[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 89 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1404-E1405]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 15, 2009

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Republican 
earmark guidance, I am submitting the following in regard to H.R. 2847:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: San Bernardino County Sheriff Scientific Investigations
  Account: COPS-Tech
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: San Bernardino County, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: San Bernardino County, 655 East Third 
Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415
  Amount: $500,000
  Description of Request: The funds requested will be used to help the 
Sheriff's Department purchase equipment for the Crime Analysis Unit, 
including a Blood Alcohol Analysis System, Polarized Light Microscopes 
for Controlled Substance Analysis, Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer 
and a Skeletal Remains Predictive Profiling Research Program. San 
Bernardino County is the largest County in the United States, making 
law enforcement investigations a challenge. These equipment upgrades 
will help make investigations more efficient and effective.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: City of San Bernardino Project Phoenix Neighborhood 
Initiative
  Account: OJP-Byrne
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of San Bernardino
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 North ``D'' Street, San Bernardino, 
CA 92418
  Amount: $500,000
  Description of Request: The requested funds will support an at-risk 
youth center with an after-school program that includes tutoring, 
organized sports, teen clubs and open recreation. The youth centers are 
part of San Bernardino's comprehensive initiative to reduce the rate of 
violent crime in San Bernardino. The City of San Bernardino has been 
ranked the third most violent city in California and the 18th in the 
nation. Due to extremely high rates of foreclosure in the city, the 
city is facing massive budget cuts and the progress that Operation 
Phoenix has made in reducing juvenile and overall crime is threatened 
if these centers are forced to close.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Redlands Police Information Technology Infrastructure
  Account: COPS-Tech Date
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Redlands
  Address of Requesting Entity: 35 Cajon Street, Redlands, CA 92373
  Amount: $350,000
  Description of Request: The requested funds will be used to upgrade 
the Police Department's information technology (IT) infrastructure. 
This would include the creation of a consolidated and stable data 
center and the relocation of the Department's servers, along with other 
critical communications components. The City was forced to close its 
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year-old Safety hall last year due to seismic and environmental 
factors. This project is critical to allowing Redlands to work more 
efficiently and effectively with regional, state, and federal law 
enforcement officials.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: California Department of Justice Meth Interdiction in 
San Bernardino County
  Account: COPS-Meth
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: California State Department of 
Justice
  Address of Requesting Entity: 4949 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95820
  Amount: $600,000
  Description of Request: The requested funds will purchase equipment 
used in investigation and seizure of clandestine meth laboratories, for 
drug interdiction efforts, and other associated costs for the 
California Methamphetamine Strategy program in San Bernardino. In 
addition, funding would be used to train local law enforcement officers 
in San Bernardino County. California leads the nation in meth 
production and has also become a gateway for the trafficking of meth 
from Mexico across the United States, making enforcement efforts in 
California a critical part of any national strategy.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: Banning Multi-Agency Interoperability Capability
  Account: COPS Tech
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Banning, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 321 W. Ramsey Street, Banning, CA 92220
  Amount: $300,000
  Description of Request: The requested funds would upgrade the 
Banning's public safety communication system to make it interoperable 
with the rest of the County. Riverside County is the only County in 
Southern California without interoperability capability. The region is 
working on a shared system that will lower operational costs.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: Highland Police Technology Program
  Account: COPS Tech
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Highland, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 27215 Base Line Highland, CA 92346
  Amount: $500,000
  Description of Request: The requested funds will help equip the 
Highland Police force with equipment to combat the rising tide of 
crime. The Police department is seeking matching federal funds to 
purchase a GPS-based graffiti tracking system and security equipment 
for the new police headquarters. The graffiti tracking system will 
provide a critical tool to law enforcement for monitoring gang related 
activity in the community.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: Riverside County Sheriff's Department Digital 
Management System
  Account: COPS Tech
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Riverside County, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 4095 Lemon Street, Riverside, CA 92501
  Amount: $450,000
  Description of Request: The funds requested will be used for the 
acquisition of a secure, interconnected, evidence management network 
for the collection and storage of digital evidence, which will 
streamline operations and improve law enforcement service to the 
community. Currently digital evidence is handled in the same manner as 
physical evidence, resulting in a substantial loss of patrol office and 
investigator availability. The loss of time is estimated to be 
thousands of work hours per year.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: Loma Linda University Space Radiation Health Research 
Program
  Account: NASA-CAS
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Loma Linda University Medical Center
  Address of Requesting Entity: 11175 Campus Drive, Loma Linda, CA 
92354
  Amount: $2.8 million
  Description of Request: The LLU/NASA Lab exists to promote two goals: 
conducting investigations that clarify the space environment and how it 
will affect personnel and equipment, particularly for long duration 
missions; and, developing preclinical data for translation to clinical 
trials that ultimately will benefit patients treated with proton 
radiation. LLU is taking a leading role in developing and testing non-
toxic countermeasures to protect humankind from radiation exposure, 
whether that be from space flights, war, terrorist threats or radiation 
accidents. The LLU/NASA Radiobiology Lab epitomizes the NASA vision 
``improving life here, expanding life to there, and to find life 
beyond'' and has been doing so on a cost-effective and timely basis.

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