[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 185 (Thursday, December 10, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2959-E2961]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 10, 2009

  Mrs. EMERSON. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information in 
regards to H.R. 3288.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Surface Transportation Priorities
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270, 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $650,000 for an 
environmental study, engineering design work, and construction work on 
Route 25 in Jackson, Missouri. The funds will be used to alleviate 
traffic and dangerous conditions on Route 25 between Jackson Trail and 
the city limits of Jackson, Missouri. The State of Missouri will 
provide 20% match. All federal funds received will be spent on Route 25 
in Jackson, Missouri and will not be transferred to another project.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Surface Transportation Priorities
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270, 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 for the 
expansion of four-lane highway south of Poplar Bluff, Missouri to south 
of Route 160. The funds would also be used to rehabilitate dangerous 
intersections on Route 67 at U.S. 160, as well as Missouri Highway 158. 
The State of Missouri will provide 20% match. All federal funds 
received will be spent on this project and will not be transferred to 
another project.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Surface Transportation Priorities
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270, 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 to 
rehabilitate the Chester Bridge which transverses the Mississippi River 
from Perry County, Missouri to Randolph County, Illinois. The bridge is 
vital to the region's transportation needs. The State of Missouri will 
provide 20% to match the federal contribution. All federal funds 
received will be spent on rehabilitation of the Chester Bridge and will 
not be transferred to another project.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Economic Development Initiatives
  Requesting Entity: Washington County, Missouri
  Address of Requesting Entity: 102 N. Missouri Street, Potosi, MO 
63664
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $300,000 for 
renovations to make the Washington County, Missouri building accessible 
to individuals with disabilities. The Washington County building is 
outdated; many sections are inaccessible to individuals in wheelchairs. 
The federal funds would provide the means for Washington County to 
bring the building in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities 
Act.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Surface Transportation Priorities
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270, 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 for right of 
way improvements and engineering design to the narrow portion of Route 
63 in Phelps and Maries Counties. This project with improve the overall 
safety of the roadway. The State of Missouri will provide 20% to match 
the federal contribution. All federal funds received will be spent on 
right of way improvements and engineering design. None of these funds 
will be transferred to another project.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Transportation & Community & System Preservation
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270, 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 to improve 
shoulders, as well as widen and straighten curves along Route 34 in 
Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties. This segment of Route 34 is 
heavily traveled by commuters and there are serious safety concerns 
with the roadway. The State of Missouri will provide 20% to match the 
federal contribution. All federal funds received will be spent on 
improving Route 34. None of these funds will be transferred to another 
project.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: OJP-Byrne
  Requesting Entity: Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence
  Address of Requesting Entity: #69 Doctors' Park, Suite C, Cape 
Girardeau, MO 63703
  Description of Request: To provide an earmark of $200,000 to the 
Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO NASV) to equip 
and staff an office in the Bootheel of Missouri to assist victims of 
domestic and sexual violence, as well as support local law enforcement 
investigations. SEMO NASV provides services to over 700 adult and child 
victims of sexual and physical abuse. The organization serves a 10-
county region in Southeastern Missouri. It plays a vital role in the 
process of convicting sex offenders and provides counseling and other 
services to victims. The funds will be spent as follows: $126,000 for 
personnel, $59,000 for equipment, $12,000 for office space, and $3,000 
for training and travel.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: COPS-Meth
  Requesting Entity: Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 1763, Sikeston, Missouri 63801
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $200,000 to supplement 
and support operations of the Southeast Missouri Drug Task

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Force (SEMO DTF). SEMO DTF is a multi- 
jurisdictional drug task force unit that serves a 10-county area of 
Southeast Missouri. The unit conducts both covert and overt 
investigations into the possession, manufacture, and distribution of 
controlled substances. The funds will be spent as follows: $32,000 for 
personnel, $89,000 for overtime compensation, $66,000 for equipment, 
$4,500 for telecommunication services, $6,000 for supplies, and $2,500 
for personnel expenses.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: COPS-Meth
  Requesting Entity: Mineral Area Drug Task Force/City of Leadington, 
Missouri
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 349, Farmington, MO 63640
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $200,000 to assist with 
funding Mineral Area Drug Task Force's enforcement efforts in locating, 
dismantling, and reducing the number of methamphetamine laboratories 
within the area of their operation. Approximately $124,000 is for the 
purchase of equipment to assist officers in their investigations, 
$36,000 is for overtime for officers assigned to 
methamphetamine investigations, $16,000 is for office and field 
supplies to assist officers in the preparation of reports and to 
provide supplies to facilitate the processing of clandestine labs, and 
$24,000 is for travel and training to equip officers with the knowledge 
to efficiently perform- their duties.

  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: COPS-Meth
  Requesting Entity: Howell County, Missouri
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1106 Missouri Avenue, West Plains, 
Missouri 65775
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $250,000 for the South 
Central Drug Task Force to enhance drug enforcement in project area. 
South Central Drug Task Force is a multi-jurisdictional drug 
enforcement task force, and an existing HIDTA initiative within Midwest 
HIDTA, comprised of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers 
including nine Sheriff's Departments, Municipal Police Departments, 
Missouri State Highway Patrol, United States Forest Service, and United 
States Park Service. Approximately $50,000 in overtime funding for 
existing narcotics officers; $122,500 for technical surveillance and 
reporting equipment; $65,000 for civilian personnel/Intel analyst; and 
$12,500 for consumable supplies.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: COPS-Law Enforcement Technology
  Requesting Entity: St. Francois County, Missouri
  Address of Requesting Entity: 102 Industrial Drive, Park Hills, MO 
63601
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark for the Southeast Missouri 
Law Enforcement District for $697,000 project for the following 
counties of the 8th Congressional District to acquire and greatly 
benefit from availability of a Law Enforcement Visual Tool: Iron, 
Washington, and Bollinger. Federal, state, and local agencies will have 
a common tool to jointly manage emergencies. The project enhances 
public safety, officer safety, by placing sophisticated geospatial 
intelligence information in the hands of emergency responders. The 
funding would be used as follows: $12,000 for project administration, 
$675,000 for image libraries, and $10,000 for equipment.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: HRSA
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ozarks Medical Center
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 1100, West Plains, MO 65775
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 for equipment 
in a new and expanded Emergency Department.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: HRSA
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southeast Missouri State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: One University Plaza, MS 1900, Cape 
Girardeau, MO 63701
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $205,000 for the 
Southeast Health on Wheels (SHOW) Mobile Program. The SHOW Mobile 
initiative is a health literacy, health promotional and disease 
prevention and primary health and dental care program designed to serve 
Southeast Missouri. The program is administered by the College of 
Health and Human Services of Southeast Missouri State University.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Higher Education FIPSE
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southeast Missouri State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, 
MO 63701
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 to expand the 
services of Kent Library into a modem Information Commons concept and 
to link the same technical and support services that this renovation 
will provide to the students, faculty, and staff on the main campus, to 
the students and faculty on the River Campus, four regional campuses 
and the community within the University's service region.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: Higher Education FIPSE
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Three Rivers Community College
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2080 Three Rivers Boulevard, Poplar 
Bluff, MO 63901
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $215,000 to upgrade the 
delivery and management of on-line learning system. This enhancement 
will make it possible to rapidly expand education/training programs, 
and the initiation of on-line degree programs.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: HHS, Social Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Susanna Wesley Family Learning 
Center, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 207 N. Washington St., Box 249, East 
Prairie, MO 63845
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $250,000 for the 
Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center's Positive Alternative System 
Strategies to Work, or ``Pass to Work,'' which will provide families 
with activities designed to emphasize good academic and healthy 
physical performance for at-risk children. In addition, this program 
will offer employment training, career counseling, and health behavior 
advice.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: HRSA
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri State University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65897
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $250,000 for nursing 
and allied technology enhancements, specifically to create nursing 
clinical simulation laboratories at the West Plains campus to support 
their nursing and allied health programs.
  Requesting Member: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: SBA--Salaries and Expenses
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Missouri System, 
Columbia, MO
  Address of Requesting Entity: University Hall, 1100 Carrie Francke 
Drive, Columbia MO, 65211
  Description of Request: $249,000 is provided for the University of 
Missouri's Extension Community Economic and Entrepreneurial Development 
(ExCEED) program. The funding will be used to promote economic 
development in the Mississippi River Hills Region and the Ozark 
Heritage Region. Over a three year period, funding will be utilized to 
expand the current part-time Executive Director position in the 
Mississippi River Hills Region to full-time, as well as establishing a 
part-time youth entrepreneurship coordinator and equipment in this 
rural area. Additionally, over three years this funding will allow 
their Ozark Heritage Region to expand the entrepreneurship education 
and business counseling.
  Requesting Member: Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: SBA--Salaries and Expenses
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Downtown West Plains, Inc., West 
Plains, MO
  Address of Requesting Entity: 401 Jefferson Ave., West Plains, MO 
65775
  Description of Request: $500,000 is provided for Downtown West 
Plains, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation, to complete the exterior and 
interior renovation of a 100-year-old building which will house a Small 
Business Incubator. These funds will be matched with $1,144,000 in 
local, state, and other federal funds. The Ozarks Small Business 
Incubator, when completed, will provide personalized assistance to 
small business entrepreneurs by supporting their efforts with business 
related education, financial guidance, business plan development, 
mentoring, and access to tangible resources such as building space, 
shipping dock, and shared office equipment.
  Requesting Member: Jo Ann Emerson
  Bill Number: H.R. 3288
  Account: SBA--Salaries and Expenses
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Girl Scouts of the USA, New York, NY
  Address of Requesting Entity: 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
  Description of Request: $305,875 is provided to the Girl Scouts of 
the USA for a national program to improve financial literacy. Federal 
funds would help launch the first phase of the Improving Girls' 
Financial Literacy project--a comprehensive, effective and universal 
financial literacy curriculum for delivery to 2.6 million Girl Scouts 
of all ages, and corresponding materials for their 900,000 adult 
volunteers. Funds would support planning; research to ensure that the 
program is age-appropriate, effective and evidence based; development 
and creation of materials for the six

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levels of Girl Scouting; corresponding facilitator guides to help the 
volunteers and other activities to ensure that this program is 
successful.

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