Omnibus FY 2003 Conference Report Earmarks for the Institute of Museum and Library Services

The agreement provides $245.5 million in funding for libraries, higher than the House or Senate numbers, and it adds various earmarks, which include: $500,000 to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco; $250,000 to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana; $275,000 to CSU San Marcos to upgrade catalog and provide computer stations for the library; $100,000 to the Children's Museum of Stockton for a Delta Regional Exhibit; $100,000 to Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; $900,000 to the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science; $92,000 to the Glendale Public Library to implement the Homework AssisTeens program; $200,000 to Hesperia Community Library; $300,000 to the Monterey County Youth Museum; $75,000 to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles for its "Earth Oddessy" environmental science program; $200,000 to Orangevale Library in Sacramento; $500,000 to the San Bernardino County Museum to develop the Inland Empire Archival Heritage Center and Web Module; $110,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Los Angeles Museum for Tolerance for the Tools for Tolerance for Educators program to provide teacher training in diversity, tolerance and cooperation; $300,000 to the Whittier Public Library to establish a children's homework center and family literacy center; and $100,000 to the Zimmer Children's Museum of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles for expansion of the YouThink program.

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