[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E996-E997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. STEVE BUYER

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2008

  Mr. BUYER. Madam Speaker, the attached financial plans are provided 
in support of projects listed in H.R. 5658.


 Detailed Finance Plan for National Test Facility for Aerospace Fuels 
                             and Propulsion

  Budget: Equipment & Supplies--$2,130,000; Salary--$850,000; Travel--
$20,000.
  Source of Match Funding: Purdue University.
  Sustainability: Potential sources of funding along with associated 
sustainability possibilities include: Office of Energy and Defense 
Center for Coal Technology Research (CCTR)--Test and development 
support for Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuels; DoD Clean Fuels Initiative--
this facility will have the capabilities for long-term test operations 
and data collection; DARPA BAA--this facility will have the

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capabilities to conduct development work for Biofuels, a strategic 
initiative under DARPA; Rolls Royce--through the Purdue University 
Technology Center (UTC); Caterpillar--long term test operations data; 
The Boeing Company--support and development of alternative fuels 
initiatives underway.
  Justification for Use of Tax Dollars: In an executive act, President 
Bush has committed U.S. military installations to use green fuels. The 
Department of Defense is committed to approval of all aircraft for 
flight on synthetic fuel blends by the end of 2008. Furthermore, Boeing 
and Virgin intend to fly a green aircraft using bio-fuel. The Civil 
Aviation Alternative Fuel Initiative developed a roadmap for the 
integration of new fuel technologies into the aerospace industry. This 
project will maintain a multi-faceted National Testing Facility to 
support development and testing of alternative energy sources for 
aerospace equipment, assisting the federal government and the private 
aerospace sector in meeting their green fuel objectives.


Detailed Finance Plan for National Radio Frequency--R&D and Technology 
                            Transfer Center

  The requested funds will be the only source of funding. Funds will be 
used as follows:
  Establish the Center and Participant Coordination--900K--Staffing and 
training; management and project oversight; identify and technology to 
needs; select projects.
  Start First Project--2,100K--Trial of process; develop needed 
maturity for transition to production; details of project spending: 
Salaries--1,400K; material--300K; test equipment and facility use--
400K.
  Start Second Project--2,000K--Proof process with lessons learned; 
develop needed maturity for transition to production; details of 
project spending: Salaries--1,300K; material--300K; test equipment and 
facility use 400K.
  Total--5,000K.
  Percent and Source of Matching Funds: None.
  Justification for Use of Federal taxpayer dollars: Our Government 
spends billions of dollars each year on science and technology and 
research and development. Many groundbreaking technologies never make 
it to the intended uses simply because it is difficult and time 
consuming to bridge the funding gaps and acquisition administration 
requirements. National Radio Frequency (RF) R&D and Technology Transfer 
Center is intended to facilitate technology transfer to production, to 
promote small business initiatives, and to gain higher returns on 
research dollars.

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