[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1936-E1937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, consistent with the Republican 
Leadership's policy on earmarks, I am placing this statement in the 
Congressional Record.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Bill Shuster (PA-9).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Military Construction Projects were previously disclosed in a 
statement on H.R. 6599--The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs 
FY09 Appropriations bill.
     Defense Appropriations Projects
  Project Name: Expeditionary Persistent Power.
  Account: Research, Development, Test, and Eval, Defensewide.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mission Critical Solutions, LLC.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 271 Industrial Lane, Alum Bank, PA 
15521.
  Description of Request/Justification of Federal Funding: $1.6 million 
for Expeditionary Persistent Power.
  It is my understanding that funding will be used for research, 
development, testing, and evaluation. This program builds on the recent 
success and advancements in ground based power and alternative 
propulsion systems for USSOCOM as well as advancements in the ultra 
thin film solar and small wind driven regeneration systems. The power/
propulsion system will use latest-generation, commercially available 
Li-ion polymer batteries storing power from wind, solar, and 
regeneration techniques.
  USSOCOM has a continuing requirement for Expeditionary Power and 
Clandestine Propulsion Systems for ground, marine, and UVs for all 
operations environments and tactical scenarios.
  It is also my understanding that approximately 55 percent of funding 
would be used for labor costs, approximately 40 percent of funding 
would be used for materials, and approximately 5 percent of funding 
would be used for travel and other costs.
  Project Name: Fire Support Technology Improvement Program.
  Account: Research, Development, Test, & Eval, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Szanca Solutions, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 100 East Pitt Street, Suite 300, 
Bedford, PA 15522.
  Description of Request/Justification of Federal Funding: $800,000 for 
Fire Support Technology Improvement Program.
  It is my understanding that funding for this project would be used 
for research, development, testing, and evaluation to leverage and 
develop advanced artillery battle management technologies and to 
integrate these advanced technologies into the Army fire support 
modernization initiatives.
  This program will help in Battlefield Damage Assessment (BDA) for 
target re-fire, to include target of opportunity avoidance due to 
weighted benefits of a current intel information resource that is 
supplying crucial tactical intel information. This effort will also 
decrease the time from target identification to firing. The program 
will also provide Theater Commanders with the intelligence to determine 
if a fire mission may affect critical infrastructures or resources 
(water and oil pipelines, power lines or support facilities) that are 
critical to the civilian population.
  It is also my understanding that approximately 80 percent of funding 
would be used

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for staff, approximately 17 percent of funding would be used to design 
and implement a test facility, and approximately 3 percent of funding 
would be used for travel and other costs.
  Project Name: Maritime C4ISR System.
  Account: Research, Development, Test, & Eval, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mission Critical Solutions, LLC.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 271 Industrial Lane, Alum Bank, PA 
15521
  Description of Request/Justification of Federal Funding: $800,000 for 
Maritime C4ISR System.
  It is my understanding that funding would be used for research, 
development, testing, and evaluation. This project would be used to 
support C4ISR situations awareness for maritime protection activities. 
The Maritime C4ISR System is a comprehensive suite of sensor devices 
together with IP based network communications to support C4ISR 
situational awareness for maritime protection activities.
  The system was conceived for port and coastal security missions 
requiring enhanced situational awareness, integrating and fusing 
existing sensors via IP. The Maritime C4ISR system allows the user to 
manage several complex and diverse tasks simultaneously through remote 
access, automation, information management, and the development or 
enhancement of decision aids to simplify decision-making and support 
defensive action by joint forces.
  It is also my understanding that approximately 50 percent of funding 
would be used for labor, approximately 42 percent of funding would be 
used for material, and approximately 8 percent of funding would be used 
for travel and other costs.
  Project Name: Hospital Emergency Planning and Integration (HEPI).
  Account: Research, Development, Test, & Eval, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: L. Robert Kimball & Associates.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 615 W. Highland Avenue, P.O. Box 1006, 
Ebensburg, PA 15931. The project will be located at the Letterkenny 
Army Depot and the Chambersburg Hospital in Franklin County, 
Pennsylvania.
  Description of Request/Justification of Federal Funding: $800,000 for 
Hospital Emergency Planning and Integration.
  It is my understanding that funding for this project would be used 
for research, development, testing, and evaluation to establish a 
network of regional communication and collaboration centers, fielded by 
the Department of Defense (DOD) that will provide technology to 
emergency responders for day-to-day use and will provide a system for 
execution of the DOD Homeland Defense mission. The development of 
enterprise architecture will link existing state and local systems with 
the DOD and other federal agencies.
  It is also my understanding that approximately 85 percent of funding 
would be used for the expansion of the HEPI program throughout the 
South Central Counter-
Terrorism Task Force Region and approximately 15 percent of funding 
would be used to enhance and refine HEPI program capabilities.
  Project Name: Rural Health (CERMUSA).
  Account: Research, Development, Test, & Eval, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Francis University.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 117 Evergreen Drive, P.O. Box 600, 
Loretto, PA 15940.
  Description of Request/Justification of Federal Funding: $2.4 million 
for Rural Health (CERMUSA).
  It is my understanding that funding for this project would be used 
for research, development, testing, and evaluation to continue the St. 
Francis University Center of Excellence for Remote & Medically Under-
Served Areas (CERMUSA) national test bed for research in telehealth, 
distance learning, telerehabilitation, and associated technologies.
  It is also my understanding that approximately 60 percent of funding 
would be used for a test bed for informational technologies, 
approximately 25 percent for a test bed for telehealth, 
telerehabilitation, and healthcare education research, and 
approximately 15 percent for a distance learning test bed for rural and 
under-served areas.

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