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TAB ( a ) In fiscal year 1998 , the governor , with the approval of the legislature , or the joint fiscal committee if the legislature is not in session , may accept federal funds available to the State of Vermont including block grants in lieu of or in addition to funds herein designated as federal . " A new bill would extend $ 15 million to help low-income homes meet their energy costs < < Back For the program to continue to be a benefit to participants , the state must provide funding in addition to the $ 30.8 million in total federal funds supplied for LIHEAP payments , McKim said . " Edelman , who is a first-year law student , testified as an expert witness for the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) in a court challenge to a law requiring libraries to install filtering software if they accept federal funds . The Bush administration has restricted federal funding for the embryo work since 2001 , leading many scientists to search for alternative stem cell sources . However , renovation costs may not exceed 10 % of the total federal funds used for a given LLEBG funded project . US President George W Bush has restricted federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research , although researchers using private money can do as they please and Congress , even before the Democrats took over , was planning ways to encourage more research . The Bush administration has severely restricted federal funding for the embryo work since 2001 , leading many scientists to search for alternative stem cell sources . The Act requires prisons that accept federal funds to permit free exercise of religion by prisoners , subject to the compelling interest test as interpreted in the context of prison conditions , which is to say , deferentially . I interviewed the director of a nonprofit organization who was kidnapped after he refused the request of National Action Party legislators to divert federal funds for his rural housing program to their election coffers . The waiver increases federal funding to Wisconsin by $ 2 million for the remainder of this year and by $ 6 million annually in future years .