[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 155 (Saturday, September 27, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2039]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 2008

  Mrs. JO ANN EMERSON. Madam Speaker, in accordance with the February 
2008 New Republican Earmark Standards Guidance, I submit the following:
  Requesting Member: Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: RDTE,N 14 0602782N Mine and Expedition Warfare Applied 
Research.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri University of Science and 
Technology.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,000,000 for 
Detection and Neutralization of Electronically Initiated Improvised 
Explosive Devices. It is my understanding that this funding will 
provide $200,000 for Navy administrative costs, $900,000 for 
instrumentation development, research and administrative costs with 
Missouri S&T partner General Dynamics, $160,000 for faculty salary, 
$80,000 for a technician, $135,000 for graduate students, $200,000 for 
equipment (including: instrumentation to develop a fieldable prototype 
to rapidly detect electronics associated IEDs, instrumentation to 
develop a fieldable prototype to neutralize electronics associated with 
IEDs, downmixing receivers, amplifiers, general lab supplies), $235,000 
for overhead.
  Requesting Member: Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: RDTE, A 28 0602787A Medical Technology.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri University of Science and 
Technology.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $800,000 for Consortium 
for Bone and Tissue Repair and Regeneration. It is my understanding 
that Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University 
of Missouri--Kansas City would use $175,000 in funding for major 
equipment purchases including a digital x-ray machine; $625,000 for 
research personnel and supplies.
  Requesting Member: Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Air Force RDT&E, Line 23, Electronic Combat Technology, PE 
0603270F.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Brewer Science, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2401 Brewer Drive, Rolla, MO 65401.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,600,000 to develop 
Three-dimensional microstructures. Approximately, $1,120,000 (70 
percent) is for engineering, design and simulation work required to 
develop new 3-D microdevice manufacturing techniques for the 
microelectronics industry, where two-dimensional device fabrication is 
the norm; $160,000 (10 percent) for outside engineering support; 
$320,000 (20 percent) for materials and supplies necessary for the 
conduct of this development effort and for the construction of 3-D 
devices.
  Requesting Member: Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Battelle Memorial Institute, Fort 
Leonard Wood Operations.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 571 VFW Memorial Drive, Ste. 5, St. 
Robert, MO 65584.
  Account: OSD--Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise, RDT&E, Defense-wide, 
Line 40 PE 06030711D8Z Joint Robotics/Autonomous Systems.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $800,000 in the FY 09 
Defense Budget to complete the prototyping and demonstration of a 
modeling, simulation and analysis capability for autonomous behaviors 
of robotic systems in an operational environment. Approximately, 
$128,000 [or 16 percent] is for improvement of systems within the 
Maneuver Support Battle Laboratory; $672,000 [or 84 percent] for two 
development teams working in the Government's Laboratory to develop the 
necessary applications and interfaces as well as the development of the 
Demonstration.

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