[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1677-E1679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican standards 
on earmarks, I am submitting the following information.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Minor Use Animal Drug Program
  Amount: $429,000
  Account: Research & Education
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011
  Description of Request: The Minor Use Animal Drug program is used to 
identify animal drug needs for minor species and minor uses in major 
species, to generate and disseminate data for safe and effective 
therapeutic applications and to facilitate FDA approval for drugs 
identified as a priority for a minor species or minor use.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Northeast Iowa Community-Based Dairy Foundation
  Amount: $159,000
  Account: National Institute of Food & Agriculture
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northeast Iowa Community-Based Dairy 
Foundation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1527 Hwy. 150, S., Calmar, IA 52132
  Description of Request: The Dairy Education project aims to increase 
the success of American dairies by providing education on production 
technology, environmental stewardship, marketing and competitiveness. 
The project has goals of retaining, growing and fostering the 
development of the industry. The dairy industry is a major component of 
the Midwest's economy and the project aims to develop successful farms 
that are vital to local communities.

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  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Center of Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)
  Amount: $412,000
  Account: National Institute of Food & Agriculture
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011
  Description of Request: The Center for Agricultural and Rural 
Development (CARD) Biofuels Impact Analysis project at Iowa State 
University provides unbiased analyses of the effects of changes in 
technology and policy on the production of biofuels and on the cost and 
manufacturing of traditional agricultural and energy products. These 
analyses are based on supply and demand models of agricultural 
products, biofuels, and traditional, crude oil based energy markets, 
both domestically and internationally. Results of these analyses help 
key decision makers and citizens of Iowa and the U.S. make informed 
choices between alternative policy options, by providing answers to 
pressing questions about the impacts of those options on agricultural 
prices, net returns, production, consumption, and government spending. 
Using existing measures of the net carbon emissions per unit of 
agricultural output for each agricultural commodity in each country, 
the CARD program also will develop a methodology to measure the 
worldwide carbon footprint of agriculture and incorporate this 
footprint measure into existing multi-country, multi-commodity models.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Animal Food Science & Food Safety Consortium
  Amount: $939,000
  Account: National Institute of Food & Agriculture
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011
  Description of Request: Animal Food Science & Food Safety Consortium 
addresses potential threats to food safety during the production of the 
live animal, processing, distribution, and consumption. When necessary, 
this initiative develops sampling and testing strategies to rapidly 
identify contaminants and determine the distribution of the contaminant 
in the food supply. Additionally, program staff are working to 
establish intervention strategies to minimize the threat of 
contaminants and to assure a safe food supply. The program also is 
developing recovery strategies and training procedures for these 
industries in the event of a natural or intentional contamination 
event. The potential introduction of natural or intentional 
contaminants into agricultural products could have a dramatic impact on 
the United States: citizens' health would be at risk and the economy 
could suffer because of the likely loss of international markets for 
U.S. products.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)
  Amount: $1,139,000
  Account: National Institute of Food & Agriculture
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011
  Description of Request: The Food and Agriculture Policy Research 
Institute (FAPRI) project will be used to deploy an updated system to 
measure the impacts of large disruptions to world agricultural sectors 
such as new trade agreements, for ongoing estimation of the impact of 
the 2007 Energy Act on agriculture in the U.S. and around the world, 
and for evaluation of the use of carbon offset options for U.S. biofuel 
producers. With the new carbon model FAPRI researchers are uniquely 
placed to evaluate policies designed to reduce carbon emissions from 
agriculture. Research staff will use baseline projections from the 
analyses to determine the effect of various influences including 
agricultural prices, net returns, production, consumption, the net 
carbon balance, and government spending on the profitability of 
agriculture in the United States and in other major producing 
countries.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Midwest Poultry Consortium
  Amount: $471,000
  Account: National Institute of Food & Agriculture
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011
  Description of Request: The Midwest Poultry Consortium provides a 
structure to encourage multi-disciplinary research networks which 
enhance limited state and industry resources. For example, the project 
can focus on respiratory diseases, such as avian pneumovirus, which 
have resulted in losses of millions per year in Midwestern states, rank 
among the most important factors affecting the competitiveness of the 
poultry industry and are responsible for millions in losses to turkey 
and broiler production nationwide each year. In total, disease costs in 
poultry are estimated to be in the $15 billion/year range.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: New Century Farm
  Amount: $282,000
  Account: National Institute of Food & Agriculture
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011
  Description of Request: The New Century Farm is the first integrated 
and sustainable biofuel feedstock production system of its kind and 
will play a critical role in fulfilling this vision. It will serve as a 
living laboratory for developing and testing sustainable biomass 
systems through rigorous integration of agronomic, environmental, and 
socio-economic research. The New Century Farm at Iowa State University 
will be the first integrated, sustainable biofuel feedstock 
demonstration farm and research biorefinery in the United States, 
serving as a model for American biorenewable energy and bioproducts 
production and helping to transform the nation's agricultural 
enterprise to one that is feedstock ready.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Bio-Safety Institute for Genetically Modified 
Agriculture Products
  Amount: $259,000
  Account: Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011
  Description of Request: The Bio-Safety Institute for Genetically 
Modified Agriculture Products will assist enterprises seeking technical 
assistance on bio-product-related issues that would enable them to 
expand effectively. Helping these biobased product employers do so will 
improve the quality of the environment, revitalize the manufacturing 
sector and rural America, and enhance national security by reducing 
U.S. dependency on foreign oil.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Certified Environmental Management Systems for 
Agriculture
  Amount: $288,000
  Account: Natural Resource Conservation Service
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa Soybean Association
  Address of Requesting Entity: 4554 114th St., Urbandale, IA 50322
  Description of Request: The Certified Environmental Management 
Systems for Agriculture program provides innovative technical 
assistance to individual farmers, helping them document baseline and 
performance data to measure environmental and economic results of their 
management practices and incorporate that data into continual 
performance improvement. It is an adaptive management system based on 
ISO 14001, addressing energy efficiency in farming and environmental, 
agronomic, and economic performance goals. Appropriations will support 
continued technical assistance for current and new participants; expand 
the use of the energy efficiency module piloted in `08 and adjust 
documentation and data aggregation procedures to enable the soybean and 
corn industry to benefit from documented data revealing the improved 
energy efficiency, carbon savings, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions 
associated with current farming practices, as well as potential 
improvements made possible by CEMSA management planning; expand the use 
of the new carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and 
wildlife habitat planning modules and indices being developed and 
piloted this year.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Project Name: Watershed Demonstration Project
  Amount: $134,000
  Account: Natural Resource Conservation Service
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa Soybean Association

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  Address of Requesting Entity: 4554 114th St., Urbandale, IA 50322
  Description of Request: The Watershed Demonstration Project will help 
Iowa farmers identify and reduce their contribution to water pollution 
by providing technical assistance to groups of farmers in targeted 
watersheds and by collaborating with other watershed stakeholders to 
plan and implement watershed-specific strategies, measure outcomes, and 
adjust practices to optimize results. The proper management of natural 
resources related to cropland and the planning and implementation of 
conservation systems on cropland, especially in watersheds of impaired 
streams, is part of the federal mission, which this project helps to 
further. The work of improving and maintaining watershed health and 
water quality in agricultural watersheds will always require federal 
investment, and due to the downstream impact of Midwest agricultural 
water quality concerns all the way to estuary waters, such as the Gulf 
of Mexico, projects such as these are increasingly important.

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