[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1064]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. CANDICE S. MILLER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008

  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, consistent with House 
Republican Earmark Standards, I am submitting the following earmark 
disclosure and certification information for two individual project 
authorization requests that I made and which were included within the 
text of H.R. 5658, the ``Duncan Hunter Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.''
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--``The Duncan Hunter Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009.''
  1. Requesting Member: Congresswoman Candice Miller.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Project Amount: $2.5 Million.
  Account: Operations and Maintenance, Army PE# 423012.
  Receiving Entity: Army Manufacturing Technical Assistance Production 
Program (MTAPP).
  Address: U.S. Army TACOM, Industrial Base Office, AMSTA-LC-I10 6501 
E. Eleven Mile Rd., Warren, MI 48397.
  Description of Request: MTAPP focuses on solving supply chain 
problems that impact the Army and Department of Defense. MTAPP solves 
the above-mentioned problems using small manufacturing businesses. The 
problems that are solved by MTAPP lead to improvement in mission 
capability and availability rates of Army/DoD combat and tactical 
vehicles. In addition, the small manufacturing businesses provide a 
sustainable industrial base of suppliers to support the maintenance of 
weapons platforms. The small businesses also provide the Defense 
commercial sector with a viable pool of small businesses to meet the 
Federal Government mandated socio-economic goals.
  Matching Funds: Not applicable (Federal entity).
  2. Requesting Member: Congresswoman Candice Miller.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Project Amount: $2 Million.
  Account: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy, PE # 
0602123N.
  Receiving Entity: Autonomous Superconducting Fault Current Limiting 
Systems.
  Address: Office of Naval Research One Liberty Center 875 North 
Randolph Street, Suite 1425 Arlington, VA 22203-1995.
  Description of Request: Modern shipboard power systems are 
susceptible to catastrophic high current surges (i.e. fault currents) 
that may result in permanent equipment damage and total power system 
shutdown. Efficient, reliable, and reconfigurable shipboard power 
systems are critical to the operation of present and future naval 
surface combatants, such as the DDG-1000 next-generation destroyer. 
High power Fault Current Limiters (FCLs) enable the integration of 
shipboard propulsion and distribution power systems, thus allowing 
propulsion power to be used for other loads under the most adverse 
conditions of warfare. High Temperature Superconductor-Superconductor/
Metal Matrix Composite Fault Current Limiter can effectively meet the 
needs of the DDG-1000 and enable the integration of the shipboard 
propulsion/distribution power system.
  Matching Funds: Not applicable.

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