[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 7, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1644]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. KAY GRANGER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 7, 2009

  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I, Kay Granger, submit the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3082, Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2010. For the project titled ``Replace Joint Base Communications 
Building,'' which received $6,170,000 in H.R. 3082, in the Navy Reserve 
Military Construction account, the legal name and address of the 
receiving entity is NAS JRB Fort Worth, in Fort Worth, TX. Funds will 
be used to build a new communications building. The existing base 
communications building is undersized. The location of communications 
assets must remain in that position since communications lines that run 
throughout the base run underground into the building's terminal/switch 
room. This facility, built in 1951, does not lend itself to the demands 
of current technologies. This has resulted in piecemeal renovations 
over the years in an attempt to meet growing communications needs. The 
existing space will not accommodate growth requirements for the 
terminal/switch room, threatening a loss in communication functionality 
base-wide.

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