[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. DONALD A. MANZULLO

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 29, 2009

  Mr. MANZULLO. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding the two earmarks I secured as part of H.R. 3326, Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010
  My first request, totaling $4 million, will come from the Air Force 
Research and Development Appropriations account (RDT&E) under Budget 
Line Title ``Aerospace Propulsion'' for the Thermal and Energy 
Management for Aerospace (THEMA) II program. This program will enable 
improved performance and range for the next air vehicles while making 
key steps towards national environmental and domestic energy goals. The 
initiative is comprised of discrete technology, system optimization and 
integration elements that provide the enabling foundation for future 
air vehicles and capabilities. The basic and applied research to be 
performed under the THEMA II initiative is necessary to ensure that the 
technologies needed for high power, high performance, cost effective, 
energy efficient secondary power thermal and energy management systems 
are ready and available as these future vehicles and vehicle 
capabilities are developed and matured. Previously, THEMA received $3.5 
million in FY 2008. The entity to receive funding for the THEMA II 
program is the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Power Division at 
Wright-Paterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, for a ``plus-up'' of an 
already existing contract competitively won by Hamilton-Sundstrand, a 
division of United Technologies Company, located at 4747 Harrison 
Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, 61125.
  My second request, totaling $2 million, will come from the Army RDT&E 
Appropriation Account under the Budget Line Title ``Combat Vehicle & 
Automotive Advanced Technology'' for the Fuel System Component 
Technology Research program at Northern Illinois University (NIU). NIU, 
under the current Rapid Optimization of Commercial Knowledge (ROCK) 
program, has worked with a number of small companies in the Rockford, 
Illinois area to develop new products for improved processing of 
precision small parts as well as parts fabricated out of titanium. The 
Fuel System Component Manufacturing Technology Improvement program will 
have NIU work with small manufacturers in Rockford to develop improved 
manufacturing processes for fuel handling and similar components to 
enable more affordable, longer lasting lighter weight components for 
new and retrofit applications. The program will enable the cost-
effective production of precision fuel-fluidic system components in 
small quantities such as are needed for replacement parts or typical 
military small order quantities. These manufacturing technologies will 
also enable higher fuel efficiency engines in vehicles ranging from 
trucks and cars to railroad locomotives all the way to aircraft 
turbines. The entity to receive funding for the Fuel System Component 
Manufacturing Technology Improvement program is Northern Illinois 
University located at 1120 East Diehl Road in Naperville, Illinois 
60563.
  Madam Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Chairman 
of the House Appropriations Committee, Representative David Obey, and 
the Ranking Minority Member, Representative Jerry Lewis, and the 
Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Representative 
John Murtha, and the Ranking Minority Member, Representative C.W. Bill 
Young, for working with me in a bipartisan manner to include these two 
critical requests in this spending bill.

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