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The following list of authoritative resources is designed to assist in responding to a broad range of
constituent questions and concerns about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),
P.L. 111-5. Links to the full text of the act, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, White
House fact sheets, and federal, state, and municipal government websites are included, along with
other useful information. This list reflects information that is currently available on the Internet. It
will be updated regularly as other relevant material becomes available.

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Full Text Of The Law ...................................................................................................................... 1
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimates...................................................................... 1
White House Information ................................................................................................................ 1
Fact Sheets ................................................................................................................................ 1
Recovery.gov............................................................................................................................. 1
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidance .................................................................... 2
Congressional Sources .................................................................................................................... 2
Federal Agency Websites................................................................................................................. 2
State Government Websites............................................................................................................. 4
State Funding Allocations................................................................................................................ 6
State and Municipal Sources ........................................................................................................... 6

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n addition to analytical CRS reports, the following list of authoritative resources has been
compiled to assist in responding to a broad range of constituent questions and concerns about
I the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), P.L. 111-5. Links to the full text of
the act, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, White House fact sheets, and federal,
state, and municipal government websites are included, along with other useful information. This
list reflects information that is currently available on the Internet. It will be updated regularly as
other relevant material becomes available.
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Conference Report with full text of the act (H.R. 1, as passed, P.L. 111-5) and the Joint
Explanatory Statement
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_reports&docid=
f:hr016.111.pdf
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Estimates of ARRA’s impact on the budget and a detailed analysis of the budgetary impact by
title.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9989/hr1conference.pdf
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Provides general fact sheets on broad policy areas within the stimulus (e.g., education, energy,
health, infrastructure) and estimates by state and congressional district of the number of jobs that
will be created or saved.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/White-House-Releases-State-by-State-Numbers-
American-Recovery-and-Reinvestment-Act-to-Save-or-Create-35-Million-Jobs/
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The Administration’s new website that is intended to be a repository for information related to
implementation and oversight of the stimulus. It currently includes overview information about
the legislation, a timeline for implementation, a frequently asked questions page, and an
announcement page that will be regularly updated. The Administration’s intent is to develop the
site to encompass information about available funding, distribution of funds, and major
recipients.
http://www.recovery.gov
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Each federal agency receiving funds from the act will submit weekly cumulative reports on their
recovery activities. Updated reports are submitted each Tuesday through May 12, 2009, and detail
major actions taken by each agency and how much money has been spent.
Weekly Agency Reports: http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/agency-weekly-reports
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OMB issued a detailed guidance document on February 18, 2009, directing executive branch
agencies to develop a dedicated portion of their websites for information related to the recovery.
This document was updated based on input from the various stakeholders on April 3, 2009. Both
guidance documents are available on the recovery.gov website, in the featured news section:
Original document (February 18, 2009): http://www.recovery.gov/files/
Initial%20Recovery%20Act%20Implementing%20Guidance.pdf
Amended document (April 3, 2009): http://www.recovery.gov/sites/default/files/m09-15.pdf
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The House Committee on Ways and Means provides instructions for requesting various benefits
from the funding provided by the act. It also contains fact sheets on some of the tax provisions of
the act:
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/MoreInfo.asp?section=50
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Corporation for National and Community Service: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/
recovery/index.asp
Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/
.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JR/.p/5_2_4TV/.d/0/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/
7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JR_navid=USDA_ARRA#7_2_5JR
Department of Agriculture – Plans: http://www.usda.gov/documents/FY09_Stimulus_Enacted.pdf
Department of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/Recovery/index.htm
Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards and Technology: http://www.nist.gov/
recovery/
Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery
Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
Department of Energy: http://www.energy.gov/recovery/index.htm
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Department of Energy – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/
news/daily.cfm/hp_news_id=156
Department of Energy – Western Area Power Administration: http://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/
sec402.htm
Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/
Department of Health and Human Services – state Medicaid funding: http://www.hhs.gov/
recovery/statefundsmap.html
Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov/recovery/index.cfm
Department of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov/recovery/index.html
Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/recovery/
Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/recovery/
Department of Labor – Employee Benefits Security Administration (COBRA information):
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/COBRA.html
Department of State: http://www.state.gov/recovery/
Department of Transportation – Federal Transit Administration: http://www.fta.dot.gov/
index_9118.html
Department of Transportation – press release regarding distribution and monitoring of economic
recovery funds: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot1409.htm
Department of Treasury: http://www.ustreas.gov/recovery/
Department of Veteran Affairs: http://www.va.gov/recovery/
Implementing_the_Recovery_Act.asp
Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/recovery/
General Services Administration: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/
contentView.do?contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW&contentId=25761&noc=T
Internal Revenue Service: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204335,00.html?portlet=6
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): http://www.nasa.gov/recovery/
National Endowment on the Arts: http://www.nea.gov/recovery/index.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH): http://www.nih.gov/about/director/
02252009statement_arra.htm
National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/news/
news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114277&org=OLPA&from=news
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Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/recovery/
Small Business Administration – press release: http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/
sba_homepage/news_release_09-10.pdf
Social Security Administration: http://www.ssa.gov/payment/
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(The list below reflects states that currently post ARRA information on the Web. CRS will update
the list regularly as more information becomes available.)
Alabama: http://www.stimulus.alabama.gov/
Alaska: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1664
Arkansas: http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=1493
Colorado: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/GovRitter/GOVR/1234446551394
Delaware: http://governor.delaware.gov/news/2009/20090218-stimulus-package.shtml
Florida: http://www.flgov.com/release/10565
Florida-transportation: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/economicstimulus/
Florida-Workforce: http://www.floridajobs.org/about%20awi/open_government/
ARRA_plans_reports_OEL.htm
Georgia-transportation: http://www.dot.state.ga.us/informationcenter/programs/transportation/
gastimulus/pages/default.aspx
Idaho: http://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/press/pr2009/prfeb09/pr_008.html
Illinois: http://recovery.illinois.gov/reinvestment.htm
Indiana: http://www.in.gov/gov/INvest.htm
Kansas: http://www.governor.ks.gov/Recovery/default.htm
Louisiana-energy: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/programs/arra_2009/index.htm
Maine: http://www.maine.gov/governor/baldacci/policy/Recovery2009.shtml
Maryland: http://www.governor.maryland.gov/pressreleases/090218.asp
Massachusetts: http://www.mass.gov/
?pageID=gov3subtopic&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Key+Priorities&L2=Job+Creation+%26+Econom
ic+Growth&L3=Massachusetts+Recovery+and+Reinvestment+Plan&sid=Agov3
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Michigan: http://www.michigan.gov/recovery/
Minnesota: http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/stimulus
Missouri: http://transform.mo.gov/
Montana: http://recovery.mt.gov/
Nebraska: http://www.recovery.nebraska.gov/
New Hampshire: http://www.governor.nh.gov/news/2009/021909.html and http://des.nh.gov/
recovery
New Jersey: http://nj.gov/governor/home/plan.html
New Mexico: http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ecmd/FederalStimulusPackage.htm
New York: http://www.economicrecovery.ny.gov/
North Carolina: http://www.ncrecovery.gov/
North Dakota: https://www.dpi.state.nd.us/title1/Legislative/index.shtm and
http://www.dot.nd.gov/business/federalrecovery.htm
Ohio: http://recovery.ohio.gov/
Oklahoma: http://www.ok.gov/recovery/
Oregon: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/PT/PROGRAMS/arra.shtml
Pennsylvania: http://www.recovery.pa.gov/portal/server.pt?
Rhode Island: http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?id=8310
Tennessee: http://tennessee.gov/tacir/recoveryact.html
Virginia: http://stimulus.virginia.gov/
Washington: http://www.doh.wa.gov/Publicat/2009_news/09-027.htm and
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/dw/economic-rec.htm
West Virginia: http://www.wvgov.org/sec.aspx?ID=115
Wisconsin: http://www.recovery.wisconsin.gov/
Wyoming: http://wyoming.gov/recovery/
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Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/recovery.html
Department of Health and Human Services-Community Health Center Grants:
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/hrsa/napawards.html
Department of Heath and Human Services-Medicaid: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/
statefunds.html
Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm
Department of Justice-Justice Assistance Grant Program: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/
recoveryJAG/recoveryallocations.html
Department of Justice-Crime Victims Fund Compensation and Assistance Programs:
http://www.ovc.gov/fund/recoverycvfa2009.html
Department of Justice-Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grant Awards:
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/recovery-grants-awards.htm
Department of Labor-Workforce Investment Act Youth Activities: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/
press/eta/eta20090249-chart.pdf
Department of Transportation-Funds for Highway Infrastructure Investment:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/notices/n4510705t2.htm
Department of Transportation-Public Transportation Programs: http://www.dot.gov/recovery/
docs/E9-4745.pdf
Environmental Protection Agency-Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Fund:
http://www.epa.gov/water/eparecovery/docs/Final_SRF_eco_recovery_allotments.pdf
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The US Conference of Mayors has prepared a summary of the act, highlighting those provisions
they consider to be important for cities: http://www.usmayors.org/recovery/
State-by-State Breakdown of ARRA Dollars: http://www.usmayors.org/recovery/documents/
report-stateprog.pdf
Key Program Summaries: http://www.usmayors.org/recovery/documents/program-
summaries.xlsx
The National Conference of State Legislatures has prepared overview summaries of selected
sections of the package (e.g., Medicaid, transportation, labor and economic development, energy
and water, broadband, etc). Click on the following link, and scroll down the page to the
“Resources” section: http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/2009economicstimulus.htm
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Kim Walker Klarman
Julie Jennings
Information Research Specialist
Information Research Specialist
kklarman@crs.loc.gov, 7-6088
jjennings@crs.loc.gov, 7-5896

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