Congressman Horsford Votes to Pass FY2022 Defense Budget with Key Wins for Nevada | Congressman Steven Horsford
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Congressman Horsford Votes to Pass FY2022 Defense Budget with Key Wins for Nevada

September 2, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) worked with his colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee to debate and pass the fiscal year 2022 defense budget.

"Earlier this year, I joined the House Armed Services Committee to give the brave servicemembers of Nevada's Fourth District a voice in our defense policy. This morning, I was proud to vote for a bipartisan FY 2022 defense budget that will strengthen our national security while improving resources for our troops and their families.

"Leading up to this budget markup, I held a number of conversations with local military leaders about our readiness and personnel needs. The $23.9 billion funding increase in the FY 2022 defense budget will help us keep pace with China and maintain our counterterrorism efforts around the world. This budget will directly invest in Nevada's Fourth District — strengthening the MQ-9 program, funding upgrades at the Nevada National Security Site, increasing National Guard and Army Depot funding, and enabling planning for an additional dormitory at Nellis Air Force Base. In total, the fiscal year 2022 defense budget will make our military stronger, safer, and more responsive to the needs of our servicemembers."

During the markup process, Congressman Horsford spoke in support of an amendment that would aid the continued evacuation of our citizens and allies from Afghanistan and require continued accountability about our counterterrorism capabilities. He also spoke out against amendments that sought to inject politically motivated discussion of critical race theory into the defense budget process.

In the Fiscal Year 2022 NDAA, Congressman Horsford secured key wins for Nevada's Fourth District, including:

  • $20 million in Air Force barracks / dormitory planning and design, enabling planning and design for the construction of an additional enlisted dormitory at Nellis Air Force Base. This dormitory is badly needed to address the housing shortfall currently faced by young Airmen, who are often forced to live off base.
  • $158,288,000 in MQ-9 procurement funding.
  • $129,787,000 in MQ-9 modernization funding.
  • $103,186,000 in MQ-9 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation funding.
  • $53 million in MQ-9 operations and maintenance funding, the top request of the United States Central Command Combatant Commander
  • $350 million in additional funding for maintenance and repair of NNSA facilities, directly benefiting the Nevada National Security Site.
  • $60,737,000 for the Nevada National Security Site.
  • $900 million in Army Depot Capital Investment Funding, which will strengthen recapitalization efforts at Hawthorne Army Depot.
  • $850 million in increased funding for the National Guard.
  • $20 million in additional funding for military programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including $10 million for SMART scholarships and $10 million to general HBCU programs.
  • $53 million to defense-related research conducted at HBCUs.
  • A $5 million increase in Contract Adversary Air funding to the $1.35B Air Operations Training funding line, directly benefiting contract adversary air professionals training our Air Force pilots in air-to-air tactics at Nellis Air Force Base.
  • Combatant Commander ISR Risk Assessments Reporting Requirement, requiring that combatant commanders submit risk assessments detailing the dangers of any reduction in unmanned ISR capabilities.
  • Passage of an amendment requiring a report on employment discrimination faced by military spouses of color.
  • Passage of various report requirements intended to improve options for military families facing increasingly expensive rental markets.

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Geneva Kropper | geneva.kropper@mail.house.gov | 202-849-0251