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 124 STAT. 4478 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 (4) An assessment of environmental liabilities associated with current fueling operations. (5) A list of real property previously used to support fuel infrastructure and an assessment of the environmental liabil- ities associated with such real property and whether any of such real property can be declared excess to the needs of the Department of Defense. (6) An assessment of the real property demarcation between the Secretaries of the military departments and the Defense Logistics Agency. SEC. 2854. NAMING OF ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER, MIDDLE- TOWN, CONNECTICUT. The newly constructed Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middle- town, Connecticut, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Major General Maurice Rose Armed Forces Reserve Center’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to such Armed Forces Reserve Center shall be deemed to be a reference to the Major General Maurice Rose Armed Forces Reserve Center. SEC. 2855. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD CORRIDOR ACROSS FEDERAL LAND IN ALASKA. (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Alaska Railroad proposes the extension of its railroad corridor over approximately 950 acres of land located south and east of North Pole, Alaska, including lands located near or adjacent to the Chena River spillway, Eielson Air Force Base, Tanana Flats Training Area (Fort Wainwright), Donnelly Training Area (Fort Wainwright), and Fort Greely. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force should explore means of accommodating the railroad corridor expan- sion referred to in subsection (a) using existing authorities that will not adversely impact military missions, operations, and training. SEC. 2856. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPROVING MILITARY HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE. (a) FINDING.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) In the mid-1990s, the Department of Defense became concerned that inadequate and poor quality housing for mem- bers of the Armed Forces was adversely affecting the quality of life for members and their families and adversely affecting military readiness by contributing to decisions by members to leave the Armed Forces. (2) At that time, the Department of Defense designated about 180,000 houses, or nearly two-thirds of its domestic family housing inventory, as inadequate and needing repair or complete replacement. (3) The Department of Defense believed that it would need about $20,000,000,000 in appropriated funds and would take up to 40 years to eliminate poor quality military housing through new construction or renovation using its traditional military construction approach. (4) In 1996, Congress enacted the Military Housing Privatization Initiative to provide the Department of Defense with a variety of authorities to obtain private sector financing Designation.