Bill Text: NJ AR158 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Urges Congress to authorize spending for military construction project at 177th Fighter Wing of New Jersey Air National Guard.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2015-01-29 - Filed with Secretary of State [AR158 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-AR158-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 158

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  VINCENT MAZZEO

District 2 (Atlantic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Urges Congress to authorize spending for military construction project at 177th fighter wing of New Jersey Air National Guard.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 11, 2014, with amendments.

 

An Assembly Resolution urging Congress to authorize spending for a military construction project at the 177th ¹[fighter wing] Fighter Wing¹ of the New Jersey Air National Guard. 

 

Whereas, The 177^{th 1}[fighter wing] Fighter Wing¹ of the New Jersey Air National Guard has been located at the Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey since 1958; and

Whereas, The 177th ¹[fighter wing] Fighter Wing¹ has had active involvement in Operations Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Noble Eagle, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; and

Whereas, The 177^{th 1}[fighter wing] Fighter Wing¹ currently has two aircraft maintenance facilities that are inadequate and undersized for their intended purpose; and

Whereas, In their current condition, these facilities represent a significant limitation to the daily maintenance and sustainability of New Jersey's F-16 air fleet, and neither building meets current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) standards; and

Whereas, Congress has proposed a $10.2 million military construction project to combine and replace both facilities; and

Whereas, The project will incorporate energy and sustainability concepts so as to achieve optimum resource efficiency, while minimizing adverse impacts to the environment; and

Whereas, The new facility would permit increased production capability and be in compliance with OSHA and AFOSH standards, providing a safer work environment; and

Whereas, The new facility would provide the 177th ¹[fighter wing] Fighter Wing¹ with the capability to handle the next generation of advanced aircraft; and

Whereas, It is in the best interest of our State and our nation to urge Congress to authorize spending for the military construction project at the 177th ¹[fighter wing] Fighter Wing¹ of the New Jersey Air National Guard; now, therefore,

 

     Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  The General Assembly of the State of New Jersey hereby urges Congress to authorize spending for the military construction projects at the 177th ¹[fighter wing] Fighter Wing¹ of the New Jersey Air National Guard.

     2.  Copies of this resolutions, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, the ¹[President Pro Tempore] Majority Leader¹ of the United States Senate, the Minority Leader of the United States Senate, ¹the Chairs and ranking members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate Appropriations Committees and Armed Services Committees, the Chairs and ranking members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittees of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate Appropriations Committees,¹ each Senator and Representative from New Jersey in the Congress of the United States, ¹the United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs,¹ the Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, ¹the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, the Director of the Air National Guard of the National Guard Bureau,¹ the Governor of the State of New Jersey and the Adjutant General of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.