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handle is hein.crs/govequi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ Disaster Recovery Funding for Military Facilities on Guam October 1, 2024 Overview In May 2023, a category-fourtyphoon struck the U.S. territory of Guam, causing damage to U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force facilities, cutting power lines, and disrupting water supplies for some of the 6,500 U.S. military servicemembers permanently stationed on the island. Cost estimates for this damage vary, with some estimates placing the total as high as $50 billion. Because of the territory's geographic position-Guam is closer to the Asian mainland than to Hawaii- DOD officials consider it to be vital to national defense strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Congress is debating whether to provide the Department of Defense (DOD) billions of dollars in disaster recovery funding for military facilities on Guam. DOD has been investing in infrastructure on Guam for several years (for additional information, see CRS Report R47643, Guam: Defense Infrastructure and Readiness, by Andrew Tilghman.). Legislative and Executive Branch Responses In October 2023, the Biden Administration submitted a supplemental funding request that included $3.16 billion in items related to Guam typhoon recovery. The supplemental request included $1.32 billion for military construction (MILCON) projects and an additional $1.58 billion for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) funding to repair various military structures and facilities in Guam damaged by the typhoon. The Administration reiterated the $3.16 billion request in June 2024. The Biden Administration did not include disaster recovery for Guam in the President's budget request for FY2025, which was submitted to Congress in March 2024. During consideration of a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025), the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) reported a draft NDAA (S. 4638) that included $12.50 billion for disaster recovery funding for Guam. The SASC-reported bill includes a list of 51 military construction projects to support disaster recovery for Guam-8 for the Navy and 43 for the Air Force. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12434 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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