[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16185-16186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 2009

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding a request for funding I made of the House Armed 
Services Committee for inclusion in H.R. 2647 the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.
  Specifically, the project will be included in Division B, Title XXI, 
Military Construction--Army.
  H.R. 2647 includes $10.2 million for Phase 2 of the Ballistic 
Evaluation Facility in the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense 
Authorization Act. The entity to receive the funding for this project 
is the United States Army, specifically the Armament Research 
Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) located at Picatinny 
Arsenal, Picatinny, New Jersey 07806-5000.
  The actual design and construction will be executed by the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers.

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  The funding will be used for planning, design and construction of a 
state-of-the-art Ballistic Experimentation Facility (BEF) for Large 
Caliber Armaments at Picatinny Arsenal. This process will produce a 
one-of-kind research and testing facility which will reduce Army's 
operational overhead and maintenance costs and improve safety for Army 
employees. The use of U.S. taxpayer funding is justified because this 
construction will provide near-term and long-range benefits to the 
joint warfighter--Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force.

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