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— Last week, the House passed the Fiscal Year 2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Included in the bill is $6.5 million secured by Congressman Moore in community project funding for the planning and design of a dedicated F-35 Canopy Maintenance Facility at Hill Air Force Base. This new facility will serve as the Air Force’s sole depot-level source of repair for F-35 canopies, a critical component of fifth-generation aircraft maintenance. The exi…  Continue Reading

— Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide more federal support for transportation infrastructure in medium-sized cities. The Medium Transit Intensive Cities (MTIC) Authorization Act creates a new Medium Transit Intensive Cities category within the Section 5307 transit-funding program. The program would be modeled on the successful Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) formula but designed for medium-sized urban areas with 200,000…  Continue Reading

— Congressman Blake Moore introduced legislation to strengthen domestic critical mineral supply chains, incentivize domestic mining, and support America's economic and national security. The Critical Mineral and Extraction Tax Parity Act bolsters domestic critical mineral supply chains by updating the list of minerals eligible for the 45X Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit to mirror the U.S. Geological Survey’s 2025 List of Critical Minerals and ensure extraction costs are eligible activities un…  Continue Reading