[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 114 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2023-E2024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH-

                             of new jersey-

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 27, 2009

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. 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 Bill, 2010:
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293

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  Account: Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education--
National Projects
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Reading is Fundamental, 
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009
  Description of Request: Reading is Fundamental (RIF), a national 
project, will use the $24,803,000 listed in H.R. 3293 to provide 
millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership 
and reading encouragement throughout the fifty states. New Jersey will 
benefit through its 74 programs which serve over 76,000 students.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Administration for Children and Families (AFC)--Social 
Services, Department of Health and Human Services
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Polaris Project, 182 
Biltmore Street, NW, Unit D, Washington, DC 20009
  Description of Request: The Polaris Project will use the $250,000 
listed in H.R. 3293 to fund the New Jersey Trafficking Intervention 
Program which combats human trafficking in the State and provides 
direct assistance through multiple activities to the victims of human 
trafficking, law enforcement and service providers. The Polaris Project 
also provides community leadership and serves on the NJ Statewide Human 
Trafficking Task Force.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services, Department of Health and Human Services
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Meridian Health, 1350 
Campus Parkway, Neptune, NJ 07753
  Description of Request: The current Emergency Department (ED) at 
Ocean Medical Center does not have sufficient capacity to meet 
patients' needs, and serves over 44,000 visits annually in a facility 
designed to handle 20,000. Meridian Health will use the amount of 
$100,000 listed in H.R. 3293 to redesign and renovate the ED in order 
to provide increased space to serve more patients and provide needed 
dedicated space for cardiac/stroke patients, pediatric patients, and 
behavioral health.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services, Department of Health and Human Services
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: St. Francis Medical 
Center, 601 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08629
  Description of Request: St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC) serves an 
underserved inner-city population in an aging facility. The funding 
amount of $350,000 listed in H.R. 3293 will be used to replace outdated 
information technology equipment and infrastructure and medical 
equipment which will help improve the efficiency of operations and the 
quality of care provided to patients.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Employment and Training Administration (ETA)--Training and 
Employment Services (TES), Department of Labor
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Beth Medrash Govoha, 617 
6th Street, Lakewood, NJ 08701
  Description of Request: Beth Medrash Govoha will use the amount of 
$150,000 listed in H.R. 3293 to expand and revamp career and job skills 
counseling and job training at the institution which will assist 
students and graduates in a difficult job market and will suggest 
economic development particularly in the region.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293
  Account: Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education--
National Projects
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Reach Out and Read 
(National Project), 56 Roland Street, Boston, MA 02129
  Description of Request: Reach Out and Read (ROR), a national project, 
will use the amount of $4,965,000 listed in H.R. 3293 to promote early 
language, literacy development and school readiness in infants and 
young children throughout the United States. Pediatricians and other 
health care providers who interact with parents in the very early years 
of their children's development will serve as a guide and encouragement 
for parents and will send families home from each doctor's visit with 
books and a prescription to read together. Currently, there are eight 
clinical locations serving over 12,500 children annually in the 4th 
District of New Jersey.

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