[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 34 (Thursday, February 26, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E477-E478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JIM GERLACH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 26, 2009

  Mr. GERLACH. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for 
publication in the Congressional Record regarding earmarks I received 
as part of H.R. 1105, Consolidated Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2009.


        Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development

  Downingtown Borough, 4-10 West Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, 
Pennsylvania--$712,500 for a bridge over Brandywine Creek. The bridge 
will extend Boot Road over Brandywine Creek allowing access to a 
proposed redevelopment site that will bring jobs and attract businesses 
to Chester County's only Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ). It is 
critical to the revitalization plans of the borough.
  Valley Forge Park National Historical Park, 1400 North Outer Line 
Drive, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania--$142,500 for the construction of 
a bridge over Valley Creek for Loop Trail. This project will complete 
the final link in Valley Forge National Historical Park's Joseph Plumb 
Martin Trail (JPMT), which receives 960,000 visits annually. The 
Missing Link will connect the JPMT with three other popular hiking and 
recreational trails and with two popular parking areas at Knox's 
Quarters and the Mount Misery trailhead. The new trail will enable 
visitors to walk, jog, or bicycle around the entire park without having 
to travel along dangerous state highways. This will greatly improve 
visitor safety and enhance the visitor experience through reduced 
exposure to high-volume traffic and the increased availability of 
recreational options.
  Borough of Boyertown, 100 S. Washington Street, Boyertown, 
Pennsylvania--$475,000 for Main Street streetscape improvements. 
Boyertown is a Main Street designated community under the Main Street 
program of the Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development. The 
purpose of the designation is to revitalize the downtown commercial 
district to promote a stable, safe, and pleasant shopping and living 
area to be enjoyed but not only the borough but surrounding 
communities.
  Historic Yellow Springs, PO Box 62, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania--
$142,500 for parking and street enhancements at Historic Yellow 
Springs. The funding will help to further revitalize the community with 
projects to enhance

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parking and to help renovate their facilities. The mission of Historic 
Yellow Springs is to share, preserve, and celebrate the unique living 
village of Yellow Springs by focusing on history, arts, education and 
the environment.
  Montgomery County Community College, 340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, 
Pennsylvania--$237,500 for continued expansion of their West Campus in 
the borough of Pottstown. This funding will allow for Montgomery County 
Community College's further expansion of workforce development and 
transfer programming to help residents in Pottstown Borough and greater 
tri-county area of Montgomery, Chester, and Berks counties.


                              Agriculture

  The Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Rd., Kutztown, Pennsylvania--
$42,000 for continued Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi research. The 
funding will help further Rodale's research which they believe has 
helped to determine that using biological farming methods instead of 
chemical methods will produce cleaner air and safer drinking water.


                     Commerce, Justice and Science

  Berks County Community Foundation, PO Box 212, Reading, 
Pennsylvania--$200,000 for the Reading Police K9 Unit. The funding will 
be used to further develop the Reading Police K9 Unit and help meet its 
future financial needs for the purpose of crime reduction in the City 
of Reading.
  Exeter Police Department, 4975 Demoss Road, Exeter, Pennsylvania--
$250,000 for the Berks County Emergency Response Team (BCERT). Funding 
will be used to purchase equipment necessary for the formation of a 
Berks County emergency response team. The team and equipment that will 
be bought with this funding will help protect the lives of police 
officers and other first responders during the resolution of high-risk 
incidents and serving arrest and search warrants.
  Alvernia College, 540 Upland Avenue, Reading, Pennsylvania--$600,000 
for the South Reading Youth Initiative. The funding will be used to 
assist at-risk youth by promoting programs that teach them to expand 
their ability to think logically and critically, to comprehend 
accurately, and to communicate effectively.
  American Library Association, 1615 New Hampshire Ave. NW, First 
Floor, Washington, DC--$258,000 for the All Kids Count program. The 
funding will be used to develop a series of four films dedicated to 
educating parents how to keep their children safe and informing 
children how to protect themselves against abduction, internet 
predators and targeted school violence.
  Police Athletic League of Norristown, PO Box 685, Norristown, 
Pennsylvania--$92,000 for PAL youth programs in Norristown. The funding 
will be used to continue the high-quality, low-cost programs that are 
offered to the youth (ages 5-18) of the Norristown Area. Programs and 
activities are offered that cover educational, artistic and 
recreational interests.


                            Energy and Water

  Alvernia College, 540 Upland Avenue, Reading, Pennsylvania--$570,900 
for scientific instrumentation initiatives. The funding will be used 
for essential investigative equipment for an interdisciplinary forensic 
science and criminalistics training laboratory, an environmental 
research laboratory, a fuels and energy research laboratory, a human 
anatomy and physiology laboratory, and a mathematics laboratory, that 
will help Alvernia in broadening its scientific offerings.
  Albright College, 13th & Bern Sts, P.O. Box 15234, Reading, 
Pennsylvania--$380,600 for science instrumentation and construction of 
three student independent research labs dedicated to biology, chemistry 
and biochemistry and physics.


                           Financial Services

  Delaware County Community College, 901 South Media Line Road, Media, 
Pennsylvania--$300,000 for a small business solutions center. The 
funding will be used to continue the Center's operations as well as 
expand its programs. Specifically, the Center will develop and deliver 
a series of entrepreneurial programs for students enrolled in DCCC's 
trade programs (i.e., plumbing, electrical, carpentry, HVAC, automotive 
technology, and welding) since these students have consistently asked 
for more training in starting their own small businesses.


                        Interior and Environment

  City of Reading, 815 Washington Street, Reading, Pennsylvania--
$500,000 for the Reading Waste Water Treatment Plant. The funding will 
be used to consolidate screening and grit removal operations, the 
impact of future environmental regulations, the need for security 
improvements, and the potential for improved efficiencies associated 
with new control systems.


             Labor Health and Human Services and Education

  Phoenixville Community Education Foundation, PO Box 809, 
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania--$147,000 for remedial after school math and 
reading education. Funding will be used to provide remedial summer and 
afterschool programming for students in grades K-12 who are not 
proficient in math and reading on the Pennsylvania System of School 
Assessment (PSSA), the states standardized test.
  I-LEAD, Inc., 525 Penn St., Reading, Pennsylvania--$143,000 for the 
College Without Walls program. The College Without Walls program 
delivers I-LEAD's leadership curriculum via an accelerated Associates 
Degree in Leadership Studies in students' neighborhoods of residence 
through partnerships with local nonprofit organizations. The program 
includes Vocational training opportunities in healthcare, including a 
cutting-edge vocational ESL program, leverages workforce development 
dollars to build long-term careers in high-demand industries for low-
income workers. For those who do not have a high school diploma, I-LEAD 
offers GED classes and support to equip local residents to take the 
next step toward economic independence and family and community 
stability by furthering their education.
  Chester County Hospital, 701 East Marshall Street, West Chester, 
Pennsylvania--$428,000 for facilities and equipment. The funding will 
be used to add 72 inpatient beds and will allow the hospital to 
centralize and update all of its surgical facilities and services.
  Central Pennsylvania African American Museum, 119 N. 10th Street, 
Reading, Pennsylvania--$238,000 for exhibits relating to the 
Underground Railroad. Funding will be used to educate the public 
regarding African American History including inventions, contributions 
to society and the world, with special emphasis on telling the 
Underground Railroad story and record the history of local African 
Americans.
  Chester County Historical Society (CCHS), 225 North High Street, West 
Chester, Pennsylvania--$190,000 for a community historical education 
initiative in the County. Funding will be used to modernize and broaden 
education and other outreach services to better address the changing 
needs, expectations, and demographics of the community.
  Pocopson Township Historical Committee, PO Box 1, Pocopson, 
Pennsylvania--$214,000 for exhibits and curriculum development at the 
Locust Grove Schoolhouse. The Pocopson Township Historical Committee 
works to identify and encourage the preservation of historical 
resources within the Township through education and community 
involvement.

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