The following Maryland projects requested by Senator Cardin were included in Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations bills that have been passed by the House and Senate and were signed into law on September 30, 2008 by President Bush.

Advanced Restoration Therapies in Spinal Cord Injuries, $2 million for new therapies and techniques to aid service members afflicted with spinal cord injuries. This work will be performed at the Kennedy Kreiger Institute in Baltimore, a cutting edge medical research, education and treatment facility.

Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility Upgrades, $3 million forupgrades at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The upgrades will incorporate advanced instrumentation and display technology that will increase the value and capability of the Navy's Atlantic Test Range.

All Weather Sense and Avoid Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), $2.5 million to mitigate the chances of UAVs colliding with other aircraft.

Antibody Based Therapeutic Treatments against Smallpox, $800,000 will support the development of a smallpox treatment for military personnel and civilians.

Auxiliary Power Unit for the M1A1 Abrams Tank, $2.4 million to develop a power unit to reduce the Army Abrams Tank fuel demand by 50 percent, cutting Abrams daily fuel use in Iraq from $30 to $15 million a day, saving taxpayers money and reducing America's dependence on foreign oil.

Bio-Agent Early Warning Detector, $2 million to allow the continued development of new technology to rapidly identify biological threats on the battlefield.

Biodefense Technology Transfer Initiative, $1.5 million will benefit national security by attracting new technologies for military use.The initiative will be located at Fort Detrick.

Center for Automated Language and Cultural Analysis for Global Security, $2 million to explore technological approaches to breaking the language and cultural barriers the U.S. military encounters every day overseas. The Center will be set at the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Computer Studies.

Energetics Science and Technology Workforce Development, $4.5 million at the Southern Maryland Energetics Technology Center adjacent to the Indian Head Division, U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center. This funding will be used to help train scientists and engineers in the field of energetics.

Extensible Launching System, $3 million to better protect Navy ships from threats from advanced anti-ship cruise missiles.

Fibrin Adhesive Stat (FAST) Dressing, $3 million to improve treatment for burns and wounds on the battlefield.

Freeze-Dried Blood Technology Clinical Research, $2 million will support research to develop and deploy freeze-dried blood to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield and civilians injured in accidents or natural disasters.

Heavy Duty Hybrid Electric Vehicle, $2.4 million will help complete vehicle development for the U.S. Air Force. This project is aimed at reducing dangerous emissions and greatly improving fuel economy.

High Energy Conventional Energetics, $3.2 million to target asymmetric threats, such as hardened weapons of mass destruction sites. This program is managed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head in Charles County.

Laser-Based Explosive Detection Technology at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), $4 million will enhance technology available to military and first responders by improving sensors with the capability to instantly detect explosive materials at close contact and/or at a safe range.

Mobile Diabetes Management, $1.6 million to support the enrollment of 1,000 military family members and their dependents in an innovative trial utilizing cell phones to manage and avoid acute episodes of diabetes.

National Consortium for MASINT Research, $3 million for university research, including at Johns Hopkins University that will aid in the development of strategic intelligence for national security.

Naval Ship Hydrodynamic Facilities at the Carderock Naval Surface Warfare Center, $4 million to replace and improve ship testing facilities.

Navy Science and Technology Outreach (N-STAR) - Maryland, $1 million to extend a successful, project-based, middle school science and engineering program to Southern Maryland. The program is designed to focus on increasing and sustaining teacher and student knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and creating opportunity for STEM career exploration.

Northeast Counterdrug Training Center, $3 million to provide local, state and federal law enforcement professionals and community anti-drug coalitions with no-cost training in an 18-state area including Maryland.

Patuxent River Naval Air Station and Wallops Flight Facility, $4.8 million to complete the fiber optic data link between the facilities to better meet the need for digital communications and to support advanced Navy aircraft testing between the Navy and NASA testing ranges and facilities.

Plus-Up Civil Air Patrol, An additional $1.36 million to maintain the Civil Air Patrol's readiness to support disaster relief, community service missions, search and rescue, youth leadership development and homeland security initiatives around the country and in Maryland.

Recombinant BChE Formulation Program, $1.6 million will support the development of a medical countermeasure to protect military personnel and civilians against nerve agent exposure.

Repair of Massive Tissue Loss and Amputation through Composite Tissue Allotransplantation, $3.2 million for an initiative at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, to develop new techniques capable of repairing massive tissue losses and amputations in military and civilian patients.

Scalable Topside Array Radar (STAR) Demonstrator, $800,000 to build a STAR Demonstrator, which could reduce the cost and risk of next generation surface ship radar systems.

Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) Flight, $4 million will support efforts to design, develop and demonstrate a more capable Detect, Sense and Avoid (DSA) system for safe flight and navigation in domestic U.S. airspace.

Special Operations Forces Test Environment for Team Collaboration Missions, $2 million to enhance the value of Special Operations training by employing advanced technologies at the Pax River Naval Air Systems Command's Advanced Maritime Technology Center to assess how training exercises can take advantage of cutting edge network-centric warfare principles.

Sure Trak Re-Architecture and Sensor Augmentation, $2 million to support the redesign and improvement of tracking software in use at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and allow for the placement of additional security sensors.

Air National Guard Fire Station at Martin State Airport, $7.9 million to construct a new fire station at the Martin State Airport.

Andrews Air Force Base, $77.6 million to relocate non BRAC military personnel to administrative facilities.

Army National Guard Facility Readiness Center, $579,000 for additions and alterations in Dundalk.

Army National Guard Readiness Center, $9.8 million to upgrade a training facility for Maryland's National Guardsman in Salisbury.

Aviation Support Facility, $28 million for the Army National Guard at Weide Army Airfield in Edgewood.

Carderock Naval Surface Warfare Center, $7 million for a research development technology and engineering support facility.

Maryland Army Reserve, $11.6 million for upgrades to support training for Reservists in Baltimore.

National Maritime Intelligence Center, $12.4 million to continue construction in Suitland.

South Campus Utility Plant, $31 million for the National Security Agency at Fort Meade.

Energetics Lab Complex, $12 million for initial construction at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Indian Head in Charles County. Once completed, the Energetics Lab Complex will be used to support rapid development of new weapons technologies.

Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrades, $13.9 million for the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Indian Head in Charles County.

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, $23.7 million for the institute at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County.

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, $209 million for continued construction at Fort Detrick.

All other appropriations bills determining discretionary spending will operate at FY08 funding levels until March 6, 2009 pursuant to a continuing resolution signed by the President on September 30, 2008.

The following Maryland projects requested by Senator Cardin are included in the Fiscal Year 2009 Bills that have been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee. None has yet been considered on the Senate floor. Before these bills can become law, they must be approved by the full Senate, reconciled with any differences in companion House bills, and signed into law by the President. Final passage and approval by the President will likely happen in the first quarter of 2009.

Frostburg State University and University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, $500,000, Appalachian Center for Ethnobotanical Studies, an effort to conserve native plants and foster economic growth in the region through the managed development of the area's natural resources.

USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, $8.4 million to restore the proposed cuts in the President's budget for the Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory.

USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, $4 million to restore the proposed cuts in the President's budget for the National Agricultural Library.

USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, $3.2 million to restore the proposed cuts in the President's budget for high priority research projects at BARC.

USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, $2 million to restore the proposed cuts in the President's budget for the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.

USDA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, $23 million in uncapped mandatory funds to implement conservation activities on agricultural lands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for the purpose of improving water quality.

Baltimore County, $1,500,000, for technology upgrades to the Emergency Communications Center in Towson.

City of Baltimore Police Department, $1,100,000, for a gun violence reduction initiative.

Coppin State University/Towson University/University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, $1,000,000, for the Baltimore Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Teacher Partnership.

Eastern Shore of Maryland Education Consortium, $250,000, to expand a dropout prevention program utilizing a web-based curriculum.

Harford County, $365,000, for interoperability equipment technology upgrades.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, $20,000,000, Blue Crab emergency assistance for watermen and the processing industry.

Maryland State Police, $500,000, for the First Responder Radio Interoperability Project, a statewide interoperable communications system.

Morgan State University, $3,000,000, for the Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium, a partnership of Morgan State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Bowie State University for continued aviation safety research and development.

National Federation of the Blind, $600,000, for an initiative to enhance the participation of Blind youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics careers.

NOAA: B-WET Programs, $9,700,000 to fund grant awards for K-12 environmental education programs nationally, including those with a special focus on the Chesapeake Bay.

NOAA: Chesapeake Bay Office, $500,000 for the Chesapeake Bay network of environmental observation platforms.

NOAA: Chesapeake Bay Studies (Annapolis & Oxford, MD and two VA locations), $3,500,000, to support the continuation of community watershed grants; ecosystem-based fisheries management; development of the Chesapeake Observing System; and other activities.

NOAA: Oyster Restorations Programs in Maryland and Virginia, $4,600,000, for restoration of oyster habitat and oyster reefs and planting disease-free oysters.

NOAA and the State of Maryland, $5,000,000, to fund operations at the joint NOAA/Maryland Department of Natural Resources Cooperative Oxford Laboratory for Chesapeake Bay fisheries and ecosystem studies.

Northwest Citizens Patrol, $150,000, for information technology systems upgrades to enhance public safety efforts in Baltimore.

University of Baltimore, $500,000, for expansion of the Center for Children and Courts early intervention program for truant public school students in six school districts.

University of Maryland, $1,000,000, for the Earth System Science interdisciplinary center Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies.

University of Maryland, $2,000,000, for research and development into ultrafast dynamics for next generation nanotechnology.

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, $2,000,000, for the replacement of the environmental information center destroyed by fire in 2007.

Army Corps of Engineers, $983,000, for preconstruction engineering and design of the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Islands (James and Barren) dredge placement and environmental restoration project.

Army Corps of Engineers, $1,000,000, for the feasibility study and early design for the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge wetlands restoration project.

Army Corps of Engineers, $12,000,000, for use of 40 million cubic yards of dredged materials from the approach channels of the Baltimore Harbor and Channels Navigation Project to restore 1,140 acres of remote island habitat.

Army Corps of Engineers, $200,000, to rebuild and re-water 1.2 miles of the historic C&O Canal terminus in Cumberland as an essential component of the Potomac Riverfront historical preservation effort.

Army Corps of Engineers, $400,000, to develop a comprehensive restoration plan for the Anacostia River and its tributaries.

Army Corps of Engineers, $1,900,000, to continue the restoration of the beach at Assateague Island National Seashore.

Army Corps of Engineers, $2,000,000, for Chesapeake Bay native oyster restoration projects, including construction of sanctuary reefs.

Army Corps of Engineers, $2,5000,000, for the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program, including wastewater treatment plant construction in Ewell, Maryland.

Army Corps of Engineers, $200,000 for the continuing activities of providing shoreline protection for the Atlantic Coast of Maryland.

Army Corps of Engineers, $200,000, to resume the feasibility study of removing sediment from behind the Conowingo Reservoir.

Army Corps of Engineers, $16,193,000, for operation and maintenance of the Federal Navigation Channels for the Baltimore District.

Army Corps of Engineers, $250,000, to investigate the innovative reuse of dredged materials and flood damage reduction in the Patapsco and Back River watersheds in Baltimore.

Army Corps of Engineers, $450,000, for maintenance dredging of the Ocean City Harbor and Inlet.

Army Corps of Engineers, $500,000, for the Herring Bay and Rockhold Creek navigation channel.

Army Corps of Engineers, $200,000, for a feasibility study on small-scale shoreline protection techniques.

Army Corps of Engineers, $338,000, for collection and removal of drift materials from Baltimore Harbor.

Army Corps of Engineers, $500,000, for the Parish Creek (Anne Arundel County) navigation channel project.

Army Corps of Engineers, $500,000, for the Honga River/Tar Bay Federal Navigation Channel project.

Army Corps of Engineers, $30,000, for the Anacostia River and Tributaries Phase III project.

Army Corps of Engineers, $300,000, for a feasibility study to manage the Susquehanna River during extremely low flow periods.

Army Corps of Engineers, $1,000,000, for large-scale restoration of underwater Chesapeake Bay grasses, which are essential for Bay health and as nursery areas for numerous species including blue crabs.

Army Corps of Engineers, $135,000, for the Federal Navigation Channel at Twitch Cove and Big Thorofare River.

Army Corps of Engineers, $1,400,000, for maintenance dredging of the Wicomico River.

Army Corps of Engineers, $14,065,000, for maintenance dredging of the C&D Canal.

Baltimore City, $500,000, for rehabilitating the sanitary sewer system along Dead Run and Maidens Choice Run areas of the Gwynns Falls.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, $500,000, to enhance navigation and protect valuable shoreline in the Rhodes Point area of Smith Island.

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, $600,000, for a pilot program to determine the feasibility of adding anaerobic digestion to serve as the fuel source for combined heat power (CHP) units to generate electricity to power two sewage treatment plants.

FY09 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations

National Historical Publication and Records Commission, $10,500,000, for national grants program and essential staffing and administration.

Prince George's Small Business Trade Assistance Office, $100,000, to develop an office that will promote opportunities for Prince George's County businesses to trade with partners in Africa.

White Oak FDA Consolidation, $204,404,000, for the initial construction of the CBER Lab and other facilities as part of the on-going US Food and Drug Administration consolidation at White Oak.

City of Baltimore, $1,250,000, to support Youth Works, a summer jobs program for underserved youth.

Healthcare for the Homeless, $1,250,000, for the construction of a new facility to provide additional healthcare resources to Baltimore's homeless population.

Joseph Richey House, $750,000, for the construction of Dr. Bob's Place, a hospice providing end-of-life care for children.

Montgomery College, $750,000, for biotech laboratory equipment.

Prince George's County, $500,000, for equipment to provide comprehensive dental services to uninsured and underinsured elementary school-aged children.

Roberta's House, $300,000, to provide grief support and mental health services for children and families in Baltimore.

Towson University, $500,000, for the Center for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, providing support and resources addressing the needs of the population effected by ASD.

University of Maryland, $1,000,000, to develop and administer a public service fellowship program.

Colmar Manor Community Center, $300,000, to fund a Community Center that will support Colmar Manor and the other Port Towns of Cottage City, Edmonston and Bladensburg.

Howard County, $400,000, for community facilities and accessible homes for seniors.

MAC Area Agency on Aging, $400,000, for construction of the Salisbury-Wicomico Senior Services and Wellness Center.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, $500,000, for the design and construction of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Park Visitors Center in Dorchester County.

Maryland Department of Transportation, $2,000,000, for the statewide bus and bus facilities program, including the construction of a new facility to replace the Kirk Bus Division building in Baltimore and the purchase of additional hybrid buses.

Maryland Department of Transportation American, $15,000,000, for MARC capacity improvements with the near-term goal of adding 4,000 seats to the existing 27,000 seat inventory by 2010.

Maryland Department of Transportation, $500,000, for planning, conceptual design, environmental review, and preliminary engineering for a MARC rail storage and maintenance facility in Aberdeen.

Maryland Department of Transportation, $3,000,000, for BRAC-related improvements in Anne Arundel County in the vicinity of Ft. Meade.

Maryland Department of Transportation, $3,000,000, for BRAC-related improvements in Harford County in the vicinity of the Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Maryland Department of Transportation, $3,000,000, for BRAC-related improvements in Montgomery County in the vicinity of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda).