[CPEO-MEF] FUNDING: Summary of environmental programs in Senate Defense Appropriations bill

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee
August 1, 2024

BILL SUMMARY: Defense Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Bill
Bill boosts readiness in key areas around the globe, strengthens our deterrent capabilities, and invests in our servicemembers and their families

Washington, D.C. – The Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act provides $852.2 billion in total funding—a $27.2 billion, or 3.3% increase over fiscal year 2024.

“As Chairman of the Senate committee that sets our military’s budget, my top priority is ensuring our armed forces have the necessary resources to keep our nation safe and maintain our position as the greatest country in the world,” said Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. “This strong, bipartisan budget will accelerate investments to allow our military to stay ahead of the threat of China, provide certainty for our servicemembers, and keep Montana and our country safe here at home. I’m glad to see my defense budget advance to the Senate floor and I will continue to work with Republicans and Democrats to get it across the finish line on time.”

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Defense Communities and Environmental Mitigation: The bill makes substantial investments in defense communities, including $110 million for the Defense Community Infrastructure Program and $202.25 million above the budget request for defense environmental mitigation activities, including: $129.6 million more for PFAS cleanup and related activities, for a total of $983 million; $50 million more for Military Munitions Response Program, for a total of $323.4 million; and $22.65 million more for the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program, for a total of $200 million. In total, the bill provides $2 billion for environmental mitigation activities, an increase of $452 million above fiscal year 2024.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/bill-summary-defense-fiscal-year-2025-appropriations-bill

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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