I look forward to taking what we heard today to ensure Buckley has what it needs to fulfill its mission and to ensure the servicemembers and families here are taken care of.
Take input from Buckley Space Force Base leaders and work to ensure the base has what it needs to fulfill its mission and that its servicemembers and families are taken care of.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congressman Jason Crow met with leaders at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora to discuss state and federal initiatives they are leading to support Buckley, servicemembers, and their families. It was the fourth meeting of Congressman Crow's Future of Buckley Task Force.
Week of May 26: Friday, May 30- AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Roundtable Discussion; Visit Buckley Space Force. Week of February 3: Monday, February 3- Business Immigration Roundtable; Visit Buckley Space Forece Base.
Wednesday, June 4- House Armed Services Committee Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026; Meeting with HCA Healthcare; Meeting with Colorado Contractors Association; Meeting with General Saltzman of Space Force; Votes.
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (Introduced 03/11/2025). Latest Action: House - 03/11/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. This bill establishes a Space National Guard as the reserve component of the U.S. Space Force, specifically in Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, New York, and Ohio.
Roll Call 500 | Bill Number: H. R. 5009. Status: Passed. VOTES yea: 281, nay: 140. Crow Democratic Colorado CO Yea.
Public Law 118-159 ... To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy. This Act may be cited as the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2025, as follows: ... The Space Force, 9,800. SEC. 402. Annual end strength authorization for the Space Force.
SEC. 601. Reform of Basic Pay Rates. Effective April 1, 2025, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services within each pay grade ... are as follows.
Subtitle I--Family Programs and Child Care. SEC. 581. Interstate compacts for portability of occupational licenses of military spouses: permanent authority. SEC. 582. Military Spouse Career Accelerator Program. SEC. 583. Competitive Pay for Department of Defense Child Care Personnel.
TITLE VII--Health Care Provisions. Sec. 701. Access to specialty behavioral health care under TRICARE Prime. Sec. 705. Program to prevent perinatal mental health conditions in pregnant and postpartum members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 714. Health care licensure portability for TRICARE network providers providing mental health services to members of the Armed Forces and certain family members.
SEC. 514. Transfer to the Space Force of Covered Space Functions of the Air National Guard of the United States. Personnel billets limitations ... 119 personnel from the State of Colorado. Covered space function ... 137th Space Warning Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard; 138th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard.
Assessments
Crow met repeatedly with Buckley Space Force Base leaders, convened a Future of Buckley Task Force focused on the base, servicemembers, and families, and supported enacted FY2025 NDAA provisions covering defense authorization, Space Force personnel, pay, spouse employment, child care, and health care. The promise was broad and process-oriented, and the cited actions occurred while he remained in federal office, so it counts as delivered in the same term rather than merely attempted.