Hinds Today

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) voted for the committee passage of an FY2025 appropriations measure that recommends $47.7 million for construction projects at military installations across Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped approve the FY2025 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Bill, making it available for consideration by the full Senate. The bill was passed unanimously with a 27-0 vote and is among the first FY2025 funding measures approved by the committee on Thursday.

“There is an ongoing need to consider upgrades and improvements at Mississippi’s military installations in order to allow them to sustain and expand their missions. The funding in this bill will advance that goal, and I will continue to work on this bill to support Mississippi’s active duty and reserve bases until we get it signed into law,” Hyde-Smith said.

Hyde-Smith collaborated with the MilCon-VA Appropriations Subcommittee to secure recommended funding for Mississippi.

The Senate MilCon-VA measure also recommends $339.5 billion for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for FY2025. This funding includes $69.5 million for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, which operates facilities in Gulfport and Washington, D.C.

The three measures approved by the committee comply with statutory caps on discretionary funding established under the recently-enacted Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, known as the debt limit bill.

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