Obama 2010 Budget Highlights By Agency

The high-speed rail money would be spread out over five years. That's on top of the $8 billion for high-speed trains in the recently enacted economic stimulus bill.

In Europe and Japan, some trains travel over 180 miles per hour. The only similar train in the United States is Amtrak's Acela, which travels 150 miles per hour in some places between Washington and Boston.

Former President George Bush wasn't a proponent of high-speed rail and proposed eliminating funding for Amtrak.

Also in Obama's transportation proposal:

-- $800 million for the Federal Aviation Administration's program modernize the nation's air traffic control system. That's up from about $660 million, but on course for what FAA was expected to spend.

-- A $55 million increase in subsidies for commercial air service to rural communities -- up about 50% over the 2009 budget year that ends Sept. 30. Bush tried to cut the program by more than half.

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Increases sought of job safety, training

Agency: Labor

2010 proposal: $13.3 billion

Change from 2009 estimate: 4.7% increase

Highlights: The Labor Department would get more money to boost enforcement of workplace health, safety and wage laws under Obama's budget.

The increase in worker protection is a major shift after years of cuts to those programs by the Bush administration.

The budget also would increase spending on job training with a focus on "green" jobs and would make extended unemployment benefits available more quickly to those out of work for long periods.