[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 192 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E3046-E3047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 16, 2009

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. 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 
Departments of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Project Name: Synthetic Liquid Fuels
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Eielson Air Force 
Base, Alaska
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is

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justified: This project will supply the U.S. Air Force and other 
military branches a secure supply of synthetic fuels to operate 
fighters, bombers and other aircraft and military equipment. It will 
help the Air Force to achieve its stated goal of certifying its fleet 
of aircraft on a synthetic fuel blend and purchasing 50 percent of its 
fuels in the form of a synthetic fuel blend by 2016.
  Appropriated Amount: $2,400,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Research and Development, $2,400,000
  Project Name: AutoScan Under-Vehicle Inspection System
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Kachemak Research 
Development, Inc., 59584 East End Road, Homer, Alaska 99603
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: Kachemak Research Development, Inc. is a 
woman owned, HUBZone, 8(a) entity. AutoScan, an under vehicle 
inspection system developed by KRD, is a stationary system that 
captures the entire undercarriage image of vehicles, ranging in size 
from passenger vehicles to semi-trucks. Because of the unique 
capabilities of AutoScan, vehicles do not need to maintain a constant 
speed as they travel across the system. Funding will be used for 
product enhancement and beta testing of Autoscan generation 2 and 3 
architecture. As part of the inspection protocol at every military 
base, CONUS and OCONUS, the undercarriage of every delivery vehicle 
must be inspected. Standard inspection protocols have been comprised of 
a mirror-mounted stick or search pits. AutoScan makes it possible for 
inspection personnel to maintain a safe stand-off distance. 
Additionally, it stores images for later comparison and analysis if 
needed. And it provides one, complete, clear image of any vehicle's 
under-side in real-time and capabilities that no similar system is able 
to provide.
  Appropriated Amount: $2,400,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Research and Development, and Testing, 
$2,400,000
  Project Name: Electromagnetic Interference Hardened Expandable Rigid 
Wall Shelter
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Legal Name and address of entity receiving earmark: Alkan Shelter, 
LLC, 1701 South Cushman Street, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: The U.S. Marine Corps has a requirement 
to develop an EMI hardened, expandable composite rigid wall shelter, 
which currently does not exist. The USMC Electronic Maintenance Shelter 
Program, Calibration Laboratory Program, and the Communication 
Maintenance Shelter Program are several funded programs with an 
immediate need. Sufficient funding is not available for an EMI 
hardened, expandable rigid wall composite shelter development program. 
Alkan Shelter, LLC, a small business located in a HUBZone in Fairbanks, 
AK, proposes a three-phase development and test program for an 
expandable, composite EMI hardened shelter for the U.S. Marine Corps. 
First phase is to study the feasibility of EMI hardening to 60-80dB 
attenuation for the entire expandable shelter or hardening one wing of 
the shelter. The second phase is to manufacture the EMI hardened 
composite expandable shelter prototype. The third phase will be to 
perform EMI and environmental testing to ensure requirements are met. 
The Marine Corps now uses 1980's technology rigid wall shelters that 
have aluminum skins and a paper honeycomb core. These shelters are: 
poorly insulated, have a limited roof and floor load, do not have 
ballistic protection, the roof cannot be sandbagged, are highly subject 
to corrosion and can only be stacked six-high on ocean going container 
ships. Additionally, the U.S. military does not have an EMI hardened 
expandable rigid wall shelter. Alkan's new carbon fiber hybrid 
composite expandable shelter will provide a technologically superior 
structure that will correct the deficiencies of old 1980's technology. 
Combining high tech carbon fiber composites with EMI protection will 
provide the USMC and the U.S. military with a lightweight, expandable, 
rugged, thermally efficient, and safer working environment for carrying 
out their sensitive electronics and calibration repair and maintenance 
missions.
  Appropriated Amount: $800,000
  Detailed Finance Plan: Research and Development, $800,000

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