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

      By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
  S. 2694. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the Defense 
Logistics Agency for fiscal year 2009 $14,400,000 to replace fuel 
storage tanks at Kirtland 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 Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
  Kirtland Air Force Base serves many roles for the Department of 
Defense and the U.S. Air Force. The Nuclear Weapons Center, Air Force 
Research Laboratories, the New Mexico Air National Guard, and a 
Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration national 
laboratory are some of the many Federal entities doing work at 
Kirtland. As such, Kirtland's construction needs are many.
  Therefore, I am proud to offer this bill to authorize replacement of 
fuel storage tanks at Kirtland Air Force Base. The President's fiscal 
year 2009 budget requests $14.4 million for this work, and in keeping 
with that request my legislation authorizes $14.4 million for the work 
to replace the fuel storage tanks.
  Our armed forces deserve our full support, I am proud to offer my 
support for the personnel at Kirtland Air Force Base 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. 2694

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

     SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF FUEL STORAGE TANKS AT KIRTLAND AIR 
                   FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO.

       (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     replace fuel storage tanks at Kirtland Air Force Base, New 
     Mexico, in the amount of $14,400,000.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $14,400,000 for fiscal year 2009 for 
     military construction, land acquisition, and military family 
     housing functions of the Department of Defense (other than 
     the military departments) to carry out the project authorized 
     under subsection (a).
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