[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 114 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2018-E2019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. JOHN R. CARTER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 27, 2009

  Mr. CARTER. 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, Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010
  Requesting Member: John R. Carter
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Department of Education--Elementary & Secondary Educations 
(includes FIE)
  Requesting Entity: Communities-in-Schools, Bell-Coryell Counties Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 4520 East Central Texas Expressway, 
Suite 106, Killeen, TX 76543
  Description: $250,000 in funding for the Communities In Schools (CIS) 
to continue serving military children and families of Ft. Hood 
soldiers. As the only non-profit organization housed on school 
property, the professional staff of CIS is able to monitor the 
academics, behavior, and attendance of at-risk students. Through 
professional campus support addressing individual student needs, 
increased parental involvement, and closely supervised activities, CIS 
tries to promote students staying in school and graduating, thereby 
improving their chances of success in life.
  Requesting Member: John R. Carter
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Department of Education--Elementary & Secondary Educations 
(includes FIE)
  Requesting Entity: Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 19051 F.M. 2484, Killeen, Texas 76542-
5068
  Description: $255,000 in funding for the Peaceable Kingdom Retreat 
for Children to offer essential and practical enrichment program skills 
to over 6,000 children with chronic/

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terminal illnesses, and special needs. ``Having a BLAST at PKRC'' will 
offer these special children a way to discover their natural abilities 
and interests and obtain the critical life and coping skills needed to 
reach their full potential via three primary components: Environmental 
Education Awareness; Recreational Therapy; and Coping and Life Skills.
  Requesting Member: John R. Carter
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Department of Education--Higher Education (includes FIPSE)
  Requesting Entity: Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center
  Address of Requesting Entity: 111 Cooperative Way, Suite 200, 
Georgetown, TX 78625
  Description: $245,000 in funding for the collaboration between the 
non-profit Texas Life-Sciences Collaboration Center and Southwestern 
University to establish an entrepreneur and college internship program 
based on commercialization of bioscience technologies. In addition, the 
program will also foster the immediate use of bioscience technology for 
translational and clinical research for regional hospital systems and 
medical schools.
  Requesting Member: John R. Carter
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Department of Education--Higher Education (includes FIPSE) 
Entity: Texas State University, San Marcos
  Address of Requesting Entity: 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 
78666
  Description: $1,000,000 in funding to establish the Round Rock Higher 
Education Center for Nursing Program. Funding is for equipment for the 
clinical and simulation laboratories and additional nursing faculty and 
staff for the simulations laboratories. The nursing school building 
will support an innovative curriculum with classrooms and a number of 
clinical practice and simulation laboratories. The project also 
provides for nursing faculty and healthcare practitioners to 
participate together in the active learning process of continuing 
education for health care professionals and the community.
  Requesting Member: John R. Carter
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Department of Health & Human Services--Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA)--Health Facilities and Services
  Requesting Entity: Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 938 Canyon Creek Drive, Temple, TX 
76502
  Description: $750,000 in funding will provide the seed money to 
acquire a state of the art cyclotron and related equipment for the 
production of radioisotopes. The radioisotopes are a critical component 
of expanding both clinical care and medical research in the Temple 
bioscience cluster. The cyclotron facility will provide resources for 
cutting edge medical research and support growth of the Cancer Research 
Institute, the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Center for 
Regenerative Medicine, all located in Temple.

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