DAYTON DEVELOPMENT COALITION

Economics/Economic Development

Support funding for economic development of Dayton, Ohio, region; support Community Project Funding (CPF) for the Dayton, Ohio, region in House Appropriations bills; support Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) for the Dayton, Ohio, region in the Senate Appropriations bills; support including military construction (MILCON) funding at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Springfield Air National Guard Base in future budget requests; support amending the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) to allow Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Administrative funds to be used for long-term facility renovation projects and construction; support enacting a sense-of-Congress provision establishing a target for funding Military Construction (MILCON) for Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) at five percent of the total MILCON budget for each military service; support funding and operation of the Air Force Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program (ML-RCP) by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); support planning by the Department of the Air Force for the development, testing, acquisition, and operational use of eVTOLs in future Air Force operational missions; support selection by the Air National Guard of the Springfield Air National Guard Base for a permanent location of an MQ-9 Reaper Test Detachment; support amending 10 U.S. Code 2679 to increase the term limit for Intergovernmental Support Agreements (IGSA) for partnerships between the military services and local governments from 10 years to 20 years; support enactment of authority for the history program of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the recently established National VA History Center (NVAHC) on the campus of the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center; support S. 1721, to modify the authority of the Secretary of each military department to replace damaged or destroyed facilities to include replacement of certain facilities in failing condition; support amendment by Senator Welch to S.1939, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023, to support electric aircraft infrastructure; support the following provisions in H.R 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, as reported by the House Armed Services Committee: Section 212, Clarification of Role of Partnership Intermediaries to Promote Defense Research and Education, Section 1604, Authorization for establishment of the National Space Intelligence Center as a field operating agency,; support H.R 2670 as adopted by the House, Sense of Congress on Maintaining In-Patient Military Medical Treatment Facilities; support the following sections in H. Rep. 118-125, the report of the House Armed Services Committee to accompany H.R. 2670: authorizing $9,900,000 for planning and design of the Acquisition Management Complex Phase V on Wright-Patterson AFB, page 390, Briefing on Runway Conditions at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, page 58, Air Force Research Laboratorys one laboratory serving two services policy, page 277, Report on the Need for Classified Administrative Space; support the following provisions in H.R. 4365, Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Appropriations Bill: appropriating $9,900,000 for planning and design of the Acquisition Management Complex Phase V on Wright-Patterson AFB, appropriating $9,800,000 for program increase for capability for advanced air mobility, appropriating $65,000,000 for program increase for Mission Acceleration Centers, oppose Section 8041, placing limitations on the use of funds to establish field operating agencies; support $18,000,000 appropriations in S. Rep. 118-43, the Report of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations, for planning and design of the Acquisition Management Complex Phase V on Wright-Patterson AFB; support using the GE Next-Generation Adaptive Engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; and support continuing the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) serving education requirements (graduate education and continuing education) of both Air Force and Space Force, and that Space Force send students and faculty members to AFIT.