[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1959-E1960]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. SPENCER BACHUS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. BACHUS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for 
publication in the Congressional Record regarding funding that I 
requested as part of H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009:
   Bill Number: H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Pre-Disaster 
Mitigation Account:
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Brent
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 220, Brent, AL 35034
  Description of Request: Provide $750,000 to construct a community 
storm shelter that will provide the public safe haven during tornados. 
Funding will be used for the planning and construction of the shelter 
and any necessary lot improvements for access to the shelter. 
Specifically, $102,000 is for sitework, $577,000 is for construction, 
$54,000 for professional fees, and the remaining $17,000 is for 
testing, surveying, and printing charges. This request is consistent 
with the intended and authorized purpose of the FEMA, Pre-Disaster 
Mitigation account. The City of Brent will meet or exceed all statutory 
requirements for matching funds where applicable.
   Bill Number: H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: Department of the Army, Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Missile Technology Account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The University of Alabama at 
Birmingham
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1530 3rd Avenue South, AB 720E 0111, 
Birmingham, AL 35294-0111

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  Description of Request: Provide $800,000 for the continued 
development of the Materials Application Research Center (MARC) at the 
University of Alabama at Birmingham. The U.S. military constantly faces 
the competing challenges of ever-changing threats, needs to control 
costs, needs for lighter weight, more durable, improved performance 
equipment, and needs to increase the protection of our troops. 
Technology solutions to these challenges are often slow in development 
and implementation. The Materials Applications Research Center (MARC) 
will provide the large scale laboratory facilities and operational 
environment to help assure timely development and transition of new 
materials and manufacturing technologies to our military. The results 
will provide military systems solutions for significantly improved 
performance, increased durability, and lower cost for both acquisition 
and life cycle. This funding will go towards the project's total budget 
of $1.5 million. Specifically within the budget, $755,938 is for 
personnel salaries and benefits, $85,000 is for permanent equipment, 
$17,820 is for travel, $222,277 is for other direct material and 
service costs, and $418,965 is for other indirect costs. This request 
is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of the 
Department of the Army, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Missile Technology Account. The University of Alabama at Birmingham 
will meet or exceed all statutory requirements for matching funds where 
applicable.
   Bill Number: H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: Department of the Army, Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology Account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Auburn University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 202 Samford Hall, Auburn, AL 36849
  Description of Request: Provide $2.8 million to the U.S. Army Tank 
Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center/National 
Automotive Center (TARDEC/NAC) to complete research and development of 
a hydrocarbon catalytic reforming and cleaning system/methodology 
capable of taking high sulfur containing logistic fuels such as JP-8 
and converting them on demand into high purity hydrogen for use in fuel 
cell powered APU's (auxiliary power units) and ground-based military 
vehicles. The technical focus of this program is the development and 
demonstration of logistical fuel processor-fuel cell combinations that 
operate at significantly higher efficiencies than current internal 
combustion engines used by the Army. System attributes to be optimized 
include: overall efficiency, fuel flexibility, activity maintenance and 
poison tolerance of the various catalysts, startup/shutdown time-
scales, process robustness, reliability/ruggedness, safety, thermal/
acoustic signature and integration, and reductions in overall weight 
and volume. Additional efforts will be conducted to design and adapt 
fuel processor/fuel cell systems to appropriate electrical loads with 
respect to voltage, current, AC/DC operation, peak power requirements 
versus average power and overall autonomy time. This funding will go 
towards the total project budget of $6.7 million, which includes 
approximately $1.206 million that will be retained by OSD and TARDEC/
NAC for administrative and technical support functions and the 
remaining $5.494 million will be used by Auburn University to complete 
R & D activities. All subcontracts from Auburn University will be 
approved by the DOD technical program manager and the respective 
contracting officers at the DOD and Auburn University. This request is 
in direct support of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development 
and Engineering Center's program on Fuel Cell Development for Military 
Vehicles as conducted by their National Automotive Center. This request 
is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of the 
Department of the Army, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology Account. Auburn 
University will meet or exceed all statutory requirements for matching 
funds where applicable.

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