Full Text of HR1008 93rd General Assembly
HR1008 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Camp Lincoln and the Springfield Air National | 3 |
| Guard Base are valuable assets to the Springfield area and | 4 |
| provide critical support to the Illinois National Guard, the | 5 |
| United States Armed Forces, the Department of Defense, and our | 6 |
| allies; and
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| WHEREAS, Camp Lincoln contains the Illinois National Guard | 8 |
| State Headquarters, the Illinois Department of Military | 9 |
| Affairs, and the 129th Regiment Regional Training Institute, | 10 |
| with a mission to train current and future leaders in those | 11 |
| skills and traits necessary to meet United States Army | 12 |
| standards; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois National Guard conducts an annual | 14 |
| youth camp at Camp Lincoln for children of Illinois National | 15 |
| Guard members and Department of Defense employees; and
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| WHEREAS, Located at Capital Airport, the Springfield Air | 17 |
| National Guard Base is home to the 183rd Fighter Wing, which | 18 |
| provides combat ready aircraft, pilots, and support personnel | 19 |
| capable of global deployment to perform tactical, general | 20 |
| purpose warfare as directed by major command authority; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, The Air National Guard Base in Springfield | 22 |
| contributes nearly $60 million to the local economy and employs | 23 |
| 330 full-time and 1,140 part-time workers; and
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| WHEREAS, The Springfield Air National Guard Base is | 25 |
| continuously expanding to become more efficient and is | 26 |
| currently constructing a 45,000 square-foot, $10 million | 27 |
| building to house an auditorium, dining hall, medical clinic, | 28 |
| chaplains' office, and support services for troops; and
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| WHEREAS, Springfield is an ideal location for 183rd Fighter |
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| Wing to provide homeland defense and back-up for protecting | 2 |
| aircraft from Chicago to St. Louis, Kansas City and | 3 |
| Indianapolis; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States Department of Defense is in the | 5 |
| process of selecting military bases for the 2005 round of Base | 6 |
| Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in order to eliminate a 25 | 7 |
| percent excess capacity in armed services facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Armed forces and National Guard facilities in | 9 |
| Illinois that provide invaluable economic and employment | 10 |
| opportunities to the State and serve an important role in | 11 |
| military operations have been targeted for closure; therefore, | 12 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| urge the Department of Defense, members of Congress, and the | 16 |
| President of the United States to realize the significance of | 17 |
| the National Guard bases in Springfield and ensure that these | 18 |
| facilities are not included in the 2005 BRAC selection; and be | 19 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Congressional | 21 |
| delegation to make the effort of saving Camp Lincoln and the | 22 |
| Springfield Air National Guard Base a priority; and be it | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| delivered to the Secretary of Defense, the President of the | 26 |
| United States, and each member of the Illinois Congressional | 27 |
| delegation
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