[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 111 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. SAM JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 22, 2009

  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I, Sam Johnson, am submitting the 
following information regarding an earmark I received as part of the 
Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The entity to receive 
funding is the National Virtual Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech 
University, Special Collections Library, Room 108, Box 41041, Lubbock, 
TX, 79409-1041.
  This project is funded through the Department of Education's 
Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums and 
Libraries Account. The $850,000 will be used to continue to develop and 
establish the Virtual Vietnam Archive, which is a digitized, online 
version of the Vietnam Archive. This multi-phased project is crucial in 
order for the extensive collection of the Vietnam Archive to be 
available to all Americans, and particularly to Vietnam veterans. The 
first phase focused on establishing the Virtual Vietnam Archive at 
Texas Tech. The second phase focused on expanding the Archive to 
include other private collections and other non-government collections. 
The requested funding will be used for the final phase, which focuses 
on including selected government documentary collections, which are not 
currently scheduled for digitization by the National Archives. The 
integration of the National Archives will mean that a more accurate and 
extensive record will be available to all Americans. The National 
Virtual Vietnam Archive and related Vietnam center activities will 
encourage and support continuing research and education throughout the 
United States, benefitting scholars, students, veterans, formulators of 
American foreign policy as well as the general public.

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