[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 29, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1588-E1589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. BARBARA CUBIN

                               of wyoming

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 29, 2008

  Mrs. CUBIN. Madam Speaker, in conformance with Republican Earmark 
Standards Guidance, I hereby submit the attached detailed finance plan 
for the C-130 Squadron Operations Facility at the Cheyenne Municipal 
Airport in Cheyenne, WY. This project is funded at $7,000,000 in H.R. 
6599, the Fiscal Year 2009 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs 
Appropriations Act, as reported by the House Appropriations Committee 
on July 24, 2008. I am pleased to support this project on behalf of the 
Wyoming National Guard as they seek to fulfill vital national defense 
and homeland security requirements in association with the active duty 
Air Force.

  Requesting Member: Rep. Barbara Cubin (WY-At Large).
  Bill Number: H.R. 6599.
  Account: Military Construction; Air National Guard.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Wyoming National Guard.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 5500 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne, WY 
82009.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark for $7,000,000 to 
construct a squadron operations facility at the Cheyenne Municipal 
Airport in Cheyenne, WY. Specifically, $5,795,000 for basic 
construction of the approximately 26,200 square foot facility; $200,000 
for utilities; $165,000 for roadway and parking pavements; $55,000 for 
site improvements; $75,000 for communications support; $315,000 in 
contingency funds for unforeseen expenses; and $396,000 for 
supervision, inspection and overhead. This request is consistent with 
the intended and authorized purpose of the Air National Guard's 
Military Construction account. The Wyoming National

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Guard has identified a need for this new, consolidated facility to 
provide space for administration, training, intelligence, life support, 
survival equipment, command post, flight planning, aircrew briefing 
rooms, flight management, and storage. This facility is designed to 
sustain 24-hour/day operations supporting airborne firefighting, 
aeromedical evacuation, and homeland defense missions of 12-PAA C-130 
aircraft associated with active duty Air Force personnel.

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