Bill Text: PA SR151 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging the Congress of the United States to reconsider the establishment of the "National Museum of the United States Army" in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and to continue the development of the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Cumberland County, as an asset for Army outreach efforts and education of citizens on the contributions of the United States Army and its soldiers.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-5)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-27 - Transmitted as directed [SR151 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR151-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1402
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 151 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY VANCE, BAKER, PILEGGI, PIPPY, CORMAN AND WAUGH, JUNE 21, 2011
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 21, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to reconsider the
establishment of the "National Museum of the United States
Army" in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and to continue the
development of the Army Heritage and Education Center in
Carlisle, Cumberland County, as an asset for Army outreach
efforts and education of citizens on the contributions of the
United States Army and its soldiers.
WHEREAS, The United States Army Heritage and Education Center
(USAHEC) is located in Carlisle, Cumberland County, and is the
Army's preeminent museum and research complex; and
WHEREAS, The USAHEC is a campus of 56 acres of land donated
by Cumberland County and valued at $3.3 million; and
WHEREAS, The USAHEC consists of a research library and
archives, a visitor and education center with an exhibit and
interpretive gallery, a soon-to-be complete conservation
facility and an Army heritage trail with period structures and
displays promoting United States Army values; and
WHEREAS, The USAHEC was constructed beginning in 2004 with
Federal, State and local funds totaling $48 million; and
WHEREAS, The USAHEC is an invaluable resource for the United
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States Army and supports the Army's strategic communications
outreach based on its location, collection and physical plant;
and
WHEREAS, Last year more than 100,000 people visited the
USAHEC and the number of visitors has been increasing; and
WHEREAS, The Army announced on Friday, June 17, 2011, that
the national museum will be constructed in Fort Belvoir,
Virginia, at a cost of $155 million; and
WHEREAS, Thus far $57.8 million has been raised in private
donations for the museum, but taxpayer dollars will be necessary
to cover the shortfall; and
WHEREAS, This is an unnecessary expenditure of taxpayer
dollars when the USAHEC in Carlisle already has space available
to house a museum and is a premier location to receive visitors;
and
WHEREAS, Recently, a department of the United States Army
budget work group recommended closing USAHEC in Carlisle and
transferring its functions to Fort McNair, Washington, DC;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania urge the Congress
of the United States to reconsider the establishment of the
"National Museum of the United States Army" in Fort Belvoir,
Virginia, and support the continued development of the United
States Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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