[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 28, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2028]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                      HON. CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 28, 2009

  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House 
Republican standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3326, FY2010 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act
  Requesting Member: Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: RDTE, A
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Washington State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: French Administration Building, Room 
324; Pullman, WA; 99164
  Description of Request: Provide $2,000,000 to develop epigenetic 
biomarkers for disease in military personnel. Washington State 
University and the U.S. Army are focusing on the war fighter's exposure 
to environmental compounds utilized by the military and/or toxic 
materials found in war zones. The Medical Technology program element 
within the Department of Defense budget funds applied research required 
to sustain a force of healthy, medically-protected war fighters to 
enhance their performance in training and occupational environments.
  Requesting Member: Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: RDTE, A
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Washington State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: French Administration Building, Room 
324; Pullman, WA; 99164
  Description of Request: Provide $1,500,000 for the Positron Capture 
and Storage project. Anti-matter positrons can be utilized in 
applications such as medical diagnostics (Positron Emission 
Tomography), defect characterization in materials, and fundamental 
physics research. When positrons en masse are squeezed into a single 
trap, the repulsion forces quickly become impossible to control. To 
overcome this, they will stretch a first generation trap into a tube of 
theoretically infinite length. The metal-coated tube walls will shield 
the low-density positron plasmas in each tube, thereby lowering the 
repulsive forces by 10,000-fold. An overall density will be achieved by 
miniaturization to micrometer scale. The research will benefit the U.S. 
Army by permitting advanced applications research into using positron 
energy for low earth orbit space platforms and other high altitude 
vehicles.
  Requesting Member: Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: RDTE, A
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Washington
  Address of Requesting Entity: 301 Gerberding Hall; Seattle, WA; 98195
  Description of Request: Provide $5,800,000 for the Institute for 
Simulation and Interprofessional Studies project. This project enables 
the use of simulation technologies to improve the quality of health 
care education and improve patient safety. This project has a regional 
and Department of Defense mission. This program includes more than 
6,000 active clinical faculty physicians. It will work with the Madigan 
Army Medical Center and the VA to demonstrate how healthcare skills 
training can be distributed throughout an entire region. This project 
will develop programs for training the global health professional 
workforce and leveraging these tools for the assessment and treatment 
of Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder found in 
returning service personnel.

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