U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week voted for committee passage of an FY2025 appropriations measure that recommends $47.7 million for construction projects at military installations across Mississippi, including $700,000 to the Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee that approved the FY2025 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Bill, making the measure available for consideration by the full Senate. The bill passed unanimously 27-0 and was 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 to allow them to sustain and expand their missions,” Hyde-Smith said. “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.”.

The Senate MilCon-VA measure also recommends $339.5 billion for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for FY2025.

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