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                                                                  H.R. No. 2281



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force 
Base has served generations of San Antonio military personnel and 
civilian residents since it first opened in 1954 as the United 
States Air Force medical training center; and
	WHEREAS, The United States Department of Defense has 
identified the Wilford Hall Medical Center for closure under the 
Base Realignment and Closure Act; and
	WHEREAS, The trauma center at Wilford Hall handles more than 
10,000 acute trauma care cases annually, and its closure will 
reduce trauma care services in its 22-county service region by a 
third; in addition, any relocation of trauma care services will 
cause a significant increase in transport time to alternative 
life-saving care; and
	WHEREAS, Thousands of military retirees in a large portion of 
the communities surrounding Wilford Hall receive inpatient care at 
the center, and more than 3,000 military and civilian medical staff 
members hold positions that would be eliminated; and
	WHEREAS, During times of peace as well as times of war, "Big 
Willie" has provided high-quality medical care to untold millions 
of citizens, and the citizens of San Antonio and countless military 
personnel have come to depend on the medical services afforded by 
this world-class teaching and trauma center; and
	WHEREAS, The recommendation to close Wilford Hall Medical 
Center can be reversed by the United States Senate and the president 
of the United States; and
	WHEREAS, A reversal of the recommendation by the Base 
Realignment and Closure panel would be in keeping with the national 
intent to honor and care for our military forces, both active and 
retired, and their families by continuing the full missions of 
Wilford Hall Medical Center; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby state its unwavering determination that Wilford 
Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio be 
removed from the U.S. Department of Defense recommended base 
closure list; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the president of the United States and the 
United States Senate, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense, be 
respectfully urged to reverse the recommendation to close Wilford 
Hall Medical Center and that its full services of medical and trauma 
care be maintained; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the Texas House of 
Representatives forward official copies of this resolution to the 
president of the United States, to the president of the senate of 
the United States Congress, and to the members of the Texas 
delegation to the senate with the request that this resolution be 
officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the 
Senate of the United States of America.

                                                                        Menendez

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 2281 was adopted by the House on May 
30, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House