FY2006
Energy and Water request letter
Foreign Operations request letter
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education request letter
Military Quality of Life request letter
Science, State, Justice, Commerce and NASA request letter
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development request letter
Congressman Culberson helped to direct funding to the following projects in Fiscal Year 2006:
- $2.1 million for the Alliance for NanoHealth in Houston for competitive interdisciplinary research projects studying the environmental, economic, social, and ethical aspects of nanotechnology.
- $200,000 for the Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine to research pediatric obesity prevention strategies.
- $50,000 for the Harris County Flood Control District for continued flood mitigation of the White Oak stem of Buffalo Bayou.
- $11.8 million for the Harris County Flood Control District for continued flood mitigation of Brays Bayou.
- $5 million for the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition.
- $100,000 for the Texas Department of Public Safety for law enforcement programs.
- $1.5 million for the City of Houston for projects to minimize roadway flooding.
- $750,000 for the City of Houston’s Regional Computerized Traffic Signal System.
- $12 million for Houston METRO for preliminary engineering of the first two light rail lines.
- $2.03 million for Houston METRO’s bus program.
- $4 million for the Houston Airport System to build a new terminal radar approach control (TRACON) to replace the aging, flood prone facility at Bush Intercontinental Airport..
- $750,000 for the City of Houston for congestion relief and road improvement projects.
- $4 million for the construction of a new Trauma Access Corridor into the Texas Medical Center to increase mobility for the 150,000 people who travel in and out of the Medical Center every day.
- $1.5 million for the University of Houston’s environmental health research program to address public health risks associated with air toxins in urban environments.
- $2 million for the State of Texas to address air quality issues in eastern and central Texas in order to comply with federal guidelines.
- $200 million for safe drinking water and sanitation projects, to ensure that U.S. aid is effectively targeted at saving lives.
