SJM 21-001 — Reaffirming United States Space Command In Colorado

SENATEFirst JOINTRegular MEMORIALSession 21-001Seventy-third BYGeneral SENATOR(S)Assembly GarciaSTATE andOF Gardner,COLORADO Bridges,ENGROSSED Buckner,LLS Coleman,NO. Cooke, Coram, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg,Fields, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lee, Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen,Priola,Rankin, Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Sonnenberg, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger;

alsoM21-0730.01 REPRESENTATIVE(S)Alana SnyderRosen x2606 SJM21-001 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Garcia and Carver,Gardner, Arndt,Bridges, Bacon,Buckner, Baisley,Coleman, Benavidez,Cooke, Bird,Coram, Bradfield,Danielson, Cutter,Donovan, Daugherty,Fenberg,Fields,Ginal,Gonzales,Hansen,Hisey,Holbert,JaquezLewis,Kirkmeyer,Kolker, Duran,Lee, Esgar,Liston, Exum,Lundeen, Froelich,Moreno, Geitner,Pettersen, Gonzales-Gutierrez,Priola, Gray,Rankin, Herod,Rodriguez, Holtorf,Simpson, Jackson,Smallwood, Jodeh,Sonnenberg, Kipp,Story, Larson,Winter, Luck,Woodward, Lynch,Zenzinger McCluskie,HOUSE McCormick,SPONSORSHIP MichaelsonSnyder Jenet,and Mullica,Carver, Ortiz,Senate Pico,Committees Rich,House Roberts,Committees Sandridge,SENATE Sirota,JOINT Soper,MEMORIAL Sullivan,21-001 Tipper,CONCERNING Titone,REAFFIRMING ValdezC A.,OLORADO ValdezTO D.,BE VanTHE Beber,PERMANENT VanLOCATION Winkle,FOR Weissman,THE Woog,UNITED Young,S Garnett.TATES SPACE C OMMAND ,AND ,IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF D EFENSE TO KEEP THE U NITED STATES SPACE COMMAND IN C OLORADO .

CONCERNINGWHEREAS, REAFFIRMINGOur COLORADOnation TOand BEthe THEworld PERMANENThave LOCATIONsignificantly FORbenefitted THEfrom UNITEDtechnological STATESand SPACEscientific COMMAND,advances AND,resulting INfrom CONNECTIONspace THEREWITH,exploration URGINGand THEaerospace DEPARTMENTactivities, OFand DEFENSEColorado TOis KEEPpaving THEthe UNITEDwayfor STATESnew SPACEdiscoveries COMMANDin INthe COLORADO.frontiers of space byhaving a rich history in aerospace development and being at the forefront of space travel, exploration, and aerospace research;

WHEREAS, Our nation and theWHEREAS, world have significantly benefitted from technological and scientific advances resulting from space exploration and aerospace activities, and Colorado is paving the wayacting forprovisional newSpace discoveriesCommand inBase the frontiers of space by having a rich history in aerospace development and beingit atwill remain the forefrontprovisional ofbase spaceuntil travel,2023. exploration, and aerospace research;

andColorado WHEREAS,is Coloradoisthealso actingprovisionalthe SpaceCommandBasecenter andfor itUnited willStates remainmilitary thespace provisionaloperations baseand untilstrategy. 2023.

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and WHEREAS, ColoradoThe leads460th theSpace chargeWing inbringingat currentBuckley andAir futureForce globalBase positioningprovides systemoperational (GPS)command assetsand control of three constellations to life,space-based ainfrared servicemissile providedwarning freesystems, tohas thebeen worlddefending byAmerica Aircontinuouslysince Force1970, Spaceand Commandis ina Coloradocritical Springs.part of global defense and national security;

From the operation of GPS satellites by Schriever Air Force Base to GPS III, the most powerful GPS satellite to date - being designed and builtWHEREAS, byColorado LockheedMartinandlaunchedbyUnitedLaunchAlliancewithRaytheonleads developing the commandcharge andin controlbringing capabilities,current and withfuture companiesglobal suchpositioning assystem Boeing,(GPS) Harrisassets Corporation,to Braxtonlife, Technologies,a andservice Infinityprovided Systemsfree Engineeringto alsothe supportingworld GPSby developmentAir andForce operationsSpace fromCommand locations in Colorado,Colorado GPSSprings. technologies enable an integral part of our global economyto have an incalculable impactthathas improvedthe everyday lives ofbillions ofpeople around the world;

andFromtheoperationof WHEREAS,GPSsatellitesbySchrieverAirForceBasetoGPS Colorado'sIII, aerospacethe industrymost ispowerful homeGPS satellite to adate broad- rangebeing ofcompaniesdesigned thatand createbuilt productsby LockheedMartinandlaunchedbyUnitedLaunchAlliancewithRaytheon developing the command and systemscontrol forcapabilities, commercial,and military,with PAGEcompanies 2-SENATEsuch JOINTas MEMORIALBoeing, 21-001Harris andcivilspaceapplications,Corporation, suchasBraxton spacecraft,Technologies, launchvehicles,and satellites,Infinity commandandcontrolsoftware,Systems sensors,Engineering andnavigationoperations.also supporting GPS development and operations from locations in Colorado, GPS technologies enable an integral part of ourglobaleconomytohaveanincalculableimpactthathasimprovedthe everyday lives of billions of people around the world;

Theseand companiesWHEREAS, includeColorado's Ballaerospace Aerospace,industry Boeing,is DigitalGlobe,home Harristo Corporation,a Lockheedbroad Martinrange Spaceof Systems,companies Northropthat Grumman,create Raytheon,products SierraNevadaCorporation,and TeledyneBrownEngineering,systems andfor Unitedcommercial, LaunchAlliance,military,andcivilspaceapplications,suchasspacecraft,launchvehicles, whichsatellites, makecommand upand acontrol largesoftware, portionsensors, oftheand aerospacenavigation sector;operations.

andThese WHEREAS,companies Coloradoinclude hasBall anAerospace, existingBoeing, educated-2- workforce,001 rankedDigitalGlobe, secondinthenationwithresidentswithabachelor'sHarris degreeCorporation, orhigher,Lockheed andMartin aSpace pipelineSystems, ofNorthrop higherGrumman, educationRaytheon, institutionsSierra toNevada sustainCorporation, futureTeledyne growth.BrownEngineering,andUnitedLaunchAlliance,whichmakeupalarge portion of the aerospace sector;

We are home to the United StatesAirForce Academy andmany colleges and universities,WHEREAS,Coloradohasanexistingeducatedworkforce,ranked includingsecondinthenationwithresidentswithabachelor'sdegreeorhigher,and thea Universitypipeline of Coloradohigher Bouldereducation andinstitutions theto Universitysustain offuture Coloradogrowth. Colorado Springs, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Denver, Colorado Mesa University, and Fort Lewis College.Altogether,theyprovideaccesstoworld-class aerospace-related degrees and offer aerospace companies one of the country's most educated workforces;

We arehometotheUnitedStatesAirForceAcademyandmanycollegesand universities, including the University of Colorado Boulder and WHEREAS,the University of Colorado ishometoColorado someSprings, amazingresearchinstitutions.Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Denver, Colorado Mesa University, and Fort Lewis College.Altogether,theyprovideaccesstoworld-classaerospace-related degrees and offer aerospace companies one of the country's most educated workforces;

Theseinstitutionsand includetheprestigiousLaboratoryforAtmosphericandWHEREAS, SpaceColorado Physicsis (LASP)home attheto Universitysome ofColoradoamazing Boulder.research institutions.

ItbeganThese ininstitutions 1948,include a decade beforeNASA, and is the world'sprestigious onlyLaboratory researchfor instituteAtmospheric to have sent instruments to all eight planets and toSpace Pluto,Physics combining(LASP) allat aspectsthe University of spaceColorado explorationBoulder.Itbeganin1948,adecadebeforeNASA,andistheworld'sonly throughresearchinstitutetohavesentinstrumentstoalleightplanetsandtoPluto, science,combiningallaspectsof engineering,spaceexplorationthroughscience,engineering, mission operations, and scientific data analysis;

and WHEREAS, Colorado is also home to the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration'sAtmosphericAdministration's(NOAA)SpaceWeatherPredictionCenter, (NOAA) SpaceWeatherPredictionCenter, a world-leading center ofpredictionsof predictions for the solar and near-Earth space environment and the nation's official source ofwatches,of watches, warnings, and alertsalertsofincomingsolarstorms,usingsatelliteobservationstoprotectand ofincomingsolarstorms, using satellite observations toprotectand save lives and property;

and WHEREAS, Various organizations arekeytoare Colorado'sprominencekey to Colorado's prominence in aerospace, such as the Colorado Space Coalition, a group ofindustryofindustrystakeholdersworkingtomakeColoradoacenterofexcellence stakeholdersforaerospace;theColoradoSpaceBusinessRoundtable,workingtobring workingtogether toaerospace makestakeholders Coloradofrom athe centerindustry, ofgovernment, excellenceand academia for aerospace;roundtable discussions and business development and to encourage grassroots citizen participation in aerospace issues;

the Colorado Spacechapter Businessof Roundtable,Citizens workingfor toSpace bringExploration, togetherwhose aerospacemission stakeholdersis fromto thepromote industry,better government,understanding andof PAGEaerospace 3-SENATEand JOINTits MEMORIALimportance 21-001in academiaour foreconomyand roundtabledailylives, discussionsas andwell businessas developmentto andpromote tothe encourageimportance grassrootsof citizenhuman participation-3- in001 aerospacespace issues;exploration;

Manufacturer's Edge, a statewide manufacturing assistance center that encourages the Coloradostrength chapterand ofCitizenscompetitiveness forof SpaceColoradomanufacturersbyprovidingon-sitetechnicalassistancethrough Exploration,coaching, whosetraining, missionand isconsulting, toby promoteproviding bettercollaboration-focused understandingindustry ofprograms, aerospaceand by leveraging government, university, and economicdevelopmentpartnerships;andtheSpaceFoundation,founded in 1983, with its importanceworld headquarters in ourColorado economySprings, andColorado, dailywhich lives,holds asan wellannual asSpace toSymposium, promotebringing thetogether importancecivil, ofhumancommercial,andnationalsecurityspaceleadersfromaroundtheworldto spacediscuss, exploration;address, and plan for the future of space;

Manufacturer'sand Edge,WHEREAS, aFor statewidethe manufacturingaforementioned assistancereasons, centerit thatis encouragesin the strengthbest andinterests competitiveness of Coloradomanufacturersbyprovidingon-sitetechnicalthe assistancethroughAmerican coaching,taxpayer training,to andkeep consulting,USSPACECOM byin providingthe collaboration-focusedstate industrybecauseColoradoisalreadyfulfillingthemissionoftheUSSPACECOM; programs, and by leveraging government, university, and economic developmentpartnerships;

andthebecause SpaceFoundation,Colorado foundedSprings inhas 1983, with its world headquarters in Coloradoplace Springs,the Colorado,community whichinfrastructure holdscapacity an annual Space Symposium, bringing together civil, commercial, andnational security space leaders from aroundtheworldto discuss, address, and plancommunity forsupport theto futurechampion ofan space;expanding mission;

andbecausethemovewillcosttheUnitedStatesbillionsofdollarstorelocate WHEREAS, Forthe aforementionedreasons, itis inthe best interests ofthe American taxpayer to keep USSPACECOM in the statefacility; because Colorado is alreadyfulfillingthemissionoftheUSSPACECOM;because Colorado Springs has inplace the community infrastructure capacity and communitysupportto championanexpandingmission;

becausethemove will cost the United States billions ofdollars to relocate the facility;

now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate oftheof the Seventy-third General Assembly oftheof the State ofColorado,of Colorado, the House ofRepresentativesconcurringherein:of Representatives concurring herein:

That we, the members oftheof the General Assembly:

(1) RecognizingRecognizingColorado'suniqueblend Colorado'sof uniquemilitaryinstallations blendofmilitary installations and major commands, private aerospace companies, academic and researchresearchinstitutions,andgovernmententities,andthevaluablesynergies institutions,thisecosystemproduces,stronglyurgetheDepartmentofDefenseandthe and government entities, and the valuable synergies this ecosystem produces, strongly urge the Department of Defense and the incoming Biden-Harris administration to reevaluate the merits of this irresponsible decision and should rightly conclude that it is the correct decisiontodecisiontokeeptheexistingUnitedStatesSpaceCommandinColorado; keep the existingUnited States Space Commandin Colorado;

(2) Furthermore,Furthermore,stronglyurgetheDepartmentofDefenseandthe strongly urge the Department of Defense and the incoming presidential administration to permanently base the United PAGEStatesSpaceCommand 4-SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 21-001 States Space Command (USSPACECOM) ininColorado,recognizingthat Colorado, recognizing that Colorado provides the existing command structure, base infrastructure, and communications platforms necessarynecessaryto tosuccessfullyhost successfully host additional national security initiatives and ensure coordination of efforts without committing additional funds;

-4- 001 (3) Proudly express that Colorado has deep ties with the Department of Defense and immense patriotic commitment to providing for the nation's security and bolstering our defense;

(4) Express our most sincere and deepest appreciation to our service members and civilian employees working in and supporting militarymilitaryandcivilianaerospacecompanies,militaryinstallations,andcivil and civilian aerospace companies, military installations, and civil organizations in Colorado;

Be It Further Resolved,ThatResolved, That copies ofthisof this Senate Joint Memorial be senttosent to President-elect Joseph R.

Biden,Biden,Jr.;Vice Jr.;President-elect Kamala Harris;

Vice President-electKamala Harris;

Congressman JoeNeguse;Joe Neguse;