[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 125 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2189]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                       HON. JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2009

  Mr. CULBERSON. 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, the FY 2010 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act:
  Requesting Member: Congressman John Culberson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Department of Defense, Army Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation account.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Rice University; 6100 
Main Street, MS 603; Houston, TX 77005
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $5,000,000 to the 
Alliance for NanoHealth. This project will support collaborative 
research to advance nanomedicine, which has the potential to provide 
significant medical breakthroughs in disease diagnosis, treatment and 
prevention.
  Requesting Member: Congressman John Culberson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Department of Defense, Army Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation account.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: M.D. Anderson Cancer 
Center; 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 169; Houston, TX 77030
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,000,000 to the M.D. 
Anderson Cancer Center. This project will support equipment, supplies 
and production at the Center for Cancer Immunology, a center utilizing 
innovation in immunotherapies and vaccinations to cure cancer. In the 
near future, the center will vaccinate children and adults against 
Leukemia.
  Requesting Member: Congressman John Culberson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Department of Defense, Air Force Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation account.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Rice University; 6100 
Main Street, MS 603; Houston, TX 77005
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,000,000 for the 
Carbon Nano-Materials Advanced Aerospace Applications project to 
dramatically improve the efficiency of electrical systems used by the 
Air Force and in the longer term, to help make America energy 
independent.
  Requesting Member: Congressman John Culberson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Department of Defense, Army Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation account.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Methodist Hospital 
System; 8060 El Rio; Houston, TX 77054
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,000,000 for the 
Nano-imaging Agents for Early Disease Detection project to support the 
research and creation of nano-imaging agents for early disease 
detection. Nano-imaging agents are safely injected into a patient and 
provide a three-dimensional image, creating a ``night vision'' that 
lights up tissue changes and cell anomalies and enabling more accurate 
diagnostics.
  Requesting Member: Congressman John Culberson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Department of Defense, Army Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation account.
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: CureSearch; 4600 East 
West Highway, Suite 600; Bethesda, MD 20814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,000,000 for 
Pediatric Cancer Research and Clinical Trials project to support 
pediatric cancer clinical care trials throughout the nation. Clinical 
trials have significantly increased the cancer cure rate for children 
from less than 10 percent in the 1950s to over 80 percent today.

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