[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. DOC HASTINGS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 29, 2008

  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, to provide open 
disclosure, I am submitting the following information for publication 
in the Congressional Record regarding projects that I support for 
inclusion in the Department of Defense Appropriations bill and the 
Homeland Security Appropriations bill for FY 2009, which were included 
as part of H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, 
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Amount: $800,000.
  Account: Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard.
  Entity receiving funds: HAMMER Training and Education Center located 
at 2890 Horn Rapids Road, Richland, WA 99354.
  Description: Funds will be used to ensure that additional Civil 
Support Team (CST) and the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear 
High-Yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) units 
receive the training they need to respond to an attack using weapons of 
mass destruction.
  Amount: $2.4 million.
  Account: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army.
  Entity receiving funds: Infinia located at 6811 West Okanogan Pl, 
Kennewick, WA 99336.
  Description: Funds will be used to provide the Army with power 
generation on the battlefield (a Sterling Tactical Cogeneration System 
or STaCS) that is small, efficient, quiet, low maintenance and 
reliable. This system is aimed at providing critical electricity needed 
by our troops on the battlefield.
  Amount: $1.2 million.
  Account: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army.
  Entity receiving funds: Moses Lake General Dynamics located at 9256 
Randolph Road NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837.
  Description: Funds will be used to provide the Army with non-lethal 
munitions to aid troops in the dispersion of the enemy while on the 
battlefield.
  Amount: $3.2 million.
  Account: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy
  Entity receiving funds: Insitu located at 118 East Columbia River 
Way, Bingen, WA 98605.
  Description: Funds will be used to provide the Navy with a Portable 
Launch and Recovery System that would allow small unmanned aerial 
vehicles to operate from Navy vessels.
  Amount: $25 million.
  Account: Research, Development and Operations--Laboratory Facilities.
  Entity receiving funds: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory located 
at P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 22352.
  Description: Funds will be used to complete federal laboratory space 
critical to national security. The Lab supports the Department of 
Homeland Security, the Department of Energy Office of Science, and the 
National Nuclear Security Administration.

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