[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 18181-18182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. J. GRESHAM BARRETT

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 16, 2009

  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the 
following information regarding earmarks I received as part of the 
House passed version of H.R. 3170, the Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman J. Gresham Barrett
  Bill Number: H.R. 3170
  Provision: Title V, Independent Agencies, Small Business 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Clemson University
  Address of Requesting Entity: Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
  Description of Request: The purpose of this appropriation is to 
provide $100,000 for the Clemson University Advanced Materials 
Innovation Center. With many manufacturing jobs going overseas, there 
is a critical need in the United States, and particularly in South 
Carolina, of incubators such as the Advanced Materials Innovation 
Center to accelerate the creation of knowledge-based companies. The 
United States must also continue to develop new advanced materials to 
ensure continued military superiority. The Advanced Materials 
Innovation Center at Clemson's Advanced Materials Center in Anderson 
County will serve as a research and development campus for start-up 
companies devoted to cutting-edge research, development, and job 
creation in the advanced materials fields. The Innovation Center will 
also house fledgling high-technology companies that focus on such 
advanced materials as optics, nanotechnology,

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and biomaterials. These federal funds will be used to develop 
laboratories at the Advanced Materials Innovation Center. I certify 
that this project does not have a direct and foreseeable effect on the 
pecuniary interests of my spouse or me.

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