[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1907-E1908]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for 
publication regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2638, the 
Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009. The information provided for 
each earmark consists of the recipient, name of the project, account, 
funding level, and the justification for the use of taxpayer dollars.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 33.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Diminishing 
Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages Case Resolution Program--
$2.4 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Automation Alley, 2675 
Bellingham, Troy, Michigan 48083.
  Earmark Description: The program will significantly reduce the Tank-
Automotive and Armaments Life Cycle Management Command's (TACOM LCMC) 
total ownership costs for weapons systems sustainment by using a center 
for directing the researching of diminishing manufacturing sources and 
material shortages (DMSMS) cases affecting TACOM LCMC, designing 
engineering solutions for cases, and testing alternatives for obsolete 
parts and higher-level assemblies. Automation Alley will research and 
develop a new process of alleviating the DMSMS problem by providing an 
efficient location of companies willing and able to re-engineer, test, 
evaluate, and manufacture obsolete components and thereby reduce cost 
to TACOM LCMC who must resolve these issues. This work will be managed 
daily in the form of an off-base industry outreach office with 
Automation Alley engineers and members of the TARDEC DMSMS team 
interacting with industry on a five-days-a-week basis for approximately 
five years based on funding levels. The funding will be used for 
engineering personnel, engineering research, and operations and 
overhead.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 33.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: End-to-End Vehicle 
Survivability Technology--$1.6 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Badenoch, LLC., 1040 East 
Maple Road, Suite 101, Birmingham, Michigan 48009.
  Earmark Description: The focus of the program is to build a 
lightweight, survivable tactical wheeled vehicle demonstrator 
showcasing advanced materials and manufacturing techniques that will 
enable low-cost, high volume production of future systems. In addition 
to addressing all seven forensic causes of death and serious injury, 
the demonstrator will be difficult to see or hear, have a low 
acquisition signature, and be highly maneuverable. The vehicle will 
comprehensively address the challenge of tactical vehicle 
survivability. Non-traditional techniques and personnel from the 
automotive and motor racing world will be employed to optimize 
solutions to this complex problem. Common threat modalities will be 
evaluated along the end-to-end chain from the energetic event to the 
human physiology using best practices in modeling and physical testing. 
Thus, the program will leverage the best techniques available and 
establish a generalized, comprehensive, durable methodology for 
evaluating vehicle survivability. The funding will be used for 
engineers and material and other development costs.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 30.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: National 
Oncogenomics and Molecular Imaging Center--$3.2 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Barbara Ann Karmanos 
Cancer Institute, 4100 John R., Detroit, Michigan 48201.
  Earmark Description: This project will develop technology to diagnose 
human cancer by defining oncogene signatures which characterize cancers 
in patients. Karmanos Cancer Institute will provide imaging technology 
capable of greatly improving detection of genes that cause cancer and 
measure treatment response. The goal of this collaborative research 
under the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command is to develop 
and implement the technology to perform sophisticated molecular-
etiologic diagnostics in human cancer tissue, and to use that 
information to identify new cancer targets and make far better 
predictions regarding a cancer patient's response to molecular targeted 
therapies. The funding will be used for genomics equipment, model 
costs, computing and bioinformatic, salaries for lead scientists and 
research support personnel, patient imaging equipment, and animal 
imaging equipment.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 33.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Hydraulic Hybrid 
Vehicles (HHV) for the Tactical Wheeled Fleet--$800,000.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Bosch Rexroth 
Corporation, 2730 Research Drive, Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309.
  Earmark Description: This program will significantly reduce target 
vehicle consumption with consequent cost savings and reduction logistic 
footprint. Reduction in brake wear will reduce maintenance, replacement 
costs and vehicle downtime. Improved acceleration will improve 
performance, mobility and load capacity, particularly when TWVs are 
fitted with improved crew protection. Concept demonstration tests 
indicate fuel savings up to 60 percent can be achieved. Targeted end 
result is implementation into full range of TWV including JLTV 
variants. The funding will be used for design and development of a 
hybrid system, engineering and labor, operations and overhead, 
materials including hybrid system hardware, and testing.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Navy RDTE Line 5.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Standoff Explosive 
Detection System (SEDS)--$1.6 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: BOSSdev, Inc. 700 Tower 
Drive, Suite 500, Troy, Michigan 48098.
  Earmark Description: This program will support a U.S. Navy/Marine 
Corps research and development project to develop a mobile, vehicle-
mounted, improvised explosive device (IED) detector that will be able 
to quickly and safely detect the explosives in a buried IED from a 
standoff distance of 20 meters or more in front of a moving vehicle. 
This project, called the Standoff Explosives Detection System (SEDS), 
is based on a proven sensing technology known as Thermal Neutron 
Activation Analysis. In summary, the system will utilize a scanning 
thermal neutron beam to stimulate the nitrogen in buried or concealed 
explosives causing the nitrogen to emit gamma

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rays. In turn, the gamma rays emitted from the explosives will be 
detected by a gamma ray telescope that is incorporated into the 
detector system. The SEDS will also include advanced safety 
technologies such as smart video to protect bystanders and U.S. 
military personnel from effects of the neutron beam.

  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Navy RDTE Line 16.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Mobile Manufacturing 
and Repair Cell/Engineering Education Outreach Program--$2.4 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Focus: HOPE, 1355 Oakman 
Blvd., Detroit, MI 48238.
  Earmark Description: The purpose of this program is to attract, train 
and educate technicians and engineers capable of deploying new critical 
technologies in support of Navy forces. The funding will be used for 
research, recruitment, curriculum development, demonstrations, 
outreach, and administrative costs.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 28.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Nanofabricated 
Bioartificial Kidney, Pancreas and Liver--$3.2 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Innovative BioTherapies, 
401 W. Morgan Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108.
  Earmark Description: There is a need within the combat theater to 
provide kidney replacement treatment to casualties that are unstable 
for transit out of the combat area. Recent technology developed at the 
University of Michigan and Innovative BioTherapies, Inc. (IBT, Ann 
Arbor, MI) is miniaturizing renal cell therapy devices which have been 
demonstrated in Phase II clinical studies to reduce mortality of 
intensive care unit patients with acute renal failure by 50 percent. 
This program will lead to a completely portable bioartificial kidney 
for complete kidney replacement therapy in military field hospitals and 
fixed-wing aircraft for the treatment of severe combat casualties. This 
program will also develop miniaturized liver cell devices for the acute 
and chronic treatment of liver failure with bioartificial liver 
devices. The funding will be used for research operations and medical 
equipment.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 33.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Plug-In Hybrid 
Vehicle Electrification Program--$3.2 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: NextEnergy Center, 461 
Burroughs, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
  Earmark Description: The NextEnergy Center will work with the U.S. 
Army National Automotive Center to develop and deploy Smart Plug-In 
Hybrid Vehicle (PHEV) technology that provides new capability to manage 
power distribution and reduce Department of Defense (``DoD'') fuel 
consumption using both conventional generation, renewable generation, 
and vehicles with exportable electric power. A smart PHEV will 
supplement electrical power generation and reduce emissions by the 
vehicle fleet. Funding will support initial development and testing of 
two systems, components and infrastructure, as well as demonstrate PHEV 
capability for vehicle to building/grid communication. The funding will 
be used for laboratory expenses, testing and reports, prototype 
(Vehicles and systems), labor and overhead, and equipment and material.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 14.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Globally Accessible 
Manufacturing and Maintenance Activity--$1.6 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: POM Group, Inc., 2350 
Pontiac Road, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326.
  Earmark Description: The program entitled ``Globally Accessible 
Manufacturing and Maintenance Activity (GAMMA)'' will develop rapid, 
precision Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) technology, combined with 
current materials removal technology, using the same (single) laser 
platform which will provide a quantum leap in force readiness and 
significantly impact the U.S. economy by greatly reducing the time of 
making complex, 3-D shaped components for dual-use applications. In 
addition, GAMMA will greatly enhance the currently fielded U.S. Army 
effort called the Mobile Parts Hospital (MPH) where modules are 
deployed to remote locations to fabricate metal parts on site from bar 
stock. Incorporation of the DMD technology would eliminate the need for 
the bar stock $60 billion inventory. The funding will be used for 
design, factory testing, and validation practices.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 33.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Light Weight Medical 
Evacuation Vehicle--$1.6 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Rae-Beck Automotive, 1200 
W. Hamlin Road, Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309.
  Earmark Description: The project will design and develop an 
internally transportable vehicle which provides a fully integrated 
medical support system designed to accommodate three-four litters to 
assist our troops. The vehicle will provide force protection 
capability, via armoring, and/or supply add-on armor, which is 
currently a critical need. The vehicle will be engineered, built ready 
for testing within 12 months and answers the requirement document of 
Family of Internally Transportable Vehicles ORD. The medical variant 
vehicle will be suited for missions requiring speed, cover, 
concealment, and agility. The funding will be used for the construction 
and build of a full working demonstrator, engineering cost, and program 
management and administrative cost.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division C).
  Account Information: Army RDTE Line 13.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Condition Based 
Maintenance for Mission Assuredness for Ground Vehicles--$2.4 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Ricardo, Inc., 40000 
Ricardo Drive, Van Buren Township, Michigan 48111.
  Earmark Description: The program will develop computer co-simulation 
tools for computer testable ``virtual'' vehicle designs for optimized 
ground vehicles. It will also provide military tools to optimize 
performance, using outputs for true computer based development of 
prognostics to predict mission success. This research will provide a 
wider range of ``virtual tests'' and optimize systems' interaction. 
Using developments from the co-simulation agenda, the development of a 
computer based on-board prognostics system will save the military 
billions of dollars by enabling condition based maintenance and being 
able to know if a vehicle can complete a definable mission successfully 
and safely. The funding will be used for simulation tools and computer 
based prognostics.
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division E).
  Account Information: Army, National Guard.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Barracks Replacement 
Phase I, Camp Grayling--$16.943 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Michigan National Guard, 
Camp Grayling.
  Earmark Description: The funding will replace outdated and 
substandard barracks. The soldier billeting areas of Camp Grayling were 
built in increments beginning in the 1950s. These facilities are 
substandard in terms of construction, function, efficiency, and space. 
The current facilities do not meet existing fire protection standards, 
have numerous safety violations and provide inadequate sleeping 
accommodations for deploying personnel
  Requesting Member: Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638 (Division E).
  Account Information: Army, National Guard.
  Name of Earmark and Amount Listed in the Report: Infantry Squad 
Battle Course, Camp Grayling--$2 million.
  Legal Name and Address of Receiving Entity: Michigan National Guard, 
Camp Grayling.
  Earmark Description: Funding will be used for combat leaders to train 
and evaluate their unit in an outdoor squad tactical movement 
engagement scenario.

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