[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1991-E1992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. PORTER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for 
publication in the Congressional Record regarding earmarks I received 
as part of H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, 
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jon C. Porter.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Air Force, OM account.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Giant Campus.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 3101 Western Avenue, Suite 100, 
Seattle, WA, USA.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,000,000 to complete 
funding to allow for the continuation of an on-base program, offering 
technology curriculum through in-class study, additional after-school 
and evening community programs, and a more concentrated series during 
vacations or school breaks. This request is consistent with the 
intended and authorized purpose of the Air Force, OM account.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jon C. Porter. 
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Navy, Force Protection Advanced Technology account.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Pierce Targets.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 215 Grand Mediterra Henderson, NV 
89011.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,600,000 for the 
demonstration and evaluation of the self healing target system at Guam 
and research, development, and testing of next generation large scale 
self healing targets for bombing ranges. This request is consistent 
with the intended and authorized purpose of the Navy, Force Protection 
Advanced Technology account.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jon C. Porter.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Army, RDTE account.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Opticomp.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 215 Elks Point Road, P.O. Box 10779 
Zephyr Cove, Nevada 89448-2779.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,200,000 to build a 
WMD-capable optical amplifier system that may be integrated with wave 
guide-based massively parallel optical

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interconnect, MPOI, technology. This request is consistent with the 
intended and authorized purpose of the Army, RDTE account.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jon Porter.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Navy, RDTE account.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Progeny Systems Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2501 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 
130-D, Henderson, Nevada 89014.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,500,000 for Tactical 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles PE 0305204N, Project 2478, only to continue 
Phase III SBIR N04-011 Unmanned Air Systems Tactical Control System 
``Open Architecture'' Migration Program in FY09. This request is 
consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of the Navy, RDTE 
account.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jon C. Porter.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Air Force, AP account.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: ATK.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 5050 Lincoln Drive, Edina, MN, USA.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $400,000 to complete 
funding for upgrades to the Podded Reconnaissance System, also known as 
SCATHE VIEW, to provide ground and air forces critical real-time 
intelligence for domestic disaster relief operations and war fighter 
requirements. This request is consistent with the intended and 
authorized purpose of the Air Force, AP account.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jon C. Porter.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Account: Army, RDTE account.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Nevada Cancer Institute.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, 
NV, USA.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,600,000 to complete 
funding to test whether the combined injury of trauma, hypoxia, sepsis 
and/or radiation exposure can be reduced by interruption of the 
complement cascade. This request is consistent with the intended and 
authorized purpose of the Army, RDTE account.

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