[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2100]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. DOC HASTINGS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 30, 2009

  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, to provide open 
disclosure, I am submitting the following information regarding 
projects that I support for inclusion in H.R. 3326 the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Amount: $3 million
  Account: Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
  Entity receiving funds: Army and General Dynamics located at 9256 
Randolph Road NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837.
  Description: The U.S. military has stated that it needs a compact, 
low-cost accuracy kit to place on existing mortar and rockets. This 
funding will be used to develop this technology for the U.S. military.
  Amount: $1.5 million
  Account: Army National Guard, Operations and Maintenance
  Entity receiving funds: Army National Guard and the HAMMER facility, 
located at 2890 Horn Rapids Road, Richland, WA 99354.
  Description: These funds will be used to ensure that Army National 
Guard units receive the training needed to respond to weapons of mass 
destruction attack.
  Amount: $1 million
  Account: Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
  Entity receiving funds: Army and Infinia, located at 6811 West 
Okanogan Place, Kennewick, WA 99336.
  Description: These funds will be used to provide the Army with a 
small, efficient, reliable way to equip American troops with both 
electricity and hot water.
  Amount: $2 million
  Account: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Defense Wide
  Entity receiving funds: Battelle Northwest located at 902 Battelle 
Boulevard, Richland, WA 99352 and Heritage University located at 3240 
Fort Road, Toppenish, WA 98948.
  Description: These funds will be used to provide a security protected 
collection of technical reports, scientific studies, and reference 
documents on chemical and biological warfare available to the U.S. 
intelligence community. This supports the intelligence community's 
mission to make all relevant documents available to intelligence 
analysts.

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