[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1620]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. CLIFF STEARNS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 30, 2008

  Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards, I am submitting the following information for publication in 
the Congressional Record regarding a district funding request as part 
of H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs 
Appropriations Act, 2009.
  1. Florida Army National Guard, Regional Training Institute (RTI) 
Phase IV at Camp Blanding, FL (Department of Defense, Army National 
Guard) Project ID: 04ee1.
   This project is to complete construction of the RTI at the Camp 
Blanding Training Site, FL. The readiness of the Florida Army National 
Guard and Air National Guard in general will be affected if the school 
cannot adequately accomplish its mission to train soldiers. The student 
quota continues to grow with the need for new training requirements.
   The new campus will serve the full-time mission of the RTI. The 
completion of the new campus will allow the school to accept all 
projected students and to provide the support needed to run the 
regional school. The new campus will provide the school with the area 
required to adequately perform its essential mission. It will house, 
feed, teach, and train all students attending the institute; students 
are from all fifty states and territories. The school averages 800 
students per cycle.

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