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cilities from 1995 through 2000 and, from 2001 
through 2006, as Chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Readiness. 
(3) Representative Hefley’s colleagues know him 
to be a fair and effective lawmaker who worked for 
the national interest while never forgetting his West-
ern roots. 
(4) Representative Hefley’s efforts on the Com-
mittee on Armed Services were instrumental to the 
military value of, and quality of life at, installations 
in the State of Colorado, including Fort Carson, 
Cheyenne Mountain, Peterson Air Force Base, 
Schriever Air Force Base, Buckley Air Force Base, 
and the United States Air Force Academy. 
(5) Representative Hefley was a leader in efforts 
to retain and expand Fort Carson as an essential 
part of the national defense system during the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment process. 
(6) Representative Hefley consistently advocated 
for providing members of the Armed Forces and their 
families with quality, safe, and affordable housing 
and supportive communities. 
(7) Representative Hefley spearheaded the Mili-
tary Housing Privatization Initiative to eliminate 
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inadequate housing on military installations, with 
the first pilot program located at Fort Carson. 
(8) Representative Hefley’s leadership on the 
Military Housing Privatization Initiative allowed for 
the privatization of more than 121,000 units of mili-
tary family housing, which brought meaningful im-
provements to living conditions for thousands of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and their spouses and chil-
dren at installations throughout the United States. 
(9) It is fitting and proper that an appropriate 
military family housing area or structure at Fort 
Carson be designated in honor of Representative 
Hefley. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—Notwithstanding Army Regula-
tion AR 1–33, the Secretary of the Army shall designate 
one of the military family housing areas or facilities con-
structed for Fort Carson, Colorado, using the authority pro-
vided by subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United 
States Code, as the ‘‘Joel Hefley Village’’. 
SEC. 2865. NAMING NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
CENTER 
AT 
ROCK 
ISLAND, 
ILLINOIS, 
IN 
HONOR OF THE HONORABLE LANE EVANS, A 
FORMER MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) Representative Lane Evans was elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1982 and served in the 
House of Representatives until the end of the 109th 
Congress in 2006 representing the people of Illinois’ 
17th Congressional district. 
(2) As a member of the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives, Representa-
tive Evans worked to bring common sense priorities 
to defense spending and strengthen the military’s con-
ventional readiness. 
(3) Representative Evans was a tireless advocate 
for military veterans, ensuring that veterans receive 
the medical care they need and advocating for indi-
viduals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder 
and Gulf War Syndrome. 
(4) Representative Evans’ efforts to improve the 
transition of individuals from military service to the 
care of the Department of Veterans Affairs will con-
tinue to benefit generations of veterans long into the 
future. 
(5) Representative Evans is credited with bring-
ing new services to veterans living in his Congres-
sional district, including outpatient clinics in the 
Quad Cities and Quincy and the Quad-Cities Vet 
Center. 
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(6) Representative Evans worked with local lead-
ers to promote the Rock Island Arsenal, and it earned 
new jobs and missions through his support. 
(7) In honor of his service in the Marine Corps 
and to his district and the United States, it is fitting 
and proper that the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve 
Center at Rock Island Arsenal be named in honor of 
Representative Evans. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The Navy and Marine Corps Re-
serve Center at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Lane Evans Navy and Marine 
Corps Reserve Center’’. Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center at 
Rock Island Arsenal shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the Lane Evans Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center. 
SEC. 2866. NAMING OF RESEARCH LABORATORY AT AIR 
FORCE ROME RESEARCH SITE, ROME, NEW 
YORK, IN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE SHER-
WOOD L. BOEHLERT, A FORMER MEMBER OF 
THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES. 
The new laboratory building at the Air Force Rome 
Research Site, Rome, New York, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Sherwood Boehlert Center of Excellence for 
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