Representative Cubin Announces Fiscal Year 2009 Earmark Requests
By: Barbara Cubin
4/29/08
Washington, DC—Today Representative Cubin released a list of her earmark requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. Consistent with previous efforts, the Congresswoman publically released this information in an effort to make the earmark process more transparent and accountable. Representative Cubin’s FY 2009 requests include healthcare, defense, law enforcement, transportation, education, energy efficiency, and cultural projects in Wyoming.
The term earmark describes already appropriated money Congress directs to a project at the specific request of a Member of Congress. It is important to note that earmark requests are not synonymous with new or increased spending. Earmarks simply serve to specifically designate where and how already allocated money is to be spent. The earmark process offers guidance to the House Appropriations Committee on how to allocate the dollars of a previously agreed upon budget. The appropriations process involves many steps and the requests Representative Cubin made this fiscal year are not guaranteed to be funded.
Upon requesting these earmarks Representative Cubin commented, “Long before I was elected to Congress, I thought that Wyomingites did not see a fair share of federal tax money returned to our State, even though we certainly give more than our fair share to the federal coffers. During my time in Congress, I have sought to have more money returned to Wyoming to fund projects that my constituents and I find to be important and beneficial.” Cubin concluded, “Most likely fewer than half of these requests will be approved. Earmarks are no different from most things in life, you can’t always get what you want.”
- $150,000 for the A Child Is Missing (ACIM) project in the State of Wyoming
- $192,500 for the City of Cheyenne, WY Dry Creek Reclaimed Water Bulk Dispensing Project
- $200,000 for the Green River Pedestrian Viaduct Improvement Project in Green River, WY
- $350,000 for the Methamphetamine Research, Education, and Transition Assistance project at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY
- $355,000 for The Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation in Thermopolis, WY
- $360,000 for the Automated Helicopter Load Acquisition System project
- $400,000 for the Public Safety Officer Training Center in Casper, WY
- $404,680 for The Vision Therapy Project in the State of Wyoming
- $500,000 for the Testing and Utilization of Venturi Off-Set Technology (VOST) Control Valves for Petroleum Applications
- $500,000 for the University of Wyoming’s Wildlife/Livestock Disease Research Partnership
- $500,000 for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, WY
- $500,000 for ARK Regional Services Creative Arts Center in Laramie, WY
- $550,000 for the Big Horn Basin Outdoor Heritage Center in Thermopolis, WY
- $600,000 for the Wyoming Accelerated Soil Survey Project on both private and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Wyoming
- $650,000 for the City of Casper Energy Sustainability Project
- $801,208 for upgrades to the Yellowstone National Park Volcano Seismic Array
- $870,000 for the Enhanced Robotic Manipulators for Defense Applications project
- $975,000 for the Wyoming Meth Project for the State of Wyoming
- $1 million for WyoLink Upgrades in Gillette, WY
- $1 million for the Self-Contained Automated Vehicle Washing and Decontamination System project for the Department of Defense
- $1.25 million for Virtual Medical Training for Nurses at Central Wyoming College in Riverton, WY
- $1.25 million for the Norris Viaduct project in Cheyenne, WY
- $1.395 million for reconstruction of the Gurley Avenue Overpass in Gillette, WY
- $2 million for the Casper Civic Auditorium in Casper, WY
- $2.3 million for the Tri-State Predator Control Program
- $2.5 million for the Wyoming CO2 Sequestration Testing Program at the University of Wyoming
- $3.1 million to enable the National Park Service to acquire an undivided interest in the 35-acre Snake River Ranch Tract III property
- $3.4 million for the Enhanced Landmine and IED Detection System project
- $3.6 million for the Multicontinuum Technology for Space Structures project
- $4.2 million toward the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
- $4.5 million for the Eye-Safe Long Range Stand-Off System for Detection of Chemical and Biological Weapons project
- $4.63 million for the ADAL Primary Missile Routes at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, WY
- $5 million for reconstruction and widening of Wyoming Highway 59, Gillette to Wright, WY
- $5 million for reconstruction of I-80, Wamsutter, WY
- $5 million for reconstruction of I-25 from Hat Six Road to Glenrock, WY
- $5 million for reconstruction of 17-Mile road, Wind River Indian Reservation
- $5 million for the construction of passing lanes on U.S. Highway 85, from Cheyenne to Newcastle, WY
- $5.73 million for the Town of Lovell, WY Water and Sewer Upgrades
Representative Barbara Cubin
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