Government Spending Bill Includes Funds For Military Child Care
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Government Spending Bill Includes Funds For Military Child Care
A massive half-trillion dollar government-spending bill includes nearly $130 million for childcare centers at Fort Hood and 15 other military installations.
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(December 18, 2007)—The sweeping $516 billion government-spending bill before Congress provides $129 million for child care centers at Fort Hood and 15 other installations.

The measure includes locations where there have been heavy deployments of troops to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The House passed the bill Monday night with accompanying funding for the war in Afghanistan.

The Senate is to consider the bill next and possibly attach funding for the war in Iraq.

In addition to the childcare money, the bill provides about 454 million dollars for Texas military construction projects.

It also would mean a $6.6 billion increase to the Veterans Affairs 2007 budget.

Central Texas Congressman Chet Edwards says President Bush had requested only three child development centers, but Congress added 13 others.

The money would provide childcare for about 3,500 children of all ages.

Texas Projects

Corpus Christi, blade-processing facility, $11.2 million
Fort Bliss, barracks, $11.4 million
Fort Bliss, unit operations facilities (headquarters), $84 million
Fort Hood, CH-47 Chinook maintenance hangar, $18 million
Fort Hood barracks complex, $47 million
Fort Hood units operations facilities, $46 million
Fort Sam Houston barracks, $6.6 million
Fort Sam Houston unit operations facilities, $10.6 million
Red River Army Depot maneuver systems sustainment center, $9.2 million
Lackland Air Force Base airman skill training, $14 million
Sheppard Air Force Base base operations ramp, $7 million
Camp Bullis health clinic replacement, $7.4 million
Ellington Field multi-use aviation fire station renovations, $7.2 million
Ellington Field Armed Forces Reserve center battle projection center, $15 million
Fort Worth Army Reserve Center, $15.1 million
Fort Worth Joint Control tower, $12.5 million
Harlingen, expansion of wing of veterans clinic, $12 million
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