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Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I know that the gentleman from Arizona, who is my friend, listened to the comments that I made when I read from the bill earlier and when others have read from the bill. But I don't think he heard. He listened, but he didn't hear. The intent of this legislation is that any money provided here will be competitively bid. Now I've gone to the Senate in conference many, many times and have returned so frustrated many, many times. I don't know what the Senate will do on this language or anything else in this bill. But I know if I were a Senator and I was being accused on the floor today, I would be really offended by the fact that he is suggesting that the Senate doesn't want competition. I am not prepared to say that. I think the Senators believe in competition, just like the House.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. No, I won't. If I have the time, I might; but right now I don't have time. As we participate in this debate, anyone listening might think that Congress is all a bunch of crooks and that American free enterprise is sneaking in the back door to make money and that the Congress and the Department of Defense are at odds all the time. Well, that's not true. Congress is full of good people. The Defense Department secures our Nation. But they don't have all of the knowledge, and they don't have all of the wisdom. Neither does the administration, neither does the Congress. That's why we work together. I think that's one reason that the drafters of the Constitution included article I, section 9 to say how appropriations should be handled. Now maybe you don't like the way the appropriations are handled. People can make that decision in the House every 2 years. Article I, section 9 says very simply, ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.'' Now what that means is, Congress appropriates the people's money. The Constitution--read it thoroughly--does not say that Congress can only appropriate money requested by the administration. It does say that the administration can only spend money that has been appropriated by the Congress. Now if you don't like that, offer a constitutional amendment. Amend the Constitution. But somebody's got to be responsible, and the Constitution makes Congress responsible. I said that the Pentagon is not the fountain of all knowledge. I will give you a couple of examples of where Congress has insisted, over objection on the part of the Pentagon, for certain types of appropriations. With the leadership of Jerry Lewis who was the chairman of the subcommittee at the time, this subcommittee and the Congress insisted that we buy, produce and deploy unmanned aerial vehicles. We call it the Predator; and next to the American soldier on the ground, al Qaeda fears that Predator more than any other weapon that we have. The Pentagon didn't want it. It was not in any budget request. Congress insisted, and it has become one of the most effective weapons that we have in the war against terror in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Then on another side of it--not taking out the enemy but saving our own people--without any support from the administration, Congress created something we refer to as the Bone Marrow Transplant Program. It is a lifesaving program that has saved the lives of thousands of people. The administration didn't like it. They just thought we were wasting our time trying to do it, but we did it anyway. They told us we would never develop probably, maybe 50,000 people willing to donate their bone marrow to save the life of another human being, but we prevailed. Today there are over 7 million people in the registry that we created with an earmark that are saving lives every day not only in America but in many countries around the world. We have relationships with 13 other countries where we exchange patients and exchange bone marrow over the oceans to save people's lives, to give them a chance for life. That was a congressional earmark.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I don't know about the company and the concerns that Mr. Flake has about the company. I don't even know the company, but I know the issue and I know the needs for the Eglin Range. The Air Force and the Navy use the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico for just tremendous amounts of training. Members will recall that during the debates over oil drilling and drilling for natural gas and doing other kinds of commercial activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, we always protected the Gulf of Mexico east of the military mission line because it was so critical to training for our national defense, to train those pilots and those people who are on seaborne missions, to train them so, if they do have to go into harm's way, they will have the proper training. This is for range sensors to help with the training of those military training programs of the Air Force and Navy. If you recall, the debate was very, very aggressive on that issue, and the Congress on numerous occasions agreed that we had to protect the eastern Gulf of Mexico so that we were free to use those areas for training. Now, I am not going to vote for this amendment. The interesting thing here is, I think, if Mr. Flake were a member of the Armed Services Committee or the Appropriations Committee, he would have a better knowledge of how that works. He may never have even heard of what we call unfunded requirements. He may never have heard of witnesses coming to testify before these committees on the issue of the request by the administration for appropriations and then giving you and giving the members of the committees a list of unfunded requirements, things that they need that were not included by OMB in the budget request. The Members that have been here for a while might remember that when I first became chairman of this subcommittee, I identified every unfunded requirement that I could and I put it on a scroll and we rolled it across the front of this Chamber so people, Members, could see what the military said they needed but didn't have in the budget request. I will give you one example. In talking about bombers at a particular hearing some years ago, an Air Force officer said to me, You know, these bombers are really important, but you guys aren't paying attention to something else really important. I said, Tell us about it. What are you talking about? He said, do you know that the tugs that we use to pull the bombers out of the hangars to take them out to the runway, we don't have enough? And so, if we have a large mission, we have bombers and aircraft waiting in line to get a tug to pull them out. Well, that's an unfunded requirement, and the committee tries to take care of those unfunded requirements. The Defense Department, under the language that I read earlier, must compete, no matter what the bill says, no matter what the report says about where the committee thinks that the work ought to go, the Defense Department has to compete it. Now, I don't know how much more transparency we can give to Mr. Flake if the projects are competed. But I agree with him. If someone, some company is not doing the job properly, then they ought to be investigated, and they ought to be taken off the list of contractors. In fact, in my own district I had a request for an earmark in this year's bill, and the Inspector General decided to pay that company a visit to see about something. I'm not even sure what it was about because they keep these investigations pretty secret. But I pulled the request for that earmark until we work it out, until we find out what happened here, what went wrong, what are they investigating. And I think we ought to do that. And I don't think we ought to be providing contracts to anyone who hasn't treated the public trust properly. So Mr. Flake and I aren't totally in disagreement, but we're in disagreement on this amendment because that Eastern Gulf of Mexico range that is so important to training Air Force and Navy pilots especially, and seaborne vehicles, is very, very important, and those sensors are part of that training. I yield back my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I will claim the time in opposition.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, we support this amendment and are happy to accept it.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, would the gentleman yield?

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Will the gentleman yield?

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, we are very familiar with this amendment. We know of the great work Mr. Sessions has done relative to the hyperbaric chambers for treatment of all types of wounds and diseases, and we are very pleased to accept this amendment.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim time in opposition to the amendment.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I am not going to talk about the amendment because the gentleman has conceded that the program it would fund is essential to force protection, and that is the case. But I think the point that I want to make is there has been a lot of misleading information suggested here, not necessarily intentionally and I don't think with any attempt to besmirch anyone's character. We have heard on the cap-and-trade bill ``read the bill.'' We have heard on the health bill, if we ever see one, ``read the bill.'' And I agree with all of that. We ought to be reading the bills. I don't think my friend from Arizona has read this bill, and it is not nearly as big as the cap-and-trade bill was or the health bill will be. But had he read the bill, he would have found on page 113, section 8115(a) that it says: ``Those which are considered congressional earmarks for purposes of rule XXI of the House of Representatives, when awarded to a for-profit entity, shall be awarded under full and open competition.'' Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop).

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chair, I yield now 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun).

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chairman, I yield 2 minutes now to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Gingrey).

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chairman, I yield myself such time as I might consume, and I would like to state my support for this bill. As Chairman Murtha, has said, the subcommittee worked together without any regard to politics or Republican or Democrat to build a legislative appropriation bill that we thought would take care of training requirements for our military, equipment requirements for our military, and force protection requirements for our military; and we did the best we could with the money that we had available, and we did it together. And we did it in a totally nonpolitical way. So I rise in strong support of this bill. There will likely be several amendments that we may not be able to agree with, and we'll talk about those a little bit later. But one thing I wanted to mention is, I said that we did the best we could with what we had to work with. We were under the President's budget request. Our 302(b) allocation was reduced. We're over last year by about 4 percent, so that's a plus. It disturbs me a little bit, though, when I see that the foreign aid bill was 33 percent above last year's bill, and our national defense appropriations bill is only 4 percent above last year's bill. But still we did the best that we could with what we had to work with. Now, we will have amendments that will be offered. I suspect they're not going to be offered tonight, though. I suspect sometime tomorrow they'll be offered. And there will be some disagreement on some of those amendments. We'll discuss those later. But one thing I wanted to mention is air superiority. We're not going to have enough time on the amendment that's offered to deal with the future of air superiority for the American military. Mr. Murtha and I and many of our Members have traveled to far-flung parts of the world where our troops were deployed. We have talked personally to thousands of our men and women in uniform, not only here at home but in places like Korea, like Bosnia, like Kosovo, like Afghanistan and Iraq and Kuwait and all of these places. And our soldiers tell us, we'll go anywhere. We'll fight whatever battle we're told to fight. But please make sure that if there's an airplane above the battlefield, that it belongs to the United States, that it does not belong to a threatening enemy. And that's one of the things that we will be talking about with the issue of the F-22. The air superiority, the F-22 is supposedly our air superiority aircraft. It will replace the F-15, which is today's tremendous airplane, but it's our air superiority aircraft. We cannot afford to take a chance and risk the lives of troops on the ground if we don't secure the air overhead. The Defense Department has suggested that, with the limit of 187 new F-22s, or a total of 187 F-22s, that this is a medium to high risk for air superiority on the part of the United States. I think we ought to take that, despite the fact that there's a veto threat on going above the 187. If the Defense Department believes that this is a medium to high risk, I think we ought to pay close attention to that. But we'll talk more in detail about that when we deal with the amendment that we expect to deal with. We're told that the Joint Strike Fighter is coming on board and will fill up the gap if we don't have enough F-22s. But to begin with, the Joint Strike Fighter is a different mission aircraft than the F-22, just like the F-16 was a different mission aircraft than the F-15, but they work together in partnership. If the F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter, is going to pick up the gap, we'd better do some serious thinking, because the F-35 is not ready to fight. It is not ready to do its mission, let alone the mission of air superiority. We have spent some $37 billion in the development of the Joint Strike Fighter, and we have been in development and have been ready to go to production just now, this year, with funding for the production. We started in 1997 to create this aircraft, and here it is 2009, and the aircraft is still not ready to be deployed. So how is that aircraft going to fill the gap if we need fighters to maintain air superiority? There is a lot more on this issue that we'll talk about later. The bill today provides for additional F-22s, and that's the way we like it. I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chair, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis), the former chairman of the subcommittee and the now ranking member on the full Appropriations Committee.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chairman, I would be happy to yield at this time 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey, a very important member of the subcommittee, Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chairman, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert), who also is the ranking member of the Select Intelligence Oversight Panel.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Since we have talked so much about the F-22, I thought I would compare just briefly some of the history of our fighter aircraft. For example, the F-4, which was one of the major aircraft fighters in the Vietnam War, we produced over 4,000 of those airplanes, yet we're only talking about 187 of the F-22s. Of the F-15s, we built 1,118 F- 15s. We only have about half of them left today, and they're being phased out. The F-16. We built 2,230 F-16s. Today we only have about half of those left, and one day we will phase those out when Joint Strike Fighter comes on line. But the history of buying and building the fighter aircraft and losing fighter aircraft when we are involved in hostilities is very, very telling. And it, again, we must say, it is important that our soldiers fighting on the ground have an American airplane overhead and not an enemy airplane with bombs and strafing guns, et cetera. So we'll discuss this more in detail when the amendment is offered. At this point, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Thirty-nine.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. It's a good bill. And both spokesmen from the Rules Committee are correct. We did testify that this bill was written, created with tremendous bipartisan support, bipartisan cooperation, and it's basically the same bill that we would have presented if I were chairman still to this day. But the point that Mr. Dreier makes is this: When we were the majority, we brought this bill to the floor under an open rule. We allowed all of the Members, not just the members of the subcommittee, not just the members of the Appropriations Committee, but we allowed all of the Members, as long as the amendment was germane--we did have to meet the germaneness issues, but we allowed Members to offer whatever amendments they felt that they should offer and to have the debate. So I'm a strong supporter of this bill because it's a good package. It provides for adequate training. It provides for adequate equipment to perform the mission, and it provides force protection information and equipment to protect the soldiers while they're fighting. So it's a good bill. We think that the rest of the Members should have an opportunity to be involved in the debate. This is a great, great national security issue.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican Standards on Congressional appropriations initiatives, I am submitting the following information regarding projects that was included at my request in H.R. 3326, The Defense Appropriations Bill of Fiscal Year 2010: Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Test Set (ADEPT) Account: Department of Defense, Operations Navy Other Procurement Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mikros Systems Address of Requesting Entity: 7887 Bryan Dairy Road, Suite 220, Largo, Florida 33777 Description of Request: Provides $1,000,000 for Department of Defense to conduct a competition for the Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Test Set (ADEPT). The Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Test Set (ADEPT) program is an intelligent, automated, programmable electronic test tool designed to aid shipboard technical personnel in the maintenance, alignment, calibration, and error diagnosis of radar and other complex electronic systems. Advanced Battery Technology (ABT) Account: United States Army, RDT&E Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Enser Corporation Address of Requesting Entity: 5430 70th Avenue North, Pinellas Park, FL 33781 Description of Request: Provides $2,000,000 in funding for Advanced Battery Technology (ABT) in the Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations Bill. This program is intended to establish a United States owned thermal battery capability to support advanced weapon systems. There are only two companies in the world that can produce these products. Enser Corporation is the only domestic source. Advancement in thermal battery technology is required for next generation weapons systems for strategic defense and advanced guided munitions, smart bombs and missiles. Advanced Conductivity Program (ACP) Account: United States Army, RDT&E Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Eclipse Energy Systems Inc. Address of Requesting Entity: 2345 Anvil Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33710 Description of Request: Provides $1,000,000 for the Advanced Conductivity Program (ACP). The United States Army has recognized the need for the manufacture of advanced nanotechnology film materials. These films reduce solar loading of vehicles and are transparent; electrically and thermally conductive and flexible; thereby enhancing the transparent and armor capability of avionic window systems. This allows the soldier increased situational awareness, survivability and effectiveness on the battlefield. Advanced Detection of Explosives (ADE) Account: United States Air Force, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alaka'i Consulting & Engineering, Inc. Address of Requesting Entity: 7887 Bryan Dairy Rd, Suite 220, Largo, FL 33777 Description of Request: $2,000,000 was requested for the United States Army to conduct a competition to provide for the Advanced Detection of Explosives (ADE). ADE will improve current counter-IED technology and detect improvised explosives devices (IEDs) at safe standoff distance thereby increasing survivability of warriors on the battlefield. Advanced Electronic Components for Sensor Arrays Account: United States Air Force, Aerospace Sensors Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. (CME) Address of Requesting Entity: 2904 44th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL 33714 Description of Request: $3,000,000 was requested for the United States Air Force to conduct a competition to provide for the Advanced Electronic Components for Sensor Arrays which will provide the Air Force with detailed designs and integration of advanced, lower cost electronic sensor components. These components will be used in large- scale phased array antenna architectures and other passive electromagnetic and EO/IR sensor arrays. These modular components for DC powered devices and critical power components effectively militarized will also support other highly integrated sensor arrays across the military services--air, space, ship, and shore assets. AN/AAR-47B(V)2 Missile Warning System Account: United States Navy, Aircraft Procurement Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Inc. Address of Requesting Entity: 13133 34th Street North, Clearwater FL 33762 Description of Request: $5,000,000 will be provided for the United States Navy for advancements in the AN/AAR-47B(V)2 Missile Warning System. The AN/AAR-47B(V)2 Missile Warning System is an extremely effective, low cost, missile warning system that provides significant timely warning of missile and laser threats to U.S. aircraft. This program will provide upgrades for new requirements based on emerging threats in the Global War on Terrorism, and it will address long-term performance improvements for emerging threats. This system is currently fielded in a wide variety of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft currently being used in Iraq and Afghanistan. The lessons learned from years of combat operations and subsequent upgrades to this system which would enhance the ability of the aircraft to avoid being shot down. Autonomous Marine Sensors and Networks for Rapid Littoral Assessment Account: United States Navy, ONR RDT&E Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of South Florida Address of Requesting Entity: 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 Description of Request: Provides $3,000,000 for the continuation of the Autonomous Marine Sensors and Networks for Rapid Littoral Assessment. This program continues development of advanced underwater sensing systems and associated networks that provide rapid assessment of underwater threats along the shoreline, providing greater security to bases and ports both domestically and abroad. Ballistic Missile Technology (BMT) Account: Air Force RDT&E Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Honeywell Address of Requesting Entity: 13350 U.S. Highway 19 North, Clearwater, FL 33764 Description of Request: $2,000,000 for the United States Air Force to conduct a competition to provide for the Ballistic Missile Technology. This project will help develop and mature the current Minuteman III program, the Navy's Trident D-5 Life Extension and Prompt Global Strike mission. BATMAV Program Miniature Digital Data Link (DDL) Account: United States Air Force, RDT&E Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Draper Labs Address of Requesting Entity: 9900 16th St N, PO Box 22369, St Petersburg, FL 33742-2369 Description of Request: $2,000,000 for the United States Air Force to conduct a competition for the development of the BATMAV Program Miniature Digital Data Link (DDL). The U.S. Air Force is developing a small one-man packable and one-man operable Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicle (BATMAV) for reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and battle damage assessment. A MCM micro Digital Data Link (DDL) will be developed with an agile frequency capability (providing multiple frequencies for AFSOC UAV operations) controlled via a USB computer interface and encryption capabilities to protect command and control and sensor communications. Battlefield Sensor Netting (BSN) Account: United States Navy/Marine Corps, RDT&E Legal Name of Requesting Entity: SAIC Address of Requesting Entity: Central Avenue, Suite 1370, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Description of Request: $3,000,000 for the United States Navy for the continuation of development for Battlefield Sensor Netting (BSN). BSN will provide the warfighter with unparalleled access to mission critical, real-time sensor data. Although tremendous progress has been made in the advancement of sensors, there has not been a corresponding advancement in data link network technologies that can effectively disseminate, display and exploit the tremendous amounts of data generated by modern sensor systems. The Battlefield Sensor Netting program bridges the sensor to shooter gap. It would provide a high bandwidth data network that combines the advantages of low cost, highly capable commercial wireless technologies with the extended range, jamming resistance and security provided by phased array antennas, military encryption systems and network software. Advanced Development of CBRN Detection Payload for Unmanned Rotary Wing Aircraft Account: United States Department of Defense, Defense Wide, RDT&E/DW Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Constellation Technology Corporation Address of Requesting Entity: Young-Rainey STAR Center, 7887 Bryan Dairy Road, Suite 100, Largo, Florida 33777-1452 Description of Request: $2,000,000 for the Department of Defense to conduct a competition for the development of an Advanced Development of CBRN Detection Payload for Unmanned Rotary Wing Aircraft. The New rotary wing unmanned aircraft offers many key benefits for CBRN detection in that they are capable of staying near a potential source (hovering) for extended periods. This effort is designed to take the lessons learned from fixed wing aircraft and develop a CBRN detection payload for rotary wing aircraft. Rotary wing aircraft offer a great potential improvement in the ability to detect CBRN from the air. The Rotary Wing UAV platforms are expected to be a more proficient means in addressing payload considerations associated with detector technology in the detection of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Comprehensive Maritime Domain Awareness Account: United States Department of Defense, Defense Wide, RDT&E/DW Legal Name of Requesting Entity: SRI International Address of Requesting Entity: 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Description of Request: $4,000,000 for the Department of Defense to provide for the continuation of development for Comprehensive Maritime Domain Awareness. The current program is conducted in conjunction with the University of South Florida. This funding would continue an ongoing successful program to detect, deter or prevent terrorist attacks against our ports as well as support a broad group of local and regional law enforcement agencies, national and defense assets tasked with protecting ports, waterways, and the general maritime commerce. The program is developing a comprehensive, networked, waterside and landside port and maritime domain awareness system. The initiative applies the latest available technology and develops new capabilities to fill deficiencies in existing systems. Technology used to support the effort takes advantage of the latest advances in micro-systems and nano-materials for sensors and communications. Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) Account: United States Navy, RDT&E Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Raytheon Company Address of Requesting Entity: 7401 22nd Avenue North, Building D, St. Petersburg, Florida 33710 Description of Request: $5,000,000 for the United States Navy to conduct a competition to provide for improvements to the current Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) program. CEC is the premier anti-air warfare sensor networking system for the United States Navy. Additional research and development funding will support critical anti- tamper upgrades to safeguard CEC technology and modify the CEC algorithms to support fleet defense against emerging threats. The anti- tamper upgrades will allow CEC technology to be used by our closest allies (the U.K. and Australia; also possibly Canada), thereby fostering an interoperability between our navies. Countermeasures to Chemical and Biological Controls--Rapid Response Account: United States Department of Defense, Defense Wide, RDT&E Defense-Wide, Chemical and Biological Defense Program Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of South Florida Address of Requesting Entity: 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 Description of Request: Provides $3,500,000 for Countermeasures to Chemical and Biological Controls--Rapid Response. This project assists the Department of Defense to primarily focus in two important medical areas: (1) numerous sub-project investigations, studies and research which has led to the development of recognized diagnostics and vaccines that are used to treat infectious diseases and more rapid response to chemical and biological agents such as anthrax, and (2) a highly successful program of training and education for first responders both in and outside of Florida. Over 3,500 persons (law enforcement officers, firefighters, medical personnel and the media, to name a few) have been trained to act quickly and efficiently in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster condition which necessitates the highest level of productivity to protect affected communities. Countermeasures to Combat Protozoan Parasites (Toxoplasmosis and Malaria) Account: United States Department of Defense, Defense-Wide, RDT&E, Defense-Wide, DARPA, Defense Research Sciences Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of South Florida Address of Requesting Entity: 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 Description of Request: Provides $2,000,000 for Countermeasures to Combat Protozoan Parasites (Toxoplasmosis and Malaria). There has been an increasing rate of difficulty to diagnose and treat infectious diseases occurring from battlefield experiences and exposure to multiple hazards. This project singularly focuses on specific molecular determinants of that threat and new research to lead to effective drug discovery treatments. The project also focuses on delivery and deployment of therapies directly to military personnel. This area of research is under funded in the U.S. military at present and is a growing and compelling need to protect our service members from long- term disability and death. Expansion of the Forensic Intelligence Technologies and Training Support Center of Excellence in Largo, Florida Account: Defense Wide, RDT&E Procurement Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National Forensic Science Technology Center Address of Requesting Entity: 7881 114th Avenue North, Largo, FL 33773 Description of Request: Provides $2,000,000 for Expansion of the Forensic Intelligence Technologies and Training Support Center of Excellence in Largo, Florida. This program currently has a strong working relationship with both SOCOM and CENTCOM. In addition the NFSTC works closely with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) which provides all the operational analysis and some reach back support to SOCOM. These factors along with over 65,000 sq ft of specifically designed training space make this an excellent regional training site for all Department of Defense forensic related training. Florida Counterdrug Program Account: United States Army National Guard, Operations and Maintenance Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Florida Army National Guard Address of Requesting Entity: 82 Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084 Description of Request: Provides $3,000,000 for the Florida Counterdrug Program. The Florida National Guard has the foremost Counterdrug Program in the nation. This funding would continue an ongoing successful program to detect, deter or prevent successful Drug Trafficking Organizations. This program continues to develop and resource innovative tactics to prevent penetration of our borders and reach our youth. The Florida National Guard is prepared to meet this challenge. In light of the ever emerging threats to our citizenry, this funding will sustain the Florida Counterdrug Program in its current capability in supporting our law enforcement and community-based program partners and defending the citizens of our Nation and State against the source of illegal drugs. Florida National Guard (FLNG) Total Force Integration Account: United States Air Force, RDT&E, Advanced Spacecraft Technology Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Honeywell Aerospace, Space Systems Address of Requesting Entity: 13350 U.S. Hwy 19 North, Clearwater, FL 33764 Description of Request: Provides $3,000,000 for Florida National Guard (FLNG) Total Force Integration. This project will enable Florida National Guard involvement in new range initiatives that will address the responsive space mission in addition to addressing a number of pressing Air Force and DOD range issues such as increasing launch costs, range infrastructure costs and range radar reliability, all of which have been challenges over the last decade. The Florida National Guard brings a unique perspective and expertise necessary to take full advantage of Total Force Integration; reducing the significant probability of failure of range instrumentation. The Guard provides safe and on-time launch range capabilities with lower costs and shorter cycle times, and provides lighter and leaner range operations. High Performance Thermal Battery Infrastructure Project Account: Defense Wide, Defense Production Act Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Enser Corporation Address of Requesting Entity: 5430 70th Avenue North, Pinellas Park, FL 33781 Description of Request: Provides $3,000,000 for the High Performance Thermal Battery Infrastructure Project. This project will greatly enhance the Defense Production Act Title III Program. The Battery Production Project is critical to meet production requirements of next generation weapon systems supporting the U.S. Homeland and U.S. War Fighters engaged in the Global War On Terror (GWOT). This DPA Title III Program Battery Production Project provides the Department of Defense the only manufacturing source available to meet production requirements of next generation weapon systems for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) strategic defense weapons and advanced tactical guided munitions, smart bombs and missiles for the US Armed Forces. This facility is the only United States owned source of high performance cobalt disulfide thermal batteries. Integrated Psycho-Social Healthcare Demonstration Project Account: United States Navy, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Health Integrated. Address of Requesting Entity: 10008 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, FL 33618. Description of Request: Provides $1,000,000 for the United States Navy to conduct a competition to provide for an Integrated Psycho- Social Healthcare Demonstration Project. This project proposes to enhance healthcare for US service members and their families, and to proactively address their unique psychological healthcare needs through the use of industry-leading targeted population management models. It will target a pilot population of DoD beneficiaries within a designated Military Treatment Facility area. The target population will be risk stratified. Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Global Sensors Architecture (ISR-GSA) and Full Motion Video (FMV) Assessment Project Account: Department of Defense, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National Interest Security Company (NISC) / Information Manufacturing Company (IMC). Address of Requesting Entity: 11300 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street North, Suite 310, St. Petersburg, FL 33716. Description of Request: Provides $2,000,000 for the Department of Defense to conduct a competition to provide for the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Global Sensors Architecture (ISR-GSA) and Full Motion Video (FMV) Assessment Project. This project fulfills an urgent need by Special Operating Forces (SOF) to achieve near real- time data fusion for deployed sensor systems. This project will supplement and enhance the SOF Warfighter both in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military / Law Enforcement Counterterrorism Test Bed Account: United States Air Force RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Pinellas County Sheriff Office. Address of Requesting Entity: 10750 Ulmerton Road, Largo FL 33778. Description of Request: Provides $3,000,000 for a Military / Law Enforcement Counterterrorism Test Bed. Civilian law enforcement professionals have unique skills in investigations, crime scene forensics and evidence gathering that are hard to find in the Department of Defense. The test bed program allows the Law Enforcement CT Test Bed to train Department of Defense Personnel in non- traditional warfare skills associated with counter insurgency and counter terrorism missions through interaction and training with the local and federal law enforcement community. These non-traditional law enforcement skills are required in the military's nation building role in urban environments both in Iraq and Afghanistan. Multi-Jurisdictional Counter-Drug Task Force Training (MCTFT) Account: United States Army National Guard, Counter Drug Activities Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Petersburg College. Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 13489, Saint Petersburg, FL 33733. Description of Request: Provides $3,500,000 for Multi-Jurisdictional Counter-Drug Task Force Training (MCTFT). This program brings law enforcement, military and civilian personnel together to fight the war on drugs through the Multi-Jurisdictional Counter-Drug Task Force Training (MCTFT) Program. This is the most comprehensive counter-drug training program today and is a federally funded partnership with the Department of Defense's National Guard Bureau, the Florida National Guard and St. Petersburg College. MCTFT provides unique counter-drug training for local, state, federal, and military criminal justice professionals as well as awareness training for community leaders. MCTFT offers in-depth courses covering aspects of counter-drug law enforcement using conventional classroom and scenario models as well as distance learning technologies. National Functional Genomics Center Account: United States Army, RDT&E, Advanced Medical Technology. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Address of Requesting Entity: 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 Description of Request: Provides $6,000,000 for the National Functional Genomics Center. This program will accelerate the discovery of new cancer drugs and save lives and burdensome dislocation of the fighting soldier and support personnel. This adds an enormous financial burden on the Department of Defense Tri-Care program utilized by our DoD veterans, their spouses and dependents. Medical R&D that will improve care, reduce morbidity, be cost specific and bring quality to the system is relevant to the Department of Defense mission and the taxpayer. National Terrorism Preparedness Institute Anti-Terrorism/Counter- Terrorism Technology Development and Training project Account: United States Navy, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Petersburg College. Address of Requesting Entity: 6021 142nd Avenue North, Largo FL 33760. Description of Request: Provides $3,500,000 for the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute Anti-Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism Technology Development and Training project. This project provides the DOD with technology and training development in the four pillars of combating terrorism: intelligence support, counterterrorism, anti- terrorism, and consequence management. The National Terrorism Preparedness Institute (NTPI) will continue to provide training to the DOD, emergency responders, and policy makers. This program will continue research and development of technology and training. Next Generation Scalable Lean Manufacturing Initiative--Phase Two Account: United States Navy, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Revenge Advanced Composites. Address of Requesting Entity: 12705 Daniel Drive, Clearwater, FL 33762 Description of Request: Provides $3,000,000 for the continued development of the Next Generation Scalable Lean Manufacturing Initiative--Phase Two. The second phase of this program could potentially revolutionize the ship building industry taking advantage of modern techniques, current technologies, and advanced materials such as composites. Specifically, this initiative will solve current and immediate operational needs/requirements to develop large-scale, high strength, light-weight structures. There is increasing demand at all levels within the Department of Defense for such modernizations today. Reduced Manning Situational Awareness project Account: United States Army, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: DRS Technologies Address of Requesting Entity: 6200 118th Avenue North, Largo, FL 33773 Description of Request: Provides $5,000,000 for the Reduced Manning Situational Awareness project. This program is a Command and Control (C2) system of integrated smart sensors, 3D visualization, video analytics, and bandwidth management. This system automates the monitoring of a wide array of sensors thereby reducing manning requirements and operator fatigue. These capabilities reduce operator costs and increase detection probability and response with increased protection of critical assets. This project will enhance the military capability to perform real-time battle surveillance as well as battle damage assessments. Regional Emergency Response Network Emergency Cell Phone Capability Account: United States Army National Guard, Operations and Maintenance Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Florida Army National Guard. Address of Requesting Entity: 82 Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084 Description of Request: $5,000,000 for the United States Army to provide for competition for a Regional Emergency Response Network Emergency Cell Phone Capability program. This program helps military managers and leaders improve efficiency by providing cellular service during the crucial hours after a disaster occurs. This would allow first responders to communicate with already existing hand held equipment thus providing a much quicker and focused coordinated recovery effort. Second Civil Support Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Florida Account: United States Army National Guard, Operations and Maintenance Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Florida Army National Guard. Address of Requesting Entity: 400 South Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399. Description of Request: Provides $2,000,000 for a Second Civil Support Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Florida. This appropriation would allow for continued Operations and Maintenance funding for a second Civil Support Team in Florida. This capability provides the citizens of Florida an increased response capability to match the potential terrorist and natural disaster threats in the state. Second Civil Support Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Florida. Account: United States Army National Guard, Personnel Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Florida Army National Guard. Address of Requesting Entity: 400 South Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399. Description of Request: Provides $1,200,000 for a Second Civil Support Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Florida. This appropriation would allow for continued personnel funding for a second Civil Support Team in Florida. This capability provides the citizens of Florida an increased response capability to match the potential terrorist and natural disaster threats in the state. Super High Accuracy Range Kit (SHARK) Precision Guided Artillery Round--105mm Account: United States Army, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: General Dynamics. Address of Requesting Entity: 11399 16th Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716. Description of Request: Provides $5,000,000 for the United States Army to conduct a competition for the Super High Accuracy Range Kit (SHARK) Precision Guided Artillery Round--105mm. This program is a promising technology for providing precision accuracy for 105mm artillery projectiles for use by the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) in order to reduce collateral damage. This technology utilizes Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance and rear steering fins packaged in a module that can be used on the newly type classified M1130 Pre-Formed Fragment (PFF) artillery projectiles. This technology incorporates a gun hardened Control Actuator System (CAS) that has been successfully demonstrated on the 155mm Excalibur program. United States Special Operations Command--SOCOM/STAR-TEC Partnership Program Account: Defense-Wide, RDT&E, Counter-Drugs Legal Name of Requesting Entity: CTC Tampa Bay, Inc. (STAR-TEC) Address of Requesting Entity: Young-Rainey STAR Center, 7887 Bryan Road, Suite 220, Largo, Florida 33777. Description of Request: Provides $2,000,000 for the United States Special Operations Command--SOCOM/STAR-TEC Partnership Program. This project would establish an ultra-responsive, local resource, tied to academia, science and industry to meet unique Special Operations Forces (SOF) requirements. STAR-TEC will research and share concepts and information under development by similar Department of Defense organizations and other rapid deployment forces combating the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT). United States Special Operations Command ``SOCRATES'' High Assurance Platform Program Account: Defense-Wide, RDT&E, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National Information Assurance Corporation (NIACORP) Address of Requesting Entity: 7887 Bryan Road, Suite 320, Largo, Florida 33777. Description of Request: Provides $1,000,000 for the United States Special Operations Command ``SOCRATES'' High Assurance Platform Program. This project would establish The High Assurance Platform (Trusted Virtual Environment) that will provide the capability for a secure solution allowing the user to access multi-level information (TS/SCI) to unclassified as well as a multi-domain information (NATO, Coalition) on a single desktop/laptop. Significant cost savings will be realized by the DOD throughout the life cycle of this technology while combating the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT). X-Band/W-Band Solid State Power Amplifier Account: Defense Wide, RDT&E. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Global Technical Services (GTS) Address of Requesting Entity: 6901 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, FL 33777. Description of Request: Provides $1,000,000 for an X-Band/W-Band Solid State Power Amplifier. This program will design, develop and test a solid state power amplifier at X-Band/W-Band to replace the current Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT), in order to provide a higher mean time before replacement thereby reducing overall costs.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican Standards on Congressional appropriations initiatives, I am submitting the following information regarding projects that were included at my request in H.R. 3293, the Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill: BayCare Health System Hardening of Facilities Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care- Related Facilities and Activities Legal name and address of requesting entity: BayCare Health System, 16331 Bay Vista Drive, Clearwater, FL 33760 Description of request: $1,000,000 is included in the bill for BayCare Health System to harden the acute care/in-patient care facilities by focusing on roofs, windows and e-power generation for climate control. Such infrastructure investments are critical in order to protect patients, staff and the hospital itself during and immediately after hurricanes. No previous federal funding was requested for this project. Cancer LifeLink Program at the Moffitt Cancer Center Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care- Related Facilities and Activities Legal name and address of requesting entity: Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 Description of request: $700,000 is included in the bill for the Moffitt Cancer Center for its Cancer LifeLink Program, which is an online patient portal technology solution that will provide cancer patients with access to personalized information on the most appropriate medical care available for their specific needs and circumstances, which will maximize clinical outcomes, empower individuals to take control of their care and enhance the health of the entire community through continuous monitoring and support of cancer survivors. The project involves a partnership with providers across the State of Florida and regionally. No previous federal funding has been provided for this project. Florida Blood Services Disaster Preparedness Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care- Related Facilities and Activities Legal name and address of requesting entity: Florida Blood Services, 10100 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 Description of request: $200,000 is included in the bill for Florida Blood Services to procure the required equipment to be able to maintain its full compliment of blood collection and distribution services during a natural disaster. This would allow for the real-time, uninterrupted management of more than 800,000 donors and provide for the processing of blood for patients at the Tampa Bay areas's major Category I Advanced Trauma Centers. No previous federal funding has been provided for this project. Florida Cancer Clinical Trial Patient/Physician Information and Education Project Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care- Related Facilities and Activities Legal name and address of requesting entity: University of South Florida, College of Education, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 Description of request: $500,000 is included in the bill for the University of South Florida for its Florida Cancer Clinical Trial Patient/Physician Information and Education Project. This program has developed continuing education and databases for the public on clinical trials for cancer treatments focusing on the nature of clinical trials and how patients might benefit, what trials are being conducted in Florida, the criteria for participation, and contact information. It also has developed an interactive web based program that lists all current cancer clinical trials and allows patients to determine programs for which they might be eligible. Further, it allows patients to share this information with their physicians. Previous funding was provided for this project as follows: FY 2004--$500,000, FY 2005-- $500,000, FY 2008--$536,000, FY 2009--$190,000. Florida Holocaust Museum Account: Institute of Museum and Library Services Legal name and address of requesting entity: Florida Holocaust Museum, 55 Fifth Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 Description of request: $200,000 is included in the bill for the Florida Holocaust Museum to develop and maintain its collection of Holocaust related material and to make that information available to the public and to student organizations. Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services Community Care Facility Account: Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Care- Related Facilities and Activities Legal name and address of requesting entity: Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, 14041 Icot Boulevard, Clearwater, FL 33760 Description of request: $500,000 is included in the bill for Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services to consolidate its operations into one facility to increase the number of patients served, enhance patient privacy, provide a more seamless system of care, and reduce overhead costs. Gulf Coast serves more than 50,000 at-risk children, youth, adults, and elderly. $190,000 was included for this project in FY 2009. Pinellas County Community Health Account: Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Legal name and address of requesting entity: Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756 Description of request: $300,000 is included in the bill for the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners to support the expansion of an integrated, coordinated mental health and substance abuse treatment program for chronic minor offenders. Working in partnership with local mental health and substance abuse agencies, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and other agency law enforcement officers, who have received specialized training to recognize and respond to situations involving an individual suffering from mental illness or chronic substance abuse, direct these individuals into the Community Care Chronic Minor Offender Program as an alternative to the County jail. The expansion of the program will further alleviate Pinellas County's cost of frequent detention of individuals for minor local offenses thus helping to close the revolving door. This program allows such offenders suffering from mental illness or chronic substance abuse to be voluntarily taken to a detoxification or mental health service facility for a thorough assessment in lieu of the County jail. If the individual is cognizant and willing to participate in the program, he/ she is referred/transported for housing (family or transitional housing) and for outpatient substance abuse and/or mental health services. Participating agencies have unfunded forensic beds, 24/7 crisis care, medication and outpatient treatment services needed to address the needs of these offenders and reduce the escalating jail population. The program also supports the offenders in their ability to stay close to family and friends and other support networks. 300 individuals are anticipated to be served in FY 2010. The county will provide $383,648 toward the cost of this project. These are the first federal funds requested. St. Petersburg College Healthcare Informatics Workforce Training Account: Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Legal name and address of requesting entity: St. Petersburg College, 6021 142nd Avenue North, Clearwater, FL 33760 Description of request: $300,000 is included in the bill for St. Petersburg College to continue work to create a course of study in the area of health care informatics that will meet the needs of the health care industry as it transitions to a system of electronic medical records. The college will develop a new postsecondary health care informatics curriculum, curricular units for secondary students, faculty development, and the marketing materials to recruit high school students and college students into health care informatics careers. The new courses will be designed for on-line learning but they will also be able to be delivered in a blended instructor-led format. Current health care employees will be able to receive individualized or group instruction and with the training will be able to move from entry-level jobs to increasingly responsible positions. A web portal will also be developed to serve as a source of information about health informatics, the college's certificate and degree programs, and related career and training opportunities. Youth will also learn about health care informatics through a structured high school outreach program and through in-school job and career presentations by college faculty. In addition, an online competency-based Introduction to Health Care Informatics tutorial will also be available free of charge to anyone interested in learning about health care informatics. Finally, an annual Health Care Informatics Symposium will bring nationally known subject matter experts to the region and provide a health care informatics forum for communication industry representatives, secondary and postsecondary faculty, and students. $95,000 was included for this project in FY 2009 Stetson University College of Law Elder Justice Program Account: Administration on Aging, Aging Services Programs Legal name and address of requesting entity: Stetson University College of Law, 1401 61st Street South, Gulfport, FL 33707 Description of request: $100,000 is included in the bill for the Stetson University College of Law to establish a pilot program to determine the most effective way to educate seniors about mortgage fraud and other financial scams. Through Stetson's Elder Justice Resource Center, this program will focus on ways to communicate with seniors about the inherent dangers from unsolicited offers for home refinancing, reverse mortgages, consumer goods, and financial opportunities. Communications strategies will include a telephone hotline, a web site, onsite visits to senior centers, retirement homes, libraries, clubs, and other places that seniors gather. $95,000 was provided in FY 2009 for this project. Stetson will match the FY 2010 request with $100,000.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican Standards on Congressional appropriations initiatives, I am submitting the following information regarding projects that were included at my request in the Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill: Central Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Enhancements: Account: Federal Transit Administration, Bus and Bus Facilities Legal name and address of requesting entity: City of St. Petersburg, 175 Fifth Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Description of request: $500,000 is included in the bill for the City of St. Petersburg for the continued development of a Bus Rapid Transit corridor along Central Avenue. The funding will be used for station development, streetscaping, signalization, surface street improvements, and pedestrian connectors. $475,000 was provided for this project in FY 2009. The city will provide $100,000. Clearwater Downtown Intermodal Terminal: Account: Federal Transit Administration, Bus and Bus Facilities Legal name and address of requesting entity: Pinellas Suncoast Transity Authority, 3201 Scherer Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 Description of request: $1,250,000 is included in the bill for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority for the construction of an Intermodal Terminal in downtown Clearwater to provide better transit connectivity for the residents of Clearwater and Pinellas County. This project is consistent with local Metropolitan Planning Organization and Florida Department of Transportation priorities for public transit amenity improvements and will provide additional benefits for future Bus Rapid Transit development by providing an accessible stop in Clearwater for various modes including pedestrian, bicycling, taxis, private charter and PSTA buses, vanpools, and carpools. This project will be undertaken by PSTA in collaboration with the City of Clearwater and Pinellas County and when construction begins, this project could provide employment for over 300 local residents. This is the first federal funding requested for this project. St. Petersburg City Trails Project: Account: Federal Highway Administration, Transportation, Community and System Preservation Program Legal name and address of requesting entity: City of St. Petersburg, 175 Fifth Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Description of request: $500,000 is included in the bill for the City of St. Petersburg for the City Trails program to enhance the safety of its bicycle and pedestrian trails. These improvements include the installation of the Enhancer, a rapid-flashing beacon at marked crosswalks, and countdown pedestrian signals and enhanced marking and traffic signs for mid-block crosswalks. This funding will allow the City to install these devices at eight new locations and construct two additional miles of sidewalk and/or 10 miles of new bike lanes. St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport Terminal Improvements: Account: Federal Aviation Administration, Grants-in-Aid for Airports Legal name and address of requesting entity: Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756 Description of request: $1,000,000 is included in the bill for the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners for runway, taxiway, and lighting rehabilitation at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport. Improvements will address structural problems and requirements needed to increase safety, to meet energy efficiency standards, and to accommodate airline growth. $831,250 was provided for airport improvements in FY 2009. Pinellas County will contribute $750,000. Veterans Commons: Account: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic Development Initiative Legal name and address of requesting entity: Central City Community Development Corporation, 2826 North Central Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 Description of request: $500,000 is included in the bill for the Central City Community Development Corporation for the renovation and construction of a complex to provide housing services for the underemployed and mentoring programs for at-risk youth. Veterans Commons is a planned community revitalization project to provide more than 350 affordable rental housing units, establish 25 new micro- entrepreneurial and retail outlets, and support community partnerships dedicated to the mentoring of at-risk youth and the underemployed. The project coordinates the activities and resources of many community-wide organizations and institutions under one redevelopment plan for Tampa Heights, potentially creating 400 jobs. No previous federal funds were requested for this project.