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

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008


  Earmarks for FY 09 Defense Appropriations Bill, included in of the 
    Senate Amendment to H.R. 2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster 
          Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009

  Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 
2638--Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2009:
  Requesting Member: Representative Elton Gallegly, CA-24.
  Bill: The Senate Amendment to H.R. 2638--Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation, Navy, Line 
94, Electronic Warfare Development.
  Legal name and address of receiving entity: NAWCWD Point Mugu at 
Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA 93042.
  Description of Request: This $1,600,000 would be for the development 
and construction of the Enhanced Electronic Warfare laboratory at 
NAWCWD Point Mugu. This laboratory upgrade at Point Mugu would directly 
support EA-18G, EA-6B, MH-60, and the E-2C platform development. In 
order to be effective in modern battle scenarios that contain multiple 
threats, the EW weapon system requires the exact location and type of 
all the threats in a 360 degree, or 4 quadrant, field of view. The lack 
of a four quadrant simulation capability does not allow for complete 
lab testing of modern EW weapons systems. Four quadrant lab testing 
results in cost savings and more accurate test results due to the 
repeatability of test data without having to repeat test flights.
  Requesting Member: Representative Elton Gallegly, CA-24.
  Bill: The Senate Amendment to H.R. 2638--Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Other Procurement, Navy, Line #91, Aviation Support 
Equipment, Weapons Range.
  Legal name and address of receiving entity: Argon ST, located at 2810 
Bunsen Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003.
  Description of request: This $1.28 million increase to this account 
will be used to fabricate Advanced Ground Target Threat Simulators 
(AGTTS) that simulate current threats and to develop AGTTS that 
simulate new emerging threats that U.S. personnel and their weapon 
systems may have to face. The AGTTS program will provide the majority 
of the land-based simulators that U.S. forces will be able to use for 
weapons T&E and operator training. I am told that the funding will be 
used to design, analyze, develop, field and sustain the AGTTS.
  Requesting Member: Representative Elton Gallegly, CA-24.
  Bill: The Senate Amendment to H.R. 2638--Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Other Procurement, Army, Line 118, Communications and 
Electronics Equipment, Items under $5 million.
  Legal name and address of receiving entity: ITT/EDO, 2193 Anchor 
Court, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320.
  Description of request: This $1,600,000 would upgrade and replace GPS 
survey tools for Army topographic engineers. The current instruments 
face a growing parts obsolescence problem and are subject to GPS 
jamming. This would create as many as fifty jobs in Ventura County. I 
am told that approximately half of the funding would be used to update 
and integrate real-time kinematic algorithms and modify SAASM software; 
approximately 25% of the remaining funding would be used to test data 
collection software and a handheld controller; and the remaining 
funding would be used to complete and test the prototype system.
  Requesting Member: Representative Elton Gallegly, CA-24.
  Bill: The Senate Amendment to H.R. 2638--Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: RDT&E, Navy, Line 70, PE# 0603795N, Land Attack Technology.
  Legal name and address of receiving entity: MBDA, 5701 Lindero Canyon 
Road, Suite 4 100, Westlake Village, CA 91362.
  Description of request: This increase in this account would allow the 
Navy to continue development of innovative missile solutions for an 
Affordable Weapons System (AWS), capable of operating from ships and 
with a potential Navy/USMC airborne launch capability. Phase I, under 
completion, will define detailed weapon system missions, system and 
subsystem requirements and capabilities, and system architecture to 
allow the Navy to begin Phase II and serve as a basis for subsequent 
development. The requested funding will transition AWS from Phase I to 
Phase II, selecting the best materiel approaches for subsystem 
development, testing and program risk reduction and create aerospace 
engineering jobs in Southern California. Specifically, $5.8 million of 
this increase will provide a technical design baseline; will identify 
expected service life, environmental limits, reliability, 
maintainability, and system operational tempo; will prescribe a test 
program for system certification; and a plan for weapon system 
integration on surface vessels and aircraft to meet Service 
requirements. Further breakout of funds as follows: $2.8M to MBDA, 
$1.7M to Subcontractors, $1.3M for Navy Management.
  Requesting Member: Representative Elton Gallegly, CA-24.
  Bill: The Senate Amendment to H.R. 2638--Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: RDT&E, Defense-Wide, Line 95, PE# 604608D8Z, Joint 
Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD).
  Legal name and address of receiving entity: Malibu Research, 3760-A 
Calle Tecate, Camarillo, CA 93012.
  Description of request: This $1,600,000 would create jobs in Ventura 
County that will help to further develop for deployment the Silent 
Guardian--Active Denial System, which provides an alternative to deadly 
force by generating a very focused and controllable millimeter wave 
energy that the skin absorbs, producing a heat sensation that rapidly 
becomes intolerable. The sensation stops immediately when subject steps 
out of the beam or it is turned off. This will be used for soldiers, 
who, Under Escalation Of Force (EOF) protocol, are supposed to perform 
actions to get the drivers of potentially threatening vehicles to stop. 
In today's operational environment, soldiers conducting security and 
peace enforcement operations along convoy routes and at checkpoints 
face the extreme circumstance of making instantaneous life and death 
decisions balancing the EOF and ROE. With this funding, I am told that 
approximately $500,000 will be used to develop high power waveguide 
lens and procure long lead items including transmitter; approximately 
$800,000 will be used to fabricate large diameter W band system 
prototype; and approximately $300,000 will be used to perform 
functional testing of W band prototype.

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