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The Democrat Leadership here in Congress made the final text of their $789 Billion stimulus legislation available for the public to review at approximately 11 PM last night (Thursday, 02/12). The House is scheduled to vote on the bill today (Friday, 02/13)

If you are interested in reading through the 1,073 pages of text, please see the below links to the Democrat’s Conference Report listed on the House Rules Committee website.

Bill Text:  H.R. 1 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Conference Report From the House Rules Committee Website: 
 
- Text of the Conference Report - Division A

- Text of the Conference Report - Division B

- Joint Explanatory Statement - Division A

- Joint Explanatory Statement - Division B

- H. Res. 168: Rule and Committee Report

Some of the Non-Stimulus Spending Highlights of H.R. 1: 

VIDEO - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) explains some of the non-stimulus spending measures.

- $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

- $2 billion for the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund, providing funds to organizations such as ACORN, which has been accused of practicing unlawful voter registration in recent elections

- $10 million for the inspection of canals in urban areas

- $100 million for grants to small shipyards

- $198 million to authorize payments to certain Filipino veterans from WWII

- $300 million for the Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program

- $2 billion to support the manufacturing of advanced vehicle batteries

- $1 billion for Community Development Block Grants

- $1.3 billion for Amtrak, including $450 million for a new rail security grant program not included in either the House-passed or the Senate-passed bills

- $300 million for federal procurement of plug-in and fuel efficient vehicles

- $8 billion for a High Speed Passenger Rail Program, after the House did not include any funding for the program and the Senate included $2 billion, which will fund at least one project from Las Vegas to Los Angeles

- $15 million for historic preservation at historically black colleges and universities

- $170 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to research the cause, effects and ways to mitigate climate change

- $200 million for Americorps and other paid “volunteerism” programs

- $400 million for NASA to accelerate climate research missions

- $5.5 billion for federal buildings (GSA), including $4.5 billion to convert federal buildings into “high-performance green buildings” and $450 million for a new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security.

- $210 million for a new grant program to modify and upgrade local fire stations

- $142 million for the Coast Guard to alter or remove 4 obstructive bridges

- $25 million for the Smithsonian Institution for maintenance backlogs

- $1 billion for expenses in conjunction with the 2010 decennial census

- $650 million for Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupons

- $1 billion for a Prevention and Wellness Fund, which can be used for sexually transmitted disease (STD) education and prevention programs at the CDC

- $500 million to replace a 30-year old computer system at the Social Security Administration

- $500 million for a health professions training program—funding which an earlier committee report said were allocated because, “a key component of attaining universal health care reform will be ensuring the supply of primary care providers.”

- Unemployment Insurance Extension: Extends the current extension of unemployment insurance (UI), which is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2009, through December 31, 2009. The extension is estimated to cost $27 billion.

- Roads and Bridges: Despite calls by Democrats for increased infrastructure spending to create jobs, a relatively small share of the total $792 billion package is devoted to transportation infrastructure—$47 billion or 5.9% and only $27.5 billion ($2.5 billion less than the House-passed level) or 3.4% for highway construction. Some proponents of the conference report are claiming as much as $150 billion will flow to “infrastructure” but this assumes that building federal buildings, public housing, etc., qualify as infrastructure.

- State Stabilization Fund: Provides $53.6 billion for “State Fiscal Stabilization Fund,” which will be distributed to States based on total population and school-aged population. The majority of the funds will be used to support public elementary, secondary, and higher education. The House bill approved $79 billion for the fund, which the Senate reduced to $39 billion. Of this funding, $6 billion may be used for school modernization and repair.