[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15983-15984]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 23, 2009

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the new House Republican 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2892, the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010
  Project Name: Emergency Operations Center
  Amount: $600,000
  Account: State and Local Programs
  Recipient: City of Ames, Iowa
  Recipient's Street Address: 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, IA 50010
  Description: This project is a renovation of the current Emergency 
Operations Center in

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Ames, IA. It is necessary to accommodate updated incident command 
facility needs--in cases of both natural disasters and man-made 
incidents. Local emergency operations centers are critical components 
in the nation's emergency network. The Ames, IA Center is particularly 
important as it is located in an important agricultural production 
region that is crucial to the nation's food supply; the Ames Emergency 
Operations Center is also located near the National Animal Disease 
Center, an important player in any agro-terrorism incident. Given the 
significance of the threat of agro-terrorism, it is important that this 
Center be as-up-to-date as possible in its operating capacity.

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