[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 29, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1589]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 29, 2008

  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, consistent with the Republican 
Leadership's policy on earmarks, I am placing this statement in the 
Congressional Record.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Bill Shuster (PA--9).
  Bill Number: H.R. 6599--The Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill.
  Project Name: Army Reserve Center, Letterkenny Army Depot.
  Account: MILCON, Army Reserve.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Letterkenny Army Depot.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Letterkenny Army Depot, Franklin 
County, Pennsylvania.
  Description of Request/Justification of Federal Funding:
  Provide $14.914 million for Army Reserve Center, Letterkenny Army 
Depot.
  It is my understanding that funding for this project would 
consolidate three area Army Reserve facilities at the Letterkenny Army 
Depot (LEAD) in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The project will provide 
a 300 member training facility with administrative areas, classrooms, 
assembly hall, arms vault, kitchen, equipment storage areas, physical 
training rooms, and maintenance facilities. LEAD has set aside 7.5 
acres of secure federal land for construction of the Reserve Center. 
The Center will be constructed behind the Letterkenny fence and 
adjacent to 600 acres of federal land which are used for Reserve 
training. This facility will also meet all projected force protection 
and anti-terrorism standards. This project is in the President's FY 
2009 budget and the U.S. Army Reserve Fiscal Year 2009 FYDP.
  Project Name: Upgrade Munition Igloos, Phase 2, Letterkenny Army 
Depot.
  Account: MILCON, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Letterkenny Army Depot.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Letterkenny Army Depot, Franklin 
County, Pennsylvania.
  Description of Request / Justification of Federal Funding:
  Provide $7.5 million for Upgrade Munition Igloos, Phase 2, 
Letterkenny Army Depot.
  It is my understanding that funding for this project would modify 
igloo doors and provide concrete ramps to significantly increase 
productivity and enhance Letterkenny Army Depot's (LEAD), ability to 
rapidly and safely support mission requirements. Letterkenny is a major 
receiving, storage, maintenance, and shipping site for both tactical 
missiles and conventional ammunition. These munitions are stored in 902 
igloos constructed in the 1940s to store low technology ammunition that 
could be carried by hand. 706 of these igloos have 4 foot wide single 
doors and a two step differential between the pavement and igloo floor. 
Funding for this project will modify approximately 100 igloos to 10 
foot doors and provide concrete ramps direct from the pavement to the 
igloo. This project is in the U.S. Army Fiscal Year 2011 FYDP. 
Letterkenny's munitions storage mission continues to grow and its need 
for upgraded igloos to meet this mission requirement is more immediate 
than programmed.
  Project Name: Carlisle Barracks, Museum Support Facility.
  Account: MILCON, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Carlisle Barracks.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Carlisle, Barracks, Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania.
  Description of Request/Justification of Federal Funding:
  Provide $13.4 million for Museum Support Facility, Carlisle Barracks.
  It is my understanding that funding will be used to construct a 
Museum Support Facility to provide curation, conservation, and storage 
of historical artifacts and art; conservation of manuscripts and 
associated paper materials; research areas, office, and associated 
activities to support the U.S. Army Heritage and Educational Center and 
other Army historical activities in coordination with the Center of 
Military History. The facility will also provide a major educational 
and tourist facility in the Central Pennsylvania region.

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