[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 85 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1044]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. J. GRESHAM BARRETT

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2008

  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Requesting Member: Congressman J. Gresham Barrett.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Authorized Amount: $4,000,000.
  Project Name: Combat Casualty Equipment Upgrade Program.
  MN: Navy.
  Funding Source: Procurement, Marine Corps.
  PE Number: 0.
  Line Number: 050.
  Legal Name and Address Receiving Earmark: North American Rescue 
Products, 481 Garlington Road, Suite A, Greenville, SC 29615-4619.
  Description of how money will be spent and why use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Provide Congressionally directed 
spending of $4,000,000 to greatly improve field medical equipment that 
meets the stringent requirements of today's counter-insurgency combat 
operations and littoral warfare. Program objectives and value to the 
DoD are to reduce preventable combat deaths at the point of wounding, 
more quickly stabilize and evacuate casualties during the critical 
``golden hour'' after the initial trauma, and improve survival and 
recovery times. Funding will be used to maintain existing equipment and 
improve new immediate-medical-care equipment.

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