Project Title: Beyond Yellow Ribbon: National
Guard Employment Enhancement Project
(NGEEP)
Recipient: Washington Military Department
Amount: $1,500,000
Location: Camp Murray, Washington
Purpose: To expand the National Guard Yellow Ribbon program by providing employment assistance such as pre-apprenticeships, short-term training, and certification/testing fees to Washington National Guard members.
Importance: With more than fourteen percent of Washington Army National Guard currently unemployed, it is more important than ever to address gaps in federal, state, and private sectors employment assistance programs. By enhancing the skills sets and employability of National Guard members, this funding would benefit Washington State employers and the economy as well as Washington State National Guard members and their families.
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Project Title: Overtime Pay for Executive
Branch Employees Performing Work Aboard the
U.S.S. George Washington in Japan
Recipient: Naval Shipyard Workers
Performing Work Aboard the U.S.S. George Washington in Japan
Amount: n/a
Location: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Purpose: This legislative language would allow certain executive branch employees working aboard, or in support of, the U.S.S. George Washington to earn additional overtime pay while the carrier is in Japan. Currently, many Washington state residents are going to Yokusuka, Japan to work on the U.S.S. George Washington. Current law denies them the fair pay they are due.
Importance: This would provide fairer compensation to Naval Shipyard workers deployed abroad in support of U.S. Navy missions, enhancing their quality of life and incentivizing high performance for their critical work.
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Project Title: Waste Treatment Plant
Recipient: Department of Energy
Amount: $740,000,000 (same as the
President’s request)
Location: Richland, Washington
Purpose: To ensure the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) is completed on budget and on schedule to receive and treat liquid waste from plutonium production during World War II and the Cold War.
Importance: The Hanford Site in Richland, Washington currently stores 53 million gallons of liquid waste that must be treated and turned into a stable glass form for permanent disposal. This funding will keep the construction of the WTP on track to accept and treat this waste in accordance with legal milestones.
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Project Title: Western Regional Counter Drug
Training Center
Recipient: Washington Military Department
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: Camp Murray, Washington
Purpose: To sustain a counter-drug prevention, detection, and interdiction training center at the Army National Guard installation at Camp Murray.
Importance: This funding would continue key counter drug training for federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement officers, providing them with the skills needed to protect communities in Washington state and across the nation from illegal narcotics trafficking and the threat of narcoterrorism.
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Project Title: Collocated Chapel/Family
Support Center
Recipient: United States Air Force
Amount: $13,800,000
Location: McChord Air Force Base, Washington
Purpose: To construct a new Chapel and Airman/Family Readiness Center (AFRC) at McChord Air Force Base.
Importance: This funding would improve quality of life for Airmen and their families by replacing deteriorating Chapel and family support buildings with larger, modern facilities at the placed at the heart of the base community. Existing chapel buildings are located close to the flight line at McChord AFB, exposing worship services to high noise levels and airfield odors.
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Project Title: Precision Measurement Equipment
Laboratory (PMEL) Facility
Recipient: United States Air Force
Amount: $3,500,000
Location: Fairchild Air Force Base,
Washington
Purpose: To construct a cutting edge Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) facility at Fairchild AFB.
Importance: This funding would replace the hazardous and energy-inefficient building currently used for repairs to sensitive equipment and calibrations at Fairchild AFB with a new state-of-the- art facility, allowing Airmen to conduct their missions more safely, efficiently, and economically.
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Project Title: SERE Force Support Complex,
Phase 2
Recipient: United States Army
Amount: $14,000,000
Location: Fairchild AFB, Washington
Purpose: To allow phase 2 of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) School construction program at Fairchild Air Force Base by building a new SERE Force Support Facility for the 22d Training Squadron.
Importance: This funding would replace aged and ill-equipped buildings used to support the SERE mission to train U.S. military personnel to avoid, resist and escape from capture. The construction of new SERE support facility would facilitate this critical training for servicemembers during a time of war.
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Project Title: SOF Military Working Dogs (MWD)
Kennel
Recipient: United States Army
Amount: $3,920,000
Location: Fort Lewis, Washington
Purpose: To construct a secure, modern kennel complex for Special Forces Military Working Dogs at Fort Lewis.
Importance: This funding would replace the current undersized facility with a modern Military Working Dogs kennel, including expanded training facilities, advanced security features and energy efficient design. Military Working Dogs help keep servicemembers safe by performing vital tasks such as detecting enemy forces, protecting military installations, and searching for explosives.
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Project Title: Washington Army National Guard
(Army Aviation Support Facility 1) AASF1
Hangar Modification
Recipient: Washington Military Department
Amount: $473,000
Location: Fort Lewis, Washington
Purpose: To modify the Army National Guard aviation hangar at Gray Army Airfield, Fort Lewis to accommodate indoor maintenance and storage of National Guard aircraft displaced as additional active duty aircraft are stationed at Fort Lewis.
Importance: This funding would allow a low-cost alternative to building a new hanger or moving Washington National Guard aircraft off post. Washington National Guard aircraft perform fire-fighting, search and rescue, emergency/disaster evacuations, and other critical missions to protect lives and property in Washington state.