[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 114 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2017]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. ROB BISHOP

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 27, 2009

  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding eight earmarks I received as part of H.R 3326, 
the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010. I certify that 
neither I, nor my spouse, have any financial interest in these 
requests, and certify that, to the best of my knowledge, these requests 
are (1) not directed to an entity or program named or that will be 
named after a sitting Member of Congress; (2) are not intended for a 
``front'' or ``pass-through'' entity; and (3) meet or exceed statutory 
requirements for matching funds (where applicable).
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: Small Responsive Spacecraft at Low-Cost (SRSL)
  Project Amount: $3 million
  Account: RDT&E, Air Force
  Requesting Entity: Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
  Address: 1695 North Research Park Way, North Logan, UT 84341. -
  Project Description and Justification: Funding would continue 
previous years' efforts in conjunction with Air Force Research Labs to 
develop and demonstrate technologies for new, low-cost space systems 
that have military utility. Current space-based reconnaissance assets 
are cost-prohibitive and too massive to be used in a quick-reaction 
tactical environment. This effort could lead to providing local field 
commanders a dedicated space asset for tactical actionable intelligence 
applications in a highly modular and customizable design to meet 
military needs under the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) 
construct.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: Optimizing Natural Language Processing of Open-Source 
Intelligence (OSINT)
  Project Amount: $1.5 million
  Account: RDT&E, Army
  Requesting Entity: Attensity, Inc.
  Address: 90 South 400 West, Suite 600, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. -
  Project Description and Justification: Military intelligence 
collection methods must adapt to the highly-evolving and dynamic IT 
based sources. Project would fund an ``all-source'' fusion tool for 
collecting data from open sources such as the web, blog, social 
networking sites, and RRS feeds, in cooperative effort with the State 
University of New York at Buffalo to provide more effective 
intelligence analysis and decision-making tools for the Army in 
asymmetric warfare situations.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: Laser Phalanx
  Project Amount: $1.5 million
  Account: RDT&D, Navy
  Requesting Entity: Colmek Systems Engineering,
  Address: 2001 South 3480 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104.
  Project Description and Justification: Phalanx is a combat-proven 
ship defense system that is effective against a variety of threats. 
Spiral development and integration of a laser into existing Phalanx 
system will significantly increase its defensive capabilities. Funding 
would enable new technology integration to fill emerging gaps, while 
also reducing acquisition and ownership costs.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: Internal Auxillary Fuel Tank System
  Project Amount: $5 million
  Account: Aircraft Procurement, Army
  Requesting Entity: Robertson Aviation, Inc.
  Address: 14668 Heritage Way, Bluffdale, Utah 84065.
  Project Description and Justification: Would purchase crash-resistant 
internal auxillary fuel tanks for installation on National Guard UH-60 
Black Hawk helicopters, including the Utah National Guard. Existing 
fuel tanks are not crash-resistant and pose threats to life and safety 
of military personnel when operating the helicopters.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: TranSim Driver Training
  Project Amount: $3.5 million
  Account: Other Procurement, Army
  Requesting Entity: MPRI, Inc.
  Address: 2961 West California Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104.
  Project Description and Justification: Funding would continue efforts 
begun last year to offer high-tech simulator training for troops 
scheduled to be deployed overseas in the proper operations of Army 
tactical wheeled vehicles, such as the up-armored HMVEES. Such vehicles 
have challenging and particular handling characteristics for the 
drivers. Prior to this training, there were a number of deadly and 
tragic roll-over accidents in theatre that could likely have been 
avoided if this training had been offered earlier. It has already been 
proven to reduce accidents. Troops come from a variety of urban and 
rural backgrounds and life-experiences, and to simply put them behind 
the wheel of a large and cumbersome vehicle is not intuitive but 
requires a modicum of training. It is almost inconceivable that the 
military wouldn't fund this on their own accord, but instead, is 
another example of the Congress having to step in and fund essential 
programs for the health, safety and welfare of our troops. Project 
would continue training in a mobile configuration so that it could be 
moved around the CONUS where needed. Avoidance of even 1 accident could 
more than pay for the program, not to mention the lives saved.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: Portable Armored Wall System
  Project Amount: $1 million
  Account: Procurement, Marine Corps
  Requesting Entity: Dynamic Defense Materials (DDM), Inc.
  Address: 100 Sharp Road, Marlton, NJ, 08053.
  Project Description and Justification: Would fund purchase of 
additional combat-proven modular armor wall systems for the Marine 
Corps that can be rapidly deployed and configured for a variety of 
applications to provide high levels of protection against most threats 
found in theater from IEDs to small arms fire and RPGs. Replaces 
antiquated and cumbersome sandbag method. International Armoring 
Corporation in Ogden, Utah is supplier to DDM.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: Electric Actuation Systems
  Project Amount: $1 million
  Account: RDT&E, Navy
  Requesting Entity: Moog, Inc.
  Address: 2268 South 3270 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119.
  Project Description and Justification: Project would fund development 
and demonstration of shipboard qualified electric actuators that could 
lead to replacement of antiquated hydraulic systems which are heavy and 
have environmental hazards associated with hydraulic fluids. Would also 
reduce repair and maintenance costs over legacy hydraulic systems for 
Navy.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop (UT-01)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326--Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2010.
  Project: Under Vehicle Inspection System
  Project Amount: $3 million
  Account: RDT&E, Defense Wide
  Requesting Entity: Kachemark Research Development, Inc. (KRD)
  Address: 59584 East End, Homer, Alaska 99603.
  Project Description and Justification: Funds research and development 
on modifying existing auto scanning equipment used at military bases to 
provide real-time quick inspections of delivery vehicles, to mobile 
versions, making the technology more accessible to different locations 
and situations, and reducing risks to military inspection personnel.
  Matching Funds and Spending Plan: Not applicable

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