The bill would also authorize the first $1.1 billion for 10 of the 68 projects in the plan.

The bill authorizes $17.5 million to help buy the land from a private owner.

The bill that passed this week authorizes $17 million to get the project going.

The overall bill authorizes federal spending on education for the next seven years.

The bill authorizes $150 million to help states expand child care services.

The bill before Congress authorizes $1 billion for the first wave of projects.

The bill would not authorize $100 million annually from fiscal year 2012 through 2016.

The amendment is to a bill authorizing a military budget for fiscal 1988 of $288 billion.

The bill authorizes $17.5 million to help buy the land from a private owner who otherwise might have developed it.

The bill authorizes $3.9 billion of federal aid in the next three years, but it is unclear how much will actually be provided.