Key Texas Projects Funded
Published: 12-21-07
Published: 12-21-07
WASHINGTON – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today announced Senate-passage (76-17) of the Fiscal Year 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Bill a broad “omnibus” spending package funding government agencies and priority programs. The bill will next go to the House for concurrence and then be sent to the President to be signed into law.Sen. Hutchison secured funding for the following priority projects of interest in the Senate-passed bill. Please see the attached press releases for further detail:
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o KICKSTART After School Program -- $94000 Energy and Water Development
o Texas Water Allocation Assessment (TWAA) -- $702000 Interior
o El Camino Real de Tejas National Historic Trail Planning and Mapping -- $240000 Labor Health & Human Services
o Patient Navigator Program -- $3 million Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
o Texas Water Allocation Assessment (TWAA) -- $702000 Interior
o El Camino Real de Tejas National Historic Trail Planning and Mapping -- $240000 Labor Health & Human Services
o Patient Navigator Program -- $3 million Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
o Fort Bliss: $635 million -- $458 million for operations facilities $71 million for family housing barracks fitness and youth facilities $58.5 million for health and dental clinics and $47.5 million for combat training facilities.
o Fort Sam Houston: $536 million -- $156 million for alterations to the San Antonio Military Medical Center North and $96.4 million for Medical Education and Training Facility dormitories. Under the Veterans Affairs section of the bill Sen. Hutchison also secured $29.4 million for Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery gravesite development.
o Fort Hood: $163.4 million -- $92 million for barracks $46 million for operations facilities $7.4 million for a child development center and $18 million for a CH-47 maintenance hangar.
o Houston: $67.9 million -- $36 million for an Armed Forces Reserve Center Building in East Houston and $31.9 million for an Armed Forces Reserve Center Building in Northwest Houston.
o Lackland AFB: $51.9 million -- $37 million for the Base Realignment and Closure Commission Headquarters Administration Center $14 million for the Basic Expeditionary Airmen Skills Training Facility and $900000 for a Security Forces Building.
o NAS-JRB Fort Worth: $42.5 million -- $15 million for the Army Reserve Center $12.4 million for a joint control tower $5.1 million for an aircraft maintenance department parking facility $4.9 million for a child development center and $4.9 million for a joint indoor training tank.
o Ellington Field: $22.2 million -- $15 million for a Battle Projection Center and $7.2 million for a multi-use fire station.
o NAS Corpus Christi: $25.4 million -- $14.2 million for an Aviation Trainer and Squadron Operations Facility and $11.2 million for a Rotoblade Processing Facility.
o Randolph AFB: $11.5 million -- $10.9 million for a Civilian Personnel Office Administration Center Facility and $554000 for planning and design of a new taxiway.
o Red River Army Depot: $9.2 million -- $9.2 million for the Maneuver Systems Sustainment Center.
o Camp Bullis: $9 million -- $7.4 million to replace a health clinic and $1.6 million to create an urban assault training course.
o Austin: $6.4 million --$6.4 for a Reserve Training Center.
o Fort Wolters: $2.1 million -- $2.1 million to build a modified firing range.
o Dyess AFB: $1.7 million -- $1.7 million in planning and design funds for a runway paving project.
o Camp Bowie: $1.5 million -- $1.5 million to build a modified firing range.
o Sheppard Air Force Base: $7 million -- $7 million for a base operations ramp.
o Fort Sam Houston: $536 million -- $156 million for alterations to the San Antonio Military Medical Center North and $96.4 million for Medical Education and Training Facility dormitories. Under the Veterans Affairs section of the bill Sen. Hutchison also secured $29.4 million for Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery gravesite development.
o Fort Hood: $163.4 million -- $92 million for barracks $46 million for operations facilities $7.4 million for a child development center and $18 million for a CH-47 maintenance hangar.
o Houston: $67.9 million -- $36 million for an Armed Forces Reserve Center Building in East Houston and $31.9 million for an Armed Forces Reserve Center Building in Northwest Houston.
o Lackland AFB: $51.9 million -- $37 million for the Base Realignment and Closure Commission Headquarters Administration Center $14 million for the Basic Expeditionary Airmen Skills Training Facility and $900000 for a Security Forces Building.
o NAS-JRB Fort Worth: $42.5 million -- $15 million for the Army Reserve Center $12.4 million for a joint control tower $5.1 million for an aircraft maintenance department parking facility $4.9 million for a child development center and $4.9 million for a joint indoor training tank.
o Ellington Field: $22.2 million -- $15 million for a Battle Projection Center and $7.2 million for a multi-use fire station.
o NAS Corpus Christi: $25.4 million -- $14.2 million for an Aviation Trainer and Squadron Operations Facility and $11.2 million for a Rotoblade Processing Facility.
o Randolph AFB: $11.5 million -- $10.9 million for a Civilian Personnel Office Administration Center Facility and $554000 for planning and design of a new taxiway.
o Red River Army Depot: $9.2 million -- $9.2 million for the Maneuver Systems Sustainment Center.
o Camp Bullis: $9 million -- $7.4 million to replace a health clinic and $1.6 million to create an urban assault training course.
o Austin: $6.4 million --$6.4 for a Reserve Training Center.
o Fort Wolters: $2.1 million -- $2.1 million to build a modified firing range.
o Dyess AFB: $1.7 million -- $1.7 million in planning and design funds for a runway paving project.
o Camp Bowie: $1.5 million -- $1.5 million to build a modified firing range.
o Sheppard Air Force Base: $7 million -- $7 million for a base operations ramp.
