[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 7, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1660]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. FRANK D. LUCAS

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 7, 2009

  Mr. LUCAS. 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. 2997, the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $209,000 for the Pilot 
Technology Transfer project. This funding will be used to provide 
technology transfer services and engineering assistance to small, rural 
manufacturers with the goal of improving their profitability and 
enhancing the economy in rural communities.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $274,000 for the Animal Waste 
Management project. This funding will be used to develop sustainable, 
environmentally safe, and ecologically healthy animal waste management 
practices in semiarid ecosystems that contribute to economic 
development in rural communities.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $839,000 for the Biomass-
based Energy Research project. This funding will be used to find an 
alternative to traditional fuel sources, and to enhance rural economic 
development through the use of plant materials. A consortium of three 
universities (Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma University, and 
Mississippi State University) is working to refine and commercialize a 
unique gasification-fermentation process utilizing biomass to produce 
liquid fuel.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $223,000 for the Expanded 
Wheat Pasture project. This funding will be used to develop science and 
technologies, uniquely adapted wheat varieties, decision-support 
economic models, and extension education programs to increase 
profitability of the many dual-purpose wheat enterprises.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $382,000 for the Food Safety 
project. This funding will be used to conduct research and testing to 
develop rapid and efficient methods for detecting and controlling food 
borne pathogens throughout the food chain from point of origin to 
consumption.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $177,000 for the Integrated 
Production Systems project. This funding will be used to conduct 
research to develop and refine crop management techniques that enable 
environmentally sound and economically feasible production of 
alternative crops that will best utilize natural resources as they 
produce organically grown vegetable crops and crops for the bio-fuel 
industry.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Frank D. Lucas
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997
  Account: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, 
Research and Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Whitehurst, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 
USA
  Description of Request: I have received $174,000 for the Preservation 
and Processing Research project. This funding will be used to emphasize 
research, development and implementation of integrated cropping, 
harvesting, storage and processing systems to facilitate new crop 
endeavors and assist new business development, to maintain and improve 
profitability for horticulture.

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