[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6394]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-486. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the General 
     Assembly of the State of Iowa relative the Rock Island 
     Arsenal; to the Committee on Armed Services.

                       Senate Resolution No. 107

       Whereas, the facilities of the Rock Island Arsenal employ 
     several thousand people; reflect a greatly enhanced physical 
     plant, machine tool inventory, and data processing 
     capabilities; and comprise one of the largest weapons 
     manufacturing arsenals in the world; and
       Whereas, the Rock Island Arsenal has proven capable of 
     producing many weapons systems at a lower cost than producers 
     of such systems in the private sector; and
       Whereas, the Defense Megacenter-Rock Island, located at the 
     Rock Island Arsenal, has the significant ability to furnish a 
     full range of automation services, including business, 
     tactical, and logistical systems support; and
       Whereas, the communities in the states of Illinois and Iowa 
     which are located in the vicinity of the Rock Island Arsenal 
     recognize and appreciate the contribution which the Rock 
     Island Arsenal makes to the economic vitality and stability 
     of the region; Now therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate, That the United States Department 
     of Defense, the United States Army, and the United States 
     Congress are urged to place production work at the Rock 
     Island Arsenal, and to consider increased utilization of the 
     Arsenal's facilities, so that the capabilities of the Rock 
     Island Arsenal, and economic vitality of the surrounding 
     region, may be utilized to the fullest extent possible; and 
     be it further
       Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the 
     President of the United States, the United States Secretary 
     of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Commander of 
     Headquarters of the Army Materiel Command, the President, 
     Majority Leader, and


     Minority Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker, 
     Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the United States 
     House of Representatives, and to members of the Illinois and 
     Iowa congressional delegations.

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