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SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 105 – Mtn Home Air Force Base/mission

SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 105

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SJM105.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE - Stating findings of the Legislature and
asking the Congress of the United States to give strong consideration to
both increasing the current mission and adding additional missions to
Mountain Home Air Force Base.
                                                                        
02/10    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
02/12    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Kennedy
    Title apvd - to House
02/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
02/19    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/25    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsors - Wills & Nielsen
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/26    To enrol
02/27    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/01    Sp signed
03/02    To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                               SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 105
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GEORGE W. BUSH, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE
  3        OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO  THE
  4        CONGRESSIONAL  DELEGATION  REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS
  5        OF THE UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  6        We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of  the
  7    State  of  Idaho  assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh
  8    Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
  9        WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Department of Defense and the  Con-
 10    gress of the United States that reductions will occur in the size of the mili-
 11    tary forces of the United States; and
 12        WHEREAS, these force reductions will result in the elimination and consol-
 13    idation of military bases throughout the United States; and
 14        WHEREAS,  maximizing  the  security  of the United States with a downsized
 15    military establishment will necessitate utilizing the most cost-effective  and
 16    versatile bases; and
 17        WHEREAS, Mountain Home Air Force Base has been demonstrated to be a highly
 18    cost-effective and versatile base, with costs of operation among the lowest in
 19    the nation; and
 20        WHEREAS,  the state of Idaho has worked closely with the United States Air
 21    Force in order to significantly increase the  size  and  capabilities  of  the
 22    training range used by Mountain Home Air Force Base, demonstrating the commit-
 23    ment  of  the  state of Idaho to the United States Air Force and the strategic
 24    defense of the United States of America.
 25        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 26    sion  of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Rep-
 27    resentatives concurring therein, that the Congress of the United States should
 28    give strong consideration to both increasing the current  mission  and  adding
 29    additional missions to Mountain Home Air Force Base.
 30        BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED  that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is
 31    hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to President
 32    George W. Bush, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
 33    Representatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
 34    State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13899

The purpose of this Senate Joint Memorial is to notify the President 
of the United States, the United States Senate and House of 
Representatives and Idaho s congressional delegation that the Legislature 
of the State of Idaho considers Mountain Home Air Force Base to be an 
extremely important component of the strategic military defense of the 
United States of America. The U. S. Department of Defense is currently 
studying the missions and performance characteristics of all military bases 
in the United States and will be recommending the closure of certain bases, 
or the reduction of the missions conducted at some of the bases. The memorial 
urges that the U. S. Department of Defense and the Congress of the United 
States give strong consideration to retaining, and even increasing or 
expanding, the current mission of Mountain Home Air Force Base.

                           FISCAL IMPACT
                       
Adoption of this memorial will have no fiscal impact on the general fund. 
The closure -  or reduction in the mission - of Mountain Home Air Force 
Base, however, would have a serious adverse economic impact on the City 
of Mountain Home, Elmore County, the treasure valley, and indeed the entire 
state of Idaho.


Contact
Name:    Sen. Fred Kennedy
Phone:   332-1348
            
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE / FISCAL NOTE                            SJM 105