HB1077 Summary

• Appropriates $6,805,541 for Department of Military general operations including $2,912,372 in regular salaries for 546 maximum employees and $55,000 for extra help.

• Appropriates $2,015,263 for Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge Program personal services and operating expenses.

• Appropriates $2,560,000 for emergency military call-up expenses ($2,500,000) and court martial expenses ($60,000).

• Appropriates $18,959,097 for Fort Chaffee operations, $17,743,767 for Federal Training Site personnel, and $26,135,154 for Federal Training Site Operations, all payable from federal funds.

• Establishes additional appropriations for National Guard Museum ($81,558), cash operations ($1,805,918), counter drug asset forfeiture ($71,802), military support revolving fund ($296,132), and military family relief grant program ($209,693); all provisions effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.