[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 89 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1421-E1422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 15, 2009

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I receive as part of H.R. 2487--the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010.
  Project Name: Steller Sea Lion Comanagement, Biosampling and 
Outreach/Education
  Bill Number: H.R. 2487
  Department of Commerce, NOAA-ORF
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark:
  Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission
  6239 B Street, Suite 204
  Anchorage, AK 99518
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: TASSC will take a two pronged approach 
to sea lion biosampling. First, TASSC will work with two high harvest 
communities to fund local monitors-local residents that will work with 
the hunters and facilitate sea lion biosampling and help to monitor and 
document the local environment. Secondly, TASSC will train 
approximately 25 coastal Alaska residents on proper sample collection 
techniques and protocols from those sea lions harvested for 
subsistence.
  Subsistence hunted Steller sea lion biosamples are very valuable to 
the research community. Collection and analysis of these samples can 
provide critical information that no other source can provide. It is 
recognized as a top priority activity in the 1992 and soon to be 
finalized Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan. The importance of collecting 
samples from animals taken for subsistence is widely recognized by such 
groups as the National Marine Mammal Lab, Alaska Department of Fish and 
Game, Alaska Sea Life Center and the University of Alaska.
  Appropriated Amount: $500,000
  Detailed Finance Plan:
  Personnel & Fringe Costs: $312,300
  Travel: $89,000
  Supplies: $13,700
  Contractual: $50,000
  Biosamplers: $10,000
  Printing: $21,000
  Sample Shipping: $4,000
  Project Name: Sexual Assault Response Team Center
  Bill Number: H.R. 2487
  Department of Justice, OJP-Byrne
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark:
  The Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Center
  Municipality of Anchorage
  P.O. Box 196650
  Anchorage, AK 99519
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Funding will be used for the continued 
development and operations of the Municipality of Anchorage Sexual 
Assault Response Team (SART) Center. This project will support victims 
through care while participating in investigation and prosecution and 
help in prosecution of sexual assault cases through professional 
evidence collection, documentation, preservation and processing.
  The SART Center is essential in the collection of evidence through 
the forensic medical exam by the sexual assault nurse examiner and its 
operations is essential in Anchorage's effort to reduce and eliminate 
sexual assault. The SART lso responds to cases from other Alaskan 
jurisdictions that do not have SART programs, covering a large area, as 
the nearest SART Center is 200 miles away.
  Appropriated Amount: $400,000
  Detailed Finance Plan:
  Program Administration, Victim Advocacy, Forensic Investigation: 
$340,000
  Indirect/Communications: $60,000
  Project Name: The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association
  Bill Number: H.R. 2487
  Department of Commerce, NOAA-ORF
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark:

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  The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association
  725 Christensen Drive, Suite 3-B
  Anchorage, AK 99508
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries 
Association (YRDFA) promotes healthy wild salmon fisheries along the 
Yukon River in Alaska. It manages programs to aid in the management 
through the gathering of data from subsistence harvests, Native Elders' 
knowledge and tracking fisheries issues impacting Yukon River salmon. 
The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association also educates fishers 
and managers in responsible usage and ensures both are able to work to 
steward the salmon fisheries.
  The federal government is obligated to maintain sustainable salmon 
runs on the Yukon River through the Yukon River Salmon Agreement and to 
provide subsistence priority under the Alaska Native Interest Claims 
Act. YRDFA plays a key role in involving the users of the resources in 
maintaining the salmon runs for which the federal government is 
responsible for managing.
  Appropriated Amount: $100,000
  Detailed Finance Plan:
  Policy Monitoring; Board of Fisheries, Federal Subsistence Board: 
$40,000
  Yukon River subsistence and commercial fisheries revitalization: 
$15,000
  Salmon By-catch monitoring and reduction: $10,000
  Fisheries education and outreach: $10,000
  Habitat monitoring; climate change impacts: $15,000
  Project Name i-Safe e-Safety Education and Outreach Initiative
  Bill Number: H.R. 2487
  Department of Justice, OJP-Juvenile Justice
  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark:
  i-SAFE, Inc.
  5900 Pasteur Court, Suite 100
  Carlsbad, CA 92008
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: This funding will allow i-SAFE to expand 
services to a projected 6.2 million students nationally by the end of 
the 2009 school year. It will also help to fund the i-SAFE initiatives 
that provide data to FBI, local law enforcement, schools and industry 
leaders such as USPTO, RIAA and ASCAP. This data is provided through 
the i-SAFE National Assessment Center--a compilation of student surveys 
that serve as the world's largest data base of student online behavior 
and attitudes.
  Appropriated Amount: $630,000
  Detailed Finance Plan:
  i-SAFE Inc. is the leading provider of e-Safety education and 
training in schools nationwide. i-SAFE also provides schools/districts 
behavioral statistical data regarding Internet behavior and usage by 
their students. i-SAFE programmatic assets address a broad range of e-
Safety issues through a uniquely comprehensive and holistic framework 
that includes training of educators (i.e., Professional Development 
Program--i-SAFE has trained over 85,000 educators nationwide) both 
online and in-person, extensive community outreach programs towards 
parents, seniors, legal/law-enforcement officers and, most importantly, 
a world-class age-appropriate curriculum which features integrated 
teaching and learning activities for students in all grades from 
primary to secondary schools. i-SAFE has educated over 8.5 million 
students nationwide and has cooperative agreement with many of the 
State Dept. of Education(s) and Districts in all 50 states including 
schools in Washington DC to name a few: Sidwell Friends School; St. 
Patricks Episcopal Day School; Woodridge Elementary; Woodridge High 
School & St. Peters Interparish School.
  i-SAFE fulfills a vital role in the digital age and global 
information society, throughout the United States by empowering 
Internet users with the knowledge and awareness needed to garner the 
most benefit from Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 
and the Internet via safe, responsible, ethical and legal use.
  Beginning in 2009 Congress mandated that elementary and secondary 
schools receiving E-Rate discounts must submit a certification to the 
Federal Communications Commission that as part of their Internet safety 
policy they are ``educating minors about appropriate online behavior, 
including interacting with other individuals on social networking 
websites and in chat rooms and cyber bullying awareness and response. 
i-SAFE can provide to every school, throughout the United States the 
``E-Rate Certification Compliance Package''. This package includes all 
classroom curriculum that is mandated to be taught through the 
Legislation mandate of the Broadband Act.
  Funding will be used to expand the i-SAFE curriculum to more students 
and classrooms throughout the nation as well as implement the ``E-Rate 
Compliance Package'' into schools throughout the nation.
  This request will also allow i-SAFE to provide, on a quarterly basis, 
student assessment data (i.e., metrics) to the district/schools upon 
request allowing them to have metrics on students behavioral attitudes 
towards online safety.
  This Administration is focused on providing every student and 
school(s) the ability to communicate and learn through today's 21st 
century communication. Safety is a key component for schools that 
provide students with the means to access online information and 
services within their learning environment in the classroom. Education 
is the diadem to the success of students being empowered with the 
knowledge of learning safe and responsible tactics as a citizen in 
today's global economy. The only environment that is conducive for 
every student, regardless of age, race or socio-economic, to deploy 
such global education, is that of the classroom. To date, over 8.5 
million students nationwide have acquired the critical thinking and 
decision-making skills to ensure safe online behavior. The efficacy of 
the i-SAFE program has proven invaluable to the tax payers nationwide.

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