S.Amdt. 1513

SA 1513. Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, and Mr. Schumer) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 371, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SEC. 2887. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCURRING WITH THE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION LEGAL OPINION ON EXISTENCE OF LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO CLOSURE OR REALIGNMENT OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD ASSETS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate concurs with the conclusion that legal impediments exist to the closure or realignment of Air National Guard assets, as stated in the memorandum entitled “Discussion of Legal and Policy Considerations Related to Certain Base Closure and Realignment Recommendations” issued on July 14, 2005, by the Office of General Counsel of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission.