[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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