Husted returns more than $31 million for Ohio projects in FY26 funding package

January 30, 2026

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today voted to pass a funding package, which secured critical investments for Ohio.

“Funding the government is Congress’ core responsibility, and I’m proud we made tremendous progress through regular order and bipartisan cooperation. The package provides real wins for Ohio while completing the transition away from Biden-era spending levels and restoring disciplined, responsible budgeting—showing that Congress can be fiscally responsible and accountable to taxpayers,” said Husted.

“In addition to targeted investments across Ohio, this funding bolsters our military, keeps border security strong, supports education and health systems, and modernizes air and transportation safety—priorities that keep our state and country moving forward. Ohioans can always count on me to put our state’s priorities first as I represent them in Congress,” added Husted.

The funding package is composed of five more of the 12 appropriations subcommittee bills needed to fully fund the government through FY26. Part of the package included a continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security, which funds the agency through Feb. 13, 2026.

Husted secured the following Ohio-specific funding wins through Congressionally Directed Spending requests:

$1 million for the YWCA of Van Wert for the construction of a new facility with a Community Care Clinic.
$3 million for Cincinnati State to renovate its outdated Advanced Manufacturing Training Center.
$1,500,000 for the City of Chillicothe’s Mary Lou Patton Park Infrastructure Revitalization.
- This funding will address ongoing water drainage issues, reorganize traffic flow, parking, green space and improve the overall infrastructure of the park.
$1,500,000 for the City of Portsmouth’s Chillicothe Street Housing Project to rehabilitate two vacant buildings, creating affordable housing units and commercial spaces in downtown Portsmouth.
$9,500,000 for Columbus State Community College’s Ohio Center for Advanced Technology to support construction of a workforce training center that will prepare Ohioans for jobs in advanced manufacturing.
$247,000 for Franklin Township and Conesville Village’s Joe Balo Landing Muskingum River Access Project, which will provide public access to an 18 nautical mile desolate stretch of the Muskingum River and build a public safety boat launch.
$875,000 for Stark State College’s Commercial Drivers License (CDL) Instruction Center to construct classrooms, offices, and a computer lab/workspace for students to support Stark State’s CDL instruction.
$5,000,000 for Capital Improvements to renovate portions of the historic Hotel McArthur, which is owned by the Vinton County Convention and Visitors Bureau, to be a new visitors center.
$3,750,000 for the Ohio Department of Transportation’s City of Wooster Beall Avenue Safety Improvement Project to construct a new roundabout at one of Wooster’s most congested and dangerous intersections.
$5,000,000 for Western Reserve Port Authority’s Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport Runway Rehabilitation to complete the final phase of the Airfield Pavement Rehabilitation Project.

On top of Ohio specific line items, the funding package also includes the following general funding wins with the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education:

$1.4 billion for Career and Technical Education (CTE) State Grants, which assist states and localities with CTE program expansion.
$10.4 billion for employment and training programs to help American workers acquire the skills needed to meet the needs of U.S. job creators.
$12.4 billion for Head Start and $8.8 billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant to support affordable childcare options for working families.
$15.2 billion for IDEA State Grants to help states and school districts provide special education and related services to children, preschoolers and infants with disabilities.
More than $1.6 billion in funding for Impact Aid, which supports school districts around military installations.
Medicare Coverage of Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Tests.
- Husted is a cosponsor of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Act. This bill would make sure Medicare beneficiaries can access Multi-Cancer Early Detection tests that can diagnose multiple types of cancer before symptoms appear.
Extends Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to issue Priority Review Vouchers for Rare Pediatric Diseases.
- Husted is a cosponsor of the Give Kids A Chance Act. The bill reauthorizes a program to increase incentives to bring therapies to market for rare pediatric diseases.
Requires the FDA to inform generic drug applicants, upon request or during review, whether the drug is qualitatively and quantitatively the same as the listed brand-name drug. This will speed access to cheaper generic drugs.
- Husted backs the Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act. This bipartisan bill would speed up the approval of generic drugs.

Husted helped secure the following in the defense section of the bill:

$8 million to begin efforts to repair the primary runway at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.
- Wright-Patt’s primary runway has been deteriorating for years. This critical funding will begin the process of repairing the runway so that it can service the base and our national security needs for decades to come.

$12.5 million to secure the supply chain for large-scale extruded beryllium products.
- Beryllium is a critical mineral for defense, energy, aerospace, electronics and consumer systems.
- Most of the work to support beryllium development is done in Elmore, Ohio.
$50 million to support the development and fielding of engine enhancements for the F-15EX fighter jet.
- These enhancements will increase the range and payload capacity of the Air Force’s fleet of F-15EX aircraft, enabling our airmen to better compete against our nation’s adversaries in theaters around the globe.
$175 million to advance the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP).
- The ITEP program is developing a new helicopter engine, the T901, that will significantly boost the capabilities of America’s Black Hawk and Apache helicopter fleet.
$14.9 million to integrate construction-scale 3D printing technologies across the Air Force
$1.826 billion to continue development of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC).
- The SAOC is the Air Force’s next generation “Doomsday Plane,” which would serve as a command center for the President and other national leaders in the event of nuclear war.
$10 million to develop advanced thermal management systems for U.S. fighter aircraft.
- This funding will help develop new thermal management systems that will allow current and future fighter jets to manage higher thermal loads resulting from the adoption of stronger onboard electronic warfare and signal intelligence systems.
$12 million to accelerate the qualification of modular solid rocket motors for U.S. Navy missiles.
$5 million to accelerate destruction of toxic chemicals like PFAS.
$778.478 million for the Abrams Upgrade Program.
- This critical funding will ensure that more of America’s brave Soldiers receive the most capable and advanced tank in the world: the M1A2 SEPv3.
- As it has been for years, this important work will be done by hundreds of hardworking Ohioans at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio.
$8 million to mitigate supply chain risks for critical forged parts.
- The Pentagon relies on metal forging companies to deliver critical components on virtually every weapon system and defense platform.
$151.3 million for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program to develop a drone wingman jet that can operate semi-autonomously to assist manned aircraft.

The defense appropriations bill also includes the following general wins:

A 3.8% pay raise for servicemembers and an additional 10% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers.
Makes significant investments in boosting domestic production of critical minerals, reducing America’s dangerous dependence on the Chinese Communist Party.

The bill also includes the following funding for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development:

Requires that commercial vehicle drivers can read and speak the English language to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language.
$250 million for BUILD grants to provide federal assistance for transportation projects across the country. The BUILD Grant program has supported projects in Ohio.
$1.88 billion to support efforts to hire 2,500 new air traffic controllers.
$4 billion to make modernizing upgrades to air traffic infrastructure.
$3.3 billion for the Community Development Block Grant program.
$4.4 billion for homelessness assistance grants.

The funding package includes the following federal financial services agencies:

$21 million for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review and prohibit malign foreign investments in sensitive domestic industries.
$238 million for the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence to bolster sanctions enforcement against America’s adversaries.
$573.8 million to federal and state law enforcement to support efforts to fight drug trafficking and money-laundering.
$136 million to support youth-focused anti-drug abuse efforts.
This includes $21.4 million for SBA grants to help veterans kickstart their small businesses.

For the Department of State:

Husted-supported language to expedite the deployment of lightweight thermal/visual surveillance systems at U.S. embassies abroad to protect America’s diplomats. The work done to support these systems is done in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.

Full text of the bill is available here.