Five Fast Facts

ABOUT THE

Fiscal Year 2023 Military Construction Appropriations bill
Senate Appropriations Committee

1. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS WENT UP

Overall, funding for Military Construction programs was increased in the Senate Appropriations Committee draft legislation. The President’s Budget requested $10.2 billion for domestic and overseas construction programs. The Senate Appropriators recommend a total of $11.9 billion. That’s an increase of $1.7 billion.

2. TEN STATES WOULD RECEIVE THE EXACT AMOUNT REQUESTED

Those states are: Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming.

3. FIVE STATES WOULD RECEIVE OVERALL REDUCTIONS IN MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Those states are: California, Georgia, South Dakota, Texas, and Vermont. Georgia’s military construction request took the largest reduction, with $67.4 million in projects denied from an overall request of $279.1 million, reducing the committee approved total to $211.7 million.

4. TWENTY-NINE STATES WOULD RECEIVE OVERALL INCREASES IN MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Those states are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Hawaii’s military construction request was increased the most, with $402.2 million added to increase the state total to slightly over $1 billion.

5. TWELVE STATES WITH NO REQUESTED PROJECTS WOULD RECEIVE MONEY

These states, which are on the “would receive overall increases” list in our 4^th Fact, had ZERO in the President’s Budget Request for military construction projects: Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. New Mexico went from a request of $0 to $69.1 million, barely edging out Wisconsin, which went from $0 to $69.0 million in projects not in the President’s budget for the biggest increase.