[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E379-E380]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. FRANK D. LUCAS

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 25, 2009

  Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of FY 2009 Omnibus.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $209,000 for the Pilot 
Technology Transfer project. This funding will be used to provide 
technology transfer services and engineering assistance to small, rural 
manufacturers with the goal of improving their profitability and 
enhancing the economy in rural communities.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $274,000 for the Animal Waste 
Management project. This funding will be used to develop sustainable, 
environmentally safe, and ecologically healthy animal waste management 
practices in semiarid ecosystems that contribute to economic 
development in rural communities.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $839,000 for the Biomass-
based Energy Research project. This funding will be used to find and 
alternative to traditional fuel sources, and to enhance rural economic 
development through the use of plant materials. A consortium of three 
universities (Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma University, and 
Mississippi State University) is working to refine and commercialize a 
unique gasification-fermentation process utilizing biomass to produce 
liquid fuel.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $223,000 for the Expanded 
Wheat Pasture project. This funding will be used to develop science and 
technologies, uniquely adapted wheat varieties, decision-support 
economic models, and extension education programs to increase 
profitability of the many dual-purpose wheat enterprises.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $382,000 for the Food Safety 
project. This funding will be used to conduct research and testing to 
develop rapid and efficient methods for detecting and controlling food 
borne pathogens throughout the food chain from point of origin to 
consumption.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $177,000 for the Integrated 
Production Systems project. This funding will be used to conduct 
research to develop and refine crop management techniques that enable 
environmentally sound and economically feasible production of 
alternative crops that will best utilize natural resources as they 
produce organically grown vegetable crops and crops for the bio-fuel 
industry.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $174,000 for the Preservation 
and Processing Research project. This funding will be used to emphasize 
research, development and implementation of integrated cropping, 
harvesting,

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storage and processing systems to facilitate new crop endeavors and 
assist new business development, to maintain and improve profitability 
for horticulture.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Corps of Engineers, MRT-Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Corps of Engineers
  Address of Requesting Entity: 441 G Street, NW, Washington, District 
of Columbia, USA
  Description of Request: I received $2,201,000 for the Red River 
Chloride Control Project. The project is designed to control natural 
chloride brine emissions as three major source areas to improve water 
quality for municipal, industrial, and agricultural use. This funding 
will be used in area VI to implement structural measures to improve the 
quality of water in the Red River Basin in and above Lake Texoma. Area 
VI is located on the Elm Fork of the North Fork of the Red River in 
Harmon County, OK.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Department of Energy, EERE--Biomass and Biorefinery System 
R&D.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I received $285,450 for the Alternative Crops 
and Biofuel Production project. This funding will be used to further 
research the economic feasibility and logistics of processing 
agriculture commodities and animal fats into biofuel.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus-
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Beckham County Sheriff's Department
  Address of Requesting Entity: 108 S. 3rd St, Sayre, Oklahoma, USA
  Description of Request: I received $500,000 for the Western Oklahoma 
Law Enforcement Alliance. This request is to purchase and implement a 
wireless mobile data network in Beckham, Roger Mills, and Washita 
counties. It will provide for in car computers and other necessary 
hardware. This project fits within the core mission of the COPS program 
to acquire and deploy cutting-edge crime-fighting technologies and 
develop and test innovative policing strategies.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Western Oklahoma State College
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2801 North Main Street, Altus, 
Oklahoma, USA
  Description of Requesting Entity: I received $190,000 for Western 
Oklahoma State College for equipment upgrades in nursing skills labs 
and the radiologic technology labs at the college. This request is 
specifically for the following equipment; the METI Human Patient 
Simulator/METI Man, the Laredal SimMan, and the Kodak CR 500 system.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University Center for 
Health Sciences
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1111 West 17th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Requesting Entity: I received $333,000 for equipment 
for Oklahoma State Electronic Health Information, Telemedicine, and 
Distance Learning Network. This request will be used to develop and 
operate a health information network that includes telemedicine/
distance learning and electronic medical records system to improve 
access to health care for rural Oklahoma and other medically 
underserved people throughout the state.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University Center for 
Health Sciences
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1111 West 17th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Requesting Entity: I received $285,000 for equipment 
for a Oklahoma State Mobile Clinic and Medical Response System. The 
request will be used to construct and operate a a mobile health clinic 
system that improves access to health care in rural Oklahoma and for 
deployment in the case of a regional or national disaster requiring 
medical interventions.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: TCSP--Transportation & Community & System Preservation
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Altus
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 East Commerce, Altus, Oklahoma, USA
  Description of Request: I received $427,500 to extend this project 
from Park Lane to Veterans Drive, which is directly opposite the main 
entrance to Altus Air Force Base.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: HUD--Economic Development Initiatives (EDI)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Woodward Industrial Foundation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1006 Oklahoma Avenue, Woodward, 
Oklahoma, USA
  Description of Request: I received $190,000 for the Woodward 
Community Campus to construct a campus style, multi-purpose conference 
center in Woodward, OK.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: HUD--Economic Development Initiatives (EDI)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Piedmont
  Address of Requesting Entity: 314 Edmond Rd. NW, Piedmont, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I received $95,000 for the development of 
Piedmont's comprehensive Community development planning process.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: FY 2009 Omnibus
  Account: HUD--Economic Development Initiatives (EDI)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Redlands Community College
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1300 S. Country Club Road, El Reno, 
Oklahoma, USA
  Description of Request: I received $95,000 for the Darlington 
Conference Center and Royse Ranch. The request is for renovation, 
remodeling, and new construction projects at the Darlington Center. It 
is my understanding that the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher 
Education have provided $270,000 and will provide a match.

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