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A Look at the FY 2010 House Defense Appropriations Bill
Travis | Jul 28, 2009 |
0 This morning I posted my analysis of the legislation, which is scheduled to be considered by the House this week. Below are the highlights.
Here are the Center’s other analyses of fiscal year 2010 budget action:
February “Topline” Request
May “Full” Request
House Defense Authorization
Senate Defense Authorization
House Defense Appropriations Highlights…
Military Pay Raise – The Committee provided a 3.4 percent pay raise, 0.5 percent above the President’s request
Compensation for Stop Loss – The Committee provided $8.3 million in unrequested funding to pay service members $500 for every month that they are retained as a result of application of stop loss authority, which forces service members to remain on active duty past their end of term of service date
F/A-22 “Raptor” Fighter – The Committee added $368.8 million in unrequested advance funding for 12 F-22 aircraft, but Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) plans to try and remove the advance funds during floor consideration
F/A-18E/F “Super Hornet” Fighter – The Committee added $603 million to the President’s request to purchase nine additional Hornets (total FY 2010 buy will be 18 aircraft under Committee’s plan); the Committee also included $108 million for long lead equipment procurement on what will ultimately be a 5-year, 150-aircraft buy of F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs
C-17 Globemaster Transport Aircraft – The Committee added $674 million in unrequested funding for 3 C-17s
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) – The Committee added $780 million to the President’s request to purchase an extra LCS vessel (total FY 2010 buy will be 4 ships under Committee’s plan)
Missile Defense – The Committee added $80 million in unrequested funding for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) in order “to enable the continuation of the program and the leveraging of KEI products and expertise for early intercept capability and other missile defense applications”
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (“Nunn-Lugar”) – The Committee provided the President’s full Nunn-Lugar request of $404.1 million, a funding level that, after adjusting for inflation, is $79 million (or 17 percent) less than the Bush-era annual average of $474 million (2009 dollars) (click here for more on the Nunn-Lugar budget)
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund (OCOTF) – Expressing concern that operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will change significantly in FY 2010 and that the Services therefore cannot budget accurately, the Committee created the OCOTF to facilitate a more flexible dispersal of funds. The Committee transferred 20 percent of the President’s operations and maintenance request for Iraq and Afghanistan to the OCOTF
Review of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) – Citing concerns that CERP, a program that provides military commanders with funds that they can use for development and other projects in their area of responsibility, is suffering from mismanagement and abuse, the Committee requested a thorough Pentagon review of CERP
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility – The Committee rejected the $100 million requested to relocate detainees housed at Guantanamo
Security Matters, Iraq & Afghanistan, Nukes on a Blog, Congress, F-22, Missile Defense (all tags)
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