[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 29, 2008

  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, I am submitting 
the following information for publication in the Congressional Record 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 6599, the Fiscal Year 
2009 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill.

  Requesting Member: Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21).
  Bill Number: H.R. 6599, Report 110-775.
  Account: Military Construction, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: United States Southern Command.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 3511 NW 91st Ave., Miami, FL 33172-
1217.
  Description of Request: I received an earmark of $81,600,000 for the 
second increment of funding for the construction of a new headquarters 
for the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Doral, FL. The 
funding will continue the work of the first installment in which 
SOUTHCOM received $100,000,000 in the FY08 Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. The authorization for this 
funding was included in the H.R. 5658, the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, which passed the House 
of Representatives May 22, 2008. The total cost of the headquarters 
construction is estimated to be $237,000,000.
  Through the Department of Defense, this project has been undergone an 
open bid process and the planning, engineering and design phase is well 
underway. The funds would be used by the Department of Defense to build 
the new SOUTHCOM headquarters adjacent to the current SOUTHCOM facility 
in Doral, FL. The land for this facility is under long-term lease from 
the State of Florida.

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