[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1801]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. VERN BUCHANAN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. BUCHANAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following regarding earmarks 
I received as part of H.R. 3183, the Energy & Water Appropriations Act, 
2010:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vern Buchanan
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Manatee County
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 
34205
  Description of Request: I secured $5,565,000 for an important 
dredging project for flood control purposes.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vern Buchanan
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Sarasota
  Address of Requesting Entity:
  Description of Request: I secured $500,000 to replenish the beach to 
deal with ongoing erosion.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vern Buchanan
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--O&M
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: West Coast Inland Navigation 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 200 E. Miami Avenue, Venice, FL 34285
  Description of Request: I secured $780,000 for maintenance dredging 
of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vern Buchanan
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Manatee County
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 
34205
  Description of Request: I secured $200,000 to complete the necessary 
study to enroll certain portions of Anna Maria Island beached into the 
federal program.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vern Buchanan
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Port Manatee
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 Tampa Bay Way, Palmetto, FL 34221
  Description of Request: I secured $200,000 for or maintenance of the 
Manatee Harbor Basin, if the Secretary determines that such maintenance 
is economically justified and environmentally acceptable and that the 
channel or breakwater was constructed in accordance with the applicable 
permits and appropriate engineering and design standards.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vern Buchanan Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Port Manatee
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 Tampa Bay Way, Palmetto, FL 34221
  Description of Request: I secured $500,000 on-going U.S Army Corps of 
Engineers' General Re-evaluation Report.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Vern Buchanan
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Section 1135
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Sarasota County
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1600 Ringling Blvd. Sarasota, FL 34236
  Description of Request: I secured language to allow it to be used for 
construction of a central sewer system and other needed infrastructure 
to replace approximately 14,000 individual septic systems.

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