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Rep. Rob Wittman presented $2.2 million to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown on Feb. 11 for the construction of shore power infrastructure for Virginia-class submarines. The funding, secured through the Community Project Funding process, aims to create a loading and unloading substation as the base currently lacks the capacity for maximum shore power. The House of Representatives passed this funding on Nov. 12, 2025, as part of H.R. 5371, which also allocated $1.5 billion to the Navy's Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization program.