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Navy’s China Lake Earthquake Damage Dramatically Climbs to Estimated $5 Billion0
- Congress/DoD, DC360
- August 15, 2019
The repair costs for dual earthquake damage early last month to Naval Air Weapons Station, Calif., have risen to more than $5 billion, according to a new Navy estimate made public Wednesday. The massive 1.1 million acre installation located on the western edge of the Mojave Desert near Ridgecrest, Calif., suffered damage so severe that
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Earthquake Repair Estimate for Navy’s China Lake Installation Reportedly Approaches $2 Billion0
- Congress/DoD, DC360
- August 13, 2019
A new government report estimates that it could cost up to $2 billion to restore Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to full mission capability after two major earthquakes struck the 1.1 million acre installation last month, Navy Times reported. NAWS China Lake, located in the Western Mojave Desert near Ridgecrest, Calif., suffered 6.4 and
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House Passes $383 Billion Minibus Package; VA-Milcon Bill Includes $108.4 Billion for FY 20200
- Congress/DoD, DC360
- June 25, 2019
The Democrat-led House passed a five-bill, $383.3 billion minibus spending package Tuesday that would provide $108.4 billion in VA-Military Construction funding, according to a House Appropriations Committee press release. The package, passed largely along party lines 227-194, provides an increase of $10.4 billion in VA-Milcon discretionary spending above the enacted fiscal year 2019 level, according
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Border Construction Funding to Remain a Looming Issue for NDAA Passage0
- Congress/DoD, DC360
- June 18, 2019
Senate Democrats are attempting to use the chamber’s fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to block President Donald Trump from redirecting Pentagon funds for southern border barrier construction. Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) filed an amendment Monday to the chamber’s version of the annual defense policy bill that would prevent the use
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Kirtland AFB Begins Construction of Space Command Research Facility0
- General
- June 16, 2019
Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., has begun construction of a facility that will be a part of the proposed space force, the Associated Press reported. The $128 Space Control Laboratory, a part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, will consolidate space combat research and technology development that is now performed at six different facilities at
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Shelby Pulls Harbor Funding from Disaster Aid Bill, Deal Nearing Completion0
- Congress/DoD, DC360
- May 21, 2019
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said he pulled his controversial proposal for harbor maintenance funding from the stalled disaster aid bill after meeting with President Donald Trump Monday, CQ reported. Senate and House lawmakers appeared to be on track Tuesday to pass a disaster relief package this week, which would include disaster recovery funds for
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