Dive summary:

• Important to contractors that seek military work, the first FY 2014 appropriation bill to emerge from either chamber in Congress reduces Department of Defense construction outlays by 6% and reduces Veterans Affairs' (VA) major building accounts by 36% while giving VA's small projects 18% more.
• An amendment to bar any spending for implementation or enforcement of prevailing wage standards lost, heartening unions and disappointing Associated Builders and Contractors.
• Within the military allocations, the Army would lose 36% of its pre-sequester 2013 appropriation and wind up at $1.1 billion, while the Air Force would get more than twice as much as this year with $1.1 billion.

From the article:

"We took the difficult but responsible step to reduce military construction funding to offset the increases in [overall] VA spending, but we made these reductions without affecting military readiness or effectiveness." ...