This report presents the cost of the center, the most extensive addition to the Capitol since the Civil War, and the largest in the structure’s more than 200-year history, is now estimated to be at least $555 million. The project is being financed with appropriated funds, and a total of $65 million from private donations and revenue generated by the sale of commemorative coins.

Large-scale reconstruction assistance programs are being undertaken by the United States following the war with Iraq. To fund such programs, in April 2003, Congress approved a $2.48 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) in the FY2003 Supplemental Appropriation. In November 2003, the FY2004 Supplemental Appropriation provided an additional $18.4 billion for the IRRF. The FY2005 Emergency Supplemental signed into law in May 2005 provides $5.7 billion in a new Iraqi Security Forces Fund for the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces.

On July 26, 2005, the Senate Finance Committee approved S. 219, the “National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee (NESTEG) Act of 2005,” a bill to reform federal pension laws. This report summarizes the major provisions of the bill, as approved by the Committee.

Congressional policymakers are seeking a way to accelerate the nation’s transition to digital television and to expedite the transfer of radio frequency channels from the broadcast industry to public safety and commercial users no later than 2009. Broadcasters are holding spectrum in the 700MHz band (channels 52-69) that they would be required to relinquish after the transition to digital television (DTV) is achieved. Without a hard deadline, the transition to digital television has been postponed. Meanwhile, public safety officials want 700 MHz spectrum that has been assigned to them, but not delivered, in order to build new interoperable networks, while the commercial wireless industry would like access to the spectrum for new services.

On August 10, 2005, President Bush signed the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU or SAFETEA). This act reauthorizes federal surface transportation programs through the end of FY2009. The reauthorization was long overdue, given that the previous long term authorization, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) expired on September 30, 2003. Surface transportation programs continued to operate during this period, however, as a result of 11 extension acts.

This report is a guide to locating individual service records and military unit histories from the American Revolution to the present. This guide provides referral information for locating individual service records of discharged and deceased veterans. It includes information regarding locating and obtaining active service records. Also included are relevant addresses and websites of government agencies, historical associations, and a select bibliography. This report will be updated as needed.

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Community Correspondence - 499 Form Letters from concerned citizens suggesting to "Please reconsider and take Cannon Air Force Base off the base closure list"

2 Questions pertaining to DON-0133 and the non-BRAC Senario (Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding 2 Questions pertaining to DON-0133 and the non-BRAC scenario (Portsmouth Naval Shipyard)

Community Correspondence - 501 Form Letters from concerned citizens suggesting to "Please reconsider and take Cannon Air Force Base off the base closure list"

Question pertaining to DoN 15 and DoN 19. Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse reply to a letter from the BRAC Commission regarding NAS New Orleans and MCRS Command.

Community Correspondence - 481 letters from the Niagara Falls community to the Commission regarding Niagara Falls Internation Airport Air Guard Station.

Clearinghouse Response pertaining to 2 questions in regards to the ANG.

Letters from concerned residents against the closure of Niagara Falls ANG (NY). 440 Letters

Community Correspondence - 501 Form Letters from concerned citizens to the Commission in reference to take Cannon Air Force Base off the list

Letters from concerned residents against the closure of Niagara Falls ANG (NY). 584 Letters

Letters from concerned residents against the closure of Niagara Falls ANG (NY). 566 Letters

Letters from concerned residents against the closure of Niagara Falls ANG (NY). 20 Letters

Letters from concerned residents against the closure of Niagara Falls ANG (NY). 447 Letters

Community Correspondence - 454 letters from the Niagara Falls communitiy to the Commission regarding Niagara Falls International Airport Air Guard Station.

Letters from residents against the closure of Niagara Falls ANG. Letters: 511

500 Form Letters from concerned citizens suggesting to "Please reconsider and take Cannon Air Force Base off the base closure list"

Community Correspondence - 500 Form Letters from residents of Curry and Roosevelt County regarding Cannon Air Force Base