REBUILD MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE

Mar 22, 2018
Defense Drumbeat
HOW THE OMNIBUS BEGINS TO REBUILD THE MILITARY

America's Military Today:

  • To fund other priorities with constrained budgets, the services have been diverting funds from facilities maintenance, a risky gamble that has accelerated the failure rate of our infrastructure.
  • Estimates of the number of facilities that now meet the Pentagon's definition of "failing" have doubled in recent years. 
  • Our Armed Forces are struggling with crumbling and mold-ridden barracks, hangars that have been condemned, air traffic control facilities and runways in disrepair, collapsed ceilings and contaminated water. 
  • The backlog of deferred maintenance on facilities has increased from $2 billion in 1978 to $100 billion today. 

 
What the Omnibus Can Do: Invest $22.4 billion to restore everything including barracks, hangars, roads, runways, and hospitals.

  • $13.0 billion to sustain, repair, and upgrade military infrastructure
  • $9.4 billion for new construction


***Based on Omnibus Funding Levels***

115th Congress