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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 23 

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 Headquarters. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 13, 2025 

Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself and Mrs. BRITT) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

RESOLUTION 

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 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 Presidential 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 direction, 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 memorandum 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 preferred permanent location for United States Space Command 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 regarding the 2019 Basing Action, the Secretary of Defense 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 Action’’, 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 locations 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 evaluation 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 announced 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, Florida. 

Whereas the 2022 Department of Defense Inspector General 

report titled ‘‘Evaluation of the Air Force Selection Process for the Permanent Location of the U.S. Space Command 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 conducted 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, Florida. 

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 infrastructure, and low initial and recurring costs to the Department of Defense; 

Whereas the aforementioned points proved that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was and remains to be, the 

best location for United States Space Command Headquarters 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 Department of Defense Inspector General and Government Accountability Office investigations; and 

Whereas, despite an extensive process determining that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was the best possible 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, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes that the United States Air 

3 Force’s Strategic Basing Action process complied 

4 with law and policy and was justified in identifying 

5 Huntsville as the preferred permanent location for 

6 United States Space Command Headquarters; 

7 (2) strongly commends President Donald J. 

8 Trump and his first Presidential administration for 

9 completing a robust and fact-based Strategic Basing 

10 Action focused on what was best to ensure the na11 tional security and fiscal responsibility of the United 

12 States and well-being of service members and their 

13 families; 

14 (3) strongly condemns President Joseph R. 

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1 tion and allowing United States Space Command 

2 Headquarters to be based at the fifth best location; 

3 and 

4 (4) encourages President Donald J. Trump and 

5 his incoming second Presidential administration to 

6 halt the Biden administration’s disastrous decision 

7 and immediately proceed in establishing a perma8 nent headquarters for United States Space Com9 mand at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. 

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