[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1961-E1962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. PHIL ENGLISH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting

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the following information for publication in the Congressional Record 
regarding earmarks I requested which were included as part of H.R. 
2638, a bill making continuing appropriations.
   Bear Metallurgical Corporation ($1,600,000, Defense Health Program). 
The entity to receive funding for this project is the Bear 
Metallurgical Corporation, located at 679 E. Butler Rd., Butler, PA 
16002. Budget: product safety studies, $2.262 million; lung toxicity 
model development, $250,000; data analysis, $200,000; program expenses, 
$788,000. The funding would be used to research vanadium safety in 
military applications.
   Software Technology Concepts ($1,000,000, RDT & E, Army). The entity 
to receive funding for this project is Software Technology Concepts, 
located at 2214 W. 8th St., Erie, PA 16505. Budget: Initialization and 
preliminary research/review, $550,000; Integrated Resolutions 
Development, $500,000; Hardware upgrades, $650,000; Final TACOM Tech 
Transfer, $750,000; Technology Extensions, $850,000; Administration, 
$500,000. The funding would be used for an Extended Lifecycle 
Management Environment project to coordinate product and service 
specifications for Army processes.
   INRange Systems, Incorporated ($1,400,000, RDT & E, Army). The 
entity to receive funding for this project is INRange Systems, 
Incorporated, located at 220 Lakemont Park Blvd., Altoona, PA 16602. 
Budget: research staff, $1.64 million; equipment, $650,000; materials, 
$4.151 million; report generation $239,000. The funding would be used 
to continue development of telepharmacy robotic medicine devices.
   LORD Corporation ($2,000,000, RDT & E, Air Force). The entity to 
receive funding for this project is the LORD Corporation, located at 
2000 W. Grandview Blvd., Erie, PA 16509. Budget: Personnel, $1,989,741; 
Materials, $ 366,000; Equipment, $ 273,000; Outside direct costs, $ 
537,000. The funding would be used for technology to electronically 
balance C-130 propeller blades.
   eV Products, a division of II-VI, Incorporated ($1,600,000, RDT & E, 
Defense-wide). The entity to receive funding for this project is eV 
Products, a division of II-VI, Incorporated, located at 373 Saxonburg 
Rd., Saxonburg, PA 16056. Budget: DTRA G & A: $0.3 million; Materials & 
Supplies: $1.4 million; General & Administrative (G & A): $.4 million; 
Labor: $0.5 million. The funding would be used for development of Next 
Generation Intelligent Portable Radionuclide Detection systems.
   Boeing-SVS, Incorporated ($1,200,000, RDT & E, Navy). The entity to 
receive funding for this project is Boeing-SVS, Incorporated, located 
at 183 Northpointe Blvd. Suite 600, Freeport, PA 16229. Budget: $3.6 
million for complete phenomenology studies, collecting data over open 
water; optimize and re-design a brass-board visual interruption system 
for operation under environment extremes of mission use; update the 
Laser Threat & Mission Planning System model in concert with the Naval 
Health Research Center; develop, integrate, and test an environmentally 
robust prototype. The funding would be used to deign and develop a 
multi-function laser system.

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