An extra $1.25 billion in federal spending will flow through the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville if a compromise approved by the House this week gets Senate approval.

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL.) voted Thursday for a House and Senate Conference Report on FY 19 defense spending levels. Brooks said the measure "rebuilds our military and gives it the weapons and supplies needed to protect and secure America's global interests."

The measure passed by a 359-54 vote gives House approval to a conference report reconciling Senate and House versions of the defense spending authorization levels. The Senate must still approve it and bills appropriating the money must pass both Houses. But the spending process is on track.

The bill authorizes total Pentagon spending next year of $639 billion including $18 billion for new Army equipment, $41 billion for new aircraft, $36 billion for naval fleet improvements and $23 billion for military facilities. It also grants a 2.6 percent pay raise to military personnel.

At Redstone Arsenal, the measure authorizes:

$192 billion for a new engine for Blackhawk and Apache helicopters

$490 million for Standard Missile buys and $181 million for improvements

$140 million to the Missile Defense Agency to advance hypersonic and directed energy weapons

$254 million for space programs and technology.

Brooks called the bill "a huge victory for Redstone Arsenal and the Tennessee Valley's defense community."

"America's military must be so strong that no nation will ever mistakenly believe they can win a war with us," Brooks said. "That is the essence of 'peace through strength.' The (bill) makes America stronger and, as a result, the world more peaceful."

Brooks sits on the House Armed Services Committee and its subcommittees on strategic forces and tactical air and land forces.