Reply #33: The monies are available to be awarded.

[merh]

They are part of the stimulus money. The lists were provided by the City, a "wish list" as it were. I am sure the library system provided their list of needs to the mayor.

That legislation won't list the projects to be funded. Instead, it will appropriate money for federal grant programs, such as the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) or Surface Transportation Program, which will then use the appropriated stimulus money to make grants to cities. In the case of CDBG, for example, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will be the agency that will decide (using a formula) which of the projects requested by the mayors will be funded.