[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 19096-19097]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. KAY GRANGER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I, Kay Granger, submit the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of the Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010, H.R. 
3293.
  For the project titled ``Community Learning Center, Inc., Fort Worth, 
TX for a job training initiative'' in H.R. 3293, Department of Labor 
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)--Training & Employment 
Services (TES) account, the legal name and address of the requesting 
entity is the Community Learning Center, 6300 Ridglea Place, Suite 600, 
Fort Worth, TX 76116. It is my understanding that the $500,000 in the 
bill for this project will be used to purchase equipment needed to 
offer more training to people with disabilities, dislocated and 
incumbent workers, poor and excluded job seekers, youth offenders, TANF 
recipients, and people with low basic skills and limited English 
proficiency. The Community Learning Center provides model educational, 
training, and employment services designed to lead to better jobs and 
careers for Texans who need and want them the most. Community Learning 
Center will provide any required matching funds.
  For the project titled ``Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX for 
a summer college preparatory program'' in H.R. 3293, Department of 
Education Elementary & Secondary Education Account, the legal name and 
address of the requesting entity is Southwestern University, 1001 East 
University Ave., Georgetown, TX 79626. It is my understanding that the 
$443,000 in the bill will be used to enroll first generation, low-
income students in a summer college preparation program that allows the 
students to participate in a faculty-supervised laboratory or field 
research project. Funds will also be used for teacher training as well 
as to allow Southwestern students and faculty to participate in summer 
lab and research projects with high school students and teachers. 
Southwestern University will provide any required matching funds.
  For the project titled ``Texas AgriLife Extension Service, College 
Station, TX for a youth obesity prevention initiative'' in H.R. 3293, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention account, the legal name and 
address of the requesting entity is Texas AgriLife Extension Service, 
1500 Research Parkway, Suite 150, 2259 TAMU, College Station, TX 77845-
2259. It is my understanding that the $300,000 in the bill will be used 
to develop a pilot program in the Fort Worth Independent School 
District to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive education, 
research, and outreach program to promote healthy weight. Partners for 
this project include: United Way FitFuture, Fort Worth Independent 
School District, City of Fort Worth, and Texas Parks and Wildlife. The 
multidisciplinary, community-based approach will build on the strengths 
of families and communities to achieve this goal. Texas AgriLife will 
provide a 50 percent match for project funds.
  For the project titled ``Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort 
Worth, Ft. Worth, TX for facilities and equipment'' in H.R. 3293, 
Department of Health and Human Services HRSA--Health Facilities and 
Services account, the legal name and address of the requesting entity 
is Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, 1301 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104. It is my understanding that the $300,000 
in the bill will be used for the renovation and construction of a 16-
bed palliative care unit. Palliative care is healthcare that 
specializes in the relief of suffering and the achievement of best 
possible quality of life for patients with advanced illness and their 
families. It is offered simultaneously with all other appropriate 
medical treatment. Texas Health Resources will contribute $2.3 million 
toward this project, and to date, community contributions total nearly 
$840,000.
  For the project titled ``Texas Wesleyan University, Ft. Worth, TX for 
facilities and equipment'' in H.R. 3293, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services account, the legal name and address of the 
requesting entity is Texas Wesleyan University, 1201 Wesleyan Street, 
Fort Worth, TX 76105. It is my understanding that the $650,000 in the 
bill will be used for equipment costs to support the new on-line 
Doctorate program in Nurse Anesthesia Practice. Specifically, funding 
will be used to upgrade the network and enhance current audio/visual 
technologies for curriculum development and deployment to support 
instructional needs for the new distance learning doctoral program. 
This funding will allow Texas Wesleyan to provide doctorate level on-
line training in nurse anesthesia to the nursing professionals in rural 
and underserved communities. Texas Wesleyan has dedicated more than 
$506,000 toward this project.
  For the project titled ``Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Ft. 
Worth, TX to enhance collections'' in H.R. 3293, Institute of Museum & 
Library Services--Museums & Libraries Account, the legal name and 
address of the requesting entity is Botanical Research Institute of 
Texas, Inc., 500 East 4th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102. It is my 
understanding that the $500,000 in the bill will be used to purchase 
equipment such as new archival metal herbarium cabinets for a new 
facility. The new equipment will allow for a more publicly-accessible 
facility that will allow maximum use of the Botanical Research 
Institute of Texas (BRIT)

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Herbarium and Library, which are the largest such scientific 
collections of any independent institution in the southern U.S., with 
over one million specimens of plants and nearly 100,000 volumes of 
books and journals. BRIT has raised over $42 million for this project.

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