[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1973-E1974]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. FRANK A. LoBIONDO

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. LoBIONDO. Madam Speaker, as per the requirements of the 
Republican Conference Rules on earmarks, I secured the following 
earmarks in H.R. 2638.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank LoBiondo.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Air Force, Military Construction, Air National Guard.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: 177th Fighter Wing.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 400 Langley Road, Egg Harbor Township, 
NJ 08234.
  Description of Request: Provide $8.4 million for the construction of 
Phase I of a two phase Operations and Training Facility for the 177th 
Fighter Wing at the Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor 
Township, NJ. The facility will house key wing administrative functions 
to better enable the 177th to perform its Air Sovereignty Alert mission 
in defense of the homeland.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank LoBiondo.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Army--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: (1) Drexel University, (2) 
Waterfront Technology Center.
  Address of Requesting Entity: (1) 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 
PA 19104, (2) 200 Federal Street, Suite 300, Camden, NJ 08103.
  Description of Request: Provide $3.2 million for Applied 
Communications and Information Networking (ACIN). ACIN enables the 
warfighter to rapidly deploy state-of-the-practice communications and 
networking technology for warfighting and National Security. This 
funding will build on funding from previous years to fully develop this 
technology.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank LoBiondo.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Air Force--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Accenture.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 200 Federal Street, Suite 300, Camden, 
NJ 08103.
  Description of Request: Provide $1.6 million for Distributed Mission 
Interoperability Toolkit (DMIT). DMIT is a suite of tools that enables 
an enterprise architecture for on-demand, trusted, interoperability 
among and between mission-oriented C4I systems. This spending will 
build on funding from previous years to allow DMIT to be extended to 
Joint and coalition requirements, and address current weaknesses in Air 
Force management years ahead of current schedules. Adoption by major 
programs and commercial entities would lead to savings in the $100 
millions on current and future DOD programs.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank LoBiondo.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Army--Other Procurement.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: L-3 Communications Corp.--East.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08103.
  Description of Request: Provide $2.4 million for Battlefield Anti-
Intrusion System (BAIS). BAIS is the U.S. Army's type standard tactical 
Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) system for physical security/force 
protection. The system uses Seismic/Acoustic Sensors (SAS) to detect 
and classify potential threats for forward intelligence collection or 
perimeter self-protection. To date, 773 systems plus spares have been 
fielded representing less than 10% of the Army's Acquisition Objective, 
yet approved fielding requirements for small unit protection and 
perimeter security exceed 8,933 systems. This $6.0 million will provide 
270 additional BAIS units to the Army.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank LoBiondo.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Navy--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: McGee Industries.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 9 Crozenville Road, Aston, PA 19014-
0425.
  Description of Request: Provide $2.0 million for Improved Corrosion 
Protection for the ElectroMagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for 
the CVN-21 class of carriers. The environment around aircraft carrier 
catapults is among the most corrosive (i.e. seawater spray, heat, deck 
contaminants) with which the Navy must contend. No reliable corrosion 
or fracture data exists for the new EMALS configuration and

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the materials which will be used to construct it, in a catapult-like 
environment. This funding will continue the program from FY08 to 
develop design-specific corrosion data under simulated catapult 
conditions which needs to be continued in order to permit further 
design refinement, that will: (1) prevent premature component failures 
(2) minimize costly fleet maintenance and (3) enhance operational 
readiness.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank LoBiondo.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: FEMA State and Local Programs.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1333 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 
08401.
  Description of Request: Provide $750,000 for Atlantic County, New 
Jersey's Consolidated Emergency Operation Center. The county will use 
the funding in combination with state, county, and local funding to 
consolidate the county's disparate emergency management centers into a 
single existing building which will be able to withstand wind storm and 
other natural hazards.

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