House Joint Memorial 4015 - United States Space Academy (Washington, 2020)

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House Joint Memorial 4015 of the State of Washington, 66th Legislature, 2020 Regular Session, is addressed to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, to Congress, and to the Secretary of the United States Department of Defense and the Secretary of the United States Air Force. Representatives Boehnke and Dufault are listed as sponsors, and it was referred to the Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. A WHEREAS clause states that Washington state military installations are the second largest public employer in the state, employing over 112,000 active duty, reserve, guard, and civilian personnel. The Memorialists pray that the addressees consider establishing within Washington state a United States Space Academy.

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     H-3518.1

                           HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4015


     State of Washington        66th Legislature         2020 Regular Session

     By Representatives Boehnke and Dufault

     Read first time 01/17/20.      Referred   to   Committee   on   Innovation,
     Technology & Economic Development.




 1       TO THE HONORABLE DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
 2   AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
 3   REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
 4   THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
 5   UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
 6   UNITED STATES AIR FORCE:
 7       We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of
 8   the   State    of  Washington,   in legislative    session  assembled,
 9   respectfully represent and petition as follows:
10       WHEREAS, The United States Coast Guard Academy is in Connecticut,
11   the United States Naval Academy is in Maryland, the Air Force Academy
12   is in Colorado, and the United States Military Academy is in New
13   York, and there is no United States military service academy west of
14   the Rocky Mountains and no military service academy for the proposed
15   sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces; and
16       WHEREAS, Washington state is a world leader in aerospace,
17   advanced    manufacturing,   health sciences    research,  and   cloud
18   computing, and is home to incredible companies offering commercial
19   solutions for the new space sector; and
20       WHEREAS, Washington state offers an entrepreneurial climate for
21   all space ventures with a proven track record of growing emerging
22   technology companies to scale, and is also in need of expanded


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 1   workforce education and higher education capacity in science,
 2   technology, math, and engineering; and
 3       WHEREAS, Washington state military installations are the second
 4   largest public employer in Washington, employing over 112,000 active
 5   duty, reserve, guard, and civilian personnel; and
 6       WHEREAS, Washington state is home to over 607,000 veterans and
 7   nearly 91,000 military families who are a source of pride to all of
 8   our residents; and
 9       WHEREAS, Washington's military and defense community supports
10   over thirteen billion dollars in annual procurement supported by over
11   1,900 businesses across the state, representing over three percent of
12   the state's gross domestic product; and
13       WHEREAS, The President of the United States has proposed to
14   establish a United States Space Force as a separate branch of the
15   Armed Forces within the Department of the Air Force in furtherance of
16   fundamental United States economic and national security interests,
17   and directed the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Director of
18   the Office of Management and Budget a proposed budget for the United
19   States Space Force to be included in the President's Fiscal Year 2020
20   Budget Request; and
21       WHEREAS, Washington state lawmakers recognize and embrace a
22   competition with any of its fellow states for the opportunity and
23   privilege to host any facilities and personnel that support the
24   mission of that new branch of service; and
25       WHEREAS, Washington state is ready and eager to support the
26   creation of a federally funded stand-alone institution of higher
27   education dedicated to space-focused research and equipping students
28   with the academic and leadership skills to bring the best in human
29   ingenuity and ethical conduct into the area beyond earth's orbit;
30       NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that you
31   consider establishing within Washington state a United States Space
32   Academy to train and equip an American workforce for the civilian
33   opportunities and military missions of the future in space.

34       BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
35   transmitted to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United
36   States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Defense, the
37   Secretary of the United States Air Force, the President of the United




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1   States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each
2   member of Congress from the State of Washington.

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