[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E127-E129]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. ROB BISHOP

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 2, 2010

  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Madam Speaker, consistent with the Republican 
Leadership's policy

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on earmarks, I am submitting the following earmark disclosure 
information regarding project funding I had requested and which was 
included within the Joint Explanatory Statement of Managers to 
accompany the Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3326, the 
Defense Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2010, which is commonly 
referred to as the Defense Appropriations Conference Report for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (even though no formal conference was held). To the best of 
my knowledge, these requests: (1) are not directed to an entity or 
program that will be named after a sitting Member of Congress; (2) are 
not intended to be used by an entity to secure funds for other entities 
unless the use of funding is consistent with the specified purpose of 
the earmark; and (3) meet or exceed all statutory requirements for 
matching funds where applicable. I further certify that neither my 
spouse, nor I, have any personal financial interests in these requests.
  Project Title: Senior Scout, Electro-Optical Infrared Capability 
Amount: $4.8 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army Aircraft Procurement
  Address of Requesting Entity: Utah Air National Guard, 169th 
Intelligence Squadron, and Lockheed-Martin, 7563 South 4470 West, West 
Jordan, Utah 84084.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding would provide for 
infra-red imaging capabilities for better all-condition imagery of 
high-value intelligence target identification and location functions.
  Project Title: Senior Scout, Line of Sight Datalink
  Amount: $2.4 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army Aircraft Procurement
  Address of Requesting Entity: Utah Air National Guard, 169th 
Intelligence Squadron, and Lockheed-Martin, 7563 South 4470 West, West 
Jordan, Utah 84084.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding would upgrade the 
Senior Scout platform by incorporating line-of-sight equipment, antenna 
systems, and infrastructure components for increased data processing 
and dissemination capacity to meet greatly increasing military mission 
demands.
  Project Title: Senior Scout, Remote Operations Capability
  Amount: $2.4 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army Aircraft Procurement
  Address of Requesting Entity: Utah Air National Guard, 169th 
Intelligence Squadron, and Lockheed-Martin, 7563 South 4470 West, West 
Jordan, Utah 84084.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding would upgrade the 
Senior Scout intelligence platform by upgrading the remote data 
processing functionality, improving processing times and dissemination 
of crucial time-sensitive intelligence to end-users.
  Project Title: Automated Composite Technologies and Manufacturing 
Center
  Amount: $9.6 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Defense Production Act Purchases
  Address of Requesting Entity: ATK, Inc., Freeport Center Building H-
8, Clearfield, Utah 84016.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding would be used in 
partnership with the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, to 
continue multi-year effort to develop high tech cutting-edge carbon 
fiber placement and equipment in support of Air Force aviation 
platforms and weapons systems, leading to better technical competence 
within the government depot system in support of these systems.
  Project Title: Dugway Field Test Improvements
  Amount: $3.6 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: ITT, Inc., 8262 South 5260 West, South 
Jordan, Utah 84088.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding will incorporate 
cutting-edge radar and sensor technology into the capabilities of U.S. 
Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, for use in its vital chemical and 
biological defense test mission, to allow for more accurate test 
characterization of biological and chemical threats. Project is in 
conjunction with the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State 
University.
  Project Title: Multiple Source Data Fusion for Dugway Proving Ground
  Amount: $2 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: ITT, Inc., 8262 South 5260 West, South 
Jordan, Utah 84088.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding is needed to 
support the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in its unique mission of 
chemical and biological defense testing, by supporting technology 
improvements to monitor and analyze chemical and biological stimulants, 
including development of stand-off referee instrumentation and data 
fusion methods.
  Project Title: Precision Strike Munitions Advancement with Integrated 
Millimeter Wave Power Sources to Satisfy Army Strategic Goals
  Amount: $3.28 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: Innosys, Inc., 2900 South Main Street, 
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding will be used to 
develop an integrated millimeter wave amplification portable power 
system to support autonomous operations of precision strike weaponry, 
such as micro UAVs and helicopters, providing warfighters with greater 
and more flexible weapons and tactical surveillance capabilities.
  Project Title: Transitioning Stretch Broker Carbon Fiber to 
Production Programs
  Amount: $3.2 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: Hexcell, Inc., 6700 West 5400 South, 
West Valley City, Utah 84118.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding needed to continue 
industry efforts to develop advanced carbon fiber technology to allow 
for the forming of more geometrically complex weapons system and 
aviation components at the time of manufacture, and also to allow for 
the development of a Mil-HdBk-17 approved data base, which is necessary 
for the new technology to be certified for use on current and future 
defense program production.
  Project Title: Unserviceable Ammunition Demilitarization via Chemical 
Dissolution at Tooele Army Depot
  Amount: $1.6 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Army RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: Battelle Memorial Institute, 4225 Lake 
Park Blvd., Suite 200, West Valley City, Utah 84120.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Project would continue 
efforts begun in FY09 to design and construct a prototype acid 
hydrolysis conventional munitions demilitarization process for the 
disposal of high-risk/high-cost unserviceable and obsolete ammunition 
stored at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, in a more environmentally 
responsible manner.
  Project Title: CAD/CAM Aircraft Structural Overhaul Work Center
  Amount: $2.5 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Air Force RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: Mission Support, Inc., P.O. Box 160135, 
Freeport Center Building Z-15, Clearfield, Utah 84016.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding will be used to 
provide computer-aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) 
technology in workstations for the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill 
AFB, Utah, for use primarily on legacy aircraft repairs of aviation 
component parts, such as the A-10 weapon system, increasing parts 
manufacturing accuracy and reducing repair and overhead costs to the 
government.
  Project Title: UAV Sensor and Maintenance Development Center
  Amount: $3.92 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Air Force RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State 
University, 1695 North Research Park Way, North Logan, Utah 84341.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding would provide 
technical assistance to the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB,

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Utah, in the areas of developing, calibrating, and integrating various 
sensors and other payloads onto UAV platforms, which will facilitate 
future R&D development of UAV capability within the military.
  Project Title: Compliance Tools Development for Metals in Antifouling 
Paints
  Amount: $800,000
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Navy RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: Kennecott Copper (Rio Tinto) and 
International Copper Association, 260 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding would be used to 
develop environmental modeling software tools to survey site-specific 
naval installations for buildup of harmful heavy metals in harbor 
sediments caused by paints and coatings on naval vessels at port. This 
tool will allow the navy to measure and monitor which coatings are best 
and most cost-effective for anti-fouling paints (some of which contain 
copper), and allow the Navy to remain in compliance with environmental 
standards.
  Project Title: Tomahawk Cost Reduction Initiative
  Amount: $3.28 million
  Requesting Member: Rob Bishop of Utah
  Bill Number: H.R. 3326
  Account: Navy RDT&E
  Address of Requesting Entity: Williams International, Inc., 3450 Sam 
Williams Drive, Ogden, Utah 84401.
  Matching Funds: None
  Detailed Spending Plan: Not applicable.
  Description and Justification of Funding: Funding is needed to 
incorporate new manufacturing technologies into the Tomahawk production 
line that will reduce the per-unit costs for future missiles. This 
funding has a quick pay-back period on this proven ``weapon of choice'' 
in many conflicts.

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