Federal facilities in New Mexico supporting national defense and nuclear development efforts could be funded through millions of dollars approved by congress in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The U.S. Senate’s version of the NDAA for the 2024 fiscal year included provisions to fund nuclear waste disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, along with the state’s two national laboratories: Los Alamos and Sandia national labs.

It also earmarked federal dollars for the state’s military bases: Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque and Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis.

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Here’s what New Mexico’s facilities stand to gain from the NDAA.

Nuclear development and clean up

Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories would receive $276 million for environmental cleanup at the facilities, and a $792.5 million would go to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship Program supporting work at both labs.

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

The NDAA, if passed, will provide $464 million to WIPP for its continued operations in disposing transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste from Department of Energy Facilities around the country via burial in an underground salt deposit.

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That includes $44.4 million toward a project to rebuild WIPP’s ventilation known as the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS), and another $50 million to finish a new air intake shaft that will feed air into the SSCVS for filtration.

When complete, the ventilation projects will more than triple WIPP’s available air for underground workers to breathe, allowing waste disposal, mining and maintenance to occur at the same time.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Another $1.76 billion would go to Los Alamos if the NDAA was passed in its current form, to support plutonium pit research at the lab.

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Los Alamos was planned to increase production of the pits, the triggers for nuclear warheads, to about 30 a year by 2026.

It’s part of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s initiative to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal, also seeking to increase production up to 50 pits a year at Savannah River Site in South Carolina by 2030.

Language was also included to improve transportation activities at Los Alamos, and to develop policy to remove feral cattle DOE property near the lab.

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Sandia National Laboratories

In support of modernizing the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons, Sandia National Labs would get part of the $24.1 billion in NNSA funding contained in the NDAA, supporting the lab’s engineering and science programs.

Military installations

The NDAA would send $179.7 million for the Department of Defense’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program, used by Cannon Air Force Base, White Sands Missile Range and Melrose Air Force Range in Floyd.

The program is intended to protect the installations from extreme weather events like flooding, wildfires or drought.

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White Sands Missile Range

About $5.5 million was allocated in the NDAA to build a laboratory enclosure and an administration facility at the Hight Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White Sands, and another $5 million to acquire hypersonic targets for laser testing.

Kirtland Air Force Base

Another $24.4 million was sent to Kirtland Air Force Base for its Wyoming Gate Project to better secure its perimeter.

Cannon Air Force Base

Cannon Air Force Base would receive $5 million through the NDAA for a new fire station on the base.

National Guard

Another $11 million was earmarked for the U.S. National Guard to build a vehicle maintenance shop in Rio Rancho.

Adrian Hedden can be reached at 575-628-5516, achedden@currentargus.com or @AdrianHedden on Twitter.

This article originally appeared on Carlsbad Current-Argus: Here's what New Mexico stands to get from the defense funding bill