[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1528-S1529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
  S. 2696. A bill authorize to be appropriated to the Department of the 
Air Force for fiscal year 2009 $14,500,000 for the alteration of a 
hangar at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the construction of 
a Low Observable Composite Repair Facility; to the Committee on Armed 
Services.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation 
authorizing new construction at Holloman Air Forc Base, New Mexico.
  I am proud to offer this bill because with F-22s scheduled to arrive 
at Holloman in 2009, military construction is needed at the base.
  One of those needs is alteration of an existing hangar for 
construction of a Low Observable Composite Repair Facility to support 
the F-22 transition

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and stationing at Holloman. The Department of Defense budgeted for this 
item in its fiscal year 2009 Defense budget request, and in keeping 
with that request my legislation authorizes $14.5 million for the 
construction of the Low Observable Composite Repair Facility.
  Our Air Force fighter wings are an important part of our global 
combat operations. I am proud to support our airmen, and I look forward 
to working on this bill to address some of their construction needs.
  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. 2696

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

     SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTION OF LOW OBSERVABLE COMPOSITE REPAIR 
                   FACILITY, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO.

       (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may alter a hangar at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, to 
     construct a Low Observable Composite Repair Facility, in the 
     amount of $14,500,000.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $14,500,000 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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