S.Amdt. 1405
What it does: Adds SEC. 1088. DESIGNATION OF ELLINGTON FIELD, TEXAS, AS A JOINT RESERVE BASE at the end of subtitle H of title X
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1088. DESIGNATION OF ELLINGTON FIELD, TEXAS, AS A JOINT RESERVE BASE at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
Section 382 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "biological or chemical" each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b).
Inserted: SEC. 1088. DESIGNATION OF ELLINGTON FIELD, TEXAS, AS A JOINT RESERVE BASE.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) Ellington Field is an installation strategically located in Houston, Texas, and utilized by all branches of the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (2) In recent years, military and other Federal personnel numbers at Ellington Field have grown dramatically, from approximately 1,500 in 2008 to more than 6,000 in fiscal year 2011. In fiscal year 2013, it is anticipated that an additional 300 active duty United States Coast Guard personnel will be stationed at Ellington Field, upon completion of a new facility.
Inserted: (3) Ellington Field also hosts components of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Homeland Security.
Inserted: (4) Ellington Field entities facilitate National Disaster Medical System operations for NASA, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and local responders, while also playing a key role in evacuation plans and emergency response activities across the Gulf Coast region.
Inserted: (5) Working with the Houston Airport System, Ellington Field has sustained a buffered zone around the installation, resulting in the City of Houston establishing Airport Land Use Regulations to ensure that future developments in the area will not encroach on operations at Ellington Field.
Inserted: (6) Ellington Field also possesses substantial flight line surge capacity, with more than 32 acres of recently renovated ramp, hangar, alert, and support aircraft space to accommodate numerous fixed-wing cargo and fighter aircraft in emergency situations.
Inserted: (7) The Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing, based at Ellington Field, manages the Ellington Airport control tower and mission, which covers Mission Operations Area W-147 over the Gulf of Mexico, providing an unrivaled 25,000 square miles of 50,000-foot altitude training airspace for primary use by Department of Defense aviation training.
Inserted: (8) The Houston, Texas, area is the only region in the United States to possess all 17 asset categories identified by the Department of Homeland Security as prime asset terrorist target threats. These assets include the Port of Houston, Galveston Bay, petrochemical plants providing 46 percent of United States production, refining facilities, NASA, the Houston Medical Center, four United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities, nuclear power facilities, major sports venues, and others.
Inserted: (b) Designation as Joint Reserve Base.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate Ellington Field, Texas, as a Joint Reserve Base.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1405. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1088. DESIGNATION OF ELLINGTON FIELD, TEXAS, AS A JOINT RESERVE BASE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Ellington Field is an installation strategically located in Houston, Texas, and utilized by all branches of the Armed Forces.
(2) In recent years, military and other Federal personnel numbers at Ellington Field have grown dramatically, from approximately 1,500 in 2008 to more than 6,000 in fiscal year 2011. In fiscal year 2013, it is anticipated that an additional 300 active duty United States Coast Guard personnel will be stationed at Ellington Field, upon completion of a new facility.
(3) Ellington Field also hosts components of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Homeland Security.
(4) Ellington Field entities facilitate National Disaster Medical System operations for NASA, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and local responders, while also playing a key role in evacuation plans and emergency response activities across the Gulf Coast region.
(5) Working with the Houston Airport System, Ellington Field has sustained a buffered zone around the installation, resulting in the City of Houston establishing Airport Land Use Regulations to ensure that future developments in the area will not encroach on operations at Ellington Field.
(6) Ellington Field also possesses substantial flight line surge capacity, with more than 32 acres of recently renovated ramp, hangar, alert, and support aircraft space to accommodate numerous fixed-wing cargo and fighter aircraft in emergency situations.
(7) The Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing, based at Ellington Field, manages the Ellington Airport control tower and mission, which covers Mission Operations Area W-147 over the Gulf of Mexico, providing an unrivaled 25,000 square miles of 50,000-foot altitude training airspace for primary use by Department of Defense aviation training.
(8) The Houston, Texas, area is the only region in the United States to possess all 17 asset categories identified by the Department of Homeland Security as prime asset terrorist target threats. These assets include the Port of Houston, Galveston Bay, petrochemical plants providing 46 percent of United States production, refining facilities, NASA, the Houston Medical Center, four United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities, nuclear power facilities, major sports venues, and others.
(b) Designation as Joint Reserve Base.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate Ellington Field, Texas, as a Joint Reserve Base.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2011