[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1674]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. TODD TIAHRT

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, in accordance with the February 2008 New 
Republican Earmark Standards Guidance, I submit the following in 
regards to H.R. 2997, the Fiscal Year 2010 Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act.
  Department of Agriculture--Preharvest Food Safety, Kansas: H.R. 2997, 
the FY 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act contains 
$142,000 for Preharvest Food Safety and Security. The entity to receive 
funding for this project is the Kansas State University, located at 110 
Anderson Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506.
  The funding would be used to expand its research in emerging threats 
of food-borne and zoonotic diseases associated with food-producing 
animals.
  No matching funds are required for this Department of Agriculture 
project.
  Department of Agriculture--Grain Sorghum, Kansas, Texas: H.R. 2997, 
the FY 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act contains 
$515,000 for Grain Sorghum, Kansas and Texas, in the Cooperative State 
Research Education and Extension Service's Special Research Grants 
Account. The entity to receive funding for this project is the Kansas 
State University, located at 110 Anderson Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 
66506.
  The funding would be used to expand existing research and education 
programs, particularly in genetic improvement and sorghum utilization.
  No matching funds are required for this Department of Agriculture 
project.
  Department of Agriculture--Water Conservation, Kansas: H.R. 2997. the 
FY 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act contains $69,000 for Water 
Conservation, Kansas in the Cooperative State Research Education and 
Extension Service's Special Research Grants Account. The entity to 
receive funding for this project is the Kansas State University, 
located at 110 Anderson Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506.
  The funding would be used to study ways to stop and reverse the 
depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer in Kansas.
  No matching funds are required for this Department of Agriculture 
project.
  Department of Agriculture--Wheat Genetic Research, Kansas: H.R. 2997, 
the FY 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act contains 
$240,000 for Wheat Genetic Research, Kansas, in the Cooperative State 
Research Education and Extension Service's Special Research Grants 
Account. The entity to receive funding for this project is the Kansas 
State University, located at 110 Anderson Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 
66506.
  The funding would be used to collect, conserve, and distribute wheat 
genetic and genomic resources; develop improved germ plasm; develop 
genetic stocks; develop genomic resources; and support training and 
outreach.
  No matching funds are required for this Department of Agriculture 
project.
  Department of Agriculture--National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, 
Kansas: H.R. 2997, the FY 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act contains 
$259,000 for the National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, Kansas, in 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Salaries and Expenses 
account. The entity to receive funding for this project is the Kansas 
State University, located at 110 Anderson Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 
66506.
  The funding would be used to implement international linkages for 
food animal and food crop disease surveillance, to expand animal health 
diagnostic screening capabilities in Kansas and the region, and to 
further develop a GIs-tracking system for pathogen monitoring.
  No matching funds are required for this Department of Agriculture 
project.

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