12-19-2014, 06:12 PM
It's awful that they can find $ for military causes but not for programs that will protect our water and our environment.
Below you will find the new projects funded for Hawaii in the new Budget Bill.
The Senate has voted on a 1,600 page bill that funds nearly every policy area and government program through Sept. 30, 2015.
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono joined a number of her colleagues in voting against this proposal, which passed on a vote of 56 to 40.
The NDAA also includes support for the following investments in Hawaii:
* U.S. Army Pacific Command: $311 million to complete construction of the U.S. Army Pacific’s Command and Control Facility.
* Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam: $62.6 million for military construction and facilities upgrades.
* Marine Corps Base Hawaii: $53.4 million for military construction and facilities upgrades and $8.5 million for energy conservation projects.
* DOD Impact Aid assistance: $25 million nationally for Impact Aid assistance to school districts for educating military-dependent children and $5 million for Impact Aid assistance for children with disabilities.
* Maui Space Surveillance System: $14 million for the Maui Space Surveillance System which is a telescope important to national defense activities.
* STARBASE Program: $25 million nationwide for supporting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education by exposing youth to technological environments on military bases and installations.
More information here:
http://www.hawaii247.com/2014/12/19/upda...-dec-9-19/
Below you will find the new projects funded for Hawaii in the new Budget Bill.
The Senate has voted on a 1,600 page bill that funds nearly every policy area and government program through Sept. 30, 2015.
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono joined a number of her colleagues in voting against this proposal, which passed on a vote of 56 to 40.
The NDAA also includes support for the following investments in Hawaii:
* U.S. Army Pacific Command: $311 million to complete construction of the U.S. Army Pacific’s Command and Control Facility.
* Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam: $62.6 million for military construction and facilities upgrades.
* Marine Corps Base Hawaii: $53.4 million for military construction and facilities upgrades and $8.5 million for energy conservation projects.
* DOD Impact Aid assistance: $25 million nationally for Impact Aid assistance to school districts for educating military-dependent children and $5 million for Impact Aid assistance for children with disabilities.
* Maui Space Surveillance System: $14 million for the Maui Space Surveillance System which is a telescope important to national defense activities.
* STARBASE Program: $25 million nationwide for supporting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education by exposing youth to technological environments on military bases and installations.
More information here:
http://www.hawaii247.com/2014/12/19/upda...-dec-9-19/