[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 156 (Sunday, September 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2145-E2146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Sunday, September 28, 2008

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638
  Account: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army Account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Rutgers University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 
08854-8018
  Description of Request:
  This project is a partnership among Rutgers, The State University of 
New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and 
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

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 The Center will focus their work in several areas: critical 
infrastructure protection; preparedness and response to natural, 
accidental, and intentional disasters; information/intelligence 
assessment and analysis; health care/hospital preparedness and 
response; chemical, biological and radiological countermeasures; 
disaster and terror medicine; emergency communications; emergency 
response through innovative uses of rail transportation systems; and 
education and training for first-responders and local governments, and 
health and engineering professionals.
  The application of our unique expertise in the combination of 
mathematical sciences, engineering, communications, transportation, 
medicine and health care, environmental and exposure science, basic 
societal services, and social/behavioral sciences will help prepare the 
military and the nation in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist 
attack.
  Detailed Financial Plan:
  Center Administration--$200,000-
  R & D Projects--$700,000
  Info & Intelligence Analysis--$200,000-
  Education & Training--$144,000
  Clinical & Health Care Preparedness and Response--$200,000-
  Equipment--$156,000
  TOTAL--$1,600,000

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