[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1960-E1961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. 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. 3293, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Project Name: Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, AK for 
educational programming and outreach
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Alaska Native 
Heritage Center, 8800 Heritage Center Drive, Anchorage, AK 99504
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Educational programs to increase 
understanding of cultural diversity and multicultural communication. 
Their programs and message affect individuals nationally and 
internationally, reaching hundreds of thousands of students and 
visitors each year.
  Appropriated Amount: $150,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Personnel $150,000
  Project Name: Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Anchorage, AK for 
facilities and equipment
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Anchorage 
Neighborhood Health Center, P.O. Box 201849, Anchorage, AK 99520
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Implementing digital radiography to 
better serve underserved patients. This is a federally qualified health 
center under section 330 of the Public Health Act.
  Appropriated Amount: $100,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Equipment $100,000
  Project Name: Chickaloon Native Village, Chickaloon, AK for 
facilities and equipment
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Chickaloon Health 
Center, P.O. Box 1105, Chickaloon, AK 99674
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Improve the health status of medically 
underserved residents by establishing a community health center. This 
area has been declared underserved by HHS and there is a demonstrated 
need for a community health center in this region.
  Appropriated Amount: $250,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Personnel and equipment $250,000
  Project Name: Providence Health and Services, Anchorage, AK for a 
physician recruitment and retention initiative
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Providence 
Hospital Residency Program, 3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The funding would be used to address the 
critical physician recruitment and retention problem in Alaska. The 
state is facing a shortage of physicians who will accept Medicare 
patients and this program is one of only a handful in the state that 
will see new Medicare eligible patients.
  Appropriated Amount: $350,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Personnel and training $350,000
  Project Name: Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving 
Institutions Programs for activities authorized under the Higher 
Education Act
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: U.S. Department 
of Education, AK Native and Native Hawaiian Institutions, 1990 K 
Street, NW., 6th Floor Washington, DC 20806
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The funding would be used to strengthen 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Programs for 
activities authorized under the Higher Education Act.
  Appropriated Amount: $12,158,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Programming $12,158,000
  Project Name: Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Reading Is 
Fundamental, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20009
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is

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justified: Funding will be used for purposes authorized in Section 5451 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Reading Is Fundamental 
enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved children 
with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from 
the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, 
D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  Appropriated Amount: $24,803,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Programming $24,803,000
  Project Name: Alaska Native Educational Equity for activities 
authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: U.S. Department 
of Education, AK Native Education Equity Act, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20202
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The funding would be used to meet the 
unique education needs of AK Natives and to support supplemental 
education programs to benefit AK Natives.
  Appropriated Amount: $33,315,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Programming $33,315,000
  Project Name: Close Up Fellowships Program for activities authorized 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Close Up 
Foundation, 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Fellowships to economically 
disadvantaged students and their teachers to participate in Close Up 
Washington civic education programs as authorized under No Child Left 
Behind Act. Program in Department of Education, Innovation and 
Improvement account 36460. All grant dollars pay for tuition for 
economically disadvantaged students and their teachers to participate 
in Close Up Washington civic education programs. Tuition is all 
inclusive including transportation, accommodations, food, instruction, 
administrative, etc.
  Appropriated Amount: $1,942,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Programming $1,942,000
  Project Name: Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Reach Out and 
Read National Center, 56 Roland Street, Boston, MA 02129
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national 
program that promotes literacy and language development in infants and 
young children, targeting disadvantaged and poor children and families. 
ROR has proven to among the most effective strategies to promote early 
language and literacy development and school readiness: pediatricians 
and other healthcare providers guide and encourage parents to read 
aloud to their children from their earliest years of their life, and 
send them home from each doctor visit with books and a prescription to 
read together. Currently, nearly 50,000 doctors and nurses have been 
trained in ROR's proven strategies, and more than 3,500 clinics and 
hospitals nationwide are implementing the program, reaching more than 
25% of America's at-risk-children. Funding provided by Congress through 
the U.S. Department of Education has been matched by tens of millions 
of dollars from the private sector and state governments.
  Appropriated Amount: $4,965,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Programming $4,965,000
  Project Name: Center for Civic Education for two programs--We the 
People and Cooperative Education Exchange--that are authorized in the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education 
program
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: The Center for 
Civic Education, 5145 Douglas Fir Road, Calabasas, CA 91302
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The Education for Democracy Act programs 
are among the most cost effective programs supported by the federal 
government. They effectively promote among students a profound 
understanding of and commitment to the fundamental values and 
principles of American constitutional democracy as expressed in such 
seminal documents as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution 
and Bill of Rights, and the Gettysburg Address. They also promote 
students' capacities to participate competently and responsibility in 
the political life of their communities and the nation.
  Appropriated Amount: $35,000,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Programming $35,000,000

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