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4	4	STSESSION S. RES. 23
5	5	Recognizing the 4th anniversary of the Trump administration’s Secretary
6	6	of the Air Force announcing Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama,
7	7	as the preferred location for United States Space Command Head-
8	8	quarters.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	JANUARY13, 2025
11	11	Mr. T
12	12	UBERVILLE(for himself and Mrs. BRITT) submitted the following
13	13	resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
14	14	RESOLUTION
15	15	Recognizing the 4th anniversary of the Trump administra-
16	16	tion’s Secretary of the Air Force announcing Redstone
17	17	Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location
18	18	for United States Space Command Headquarters.
19	19	Whereas, on January 13, 2021, the United States Air Force
20	20	announced Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as
21	21	the preferred location for United States Space Command
22	22	Headquarters;
23	23	Whereas January 13, 2025, marks the 4th anniversary of
24	24	this decision being announced during the first Presi-
25	25	dential administration of Donald J. Trump;
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29	29	Whereas President Donald J. Trump directed the Secretary
30	30	of Defense to reestablish United States Space Command
31	31	as a unified combatant command on December 18, 2018;
32	32	Whereas, as a result of President Donald J. Trump’s direc-
33	33	tion, the Secretary of Defense directed the United States
34	34	Air Force Basing Office to initiate a basing action for the
35	35	preferred permanent location of United States Space
36	36	Command headquarters, hereafter referred to as the
37	37	‘‘2019 Basing Action’’;
38	38	Whereas the Secretary of the Air Force signed a memo-
39	39	randum approving a provisional headquarters pending the
40	40	selection of a preferred permanent location for United
41	41	States Space Command on January 15, 2020;
42	42	Whereas, on April 15, 2019, the Secretary of the Air Force
43	43	was given the authority to make a decision on the pre-
44	44	ferred permanent location for United States Space Com-
45	45	mand Headquarters;
46	46	Whereas, as a further result of President Trump’s direction,
47	47	the Secretary of Defense reestablished United States
48	48	Space Command as a unified combatant command on
49	49	August 29, 2019;
50	50	Whereas, as a result of concerns expressed by Congress re-
51	51	garding the 2019 Basing Action, the Secretary of De-
52	52	fense and Secretary of the Air Force met to discuss a
53	53	modified basing action and approved the 2020 Basing
54	54	Action, hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Strategic Basing Ac-
55	55	tion’’, on April 27, 2020;
56	56	Whereas the approved Strategic Basing Action contained
57	57	three phases and was initiated on May 14, 2020, starting
58	58	with the Self Nomination Phase and the solicitation of
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61	61	•SRES 23 IS
62	62	proposals from military installations interested in hosting
63	63	United States Space Command Headquarters;
64	64	Whereas, during the Self Nomination Phase, 66 candidate lo-
65	65	cations in 26 States were nominated and the Air Force
66	66	Basing Office determined 50 locations met the initial
67	67	nomination criteria;
68	68	Whereas the second Strategic Basing Action phase, hereafter
69	69	referred to as the ‘‘Evaluation Phase’’, began on July 23,
70	70	2020, and assessed each of the 50 locations on four eval-
71	71	uation factors ‘‘Mission’’, ‘‘Capacity’’, ‘‘Community’’, and
72	72	‘‘Costs to the Department of Defense’’, with 21 criteria
73	73	between the factors;
74	74	Whereas the Evaluation Phase concluded on November 18,
75	75	2020, and the United States Air Force publicly an-
76	76	nounced six finalists to advance to the third phase of the
77	77	Strategic Basing Action on November 19, 2020, ranked
78	78	in the following order:
79	79	(1) Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
80	80	(2) Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska.
81	81	(3) Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
82	82	(4) Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs,
83	83	Colorado.
84	84	(5) Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New
85	85	Mexico.
86	86	(6) Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Flor-
87	87	ida.
88	88	Whereas the 2022 Department of Defense Inspector General
89	89	report titled ‘‘Evaluation of the Air Force Selection Proc-
90	90	ess for the Permanent Location of the U.S. Space Com-
91	91	mand Headquarters’’ found that there was a large break
92	92	in qualification that occurred after the top two locations
93	93	during the Evaluation Phase;
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97	97	Whereas the third phase of the Strategic Basing Action,
98	98	hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Selection Phase’’, was con-
99	99	ducted from December 4, 2020, through January 7,
100	100	2021;
101	101	Whereas the findings of the Selection Phase resulted in the
102	102	six finalists from the Evaluation Phase being ranked in
103	103	the following order:
104	104	(1) Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
105	105	(2) Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New
106	106	Mexico.
107	107	(3) Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska.
108	108	(4) Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.
109	109	(5) Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs,
110	110	Colorado.
111	111	(6) Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Flor-
112	112	ida.
113	113	Whereas the Strategic Basing Action found that Redstone
114	114	Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, consistently ranked as
115	115	the top location throughout the process and compared
116	116	more favorably across the 4 key factors and 21 criteria
117	117	than any other finalist location;
118	118	Whereas the Strategic Basing Action found that Huntsville,
119	119	more so than any other finalist location, provided a large,
120	120	qualified workforce, quality schools, superior infrastruc-
121	121	ture, and low initial and recurring costs to the Depart-
122	122	ment of Defense;
123	123	Whereas the aforementioned points proved that Redstone Ar-
124	124	senal in Huntsville, Alabama, was and remains to be, the
125	125	best location for United States Space Command Head-
126	126	quarters and informed the decision of the United States
127	127	Air Force selecting the site as the preferred location on
128	128	January 13, 2021;
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132	132	Whereas the findings of the Strategic Basing Action have
133	133	been supported by reports following subsequent Depart-
134	134	ment of Defense Inspector General and Government Ac-
135	135	countability Office investigations; and
136	136	Whereas, despite an extensive process determining that Red-
137	137	stone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was the best pos-
138	138	sible location for United States Space Command, on July
139	139	31, 2023, President Joseph R. Biden and his Presidential
140	140	administration chose to disregard the findings of the
141	141	Strategic Basing Action and announced the intention to
142	142	locate the headquarters at the fifth best location, Colo-
143	143	rado Springs, Colorado: Now, therefore, be it
144	144	Resolved, That the Senate— 1
145	145	(1) recognizes that the United States Air 2
146	146	Force’s Strategic Basing Action process complied 3
147	147	with law and policy and was justified in identifying 4
148	148	Huntsville as the preferred permanent location for 5
149	149	United States Space Command Headquarters; 6
150	150	(2) strongly commends President Donald J. 7
151	151	Trump and his first Presidential administration for 8
152	152	completing a robust and fact-based Strategic Basing 9
153	153	Action focused on what was best to ensure the na-10
154	154	tional security and fiscal responsibility of the United 11
155	155	States and well-being of service members and their 12
156	156	families; 13
157	157	(3) strongly condemns President Joseph R. 14
158	158	Biden and his Presidential administration for dis-15
159	159	regarding the findings of the Strategic Basing Ac-16
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163	163	tion and allowing United States Space Command 1
164	164	Headquarters to be based at the fifth best location; 2
165	165	and 3
166	166	(4) encourages President Donald J. Trump and 4
167	167	his incoming second Presidential administration to 5
168	168	halt the Biden administration’s disastrous decision 6
169	169	and immediately proceed in establishing a perma-7
170	170	nent headquarters for United States Space Com-8
171	171	mand at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. 9
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