00SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                                                 
01 Relating to the conversion of the Naval Air Facility in Adak.                                                           
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:                                                                                           
03  WHEREAS the closure of the Naval Air Facility in Adak, Alaska, is anticipated to                                       
04 occur in 1995; 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 Senate supports the conversion of the Naval Air Facility                                       

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