The Midwestern Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 is intended to assist with the recovery from the severe weather that affected the Midwest during the summer of 2008. The Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 includes some similar provisions, but these are not limited to the Midwest disaster. The disaster relief in the three bills is similar to that provided to assist with the recovery from the 2005 hurricanes and the 2007 Kansas tornadoes. This report broadly discusses the disaster relief provisions in other relevant legislation.

Individual Letter from concerned citizen Glinda Taylor regarding 186th Air Refueling Wing

Executive Correspondence - Letter from William S. Crawford of the Mississippi Development Authority to Commissioner Hill regarding issues of mitigation of existing environmental and safety concerns for the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant.

Memorandum of Meeting with Keesler Medical Center Community Team to discuss recommended changes to the medical center at Keesler Air Force Base. Includes Community Presentation.

Community Input - Letter - Costs to Replace Fire Protection - Key Field Air Guard Station Meridian -

Memorandum of Meeting with a delegation representing 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Air National Guard, located at Key Field Air Guard Station (AGS) to discuss BRAC Recommendations Impacting the 186th ARW.

Attachment to August 6, 2005 Memorandum of Meeting regarding Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Includes: Responses to Requests for Additional Data Regarding Keesler Medical Center; Rep. Gene Taylor Analysis of Cost and Savings Estimates for Recommendation to Disestablish Inpatient Services at Keesler; Minutes of the Medica.1 Joint Cross-Service Group Meetings of July 2,2004 and January 4,2005; Site Visit Reports, Minutes, and Recommendations from the CARES Commission Regarding Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities in Biloxi and Gulfport and Arrangements with Keesler Medical Center; Articles from the New England Journal of Medicine and from MSNBC Regarding Medical Personnel and Training Needs for Wartime; Rep. Gene Taylor Analysis of Cost and Savings Estimates for Recommendation to Close Naval Station Pascagoula; Department of Defense Report: Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support, June 2005; March 9,2005 Testimony of Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, Commander of U.S. Southern Command.

Memorandum of Meeting with Congressional and community representatives of Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The guests reaffirmed the position presented during the Regional Hearing, that the DoD recommendation that moved the Human Resources Service Center-Southeast (HRSC-SE) was based on flawed assumptions; specifically that HRSC-SE is a typical "leased installation" and requires $2M to meet force protection standards.

Letters from Concerned citizens regarding the Air Force's plan to ground a third fo the ANG under the BRAC

Executive Correspondence - Response from NASA - Request for Additional Information relative to the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi - regarding the importance of military installation in the state of Mississippi - Executive summary containing new information and data

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/11/2005 to Tim MacGregor from Tom Williams AAE, President of the Meridan Airport Authority, discussing Key Field Runway in Mississippi. Also attached is a letter from Jim Hall to Tom Williams regarding the load bearing capacity of the runway at Key Field.

Executive Correspondence - Fax from Meridian, MS Airport Authority to BRAC Analyst Tim MacGregor dtd 08/17/05 regarding Key Field data.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/15/2005 to Chairman Principi from John McAdams, Chancery Clerk Harrison County, Mississippi, attaching a resolution from the Harrison County Board of Supervisors commending Keesler AFB Hospital for its service.

Memorandum of Meeting - Congressman Gene Taylor's Staff. Mr. Peranich and Mr. Marting reviewed a binder of information regarding the DoD BRAC recommendation that converts Keesler Medical Center from an inpatient facility to an outpatient clinic and ambulatory surgery center.

Memorandum of Meeting – 8/9/2005 – DOD BRAC Recommendations impacting 186th ARW

Advance critical mission capabilities of air and space expeditionary.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Mississippi Senators Thad Cochran, and Trent Lott and Congressman Gene Taylor to BRAC Commissioner General James T. Hill regarding the Navy's Human Resource Service Centers Northeast and Southeast.

Community Input - Departmanet of the Navy, Human Resources Service Center-Southeast, NASA-Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.

Regional Hearing Issue Summary - Regional Hearing - 19 July 2005 New Orleans, LA State of Mississippi Keesler AFB Biloxi Mississippi

Community Input - Key Field Air Guard Station Mississippi 186th ARW - BEST FOR AMERICA -The Argument Against Realignment- Supporting Document

Disregard restriction header and footer - The Honorable BJ Penn, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment), met at 0931 on 11 March 2005 with Mr. Den Knecht and Mr. George L. Freeland, Jr., Jackson County Economic Development Foundation, Inc. (JCEDF), and Mr. Mark L. McAndrews, Director, Port of Pascagoula, regarding the future of NAVSTA Pascagoula, MS. The meeting took place in Room 43523 of the Pentagon. Mr. Frederick Latham; CAPT John Cohoon, USN, Commander Navy Installations; In addition, CDR David Sienicki, USN, OASN (I&E) ; and LCDR>Vincent J. Moore, JAGC, USNR, ODASN (IS&A) were also present.

Disregard restriction header and footer - Mr. Wayne Arny, Acting ASN (I&E) met with 6 members of the subject group in Room 4D583 at 0900 on 14 Sep 2004. The list of attendees is contained in enclosure (1). CDR David Seinicki CEC, USN, and Commander Margaret Carlson, JAGC, USN, of DASN (IS&A) office were also present.

Executive Correspondence – Letter to Commissioner Turner from Haley Barbour (Gov MS) discussing Keesler AFB.