[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 56 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E864-E865]
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, April 2, 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. 
These earmarks are all multi-member requests and national projects/
programs.


                     commerce, justice and science

  Delaware River Basin Commission, P.O. Box 7360, West Trenton, NJ--
$235,000--Funding for the Delaware River Enhanced Flood Warning System. 
The funding will be used to assist the Delaware River Basin Commission, 
in conjunction with NOAA/NWS, USGS and the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, with the enhancement of the basin's flood warning system. 
This enhancement will include the evaluation and improvement of 
existing precipitation and stream gage networks, development of 
additional NOAA flood forecast points in both non-tidal and tidal 
stream reaches, and merger of GIS and Doppler radar technology to 
improve flash flood warning capabilities for smaller watersheds.


                            energy and water

  Mid-Atlantic River Commissions, Delaware River Basin Commission, P.O. 
Box 7360, West Trenton, NJ--$2,365,000--This funding is necessary to 
fulfill the federal government's obligation to provide an equitable 
share of funding for the commissions, as required under their compacts. 
This funding will enable the commissions to implement critically 
important water resources management projects and activities in the 
national interest.


             labor health and human services and education

  National Writing Project Corporation, University of California, 2105 
Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA--$24,291,000--It is my understanding that 
the funding would be used to fund programs in teacher development, 
quality writing, and research to help improve student performance in 
writing.
  Reach Out and Read National Center, 56 Roland Street, Boston, MA--
$4,965,000--It is my understanding that the funding would be used for 
the purposes authorized in Section 5411-5414 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act.
  Center for Civic Education, 5145 Douglas Fir Road, Calabasas, CA--
$25,095,000--It is my understanding that the funding would be used to 
support the We the People program and the Cooperative Education 
Exchange, the purposes of which are authorized by the Education for 
Democracy Act (Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Sections 2341-
2346).
  National Council on Economic Education, 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 
Suite 202, New York, NY--$5,019,000--It is my understanding that the 
funding would be used to support the Cooperative Education Exchange, 
the purposes of which are authorized by the Education for Democracy Act 
(Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Sections 2341-2346).
  National History Day, 0119 Cecil Hall, University of Maryland, 
College Park, MD--$500,000--It is my understanding that the funding 
would be used to expand and improve National History Day, a year-long 
non-profit education program, focused on grades 6-12, that works with 
both students and teachers to improve the teaching and learning of 
history in schools.
  Reading is Fundamental, Inc., 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 
400, Washington, DC--$24,803,000--It is my understanding that the 
funding would be used for the purposes authorized in Section 5451 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to support and promote 
programs, which include the distribution of inexpensive books to young 
and school-age children, that motivate children to read.

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