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Stevens said Alaska did "very well" in the bill, but he would offer no estimate of how well, in hard-dollar or percentage terms.

"I haven't added it up and I'm not going to either," said Stevens, who leaves the Appropriations Committee chairmanship in January due to term limits. He will remain a member and will continue to lead the panel's Defense subcommittee.

The Denali Commission is a board of state and federal officials and appointees. The state co-chairman is Lt. Gov. Loren Leman and the federal co-chairman is Jeff Staser, a former Stevens aide.

Other members include University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton and AFL-CIO Executive President Jim Sampson, both of Fairbanks, and Alaska Federation of Natives President Julie Kitka of Anchorage. Kevin Ritchie of the Alaska Municipal League and Richard Cattanach of the Associated General Contractors of Alaska round out the board.

The commission has focused mostly on building health clinics and upgrading bulk fuel tanks and power systems, although it has spent some money to improve water supplies in villages.

Stevens said Monday that much of the new money will be funneled to the commission through federal programs that allow spending only for specific purposes.

For example, he said, some money will pay for better teacher housing in rural Alaska. Some money also will go to elder housing. Another large chunk will be spent on docks.

The bill provides $6 million for the Morris Thompson visitors center in Fairbanks and $3.7 million for a state fish hatchery next to the Aurora Energy power plant. The fish will be used in the state's stocking program.

University of Alaska Fairbanks berry researchers will get $1.8 million.

The bill also provides $1.5 million to eliminate potential emissions if the shuttered Healy Clean Coal Project is restarted.

Other major expenditures around Alaska include about $60 million for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, Stevens said.

The Alaska Railroad will get $25 million for track straightening and other work, similar to previous years.