[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 108 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1827]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 17, 2009

  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3183, Energy 
and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ted Poe
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Corps of Engineers, Operations and Maintenance
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Sabine Neches Navigation District
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 778, Nederland, TX 77627
  Description of Request: I, and President Obama, have jointly secured 
$13,399,000 in funding to help maintain the Sabine-Neches Waterway at 
its current authorized dimensions of a 40-foot channel depth for inland 
channels to Port Arthur and Beaumont and a 500-foot width in the Port 
Arthur Canal and a 400-foot width in the Neches River Channel to 
Beaumont.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ted Poe
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Corps of Engineers, Operations and Maintenance
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Chambers Liberty Counties Navigation 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 857, Liberty, TX 77575
  Description of Request: I have secured $1,996,000 in funding to help 
maintain the Trinity River Project which is a 47 mile shallow draft 
waterway beginning at the Anahuac Channel to the Port of Liberty. The 
Navigation District needs shallow draft barge access to support the 
current industrial residents at the Port of Liberty and to attract new 
business.

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