House members are increasing the pressure on the Air Force to make a final decision about the long-term location of the US Space Command. SPACECOM is currently housed in Colorado, but the Trump administration had declared it be moved to Alabama.
SPACECOM is currently housed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but during the final days of the Trump administration, the Air Force selected the Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for its permanent base. Colorado officials are keen on keeping the base there. It contributes roughly 1,400 jobs and millions of dollars to the state's economy.
The House Appropriations Committee also added language into its separate 2024 military construction funding bill on Tuesday that would halt funding for Space Command's headquarters until a final decision is made. “Huntsville won the competition, and they’re gonna get the permanent base,” House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers said of provisions in his defense policy bill, per Politico. “And we’re gonna make sure that anybody who thinks they’re going to get authorization or funding to [undo] that is mistaken.”
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