[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E997-E999]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. PHIL GINGREY

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2008

  Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, in accordance with House Republican 
Conference standards and Clause 9 of Rule XXI, I submit the following 
member requests for the record. Funding for these requests was 
authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Army RDT&E, PE62786A, Line 27, Warfighter Technology.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Printpack Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2800 Overlook Parkway, NE Atlanta GA 
30339.
  Description of Request: The budget request includes $21.9M in 
PE62786A for Applied Research of new warfighter technologies of which 
$5.3M is allocated for Joint Service Combat Feeding Technology. The 
$2,100,000 added to this account will be used to develop new and 
innovative packaging and processing technologies for the Warfighter's 
combat rations. These funds will result in the ability to provide 
greater variety and more nutritional rations with longer shelf-life and 
reduced production costs. The objective of this effort is to

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develop advanced thermal processing techniques based on the utilization 
of non-foil materials for military ration packaging. The importance of 
developing non-foil packaging materials will serve as a precursor to 
the next stage of the R&D effort which will investigate new and 
enhanced thermal processing techniques; specifically, Enhanced High 
Pressure Processing, EHPP, and Microwave Sterilization, MW, 
technologies. The EHPP and MW processing technologies have numerous 
advantages over conventional thermal processing; however, these 
processes cannot be used on current foil packaging because they cause 
blistering and flex cracking of the foil packaging material. Therefore, 
to achieve the advantages of advanced EHPP and MW processing, it is 
essential to use state-of-the-art, non-foil packaging materials. The 
development of advanced, non-foil packaging materials and utilization 
of innovative EHPP and MW processing techniques will result in the 
provision of rations with the following beneficial and enhanced 
qualities: greater variety, better taste, more nutrition, longer shelf-
life, lower overall production costs, environmentally friendly, less 
volume and waste. The FY09 effort will consist of three stages and is 
budgeted as follows: Stage 1: Blistering, $0.14M, Stage 2: Flex Crack 
Resistance, $0.26M, Stage 3: EHPP & MW Trials, $1.7M.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Defense-wide RDT&E.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Scientific Research Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Suite 400 
South, Atlanta, GA 30339.
  Description of request: This program will utilize recently developed 
Wavelet Packet Modulation, WPM. The $4,000,000 authorized will be used 
to implement design modifications for limited rate initial production, 
including form factor packaging changes for ruggedization and for 
integration with signal intelligence systems. Additionally, production 
readiness for integration with existing communications systems will 
occur. Finally, module testing will be subjected to continued 
assessment and utility testing on multiple platforms. The enhanced 
modules will then undergo a final government Production Readiness 
Review, paving the way for subsequent deployment. Covert WPM 
Communications Modules as communications links for multiple platforms, 
including unmanned aerial systems, provide a critical solution to 
special operations warfighters that require the ability to communicate 
covertly without detection. Funding is required for hardware and 
software engineering, integration, and test, 64 percent; specialized 
equipment 21 percent; specialized software 13 percent; and travel to 
U.S. Special Operations Command and to military test sites 2 percent. 
This request is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of 
the U.S. Special Operations Command Special Operations Tactical Systems 
Development program.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Other Procurement, Army (Training Devices, Non-system).
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Meggitt Training Systems.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 296 Brogdon Road, Suwanee, Georgia 
30024
  Description of Request: The $3 million authorized will continue the 
multi-year upgrade and modernization of existing firearms simulation 
systems in the Army National Guard necessary to meet the validated 
system standard. The modernization includes the conversion to digital 
systems and acquiring tetherless simulated weapons that allow better 
freedom of movement and enhanced realism than the tethered version. The 
Army National Guard views modernization as critical to resolving an 
immediate mandatory small-arms training need in support of the Guard's 
role in the global war on terrorism and homeland security. Of the 266 
systems in the Guard inventory, 169 have not been upgraded. These funds 
will allow for the upgrade of approximately 45 of those systems.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Defense-wide, RDTE.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Georgia Institute of Technology.
  Address of Requesting Entity: GTRI Cobb County Research Facility, 
7220 Richardson Road Smyrna, GA 30080.
  Description of Request: The $6,000,000 authorized for Advanced 
Surface-to-Air-Missile (SAM) Hardware Simulator Development will 
reinvigorate the simulator development process and provide a simulator 
that can be used for electronic warfare, EW, development and testing 
while the simulator community revives its ability to develop and field 
SAM simulators. The funding will be used for research and charged to 
the Department of Defense at pre-negotiated rates.
  One of the by-products of the collapse of the Soviet Union is that 
Russian SAM systems became available for purchase through FME/FMA 
programs. This has been a boon for the EW and test communities, DTE & 
OTE, in that they have been able to use actual SAM systems, as opposed 
to SAM simulators, to develop and test EW equipment and tactics against 
Russian SAM systems. While providing the aforementioned benefit, the 
availability of actual Russian SAM systems has had the negative effect 
of curtailing development of SAM simulators. At the same time, the 
Russians have continued to develop advanced SAM systems. Further, the 
Chinese have continued their development of advanced SAM systems, and 
other, third-world countries have been purchasing and modifying Russian 
SAM systems. Intelligence estimates are that these advanced and 
modified SAM systems will not be available for purchase by the U.S. in 
the foreseeable future.
  The result of the above is that the U.S. EW and test communities are 
hampered in their development of EW equipment and tactics against 
advanced Russian and Chinese SAM systems, or against modified, third-
world, SAM systems. This is particularly troubling because these 
threats are critical requirements drivers for many U.S. acquisition and 
upgrade programs including the JSF, AWACS, EF-18G, AARGM, J-UCAS, F-22, 
and JASSM. While it is believed that the simulator development 
community will recover its ability to field simulators of advanced SAM 
systems, such recovery will take a long time. Also, unless action is 
taken soon, the recovery will be hampered by the fact that the 
corporate knowledge needed to develop threat-representative simulator 
designs is being lost through retirement and personnel shifts.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: RDTE N, PE#0603513N, Line 35, Shipboard System Component 
Development.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Global Technology Connection, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2839 Paces Ferry Road, #1160, Atlanta, 
GA 30339.
  Description of Request: The $2,000,000 authorized will be used to 
begin development of a Two-Screw Magnetic Drive pump system, 2-SMDPS, 
with diagnostic/prognostic capabilities in response to a Navy 
requirement. Approximately $1,000,000, 50 percent, is for the 
engineering and design of the controls/microprocessor; the development 
of test protocols and collaboration on the algorithms/softwear; and 
$1,000,000, 50 percent, on engineering addressing the pump design. The 
system will provide a diagnosis of pump components and provide a 
prognosis of the time-to-failure while identifying the affected 
components giving their current state and estimating remaining useful 
lifetime. This advanced pump system for naval ships that will not only 
increase safety for the ships' crews but also ensures there are no 
catastrophic failures during critical missions. In addition, it will 
provide savings on inventory and reduce the need for redundant systems, 
thereby reducing weight and freeing up space on naval ships.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Army, RDTE.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Georgia Institute of Technology.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Institute of Bioengineering and 
Bioscience, 315 Ferst Drive, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0363.
  Description of Request: The $3,000,000 authorized for the Center for 
Advanced Bioengineering and Solider Survivability, CABSS, will be used 
for critical needs in trauma treatment and post-trauma wound care and 
reconstruction. The funding will be used for research and paid out at 
pre-negotiated rates in accordance with Department of Defense policy. 
Specifically, funds will be used to: establish a seed grant program to 
identify novel technologies for treatment of musculoskeletal defects 
following trauma, develop oriented nano-fiber meshes for treatment of 
neurologic defects following injury to the extremities, develop 
biodegradable shape memory polymers for treatment of large bone 
defects, develop biodegradable shape memory polymers for craniofacial 
reconstruction, and test the effects of sustained delivery of 
osteoinductive proteins in tubular nanofiber mesh scaffolds on 
functional repair of large segmental bone defects. Past Congressional 
funding has been leveraged by CABSS to obtain additional funds from the 
Department of Defense.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: O&M, ARMY, Off-Duty and Voluntary Education.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: North Georgia College & State 
University.
  Address of Requesting Entity: College Circle, Dahlonega, Georgia 
30597.
  Description of Request: These funds will expedite the creation of an 
Arabic Language and Culture Program at one of the nation's six senior 
military colleges. With its Corps of Cadets numbering nearly 650 and 
with an annual

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commissioning of 45-50 2nd Lieutenants in the U.S. Army, North Georgia 
is centrally situated to make an immediate impact on training future 
military leaders for the threats that the Nation currently faces and 
will very likely face for the foreseeable future. These funds will 
create the infrastructure to provide Arabic language and culture 
training beginning with the fall 2009 semester. The University will 
pick up the costs for the program once the Federal funds have been 
exhausted. Of the $350,000 authorized, $227,000 will be used for 
personnel expenses for 3 faculty members to teach Arabic, $23,000 will 
be used on equipment and software, $37,300 will be used for students to 
study abroad and faculty development, $30,000 will be used to provide 
students with a summer stipend. The remainder of the funds will be used 
for indirect costs.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Army Line 30, PE# 0603002A.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical, LLC.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 502 Mulberry Street, Second Floor 
Macon, Georgia 31201.
  Description of Request: The $2,000,000 will be used for Research and 
Development on extracorporeal lung support therapy as an extension the 
ThermaCor 1200 technology. As research shows, there is an unmet medical 
need for something better than conventional mechanical ventilation for 
acute lung injury, including exacerbations of chronic lung disease. 
Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical intends to pioneer an integrated system to 
provide an extracorporeal alternative for use outside of the surgical 
ICU. Their system would be designed for use by people who are not 
trained perfusionists or surgeons. The plan is to integrate the 
``smart'' pump/circuit driver with an efficient compact gas exchange 
device for C02 removal and reoxygenation of the blood that 
will be infused at normothermic, body, temperature. The base technology 
will be further developed to provide this critical life-saving portable 
lung support for soldiers/patients that are inflicted with an acute 
lung injury. The authorized funds will complete this effort.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Aircraft Procurement, Army; 020 Utility Helicopter Mods.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Army National Guard Readiness 
Center.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 111 S. George Mason Drive, Arlington, 
VA, 22204.
  Description of Request: The $5,000,000 authorized will be used for 
UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter upgrades. The UH-60L Upgrades are $1.5 
million each and include: UH-60L Improved Durability Gearbox; UH-60L 
Flight control upgrades; UH-60L, IVHMS, Integrated Vehicle Health 
Maintenance System; UH-60L Overhead rescue hoist provisions; UH-60L 
Overhead Rescue Hoist; UH-60L Rescue Hoist Cable Guard; UH-60L Digital 
engine control unit; UH-60L Hydro mechanical unit; UH-60L Signal data 
converter; UH-60L Cargo hook upgrade to 9000 lbs.
  The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is an essential capability of the 
National Guard. It provides units in every state with a multi-mission 
aircraft for search and rescue, utility lift, disaster relief and 
medical evacuation. The Army National Guard, ARNG, is authorized 782 
Black Hawk aircraft, but is short of this authorization by almost 100 
aircraft. This shortage requires ARNG units to loan or transfer Black 
Hawks in support deployments, training or state missions, resulting in 
a higher usage rate of available airframes. Additionally, more than 500 
of the 782 National Guard aircraft are older UH-60A models, with an 
average age of approximately 25 years. The Army is procuring over 1200 
UH-60M Black Hawks for utility, special operations and MEDEVAC missions 
to replace the aging UH-60A from operational units by 2016. The Army 
acquired 33 UH-60M Black Hawks by the end of FY07, and from FY09 to 
FY13, the Army plans to procure an additional 300 UH-60M Black Hawks 
(70 of those aircraft are programmed for ARNG units). However, without 
an accelerated procurement of the UH-60M, the Army National Guard will 
be operating more than 400 UH-60A helicopters beyond 2020. The ARNG and 
the Active Army developed a program to support the continued 
modernization of the ARNG Black Hawk fleet. Unfortunately, this program 
is not fully funded. The ARNG plan is to accelerate the fielding of UH-
60M Black Hawks by 10 aircraft per year. Although the Active Army has 
programmed UH-60A recapitalization for the ARNG with Operations and 
Maintenance, O&M, funds, which includes an airframe life extension, 
fleet-wide product improvements and the replacement of components, the 
UH-60A to L upgrade is not funded. The UH-60L Black Hawk is more 
economical to operate and has 1000 lbs of additional lift than the UH-
60A. The desired rate of UH-60 A to L upgrades is 38 per year. Funding 
the UH-60A to L upgrade will significantly improve the Black Hawk 
fleet, and assure that ARNG units are ready, deployable, and available 
to protect our national interests both abroad and at home. This ARNG 
aviation initiative has been identified by the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau, CNGB, as FY09 ``Essential 10--Top 25'' unfunded 
priorities.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: USAF (2009 Unfunded Requirements 
List); Lockheed Martin Corp/Boeing Co/United Technologies Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: The Pentagon, Washington, DC; Marietta, 
GA/Seattle, WA/East Hartford, CT.
  Description of Request: $523,000,000 is authorized to advance procure 
F-22 long-lead items in FY2009 that are necessary for F-22 procurement 
in FY2010. The funds provide for production of supplier items in FY2009 
that are required to produce 20-24 additional, Lot 10, F-22 aircraft in 
FY2010, such as specialty metal alloy and titanium structural parts, as 
well as engine, AMAD, RADAR, CIP, CNI, and Landing Gear parts. The USAF 
submitted this request as the number two priority on its FY2009 
Unfunded Requirements List. Additionally, the Secretary of Defense 
testified that he would like to extend production of F-22 into 2010, in 
order to allow the next administration to determine future production 
of the F-22. Yet, to date, the Secretary has provided no defense budget 
funding request or supplemental budget funding request to do so. 
Without funds for Advance Procurement of another full lot, F-22 
production line suppliers will be forced to begin shutdown activities 
by November of 2008, making it unlikely that the next administration 
would have the necessary time or personnel in place to make such an 
important decision.

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