Senate Hearing on 2022 Military Construction and Housing Budget

• •The Department of Defense requested $9.85 billion for Military Construction and Family Housing for fiscal year 2022.
• •The request represents a 20 percent increase over the previous year's request.
• •The budget includes $329 million for the European Deterrence Initiative, moved from overseas contingency operations to the base budget.
• •The Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) received a 73 percent funding increase.
• •The budget includes $10 million for planning and design of electric vehicle infrastructure.
• •16 military construction projects that were previously defunded for border wall construction are included for restoration in the 2022 request.
• •Restoring the 16 defunded projects will cost $221 million more than the original appropriation due to delays and cost increases.
• •There are 10 projects on the ERCIP unfunded priority list totaling $162 million.
• •Approximately $1 billion of the budget is allocated for increments on previously appropriated projects.
• •The budget request accounts for just over 1 percent of the total Department of Defense budget.

This hearing sets the stage for how $9.85 billion in federal tax dollars will be allocated toward military base infrastructure, housing, and energy upgrades, directly impacting the living and working conditions of service members and their families.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.