Billions
Health & Human Services 15.4
Education 11.8  
Labor 8.5    
Transportation 4.0      
Science & Technology 1.9        
Energy 1.3          
Other 1.1            
Housing 0.9              
Water & Environment 0.7              
Public Safety 0.4              
* Additionally Californians will receive an estimated $35.4 Billion in Tax Relief.

Summary

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a $787 billion plan to create jobs, get the economy going again and make significant improvements to the nation’s infrastructure.

 
 

 

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

  • Create or save more than 3.5 million jobs over the next two years;
  • Take a big step toward computerizing Americans’ health records, reducing medical errors, and saving billions in health care costs;
  • Revive the renewable energy industry and provide the capital over the next three years to eventually double domestic renewable energy capacity;
  • Undertake the largest weatherization program in history by modernizing 75 percent of federal building space and more than one million homes;
  • Increase college affordability for seven million students by funding the shortfall in Pell Grants, increasing the maximum award level by $500, and providing a new higher education tax cut to nearly four million students;
  • As part of the $150 billion investment in new infrastructure, enact the largest increase in funding of our nation’s roads, bridges, and mass transit systems since the creation of the national highway system in the 1950s;
  • Provide an $800 Making Work Pay tax credit for 129 million working households, and cut taxes for the families of millions of children through an expansion of the Child Tax Credit;
  • Require unprecedented levels of transparency, oversight, and accountability.