00HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 10                                                                                                 
01 Relating to the conversion of the Naval Air Facility in Adak.                                                           
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:                                                                         
03  WHEREAS the closure of the Naval Air Facility in Adak, Alaska, is anticipated to                                       
04 occur in 1996; and                                                                                                      
05  WHEREAS the land and existing infrastructure of the facility could be used after the                                   
06 closure to benefit people and businesses in the state, as well as to serve the long-term interests                      
07 of the state and the federal government; and                                                                            
08  WHEREAS the closure of the facility presents a unique opportunity to develop a new                                     
09 community for the western Aleutians, to promote commercial ventures, and to use the existing                            
10 land and infrastructure for community purposes; and                                                                     
11  WHEREAS, unless appropriate steps are taken  immediately to preserve the buildings                                     
12 and other infrastructure from damage by wind and moisture, the future use of the existing                               
13 infrastructure and the development of the Adak community will be jeopardized;                                           
14  BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives supports the conversion of the                                        

01 Naval Air Facility in Adak, Alaska, into a facility that can be used beneficially by the citizens                       
02 of the western Aleutians; and be it                                                                                     
03  FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives respectfully requests the                                           
04 United States Department of the Navy, Department of the Interior, and Department of Defense                             
05 to                                                                                                                      
06   (1)  take effective and timely measures to preserve the infrastructure that                                           
07 constitutes the Naval Air Facility in Adak, Alaska;                                                                     
08   (2)  work closely with all federal and state agencies and the Aleut Corporation                                       
09 regarding the future use of the facility after its closure;                                                             
10   (3)  designate in a timely manner an authority, preferably the Aleut Corporation,                                     
11 for developing the future use of the property constituting the facility; and                                            
12   (4)  arrange for the transfer of the property that constitutes the facility to the                                    
13 Aleut Corporation as part of the corporation's entitlement under 43 U.S.C. 1601 - 1641                                  
14 (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act).                                                                                  
15  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                                
16 United  States; to the Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and                                  
17 President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. House of                                 
18 Representatives; the Honorable William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense; the Honorable John                               
19 H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; the Honorable Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior; the                           
20 Honorable Alan J. Dixon, Chair of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission;                                  
21 and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and                                  
22 the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in                                       
23 Congress.