[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4111]
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SA 6697. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII add the
following:
SEC. 2873. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF LEASES FOR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
PROJECT AT F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, WYOMING.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) A project has been proposed connecting a new pedestrian
bridge to on-base parking lot improvements at F.E. Warren Air
Force Base, Wyoming, opening more than 2,000 parking spaces
for public use in connection with Cheyenne Frontier Days and
the Greenway trail system of the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
(2) That project has been approved by the Wyoming
Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway
Administration.
(3) Funding for both the pedestrian bridge and the parking
lot improvements has been secured by the City of Cheyenne and
Cheyenne Frontier Days, Inc.
(4) The leases required for the parking lot improvements
and pedestrian bridge access have been approved by the
Commander of F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and
forwarded to Air Force Global Strike Command for further
review.
(b) Expedited Review Required.--Not later than 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Air Force shall expedite review of, and finalize, the
leases described in subsection (a)(4).
(c) Briefing Required.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air
Force shall provide to the congressional defense committees a
briefing on the status of the leases described in subsection
(a)(4), including any obstacles to completing review of such
leases by the deadline described in subsection (b).
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