[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18163]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                       HON. STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 16, 2009

  Mr. LaTOURETTE. 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. 3170, the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Requesting Member: Mr. Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 3170
  Account: Small Business Administration
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition 
(NorTech)
  Address of Requesting Entity: 737 Boivar Road, Suite 1000, Cleveland, 
Ohio 44115
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark in the amount of $250,000 
for the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition (NorTech) Tech Leaders II: 
Job Creation through Industry Cluster Development project. A non-
profit, economic development organization, NorTech leads the technology 
agenda for a 21-county region within Northeast Ohio with a mission to 
build a vibrant and globally-competitive economy by linking and 
leveraging the region's technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation 
assets. This project will address the gap between the region's 
educational institutions and small businesses in bringing together the 
generation of innovative ideas with commercialization potential, 
together with the business know-how necessary to create new jobs 
through enterprise formation and growth. The project is expected to 
create jobs and reduce unemployment.
  Requesting Member: Mr. Steven C. LaTourette
  Bill Number: H.R. 3170
  Account: Small Business Administration
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Western Reserve Resource 
Conservation and Development Council
  Address of Requesting Entity: 125 E. Erie Street, Painesville, Ohio 
44077
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark in the amount of $150,000 
for the Collaborative Learning for Environmental Action Network, a 
green job and watershed management training program. This program will 
be performed through links to undergraduate education in the STEM 
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines at colleges and 
universities throughout NE Ohio.

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