[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1063-E1064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. ZACH WAMP

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008

  Mr. WAMP. Madam Speaker, as a leader on earmark reform among House 
Republicans, I am committed to honoring House Republican rules that 
provide for greater transparency. The fiscal year 2009 National Defense 
Authorization Act contains the following funding that I requested:
  Requesting Member: Representative Zach Wamp.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Military Construction, Army National Guard.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Tennessee National Guard.
  Address: 3041 Sidco Drive, Nashville, TN.
  Description of Request: $10,372,000 for the construction of a new 
Army National Guard Readiness Center to replace the inadequate 
Readiness Center that was constructed in 1954. The existing facility 
has numerous health and safety issues as well as significant electrical 
code issues, and ADA violations. The new facility will house the 20th 
Troop Command, and the Company Headquarters of the 1175th 
Transportation Company. This project is in the Army National Guard's 
Fiscal Year 2012 Future Year Defense Plan.
  Requesting Member: Representative Zach Wamp.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Weapons Activities.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Y-12 National Security Complex.
  Address: Oak Ridge, TN.
  Description of Request: $5,000,000 in the Readiness in Technical Base 
and Facilities Program.
  Operations and Facilities Account for basic operational needs at the 
Y-12 National Security Complex, a Department of Energy nuclear weapons 
manufacturing plant. Its vast facilities and infrastructure require 
routine maintenance as Y-12 performs its national defense and security 
missions.
  Requesting Member: Representative Zach Wamp.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Weapons Activities.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Y-12 National Security Complex.
  Address: Oak Ridge, TN.
  Description of Request: $3,000,000 in the Safety and Security Program 
to continue to improve the physical security at the Y-12 National 
Security Complex, a Department of Energy nuclear weapons manufacturing 
plant. Post 9-11, federal standards were created to achieve maximum 
safety at national security

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sites. These funds will achieve compliance with the Design Basis Threat 
Policy.
  Requesting Member: Representative Zach Wamp.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Weapons Activity.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Y-12 National Security Complex.
  Address: Oak Ridge, TN.
  Description of Request: $2,000,000 in the Readiness in Technical Base 
and Facilities Program Storage Account for Y-12 National Security 
Complex, a Department of Energy nuclear weapons manufacturing plant. Y-
12 is transitioning to the new Highly Enriched Uranium Manufacturing 
Facility and following Congressional direction to transform and 
modernize the nuclear weapons complex.

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