[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1933]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. CANDICE S. MILLER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, consistent with House 
Republican Earmark Standards, I am submitting the following earmark 
disclosure and certification information for two individual project 
authorization requests that I made and which were included within the 
text of H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 Bill Number H.R. 2638.
  1. Requesting Member: Congresswoman Candice Miller.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Project Amount: $1.6 Million.
  Account: Operations and Maintenance, Army PE# 423012.
  Receiving Entity: Army Manufacturing Technical Assistance Production 
Program (MTAPP).
  Address: US Army TACOM, Industrial Base Office, AMSTA-LC-IO, 6501 E 
Eleven Mile Rd, Warren, MI 48397.
  Description of Request: MTAPP focuses on solving supply chain 
problems that impact the Army and Department of Defense. MTAPP solves 
the above-mentioned problems using small manufacturing businesses. The 
problems that are solved by MTAPP lead to improvement in mission 
capability and availability rates of Army/DoD combat and tactical 
vehicles. In addition, the small manufacturing businesses provide a 
sustainable industrial base of suppliers to support the maintenance of 
weapons platforms. The small businesses also provide the Defense 
commercial sector with a viable pool of small businesses to meet the 
Federal Government mandated socio-economic goals.
  Matching Funds: Not applicable (Federal entity).
  2. Requesting Member: Congresswoman Candice Miller.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Project Amount: $2.4 Million.
  Account: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army.
  Receiving Entity: Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material 
Shortages Case Resolution Program.
  Address: U.S. Army TARDEC Assoc. Director for Engineering 6501 East 
11 Mile Road Warren, MI 48397.
  Description of Request: The program is expected to 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 pars and higher-level assemblies.
  Matching Funds: Not applicable. (Federal entity).

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