[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 103 (Friday, July 10, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1714]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. TODD TIAHRT

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 10, 2009

  Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks in H.R. 3082--Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act. H.R. 3082 contains $8,700,000 for TFI--
Upgrade DCGS Facilities (PRQE089032) in the Air Force, Military 
Construction account. This project is for Air National Guard at 
McConnell Air Force Base located 57837 Coffeyville St., Kansas, 67221.
  The funds will build an adequately sized and properly configured 
facility for personnel, equipment, and materials, for near-real time 
intelligence mission conducting the processing, exploitation, and 
dissemination of U-2, MQ-1 Predator, and RQ-4 Global Hawk sensor data 
around the world in support of warfighters by the growing 161st 
Intelligence Squadron of the new 184th Intelligence Group. Security 
features, high-capacity environmental control equipment, high-capacity 
secure fiber optics, and redundant power supplies are all prerequisites 
to accommodate the sophisticated Intelligence, Surveillance, and 
Reconnaissance (ISR) Operation Center. No matching funds are required 
for this military construction project.

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