[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1548]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. HAROLD ROGERS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 2009

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House 
Republican standards on congressionally directed funding, I am 
submitting the following information regarding funding included in H.R. 
2892, the Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Harold Rogers
  Bill Number: H.R. 2892
  Account: Federal Emergency Management Agency--Emergency Operations 
Center
  Legal Name of Recipient: Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
  Address of Recipient: 100 Minuteman Parkway, Frankfort, Kentucky 
40601
  Description of Request: Funding in the amount of $500,000 will be 
used to assist with planning and construction of a building addition to 
the existing Kentucky Emergency Operations Center (7,126 sq ft.) which 
was built in 1975. Staff are currently scattered across Frankfort in 
three different locations as far as 8 miles apart. During disasters, 
FEMA and other local, state, and federal partner agencies have no space 
available in the existing structure. The EOC serves as the primary in-
state operations response center for coordination during an emergency.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Harold Rogers
  Bill Number: H.R. 2892
  Account: Federal Emergency Management Agency--Pre-Disaster Mitigation 
Program
  Legal Name of Recipient: Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
  Address of Recipient: 100 Minuteman Parkway, Frankfort, Kentucky 
40601
  Description of Request: The Martin County Fiscal Court, through the 
Kentucky Division of Emergency Management, proposes a stream 
improvement project to mitigate the repetitive damage at Blacklog Fork 
and Old Route 40 in Inez. The County proposes to widen the channel in 
key locations and armor eroding banks for the first two stream miles of 
Blacklog Fork (above its confluence with Coldwater Fork). Roadways and 
bridges have already been elevated and correction of the drainage 
problem will alleviate flooding in this area. The bill includes 
$500,000 in planning and construction funds toward this $700,000 
project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Harold Rogers
  Bill Number: H.R. 2892
  Account: S&T Research, Development, Acquisition, & Operations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National Institute for Hometown 
Security, Kentucky
  Address of Requesting Entity: 610 Valley Oak Drive, Suite 1, 
Somerset, Kentucky 42503
  Description of Request: The funding will be used to continue to 
provide leadership in discovering and developing community-based 
critical infrastructure protection solutions; facilitate 
commercialization; and encourage deployment. The $10 million FY10 
program will help continue robust research for homeland security 
solutions and build on this successful partnership.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Harold Rogers
  Bill Number: H.R. 2892
  Account: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium
  Address of Requesting Entity: Eastern Kentucky University, 50 
Stratton Bldg., 521 Lancaster Blvd., Richmond, Kentucky 40475
  Description of Request: This $3 million allocation of FEMA funds will 
continue robust and tailor-made homeland security and disaster response 
training to the rural first responder community. The non-federal grant 
managing entity is Eastern Kentucky University (EKU). EKU manages these 
grant funds on behalf of itself and its partner institutions; East 
Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee; Iowa Central 
Community College, Ft. Dodge, Iowa; NorthWest Arkansas Community 
College, Bentonville, Arkansas; University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio 
and North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina. The 
funding will be used to continue to provide and deliver training to 
rural first responders consistent with the National Preparedness Goal.

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