08/03/20
Trump administration wants $377 million for remodeling the West Wing included in the next coronavirus stimulus package
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro speaks with reporters outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
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Chính Phủ Trump muốn có 377 triệu đô la trong dự luật cứu trợ coronavirus tiếp theo kế hoạch hiện đại hóa lâu dài của West Wing nhưng chưa được ấn định thời gian.
Được biết ông Trump c̣n muốn xây mới ṭa nhà FBI 1,5 tỷ cũng trong đợt cứu trợ kỳ này.
Ṭa nhà Mái Tây Hiên này đă không tu bổ từ năm 1933.
Năm 2013 cũng đă có kế hoạch tu bổ dưới thời ông Obama.
Nếu kế hoạch được chuẩn thuận có lẽ qua kỳ bầu cử tháng 11 mới thực hiện
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration wants $377 million in the next coronavirus relief bill for a long-delayed modernization of the West Wing, but the timetable for construction is yet to be determined.
The sum, included in the draft aid legislation from Senate Republicans, would also cover a new security screening facility for the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex.
While lawmakers, including Republicans, have balked at the administration’s request for more than $1 billion in the bill for a new FBI headquarters in Washington, the West Wing plan has drawn relatively little scrutiny. The administration says the White House work would “increase the White House campus’s ability to detect, mitigate and alleviate external security and pandemic threats.”
The West Wing has not had a full modernization since 1933, according to the General Services Administration, which maintains most of the White House complex and would handle the upgrades. Renovations have been planned and delayed by previous administrations — most recently by President Barack Obama in 2013 — in part because no president has wanted to temporarily give up the Oval Office for months or longer to allow for the substantial work to be done.
Plans drawn up in 2013 envisioned Obama and West Wing staffers working from the historic EEOB, once the headquarters of the Departments of State, War and Navy, for an extended period of time.
President Donald Trump oversaw a relatively minor upgrade to the West Wing, which included cosmetic and furniture changes and air conditioning upgrades, over a two-week period in 2017. Officials said substantial work remains, including necessary work on electrical and information technology infrastructure and unspecified security improvements.
The U.S. Secret Service did not comment on the proposed security upgrades.
A temporary security screening facility for the EEOB was constructed in 2013, in part in preparation for the anticipated West Wing overhaul that never came to pass.
GSA press secretary Pamela Pennington said that as a result of the delays, “the building’s infrastructure has continued to deteriorate and the need for updating has only increased. Further, this project is even more necessary given the current challenges as a result of COVID-19 and the need for modern HVAC systems to ensure proper circulation within the workspace.”
Even if Congress approves the money, the fate of the project could hinge on the November election and whether the occupant of the Oval Office next year is willing to proceed with the work.
Pennington said that if the funding is approved, design and site work would begin almost immediately, “but an actual project schedule is yet to be determined.”
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Trump muốn sửa khu Mái Tây hiên với giá 377 triệu đô trong gói cứu trợ tiếp theo
