[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1618-E1619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. ROBIN HAYES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 30, 2008

  Mr. HAYES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for 
publication in the Congressional Record regarding requests I received 
as part of H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs 
Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2009:
   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009
   Account: Military Construction, Additional Defense Access Roads 
funding for Fort Bragg Access Roads, Phase I (Bragg Boulevard/Murchison 
Road).
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: BRAC Regional Task Force, Inc. Fort 
Bragg, NC and the President's FY09 Budget Request.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
   Description of Request: This request supports the President's FY09 
Budget request level of $13.24 million for additional Defense Access 
Roads Funding for Fort Bragg, Phase I (Bragg Boulevard/Murchison Road). 
The increase is due to revisions to the original project necessitated 
by BRAC and other mission growth at Fort Bragg. This is a high priority 
security project to close Bragg Boulevard to public traffic through 
Fort Bragg. This action is necessary to ensure the safety of the new 
FORSCOM HQ which is being built in close proximity to Bragg Boulevard. 
The project will widen Murchison Road to flow traffic around Fort Bragg 
and includes two new interchanges to access control points at Fort 
Bragg. The project is currently being planned and designed by North 
Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in two phases. This 
increase is needed for Phase I which will widen NC 210 (Murchison Road) 
to six lanes beginning at the new I-295 Fayetteville Outer Loop 
interchange and continue north to include a new interchange at 
Honeycutt Rd. The new interchange, rather than an at-grade crossing is 
the reason for the additional funds.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
  Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, Additional Defense Access Roads 
funding for Fort Bragg Access Roads, Phase I (Bragg Boulevard/Murchison 
Road).
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: BRAC Regional Task Force, Inc. Fort 
Bragg, NC and the President's FY09 Budget Request.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
   Description of Request: This request increases the Department of 
Defense funding authorization from the President's FY09 Budget level of 
$13.24 million by an additional authorization for $8.56 million. The 
increase is due to revisions to the original project necessitated by 
BRAC and other mission growth at Fort Bragg. This is a high priority 
security project to close Bragg Boulevard to public traffic through 
Fort Bragg. This action is necessary to ensure the safety of the new 
FORSCOM HQ which is being built in close proximity to Bragg Boulevard. 
The project will widen Murchison Road to flow traffic around Fort Bragg 
and includes two new interchanges to access control points at Fort 
Bragg. The project is currently being planned and designed by North 
Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in two phases. This 
increase is needed for Phase I which will widen NC 210 (Murchison Road) 
to six lanes beginning at the new I-295 Fayetteville Outer Loop 
interchange and continue north to include a new interchange at 
Honeycutt Rd. The new interchange, rather than an at-grade crossing is 
the reason for the additional funds.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009
   Account: New Elementary School (DoDEA)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg and the Department of the 
Army.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
   Description of Request: This request supports the $28.17 million 
requested in the President's FY09 Budget for a new elementary school on 
Fort Bragg. This funding is required to accommodate enrollment 
increases due to new housing being built for the Army's Residential 
Communities Initiative program. The Family Housing Construction program 
will construct 446 new housing units at Ft. Bragg, resulting in an 
influx of approximately 714 students (PK through 5th grade) above 
present capacity. The community schools at Fort Bragg have a current 
enrollment of 4,517 students. As a result of new housing being added to 
the main cantonment area, the schools are projected to be filled to 
capacity. The additional 446 family housing units being constructed in 
the Northern Training Area will require a 714 student elementary school 
to be constructed to serve the housing area. Existing schools in the 
main cantonment area were constructed based on outdated Department of 
Education and state standards, resulting in undersized classrooms, 
administrative, and other areas. Adding additional students beyond 
maximum capacity will adversely affect the quality of the educational 
programs and greatly limit the number of educational programs offered 
to students. The influx of students resulting from the Army's 
Residential Communities Initiative program cannot be supported within 
current district capacity. New construction is the only method of 
obtaining the space needed to accommodate the enrollment projected to 
arrive within the next 3 years. Without this additional capacity, the 
Army's Residential Communities Initiative program and student education 
at Fort Bragg would be adversely affected.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, Utilities Upgrade for Camp MACKALL 
(Fort Bragg).
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request 
for $3.2 million for a Utilities Upgrade at Camp MACKALL (Fort Bragg) 
and this project is necessary to support the expansion of Camp Mackall, 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Rowe Training Facility (RTF) at Camp 
Mackall is being expanded to support an increase in its mission of 
providing Special Forces (SF) qualified soldiers from a current level 
of 350 per year to 950 per year. The number of all students passing 
throgh the Rowe Training Facility annually will increase from 1,000 
trainees to 2,700 annually. The Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and 
Escape (SERE) training course at Camp Mackall will increase from 350 
per year to 950 per year. New water, sewage, storm drainage, gas, 
electric and communications lines will have to be run to support the 
rapidly expanding training activities at the base.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, New Intermediate School (Irwin) 
(DoDEA) Fort Bragg, NC
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
  This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request for 
$27.945 million for a new DoDEA intermediate school at Fort Bragg, NC. 
This school is needed to accommodate 725 students and support present 
curriculums selected for that age group. Most of the current school 
facility was constructed in 1962 with seven additions built in various 
years starting in 1964. The Extended Facilities Condition Index (EFCI--
current facility maintenance or repair requirement/replacement cost) is 
72%. An EFCI of this value indicates replacement is more cost effective 
than continuing to address facility maintenance and repair needs. Many 
of the school's programs are conducted in twelve re-locatable, 
temporary buildings which are all old, undersized and not suitable for 
the programs. Space limitations also require many programs to share the 
same classrooms. The school has force protection issues that will be 
resolved by this project. Significant health and safety issues exist to 
include non-fire rated transom windows in all corridors, no fire 
sprinkler system

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in the facility, non-fire rated interior doors and many roof leaks. 
These deficiencies are costly to rectify.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, New Middle School (DoDEA) Fort 
Bragg, NC
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
  This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request for 
$22.356 million to construct a new middle school in the Northern 
Training Area at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A new middle school is 
required to accommodate enrollment increases due to new housing being 
built for the Army's Residential Communities Initiative program. The 
Family Housing Construction program will construct additional new 
housing units and upsize most of the existing units to 4 or 5 bedrooms 
at Ft. Bragg, resulting in an influx of approximately 550 students (6th 
through 8th grade) above present capacity. The community schools at 
Fort Bragg have a current enrollment of 4,517 students. As a result of 
new housing being added to the main cantonment area, the schools are 
projected to be filled to capacity. The additional 1,524 family housing 
units being constructed in the Northern Training Area will require a 
550 student middle school to be constructed to serve the housing area. 
Existing schools in the main cantonment area were constructed based on 
outdated Department of Education and state standards, resulting in 
undersized classrooms, administrative, and other areas. Adding 
additional students beyond maximum capacity will adversely affect the 
quality of the educational programs and greatly limit the number of 
educational programs offered to students. With the NTA being separated 
from the main cantonment area this new school is also needed to cut 
down on student bussing and associated costs to both the school 
district and parents. The influx of students resulting from the Army's 
Residential Communities Initiative program cannot be supported within 
current district capacity. New construction is the only method of 
obtaining the space needed to accommodate the enrollment projected to 
arrive within the next 3 years. Without this additional capacity, the 
Army's Residential Communities Initiative program and student education 
at Fort Bragg would be adversely affected.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, Training Support Center, Fort Bragg.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
  This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request for 
$20.5 million to Construct a Standard Training Support Center (TSC). 
Existing substandard warehouse buildings do not have additional 
capacity to support increased training aids and devices. This project 
is needed to ensure Fort Bragg can protect its training devices from 
the environment and the weather. Otherwise they are facing drastically 
reduced useful life.
   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, SOF Expand Training Compound--
USSOCOM Fort Bragg.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
  This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request for 
$14.2 million for a Special Operations Forces (SOF) Training Compound 
Expansion in support of USSOCOM at Fort Bragg. This funding will serve 
to renovate and expand MacRidge Training Compound to support close 
quarters and urban combat training.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, SOF Headquarters Facility, USSOCOM 
Fort Bragg.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA. This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request 
for $14.6 million for a Special Operations Forces (SOF) Headquarters 
Facility at Fort Bragg, NC. This funding will be used to construct a 
Battalion Headquarters for the 112th Special Operations Signal 
Battalion (112th SOSB) so that they can accommodate their Department of 
the Army ordered personnel expansion and meet their requirements.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, SOF Expand Training Compound--
USSOCOM Fort Bragg.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA. This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request 
for $14.2 million for a Special Operations Forces (SOF) Training 
Compound Expansion in support of USSOCOM at Fort Bragg. This funding 
will serve to renovate and expand MacRidge Training Compound to support 
close quarters and urban combat training.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, SOF Security Force Protection, Pope 
AFB/ Fort Bragg, NC.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg Address of Requesting.
  Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, USA. This request is in 
support of the FY09 President's Budget Request for $4.15 million to be 
used for SOF Security/Force Protection (ACC-14th ASOS) at Pope Air 
Force Base/Fort Bragg. This request supports Joint Special Operations 
Command.

   Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
   Bill Number: H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
   Account: Military Construction, Fort Bragg, NC.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Bragg.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 70999 Fort Bragg, NC 28307, 
USA.
  This request is in support of the FY09 President's Budget Request for 
$5.3 million for a SOF Training Facility at Fort Bragg. This will 
construct a two story training facility to support USSOCOM joint 
operations.

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