{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5BC15ACF-D074-4C72-98B6-93D5AAFCEE42", "Barr\u2019s Blue Grass Army Depot Study Becomes Law", "2022-12-27", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Andy Barr", "B001282", "barr.house.gov", "barr", "https://barr.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Richmond, KY\u2014 U.S. Congressman Andy Barr\u2019s (KY-06) provision to conduct a feasibility study at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) is now law. Barr\u2019s legislation was included as an amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was recently enacted into law.\n\nIn addition to its primary role managing and shipping conventional munitions, BGAD\u2019s chemical demilitarization mission employs nearly 1,450 highly skilled, highly paid workers and has contributed more than $1 billion in local payroll since 2006. The feasibility study will assess potential missions, plants, or industries feasible for Army or the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) needs at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-destruction Pilot Plant following the completion of the chemical demilitarization mission at BGAD. This amendment requires the feasibility study to be completed and submitted to Congress no later than March 1, 2023.\n\n\u201cFor over a decade, BGAD has housed an essential chemical demilitarization project in addition to being a significant part of Madison County\u2019s economy. Kentuckians working at BGAD have served the DOD and our country well. This feasibility study will accelerate the process of examining ways the facility could transition to other key projects that would benefit the DOD or the federal government once the demilitarization project has concluded,\u201d said Congressman Barr.\n\n\u201cThe Bluegrass Army Depot, and all of its operations, is an important part of Madison County and I am appreciative of Congressman Barr\u2019s championing this amendment in the NDAA to prepare for a post-CSEPP Madison County. Our team in Madison County has also been preparing for this, and this feasibility study will be a boost for our efforts and help us continue to prepare for the future,\u201d said Reagan Taylor, Judge Executive of Madison County.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5BC15ACF-D074-4C72-98B6-93D5AAFCEE42"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9007030166685581, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}