NAS Fallon bill on way to becoming law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brian Baluta, 202-225-6155

May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-2) today announced that H.R. 1169, the NAS Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act, was included in H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, and it passed the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. Its inclusion in the defense funding bill makes it highly likely it will become law later this year.

The Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety Development Act would transfer a 400 acre BLM parcel within the confines of the Fallon Naval Air Station to the Secretary of the Navy. This land would be used for 200 new homes for Navy families and would provide needed flexibility to enable the base to grow. In 1991, BLM made this request, but more than 20 years later, the transfer has still not occurred.

“Most importantly, this land will enable the Navy to upgrade base housing without displacing families from their current homes,” said Amodei.

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