SB0020 Summary

• Creates the Defense Infrastructure Grant Program to fund local infrastructure projects that positively impact military installations' value, including roads, utilities, housing, and security improvements, with no limit on grant amounts.

• Establishes the Illinois Defense Reinvestment Grant Program to help defense-dependent communities protect existing military installations, diversify their economies, and plan reuse of closed or realigned military bases.

• Requires grant applicants to represent local governments with military installations and match at least 30% of awarded funds, with administrative costs capped at 10% of grants.

• Directs the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to coordinate grants with the Department of Military Affairs and Department of Veterans Affairs, including a defense workforce database.

• Amends the Job Training and Economic Development Grant Program to include coordination of defense-related grants and activities under this new Act.