[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1468]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                       HON. STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 17, 2009

  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2847, the Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: OJP-Byrne Discretionary Grants
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: American Judges Association
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 Newport Avenue, Williamsburg, VA 
32185, USA
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $350,000 for the 
development of a new, nationwide, distance-learning program for judges 
so they can update and expand web-based educational programs in their 
home districts without having to miss work or travel to seminars. The 
American Judges Association plans to use all of the funds to develop 
websites and on-line courses, collaborate with selected presenters on 
past and future projects, enhance presentations by the use of self-
assessment quizzes, slides, video clips, glossary terms, and other 
visual materials to be incorporated into presentations, and videotaping 
and encoding presentations. This web-based training is a valuable use 
of taxpayer dollars as it will prevent courts from sending judges to 
expensive training seminars, and will be especially useful for smaller 
courts with tight budgets, including municipal courts throughout NE 
Ohio.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Chagrin Falls Police Department
  Address of Requesting Entity: 21 W. Washington Street, Chagrin Falls, 
OH 44022, USA
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $250,000 for the 
purchase of new equipment for an interoperable dispatch and Operations 
Center within a planned new police station, the costs of which will be 
borne by residents through a ballot initiative. All of the funds 
requested will be used to purchase the equipment and technology for the 
operations and communications center. The Communications Center will 
help protect about 17,000 people served by the ten agencies that will 
utilize the center. The funding is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars 
as the interoperable center will improve communications between police 
and fire departments throughout the region.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: NOAA--Operations, Research and Facilities
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Great Lakes Science Center
  Address of Requesting Entity: 601 Erieside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 
44114, USA
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $250,000 for education 
programs at the new Great Lakes Water Project exhibition. The Center is 
developing world class exhibitions on the science, technology and 
ecology of the Great Lakes and will be a focal point for educating and 
engaging 450,000 pre-K-16 students and visitors in issues central to 
the region's economy and vital to the ecological health of the world's 
largest freshwater resource. Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC), one of 
the country's leading science and technology centers. All of the funds 
for this project will be used for the development of the education 
program on the science, technology and ecology of the Great Lakes. The 
Great Lakes Science Center has raised $4,430,000. This funding is a 
valuable use of taxpayer dollars as it follows the recommendations of 
the National Academy of Sciences that Congress invest in improving Math 
and Science education programs for students.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lake County Ohio
  Address of Requesting Entity: 125 E. Erie Street, Painesville, Ohio 
44077, USA
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,000,000 for 
upgrading and improving the county-wide interoperable Public Safety 
Radio System because the current 800 MHz radio system's technical 
support and parts will no longer be available in 2012. The entire 
budget will be used for the purchase of equipment. $1,000,000 has been 
contributed to this project from the Lake County General Fund. This 
funding is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will provide 
communications for all law enforcement in the county, and will replace 
a system that will soon be obsolete and unable to be repaired.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: South Russell Police Department
  Address of Requesting Entity: 5205 Chillicothe Road, South Russell, 
OH 44022, USA
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $35,000 to allow this 
small department to upgrade from an analog, 800 radio-communication 
system to a digital, 800 radio-communication system. Approximately, 
$13,618 will be used to purchase four mobile 800 radios, $20,000 for 
eleven portable 800 radios, $528 for four portable radio chargers, and 
$854 for twelve portable radio shoulder microphones. The Village of 
South Russell is contributing $12,359.60. This funding is a valuable 
use of taxpayer dollars as the upgrade is mandatory for the county and 
must take place by 2011. This modest funding will allow the South 
Russell Police Department to communicate seamlessly with 25 other 
public safety agencies in Geauga County and improve public safety 
throughout the region.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Akron
  Address of Requesting Entity: 302 Buchtel Mall, Akron, OH 44325, USA
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 to develop a 
fully equipped and staffed High Technology Forensics Laboratory and 
Resource Center in a partnership with the University of Akron and the 
Summit County Sheriff's Department. It will be utilized by at least 23 
law enforcement agencies in the area. Approximately, $24,000 will be 
used for three forensic work stations, $260,200 for lab equipment and 
technology, and $215,800 for the operating budget including hardware 
and supplies. This funding is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars as the 
facility will train students to do forensic and other high-tech, crime-
solving work and will create jobs for the region.

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