FY 2018 Funding Package for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs House Appropriators Approve

On June 15, the House Appropriations Committee approved a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding bill that totals $88.8 billion for fiscal year 2018. This is $6 billion more than fiscal year 2017. The bill provides a total of $10.2 billion for military construction projects, an increase of $2.1 billion or about 25 percent, above fiscal year 2017. Navy and Marine Corps construction is funded at $1.5 billion. The VA portion of the bill funded major and minor construction within the VA at $753 million. This bill provides the full request for the construction of major medical facilities. Further, the bill provides $1.4 billion to fund construction, operation, and maintenance of military family housing for fiscal year 2018. The bill includes $737 million for construction and alterations for new or existing military medical facilities, an increase of $433 million above the fiscal year 2017 level.

AGC strongly supports increased investment in our nation’s military programs and veterans’ facilities and will continue to advocate for increased funding as the bill moves for additional consideration.

To review the FY 2018 Appropriations table click here.

For more information, contact jordan.howard@agc.org or (703) 837-5368.