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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqcl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AF- FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Mark Kirk (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Kirk, Murkowski, Collins, Boozman, Cassidy, Tester, Udall, Schatz, and Murphy. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL DAVID D. HALVERSON, AS- SISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT, AND COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK KIRK Senator KIRK. We will be talking about the military construction (MILCON) needs of our Armed Forces. Let me turn it over to my ranking member, Mr. Tester. STATEMENT OF SENATOR JON TESTER Senator TESTER. Thank you, Chairman Kirk. I want to welcome all the witnesses here today. Thank you all for appearing in front of the subcommittee. At $8.4 billion, the fiscal year 2016 MILCON budget request marks a significant and welcome increase over last year's request, a 67-percent increase for Air Force MILCON projects, a 59-percent increase for Navy, a 37-percent increase for Army. And I think this is a remarkable turnaround from last year's budget. I am particularly pleased that the request includes funding for our current mission and quality-of-life projects. Over the last 3 years, tight budget constraints have forced the services to take risks in their MILCON programs and focus almost exclusively on new mission requirements. As a result, aging and inefficient facili- ties continue to be patched together instead of being replaced. And quality-of-life projects, such as barracks, physical fitness centers, and child care centers, went on the backline for funding.

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