[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 104 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1730]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. RODNEY ALEXANDER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 13, 2009

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of the Defense Authorization and 
Homeland Security Appropriations bills.
  Congressman Rodney Alexander
  H.R. 2892
  Homeland Security--FEMA State and Local Programs
  Louisiana State University located at 156 Thomas Boyd Hall, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70803
  National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. Louisiana State 
University's (LSU) National Center for Biomedical Research and Training 
(NCBRT), Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education is a founding member of 
the Consortium which consists of LSU, New Mexico Tech, Texas A&M 
University, U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site, University of 
Hawaii, Transportation Technology Center, Inc., and the U.S. Department 
of Homeland Security's Center for Domestic Preparedness. The National 
Domestic Preparedness Consortium shall identify, develop, test, and 
deliver training to State, local, and tribal emergency response 
providers, provide on-site and mobile training at the performance and 
management and planning levels, and facilitate the delivery of training 
by the training partners of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 
The current mission of the Consortium is to enhance the preparedness of 
federal, state, local, and tribal emergency responders/first receivers 
and teams, including non-governmental organizations and the private 
sector, to reduce the Nation's vulnerability to incidents involving 
weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and all-hazard high-consequence 
events by developing, delivering and assessing plans, training, 
technical assistance and exercises.
  Congressman Rodney Alexander
  H.R. 2892
  Homeland Security--FEMA State and Local Programs
  Lincoln Parish Sheriff Department; 100 W Texas Ave., Ruston, LA 71270
  Emergency Operations Center, Lincoln Parish Sheriff Department 
$300,000. The funding requested will be used to construct The Lincoln 
Parish Public Safety Complex and Regional EOC. A Regional EOC in the 
northern part of the state will provide a fully capable emergency 
operation facility giving the state a much needed resource that can be 
utilized during any and all major emergencies throughout the state and 
bordering states. The Regional EOC located at the Lincoln Parish Public 
Safety Complex will provide a central location from which government at 
any level can provide interagency coordination and executive decision-
making in support of incident response. The implementation of 
Regionalization will be established throughout the region and in the 
state of Louisiana. The project includes the construction of a 24,000 
square foot; single-story building that will be designed to withstand 
hurricane force winds and will have a finished floor elevation above 
the 100-year flood elevation established for the area. The Regional EOC 
located at the Lincoln Parish Public Safety Complex will provide a 
central location from which government at any level can provide 
interagency coordination and executive decision-making in support of 
incident response. Region 8 is sitting in the middle of Region 6 & 7 
with the major highways connecting to all parts of the state. Regions 
6, 7 & 8 have a combined population of 1,180,558 or 27% of the state's 
population and 22,188 square miles or 43% of the land mass and 29 of 
the 64 parishes or 45%. This Regional EOC will be an ideal staging and 
holding area for emergency responders and resources. This will give the 
state a staging area for all emergency response agencies.
  Congressman Rodney Alexander
  H.R. 2847
  Department of Justice--COPS Tech
  Louisiana Sheriff's Association, 1175 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, 
LA 70802
  Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment; $300,000. This funding 
request is for equipment for a new project and is a one-time expense. 
This funding is for the proposed LSA Institute, which will serve as an 
education and training center for local and state law enforcement 
officers. This funding will serve dual purposes in providing critical 
technology such as video, audio and communication equipment used for 
training/education purposes and real life emergency responses. In 
addition, the LSA Institute will also serve as a hub for the Louisiana 
Sheriffs' Emergency Task Force, a task force comprised of deputies 
across the state who respond to emergency events when needed. The LSA 
Institute will be housed at 1175 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 
70802. The LSA is uniquely positioned to perform this function as it is 
governed by the Sheriffs, and it is the Sheriffs who have the greatest 
Constitutional responsibility for law enforcement and public safety at 
the local level, and who have the manpower necessary to cover such 
functions. Additionally, the long history of cooperation and 
coordination among LSA, the Chiefs of Police, and other local first 
responder agencies, as well as the state, make this project a logical 
next step toward providing this training (i.e. emergency response, 
FEMA/DHS rules and regulations, etc.) and securing the resources 
necessary to respond to the next catastrophic event in a timely, well 
organized manner.
  Congressman Rodney Alexander
  H.R. 2647
  Department of Defense--APA
  Army National Guard; 111 S. George Mason Dr., Arlington, VA 22204
  UH-60A to UH-60L Upgrade $20,400,000. The UH-60A to UH-60A recap 
program includes an airframe life extension, fleet-wide product 
improvements and the replacement of components with the latest UH-60L 
configuration. While performing this recapitalization, the addition of 
the UH-60L transmission and UH-60L 701D engines to complete the upgrade 
costs an approximate $1.7M per aircraft.
  Congressman Rodney Alexander
  H.R. 2647
  Department of Defense--RDN
  The Breast Foundation; 17050 Medical Center Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 
70816
  U.S. Navy Vaccine Program $4,000,000. The funding will be used for 
research, study and administration of cancer vaccines.

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