[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 156 (Sunday, September 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2126]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 27, 2008

  Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Republican 
Conference standards on earmarks, I submit the following information 
regarding a project included at my request in H.R. 2638, the 
Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act of 2009:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jim Jordan. (OH-04).
  Bill: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Army Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E)--
Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology.
  Requesting entity: Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, 1161 Buckeye 
Road, Lima, OH.
  Project title: N-STEP-Enabled Manufacturing Cell for Future Combat 
Systems.
  Description: With Federal assistance in fiscal years 2005 and 2006, 
the Government-owned Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, OH, 
developed a friction appurtenance welding cell to automate the many 
hundreds of individual welds required in large combat vehicle 
manufacturing. The $2.4 million included in H.R. 2638 will help perfect 
this technology for current and Future Combat Systems production, 
reducing the cost to the Government for vehicle procurement.

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