[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 154 (Friday, September 26, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2022-E2023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. VERNON J. EHLERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 2008

  Mr. EHLERS. 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 of 2009.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Rdte,A Research, Development, Test And Evaluation, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Grand Valley State University.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 301 Michigan Street, NE, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, 49503
  Description of Request: I am requesting funding for the Midwest 
Traumatic Injury Rehabilitation Center at Grand Valley State University 
(GVSU) in fiscal year 2009. The funding for this project will help 
Grand Valley State University partner with Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation 
Hospital to develop a specialized educational curriculum, and an 
integrated model of total patient care in order to help those 
servicemembers and veterans who suffer from a traumatic brain injury 
and/or limb loss. This bill provides $1,460,000 for this project. Out 
of this amount, GVSU plans to spend $400,000 on the educational design, 
$985,000 for twenty veterans in treatment, and $75,000 for evaluation 
and continuous improvement. I certify that neither I nor my spouse has 
any financial interest in this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Rdte,N Research, Development, Test And Evaluation, Navy.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: GE Aviation.

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  Address of Requesting Entity: 3290 Patterson Avenue, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan 49512
  Description of Request: I am requesting funding for GE Aviation in 
fiscal year 2009 for the Micro-munitions Interface for Tactical 
Unmanned Systems (MITUS). The funding would be used to develop an 
interface between Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) and micro-munitions, which 
are defined as weapons weighing less than 100 pounds. Integration of 
micro-munitions onto UAS's requires a stores/weapons management 
interface that provides a safe and effective integration between the 
weapon and the unmanned system. This bill provides $1,600,000 for this 
project. Out of this amount, GE Aviation plans to spend $250,000 to 
complete the development of key technologies for the MITUS project to 
include: high-speed communication network, airborne weapon emulator, 
interface for micro-munitions, unmanned safety architecture, universal 
stores management system; $200,000 to conduct lab demonstrations of 
these enabling technologies and validation of the SAE industry 
interface standard; $400,000 for the integration of these capabilities 
into various unmanned systems leading up to a flight demonstration; and 
$750,000 for flight demonstration in FY09/FY10 to test the 
interoperability of tactical unmanned systems integrating the MITUS 
technologies with various micro-munitions, which includes items 
necessary to support flight test including: Safety board reviews, range 
time, UAS operation, munitions and targets. I certify that neither I 
nor my spouse has any financial interest in this project.

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