[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK-DECLARATION

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008

  Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Madam Speaker, consistent with the House 
Republican Leadership's policy on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge 
this request (1) is not directed to an entity or program that will be 
named after a sitting Member of Congress; and (2) is not intended to be 
used by an entity to secure funds for other entities unless the use of 
funding is consistent with the specified purpose of the earmark. As 
required by earmark standards adopted by the House Republican 
Conference, I submit to the House an explanation and justification of 
this funding in an effort to provide as much public disclosure and 
transparency as possible on congressionally directed funding and 
earmarks. I hereby submit the following information on a project I 
requested and the House Armed Services Committee included in H.R. 5658, 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 
2009.
  Account: Department of Energy (DOE); Other.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Department of Energy.
  Address of Requesting Entity: U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585.
  Description of Project: The $10 million programmatic increase 
provided for in the bill will be used for the U.S. Department of 
Energy's Environmental Management program at the Hanford Site located 
in Washington state in Fiscal Year 2009. The federal government has a 
legal and moral obligation to cleanup the massive wastes and 
contamination it created at Hanford during the Manhattan Project, World 
War II and the Cold War. The over-500-square-mile Hanford site is the 
world's largest and most complex environmental cleanup project, and the 
federal government must keep its commitment to clean it up. No matching 
funds are required.

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