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HIGHLIGHTS OF FY07 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
 
June 13th, 2006 - -
FY06 Comparable funding:        $358.5 billion
FY07 Request:                              $381.7 billion
FY07 Bill:                                        $377.6 billion (PLUS a $50.0 billion bridge fund for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan)
Amendments adopted in Full Committee: 
(Murtha):  regarding permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. 
Overall Budgetary Highlights
 
Military Personnel                                                       $84.9 billion
Operation and Maintenance                                     $120.5 billion
Procurement                                                                $81.8 billion
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation     $75.3 billion
Revolving and Management Funds                        $2.4 billion
Emergency Wartime Appropriations                       $50.0 billion
 
Troop Support:  Fully funds the 2.2% military pay raise, effective January 1, 2007, and end strength levels requested for active duty and Guard and Reserve Personnel in the President's budget.  The Committee recommends restoring $557.0 million for the Army Reserve and Army National Guard military personnel and operation and maintenance accounts that were reduced in the budget request on the basis of their current, not authorized, end strength levels.

Title IX “Bridge Fund”:  The Committee recommendation includes $50.0 billion in emergency funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.  These funds were included in the President’s budget and accommodated in the fiscal year 2007 Budget Resolution.  Title IX is designed to cover 6 months worth of contingency operations costs in the global war on terror.  The majority of this funding – $43.4 billion – is provided for military pay and the operation and maintenance accounts.  Funds are also provided for the following:

  • Replacement of equipment losses:  Approximately $5.6 billion is added to procurement accounts for Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force equipment due to wartime losses and degradation.  This includes funding for additional Humvees, trucks, radios, Hellfire missiles, and ammunition.
  • Counter IED:  $1.5 billion is provided for the Joint IED Defeat Organization of the Department of Defense in order to test and field new jammers to counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs) employed by our enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
  • Personnel protection items:  An additional $725 million is provided for personnel force protection items and gear for troops in the field, such as body armor.
  • Army and Marine Corps Reset:  The recommendation proposes a total of $4.8 billion for Army and Marine Corps equipment rehabilitation. 
  • Other Items:  The Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) is provided up to $500 million to help combatant commanders secure the peace by addressing emergency civilian needs in Afghanistan and Iraq.  $1 billion is provided to train and equip Iraqi and Afghan security forces.
Army National Guard Equipment:  In a special account, the Committee recommends $500 million in funding above the President’s request for the equipment needs of the Army National Guard, primarily to provide items needed for homeland defense and disaster response.
 
Army Ground Systems:  The Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) research and development program is funded at $3 billion, about $326 million below the request due to development and contracting delays.  The amount recommended for FCS represents an increase of $227 million above the fiscal year 2006 level.  The Stryker vehicle program is funded at $800 million for 100 vehicles. The Bradley Fighting Vehicle base sustainment program is funded at $285 million, the President’s request.  In addition, given the need for Bradley’s in the global war on terror, an additional $480 million is recommended in title IX.
 
Army Aviation:  The Army’s UH-60 Blackhawk procurement is funded at $581 million.  The recommendation includes an additional $19.2 million for a medical evacuation helicopter for the Army Reserve.  The Administration’s requests for AH-64 Apache helicopter modifications and CH-47 Chinook helicopter modifications are fully funded at $776 million and $583 million respectively.
 
Navy Shipbuilding:  The bill provides a total of $11.0 billion for Navy shipbuilding and conversion.  This includes $1.8 billion to purchase one Virginia-class submarine, $1.1 billion for one LHA(R) amphibious assault ship, $455 million for one T-AKE ammunition ship, and $521 million for two Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs). The recommendation fully funds the purchase of one DD(X) destroyer, including $2.6 billion for this purpose. 
 
Navy/Marine Corps Aviation:  The Committee recommendation includes $2.9 billion for 42 F/A-18’s.  The bill fully funds the V-22 aircraft procurement program at $1.3 billion and the KC-130J tanker aircraft program at $300 million.  The bill fully funds development of the VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Program ($638 million) and the Multimission Maritime Patrol Aircraft ($1.1 billion). 
 
Air Force programs:  The Committee recommendation includes $2.9 billion to fully fund the procurement of 20 F/A-22 aircraft and $477 million for advance procurement of 20 aircraft in fiscal year 2008.  The C-17 program is funded at $2.2 billion for 12 aircraft and an additional $789 million is provided in the bridge fund to replace 3 aircraft.  The bill provides $697 million in funding for the C-130J Air Force procurement program and $90 million for advance procurement.  In addition, $253 million is provided for the Navy’s KC-130J program and $45 million for advance procurement.  Research and development for the Joint Strike Fighter (a joint program with the Navy) is funded at $4.2 billion, the President’s request.  However, the Committee recommendation funds 4 of the 5 JSF production aircraft requested, for a savings of $140 million.
 
Missile Defense:  The Committee recommendation provides a total of $9 billion for ballistic missile defense, an increase of $1.3 million over FY06 and $355 million below the request.  The agreement includes additional funding of $5 million for an Asymmetric Warfare Initiative, and $20 million for ballistic missile defense signals processor and open architecture. The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program is funded at the President’s requested level of $405.5 million as is the Airborne Laser program at $631.6 million.
 
Space ProgramsThe Committee recommendation continues its support for Operationally Responsive Space and adds $25 million to the budget request.  The Committee recommendation makes reductions to the request for two programs: Space Radar (-$66.4 million) and Transformational Communications Satellite (-$100 million).  Additionally, the recommendation reduces the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program by $244.2 million for launch delays and infrastructure costs as well as recognizes programmatic difficulty causing delays in the Global Positioning System IIF through a reduction of $73.3 million.
 
Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities:  The Committee recommendation provides $937 million for DOD’s counter-drug activities and to fight narcoterrorism, $10.1 million over the request and $28.5 million above last year’s level. 
 
Other programs:  The Committee recommendation provides the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) the President’s request of $3.3 billion, and the Chemical and Biological Defense Program $1.542 million which is $84 million above the request.
 
Member project funding:
The bill includes a little less than $5 billion which is more than $1 billion below last year’s House bill and $2.7 billion below last year’s conference report. 
 
 
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