September 25, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1897 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS EARMARK DECLARATION facility. They FY09 and future year funding will proximate spending plan for the requested enable level-of-effort activities to address the funding includes: $100,000 for administration; HON. JOHN R. CARTER cost of fabrication, assembly, and joining of $87,500 for travel, $42,000 for project man- OF TEXAS aluminum marine structures. An approximate agement, $875,000 for engineering, $62,500 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES budget breakdown includes: $250,000 for for drafting, $72,500 for manufacturing, allow development; one-third of the total ap- $120,000 for materials, $38,000 for manage- Wednesday, September 24, 2008 propriation will be utilized for aluminum tech- ment, $300,000 for testing, $212,500 for ma- Mr. CARTER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to nology development; and the balance will be chine tooling, and $90,000 for other expenses. the Republican Leadership standards on ear- utilized for design optimization. f marks, I am submitting the following informa- Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN EARMARK DECLARATION tion for publication in the CONGRESSIONAL CARTER. RECORD regarding earmarks I received as part Bill Number: H.R. 2638. of the House Amendment to the Senate Account: Operation and Maintenance, Army. HON. ROB BISHOP Amendment to H.R. 2638, the Department of Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Texas OF UTAH Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 AgriLife Research. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Address of Requesting Entity: 1500 Re- Wednesday, September 24, 2008 CARTER. search Parkway, Suite 255, 2259 TAMU, Col- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Madam Speaker, con- Bill Number: H.R. 2638. lege Station, TX 77843-2259. sistent with House Republican Earmark Stand- Account: Research, Development, Test and Description of Request: I requested $2.8 ards, I am submitting the following earmark Evaluation, Navy. million for the Fort Hood Training Lands Res- disclosure and certification information for 14 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Texas toration and Maintenance project in the individual project appropriations requests that I State University-San Marcos. FY2009 Defense Appropriations Bill. Re- made and which were included within the text Address of Requesting Entity: 601 Univer- quested funds will provide dedicated re- and/or report to accompany H.R. 2638, the sity Drive, San Marcos, TX USA. sources to rehabilitate selected Fort Hood ‘‘Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, Description of Request: I requested $1.52 lands degraded by over 60 years of training and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009.’’ million in the FY2009 Defense Appropriations with military vehicles. Substantial rehabilitation I certify that neither I, nor my spouse, have Bill for the Center for Geospatial Intelligence can be achieved over five years with an inte- any financial interest in these requests, and and Investigation. The project provides a grated program that reduces soil erosion and certify that, to the best of my knowledge, this semi-automated means to predict insurgents’ compaction, increases desirable vegetation request is (1) not directed to an entity or pro- behavior and actions. Further, it provides an and woody vegetation management, fills gul- gram named or that will be named after a sit- increased level of analysis through a mathe- lies, constructs sediment traps, and provides ting Member of Congress; (2) is not intended matical calculation that predicts insurgent ac- appropriate tank trails, stream-crossings and for a ‘‘front’’ or ‘‘pass-through’’ entity; and (3) tivity areas and bases of operation. The De- hilltop access points for tactical vehicles. An meets or exceeds statutory requirements for partment of Criminal Justice at Texas State approximate spending plan includes: $800,000 matching funds (where applicable). Please University has established an upper division for the installation of gully plugs; $250,000 for note that while publication of this disclosure in- Criminal Justice program at the Round Rock a woody species control program (juniper/ formation prior to the floor vote was intended, Higher Education Center (RRHEC). The Crimi- mesquite control on the West Range); such was not possible because House Demo- nal Justice Program is preparing for the estab- $250,000 for vegetation management (imple- cratic Leadership chose to circumvent regular lishment of a new PhD program that will incor- ment revegetation programs across the West order under the House Rules requiring a 24- porate information obtained from this project to Range); $1 million for tank trail repairs, which hour layover period between the time of filing strengthen the overall program including the includes improving hill top access points, hard- of the report and a floor vote on the same. In- RRHEC campus. Specifically, this funding will ening stream crossings and improving tank stead, they chose to file the report disclosing provide $603,520 for personnel costs, trails that are currently unserviceable for train- which projects were funded along with the $414,300 for Equipment, $60,000 for travel, ing maneuvers and $500,000 for practice as- amounts late last evening, and have sched- $40,000 for consultants, $6715 for other direct sessment and verification (Texas AgriLife Re- uled a floor vote today on the bill. costs, and $395,465 for the facilities and ad- search). I look forward to the day when House Lead- Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN ministration costs at the rate approved by the ership will adhere to their earlier promises of CARTER. Department of Health and Human Services. open and fair debate, adequate review periods OHN Bill Number: H.R. 2638. Requesting Member: Congressman J for legislation, and following the House Rules Account: Research, Development, Test and CARTER. under regular order. Evaluation, Navy. Bill Number: H.R. 2638. Requesting Member: ROB BISHOP (UT–01). Account: Research, Development, Test and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: TECO Bill Number: H.R. 2638—The Consolidated Evaluation, Navy. Westinghouse Motor Company. Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alcoa, Address of Requesting Entity: 5100 North Appropriations Act of 2009. Fourteen total Inc. IH-35, Round Rock, TX 78681. projects were included at my written request Address of Requesting Entity: 100 Technical Description of Request: I requested $2 mil- which qualify as earmarks under Republican Center, Alcoa Center, PA 15069. lion for the purpose of conducting research to Conference guidelines as follows: Description of Request: I requested $2 mil- accommodate the introduction of the High MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: lion for the Ship Affordability Through Ad- Temperature Superconductor (HTS) Trap Field 1. Project: Three-Bay Fire Station, Military vanced Aluminum Structures project in the Magnet (TFM) Motors in Navy applications. Construction. FY2009 Defense Appropriations Bill. Re- HTS TFM motors will produce twice the Bill Number: H.R. 2638, the ‘‘Consolidated quested funding will be used to address the power, have four times higher output torque, Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing cost of fabrication, assembly and joining of and the material cost will be one third that of Appropriations Act of 2009’’. aluminum marine structures through perform- the permanent magnet material cost. HTS Project Amount: $5.67 million. ance of trade studies and the implementation TFM will help future Navy ships meet power Account: Air Force, Military Construction of advanced aluminum designs that will offer generation requirements for the increasing (MILCON). enhanced performance at lower cost. Funding array of electronic sensors, higher powered Requesting Entity: Congressman ROB will lay the groundwork and create the re- radar, and weapon systems, which is esti- BISHOP. search and development foundation that will mated to be six times greater than the needs Receiving Entity: Hill Air Force Base; Air ultimately generate work at Alcoa’s Rockdale of existing DDG-51 class destroyers. An ap- Force Materiel Command. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:22 Sep 26, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K24SE8.001 E25SEPT1 smartinez on PROD1PC64 with REMARKS E1898 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 25, 2008 Address: 75th Air Base Wing, Hill AFB, Utah $586,000. Relocation of the existing library Project Amount: $1.6 million. 84056. while construction is underway is estimated at Account: Navy, RDT&E. Project Description and Justification: Con- $281,000. FEMA PDM funds is $650,000. Requesting Entity: Naval Air Systems Com- struction of new, 3-bay fire station next to the Brigham City local matching funds will be a mand (NAVAIR) and Williams International, main runway is necessary to correct for viola- minimum of $217,000. Inc. tion of Air Force fire protection regulations re- DEFENSE PROJECTS: Receiving Entity: NAVAIR and Williams garding response times. New facility is nec- 3. Project: Small Low-Cost Reconnaissance International, Inc. essary to provide adequate fire protection for Spacecraft Components. Addresses: NAVAIR, PMA 280, Suite 540, aircraft, as well as industrial operations on Bill Number: H.R. 2638, the ‘‘Consolidated Moffett