[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6872-6873]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 10, 2009

  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding an earmark I received as part of H.R. 1105, the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
  Member requesting: Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis
  Bill number: H.R. 1105
  Account: OJP--Byrne Discretionary Grants
  Name of requesting entity: Phoenix House
  Address of requesting entity: 6604 Harney Road, Tampa, Florida 33610
  Description: The $200,000 will be used to help develop an enhanced 
residential substance abuse treatment program for women in

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Hillsborough County, Florida. This funding is justified because Byrne 
discretionary grants are used to help states and local communities 
prevent drug abuse and crime, which is the purpose of this program.

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