[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 114 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2023]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. LOUIE GOHMERT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 27, 2009

  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Republican Leadership 
standards, the following information is submitted regarding funding 
received in the first district of Texas as part of H.R. 3326--
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Regional Geospatial Service Centers. Stephen F. Austin State 
University, Box 6078 SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, OM,ARNG 
account, $2,156,000 for the continuation of an initiative to establish 
Regional Geospatial Service Centers in Nacogdoches, Texas; El Paso, 
Texas; and Beaumont, Texas, and to provide emergency geospatial 
information services. The Center provides critical geospatial 
information to support emergency managers, planners, resource managers, 
landowners, individuals and policy makers, as demonstrated through its 
dramatic usefulness after the Columbia Shuttle disaster. These 
applications are now also assisting with national needs and have 
extremely important national security relevance.
  Organic Semiconductor Modeling and Simulation (COSMOS). The 
University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799, 
RDTE,A account, $1,100,000 for the Organic Semiconductor Modeling and 
Simulation Initiative--a collaborative research and development 
project. The funds will provide for research to improve the ability to 
design and fabricate flexible electronics, leading to the production of 
electronic textiles with far-reaching benefits to the Department of 
Defense, particularly for our armed forces, with demonstrated potential 
to revolutionize military uniforms and equipment to levels previously 
only seen in super-hero comic books. Yet, the research thus far has 
been very promising for producing electronic threads that receive 
light, convert it to energy, discern the colors or shapes around it, 
and morph accordingly.

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