[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 28, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2032]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. GREGG HARPER

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 28, 2009

  Mr. HARPER. 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. 3326--Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gregg Harper
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: RDT&E, Defense-Wide
  Project Name: Advanced, Long Endurance Unattended Ground Sensor 
Technologies
  Recipient and Address: Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6301, 
Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
  Amount: $2,000,000
  Description: A significant challenge in modern military operations is 
the ability to achieve and maintain real-time battlefield situational 
awareness. Achieving battlefield situational awareness requires the 
ability to robustly and persistently monitor the movements of the 
adversary in near real-time across a wide range of operational 
environments including foliage, mountainous, and urban terrain. This 
initiative is a follow-on effort to ongoing Mississippi State 
University Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) research and development in 
support of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gregg Harper
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Operating Forces Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug 
Activities, Defense
  Project Name: Regional Counter Drug Training Academy
  Recipient and Address: Naval Air Station, 219 Fuller Road, Meridian, 
Mississippi 39309
  Amount: $1,500,000
  Description: The National Guard Bureau identified a fiscal year 2009 
unfunded requirement of $24.2M for Counterdrug (CD) Schools. With 
appropriate funding, CD schools will be better positioned to provide 
counter narcotics-based training programs critical to domestic law 
enforcement against narcoterrorism. The RCTA Meridian budget has shown 
little growth since fiscal year 2000, yet the costs associated with 
training law enforcement officers have increased by approximately 20 
percent.

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