For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Congressman Dan Boren, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has secured $7 million in the Fiscal Year 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations Act to benefit the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant and the Defense Ammunition Center.  The bill passed the House of Representatives last night.

 

“The importance of the work done at McAAP was made clear earlier this month with the Zarqawi bombing,” Boren said.  “I am proud to represent the men and women who build our nation’s bombs and I am pleased to provide this funding to help ensure the plant’s future.”

 

Funding Boren secured in the FY07 Defense Appropriations Act includes:

 

• $5 million for the Excalibur extended-range artillery projectile.  Excalibur is the Army’s only close-fight precision artillery projectile.  The McAlester Army Ammunition Plant will be utilized in loading some of the shells.
  
• $2 million for the procurement of ammunition peculiar equipment (APE) out-loading equipment at Defense Ammunition Center (DAC), allowing ammunition to be moved more efficiently.

The bill awaits action in the Senate.

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