May 21, 2008 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 154, Pt. 7 10347 Establish the Center and Participant Coordi- Elizabeth Foster to preserving the history of the University of for antenna design nation—900K—Staffing and training; manage- the City of Laredo, and for her inauguration as support and for signal and image processing, ment and project oversight; identify and tech- President of the Republic of the . to acquire key capital laboratory equipment, nology to needs; select projects. f and to hire 12 highly skilled professional engi- Start First Project—2,100K—Trial of proc- neers, as well as supporting staff. The UT pro- ess; develop needed maturity for transition to EARMARK DECLARATION fessors will be funded to continue in their ef- production; details of project spending: Sala- forts to help design compact antenna struc- ries—1,400K; material—300K; test equipment HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE tures, as well as the development of algo- and facility use—400K. OF CALIFORNIA rithms necessary for detecting and identifying Start Second Project—2,000K—Proof proc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES explosives and controlling electronics used ess with lessons learned; develop needed ma- Tuesday, May 20, 2008 with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The turity for transition to production; details of necessary equipment and additional staff will project spending: Salaries—1,300K; material— Mr. DOOLITTLE. Madam Speaker, I submit further the development of APELC’s tech- 300K; test equipment and facility use 400K. the following: nology into systems deployed for defense Total—5,000K. Requesting Member: Representative JOHN against IEDs and Rocket Propelled Grenades Percent and Source of Matching Funds: T. DOOLITTLE. (RPGs), with the ultimate objective being the None. Bill Number: H.R. 5658. utilization of APELC’s technology as integral Justification for Use of Federal taxpayer dol- Account: Report Language. components of future applicable DoD systems, lars: Our Government spends billions of dol- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Herlong including MDA, Army, Air Force, DARPA and lars each year on science and technology and Public Utilities District, Lassen County Board the Navy. research and development. Many of Supervisors, Ft. Sage Unified School Dis- f groundbreaking technologies never make it to trict, Susanville Indian Rancheria. the intended uses simply because it is difficult Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 515, EARMARK DECLARATION and time consuming to bridge the funding Herlong, CA 96113–0515. gaps and acquisition administration require- Description of Request: Request that the HON. PHIL GINGREY ments. National Radio Frequency (RF) R&D Army promptly review the Herlong Public Utili- OF GEORGIA and Technology Transfer Center is intended to ties District (HPUD) proposal to privatize the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES facilitate technology transfer to production, to water utility at Sierra Army Depot (Depot) and promote small business initiatives, and to gain to convey the utility and offset the costs of the Tuesday, May 20, 2008 higher returns on research dollars. project if it is in the government’s best inter- Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, in accord- f ests. Currently, the Depot provides drinking ance with House Republican Conference HONORING ELIZABETH FOSTER water to the community of Herlong, and is not standards and Clause 9 of Rule XXI, I submit in compliance with State of California drinking the following member requests for the water standards. Conveying the water utility to RECORD. Funding for these requests was au- HON. HENRY CUELLAR HPUD would save approximately $4.5 million thorized in the National Defense Authorization OF TEXAS of the $12 million currently estimated to bring Act for Fiscal Year 2009. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Depot into compliance with California Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL Tuesday, May 20, 2008 State water standards. As HPUD is a local GINGREY. Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today governmental entity, the matching requirement Bill Number: H.R. 5658. to honor Mrs. Elizabeth Foster, who will be in- is not applicable. Account: Army RDT&E, PE62786A, Line 27, augurated as President of the Republic of the f Warfighter Technology. Rio Grande during the Webb County Heritage Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Printpack Foundation’s annual Founders’ Day Celebra- EARMARK DECLARATION Inc. tion at Texas A&M International University on Address of Requesting Entity: 2800 Over- May 10, 2008. Each year, the Heritage Foun- HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL look Parkway, NE Atlanta GA 30339. dation selects an individual who embodies out- OF TEXAS Description of Request: The budget request standing commitment to historic preservation, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES includes $21.9M in PE62786A for Applied Re- and this year, that deserving individual is Mrs. search of new warfighter technologies of Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Elizabeth Foster. which $5.3M is allocated for Joint Service Elizabeth was born on December 5, 1920, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas. Madam Speaker, I Combat Feeding Technology. The $2,100,000 in Mission, Texas, to her parents, Louis J. wish to have my name disassociated with the added to this account will be used to develop Kowalski, and Dorothy Newhall Kowalski. She following project. After this request was sub- new and innovative packaging and processing spent her early childhood in Monterrey, Nuevo mitted to the House Armed Services Com- technologies for the Warfighter’s combat ra- Leon, Mexico, where her father was involved mittee I instituted a personal earmark morato- tions. These funds will result in the ability to in the tobacco business. In 1931, Elizabeth’s rium and do not want any earmarks in my provide greater variety and more nutritional ra- family moved to Laredo, Texas, when she was name for Fiscal Year 2009. tions with longer shelf-life and reduced pro- 10 years old. Elizabeth attended Heights Ele- I urge the Chairmen and Ranking Members duction costs. The objective of this effort is to mentary School, L.J. Christen Middle School, of the House and Senate Armed Services develop advanced thermal processing tech- and graduated from Laredo High School in Committees, as well as any conferees, to not niques based on the utilization of non-foil ma- 1937. She portrayed Princess Pocahontas in put forward this earmark in my name or at my terials for military ration packaging. The impor- the Washington’s Birthday Celebrations of request in final Conference or Committee Re- tance of developing non-foil packaging mate- 1939 and 1941, and was presented by the So- ports. rials will serve as a precursor to the next ciety of Martha Washington in 1940. She mar- Requesting Member: Congressman MICHAEL stage of the R&D effort which will investigate ried John E. Foster on May 1, 1941. She had MCCAUL. new and enhanced thermal processing tech- 8 children: John, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Alice, Bill Number: H.R. 5856. niques; specifically, Enhanced High Pressure Mary, Edward, Sarah, and Stephen, and is a Account: Army RDTE (R–1 Line #133) PE Processing, EHPP, and Microwave Steriliza- proud grandparent to 10 grandchildren. Mrs. 0605502A. tion, MW, technologies. The EHPP and MW Foster has admirably served the community of Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Applied processing technologies have numerous ad- Laredo, Texas, through her civic work with the Physical Electronics, LP. vantages over conventional thermal proc- Daughters of the American Revolution, Ladies’ Address of Requesting Entity: 5208 Electric essing; however, these processes cannot be Luncheon Club, and the Cotillion Club. She is Ave., Spicewood, Texas 78669. used on current foil packaging because they also an active member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Description of Request: The requested fund- cause blistering and flex cracking of the foil Church. ing will be used for research to produce tech- packaging material. Therefore, to achieve the Madam Speaker, I am honored to have had nology to support efforts against terrorist ac- advantages of advanced EHPP and MW proc- this time to recognize the dedication of Mrs. tivities, to fund two endowed professors from essing, it is essential to use state-of-the-art,

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