[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1907]
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                           EARMARK DISCLOSURE

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                           HON. MIKE FERGUSON

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. FERGUSON. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for 
publication in the Congressional Record regarding earmarks I received 
as part of H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, 
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009:
  1. Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Technology and Plastic 
Armor.
  Applications Account: Army Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Picatinny Arsenal.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Picatinny Arsenal, Picatinny, NJ 07806-
5000.
  Description of Request: Funding in the amount of $1.6 million will be 
used by Picatinny Arsenal in collaboration with Bell Laboratories and 
the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium for research and development 
of body armor materials using nano technologies, Micro Electrical 
Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and new plastic armor composites. The 
development of MEMS technology focuses on lightweight, low power 
technologies that enable the implementation of new capabilities in 
current armament and equipment as well as next generation solutions for 
the war fighter.
  2. Strattice Dermal Matrix Research.
  Account: Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: LifeCell Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: One Millenium Way, Branchburg, New 
Jersey 08876-3876.
  Description of Request: Funding in the amount of $2.4 million will be 
used for research and development of skin graft technology, with the 
goal of developing an off-the-shelf transplantable graft from porcine 
tissue for combat casualties with full-thickness burns and other skin 
and dermal deficits. The project is a 3-year research and development 
program seeking to evaluate the potential for grafting of the scaffold 
onto full-thickness dermal wounds with full integration and 
regeneration of intact skin. This scaffold will provide a platform 
technology for development of other products for repair of tissue loss, 
meeting significant unmet medical needs in both military and civilian 
trauma.

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