U.S. Senator Pat Roberts
United States Senator, Kansas
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  • Wichita Mid-Continent Airport Terminal Area Redevelopment Program–Airfield Ramp Pavements

    Organization:
    Wichita Airport Authority
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The city of Wichita is currently in the process of developing plans to renovate and expand Mid-Conti...
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  • 159th and US 69 Interchange Improvements

    Organization:
    City of Overland Park
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    U.S. Highway 69 is one of the major north/south routes in Johnson County (JOCO), Kansas. JOCO is the...
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  • 23rd & Ousdahl Stormwater Improvements

    Organization:
    City of Lawrence
    Address:
    Lawrence, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    To fund stormwater improvements at the intersection of 23rd Street and Ousdahl Road Lawrence, Kansas...
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  • 24th Street/US 281-Bypass Pavement Repair and Rehabilitation

    Organization:
    City of Great Bend
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The 281-Bypass serves as a significant traffic route alternative for vehicles coming from the east t...
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  • 5th and Maple Stormwater Pump Station

    Organization:
    City of Lawrence
    Address:
    Lawrence, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    To fund a lift/pump station and piping to discharge stormwater from North Lawrence to the Kansas Riv...
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  • 83rd Street-Somerset Drive Drainage

    Organization:
    City of Prairie Village
    Address:
    Prairie Village, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    To construct a new storm pipe in 83rd Street to a terminus on Somerset Drivel; the new pipe will re-...
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  • Academic Support and Research Compliance for Knowledge Gathering

    Organization:
    University of Kansas
    Address:
    Lawrence
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This program will continue a partnership begun last year between KU and the Combined Arms Center ...
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  • Accelerated Insertion of Advanced Materials and Certification for Military Aircraft Structure Material Substitution and Repai

    Organization:
    Wichita State University
    Amount of request:
    $3,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    This program would continue development of a shared database for material, structural, manufacturing...
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  • Access Control Point - Estes Road

    Organization:
    U.S. Army
    Address:
    Ft. Riley, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $7.1 million
    Purpose of request:
    This project will upgrade the Estes Road access point onto Fort Riley to the new Army sta...
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  • Administration for Families and Children Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Small Business Child Care Grant Program, Sec. 8303 of P.L. 110-28
    Amount of request:
    $10,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To encourage small businesses to partner together or with other organizations to establish child car...
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  • Administration for Families and Children Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Community Based Abstinence Education Program
    Amount of request:
    To ensure that no changes are made to funding levels or to the program
    Purpose of request:
    To provide support to public and private entities in developing and implementing abstinence educatio...
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  • Advanced Hybrid Chemistry for Portable Power

    Organization:
    EaglePicher Technologies LLC
    Address:
    Pittsburg
    Amount of request:
    $4,100,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project would develop advanced hybrid chemistry that will provide the Army with the increased b...
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  • Advanced Materials Research at the National Institute for Aviation

    Organization:
    Wichita State University
    Amount of request:
    $4,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    To conduct Advanced Materials Research at the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita St...
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  • Aging Aircraft Fleet Support

    Organization:
    Wichita State University
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    Most of the aging research being conducted presently is focused on metallic structures. In addition ...
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  • Air Quality

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1.3 million
    Purpose of request:
    This initiative will produce accurate estimates of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) emi...
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  • Airborne Laser

    Organization:
    The Boeing Company
    Amount of request:
    $424,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The ABL provides a capability to destroy ballistic missiles in the boost phase of the trajectory, th...
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  • Animal Science and Food Safety Consortium

    Organization:
    U. of Arkansas, U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Iowa State U., Kansas State U.
    Amount of request:
    $1.2 million
    Purpose of request:
    The goal of food safety research is to prevent food borne illnesses. Between 6.5 million and 81...
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  • Armed Forces Health and Food Supply Research

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan
    Amount of request:
    $8,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project allows KSU to conduct threat and vulnerability analysis of foreign disease agents and f...
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  • AT-6B Capabilities Demonstration for the Air National Guard

    Organization:
    Hawker Beechcraft
    Amount of request:
    $10,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The AT-6B meets the needs of top level US National Strategic Guidance, including the 2006 Quadrennia...
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  • Atchison CSO Environmental Infrastructure Project

    Organization:
    City of Atchison
    Address:
    Atchison, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $4 million
    Purpose of request:
    Environmental Infrastructure. Provide planning design and construction improvements of the City of A...
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  • Atchison Wastewater Treatment Plant Disinfection System

    Organization:
    City of Atchison
    Address:
    Atchison, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $332,575
    Purpose of request:
    To provide for the addition of an ultra-violet (UV) disinfection process to the water being discharg...
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  • B-52 Tactical Data Link Capability

    Organization:
    The Boeing Company
    Amount of request:
    $10,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The B-52 remains a primary asset for the defense of the country, and communication within the battle...
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  • Biosecurity Research for Soldier Food Safety

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan
    Amount of request:
    $5,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project would allow scientists to develop methods and equipment to determine biohazards in sold...
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  • Blue River Hills Transition to Rural Water (Riley RWD#1)

    Organization:
    Blue River Hills Improvement District (BRHID)
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $383,000
    Purpose of request:
    The funds would allow the Blue River Hills Improvement District (BRHID) transition to rural water by...
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  • Brush Creek

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Kansas City Metro Area, Kansas and Missouri
    Amount of request:
    $300,000
    Purpose of request:
    Brush Creek has had several severe flooding events, including 1998 that resulted in seven fatalities...
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  • Bus and Bus Facilities-Statewide (rural and urban) Bus and Bus Facilities (FTA 5309) Program

    Organization:
    Kansas Department of Transportation
    Address:
    Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $26,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To allow the Kansas Department of Transportation to address transit needs throughout the state of Ka...
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  • C-130 Noise Cancellation System

    Organization:
    Global Aviation Technologies
    Amount of request:
    $3,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The C-130 Active Noise Cancellation System (ANCS) is a commercial off-the-shelf product that reduces...
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  • C-17

    Organization:
    Amount of request:
    Purpose of request:
    Letter of Support to purchase an aditional 15 C-17 Aircraft.
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  • Circuit Riders Letter of Support

    Organization:
    Rural Utility Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Amount of request:
    $15 million
    Purpose of request:
    Circuit Riders provide the primary assistance small communities need to operate safe, clean water sy...
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  • City of Dodge City Water Reclamation Facility

    Organization:
    City of Dodge City
    Address:
    Dodge City, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    To fund a water reclamation facility, wastewater conveyance system facilities, and water reuse distr...
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  • City of Wichita Security Systems

    Organization:
    City of Wichita
    Address:
    Wichita, KS
    Amount of request:
    $500,000
    Purpose of request:
    The City of Wichita Buildings Division maintains more than 300 buildings throughout the metropolitan...
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  • Civil Air Patrol

    Organization:
    Cessna Aircraft Company
    Address:
    Wichita
    Amount of request:
    $5,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was founded in December 1941 and chartered by Congress in 1946 to provide...
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  • Clay Center PUC, Water System Improvements

    Organization:
    Clay Center Public Utility Commission
    Address:
    Clay Center , Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1.5 million
    Purpose of request:
    To fund construction of a reverse osmosis water treatment plant, aboveground storage tank, site work...
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  • Colonial Fox Theatre

    Organization:
    Colonial Fox Theatre Foundation
    Address:
    Pittsburg, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    To ensure the physical stabilization and restoration of Colonial Fox Theatre, Pittsburg, Kansas.
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  • Composite Airframe Maintenance and Airworthiness Education and Training at the National Institute for Aviation Research

    Organization:
    Wichita State University
    Amount of request:
    $1,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    Steady growth in the use of composite materials has continued in commercial and military transport a...
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  • Composite Small Main Rotor Blades

    Organization:
    Kaman Aerospace Corporation- Plastic Fabricating Division
    Amount of request:
    $3,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project will replace the main rotor blade on the A/MH-6 Little Bird Helicopter with Composite S...
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  • Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System Interface Project

    Organization:
    Johnson County, Kansas Emergency Communications Department
    Address:
    Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $400,000
    Purpose of request:
    Public safety 911/dispatch centers rely heavily upon Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems to effect...
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  • Conceptual Level Planning and Environmental Document for the Leavenworth Centennial Bridge/M-92

    Organization:
    City of Leavenworth
    Amount of request:
    $2,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    Completion of the project will improve connections between Leavenworth County and other parts of the...
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  • Concordia Flood Control

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Concordia, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $300,000
    Purpose of request:
    A significant flood hazard with a high potential for loss of life and property damage exists in Conc...
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  • Construction and Expansion of the CRMC Regional Evacuation/Alternative Care Facility and Cancer Treatment Center

    Organization:
    Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
    Address:
    Coffeyville, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    The building addition would locate all medical imaging in one area of the hospital campus, allowing ...
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  • Construction of Visitation and Exchange Center for Douglas County and Region

    Organization:
    Kansas Family and Children’s Foundation
    Amount of request:
    $500,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Visitation and Exchange Center provides a safe child-friendly setting when divorcing or separati...
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  • Contaminated Human Remains Pouch

    Organization:
    NanoScale Corporation
    Address:
    Manhattan
    Amount of request:
    $3,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The transport of contaminated human remains is important in both combat and humanitarian military ac...
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  • Davis Road Improvements

    Organization:
    City of Ottawa
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    Davis Road serves many of the industrial partners in the city, a new housing development of 140 home...
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  • Development and Expansion of Mosaic’s Legacy Senior Services Program

    Organization:
    Mosaic-Garden City Branch
    Address:
    Garden City, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $350,000
    Purpose of request:
    Mosaic's Legacy Senior Services is a new model of service that will be provided in Garden City, KS, ...
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  • Development of Improved Lighter-Weight IED/EFP Armor Solutions

    Organization:
    Leading Technology Composites
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This program would develop vehicle armor solutions for the Army to ultimately reduce the weight and ...
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  • Developmental Center for Primary Initiating Explosives

    Organization:
    Day and Zimmerman
    Amount of request:
    $1,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project will develop a modern, state of the art facility at the former Kansas Army Ammunition P...
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  • Downtown Streetscape and Realignment, Kansas City, Kansas

    Organization:
    Unified Government of Wyandotte County
    Amount of request:
    $500,000
    Purpose of request:
    For Downtown Revitalization and Streetscape Improvements, Kansas City, KS.
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  • Doyle Creek Site No. 11

    Organization:
    Doyle Creek Watershed Joint District No. 86
    Address:
    Newton, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $669,100
    Purpose of request:
    The funds would be used for financial and technical assistance for design and construction of Doyle ...
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  • Dry Creek Overflow Reconnaissance Study

    Organization:
    City of Wichita
    Address:
    Wichita, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $100,000
    Purpose of request:
    Determine if there is a Federal interest in conducting a feasibility study that identifies measures ...
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  • Eisenhower Memorial Commission Letter of Support

    Organization:
    Eisenhower Memorial Commission
    Amount of request:
    $19 million
    Purpose of request:
    The funds will be used for design, and operations of the Commission for the next two years.
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  • Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Medical System Integration

    Organization:
    Swope Health Quindaro
    Address:
    Kansas City, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $540,000
    Purpose of request:
    For the development of a system to existing electronic medical and medical records systems.
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  • Emergency Management Performance Grant Letter of Suppport

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    Amount of request:
    $487 million
    Purpose of request:
    The EMPG program was created to assist in developing an effective emergency management system at the...
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  • Equipment and Expansion of KU Cancer Center

    Organization:
    University of Kansas
    Address:
    Lawrence, Kansas City , Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $500,000
    Purpose of request:
    To achieve the goal of National Cancer Institute designation, the University of Kansas Cancer Center...
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  • Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project

    Organization:
    City of Wichita
    Address:
    Wichita, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $5 million
    Purpose of request:
    Funding for the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita Project, Kansas would be used for funding the des...
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  • Expeditionary Capabilities Laboratory, Marine Corps PEO Land Systems

    Organization:
    M2 Technologies and Kansas State University
    Amount of request:
    $5,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Expeditionary Capabilities Laboratory, formerly the Urban Operations Laboratory, provides expand...
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  • Farrelly Road Improvements

    Organization:
    City of Salina
    Amount of request:
    $800,000
    Purpose of request:
    The project will upgrade Farrelly Road so that it meets the standard for regular transportation use,...
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  • For construction to provide improvements to the West Anderson Avenue/Kimball Avenue Road Intersection

    Organization:
    City of Manhattan
    Amount of request:
    $3,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    Improvements are needed to these roads and intersection due to tremendous growth resulting from incr...
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  • For design and construction of the expansion of U.S. Highway 69 in Crawford, Bourbon, and Cherokee Counties

    Organization:
    Kansas Department of Transportation
    Address:
    Crawford, Bourbon, and Cherokee Counties
    Amount of request:
    $3,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The project will assist in the construction of a new 4-lane U.S. Highway 69 through Crawford, Bourbo...
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  • For engineering design and planning for the reconstruction of Trail Street

    Organization:
    City of Dodge City
    Amount of request:
    $400,000
    Purpose of request:
    Trail Street serves residential and business areas and provides the only access to National Beef Pro...
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  • Ford County Jail Build-Out

    Organization:
    Ford County Government
    Address:
    Dodge City, KS
    Amount of request:
    $500,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project would allow Ford County Government to finish the Sheriff Office area within the new jai...
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  • Funding for highway and safety improvements to the US Highway 77 corridor

    Organization:
    City of Junction City
    Amount of request:
    $4,752,356
    Purpose of request:
    This project will provide upgrades and safety improvements to US Hwy 77, including intersections, in...
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  • Geographic Information Science (GIS) Strategic Decision Center

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    Funds will used to develop a program and purchase equipment. A GIS Science Strategic Decision Center...
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  • Grain Sorghum

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    These funds will support the continued effort to enhance the overall productivity and value of U....
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  • Grand (Neosho) River Basin, KS and OK

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District
    Address:
    Kansas and Oklahoma
    Amount of request:
    $162,000
    Purpose of request:
    Funding will be used to address a collection of separate structural and ecosystem restoration measur...
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  • Grasshopper Coal Creek Site No. 29

    Organization:
    Delaware Watershed Joint District No. 10
    Address:
    Holton, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $596,300
    Purpose of request:
    The funds would be used by the Delaware Watershed Joint District No. 10 for financial and technical ...
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  • Green Wind Energy and Sustainability

    Organization:
    Wichita State University
    Address:
    Wichita , Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    Green wind technology and the advanced aviation/aerodynamics industry form a powerful synergy that w...
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  • Homeland Security Masters Degree Program

    Organization:
    Command and General Staff College Foundation Inc.
    Address:
    Leavenworth, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $500,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Command and General Staff College Foundation intends to establish a Homeland Security Masters De...
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  • Improvements to 14th Street and U.S. Highways 24/40

    Organization:
    City of Tonganoxie
    Amount of request:
    $1,100,000
    Purpose of request:
    Funding will be used to improve the intersection of these travel lanes within the city of Tonganoxie...
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  • Improvements to Lincoln, Swensson, and Bethany Drives

    Organization:
    City of Lindsborg
    Amount of request:
    $750,000
    Purpose of request:
    To reconstruct and add storm water drainage to East Lincoln Street, East Swensson Street and Bethany...
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  • Interchange design and construction Kansas Highway 10 and Lone Elm Interchange

    Organization:
    City of Lenexa
    Amount of request:
    $3,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    Funding will be used to assist in the planning, right of way purchase, and initial construction of t...
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  • Interstate 70 Viaduct Realignment

    Organization:
    Kansas Department of Transportation
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    For the realignment of the Interstate 70 Viaduct in Topeka, KS. This action is needed to address saf...
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  • Iola Levee System and Flood Control

    Organization:
    City of Iola
    Address:
    Iola, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $200,000
    Purpose of request:
    The City of Iola was affected by a devastating flood on June 29, 2007 and was swamped with as high a...
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  • Iola Water and Sewer Main Upgrade

    Organization:
    City of Iola
    Address:
    Iola, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    To make upgrades and improvements to the worn-out sewer and water pipes in order for the City of Iol...
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  • Jennie Barker Road corridor enhancements and reconfiguration of intersections

    Organization:
    Finney County
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    Jennie Barker Road intersects several US and state highways at the northeast corner of Garden City i...
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  • John Redmond Reservoir Log Jam Removal

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District
    Address:
    Burlington, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    Currently there is 2.5 mile long log jam located in the Neosho River at the upper end of John Redmon...
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  • Junction City Water Well #18

    Organization:
    City of Junction City
    Address:
    Junction City, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    To provide for construction of Water Well #18 and installation of well field piping improvements to ...
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  • K-7 Corridor Study from 183rd Street to 119th Street

    Organization:
    City of Olathe
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To conduct a study of the K-7 corridor in Olathe, Kansas to determine ways to relieve pressure from ...
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  • Kansas City, KS Water Main Repair and Replacement Project

    Organization:
    Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County, Kansas
    Address:
    Kansas City, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1.5 million
    Purpose of request:
    To ensure replacement of aging water mains and related infrastructure located mainly in the northern...
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  • Kansas Citys Levees, Kansas and Missouri Flood Risk Management Project (Seven Levees)

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Kansas and Missouri
    Amount of request:
    $2.7 million
    Purpose of request:
    The funds will evaluate the Metropolitan flood protection system on the Missouri and Kansas Rivers i...
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  • Kansas River Basin Comprehensive Study

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $300,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Kansas River Basin drains 60,000 square miles in Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. There are 18 fe...
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  • Karnal Bunt Research

    Organization:
    The multi-state Karnal Bunt Research Consortium includes USDA-ARS, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, and Oklahom
    Address:
    multi-states
    Amount of request:
    $541,185
    Purpose of request:
    Research is necessary to discover methods to prevent and develop resistance to Karnal Bunt disease i...
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  • Kiowa County Commons

    Organization:
    Kiowa County
    Address:
    Greensburg, KS
    Amount of request:
    $3 million
    Purpose of request:
    The Kiowa County Commons building project will bring back to life two structures that were destroyed...
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  • KU Cancer Research Equipment

    Organization:
    University of Kansas
    Address:
    University of Kansas Cancer Center
    Kansas City , Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $5 million
    Purpose of request:
    This project would be a benefit for all because curing and halting cancer should be a high priority ...
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  • Large Wind Turbine Research and Education

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    Kansas State is host to the Kansas Wind Applications Center (WAC), one of six such centers created i...
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  • Laser Peening for Friction Stir Welded Aerospace Structures

    Organization:
    Wichita State University and Curtiss Wright Metal Improvement Company
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This demonstration program is aimed at developing and now deploying advanced aircraft manufacturing ...
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  • Lenexa Watershed Management Program

    Organization:
    City of Lenexa
    Address:
    Lenexa, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To fund upgrades for watershed-based approach to stormwater management in order to protect life and ...
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  • Long Range Hypersonic Interceptor

    Organization:
    Iron Tree Research
    Amount of request:
    $5,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project will continue development of the Long-Range Hypersonic Interceptor (LRHI), providing th...
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  • Lyons Creek Site No. 15

    Organization:
    Lyons Creek Watershed Joint District No. 41
    Address:
    Abilene, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1.24 million
    Purpose of request:
    The funds would be used for financial and technical assistance for design and construction of Lyons ...
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  • Manhattan, Kansas Local Protection Project

    Organization:
    City of Manhattan
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $300,000
    Purpose of request:
    The City of Manhattan, Kansas, and an unincorporated area of Pottawatomie County are protected from ...
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  • Materials Integrity Management Research for the Air Force

    Organization:
    Wichita State University and Miltec Research & Technology
    Address:
    Wichita
    Amount of request:
    $3,200,000
    Purpose of request:
    This program fulfills an unfunded requirement within the Air Force to provide health management mode...
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  • Middle Creek Site No. 11

    Organization:
    Middle Creek Watershed Joint District No. 62
    Address:
    Lincolnville, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1.35 million
    Purpose of request:
    The funds would be used for financial and technical assistance for design and construction of Middle...
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  • Missouri River Degradation Study

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $800,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Kansas City District office will continue studying why the Missouri River is downcutting its r...
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  • Missouri River Levee System, L-455 and R-460-471

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Elwood, Wathena, St. Jospeh, MO, Kansas and Missouri
    Amount of request:
    $800,000
    Purpose of request:
    The design (PED) phase makes progress towards construction of the recommended levee raising. The lev...
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  • National Agriculture Biosecurity Center

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    KSU requests $1.0 million for the NABC for Phase III efforts to protect America ’s agricul...
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  • National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility

    Organization:
    Department of Homeland Security
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $36.3 million
    Purpose of request:
    The Department of Homeland Security’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) selectio...
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  • National Canola Research Program (NCRP)

    Organization:
    National Canola Research Program
    Address:
    multi-state
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    The NCRP is a nationally coordinated and administered research program through CSREES’ Supplem...
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  • National Center for Advanced Materials Research

    Organization:
    National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita State University
    Address:
    Wichita, KS
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The economic state of the aircraft industry within the United States continues to advance as aircraf...
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  • Neodesha Small Flood Control Project

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District
    Address:
    Neodesha, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $100,000
    Purpose of request:
    Initiate Feasibility Study to identify measures (structural and non-structural) and formulate altern...
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  • Next Generation Ice Protection Technologies System (IPS) for UAVs

    Organization:
    Wichita State University (WSU) and Ice Management Systems (IMS)
    Amount of request:
    $3,600,000
    Purpose of request:
    IPS is a next generation ice protection technology under joint development by WSU and IMS which util...
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  • Next Generation Supercomputing for Code Breaking, Code Making and Cyber Security

    Organization:
    Northrop Grumman and University of Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $3,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This project will work to develop the first useful quantum computer, providing revolutionary cyber-w...
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  • North Black Vermillion Site No. 201

    Organization:
    Upper Black Vermillion Watershed Joint District No. 37
    Address:
    Centralia, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $423,000
    Purpose of request:
    The funds would be used for financial and technical assistance for design and construction of North ...
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  • Oberlin Municipal Airport Runway Realignment and Lengthening Project

    Organization:
    Oberlin Municipal Airport
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To fund the Oberlin Municipal Airport Runway Realignment.
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  • Ogallala Aquifer

    Organization:
    USDA-ARS - Bushland and Lubbock, ARS, Texas A&M U. Texas Tech U. and Kansas State U.
    Amount of request:
    $3.5 million
    Purpose of request:
    The Ogallala Aquifer in Western Kansas and the Texas High Plains is declining at an unacceptable r...
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  • Osawatomie Levee Project

    Organization:
    City of Osawatomie
    Address:
    Osawatomie, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $100,000
    Purpose of request:
    A significant flood hazard with a high potential for loss of life and property damage exists in Osaw...
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  • Portable Military Radio Communications Test Set

    Organization:
    Aeroflex
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This program will help fulfill the Marine Corps’ need for 700 more Radio Test Sets to support ...
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  • Preharvest Food Safety and Security

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $300,000
    Purpose of request:
    To develop strategies to identify and mitigate food-borne pathogens such as E. coli O157 and Salmone...
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  • Professional Development Education, Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Leadership Training

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan
    Amount of request:
    $2,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    This program was developed jointly between the CGSC at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and KSU to provide...
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  • Railroad Avenue Overlay Project

    Organization:
    Barton County
    Amount of request:
    $240,352
    Purpose of request:
    This request is for funding to overlay Railroad Avenue, located just south of the City of Great Bend...
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  • Reading is Fundamental Program Letter of Support

    Organization:
    Reading is Fundamental Program
    Amount of request:
    $28 million
    Purpose of request:
    The Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program provides low-income children with free books for personal o...
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  • Redesign and Reconstruction of I-235/Kellogg (US54) Interchange and I-235 Central Avenue Interchange

    Organization:
    City of Wichita
    Amount of request:
    $1,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    As northwest Wichita and northwest Sedgwick County have become more populated, traffic flows have in...
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  • Renovation and Expansion of the Good Samaritan Clinic

    Organization:
    World Impact’s Good Samaritan Clinic
    Address:
    Wichita, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    Funding will be used to expand and renovate the existing facility. More than 95 percent of current p...
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  • Roadway Improvements and Interchange Redesigns in the US 400 corridor/US 59 corridor/Union Road (North Industrial Corridor)

    Organization:
    City of Parsons
    Amount of request:
    $1,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    This area encompasses US Hwy 59 along with Union Gas Road, Flynn Drive and Geifer Drive which provid...
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  • Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) Letter of Support

    Organization:
    Rural Facilities under section 680(3)(B) of the Community Services Block Grant
    Amount of request:
    $10,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    Since 1981, Congress has provided funding under this account for assistance to small systems. This i...
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  • Rural Water Grants and Loans Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Amount of request:
    $650 million
    Purpose of request:
    To overcome small systems' limited resources, rural communities have turned to USDA water loans and ...
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  • Rural Water Grassroots Source Water Protection Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Amount of request:
    $6.1 million
    Purpose of request:
    This is the only local initiative ensuring environmentally progressive local land-use decisions with...
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  • Rural Water Initiatives Letter of Support

    Organization:
    National Rural Water Association, Environmental Protection Agency
    Amount of request:
    $16.8 million
    Purpose of request:
    The funds will be for the National Rural Water Association’s technical assistance, source wate...
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  • Salina Army Aviation Support Facility

    Organization:
    Kansas Army National Guard
    Address:
    Salina Army Guard Aviation Support Facility, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $2.2 million
    Purpose of request:
    This project will refurbish 55 year old taxiways with flexible pavement and replace the existing wor...
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  • Salina Flood Control

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Salina, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $100,000
    Purpose of request:
    A significant flood hazard with a high potential for loss of life and property damage exists in Sali...
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  • Sedgwick Little Arkansas River Watershed

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District
    Address:
    Sedgwick, KS and Harvey County, KS, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $100,000
    Purpose of request:
    Initiate Feasibility Study to identify measures (structural and non-structural) and formulate altern...
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  • SEEDS Transitional Living Program for Youth

    Organization:
    TLC For Children and Families, Inc.
    Address:
    Olathe, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $750,000
    Purpose of request:
    Funding will support a Transitional Living Program dedicated to youth aging out of Kansas' juvenile ...
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  • South Lawrence Trafficway

    Organization:
    Kansas Department of Transportation
    Amount of request:
    $5,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Kansas Department of Transportation proposes to construct a new section of K-10 Highway in Dougl...
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  • South Topeka Infrastructure

    Organization:
    City of Topeka
    Address:
    Topeka, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    To finish the development of water service, sewers, and further developments of grounds at Central C...
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  • Southeast Kansas Regional Collaborative Fingerprint & Palmprint Identification System

    Organization:
    Southeast Kansas Regional Law Enforcement Group
    Address:
    Oswego, KS
    Amount of request:
    $700,000
    Purpose of request:
    The funding request would provide local/regional fingerprint and palm print identification capabilit...
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  • Squaw Creek Lower Wolf Site 5-8

    Organization:
    Wolf River Watershed Joint District No. 66
    Address:
    Robinson, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $856,376
    Purpose of request:
    The funds would be used for financial and technical assistance for design and construction of Squaw ...
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  • Sunflower Water Treatment Plant Renovation

    Organization:
    City of DeSoto
    Address:
    DeSoto, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $3 million
    Purpose of request:
    To make major renovations to its raw water source elements and water treatment facilities in order t...
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  • Superior Weapons Systems through Castings

    Organization:
    Atchison Steel Castings & Machining
    Address:
    Atchison
    Amount of request:
    $2,300,000
    Purpose of request:
    This program will provide rapid, cost-effective solutions in the procurement of high-quality critica...
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  • Technical Assistance, Source Water Protection and Ground Water Protection Efforts Letter of Support

    Organization:
    National Rural Water Association, Environmental Protection Agency
    Amount of request:
    $16.8 million
    Purpose of request:
    The need for rural water on-site technical assistance continues to increase with the expansion of fe...
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  • ThanksUSA Letter of Support

    Organization:
    ThanksUSA
    Amount of request:
    $5 million
    Purpose of request:
    ThanksUSA is a private charity that offers scholarships to the spouses and kids of active duty milit...
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  • The Kansas Regional Community Policing Institute at Wichita State University

    Organization:
    Kansas Regional Community Policing Institute at Wichita State University
    Address:
    Wichita, KS
    Amount of request:
    $600,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Kansas Regional Community Policing Institute (KSRCPI) was created in May 1997 with a competitive...
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  • Topeka Constitution Hall Stabilization and Restoration

    Organization:
    City of Topeka
    Address:
    Topeka, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $400,000
    Purpose of request:
    To ensure the physical stabilization and restoration of Constitution Hall, Topeka, Kansas.
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  • Topeka Local Flood Protection Project

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Topeka, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $600,000
    Purpose of request:
    The Topeka levee system includes more than 40 miles of levees protecting more than $1 billion in res...
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  • Turkey Creek Basin

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Kansas City Metro Area, Kansas and Missouri
    Amount of request:
    $12 million
    Purpose of request:
    Turkey Creek drains a 23-mile urbanized basin flowing through Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kans...
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  • U.S. Department of Education for Impact Aid Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Education for Impact Aid
    Amount of request:
    $1,385,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To assist state and local educational agencies with the costs of educating federally-connected child...
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  • U.S. Department of Education for Part B of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Education for Part B of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act
    Amount of request:
    Highest possible funding
    Purpose of request:
    To provide the highest possible funding for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Ac...
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  • U.S. Department of Education for the Rural Education Achievement Program Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Education for the Rural Education Achievement Program
    Amount of request:
    $300,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To provide additional support to rural schools throughout the nation.
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human for FVPSA and VAWA Programs Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human for FVPSA and VAWA Programs
    Amount of request:
    $295,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To provide support for rape crisis centers, shelters, children's services, and prevention programs.
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
    Amount of request:
    $1,125,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To expedite the development of drug and vaccine countermeasures to protect against deadly threats su...
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education
    Amount of request:
    $330,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To support children's teaching hospitals' residency programs.
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Poison Control Centers Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Poison Control Centers
    Amount of request:
    $30,100,000
    Purpose of request:
    To support state poison control centers.
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Rural Health Care Programs Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Rural Health Care Programs
    Amount of request:
    For continued support for eleven rural health care programs
    Purpose of request:
    To provide continued support for the rural health care safety net.
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Section 317 Vaccination Funding Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Section 317 Vaccination Funding
    Amount of request:
    $802,500,000
    Purpose of request:
    To assist states purchase vaccines and operate vaccination programs for underserved children and ado...
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Federal TRIO Programs Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Federal TRIO Programs
    Amount of request:
    $120,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To provide students with the necessary support to enroll in and graduate from college. The increase ...
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Title VII Health Professions Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Title VII Health Professions
    Amount of request:
    $330,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To assist institutions increase the distribution and diversity of primary health care professions.
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  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Title XII Trauma Care Systems Letter of Support

    Organization:
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Title XII Trauma Care Systems
    Amount of request:
    $12,000,000
    Purpose of request:
    To fund federal grants to states for the purposes of planning, implementing, and developing state-wi...
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  • Upper Arkansas River Ecosystem Restoration

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District
    Address:
    Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $100,000
    Purpose of request:
    Water availability in western Kansas is a significant issue for local water supplies, agriculture pr...
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  • Upper Turkey Creek Watershed

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Kansas City Metro Area, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $200,000
    Purpose of request:
    The feasibility study will evaluate the structural and nonstructural measures to address the flood t...
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  • Wakarusa Site No. 24

    Organization:
    Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No. 35
    Address:
    Lawrence, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    When Wakarusa Site No. 24 (more commonly called the Yankee Tank Dam), which is located on the west e...
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  • Water Conservation

    Organization:
    Kansas State University
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $80,000
    Purpose of request:
    Funding will provide federal support to research and deliver technologies that will: 1) Continue ...
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  • Wet Walnut Creek Watershed Joint District No. 58, Site No. 53

    Organization:
    Wet Walnut Creek Watershed Joint District #58
    Address:
    LaCrosse, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $198,750
    Purpose of request:
    Site 53 is a very important part of a system of flood control projects that reduces flooding in the ...
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  • Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center

    Organization:
    Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exstension Servise, USDA
    Address:
    Manhattan, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $900,000
    Purpose of request:
    Funding will be used for additional research and equipment. The Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resource...
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  • Wichita Area Drainage Master Plan

    Organization:
    City of Wichita
    Address:
    Wichita, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $1 million
    Purpose of request:
    Development of a Wichita Area Drainage Master Plan will ensure the economic well being of the Wichit...
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  • Wichita EcoPartnership

    Organization:
    Kansas World Trade Center, Inc.
    Amount of request:
    $1.5 million
    Purpose of request:
    The funding would allow the EcoPartnership to be a leader and supporter of international commerce fo...
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  • Wichita Valley Center Flood Control Project

    Organization:
    City of Wichita and Sedgwick County
    Address:
    Wichita, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $500,000
    Purpose of request:
    To rehabilitate a USACE constructed levee system containing 103 miles of levees, 4 diversion structu...
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  • Wichita Valley Center Flood Control Project

    Organization:
    City of Wichita
    Address:
    Wichita, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $400,000
    Purpose of request:
    Construct the necessary improvements to certify to FEMA that the levee system provides the protectio...
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  • Wilson Lake Reallocation Study

    Organization:
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District
    Address:
    Russell, Kansas
    Amount of request:
    $300,000 in addition to President's budget amount
    Purpose of request:
    Sediment buildup and the possible contracting of drinking water from Wilson Lake in Kansas drives th...
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