{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cloud.house.gov/posts/congress-members-introduce-bills-to-support-corpus-christi-army-depot", "Congress Members Introduce Bills to Support Corpus Christi Army Depot", "2026-08-10", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Michael Cloud", "C001115", "cloud.house.gov", "cloud", "https://cloud.house.gov/press", "scraper", "Bills in Congress could benefit Corpus Christi Army Depot\n\nCorpus Christi Caller Times\n\nOlivia Garrett | August 10th, 2026\n\nThree members of the U.S. Congress representing the Coastal Bend have joined to introduce a bill to improve funding transparency for installations like the Corpus Christi Army Depot.\n\nU.S. Rep. Michael Cloud, Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez and Sen. John Fetterman introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Depot Data Transparency Act. Cloud, Cornyn and Gonzalez all represent the Coastal Bend. Fetterman is from Pennsylvania.\n\nOver the past decade, the civilian workforce and workload at the Corpus Christi Army Depot has shrunk, alarming community and military leaders concerned about the impact on the local economy, as well as national defense and strategic resiliency.\n\n\u201cOver the past decade, Corpus Christi Army Depot\u2019s highly-trained civilian workforce has dropped by thousands due to the Army\u2019s increasing reliance on private companies for helicopter repair work,\u201d Gonzalez said in a news release. \u201cThis is a federal issue hurting depots across the country and requires a federal solution; it starts with bringing greater transparency to the Army\u2019s maintenance and overhaul schedule.\n\n\u201cOur bill builds on bipartisan language we secured in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act, and would ensure we protect South Texas\u2019s military competitiveness and the thousands of workers it employs.\u201d\n\nIf made law, the Depot Data Transparency Act would require the U.S. Department of Defense to submit annual reports for military installations detailing how maintenance and repair work is divided between private companies and military depots.\n\nAnother bill, the DEPOTS Act, would authorize the U.S. secretary of defense to use surpluses to write off internal Department of Defense debts affecting depots because of planned government work that has been canceled. This would not apply to payments owed to commercial contractors.\n\n\u201cTexas\u2019 two extraordinary Organic Industrial Base sites, the Corpus Christi and Red River Army Depots, make immeasurable, ongoing contributions to our nation\u2019s defense readiness, from remanufacturing and sustaining rotary-wing aircraft to remanufacturing and overhauling tactical wheeled vehicles,\u201d Cornyn said in a news release. \u201cWe must provide budgetary flexibility so they are not hampered by financial losses from cancelled government work.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe DEPOTS Act is a commonsense flexibility for a real problem,\u201d Cloud said in a news release. \u201cDepots shouldn\u2019t face the adverse effects alone due to mission changes by the Department of War and Congress. Corpus Christi Army Depot does critical work keeping our service members\u2019 aircraft safe and reliable, and this practical reform keeps our Army\u2019s and the nation\u2019s rotary aircraft operational and, in the fight.\u201d\n\nCornyn and Gonzalez visited the Corpus Christi Army Depot in March with Army Under Secretary Mike Obadal, local leaders and a representative from Cloud\u2019s office.", 1, "2026-08-12T06:18:38Z", "2026-08-12T06:20:33Z"]], "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://cloud.house.gov/posts/congress-members-introduce-bills-to-support-corpus-christi-army-depot"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8564572781324387, "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"}