[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1419-E1421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 LIST OF PROJECTS REQUESTED TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING AS PART OF THE 
                      FY08 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 26, 2007

  Ms. LOFGREN of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to submit into 
the Congressional Record a list of projects that I have requested 
receive federal funding as part of the FY08 appropriations process. The 
projects requested in the list below were presented to me by 
constituents, local groups and local governments.
       Project Name: AACI Community Health Clinic. While 
     approximately 30 percent of Santa Clara County residents are 
     Asian, AACI provides the only Asian-focused community health 
     clinic in the County. Funding would help create negative 
     pressure rooms, and create infection control and respiratory 
     protection equipment. It would also help to retain staff, 
     help them advance professionally, and ensure that they are 
     knowledgable about best practices in the field.
       Project Name: Advanced IED Jammer Research & Development 
     Program. The Advanced IED Jammer Research & Development 
     Program will substantially advance the U.S. Military's 
     ability to combat and defend our troops against roadside 
     bombs.
       Project Name: Anti-Microbial Nanomaterial for Battlefield 
     Medical and Dental Use. Funding will help in developing an 
     antimicrobial nanomaterial which would be used to destroy 
     bacteria and fungi affecting U.S. service members
       Project Name: ATTWR Special Module. The Advanced Tactical 
     Threat Warning Radio (ATTWR) Special Module Project will 
     provide Special Operations Forces with the ability to 
     clandestinely identify and locate IED bomb making factories, 
     terror cells, and insurgent commanders.
       Project Name: Blossom Hill/Monterey Highway Crossing, San 
     Jose. This funding will complete construction of a pedestrian 
     overpass across railroad tracks and a four-lane highway in 
     the vicinity of Blossom Hill Road and Monterey Highway (State 
     Route 82), which divide rapidly growing residential and 
     commercial sites into four quadrants.
       Project Name: Bus Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis. This 
     funding request is for conducting an alternatives analysis to 
     allow the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) 
     to develop an integrated Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network that 
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     link major activity and employment centers throughout Santa 
     Clara County, and offer high-quality public transit service 
     to areas that are not served by VTA's light rail system.
       Project Name: California Bay-Delta Restoration Program. The 
     mission of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program is to develop and 
     implement a long-term comprehensive plan that will restore 
     ecological health and improve water management for beneficial 
     uses of the Bay-Delta System.
       Project Name: Collaborative Affordable Homes for San Jose 
     Families. These funds would be used for the building of homes 
     for low income families and providing vocational skills to 
     at-risk young men and women.
       Project Name: Collaborative Response to Victims of Domestic 
     Violence. This project will initiate a new model of 
     collaborative education, training and community response to 
     victims of domestic violence.
       Project Name: Coyote and Berryessa Creek Project. The 
     Coyote Creek project provides protection to the area 
     downstream of Montague Expressway in Milpitas and San Jose 
     where potential damages from a 1 percent flood exceed $250 
     million.
       Project Name: Coyote Creek Watershed Study. The Coyote 
     Creek Watershed Study will examine ways to provide flood 
     protection for the cities of San Jose, Milpitas, and Morgan 
     Hill, including a major portion of the Silicon Valley's high-
     tech area.
       Project Name: Development & Testing of Advanced Paraffin-
     based Hybrid Rockets for Space Applications. SPG will use the 
     requested funds to design, build and initiate testing of 24-
     inch diameter, 30,000 pound thrust-class motors.
       Project Name: DeWitt Avenue S-Curve Realignment, Santa 
     Clara County. The project would straighten an S-Curve on 
     DeWitt Avenue to enhance the line of sight for motorists, 
     bicyclists, and pedestrians, thereby improving overall 
     safety.
       Project Name: Digital Heads-Up Display (DHUD) Upgrade for 
     the ANG F-15s. The Heads-Up Display (HUD) system was designed 
     to provide a pilot with the ability to acquire superior 
     Situational Awareness (SA) by projecting critical flight 
     information into the pilot's forward field of view serving as 
     the aircraft's primary targeting system.
       Project Name: Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program. This 
     language supports restored funding to the Drug Court 
     Discretionary Grant Program.
       Project Name: Early Childhood Development Initiative-
     National Hispanic University. Funding will enable creation of 
     a National Hispanic University (NHU) program in early 
     childhood development to formalize the process of certifying 
     ``Smart Start'' graduates, improving the number and quality 
     of early childhood educators in San Jose.
       Project Name: Early Warning IED Detection System. The Early 
     Warning IED Detection System program will develop an advanced 
     IED detection system that not only can detect the presence of 
     IED's hidden along roadsides, but can also do so in a low 
     profile and disguised manner.
       Project Name: East Wing expansion--Guadalupe River and 
     Silicon Valley History Project. This project would create a 
     30,000 square foot outdoor exhibit gallery with interactive 
     exhibits and educational program spaces.
       Project Name: Electronic Warfare Concept Demonstrator for 
     the Littoral Combat Ship. The Electronic Warfare Concept 
     Demonstrator (EWCD) will integrate commercial off the shelf 
     Electronic Warfare antenna/receiver technology, the ES 3701 
     Tactical ESM System, with the Navy's current display and 
     control systems.
       Project Name: Fire Disaster Recovery project. This will 
     provide the Foothill Family Community Clinic with a permanent 
     home for its community health center program in the high need 
     area of east San Jose.
       Project Name: First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program. The 
     First-time Homebuyer Assistance Program provides interest 
     free closing cost loans to low and moderate income households 
     for their first home purchase in the county.
       Project Name: Guadalupe River Flood Control Project. The 
     project extends through downtown San Jose from Interstate 880 
     to Interstate 280 and protects the area from $576 million in 
     damages from a one percent flood.
       Project Name: High Power Fiber Laser Program. This years 
     funding request will drive the power output and improved beam 
     quality of fiber lasers to technological levels that have 
     never previously been met, providing new and unique 
     capabilities to our warfighting personnel.
       Project Name: Job Training for the Homeless Initiative. 
     Funding will enable development and implementation of a job 
     training and placement initiative to provide homeless persons 
     in San Jose with remedial education, peer counseling, access 
     to temporary shelter, transportation, childcare, vocational 
     training, and job placement assistance.
       Project Name: Llagas Creek Project. It will serve a 104 
     mile watershed by providing flood protection for 1,100 homes, 
     500 businesses, and over 1,300 acres of agricultural land in 
     Santa Clara County.
       Project Name: Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Community/
     Teen Center. Federal funding will support the redesign, 
     construction, and equipping of a 2,600 sq. ft. Community and 
     Teen Center, co-located with the San Jose main library, to 
     provide a combination educational, performance, and public 
     gathering space, with special attention to the needs and 
     interests of teens.
       Project Name: Mounted Warrior Equipment for the 4th Stryker 
     Brigade. The Mounted Warrior Soldier System (MWSS) is the 
     U.S. Army's integrated soldier fighting system, which 
     permits the vehicle commander and driver to view the Force 
     XXI Battle Commander, brigade-and-below (FBCB2) display, 
     Driver's Vision Enhancer (DVE), and Remote Weapon System 
     (RWS).
       Project Name: National Transportation Security Center. This 
     language directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
     establish a National Transportation Security Center of 
     Excellence at San Jose State University.
       Project Name: OPAL (Optically Pumped Atomic Laser for 
     Defense Microelectronics). OPAL will develop sub 200nm light 
     source technology known as Optically Pumped Atomic Lasers 
     (OPALs). Funds will be used for the demonstration of the sub 
     200nm at Newport-Spectra Physics and will be used to design 
     the semiconductor inspection tool into which it will be 
     integrated for inspection of advanced silicon chips.
       Project Name: Roll-to-Roll Microelectronics Manufacturing 
     in Support of the Flexible Display Initiative. The U.S. 
     Display Consortium is under contract to the Army Research 
     Laboratory (ARL) to organize the commercial display industry 
     to develop the materials and supply chain required to enable 
     volume production of flexible displays.
       Project Name: San Francisquito Creek Flood Damage Reduction 
     and Ecosystem Restoration Project. The study is examining 
     possible flood protection measures for the cities of Palo 
     Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and portions of San Mateo 
     and Santa Clara Counties.
       Project Name: San Luis Reservoir Low point Improvement 
     Project. The San Luis Reservoir Low Point Improvement Project 
     is to increase the operational flexibility of storage in San 
     Luis Reservoir and ensure a high quality, reliable water 
     supply for San Felipe Division contractors.
       Project Name: San Jose Courthouse. This money would be used 
     for site acquisition for a new Federal Courthouse in San 
     Jose.
       Project Name: San Jose Area Water Reclamation and Reuse 
     Project. The San Jose Water Reclamation and Reuse Program 
     will increase water supply reliability and protect endangered 
     species by reducing wastewater discharges into San Francisco 
     Bay.
       Project Name: San Jose BEST Gang Intervention Program 
     Expansion. B.E.S.T. coordinates and funds a continuum of 
     prevention, intervention, and suppression programs targeted 
     at youth demonstrating at-risk, high-risk, and gang-involved 
     behaviors.
       Project Name: San Jose Steam Railroad Museum. The funding 
     will be used to help pay for the first two phases of 
     construction of the San Jose Steam Railroad Museum.
       Project Name: San Jose/Santa Clara Wastewater Pollution 
     Control Plant Solar Research and Development. This project 
     will demonstrate how municipalities around the country can 
     improve air quality and reduce pressure on the electrical 
     grid while saving taxpayers' dollars and reducing dependence 
     on foreign fuel supplies.
       Project Name: San Jose Women's Business Incubator and 
     Training Center. Women's Initiative will own and operate a 
     fully bilingual and culturally-competent Women's Business 
     Incubator and Training Center in San Jose, where low-income 
     and immigrant women in Silicon Valley can access business 
     plan training and ongoing support.
       Project Name: Santa Clara County HIV Test Counseling 
     Program. In partnership with the Santa Clara County 
     Department of Public Health, the DeFrank Center developed a 
     pilot fixed-site HIV counseling and testing program to serve 
     Santa Clara County.
       Project Name: Santa Clara County: Juvenile Detention 
     Reform: Evening Reporting Center (South County). The Evening 
     Reporting Center is a comprehensive community-based 
     intervention program designed to further Juvenile Detention 
     Reform goals.
       Project Name: Semiconductor Focus Center Research Program 
     (FCRP). Funding will continue to support The Focus Center 
     Research Program (FCRP) which conducts mid- to long-term (8-
     12 year time horizon) basic research in semiconductor 
     technology at 38 universities across the country.
       Project Name: ShotSpotter Gunshot Location and Detection 
     Systems. The requested legislative language would broaden 
     DHS' research and development priorities to include gunshot 
     detection and qualifier systems.
       Project Name: ShotSpotter Individual Protection System 
     (SIPS). DOD R&D funding is needed for work to reduce the size 
     and enhance the capability of the ShotSpotter Individual 
     Protection System (SIPS). The sensor identifies the gunshot 
     and radios the information back to a portable base station 
     where the location is displayed on a lap top or PDA screen.
       Project Name: Sobrato House youth facility. The Sobrato 
     House will be able to provide 10 bed shelter for homeless, 
     runaway youth. Also available will be a multi Service Center 
     that is open daily for homeless youth, providing medical 
     care, food, case management and other basic services.
       Project Name: South San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds 
     Restorations (FWS). The project will restore the health of 
     the San Francisco Bay. The project will also provide tidal 
     and fluvial flood protection in the Bay, including 
     approximately 42,800 acres, 7,400 homes and businesses and 
     significant urban infrastructure including major highways, 
     parks and airports.

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       Project Name: South San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds 
     Restorations (USGS). This funding request would provide 
     $900,000 to the United States Geological Survey. USGS would 
     use these funds to conduct interdisciplinary monitoring 
     (biological, hydrological, and water quality studies) of Salt 
     Ponds in San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay.
       Project Name: South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study. The 
     project will restore the health of the San Francisco Bay, one 
     of the nation's largest estuaries, by creating the largest 
     restored wetlands on the West Coast.
       Project Name: Student Partners Reaching Kids. The Students 
     Partners Reaching Kids (SPRK) program serves more than 1,000 
     young adolescents through a series of offerings which form a 
     continuum of opportunities throughout the year for students 
     in the fourth through ninth grade age range such as: 
     Discovery Youth, Getchy.com, CDMedia Studio, Safe Nights and 
     Summer of Service.
       Project Name: The Japanese American Experience: Making it 
     Available. This museum will allow the broader community 
     better access to and, understanding of the history, culture 
     and arts of Japanese Americans in Santa Clara Valley.
       Project Name: Trades JOBS for At-Risk Out-of-School Youth. 
     The Center for Employment Training's Building Trades JOBS 
     Program will provide comprehensive occupational skills 
     training and employment services to 50 at-risk out-of school 
     youth (age 17-24) and place 85% of them in demand jobs in the 
     building trades.
       Project Name: Upper Guadalupe River Flood Control Project. 
     All proposed flood protection improvements include long-term 
     environmental benefits for fish and wildlife habitat and 
     continuous creekside trail access. The Upper Guadalupe River 
     Flood Protection project will provide flood protection for 
     7,500 homes in Santa Clara County with potential damages from 
     a 100-year flood event exceeding $280 million.
       Project Name: Upper Penitencia Creek Project. The Upper 
     Penitencia Creek Flood Protection project will provide flood 
     protection to over 5,000 homes, schools and businesses in 
     Santa Clara County, specifically the communities of San Jose 
     and Milipitas.
       Project Name: Yu-Ai Kai/Boys & Girls Club Senior Youth 
     Wellness Center. The funds will establish a Senior Youth 
     Wellness Center. The new Senior Youth Wellness Center will 
     offer the following programs: preventive health programs 
     through education, i.e., stroke prevention, diabetes 
     prevention, cognitive wellness, nutrition education, heart 
     disease prevention, etc.; therapeutic support groups and 
     recreational activities; caregiver support groups with 
     short term individual and family counseling, outreach, 
     prevention and resource referral; M.D. and nurse visits/
     consultation for foot care/diagnosis, and preventive 
     education; physical therapist visits/consultation and 
     alternative health programs such as Tai-chi, Qi-gong, Yoga 
     and Reiki; and indoor and outdoor physical fitness 
     programs.
       Project Name: Yu-Ai Kai/Boys & Girls Club Senior Youth 
     Wellness Center Gymnasium. The new Senior Wellness Center and 
     the Boys & Girls Club gymnasium will offer the following 
     programs: physical fitness programs for seniors from the 
     Minority Senior Providers Consortium; recreational and 
     physical rehab programs for seniors, i.e., basketball, 
     volleyball, handball, badminton, etc.; physical fitness for 
     youths; recreational programs for youth, i.e., basketball, 
     volleyball, badminton, handball, indoor soccer, indoor flag 
     football, etc.; alternative health programs such as Tai-chi, 
     Qi-gong, Yoga and Reiki; annual cultural events, i.e. Keiro 
     Kai (honoring seniors 75 years and older), Bonen Kai (end of 
     the year party for seniors), Shinnen Kai (Recognition of the 
     New Year); and offer the gym to Japanese American youth who 
     have tournaments and practice during the evenings and 
     weekends.

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