[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 92 (Thursday, June 18, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1496-E1497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 18, 2009

  Mr. COBLE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I am requesting as part of H.R. 2847, the Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard Coble
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: Department of Justice Byrne Discretionary Grants account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: New Man Community Development 
Corporation
  Address of Requesting Entity: New Man Development Community 
Corporation, P.O. Box 98, Rehrersburg, PA 19550. Funds will then be 
distributed to each partner center, including Sandhills Teen Challenge, 
P.O. Box 1701, Southern Pines, NC 28388
  Description of Request: $25,000 is provided for the New Man Community 
Development Corporation, a community-based, private, non-profit 
corporation, partnered with Teen Challenge Training Center to provide 
vocational training to individuals seeking addiction treatment at one 
of 10 residential addiction treatment programs, one located in my 
district in Carthage, North Carolina. The Employment Preparation 
Project will provide year-round, pre-employment preparation training 
five days per week for four weeks to individuals in the

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last month of a four-month addiction recovery program.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard Coble
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Kannapolis, North Carolina
  Address of Requesting Entity: 932 Floyd Street, Kannapolis, NC 28083
  Description of Request: $575,000 is provided for this project, called 
the Kannapolis Regional Radio Upgrade, to maintain emergency service 
interoperability with the surrounding region through the conversion of 
the emergency communication system from analog to digital. Moreover, 
funds would be used to upgrade the regional radio system with a fully 
digital network which operates in a frequency range compatible with 
other state and federal law enforcement agencies.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard Coble
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: Department of Commerce International Trade Administration 
account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Textile/Clothing Technology 
Corporation [TC]2
  Address of Requesting Entity: 5651 Dillard Drive, Cary, NC 27518
  Description of Request: $965,000 is provided for [TC] \2\, a 
consortium of fiber, fabric and apparel producers, organized labor 
groups, retailers, academic institutions and government agencies 
focused mainly on improving textile and apparel production techniques. 
This is an on-going project of research, discovery and dissemination of 
appropriate technologies for use in the apparel, sewn products, and 
soft goods industry. [TC] \2\ provides seminars, short courses, 
consulting, and demonstrations to industry leaders. It also provides 
leadership and visions for an industry that has sustained serious job 
losses in the past decade.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard Coble
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: Department of Commerce International Trade Administration 
account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National Textile Center
  Address of Requesting Entity: Campus Box 7214, Administrative 
Services III, Raleigh, NC 27695-7214
  Description of Request: $1,800,000 is provided for the National 
Textile Center (NTC), a research consortium that serves the USA Fiber/
Textile/Fiber Products/Retail Complex. NTC was established to achieve 
three primary goals: (1) Research: To discover, design and develop new 
materials, innovative and improved manufacturing, and integrated 
systems essential to the success of a modern U.S. textile enterprise; 
(2) Education: To train personnel, establish industrial partnerships 
and create transfer mechanisms to ensure the utilization of 
technologies developed; (3) Partnership: To strengthen the nation's 
textile research and educational efforts by uniting diverse experts and 
resources in unique collaborative projects.

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