To express the sense of the Senate on the need for community impact assistance related to the construction by the Navy of an outlying landing field in North Carolina.

SA 1526. Mrs. DOLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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:

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SEC. 2887. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COMMUNITY IMPACT ASSISTANCE RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OF NAVY LANDING FIELD, NORTH CAROLINA.

It is the sense of the Senate that--

(1) the planned construction of an outlying landing field in North Carolina is vital to the national security interests of the United States; and

(2) the Federal Government should provide community impact assistance to those communities directly impacted by the location of the outlying landing field, including--

(A) economic development assistance;

(B) impact aid program assistance;

(C) the provision by cooperative agreement with the Navy of fire, rescue, water, and sewer services;

(D) access by leasing arrangement to appropriate land for farming for farmers impacted by the location of the landing field;

(E) direct ad valorem tax relief;

(F) direct relocation assistance; and

(G) fair compensation to landowners for property purchased by the Navy.