Bringing it home

Here are some projects that Massachusetts lawmakers inserted into a spending bill before Congress:

The House yesterday approved a $410 billion spending bill that included $30 million to improve commuter rail service to Fitchburg, as well as funding for other projects in Massachusetts and across the country. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe/file)

Fitchburg commuter rail improvements, $30 million

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library addition, $22 million

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, $5.8 million

Oak Bluffs ferry terminal, $1.9 million

T2 Biosystems in Cambridge, water contamination detection system, $1.4 million

Fall River bus terminal, $950,000

Long Island ferry dock, Boston, $950,000

Children's Wharf landing, Boston, $950,000

Wonderland transit improvements, Revere, $950,000

Longfellow Bridge gateway, Cambridge, $900,000

Chelsea transit center, $855,000

Beverly and Salem transit stations, $783,750

Tufts-New England Medical Center equipment, $618,000

Kendall Square clean technology organization, Cambridge, $475,750

Commonwealth Avenue pedestrian and bicycle safety, $475,000

Whittier Street Health Center expansion, $475,000

Becker College facilities and equipment, Worcester, $357,000

Brandeis University research program, $319,000

Simmons College youth sports program, $300,000

Boston Medical Center research $285,000

Haverhill downtown streetscape, $285,000

Tufts University obesity research, $254,000

Girl Scouts at-risk youth initiative, Boston, $250,000

SOURCES: US Congress, Senator John F. Kerry, Representative Michael E. Capuano