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1 change to H.R. 1591

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  1. Adds Sec. 2904. (a) It is the sense of Congress that the realignment of functions from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as prescribed under the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, should be accelerated to minimize the uncertainty faced by the dedicated professionals serving at the Center, and to ensure the quickest possible completion of facilities and the immediate transfer of functions from the Center on page 94, between lines 10 and 11

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    Inserted: Sec. 2904. (a) It is the sense of Congress that the realignment of functions from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as prescribed under the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, should be accelerated to minimize the uncertainty faced by the dedicated professionals serving at the Center, and to ensure the quickest possible completion of facilities and the immediate transfer of functions from the Center.

    Inserted: (b) Of the funds appropriated by this chapter for military construction under the heading "Department of Defense Base Closure Account, 2005", $123,000,000 shall be deposited into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005 established under section 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and made available for the acceleration of construction activities related to the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

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SA 694. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1591, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:

Sec. 2904. (a) It is the sense of Congress that the realignment of functions from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as prescribed under the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, should be accelerated to minimize the uncertainty faced by the dedicated professionals serving at the Center, and to ensure the quickest possible completion of facilities and the immediate transfer of functions from the Center.

(b) Of the funds appropriated by this chapter for military construction under the heading “Department of Defense Base Closure Account, 2005”, $123,000,000 shall be deposited into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005 established under section 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and made available for the acceleration of construction activities related to the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

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March 27, 2007