Plans for the money

The Legislature has passed several spending bills since the start of the new fiscal year July 1. In recent weeks, the House and Senate have also approved separate versions of large spending bills that will be melded into two compromise bills that the full Legislature will consider in the coming weeks.

Here is a list of the spending bills and a snapshot of some of the spending projects.

PASSED

Katrina Relief: Approved $25 million, spent about $5 million. The state may be reimbursed by federal government.

Deficiency budgets: To reimburse depleted accounts and pay for previously negotiated raises for employees of state colleges and universities: $153 million

Energy bill: $80 million in tax incentives to spur purchase of energy-efficient products and home heating aid for thousands of additional families

PENDING

House supplemental spending bill: $317.2 million

Senate supplemental spending bill: $240.7 million

House economic stimulus bill: $353 million

Senate economic stimulus bill: $473 million

Some items in the supplemental bills:

$55 million for transportation projects in Fenway-Longwood area in Senate plan; $12.5 million in House plan

$100 million reserve for capital projects at state colleges and universities in House bill; $13 million in Senate bill

$500,000 for a bathhouse at Constitution Beach in East Boston and $3 million for capital improvements and maintenance costs for Revere Beach, in the Senate bill.

$7 million for new bulletproof vests for police officers, in Senate bill

$150,000 for a skate park in Cambridge, in Senate bill

$100,000 for the restoration of Merrymount Park in Quincy, in House bill

$900,000 for the East Street renovation project in Ludlow, in House bill

$50,000 to the Barre Historical Society for the restoration of an antique stagecoach, in Senate bill

$250,000 for Plimoth Plantation ''for the creation of a new brand identity," in Senate bill

$100,000 for the renovation of the Bing Theatre in Springfield, in House bill

$150,000 for a winter moth worm study by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's Agricultural Department