[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. 2693. A bill to authorize to be appropriated to the Department of 
the Air Force for fiscal year 2009 $3,150,000 for additions and 
alterations to a Flight Simulator 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 because of a March 2006 decision by the 
Secretary of Defense to use Holloman Air Force Base as an F-22 Raptor 
base.
  One of these is for additions and alterations to a Flight Simulator 
facility to support the F-22 transition 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 $3.15 million for the additions and alterations to the 
Flight Simulator facility.
  Our Air Force fighter wings defend our homeland and support all 
global combat operations. I am proud to support those airmen, and I 
look forward to working on this bill and taking other actions to 
support our military forces.
  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. 2693

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

     SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF FLIGHT SIMULATOR FACILITY, 
                   HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO.

       (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may construct additions and alterations to the Flight 
     Simulator Facility at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, in 
     the amount of $3,150,000.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $3,150,000 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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