Last week, the House passed 11 of the 12 appropriations bills to fund the government and to continue in their work to finish the appropriations process. 
The Defense Appropriations bill includes more than $1.1 billion for Louisiana’s military bases and defense industry, including $424.7 million dedicated to defense equities in Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District, $227 million for Barksdale Air Force Base Global Strike Command and $40 million to support the defense industry at Camp Minden.

Some of the specifics included in the Defense Appropriations bill (along with the ones listed above):
$111.2 million to improve the security and training missions for AFGSC.
$115.8 million supporting partnerships between AFGSC and the Shreveport-Bossier defense sector.
$11.5 million to support a new collaboration program at Fort Polk that will work to resolve issues our troops face.
$20 million for the Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program.