Pork Alert:House Department of Defense

CAGW`s Pork PatrolSM Takes a Closer Look at Fiscal 2010 Department of Defense
Pork
WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
Citizens Against Government Waste today released its preliminary analysis of the
House version of the fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. In
this year`s version, there are 649 projects worth $3.2 billion. One bright spot
in the bill is that the Joint Strike Fighter alternative engine program, which
received $465 million in earmarks in fiscal year 2009, did not receive any
earmarks. Some of the biggest porkers in the House authorization bill were Rep.
Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), with 17 projects worth $51,646,000, Rep. David
Loebsack (D-Iowa), with nine projects worth $48,200,000, and House Armed
Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), with 11 projects
worth $44,330,000.

The following are some egregious examples of pork that members of the House
added to the Defense bill:

* $43,200,000 for three projects requested by Reps. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), Zach
Wamp (R-Tenn.), and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) to construct a chapel complex at Fort
Campbell in Kentucky.
* $33,550,000 requested toward developing or purchasing renewable, wave, and bio
energy, divided among 11 projects, shared among 10 representatives and directed
to seven states.
* $7,000,000 for two projects for the Marine Mammal Awareness, Alert and
Response Systems: $3,500,000 by Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) for BAE Systems
in Honolulu, Hawaii; and $3,500,000 by Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) for
Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc. in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
* $4,000,000 by Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) for Open Source Research Centers
intended for Radiance Technologies in Fairborn, Ohio.
* $2,550,000 by Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) for whale and dolphin hearing
and echolocation projects for the Marine Mammal Research Program at the
University of Hawaii.

Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization
dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, mismanagement and abuse in government.

Citizens Against Government Waste
Leslie K. Paige
202-467-5334

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