[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. GREGG HARPER

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. HARPER. 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. 3183--Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gregg Harper 
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: EERE--Biomass and Biorefinery Systems R&D
  Project Name: Sustainable Energy Research Center
  Recipient and Address: Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9632, 
Mississippi State 39762
  Amount: $1,500,000
  Description: The goal of the Sustainable Energy Research Center, 
SERC, at Mississippi State University is to develop new engineering and 
scientific knowledge and to serve as a catalyst to create renewable 
transportation fuel industries in the Southeastern US. Renewable 
transportation fuel platforms under development by SERC include bio-
oil, biocrude, and syngas to gasoline. All of these fuels focus on the 
use of non-food, lignocellulosic feedstock, especially woody biomass.

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