[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page 22500] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]EARMARK DECLARATION ______ HON. RANDY NEUGEBAUER of texas in the house of representatives Thursday, September 25, 2008 Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Madam Speaker, I submit the following: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act. Account: Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation, Army (R-1 Line 55). Project: Compact Pulsed Power for Defense Applications, $3 million. Requesting Entity: Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409. Percent and source of required matching funds: The Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics (P3E) at TTU has an operating budget approximately of $3 million supported almost exclusively by competitive grants from DOD and DOE laboratories and relevant U.S. contractors. Justification for use of Federal taxpayer dollars: This initiative will continue the work of the P3E Center to develop compact electromagnetic radiation technology that will disrupt remote detonation electronics used in improvised roadside bombs and inner-city car-bombs. The Department of Defense's Joint lED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) is aware of the P3E Center's technology and has invited the Center to submit an unsolicited proposal for funding from JIEDDO, which is currently pending. The P3E Center also receives support from the Office of Naval Research. In the past 10 years, the P3E Center has focused its research in the areas of high power microwave systems, explosively driven pulsed power, compact pulsed power and ultra high-power electronics. Much of this research has been sponsored by DOD and its agencies. These technologies have matured in the last few years to a point where system integration now is possible. A great push needs to be made in this area to allow these electric weapons to reach the military now, where they are clearly needed today. Funding from this initiative will accelerate the P3E Center's research to allow the compact pulsed power technology to be fielded by the military in a shorter period of time. Account: Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation, Defense-Wide (R-1 Line 6). Project: Zumwalt National Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats, $1.2 million. Requesting Entity: Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409. Percent and source of required matching funds: The Zumwalt Center will provide $246,842 in matching funds coming from the State of Texas. Justification for use of Federal taxpayer dollars: The Zumwalt Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats at Texas Tech University coordinates and facilitates multidisciplinary, basic and applied research in cooperation with the Department of Defense to enhance military capabilities to more effectively and efficiently identify, prevent, mitigate and eliminate biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction. This research is directly applicable to protecting Department of Defense (DOD) personnel and facilities from covert and overt exposures to biological and chemical weapon agents. The successes of this program thereby enable more effective and efficient identification, prevention, mitigation and elimination of potential and real threats posed by biological and chemical agents and weapons of mass destruction. Research is focused on the following areas: pre-incident communications and intelligence; personal protective equipment; detection and measurement of chemical and biological agents; recognition of covert exposure; identification of availability, safety, and efficacy of drugs, vaccines and other therapeutics; and creating computer-related tools for training and operations. Account: Military Construction, Air Force. Project: Multipurpose C-130 Maintenance Hangar. Requesting Entity: Dyess Air Force Base, 7 Lancer Loop, Ste. 136, Dyess AFB, TX 79607. Percent and source of required matching funds: As a Federal military installation, the Department of the Air Force is responsible for the construction and funding of this facility. Justification for use of Federal taxpayer dollars: Dyess Air Force Base has two active duty C-130 squadrons that are heavily used in overseas deployments. For maintenance work, Dyess has a shortage of one bay and several other bays are substandard. For example, the facilities used for C-130 full cell maintenance are 50 years old and cannot fully enclose the aircraft. The Air Force has included funding for a new two- bay hangar in FY 2013 on its Five-Year Plan. However, the need for a new hangar is clearly there today. The Air Force has said that it will begin replacing the old C-130H1 aircraft at Dyess with new C-130Js in 2010. Moving the funding for the hangar from FY 2013 to FY 2009 will ensure that the new aircraft at Dyess will have the necessary maintenance facilities. ____________________