[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2102-E2103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. JOHN R. CARTER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 30, 2009

  Mr. CARTER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010.
  Project Name: Fort Hood Training Lands Restoration and Maintenance
  Account: Operation and Maintenance, Army
  Project Recipient and Address: Fort Hood, TX U.S. Army Garrison, Fort 
Hood, Bldg. 1001, Rm W321, Fort Hood, TX 75544
  Amount Provided: $2,500,000
  Project Description: Dedicated resources are needed to rehabilitate 
Fort Hood lands degraded by over 60 years of training with tanks and 
other military vehicles. Substantial rehabilitation can be achieved 
over the next five years with an integrated program that reduces soil 
erosion and compaction, increases desirable vegetation, supports woody 
vegetation management, and provides appropriate tank trails, stream-
crossings, and hilltop access points for tactical vehicles. Texas 
AgriLife Research will work with Fort Hood Integrated Training Area 
Management (ITAM) and other collaborators to plan, implement, execute, 
and verify the effectiveness of these rehabilitation efforts.
  Benefit to Taxpayers: The project improves training land for Fort 
Hood soldiers using research proven reclamation practices. The 
practices installed through the project have saved both time and money, 
while achieving training area restoration. The local economy also 
benefitted as local contractors were employed for soil ripping, gully 
plug construction, and other work.
  Spending Plan: $700,000 is for brush clearing and endangered species 
maintenance programs. Of the remainder, approximately 90% goes to Fort 
Hood-ITAM programs for implementation of training lands restoration 
validated practices and 10% goes to Texas AgriLife Research for 
assessment of these programs and development of new practices.
  Project Name: Techniques to Manage Noncompressible Hemorrhage 
Following Combat Injury
  Account: RDT&E Army
  Project Recipient and Address: National Trauma Institute, 16500 San 
Pedro Avenue, Suite 350, San Antonio, TX 78232
  Amount Provided: $2,500,000
  Project Description: Traumatic injury is a nationwide problem with 
severe consequences for our military and civilians. Noncompressible 
hemorrhage from injuries to the torso is the leading cause of 
potentially survivable deaths of American troops and its mitigation is 
the highest priority of U.S. military trauma surgeons and researchers. 
NTI's goal is to develop simple, rapid and field-expedient techniques 
for non-surgeons to stop truncal hemorrhage. To secure advances in this 
field will require additional federal funding. Currently, trauma 
research is significantly underfunded compared to illnesses which do 
not cause nearly the same level of mortality as trauma.
  Benefit to Taxpayers: Increasing trauma research is likely to lead to 
the reduction of mortality and complications from noncompressible

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hemorrhage and improve outcomes. This will affect soldiers as well as 
civilians from the 31st and every congressional district.
  Spending Plan: Personnel, 54%; Materials & Supplies, 8.4%; Equipment, 
4.2%; Patient Care Costs, 16.8%; Administrative Costs, 16.2%.
  Project Name: Army National Guard M939A2 Repower Program
  Account: O&M Army National Guard
  Project Recipient and Address: Osh Kosh Corporation, 1300 N. 17th 
St., Suite 1040, Arlington, VA 22209
  Amount Provided: $5,000,000
  Project Description: Army National Guard M939A2 Repower Program. Due 
to the age of the M939 vehicle fleet, a lack of a support program for 
major sub-assemblies, and parts obsolescence, the M939A2 Repower 
program is a critical program to maintain the M939 series 5-ton trucks 
the U.S. Army will have in its inventory until 2035.
  Benefit to Taxpayers: The M939 series vehicles are fielded in all 54 
states and territories and are used extensively in Homeland Security, 
disaster relief, emergency response, and training missions. This 
program benefits Central Texas (Killeen/Ft. Hood area) from a work 
force and supplier perspective. Approximately 48 production employees 
and support staff are involved in the M939A2 Series 5-ton Repower 
Program in Killeen, TX.
  Spending Plan: $5 million to install vehicle repower kits for aging 
Army National Guard M939 Series 5-ton trucks utilized in homeland 
defense and national security missions. Approximately 90 percent of 
funding is for material, including engine, transmission, cooling 
package, electronics, and other vehicle components, with the remaining 
10 percent for manufacturing labor.
  Project Name: High Volume Manufacturing for Thin-film Lithium Stack 
Battery Technologies
  Account: RDT&E Army
  Project Recipient and Address: Applied Material, 1300 N. 17th St., 
Suite 1040, Arlington, VA 22209
  Amount Provided: $1,000,000
  Project Description: The war fighter is reliant on dependable power 
for electronics and weapons to assure superiority in battle. The power 
sources must have energy available to power the electronics and weapons 
and be small, light and affordable. Applied Materials will develop cost 
effective domestic mfg. systems for next generation thin-film lithium 
batteries that provide a solution to these challenges that meet current 
and projected future DOD requirements for high power, light weight, 
small size and low-cost. Successful development of the proposed mfg. 
systems will address the DoD power source technology requirements such 
as energy and power density, life cycle, shelf life, discharge and 
charge rates, form factor, safety and cost for the needed military 
applications such as sensors, fuses and man wearable soldier battery 
devices.
  Benefit to Taxpayers: This project establishes in the U.S. innovative 
manufacturing technologies for a strategically important military and 
commercial field--thin-film energy storage technology. It will 
strengthen the competitive edge of Applied Materials and enable U.S. 
based companies to provide high-tech next generation domestic sources 
of thin film lithium batteries for military and commercial 
applications.
  Spending Plan: The total project cost is $30.5 million of which 
Applied Materials has requested $3.0 million from Congress. Applied 
Materials will match the federal contribution dollar for dollar: 
Personnel Salaries/Wages, $12,777,500; Travel, $660,000; Equipment, 
$14,165,667; Materials/Supplies, $2,904,000; Others (Shipping), 
$24,000; Total Direct Costs, $30,531,167.
  Project Name: HTS Trap Field Magnet Motor
  Account: RDT&E Navy
  Project Recipient and Address: Teco Westinghouse Motor Company, 5100 
North IH 35, Round Rock, TX 78681
  Amount Provided: $1,000,000
  Project Description: The megawatt power on Navy future ships is 
estimated to be six times greater than that of existing surface 
combatants. The emergence of superconductor motors have the potential 
to make propulsion packages smaller, more powerful, more energy 
efficient, and quieter than their standard counterparts. The cost of 
superconductor motors, however, must be reduced if they are to be 
affordable for Navy ship applications. This development effort is for 
the purpose of demonstrating that bulk high temperature trapped field 
magnets can be used rather than wire to reduce the cost of 
superconducting motors by one third, produce twice the power, and 
increase safety of the crew and ship by being able to turn the magnets 
off during fault conditions.
  Benefit to Taxpayers: Will help sustain the 391 jobs at TECO-
Westinghouse in Round Rock and create 4 new jobs. Once the program 
moves from development to production phase, it would have direct impact 
on 40 to 50 jobs. The benefit to the U.S. Navy is that it would have a 
powerful, affordable, reliable, and safe motor to support advanced 
weapon systems and radars on future ships in meeting the Navy's 
requirements stated in its Next Generation Integrated Power System 
Roadmap.
  Spending Plan: If fully funded, the $6 million requested in FY10 
combined with the $2 million appropriated in FY09 is expected to 
complete the development effort. The breakout is as follows: $920,000 
for Program Management and Support; $3,500,000 for engineering labor; 
$290,000 for manufacturing labor; $1,290,000 for Testing.

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