[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 85 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1024]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. TIMOTHY WALBERG

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2008

  Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, I submit the following for the Record:
  Name of Earmark and Amount: Cold Weather Layering System (CWLS)--$4.0 
million.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account Information: Navy, O&M, MARINE CORPS, PE BA01-1106N, Line 
010.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Peckham Industries, 2822 
North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Lansing, Michigan 48906.
  Earmark Description: The CWLS is part of the Marine Corps' Mountain 
and Cold Weather Clothing and Equipment Program, which provides 
lightweight, durable combat clothing that allows Marines to operate in 
all kinds of cold weather environments. It is the intent of the 
Commandant of the Marine Corps to provide warfighters with a 
``capability set'' of clothing to facilitate expeditionary operations 
in mountainous and cold weather environments. The goal is for the CWLS 
to reduce the weight and volume that a Marine operating as dismounted 
infantry must carry to accomplish combat missions in those conditions.
  Earmark Budget: Cost of Garments Per System (for Peckham/Polartec 
layer of system ONLY)--$137.07; Test and build approximately 29,000 
total systems--$4,000,000; Garment Production--$2,000,000; Materials--
$1,600,000; Quality Control/Fielding--$400,000; Total--$4,000,000.
  The Cold Weather Layering System includes: 1 Polartec Windpro MARPAT 
Jacket; 1 Polartec Stretch Windpro Hat; 1 Set of Polartec PowerDry 
Silkweight underwear top and pants; 1 Set of Polartec PowerDry Grid 
long underwear top and pants.

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