PORTSMOUTH, Va. — President Joe Biden is sending $26 million in federal funds back to a U.S. Navy shipyard in Virginia.
The money had been diverted by President Donald Trump to pay for a wall along the Mexico border.
The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that the shipyard money is a sliver of the $3.6 billion that Trump had moved from the Department of Defense.
The Biden Administration is now sending billions back to a series of military projects.
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth will use the $26 million to address numerous safety violations in one of its buildings.
They include a lack of sprinklers, poor placement of fire alarms and no mass notification system.
The facility builds and repairs U.S. Navy ships.
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