[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 16, 2009

  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, consistent with the House Republican 
Leadership's policy on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge the 
requests I have detailed below are: (1) not directed to an entity or 
program that will be named after a sitting Member of Congress; and (2) 
not intended to be used by an entity to secure funds for other entities 
unless the use of funding is consistent with the specified purpose of 
the earmark. As required by earmark standards adopted by the House 
Republican Conference, I submit the following information on projects I 
requested and was included in H.R. 2847--the Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010.
  Account: Department of Commerce, NOAA-ORF.
  Project Name: Disease Reduction in Klamath River Salmon.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Oregon State University, 
16 Memorial Union, Corvallis, OR 97331.
  Project Location: Corvallis, Oregon and in the Klamath River Basin.
  Description of Project: H.R. 2847 appropriates $600,000 for the 
Disease Reduction in Klamath River Salmon project. According to the 
requesting entity, this is a collaborative research plan involving 
Oregon State University, Humboldt State University, University of 
California--Davis, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Klamath River 
tribal agencies that will research management actions to reduce disease 
in natural juvenile salmon in the Klamath River of Oregon and 
California.
  Account: Department of Justice, COPS Tech.
  Project Name: Mobile Video Equipment.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Umatilla County Sheriff, 
4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton, OR 97801.
  Project Location: Pendleton, Oregon and Umatilla County.
  Description of Project: H.R. 2847 appropriates $130,000 for the 
Umatilla County Sheriffs Office Mobile Video Equipment project. 
According to the requesting entity, this funding will be used to outfit 
up to 9 vehicles with video/audio recording systems; one archive server 
located in Pendleton, Oregon and a server at each satellite office in 
Hermiston and Milton-Freewater, Oregon.
  Account: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs--Byrne.
  Project Name: Rx for Saving Oregon Teens.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Oregon Partnership, 6443 
SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy., Suite 200, Portland, OR 97221.
  Project Location: Portland, Oregon.
  Description of Project: H.R. 2847 appropriates $470,000 for the Rx 
for Saving Oregon Teens project. According to the requesting entity, 
this funding will be used to implement a statewide public education 
campaign addressing prescription drug abuse in Oregon.

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