[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 22949-22950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 26, 2008

  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the 
following information for publication in the Congressional Record 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2638, the Fiscal Year 
2009 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act.
  Requesting Member: Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Army, RDT&E.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lehman Injury Research Center (Ryder 
Trauma Center).
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1800 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136.
  Description of Request: The funding would be used for the Army Trauma 
Training Center (ATTC) at the Ryder Trauma Center situated in the 
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. The ATTC has 
functioned as the national training center for U.S. Army Forward 
Surgical Teams (FSTs) since 2001. Monthly, the ATTC conducts a 14-day 
training program for deploying FSTs in order to improve clinical skills 
and teamwork. The resources of the Ryder Trauma Center and the William 
Lehman Injury Research Center present a unique opportunity to develop 
and evaluate new and innovative diagnostic and treatment tools and 
point-of-care information systems to maximize the care of injured 
soldiers. The Ryder Trauma Center is developing diagnostics and devices 
to enhance the capability of first responders to effectively treat 
casualties as close to the geographic location and time of the injury 
as possible. Since January 2001, the Army Trauma Training Center, in 
conjunction with the Ryder Trauma Center, has trained over 25 forward 
surgical teams and more than 650 Army personnel in active duty and 
reserve components--two-thirds of all forward surgical teams in the 
U.S. Army--supporting over 75,000 combat troops.


                              Budget Plan

  Lehman Injury Research Center (Ryder Trauma Center) will likely 
receive $5 million in CR/FY 2009 DOD.


                                Salaries

  Faculty, $419,195.00; Staff, $1,349,209.00.
  Total Salaries (includes fringe benefits), $1,769,194.00.
  Telemedicine equipment, $300,000.00.
  Minor other equipment, $70,000.00.
  Software licenses, $120,000.00.
  Programming consultants, $500,000.00.
  Minor supplies, $387,000.00.
  Total equipment, $1,377,000.00.
  Grand total, $3,146,194.00.
  Indirect costs, $853,806.00.
  TATRC 20 percent, $1,000,000.00.
  Total Award, $5,000,000.00.
  Requesting Member: Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Army, RDT&E.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Heavy Fuel Burning Engines for UAVs 
(Locust USA, Inc.).
  Address of Requesting Entity: 8312 NW 74th Avenue, Miami, FL 33166.
  Description of Request: The funding will be used to accelerate 
development of very small engines (Microturbines) to meet present 
requirements at the Department of Defense. During the past 18 months 
Locust USA has made significant advancements in the design of the 
product, and bringing to test the smallest turbine engine (5 
horsepower). A version of this engine was selected in September 2006 to 
power the Army's FCS (Future Combat System) Class I UAV. The DOD is 
currently in the process of purchasing nearly 500 MAVs (Micro Air 
Vehicles) for special missions; all are powered by a gasoline engine 
instead of the heavy fuel requirements that would be preferred under 
this project.


                              Budget Plan

  $800,000 of the FY 09 funds are to be used to refine performance and 
durability of prototype heavy fuel propulsion systems in the 40 to 70 
horsepower class.
  $1,200,000 will be used for the power range of 5 to 10 horsepower 
engines, to include the original heavy fuel system that was to power 
the MAV (Micro Air Vehicle).
  Specifically, improvements in component efficiency which will lead to 
improvements in basic performance (horsepower, fuel consumption, and 
internal electrical power generation) as well as durability of 
bearings, improved castings of critical parts that operate at speeds as 
high as 230,000 RPM.
  Requesting Member: Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21).
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Army, RDT&E.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Medium-Sized Unmanned Ground 
Vehicles Platform (Phoenix Worldwide Industries).
  Address of Requesting Entity: 10780 SW 190th Street, Miami, FL 33351.
  Description of Request: The funding will be used to develop and 
implement smaller, lightweight command platforms with reduced power 
requirements for biological, video and systematic sensors to be 
installed to function with medium-sized Unmanned Ground Vehicles. 
Phoenix Worldwide mobile command platforms would be fitted onto 
military vehicles. This effort would be overseen and directed by the 
Robotic and Joint Center for Unmanned Ground Vehicles at TARDEC, the 
attending agency.
  Unmanned Ground Vehicles and Robotics are of high importance to our 
warfighters. The U.S. military is currently using numerous types

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and designs of these UGVs overseas. The U.S. military will continue to 
develop newer UGVs and mobile command platforms whose technologies will 
reduce exposure in hazardous situations and at the same time gather 
information and intelligence. For this reason, the U.S. Army created 
the Future Combat System directive to increase situational awareness 
while reducing human exposure for our ground troops.


               Budget Plan--Budget Proposal, UNCLASSIFIED

  Appropriation--Phoenix Worldwide Industries.
  Platform: DoD or Military Spec. The design platform will be one that 
can be air lifted and/or driven.
  Materials: Much of the technology that will be incorporated in the 
working prototype developed for the Mobile Command and Control Platform 
will be Commercial, off-the-shelf products (COTS).
  We will use and intergrate current DoD or Military Spec sensors which 
will be listed as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) as per 
instructions.
  Platform Costs--structure reinforcing, balancing weight distribution, 
etc., electrical adaptations, shelter. $150,000.00.
  Vehicle Transportation, $12,000.00.
  Labor Costs--mechanical engineering, software engineering, design 
engineering, project management, trade labor. $750,000.00.
  COTS Material Cost, $913,000.00.
  GFE Adaptations, $50,000.00.
  Contract Costs--NASEA and TARDEC, $125,000.00.
  Schedule: 2009.

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