{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-secures-56-provisions-historic-26-billion-for-alaska-in-fy-2027-defense-authorization", "Sullivan Secures 56 Provisions, Historic $2.6 Billion for Alaska in FY 2027 Defense Authorization", "2026-06-23", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "Senate", "AK", "Dan Sullivan", "S001198", "www.sullivan.senate.gov", "sullivan", "https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases?PageNum_rs=1", "scraper", "Bill Supports Alaska's Military Members & Families, Makes Largest NDAA Investment in Alaska History\n\nWASHINGTON\u2014U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and his fellow Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) colleagues last week advanced the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of committee by a bipartisan vote of 18 to 9. The $1.15 trillion legislation includes 56 provisions and amendments authored by Sen. Sullivan. It authorizes a historic $2.6 billion in military construction and projects specifically for Alaska, and requires the Department of War (DOW) to create a plan to audit, fortify, and fully staff previously abandoned armories in many Rural Alaska communities.\n\nThe FY 2027 NDAA also supports military service members and their families, addresses critical energy and housing challenges, and helps close key defense gaps in the Arctic. Finally, the legislation is focused on catalyzing a sweeping defense manufacturing revival to address the atrophied defense industrial base and to build a modern U.S. military that can meet the rapidly evolving threats of global adversaries.\n\n\u201cFor over 10 years, in each annual defense authorization, I have consistently fought for and delivered robust investments in Alaska and our service members. In that regard, this year\u2019s NDAA is a grand-slam home run, making by far the largest investment ever in our great state at $2.6 billion,\u201d said Sen. Sullivan. \u201cThese investments bolster Alaska\u2019s role as the cornerstone of America\u2019s missile defense system, the hub of Arctic and Indo-Pacific air combat power, and a vital platform for expeditionary forces. A centerpiece of this year\u2019s NDAA is the beginning of the historic, multi-year, $7 billion \u2018Fighter Town USA\u2019 recapitalization at JBER, which will build 26 state-of-the-art facilities to make JBER the most strategic base in the world, create upwards of 4,000 private-sector jobs, and bring many more military members to our state in the years to come.\n\n\u201cOther NDAA provisions I secured will improve the quality of life for our Alaska-based warfighters and their families, with a well-deserved pay raise, critical housing and education support, and upgraded base infrastructure at JBER, Eielson, and Fort Wainwright. Finally, this year\u2019s NDAA includes my bill, the Alaska National Guard Rural Community Revival Act,which requires the Pentagon to plan for reopening and staffing many of the long-abandoned armories that exist across Rural Alaska to broaden our military\u2019s presence and capabilities in our highly strategic state.\n\n\u201cThanks to the rigorous, bipartisan work of the committee, this NDAA sends a clear message of strength to our adversaries, fosters a groundswell of economic activity that will create thousands of good-paying jobs at home in Alaska, and ensures the United States military remains the most lethal fighting force on the planet. I will be working with my Senate and House colleagues to preserve all these vital provisions and expeditiously deliver this important legislation to the president\u2019s desk.\u201d\n\nThe FY 2027 NDAA supports U.S. service members and their families with provisions that:\n\nAuthorize funding to support a 3.6 percent pay raise for military members.\n\nRefocus defense leadership on service member quality of life by establishing a new Assistant Secretary at DOW to elevate and prioritize housing, travel, and movement issues for military members.\n\nImprove counseling and access to information related to foster care opportunities for military families.\n\nEnhance housing transparency through long-term planning and by incorporating community feedback.\n\nAuthorize DOW to increase the maximum tuition assistance benefit.\n\nThe $2.6 billion in military construction and project authorizations for Alaska include:\n\n$2.066 billion for the Fighter Town Recapitalization Build-Out at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).\n\n$56 million for Addition/Alteration (ADAL) Field Training Detachment.\n\n$132.3 million for a Conventional Munition Complex.\n\n$451.5 million for dormitories.\n\n$93.8 million for a flight simulator.\n\n$31.25 million for fuel cell maintenance.\n\n$422.1 million for infrastructure and utilities.\n\n$63.25 million for low observable aircraft structural maintenance.\n\n$127.5 million for an operation and generation hangar.\n\n$359.1 million for precision guided munition (PGM) relocation.\n\n$50 million for public traffic route alignment.\n\n$125.25 million for Squadron 1-1 airfield pavements.\n\n$154 million for Squadron 1-1 flowthrough hangars.\n\n$156.964 million for the JBER Phase 2 Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) restructure.\n\n$147 million for a dining facility at Ft. Wainwright.\n\n$50 million in increased launch capacity, which will benefit the Pacific Spaceport Complex \u2013 Alaska on Kodiak Island.\n\n$43.2 million for winter equipment for the U.S. Army in Alaska.\n\n$42 million for Joint Integrated Test and Training Center (JITTC) INC.\n\n$41 million for the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) Range Operations Center at Eielson Air Force Base.\n\n$24 million for Barracks Increment 2 at Ft. Wainwright.\n\n$15 million for resilient autonomous sensing in the Arctic.\n\n$10 million for autonomy within the Golden Dome missile defense system, which will include projects in Alaska.\n\nSen. Sullivan\u2019s Alaska-related provisions in the FY 2027 NDAA:\n\nDirect a plan to optimize Arctic readiness and infrastructure by requiring an audit to repurpose underutilized armories into tactical, cold-weather logistical hubs, utilizing public-private partnerships with Alaska Native corporations, making microgrid upgrades, and building targeted recruitment frameworks to address severe personnel vacancies in remote regions.\n\nAllow 8(a) small businesses to bid on DOW construction contracts by committing to open a local office within 60 days of winning a contract, rather than having local office presence before submitting a bid.\n\nMandate the formal integration of the Army National Guard into the comprehensive Army Arctic Strategy, helping the Alaska National Guard to procure winter gear.\n\nDirect DOW to establish a comprehensive strategy and roadmap to mitigate local community impacts during the construction of private data centers on military installations. To guarantee that these facilities do not compromise local utility needs, this legislation mandates that DOW conduct rigorous grid impact assessments, requiring a formalized review of energy demands and commercial grid stability, before executing or renewing any Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) for military infrastructure or energy production.\n\nEstablish a joint DOW-U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) military trauma care and research program with regional partners to bolster medical readiness across the Indo-Pacific and Arctic.\n\nEstablish an Analytics and Simulation Laboratory within the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies.\n\nIncrease the end strength of Alaska Air National Guard full-time support personnel to ensure there are no cuts to local positions.\n\nDirect the transfer of certain military land to the Municipality of Anchorage and the Village of Eklutna for critical projects that would help DOW and the community.\n\nRequire a strategy to improve Arctic satellite connectivity by directing the Secretary of War to submit a plan to enhance high-speed data downlinks, winterize ground stations against extreme weather, and build resilient communication lines alongside the Coast Guard and Arctic NATO allies.\n\nAllow the U.S. Coast Guard to bid within the Defense Community Infrastructure Program, enabling remote Alaska maritime communities to secure competitive DOW funding for critical roads, housing, and utilities to directly boost Coast Guard operational readiness and family quality of life.\n\nStrengthen military grid resiliency by requiring DOW to establish energy redundancy, diversify power supply sources, and ensure critical installations maintain reliable power generation capacities.\n\nDirect the expansion of energy storage by requiring DOW to establish minimum fuel reserves and build protected infrastructure to eliminate single points of failure in Alaska.\n\nDirect DOW to conduct rigorous audits of domestic energy supply chains and foreign energy dependencies, establishing a clear roadmap to wean DOW off dependence on resources from foreign adversaries and aggressively invest in secure domestic supplies, specifically Alaska\u2019s extraordinary oil, natural gas, and critical mineral resources, to guarantee absolute energy independence for the U.S. military.\n\nDirect the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report and briefing to Congress, evaluating the infrastructure and funding needed to expand national security space launches at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island in Alaska.\n\nDirect DOW to brief Congress on the feasibility of establishing a dedicated Arctic Capable National Guard Special Forces unit.\n\nRaise the spending limit for quick-approval construction projects from $9 million to $15 million and waive local cost adjustments for Alaska.\n\nOther Sullivan priorities in the FY 2027 NDAA:\n\nSupport the implementation of the new Program Acquisition Executive (PAE) office scorecards, which serve as a primary diagnostic tool for assessing the operational health of each acquisition office.\n\nEstablish dual acquisition workforce pilot programs by directing DOW to create a venture capital training certification for contracting officers and an advisory program integrating commercial industry executives into senior procurement roles.\n\nBuild upon Sen. Sullivan\u2019s FY 2023 and 2024 NDAA provisions requiring the Navy to maintain 33 amphibious ships.\n\nDirect the Navy to conduct a study on using naval reservists to expand its existing workforce backup program for shipbuilding.\n\nDirect the Secretary of the Navy to brief Congress on establishing a standard legal definition for \u201cdistributed shipbuilding\u201d across all federal vessel construction programs.\n\nRequire all budget books to explicitly detail all uses of multi-year procurement authority and supporting data, providing a predictable federal demand signal to venture capital and private equity partners, while equipping Congress with enhanced visibility into investment risk and long-term program sustainability.\n\nRequire certain DOW contractors to report detailed information regarding their business exposure to China, including revenue, profits, assets, investments, supply chain dependencies, financing relationships, and employment ties connected to China.\n\nRequire that mission-critical systems delivering space-based tactical data be procured from multiple vendors to foster a robust and resilient marketplace, the final provision of Sen. Sullivan\u2019s Ground and Orbital Launched Defeat of Emergent Nuclear Destruction and Other Missile Engagements (GOLDEN DOME) Act.\n\n# # #\n\nNext Article Previous Article", 1, "2026-06-24T06:25:30Z", "2026-06-24T06:26:49Z"]], "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://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-secures-56-provisions-historic-26-billion-for-alaska-in-fy-2027-defense-authorization"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4700021129101515, "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"}