[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2306-E2307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I received in the amendment of the House 
of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2638.
  Name of the requesting Member: Jeff Miller.
  Bill number: H.R. 2638.
  Project: Eglin Air Force Base Range Operations Center (ROCC) 
Initiative.
  Account: RDT&E, Air Force.
  Earmark Received: $800,000.
  Justification for use of taxpayer funding: Considering the effects of 
BRAC, emerging Joint Test and Training missions, and increased 
operations tempo, this initiative will address the current Eglin AFB 
shortfalls in infrastructure to provide safe, efficient, effective 
control of range resources. Eglin AFB initiated a phased approach 
(Super ROCC) to address these shortfalls, and this project will 
initiate the action by addressing movement and control of people and 
equipment and relevant security issues. This initiative will help the 
Air Force increase the operations tempo at the Eglin Range by 
addressing the movement and control of people and equipment as well as 
relevant security issues. Through this initiative, the Air Force will 
greatly improve its ability to track all players on the Eglin Range 
thereby significantly increase its efficiency in an increased ops tempo 
environment. Driven by BRAC and safety imperatives, this further 
provides for more effective control which will better optimize range 
scheduling and increase flexibility in meeting test and training 
missions. Simply by knowing the locations of all entities

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on the range, more flexibility in reassigning missions to ground and 
air space previously underutilized will be achieved.
  Name of the requesting Member: Jeff Miller.
  Bill number: H.R. 2638.
  Project: FPS-16 Radar Mobilization Upgrade.
  Account: RDT&E, Air Force.
  Earmark Received: $2,800,000.
  Justification for use of taxpayer funding: This enhanced, mobile 
radar tracking capability will provide AAC the flexibility required to 
support testing of current and emerging weapon systems and platforms. 
This new capability will attract test programs to the AAC test range 
that cannot presently be supported, provide expanded instrumentation 
coverage for the range, reduce encroachment concerns, and provide more 
comprehensive coverage and support to all test programs. This added 
instrumentation asset will result in more cost effective and timely 
test support for the U.S. Air Force and ultimately in fielding systems 
for the war fighter in a more timely manner.
  Name of the requesting Member: Jeff Miller.
  Bill number: H.R. 2638.
  Project: Moving Target Strike.
  Account: RDT&E, Air Force.
  Earmark Received: $2,000,000.
  Justification for use of taxpayer funding: The ability to extend the 
capability of GPS guided weapons to moving targets will significantly 
enhance the effectiveness of weapons platforms that use GPS guided 
systems. The enemy knows that currently if he keeps moving he is safe 
from many of our current weapon systems. The ability to strike movers 
from a variety of platforms with GPS guided weapons will greatly reduce 
the enemy's ability to avoid our weapons.
  Name of the requesting Member: Jeff Miller.
  Bill number: H.R. 2638.
  Project: Gulf Range Mobile Instrumentation Capability.
  Account: RDT&E, Defense-Wide.
  Earmark Received: $800,000.
  Justification for use of taxpayer funding: By developing a GR-MIC we 
will be able to integrate the simultaneous employment of many advanced 
weapons/platforms into a single test or exercise/training events. This 
effort connects test and evaluation ranges that use many communication 
and data requirements to interact between geographically separated 
ranges, making valuable information available to everyone who requires 
it. The result is ranges becoming interconnected and consequently 
creating a greater training experience.
  Name of the requesting Member: Jeff Miller.
  Bill number: H.R. 2638.
  Project: Joint Gulf Range Complex Upgrade.
  Account: RDT&E, Defense-Wide.
  Earmark Received: $1,200,000.
  Justification for use of taxpayer funding: The upgrade will result in 
improved and more accurate testing which will improve training 
effectiveness and mission readiness.
  Name of the requesting Member: Jeff Miller.
  Bill number: H.R. 2638.
  Project: Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) for AFSOC 
AC/MC 130 aircraft.
  Account: RDT&E, Air Force.
  Earmark Received: $4,400,000.
  Justification for use of taxpayer funding: The funding will be used 
to provide aircraft protection from infrared and small arms threats.

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