That amount is in addition to the $24 million for a new child development center on the base that was approved in last fiscal year’s Defense Authorization Act — and by Congress in full.
Plans for the newest center call for it to cover 41,000 square feet, housing about 300 children, according to a release from Turner’s office. It will include “force protection features,” sheltered outdoor play areas, pick-up and drop-off sites and other features.
The center approved in last year’s defense budget will serve 100 children, relocating them from an aging Riverside facility off Wright-Patterson.
Wright-Patterson-based missions are also in line for millions in new funding in the last two defense budgets, according to the congressman’s office. Set aside for a 711th Human Performance Wing lab was $40 million in last fiscal year’s budget. A “bionatronics research lab” at the base is also slated for nearly $34 million, also won in last year’s budget. And an Army Reserve Training Center near the base is supposed to get $19 million.
This week the House Armed Services Committee approved H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The bill was approved by a vote of 57 to 1.
A House-wide vote and reconciliation with Senate legislation are the next steps in what could be a lengthy process.
A construction timeline on either planned base child care center was not available Friday.
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