Air Force gets green light to expand child care at Texas base
S. 2109 — Dyess CDC Addition Design Authorization Act · Filed by Ted Cruz (R-TX) · Introduced Jun 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Secretary of the Air Force to plan and design an addition to the child development center at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, with a project budget not exceeding $6.5 million (planning and design capped at 9% of that). The work will be funded from existing Air Force planning and design budgets, not new appropriations.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward authorization for planning and design of a military child care facility expansion. It is routine military construction authorization language with no hidden mechanisms or private beneficiaries.
Who it affects
Military families with children at Dyess AFB gain improved child care infrastructure. The bill imposes no costs on the public and uses existing budgetary authority, so there is no fiscal burden on taxpayers beyond what was already allocated to the Air Force.
Named in the bill
Secretary of the Air Force, Dyess Air Force Base, Department of the Air Force, child development center
Where it stands
- Jun 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 18, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,239 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
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