WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley said that several Iowa projects were included in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education spending bill that passed out of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee today.
"This bill supports a broad range of projects to help Iowa communities and educational institutions," Grassley said. "These projects will support positive initiatives in renewable energy, biosciences and preventative health for Iowans."
The bill will now move for consideration by the full Appropriations Committee before being voted on by the Senate. Grassley said he will continue to work with Senate appropriators throughout the process to see that funding for the following projects is included in the final version of the bill. The appropriations process begins each spring and is typically completed at the end of each congressional session.
Here are Iowa projects included in the bill. Other Iowa projects can be found on Grassley's website, http://grassley.senate.gov.
Broadlawns Medical Center
, Des Moines, $500,000 – to purchase equipment.
Cedar Rapids Public Library
, Cedar Rapids, $500,000 – for replacement of the radio-frequency identification system.
Delta Dental of Iowa
, Ankeny, $150,000 – to support community based coalitions alleviating the critical shortage of dentists in rural Iowa and improving the oral health of Iowans.
Des Moines Area Community College
, Ankeny, $400,000 – To train and place dislocated workers in high-growth, high-demand industries.
Drake University
, Des Moines, $400,000 -- for pharmacy & health sciences pharmacogenomics and disease prevention lab.
Dubuque County Historical Society
, Dubuque, $500,000 -- for Dubuque Great Rivers Center exhibits.
FAMILY, Inc
., Council Bluffs, $400,000 – to create a national model for early childhood and family support that provides the community an integrated and sustainable campus of key services.
Hawkeye Community College
, Waterloo, $400,000 – for advanced manufacturing and training programs.
World Food Prize Foundation
, Des Moines,$750,000 – For funding of exhibits honoring Norman Borlaug in the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Hall of Laureates.
Iowa State Education Association
, Des Moines, $133,000 – To continue an initiative to educate teachers and students on international trade.
Iowa State University
, Ames, $750,000 -- To reduce the current and expanding national threat associated with infectious disease, and translate groundbreaking discoveries into the molecular design of new classes of immunobiotics and vaccines.
Meskwaki Settlement School of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi
, Tama, $500,000 – For aculturally based education initiative teaching innovative technologies to better prepare Native American students for college and the modern workforce.
Northeast Iowa Community College
, Peosta, $300,000 – For renewable energy and agriculturaltraining programs.
University of Dubuque
, Dubuque, $400,000 -- For aviation degree equipment for the only four-year aviation program in Iowa.
University of Iowa
, Iowa City, $165,000 -- For the National Institute for Twice-
Exceptionality to conduct student evaluations and research, serve as a clearinghouse for materials related to twice-exceptional learners, and offer Web-based and on-site professional development opportunities.
University of Iowa
, Iowa City, $2 million – For the construction of the College of Public Health Academic Building to strengthen the nation's growing needs for public health education, research and service.
University of Iowa
, Iowa City, $1 million – For the Institute of Biomedical Discovery to advance research and treatment for chronic and acute health conditions related to cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurosciences including vision sciences, and aging.
University of Northern Iowa
, Cedar Falls, $750,000 – To expand a program that will increase the knowledge and skills of teachers to develop language and literacy skills in young children with disabilities.