Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., has a nice list of federal projects that will be headed to his district -- courtesy of the Omnibus Appropriations bill -- if both houses approve it in the coming days and it's signed by President Obama.

He notes that these are in addition to money for projects already in the state budget and targeted by the stimulus bill.

• $200,000 for Bolder Options to expand Bolder Options' youth mentorship program into the Rochester area.
• $713,625 for the Center for Renewable Energy at Minnesota State University, Mankato, to support on-going research into cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel and other renewable forms of energy.
• $290,000 for Crop Disease Research at the University of Minnesota for research into diseases that threaten Minnesota's wheat, oat and barley industries.
• $235,000 for the Competitive Farm Benchmarking Program at the University of Minnesota to help farmers compare their costs of production and maximize their efficiencies of operation.
• $323,000 for the Hormel Institute in Austin to help the Hormel Center develop an International Center of Research Technology to provide cutting edge technology to biomedical researchers from across the country and the world.
• $2,375,000 Hwy 14 Waseca-Owatonna, a  four-lane expansion of Highway 14 from Waseca to I-35 at Owatonna.
• $475,000 for 55th Street in Rochester,  final design, right-of-way acquisition and first stage construction of a 1.9 mile extension of 55th Street as a 4-lane expressway.
• $27,000,000 for Lewis and Clark Regional Water System, a pipeline near 20 communities in western Minnesota, northern Iowa, and eastern South Dakota, that provides treated water from the Missouri River to more than 300,000 people in three states.
• $700,000 for the National Child Protection Training Center at Winona State University to train social workers, teachers and health care professionals to recognize and report signs of child abuse.
• $500,000 for the Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota and Iowa to add acreage to the refuge.
• $181,000 for St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Fresh Start Disease Prevention Program for expansion of a chronic disease management program in Wabasha to help participants reduce their risk of heart disease.
• $190,000 for St. Mary’s University’s Teacher Mentorship Program to help expand the university's educator professional development programs by using technology to allow greater outreach to teachers in Minnesota with impact on thousands of students in critical STEM subjects.
• $200,000 for Sheriffs Youth Program in Rochester for expansion of services for at-risk youth.
• $712,000 for Transit Operations Center in Rochester to build a new 60-bus garage facility as well as a new park-and-ride facility in Rochester.
• $8,604,000 for Upper Mississippi River Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, a  multi-state project for the first phases of construction of new 1,200-foot lock chambers at several locks and dams along the Mississippi; implement small-scale navigation aids; and begin ecosystem restoration projects along the Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway.
• $951,000 for Veterans Re-Entry Education Program in St. Paul to help Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and three state agencies create programs to help returning veterans find employment and educational opportunities.