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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 37
Recognizing the 4th anniversary of the Trump administration’s Secretary
of the Air Force announcing Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama,
as the preferred location for United States Space Command Head-
quarters.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY13, 2025
Mr. S
TRONG(for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, and Mr.
P
ALMER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 4th anniversary of the Trump administra-
tion’s Secretary of the Air Force announcing Redstone
Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location
for United States Space Command Headquarters.
Whereas, on January 13, 2021, the United States Air Force
announced Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as
the preferred location for United States Space Command
Headquarters;
Whereas January 13, 2025, marks the 4th anniversary of
this decision being announced during the first Presi-
dential administration of Donald J. Trump;
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Whereas President Donald J. Trump directed the Secretary
of Defense to reestablish United States Space Command
as a unified combatant command on December 18, 2018;
Whereas, as a result of President Donald J. Trump’s direc-
tion, the Secretary of Defense directed the United States
Air Force Basing Office to initiate a basing action for the
preferred permanent location of United States Space
Command headquarters, hereafter referred to as the
‘‘2019 Basing Action’’;
Whereas the Secretary of the Air Force signed a memo-
randum approving a provisional headquarters pending the
selection of a preferred permanent location for United
States Space Command on January 15, 2020;
Whereas, on April 15, 2019, the Secretary of the Air Force
was given the authority to make a decision on the pre-
ferred permanent location for United States Space Com-
mand Headquarters;
Whereas, as a further result of President Trump’s direction,
the Secretary of Defense reestablished United States
Space Command as a unified combatant command on
August 29, 2019;
Whereas, as a result of concerns expressed by Congress re-
garding the 2019 Basing Action, the Secretary of De-
fense and Secretary of the Air Force met to discuss a
modified basing action and approved the 2020 Basing
Action, hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Strategic Basing Ac-
tion’’, on April 27, 2020;
Whereas the approved Strategic Basing Action contained
three phases and was initiated on May 14, 2020, starting
with the Self Nomination Phase and the solicitation of
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proposals from military installations interested in hosting
United States Space Command Headquarters;
Whereas, during the Self Nomination Phase, 66 candidate lo-
cations in 26 States were nominated and the Air Force
Basing Office determined 50 locations met the initial
nomination criteria;
Whereas the second Strategic Basing Action phase, hereafter
referred to as the ‘‘Evaluation Phase’’, began on July 23,
2020, and assessed each of the 50 locations on four eval-
uation factors ‘‘Mission’’, ‘‘Capacity’’, ‘‘Community’’, and
‘‘Costs to the Department of Defense’’, with 21 criteria
between the factors;
Whereas the Evaluation Phase concluded on November 18,
2020, and the United States Air Force publicly an-
nounced six finalists to advance to the third phase of the
Strategic Basing Action on November 19, 2020, ranked
in the following order:
(1) Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
(2) Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska.
(3) Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
(4) Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
(5) Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
(6) Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Flor-
ida.
Whereas the 2022 Department of Defense Inspector General
report titled ‘‘Evaluation of the Air Force Selection Proc-
ess for the Permanent Location of the U.S. Space Com-
mand Headquarters’’ found that there was a large break
in qualification that occurred after the top two locations
during the Evaluation Phase;
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Whereas the third phase of the Strategic Basing Action,
hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Selection Phase’’, was con-
ducted from December 4, 2020, through January 7,
2021;
Whereas the findings of the Selection Phase resulted in the
six finalists from the Evaluation Phase being ranked in
the following order:
(1) Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
(2) Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
(3) Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska.
(4) Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
(5) Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
(6) Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Flor-
ida.
Whereas the Strategic Basing Action found that Redstone
Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, consistently ranked as
the top location throughout the process and compared
more favorably across the 4 key factors and 21 criteria
than any other finalist location;
Whereas the Strategic Basing Action found that Huntsville,
more so than any other finalist location, provided a large,
qualified workforce, quality schools, superior infrastruc-
ture, and low initial and recurring costs to the Depart-
ment of Defense;
Whereas the aforementioned points proved that Redstone Ar-
senal in Huntsville, Alabama, was and remains to be, the
best location for United States Space Command Head-
quarters and informed the decision of the United States
Air Force selecting the site as the preferred location on
January 13, 2021;
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Whereas the findings of the Strategic Basing Action have
been supported by reports following subsequent Depart-
ment of Defense Inspector General and Government Ac-
countability Office investigations; and
Whereas, despite an extensive process determining that Red-
stone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was the best pos-
sible location for United States Space Command, on July
31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden and his Presidential
administration chose to disregard the findings of the
Strategic Basing Action and announced the intention to
locate the headquarters at the fifth best location, Colo-
rado Springs, Colorado: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
(1) recognizes that the United States Air 2
Force’s Strategic Basing Action process complied 3
with law and policy and was justified in identifying 4
Huntsville as the preferred permanent location for 5
United States Space Command Headquarters; 6
(2) strongly commends President Donald J. 7
Trump and his first Presidential administration for 8
completing a robust and fact-based Strategic Basing 9
Action focused on what was best to ensure the na-10
tional security and fiscal responsibility of the United 11
States and well-being of service members and their 12
families; 13
(3) strongly condemns President Joseph R. 14
Biden and his Presidential administration for dis-15
regarding the findings of the Strategic Basing Ac-16
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tion and allowing United States Space Command 1
Headquarters to be based at the fifth best location; 2
and 3
(4) encourages President Donald J. Trump and 4
his incoming second Presidential administration to 5
halt the Biden administration’s disastrous decision 6
and immediately proceed in establishing a perma-7
nent headquarters for United States Space Com-8
mand at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. 9
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