocational rehabilitation for disabled people
$540
Spending
Education
Grants to states for independent living centers and services for elderly blind people
$140
Aid
Education
Increase in Pell Grant to $5,350 in 2009 and to $5,550 in 2010, and other increases to student aid
$17,114
Aid
Education
Money to increase size of colleges' student aid funds
$60
Spending
Education
Money for colleges' work-study programs
$200
Spending
Education
Grants for teacher training and professional development
$100
Spending
Education
Funding for grants for states to create systems tracking individual student data
$250
Spending
Education
Department of Education spending oversight
$14
Spending
Volunteering
Extra money for AmeriCorps volunteer programs
$160
Spending
Volunteering
Extra money for National Service Trust volunteer programs
$40
Spending
Volunteering
Corporation for National and Community Service spending oversight
$1
Spending
Social Security
Construction of new National Computer Center for Social Security Administration
$500
Spending
Social Security
Extra money for Social Security Administration to process disability and retirement claim backlogs
$500
Spending
Social Security
Oversight of SSA spending
$2
Spending
Oversight
Oversight of economic recovery package
$25
Spending
Military
Army child development centers
$80
Spending
Military
Army "warrior transition complexes"
$100
Spending
Military
Navy and Marine Corps troop housing
$100
Spending
Military
Navy and Marine Corps child development centers
$80
Spending
Military
Navy and Marine Corps energy conservation and alternative energy projects
$100
Spending
Military
Air Force troop housing
$100
Spending
Military
Air Force child development centers
$80
Spending
Military
Defense hospital construction
$1,330
Spending
Military
Defense energy conservation investments
$120
Spending
Military
Army National Guard construction
$50
Spending
Military
Air National Guard construction
$50
Spending
Military
Army family housing construction and repairs
$38
Spending
Military
Air Force family housing construction
$97
Spending
Military
Programs for military homeowners facing mortgage problems
$555
Spending
Veterans
Improvements to Veterans Affairs benefits administration, IT and claims processing
$200
Spending
Veterans
Renovations and energy efficiency improvements to veterans medical facilities
$1,000
Spending
Veterans
Grants for construction of state extended care facilities for veterans
$150
Spending
Veterans
National Cemetery renovations and repairs
$50
Spending
Veterans
Oversight of Veterans Affairs and military spending
$1
Spending
State
Passport and training funding for State Department
$90
Spending
State
Creation of information management backup facility for State Department, funding for participation in cybersecurity program
$290
Spending
State
State Department spending oversight
$2
Spending
State
Repair and rehabilitation of flood control levees on Rio Grande, with remainder of money for IT investments at U.S. Agency for International Development
$220
Spending
Transportation
Grants for airport improvements
$1,100
Spending
Transportation
Upgrades to Federal Aviation Administration power systems, air traffic control centers and towers and airport lighting, navigation and landing equipment
$200
Spending
Transportation
Grants for highway improvements
$29,000
Spending
Transportation
Grants to Amtrak
$1,300
Spending
Transportation
Grants for capital investments in designated high-speed rail corridors
$8,000
Spending
Transportation
Public transit improvements and infrastructure investments
$8,400
Spending
Transportation
Grants for investments and improvements to small domestic shipyards
$100
Spending
Transportation
Department of Transportation spending oversight
$20
Spending
Housing
Repairs and modernization of public housing projects
$4,000
Spending
Housing
Grants to rehabilitate and improve energy efficiency on Native American housing programs
$510
Spending
Housing
Grants for community and economic development projects
$1,000
Aid
Housing
Grants for short-term help with rent and housing relocation for homeless families
$1,500
Spending
Housing
Energy efficiency retrogrades to low-income housing, including new insulation, windows and furnaces
$2,250
Spending
Housing
Funds for communities to buy and rehabilitate foreclosed and vacant properties
$2,000
Spending
Housing
Funds for building and rehabilitating low-income housing using green technology
$2,250
Spending
Housing
Grants for removing lead-based paint in low-income housing
$100
Spending
Housing
Department of Housing and Urban Development spending oversight
$15
Spending
Housing
Increase in government-sponsored mortgage provider conforming loan limits
$50
Aid
Aid to states
Aid to states to balance education budgets, prevent cutbacks and modernize schools
$40,600
Aid
Aid to states
Aid to states in form of bonus grants for meeting key performance measures in education
$5,000
Aid
Aid to states
Aid to states for public safety and critical services
$8,000
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Tax breaks for low-income housing investors
$143
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
$400 payroll tax credit for workers earning up to $75,000; married couples filing jointly get $800 for income up to $150,000
$116,199
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
Increase in earned income tax credit for working families with more than three children
$4,663
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
Increased eligibility for refundable child tax credit, with all income over $3000 qualifying
$14,830
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
Tax credit of up to $2500 for tuition and college expenses
$13,907
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
Computers and computer technology will qualify for inclusion in tax-advantaged savings plans
$6
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
A tax credit for first-time homebuyers increases from $7500 to $8000, and will not have to be repaid
$6,638
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
Taxpayers earning less than $125,000 can deduct sales and excise taxes paid on new cars
$1,684
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
$2400 of unemployment benefits will not be subject to federal income tax
$4,740
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
Middle-income taxpayers get an exemption from the alternative minimum tax of $46,700 for an individual and $70,950 for a married couple
$69,759
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Businesses will be able to more quickly deduct the cost of investments in plant and equipment from their taxable income
$5,074
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Businesses will be allowed to recover alternative minimum tax and research and development credits faster
$805
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Small businesses will be allowed to write-off up to $250,000 of capital expenditures in the year of acquisition
$41
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Unprofitable small businesses with annual receipts of less than $15 million can recoup taxes paid in the past five years, up from two
$947
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Companies will be allowed to defer taxes for five years on several transactions aimed at restructuring balance sheets, and repay the taxes over the following five years
$1,622
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Businesses will be able to claim a tax credit for 40% of the first $6000 of wages paid to unemployed veterans or 16-25-year-olds hired
$231
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Small businesses will be able to exclude 75% of the gain from the sale of some stock held more than five years
$829
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Taxable corporations converting into S corporations will have a 7-year holding period for assets subject to built-in gains tax, from 10 years
$415
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Restoring tougher rules on taxpayers claiming losses incurred by a company before they bought it is projected to raise money
-$6,977
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Some companies restructuring may not be subject to those tougher rules
$3,163
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Manufacturing facilities producing "intangible property" such as patents can qualify for industrial development bonds
$203
Tax provisions
Business tax cuts
Facilities making advanced energy property may be able to claim a new 30% investment tax credit
$1,647
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
$10 billion "new markets tax credits" will be available for 2008 and 2009
$815
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
$25 billion of bonds for investment in economic recovery zones will be created
$5,371
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
Tribal governments will have fewer requirements on their ability to issue tax-exempt bonds
$315
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
High-speed rail facilities for trains capable of going at 150 miles per hour will qualify for facility bonds
$288
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
Rules affecting state and local government bonds will be changed to improve marketability
$3,789
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
A 3% withholding on payments to government contractors will be delayed for one year
$291
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
$22 billion in new tax credit bonds for construction or repair of public schools
$9,877
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
$2.8 billion of bonds for schools working with businesses
$1,045
Tax provisions
Infrastructure tax cuts
35% credit to bondholders for infrastructure bonds, 35% refundable credit to issuers of bonds
$4,348
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Extending by three years the placed-in-service date for renewable energy investments
$13,143
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Investment credits in lieu of production credits for renewable energy purchases
$285
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Removal of cap on tax credits for purchase of small wind systems
$604
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
$1.6 billion extra allocation of clean energy bonds
$578
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
$2.4 billion extra qualified energy conservation bonds
$803
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
30% cap on tax credit for energy efficiency purchases by homeowners, up to $1500 per residence
$2,034
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Credit for purchase of residential solar, geothermal, wind and fuel cells
$268
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
50% tax credit for purchase of alternative refueling stations
$54
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Tax credit for plug-in electric vehicle conversion
$2,002
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Equalization of parking and transit tax-free employer benefits at $230 for 2009
$192
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Grants to states for low-income housing projects in lieu of credits
$5
Tax provisions
Energy tax cuts
Grants to states for energy projects in lieu of credits
$69
Aid
Other tax cuts
U.S. lumber, steel and other companies can keep money they were given from Canadian and Mexican import duties
$90
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
One-time payment of $250 for retirees, disabled people, SSI recipients, railroad retirees and disabled veterans
$14,225
Tax provisions
Individual tax cuts
One-time refundable tax credit of $250 for some government retirees not eligible for social security benefits
$218
Aid
Individual aid
Two-year extension of program providing income support and training benefits for workers who lose their jobs because of outsourcing overseas
$1,600
Aid
Individual aid
Extension of jobless benefits for up to 33 weeks
$26,960
Aid
Individual aid
Increase in weekly unemployment benefits by $25
$8,800
Aid
Individual aid
Grants for states modernizing unemployment compensation coverage among low-wage, part-time and other workers
$2,975
Aid
Individual aid
Waiver on interest payments and accrual in interest on loans held by state unemployment trust funds
$1,100
Aid
Individual aid
Extension of unemployment compensation by 13 weeks for railroad workers
$21
Aid
Individual aid
Aid to states to administer extended benefits
$138
Aid
Individual aid
Aid to states for temporary assistance to needy families payments (TANF)
$2,418
Aid
Individual aid
Extra aid to states with high population group or increased poverty for TANF payments
$319
Aid
Individual aid
Extra funding for child support enforcement
$1,000
Aid
Individual aid
Costs of providing health coverage help to workers laid off because of outsourcing overseas
$457
Aid
Individual aid
65% subsidy for laid-off workers to continue paying premiums for former employer's health plan for nine months
$24,749
Aid
Healthcare
Incentive payments to hospitals and physicians who computerize medical-records systems
$17,559
Aid
Healthcare
Federal aid to states for Medicaid spending
$90,044
Totals
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the cost of carrying out the programs and tax cuts in the economic stimulus package is likely to be slightly less than the amount of money authorized by the bill.
Description
Funds allocated
Estimated cost
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Food and farming
$26,466
$26,431
Commerce, justice and science
$15,920
$15,810
Defense
$4,555
$4,531
Energy and the environment
$50,825
$50,775
Government
$6,858
$6,707
Homeland security
$2,755
$2,744
Outdoors, Indian reservations and the arts
$10,950
$10,545
Labor and volunteering, healthcare and social services, education, social security
$72,564
$71,271
Oversight*
$25
$25
Military and veterans
$4,281
$4,246
Foreign relations
$602
$602
Transportation and housing
$61,795
$61,051
Aid to states
$53,600
$53,600
Tax cuts
$301,278
$288,482
Individual aid
$45,788
$58,143
Individual healthcare aid
$24,749
$24,677
Health IT
$17,559
$17,559
Aid to states for Medicaid
$90,044
$90,042
$790,614
$787,241
*Additional oversight costs are incorporated into individual spending categories |
