[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1527-S1528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
  S. 2692. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the Department of 
the Air Force for fiscal year 2009 $4,600,000 for the construction of 
an Aerospace Ground Equipment Facility at Holloman Air Force Base, New 
Mexico; to the Committee on Armed Services.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation 
authorizing new construction at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
  I am proud to offer this bill because Holloman has a variety of 
military construction needs associated with the Air Force's decision to 
house F-22A Raptors at Holloman Air Force Base.
  One of these is an Aerospace Ground Equipment facility to support the 
F-22 transition and stationing at Holloman. The Department of Defense 
budgeted

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for this item in its fiscal year 09 Defense budget request, and in 
keeping with that request my legislation authorizes $4.6 million for 
the construction of the Aerospace Ground Equipment facility.
  Holloman Air Force Base is an important asset to our nation, and I am 
proud to support the base and the airmen stationed there by introducing 
this bill.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2692

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTION OF AEROSPACE GROUND EQUIPMENT 
                   FACILITY, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO.

       (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may construct an Aerospace Ground Equipment Facility at 
     Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, in the amount of 
     $4,600,000.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $4,600,000 for fiscal year 2009 for 
     military construction, land acquisition, and military family 
     housing functions of the Department of the Air Force to carry 
     out the project authorized under subsection (a).
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