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109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 109-504
_______________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007
__________
R E P O R T
of the
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[to accompany H.R. 5631]
June 16, 2006.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
C O N T E N T S
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Page
Bill Totals...................................................... 1
Committee Budget Review Process.................................. 4
Introduction..................................................... 4
Committee Recommendations by Major Category...................... 5
Active and Reserve Military Personnel........................ 5
Operation and Maintenance.................................... 6
Procurement.................................................. 6
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation................... 7
Classified Programs.......................................... 8
Forces To Be Supported........................................... 8
Department of the Army....................................... 8
Department of the Navy....................................... 9
Department of the Air Force.................................. 10
TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL...................................... 13
Programs and Activities Funded by Military Personnel
Appropriations............................................. 13
Summary of Military Personnel Recommendations for Fiscal Year
2007....................................................... 13
Adjustments to Military Personnel Account.................... 15
End Strength Adjustments................................. 15
Accuracy of Obligations.................................. 16
Guard and Reserve Cost Avoidance......................... 16
Recruiting Incentives.................................... 16
Full-Time Support Strengths.............................. 16
Military Personnel, Army..................................... 17
Military Personnel, Navy..................................... 20
Military Personnel, Marine Corps............................. 23
Military Personnel, Air Force................................ 26
Reserve Personnel, Army...................................... 29
Reserve Personnel, Navy...................................... 31
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps.............................. 33
Reserve Personnel, Air Force................................. 35
National Guard Personnel, Army............................... 37
National Guard Personnel, Air Force.......................... 39
TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.............................. 43
Operation and Maintenance Overview........................... 45
Recommendations to Address Shortfalls.................... 45
The Effects of Rebasing.................................. 46
Increasing Costs of Operation and Maintenance............ 46
Equipment Recapitalization............................... 47
Minority Outreach........................................ 47
Operation and Maintenance Budget Execution Data.......... 47
Operation and Maintenance Reprogrammings................. 48
Operation and Maintenance, Army.............................. 49
Foreign Language Programs--DLI Language Labs............. 54
Operation and Maintenance, Navy.............................. 54
NPS Laboratory Modernization............................. 58
Ship Depot Maintenance................................... 59
Navy Call Center......................................... 59
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps...................... 59
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force......................... 62
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide...................... 66
Defense Security Service................................. 70
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve...................... 70
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve...................... 72
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve.............. 75
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve................. 77
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard............... 79
Enterprise Resource Planning............................. 82
Northeast Regional Training Center for Homeland Defense.. 82
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard................ 83
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account............. 85
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.......... 85
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid............... 85
Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction Account................. 85
TITLE III. PROCUREMENT........................................... 87
Estimates and Appropriations Summary......................... 87
Special Interest Items................................... 89
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts.......... 89
Reprogramming Reporting Requirements..................... 89
Classified Annex......................................... 89
Aircraft Procurement, Army................................... 89
Missile Procurement, Army.................................... 95
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army..... 97
Lightweight Towed Howitzer, M777A1....................... 99
Procurement of Ammunition, Army.............................. 102
Other Procurement, Army...................................... 107
Container Roll In-Roll Out Platform (M3 CROP)................ 112
Aircraft Procurement, Navy................................... 120
EA-18G and F/A-18 E/F Procurement........................ 123
Weapons Procurement, Navy.................................... 127
Torpedo Inventory Levels................................. 129
Sonobuoy Inventory Levels................................ 129
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps............. 132
Five Inch/54 Millimeter Ammunition....................... 134
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy............................ 137
Thirty Year Shipbuilding Plan............................ 139
DD(X) Destroyer.......................................... 139
Attack Submarine Procurement Rate........................ 139
Prior Year Shipbuilding Costs............................ 140
Other Procurement, Navy...................................... 142
Weapons Range Support Equipment.......................... 146
Combat Survivor Evader Locator Radio..................... 146
Procurement, Marine Corps.................................... 153
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.............................. 160
F-22 Incremental Funding................................. 163
Joint Strike Fighter..................................... 163
C-17 Procurement......................................... 163
Global Hawk.............................................. 164
F-15 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radars.......... 164
C-17 and AESA Radar Procurement.......................... 164
Tanker Replacement--KC-X Advance Procurement............. 164
Predator Roadmap......................................... 165
C-130 Center Wing Box Replacement........................ 165
C-32 Winglet Modification................................ 165
T-38 Ejection Seat Upgrade Program (ESUP)................ 165
Missile Procurement, Air Force............................... 170
Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program............. 172
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)................. 172
Global Positioning System................................ 173
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force......................... 176
Other Procurement, Air Force................................. 180
Procurement, Defense-Wide.................................... 187
USSOCOM--Emergent Critical Combat Mission Needs.......... 189
National Guard and Reserve Equipment......................... 193
Army National Guard Combat Brigades...................... 193
Defense Production Act Purchases............................. 195
Beryllium Supply Industrial Base......................... 195
TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION............. 197
Estimates and Appropriation Summary.......................... 197
Joint Common Missile..................................... 199
Special Interest Items................................... 199
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts.......... 199
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army............. 200
Future Combat Systems (FCS).............................. 225
Biomass Conversion Defense Applications.................. 225
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy............. 233
Affordable Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasures
for Helicopters and Regional Jets...................... 246
Force Protection Applied Research........................ 246
Warfighter Sustainment Advanced Technology............... 246
Environmental Protection................................. 246
Surface and Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures........... 247
76 Millimeter Super Rapid Medium Caliber Gun............. 247
DD(X) Research and Development........................... 247
Conventional Trident Modification........................ 247
Bone Marrow Registry..................................... 247
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Advanced Component
Development............................................ 248
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force........ 256
Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Development and
Cost Analysis.......................................... 266
Personnel Recovery Systems--Combat Search and Rescue-X
(CSAR-X)............................................... 266
KC-135 Tanker Replacement................................ 266
Modernization Centers.................................... 267
National Aerospace Leadership Initiative................. 267
Combatant Commanders' Integrated Command and Control
System (CCIC2S)........................................ 267
Operationally Responsive Space........................... 268
Space Radar.............................................. 268
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide..... 277
Missile Defense Agency Program Element Restructure....... 288
Missile Defense Agency--Space Tracking and Surveillance
System (STSS).......................................... 288
Missile Defense Agency Cost Reporting.................... 288
Airborne Laser (ABL)..................................... 289
Missile Defense Agency--Command and Control, Battle
Management and Communications (C2BMC) Program.......... 290
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System................... 290
Chemical and Biological Defense Program.................. 290
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense..................... 297
TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS.......................... 299
Defense Working Capital Funds................................ 299
National Defense Sealift Fund................................ 299
T-AKE Main Propulsion Diesel Engine...................... 299
Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund.............. 299
TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS................... 301
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army.............. 301
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense....... 303
Office of the Inspector General.............................. 303
TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES...................................... 305
National Intelligence Programs............................... 305
Classified Annex......................................... 305
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
Fund....................................................... 305
Intelligence Community Management Account.................... 306
TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS................................... 307
DoDEA Schools................................................ 307
Definition of Program, Project and Activity.................. 307
TITLE IX. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.............................. 309
Introduction................................................. 309
Committee Recommendations.................................... 309
Classified Programs.......................................... 310
Reporting Requirements....................................... 311
Military Personnel........................................... 311
Operation and Maintenance.................................... 312
Procurement.................................................. 313
Defense Working Capital Funds................................ 315
General Provisions--This Title............................... 315
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.................. 318
Changes in the Application of Existing Law................... 318
Appropriations Language...................................... 318
General Provisions........................................... 319
Appropriations Not Authorized By Law......................... 322
Transfer of Funds............................................ 323
Rescissions.................................................. 323
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives........ 324
Constitutional Authority..................................... 324
Comparison with the Budget Resolution........................ 324
Five-Year Outlay Projections................................. 325
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments.......... 325
Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority................ 326
Additional Views............................................. 342
109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 109-504
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007
_______
June 16, 2006.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_______
Mr. Young of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted
the following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 5631]
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making
appropriations for the Department of Defense, and for other
purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
Bill Totals
Appropriations for most military functions of the
Department of Defense are provided for in the accompanying bill
for the fiscal year 2007. This bill does not provide
appropriations for military construction, military family
housing, civil defense, military nuclear warheads, Basic
Allowance for Housing, the Defense Health Program, Facilities
Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (FSRM), or
environmental restoration for which requirements are considered
in connection with other appropriations acts.
The President's fiscal year 2007 budget request for
activities funded in the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act totals $381,685,795,000 in new budget obligational
authority for the base military bill. The amounts recommended
by the Committee in the accompanying bill total
$377,613,118,000 in new budget authority. This is
$4,072,677,000 below the budget estimate, and $19,070,461,000
above the sums made available for the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2006, excluding emergency supplemental funds.
The Committee recommendation also includes appropriations
in title IX totaling $50,000,000,000 for contingency operations
related to the global war on terrorism. These funds are made
available consistent with authority contained in section 402 of
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007.
Committee Budget Review Process
During its review of the fiscal year 2007 budget, the
Subcommittee on Defense held a total of five hearings and five
formal subcommittee briefings during the period of February
2006 to March 2006. Testimony received by the subcommittee
totaled 404 pages of transcript. Approximately twenty percent
of the hearings were held in open session. Executive (closed)
sessions were held only when the security classification of the
material to be discussed presented no alternative.
Introduction
For fiscal year 2007, the Committee faces several
challenges in recommending appropriations for the Department of
Defense and the intelligence community. First, the President's
budget proposes an unorthodox approach to funding two major
procurement programs, the F-22 fighter of the Air Force and the
DD(X) destroyer of the Navy. In both cases, the budget request
includes incremental or partial funding, for these two
programs. In the case of the F-22, incremental funding is
requested in the middle of the production run.
The use of incremental funding mortgages the future of the
procurement budget of the Defense Department in a manner that
is not acceptable to the Committee. In addition, the precedent
of incremental funding for these programs could be applied to a
variety of other procurements, leading to a loss of budget
transparency and reducing the ability to perform oversight.
Therefore, the recommendations in this bill include full
funding for one DD(X) destroyer and the F-22 fighter program.
Funding of $2,568,111,000 is recommended to complete full
funding of one DD(X) vessel. This is the same level as the
funding request for this item, but under the President's budget
these funds would have been allocated on an incremental basis
against two ships. In the case of the F-22, the Committee has
added $1,400,000,000 to fully procure 20 additional aircraft.
In combination with the section 302(b) allocation for the
Subcommittee on Defense, which is $4,000,000,000 below the
President's request, this has necessitated difficult tradeoffs
within the budget for the Department of Defense generally and
the Air Force specifically. However, providing full funding for
these programs this year avoids more difficult choices in the
years ahead.
Second, the continuing high tempo of operations in the
global war on terror, including increased fuel costs, and the
need to ensure that funding for war operations does not cause a
detrimental impact on activities and training in the
Continental United States has resulted in an increase in
operation and maintenance requirements for the Armed Forces.
Within the allocation available to the Subcommittee on Defense,
the Committee recommendation includes $120,541,265,000 for the
Operation and maintenance accounts, an increase of
$6,107,871,000 or approximately five percent over the fiscal
year 2006 level, excluding supplemental appropriations. In
addition, within title IX the Committee recommendation includes
$37,409,426,000 for Operation and maintenance accounts, an
increase of $4,191,578,000 over the amount provided in title IX
in fiscal year 2006.
Third, the Committee recommendation includes
$81,781,819,000 for procurement, an increase of $6,007,796,000
over the funds provided in fiscal 2006, excluding supplemental
appropriations. However, this level is $1,137,683,000 below the
President's request, reflecting the budget constraints imposed
by the Subcommittee budget allocation. As part of its regular
oversight responsibilities, the Committee reviewed the status
of major procurement items and made recommendations for
adjustments in funding levels based on program slippage,
contracting problems, and other changes to the status of such
procurements.
Fourth, to ensure that the United States military of
tomorrow can continue to operate in an environment of
technological superiority, the Committee recommendation
includes funding for the research, development, test and
evaluation accounts of $75,336,246,000 an increase
$2,180,238,000 above the President's request and $3,925,342,000
above the fiscal year 2006 level, excluding supplemental
appropriations.
Fifth, the President's budget proposes, and the Committee
recommendations accept, the shift of the Army modularity
restructuring program from supplemental funding to the base
budget. This results in a requirement to accommodate
approximately $6,100,000,000 for modularity within the amount
available to the Committee for this bill.
Finally, in title IX the Committee is recommending
$50,000,000,000 in additional appropriations as a six month
bridge until full-year appropriations become available to
support the operating costs associated with the global war on
terror, including Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom,
and Noble Eagle. These funds are intended to cover the costs of
combat operations for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2007,
thereby avoiding a potential interruption in funding which
would have an adverse impact on our troops in the field. The
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007
designates $50,000,000,000 for such purposes. The authorization
of appropriations for similar activities is also contained in
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
(H.R. 5122), which passed the House of Representatives on May
11, 2006, by a vote of 396-31.
The Committee recommendation represents a balanced approach
to the requirements of the Armed Forces, and ensures continued
support for our men and women in uniform overseas.
Committee Recommendations by Major Category
ACTIVE AND RESERVE MILITARY PERSONNEL
The Committee recommends a total of $84,914,949,000 for
active, Reserve and Guard military personnel, a decrease of
$1,173,165,000 below the budget request. The Committee supports
the budget request which proposed an increase in basic pay for
all personnel by 2.2 percent, effective January 1, 2007, and
agrees with the authorized end strength levels as requested for
active duty and Selected Reserve personnel. The Committee also
recommends restoring military personnel and operation and
maintenance funds for the Army Reserve and Army National Guard
that were reduced in the budget request below authorized
levels.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
In title II of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $120,541,265,000 for operation and maintenance support to
the military services and other Department of Defense entities,
a reduction of $1,908,145,000 from the fiscal year 2007 budget
request, and an increase of $6,107,871,000 above the amount
appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
The Committee's recommendation fully funds the President's
request for readiness training in flying hours and ground
forces operational tempo training. The Committee recommends
additional funds to restore Navy steaming day readiness to the
goal of 51 deployed days per quarter. Requests for unit and
depot level maintenance program funding have been fully
supported. Funds not needed for home station activities due to
units being deployed for military operations in Afghanistan and
Iraq have been realigned for support of continuing combat and
peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In addition, the Committee has provided additional
operating account funding to address many of the Department's
shortfalls. Funds have been added for individual soldier and
Marine field equipment, general purpose tents and mobility
shelters, improvements in control of logistics systems,
enhanced training capabilities, foreign language training,
training on urbanized terrain, military and civilian safety,
education programs, and distance learning.
PROCUREMENT
In title III of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $81,781,819,000 for procurement, a decrease of
$1,137,683,000 from the fiscal year 2007 budget request and an
increase of $6,007,796,000 over the amount appropriated for
fiscal year 2006. In addition, title IX of this bill includes a
total of $5,598,524,000 in various procurement accounts.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$198,677,000, the President's request, for the
procurement of 39 Light Utility Helicopters;
$581,251,000, an increase of $26,700,000 above the
budget request, to procure a total of 39 Blackhawk
Helicopters, an increase of 1 above the fiscal year
2007 budget request;
$489,067,000, the President's request, for 108
Patriot surface-to-air missile systems;
$799,978,000, for the procurement of 100 Stryker
vehicles;
$2,946,297,000 for 42 F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, 12 more
than the request, as well as $52,954,000 in advance
procurement;
a reduction of 12 EA-18G aircraft, which are
transferred to the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft program, as
described above;
$1,604,687,000 to fully support procurement of V-22
Osprey aircraft for the Marine Corps;
$10,491,653,000 in Navy shipbuilding and conversion,
including $1,775,472,000 for a Virginia class
submarine, $2,568,111,000 for 1 DD(X) destroyer,
$1,135,917,000 for 1 LHA(R) amphibious assault ship,
and $520,670,000 for 2 Littoral Combat Ships;
$454,999,000 for a T-AKE ship within the National
Defense Sealift Fund;
$2,903,898,000 to fully fund procurement of 20 F/A-22
Raptors in fiscal year 2007, and $477,404,000 for
advance procurement of 20 aircraft in fiscal year 2008;
$2,246,192,000 for procurement of 12 C-17 aircraft in
fiscal year 2007, and $798,000,000 in title IX for
procurement of three additional C-17 aircraft in fiscal
year 2007;
$57,000,000 for procurement of Active Electronically
Scanned Array v3 radars for Air National Guard F-15s;
$697,287,000 for the C-130J Air Force procurement
program as well as $90,000,000 in advance procurement,
and $253,179,000 for the Navy KC-130J program as well
as $45,737,000 in advance procurement (in fiscal year
2007, the Air Force will procure 9 aircraft and the
Navy will procure 4 tanker variants);
$528,978,000 to fully fund 1 advanced EHF
communications satellite;
a reduction of $140,000,000 associated with
procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter, and a
reduction of $72,000,000 associated with advance
procurement for the Air Force CTOL variant and a
reduction of $122,000,000 associated with advance
procurement for the Navy's STOVL variant.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
In title IV of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $75,336,246,000 research, development, test and evaluation,
an increase of $2,180,238,000 over the fiscal year 2007 budget
request and an increase of $3,925,342,000 over the amount
appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$3,326,448,000 for the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency, $20,000,000 above the President's
request;
$35,000,000 above the budget request to sustain the
Joint Common Missile Program;
$2,984,677,000 for Future Combat Systems, a reduction
of $325,800,000 from the budget request;
$332,271,000 for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), an
increase of $12,600,000 above the budget request;
$166,622,000 in full funding for the Expeditionary
Fighting Vehicle (EFV) of the Marine Corps;
$682,597,000 to fully support the budget request for
the VH-71 Presidential helicopter program;
$268,461,000 in further development of the V-22
Osprey program;
$497,842,000 in full funding for development of the
Navy Advanced Hawkeye aircraft;
$1,131,655,000 in full funding for further
development of the Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft;
$822,246,000 in development for the DD(X) destroyer
and $9,282,000 for the CG(X) cruiser;
$30,000,000 for development of a non-nuclear variant
of the Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile;
$2,200,568,000 in the Air Force and $2,033,679,000 in
the Navy in full funding for the Joint Strike Fighter
(JSF) development program;
$25,598,000 for development of the Next Generation
Bomber;
$203,932,000 for development of the KC-135 tanker
replacement;
$8,955,487,000 for missile defense programs, an
increase of $1,272,519,000 from fiscal year 2006 levels
and a net decrease of $354,874,000 from the budget
request; within this amount, an increase of $25,000,000
above the request is provided for sea-based mid-course
defense.
CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS
As described elsewhere in this report, the Committee's
budget reviews are published in a separate, detailed and
comprehensive classified annex. Adjustments to the classified
programs are addressed in the classified annex accompanying
this report.
Forces To Be Supported
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
The fiscal year 2007 budget request is designed to support
the Active Component Army's continuing transformation to a
Modular Design that will total 3 Modular Theater Army
Headquarters, 7 Modular Division Headquarters, 36 Active
Brigade Combat Teams and 32 Active Support Brigades by the end
of fiscal year 2007 and forces yet to be transformed consisting
of 3 Division Headquarters and 6 additional Brigade Combat
Teams. The Army Reserve Component Modular Force will also
continue transformation efforts in fiscal year 2007 that will
total 6 Modular Division Headquarters, 25 Brigade Combat Teams
and 28 Support Brigades (4 USAR) by the end of fiscal year 2007
and forces yet to be transformed consisting of 2 Division
Headquarters and 9 separate brigades. These forces provide the
minimum force necessary to meet enduring defense needs and
execute the National Military Strategy.
A summary of the major forces follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal year--
--------------------------
FY05 FY06 FY07
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Active Component Forces
Divisions:
Airborne................................. 1 0 0
Air Assault.............................. 0 0 0
Light.................................... 1 0 0
Infantry................................. 0 0 0
Mechanized............................... 2 2 2
Armored.................................. 2 1 1
--------------------------
Divisions Total...................... 6 3 3
Non Division Combat Units:
Armored Cavalry Regiments................ 1 0 1
Separate Brigades........................ 2 1 0
--------------------------
Non Division Combat Units Total...... 3 1 1
Modular Forces:
Modular Theater Army HQs................. 1 2 3
Modular Division HQs..................... 5 8 7
Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT)......... 8 13 14
Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)...... 9 18 16
Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT)....... 4 5 6
Aviation Brigade......................... 5 8 12
Sustainment Brigade...................... 4 8 11
Fires Brigade............................ 1 3 5
Maneuver Enhancement Brigade............. 0 1 2
Battle Field Surveillance Brigade........ 0 1 2
--------------------------
Modular Forces Total................. 37 67 78
Army National Guard Forces
Divisions:
Light.................................... 1 1 0
Infantry................................. 0 0 0
Mechanized............................... 4 3 1
Armored.................................. 0 0 0
Medium................................... 2 1 1
--------------------------
Divisions Total...................... 7 5 2
Non Division Combat Units:
Armored Cavalry Regiments................ 1 0 0
Separate Brigades........................ 14 10 9
--------------------------
Non Division Combat Units Total...... 15 10 9
Modular Forces:
Modular Theater Army HQs................. 0 0 0
Modular Division HQs..................... 1 3 6
Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT)......... 2 6 6
Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)...... 1 3 18
Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT)....... 1 1 1
Aviation Brigade......................... 0 13 13
Sustainment Brigade...................... 0 5 6
Fires Brigade............................ 0 1 1
Maneuver Enhancement Brigade............. 0 3 4
Battle Field Surveillance Brigade........ 0 0 0
--------------------------
Modular Forces Total................. 5 35 55
Army Reserve Forces
Modular Forces:
Aviation Brigade......................... 0 0 0
Sustainment Brigade...................... 0 3 4
Fires Brigade............................ 0 0 0
Maneuver Enhancement Brigade............. 0 1 0
Battle Field Surveillance Brigade........ 0 0 0
--------------------------
Modular Forces Total................. 0 4 4
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
The fiscal year 2007 budget request supports battle forces
totaling 298 ships at the end of fiscal year 2007, including 14
fleet ballistic missile submarines, 11 aircraft carriers, 18
Support ships, 13 Reserve ships, 242 other battle forces ships,
1,679 Navy/Marine Corps tactical/ASW aircraft, 762
Undergraduate Training aircraft, 484 Fleet Air Training
aircraft, 290 Fleet Air Support aircraft, 374 Reserve aircraft
and 199 in the pipeline.
A summary of the major forces follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY2005 FY2006 FY2007
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Strategic Forces.......................... 14 14 14
Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines.... 14 14 14
General Purpose........................... 250 252 253
Aircraft Carriers..................... 12 12 11
Surface Combatants.................... 99 102 106
Submarines (attack)................... 54 55 52
Guided Missile (SSGN) Submarines...... 4 4 4
Amphibious Warfare Ships.............. 34 33 34
Combat Logistics Ships................ 30 30 32
Mine Warfare.......................... 17 16 14
Support Forces............................ 17 17 18
Mobile Logistics Ships................ 0 0 0
Support Ships......................... 17 17 18
Mobilization Cat. A (Reserve)......... 15 14 13
Surface Combatants................ 9 9 9
Amphibious Warfare Ships.......... 0 0 0
Mine Warfare...................... 6 5 4
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Total Ships, Battleforce:... 296 297 298
Auxiliaries / Sea Lift Forces............. 147 146 125
Coastal Defense....................... 9 8 8
Maritime Preposition.................. 16 16 16
MSC Reduced Operating Status.......... 21 21 21
Ready Reserve Force................... 65 65 44
MSC Naval Fleet Mobility Enhancement.. 35 35 35
Active................................ 1 1 1
Naval Aircraft:
Primary Authorized (plus Pipe)........ 3,726 3,793 3,788
Authorized Pipeline................... 194 198 199
Tactical / ASW Aircraft............... 1,630 1,674 1,679
Fleet Air Training.................... 459 482 484
Fleet Air Support..................... 314 289 290
Training (Undergraduate).............. 722 760 762
Reserve............................... 408 390 374
Naval Personnel:
Active: ........ ........ ........
Navy.............................. 362,941 352,700 340,700
Marine Corps...................... 180,029 175,000 175,000
Reserve:
Navy.............................. 76,473 73,100 71,300
SELRES / Drilling Reserve..... 62,766 59,708 58,736
Fulltime Support.............. 13,707 13,392 12,564
Marine Corps...................... 39,858 39,600 39,600
SELRES / Drilling Reserve..... 37,602 37,339 37,339
Fulltime Support.............. 2,256 2,261 2,261
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
The fiscal year 2007 Air Force budget request supports
active, guard, and reserve forces, including 85 combat coded
fighter and attack squadrons and 9 combat coded strategic
bomber squadrons. The ICBM force maintains 495 launch
facilities/control centers with 450 Minuteman missiles. The
budget also supports our critical airlift mission, including 23
active duty airlift squadrons. To accomplish the Air Force
mission, the 2007 budget supports a total force end strength of
532,110.
A summary of the major forces follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal year--
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FY2005 FY2006 FY2007
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Summary of Major Forces:
USAF Fighter and Attack Squadrons 87 87 85
(Active, ANG, AFRC)..................
Active............................ 46 45 45
ANG............................... 36 37 36
AFRC.............................. 5 5 4
Strategic Bomber Squadrons (Active)... 7 8 8
Strategic Bomber Squadrons (AFRC)..... 1 1 1
Flight Test Units (DT and OT Units 12 10 12
with assigned aircraft)..............
Fighter........................... 9 7 9
Bomber............................ 3 3 3
ICBM Operational Launch Facilities/ 605 550 495
Control Centers......................
ICBM Missile Inventory................ 500 500 450
USAF Airlift Squadrons (Active):
Strategic Airlift Squadrons........... 13 14 14
Tactical Airlift Squadrons............ 9 9 9
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Total Active Airlift Squadrons 22 23 23
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Total Air Force Aircraft 5,776 5,792 5,662
Inventory....................
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Note: Numbers of squadrons above reflect combat coded units only; i.e.,
no training or test units.
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Endstrength:
Active Duty........................... 359,700 357,400 351,720
Reserve Component..................... 182,900 108,800 180,390
Air National Guard.................... 106,800 106,800 105,299
Air Force Reserve..................... 76,100 74,000 75,091
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TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Programs and Activities Funded by Military Personnel Appropriations
The President's fiscal year 2007 budget request continues
to increase funding for military pay and allowances, recruiting
and retention incentives, and overall quality of life programs
for active duty and Guard and Reserve personnel. The budget
request proposed an increase in basic pay for all personnel by
2.2 percent, effective January 1, 2007, and expanded targeted
pay for warrant officers and senior enlisted personnel. The
Committee supports the enhancements to recruiting, retention,
military pay and increased benefits for Guard and Reserve
personnel for fiscal year 2007.
SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007
Fiscal year 2006...................................... $83,017,553,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 86,088,114,000
Fiscal year 2007 recommendation....................... 84,914,949,000
Change from budget request............................ -1,173,165,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$84,914,949,000 for the Military Personnel accounts. The
recommendation is an increase of $1,897,396,000 above the
$83,017,553,000 appropriated in fiscal year 2006. These
military personnel budget total comparisons include
appropriations for the active, reserve, and National Guard
accounts. The following tables include a summary of the
recommendations by appropriation account. Explanations of
changes from the budget request appear later in this section.
The fiscal year 2007 budget request includes a decrease of
35,200 end strength for the active forces and a decrease of
approximately 5,700 end strength for the selected reserve over
fiscal year 2006 authorized levels.
The Committee recommends the following levels highlighted
in the tables below.
OVERALL ACTIVE END STRENGTH
Fiscal year 2006 estimate............................. 1,367,500
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,332,300
Fiscal year 2007 recommendation....................... 1,332,300
Compared with Fiscal year 2006.................... -35,200
Compared with Fiscal year 2007 budget request..... - - -
OVERALL SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH
Fiscal year 2006 estimate............................. 848,500
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 842,800
Fiscal year 2007 recommendation....................... 842,800
Compared with Fiscal year 2006.................... -5,700
Compared with Fiscal year 2007 budget request..... - - -
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Fiscal Year 2007--
FY 2006 -----------------------------------------
Estimate Budget Change from
Request Recommendation Request
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Active Forces (end strength):
Army................................................. 482,400 482,400 482,400 - - -
Navy................................................. 352,700 340,700 340,700 - - -
Marine Corps......................................... 175,000 175,000 175,000 - - -
Air Force............................................ 357,400 334,200 334,200 - - -
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Total, Active Force.............................. 1,367,500 1,332,300 1,332,300 - - -
Guard and Reserve (end strength):
Army Reserve......................................... 205,000 200,000 200,000 - - -
Navy Reserve......................................... 73,100 71,300 71,300 - - -
Marine Corps Reserve................................. 39,600 39,600 39,600 - - -
Air Force Reserve.................................... 74,000 74,900 74,900 - - -
Army National Guard.................................. 350,000 350,000 350,000 - - -
Air National Guard................................... 106,800 107,000 107,000 - - -
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Total, Guard and Reserve......................... 848,500 842,800 842,800 - - -
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Adjustments to Military Personnel Account
OVERVIEW
END STRENGTH ADJUSTMENTS
The Committee recommends the requested end strength levels
as proposed in the budget request for active and Reserve
components. The Committee recommends a total increase of
$556,500,000 for the Army Reserve and Army National Guard
military personnel and operation and maintenance appropriations
to restore funds that were reduced in the budget request for
these two components on the basis of their current (as opposed
to authorized) end strength levels. The Committee is aware that
the budget funds the baseline military end strength for active
duty personnel and plans to seek additional funds for increases
in end strength above the levels provided for in the budget
request in a supplemental request. The Committee addresses
these additional manpower expenses in title IX of the bill.
ACCURACY OF OBLIGATIONS
The Committee recommends a reduction of $748,140,000 to the
budget request, based on the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) analysis of prior year unexpended military personnel
account balances. The Services' accounting data continue to
show a pattern of under executing their appropriated funds. The
Committee believes the military personnel budget requests for
fiscal year 2007 are overstated and can be reduced.
GUARD AND RESERVE COST AVOIDANCE
The Committee recommends a reduction of $98,210,000 to the
budget request for the Guard and Reserve fiscal year 2007
military personnel accounts. The Government Accountability
Office (GAO) found that updated monthly strength data, when
compared to the monthly strength data in the fiscal year 2007
budget, had strength levels lower than budgeted.
RECRUITING INCENTIVES
The Department of Defense's military reserve components
have initiated programs that provide cash incentives to current
members who identify and aid in enlisting new recruits. While
these programs have enhanced recruiting efforts, the potential
for the misuse of cash incentives exists. The Committee
believes the Department must exercise rigorous oversight of
these incentive programs to ensure that funds are being used
effectively and for the purposes intended. In this regard, the
Committee directs the Department of Defense Inspector General
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees
that describes these cash incentive programs and the safeguards
and oversight procedures implemented by the military
components, and recommends additional oversight and accounting
practices that should be implemented if warranted. This report
shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2007.
FULL-TIME SUPPORT STRENGTHS
There are four categories of full-time support in the Guard
and Reserve components: civilian technicians, active Guard and
Reserve (AGR), non-technician civilians, and active component
personnel.
Full-time support personnel organize, recruit, train,
maintain and administer the Reserve components. Civilian
(Military) technicians directly support units, and are very
important to help units maintain readiness and meet the wartime
mission of the Army and Air Force.
Full-time support end strength in all categories totaled
158,149 in fiscal year 2006. The fiscal year 2007 budget
request is 158,401 end strength. The following table summarizes
Guard and Reserve full-time support end strengths:
GUARD AND RESERVE FULL-TIME END STRENGTHS
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Change
FY 2006 Budget Recommendation from
Estimate Request Request
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Army Reserve:
AGR........................................................ 15,270 15,416 15,416 - - -
Technicians ............................................... 8,244 8,507 8,507 - - -
Navy Reserve:
AR......................................................... 13,392 12,564 12,564 - - -
Marine Corps Reserve:
AR......................................................... 2,261 2,261 2,261 - - -
Air Force Reserve:
AGR........................................................ 2,290 2,707 2,707 - - -
Technicians................................................ 9,942 10,214 10,214 - - -
Army National Guard:
AGR........................................................ 27,396 27,441 27,441 - - -
Technicians................................................ 27,163 27,650 27,650 - - -
Air National Guard:
AGR........................................................ 13,123 13,206 13,206 - - -
Technicians................................................ 23,321 23,605 23,605 - - -
Total:.................................................
AGR/AR............................................. 73,732 73,595 73,595 - - -
Technicians........................................ 68,670 69,976 69,976 - - -
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $24,028,651,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 25,423,998,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 25,259,649,000
Change from budget request............................ -164,349,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$25,259,649,000 for Military Personnel, Army. The
recommendation is an increase of $1,230,998,000 above the
$24,028,651,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Military
Personnel, Army are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Pay and Allowances of Officers:
450 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -14,636
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted
Personnel:
1050 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -46,313
Undistributed:
3200 Unobligated Balances.......................... -103,400
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $19,048,651,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 19,135,950,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 19,049,454,000
Change from budget request............................ -86,496,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$19,049,454,000 for Military Personnel, Navy. The
recommendation is an increase of $803,000 above the
$19,048,651,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Military
Personnel, Navy are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Pay and Allowances of Officers:
6750 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -5,276
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted
Personnel:
7350 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -23,520
Undistributed:
9550 Unobligated Balances.......................... -57,700
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $7,712,511,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 7,983,895,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 7,932,749,000
Change from budget request............................ -51,146,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,932,749,000
for Military Personnel, Marine Corps. The recommendation is an
increase of $220,238,000 above the $7,712,511,000 appropriated
for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Military
Personnel, Marine Corps are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Pay and Allowances of Officers:
11800 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -560
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted
Personnel:
12400 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -2,696
Undistributed:
14315 Unobligated Balances.......................... -47,890
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $19,805,780,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 20,220,539,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 19,676,481,000
Change from budget request............................ -544,058,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$19,676,481,000 for Military Personnel, Air Force. The
recommendation is a decrease of $129,299,000 below the
$19,805,780,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Military
Personnel, Air Force are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Pay and Allowances of Officers:
16700 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -4,561
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted
Personnel:
17300 Special Pays/Foreign Language Proficiency Pay
Offset............................................ -15,927
Undistributed:
19620 Unobligated Balances.......................... -235,570
19645 Operation Noble Eagle Offset.................. -288,000
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $2,834,301,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 3,058,050,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,034,500,000
Change from budget request............................ -23,550,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,034,500,000
for Reserve Personnel, Army. The recommendation is an increase
of $200,199,000 above the $2,834,301,000 appropriated for
fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Reserve
Personnel, Army are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
23800 Unobligated Balances.......................... -75,180
23810 Reserves Cost Avoidance....................... -20,870
23825 Reserve Manpower Buy Back..................... 72,500
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,480,096,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,569,128,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,485,548,000
Change from budget request............................ -83,580,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,485,548,000
for Reserve Personnel, Navy. The recommendation is an increase
of $5,452,000 above the $1,480,096,000 appropriated for fiscal
year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Reserve
Personnel, Navy are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
25300 Unobligated Balances.......................... -66,960
25370 Reserves Cost Avoidance....................... -6,620
25385 Operation Noble Eagle Offset.................. -10,000
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $467,736,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 507,776,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 498,556,000
Change from budget request............................ -9,220,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $498,556,000
for Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps. The recommendation is an
increase of $30,820,000 above the $467,736,000 appropriated for
fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Reserve
Personnel, Marine Corps are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
26600 Unobligated Balances.......................... -9,090
26650 Reserves Cost Avoidance....................... -130
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,214,323,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,282,110,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,246,320,000
Change from budget request............................ -35,790,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,246,320,000
for Reserve Personnel, Air Force. The recommendation is an
increase of $31,997,000 above the $1,214,323,000 appropriated
for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Reserve
Personnel, Air Force are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
27900 Unobligated Balances.......................... -41,220
27910 Reserves Cost Avoidance....................... -770
27930 932nd Airlift Wing Personnel.................. 6,200
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $4,418,846,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 4,784,471,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,693,595,000
Change from budget request............................ -90,876,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,693,595,000
for National Guard Personnel, Army. The recommendation is an
increase of $274,749,000 above the $4,418,846,000 appropriated
for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for National Guard
Personnel, Army are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
29350 Unobligated Balances.......................... -54,100
29410 Reserves Cost Avoidance....................... -41,550
29445 WMD-CST Team for Florida...................... 2,900
29455 WMD-CST Team for New York..................... 1,874
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $2,006,658,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 2,122,197,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,038,097,000
Change from budget request............................ -84,100,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,038,097,000
for National Guard Personnel, Air Force. The recommendation is
an increase of $31,439,000 above the $2,006,658,000
appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for National Guard
Personnel, Air Force are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Other Training and Support:
30150 Administration and Support/166th Information
Operations Squadron............................... 800
Undistributed:
30550 Unobligated Balances.......................... -57,030
30600 Reserves Cost Avoidance....................... -28,270
30605 WMD-CST Team for New York..................... 400
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The fiscal year 2007 budget request for programs funded in
title II of the Committee bill, Operation and Maintenance, is
$122,449,410,000 in new budget authority, which is an increase
of $8,016,016,000 above the amount appropriated for fiscal year
2006.
The accompanying bill recommends $120,541,265,000 for
fiscal year 2007, which is an increase of $6,107,871,000 above
the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2006, and
$1,908,145,000 less than the request for fiscal year 2007.
These appropriations finance the costs of operating and
maintaining the Armed Forces, including the reserve components
and related support activities of the Department of Defense
(DoD), except military personnel and facilities sustainment,
restoration and modernization costs. Included are pay for
civilians, services for maintenance of equipment and, fuel,
supplies, and spare parts for weapons and equipment. Financial
requirements are influenced by many factors, including force
levels such as the number of aircraft squadrons, Army and
Marine Corps divisions, installations, military personnel
strength and deployments, rates of operational activity, and
the quantity and complexity of equipment such as aircraft,
ships, missiles and tanks in operation.
The table below summarizes the Committee's recommendations.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OVERVIEW
The President's fiscal year 2007 budget request for the
base budget represents an increase of $8,016,016,000 above
fiscal year 2006 in Title II, Operation and Maintenance,
exclusive of supplemental funding provided for continuation of
military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The
Administration's request for fiscal year 2007 also assumes
$50,000,000,000 in funding for the continuation of the global
war on terror, but the Committee has not yet received a
detailed justification nor a formal request. The Committee has
allocated funding among various appropriations accounts in
title IX of this bill to ensure continued full support for our
forces operating in the combat zones. The Committee has
provided $50,000,000,000 to ensure that funds are available to
fully support the operating, personnel support, maintenance,
transportation, and other wartime costs of the services,
including purchase of all necessary force protection equipment.
The funds provided in title IX will support continuation of
operations for the first six months of fiscal year 2007, and
will ensure that critical base operating and maintenance
accounts need not be diverted to support the war effort.
The budget request for normal peacetime funding in title II
would sustain flying hours, ship steaming and ground operating
tempo at approximately fiscal year 2006 levels. The funding
requested in Operation and Maintenance, Army supports a total
of 42 combat brigades by the end of fiscal year 2007. Operation
and Maintenance, Navy supports 10 active carrier air wings and
1,479 primary authorized aircraft, 285 ships, including 11
aircraft carriers, 52 nuclear attack submarines and 18 missile
submarines. The Navy's Fleet Response Plan continues in 2007
with the goal of increasing availability of naval assets for
duty worldwide. Increased funding for flying hours and ship
operations primarily reflects increased cost of fuel. The Air
Force flying hour program provides the funding necessary to
maintain basic flying skills, and pilot development and
production, and to provide trained aircrews to joint forces
combatant commanders through ten aerospace expeditionary
forces.
The Committee has fully supported the peacetime
requirements of the military services for readiness training in
flying hours, ship steaming and ground forces OPTEMPO training.
Equipment maintenance and base support programs have been
robustly resourced, including support for anti-terrorism and
force protection efforts.
Funding is included to support a pay increase of 2.2
percent for civilian employees, the same level provided for
military personnel. The budget request provides for the
continued conversion of selected billets from military to
civilian workers in all the services, in order to return
military personnel from administrative duties to combat and
combat support units.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS SHORTFALLS
Despite the robust funding in operation and maintenance
accounts requested for fiscal year 2007, budget justifications
and additional briefing material indicate that a certain degree
of risk has been taken in some areas. For example, the budget
request for the Navy's ship steaming day program is 36 deployed
days per quarter, which falls short of the goal of 51 deployed
days per quarter. The Committee recommended funding level
restores funding so that the Navy can reach its steaming day
goal. The Committee has also provided additional operating
account funding to assist in addressing many of the
Department's shortfalls. Funds have been added for individual
soldier and Marine field equipment, general purpose tents and
mobility shelters, improvements in control of logistics
systems, enhanced training capabilities, foreign language
training, training on urbanized terrain, military and civilian
safety, education programs, and distance learning.
The Committee has identified spending that does not
directly support readiness or was not adequately justified and
has moved those funds to programs that more directly support
readiness goals.
THE EFFECTS OF REBASING
The unprecedented combination of Army transformation, the
base closure process, and the Integrated Global Presence and
Basing Strategy (IGPBS) will shift thousands of military and
DOD civilian personnel to new communities nationwide. The
Committee is concerned about the effect these rebasing and
relocation actions will have on communities, particularly their
local school districts and economic infrastructure. Therefore,
the Committee directs the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) to assess the combined, incremental economic impact of
DoD's base closure, Army transformation, and IGPSB initiatives
on those military installations undergoing major realignments
by receiving significant numbers of new personnel. This GAO
analysis should include information regarding, but not limited
to, the projected number and percentage increase in student
enrollment, and the economic impact which may result from
increased student enrollment. The GAO is encouraged to work
with relevant Federal, state, and local agencies to develop its
findings. The Committee intends to work with the GAO to define
the specific parameters and process for this analysis, which
shall be provided to the Committee not later than February 15,
2007.
INCREASING COSTS OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The Committee remains concerned about the increasing costs
of operating our military forces. Over the years, higher
operation and maintenance costs have resulted from the aging of
our military infrastructure and equipment, and replacing legacy
weapons systems with more technically sophisticated platforms.
This trend, however, may have been exacerbated by efforts to
contract out to the private sector a substantial portion of the
military services' logistics and support activities. To gain
better insight about the costs and consequences of contracting
out as well as other factors generating an increase in
operation and maintenance costs, the Committee directs
Government Accountability Office (GAO) to prepare a
comprehensive analysis of contracting out logistic,
maintenance, and support activities that, heretofore, had been
conducted by uniformed personnel, as well as other factors that
may be driving an increase in such costs. This analysis shall
cover the period fiscal years 1995-2005, include case studies
comparing the costs of military and private sector performance
on specific programs, and be submitted to the congressional
defense committees not later than April 15, 2007. The Committee
intends to work with GAO to define the scope, design, and focus
of the analysis.
EQUIPMENT RECAPITALIZATION
The Committee continues to provide substantial resources to
support the services' equipment recapitalization requirements,
particularly given the stress to equipment due to ongoing
contingency operations. To address the significant equipment
recapitalization requirements, the Committee has included the
full budget requests of the military services for depot
maintenance, and has provided significant funding in title IX
of this bill for this purpose. The Committee also supports a
``zero mile/zero hour'' recapitalization standard, and
understands that this standard can reduce a system's subsequent
operating and support costs while enhancing equipment
capabilities. To the extent feasible, the Committee urges that
the services adopt a ``zero mile/zero hour'' standard for
equipment recapitalization.
MINORITY OUTREACH
The Committee recognizes the important role that minority
owned and operated media serve in reaching key segments of the
public, and the United States' Hispanic population in
particular. Given the importance of reaching these communities,
the Committee directs the Department of Defense (DoD) to
consider these media and their constituencies when conducting
national campaigns on behalf of the U.S. military. The
Committee encourages DoD to dedicate the necessary resources to
reach these communities through minority owned and operated
media.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET EXECUTION DATA
The Committee directs the Department of Defense to continue
to provide the congressional defense committees with quarterly
budget execution data. Such data should be provided not later
than forty-five days past the close of each quarter for the
fiscal year, and should be provided for each O-1 budget
activity, activity group, and subactivity group for each of the
active, defense-wide, reserve and National Guard components.
For each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and subactivity
group, these reports should include the budget request and
actual obligations; the DoD distribution of unallocated
congressional adjustments to the budget request; all
adjustments made by DoD during the process of rebaselining the
operation and maintenance accounts; all adjustments resulting
from below threshold reprogrammings; and all adjustments
resulting from prior approval reprogramming requests.
In addition, the Committee requires that the Department of
Defense provide semiannual written notifications to the
congressional defense committees, which summarize Operation and
Maintenance budget execution, to include the effect of
rebaselining procedures, other below threshold reprogrammings,
and prior approval reprogrammings. The Committee further
directs that the Department of Defense provide the House of
Representatives and Senate Committees on Appropriations written
notification 30 days prior to executing procedures to
rebaseline Operation and Maintenance accounts.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REPROGRAMMINGS
The Committee directs that proposed transfers of funds
between O-1 budget activities in excess of $15,000,000 be
subject to normal prior approval reprogramming procedures. In
the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide account, the
Committee directs that proposed transfers of funds between
agencies in excess of $15,000,000 be subject to prior approval
reprogramming procedures. Items for which funds have been
specifically provided in any appropriation in the report using
phrases ``only for'' and ``only to'' are Congressional interest
items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD form
1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD1414 at the
stated amount, or revised amount if changed during conference
or if otherwise specifically addressed in the conference
report. In addition, due to continuing concerns about force
readiness and the diversion of Operation and Maintenance funds,
the Committee directs the Department of Defense to provide
written notification to the congressional defense committees
for the cumulative value of any and all transfers in excess of
$15,000,000 from the following budget activities and
subactivity group categories:
Operation and maintenance, Army
Operating Forces: Divisions, Corps combat forces, Corps
support forces, Echelon above Corps support forces, Land forces
operations support, Land forces systems readiness, and Land
forces depot maintenance.
Operation and maintenance, Navy
Operating Forces: Mission and other flight operations,
Fleet air training, Aircraft depot maintenance, Mission and
other ship operations, Ship operational support and training,
Ship maintenance.
Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps
Operating Forces: Operational forces, Depot maintenance.
Operation and maintenance, Air Force
Operating Forces: Primary combat forces, Primary combat
weapons, Air operations training, Depot maintenance;
Mobilization: Airlift operations, Depot maintenance;
Basic Skills and Advance Training: Depot maintenance;
Logistics Operations: Depot maintenance.
Further, the Department should follow prior approval
reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of $15,000,000
out of the following budget subactivities:
Operation and maintenance, Army
Depot maintenance.
Operation and maintenance, Navy
Aircraft depot maintenance,
Ship maintenance.
Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps
Depot maintenance.
Operation and maintenance, Air Force
Air Operations, Depot maintenance;
Mobility Operations, Depot maintenance;
Basic Skills and Advanced Training, Depot maintenance; and
Logistics Operations, Depot maintenance.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $22,031,807,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 23,091,606,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 22,292,965,000
Change from budget request............................ -798,641,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$22,292,965,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army. The
recommendation is an increase of $261,158,000 above the amount
appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
Maintenance, Army are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces
250 Lightweight Maintenance Enclosure............... 3,000
250 Arctic Tent..................................... 2,000
250 Modular General Purpose Tent System (MGPTS)--
Type III.......................................... 2,000
250 Modular Command Post System..................... 3,000
400 EAC Support Forces Unjustified Growth........... -48,000
550 Fort Hood Training Lands Restoration and
Maintenance Project............................... 2,000
550 Small Arms Range Modernization at Camp Edwards,
MMR through Bullet Catcher........................ 1,000
550 Water Purification and Distribution Operating
Systems........................................... 5,000
550 Madigan Army Medical Center Trauma Readiness.... 2,500
600 Combat Development Corps Unjustified Growth..... -40,000
600 Golden Hour Technology Containers............... 4,500
650 UH-60 Leak Proof Transmission Drip Pans......... 2,000
750 Multi-purpose Parade Field, Fort Benning........ 5,000
750 Service-Wide Safety: Breathscan Alcohol
Detectors......................................... 2,500
850 Army Management Headquarters Activities
Unjustified Growth................................ -30,000
950 WMD-CST Team For Florida........................ 1,000
950 WMD-CST Team For New York....................... 700
Budget Activity 3: Training And Recruiting
1650 Early Commissioning Program at Military Junior
Colleges.......................................... 3,000
1850 DLIFLC Global Studies Program.................. 1,500
1850 Operational Technical Training Validation
Testbed........................................... 3,000
1850 Military Surgeon Training Initiative for
Special Operations Combat Medic Training Program.. 1,500
1850 Special Operations Training and Exercises...... 1,000
1850 Military Police Training at the Multi-
Jurisdictional Counter-Drug Task Force Training
(MCTFT)........................................... 2,000
1850 Virtual Interactive Training and Assessment
System (VITAS).................................... 1,800
1850 SUS of Florida Critical Language Instruction
for Military Personnel, Education, Training,
Distance Learning and Laboratories Project........ 1,500
1850 DLI-Language Laboratory Acquisition............ 2,300
1950 Leadership for Leaders at CGSC/CAL and KSU..... 1,000
2000 Live Training Instrumentation for Air Missile
Defense Units..................................... 3,000
2000 Army Distributed Learning System............... 1,000
2300 USARAK Online Technology Training Project...... 2,000
2400 Spirit of America Youth Conference for Junior
ROTC Cadets....................................... 360
Budget Activity 4: Admin & Service wide Activities
2650 Advanced Persistent Surveillance Sensors (UGS). 2,000
2650 Citadel Base Security.......................... 500
2650 Classified Adjustment.......................... 26,500
2800 Pulse Tech Army Battery Management............. 4,000
2850 Sense and Respond Logistics Capability......... 2,000
2850 Decision Support for Predictive Logistics...... 2,000
2850 Army Software License Clearinghouse Program
(ASLCP)........................................... 2,000
2850 TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Integrated
Digital Environment Pilot Program................. 2,000
2850 Joint Army/USMC Autonomic and Focused Logistics
Integration/Modeling Support...................... 2,000
2850 Theater Enterprise Wide Logistics System
(TEWLS)........................................... 2,000
3000 Army Operations Center Headquarters Unjustified
Growth............................................ -50,000
3050 Future Business System......................... -4,900
3100 National Security Personnel System Delayed
Implementation.................................... -3,000
3200 Combat Readiness Center Unjustified Growth..... -10,000
3200 Public Affairs Unjustified Growth............. -8,400
3200 Memorial Day.................................. 1,400
Undistributed:
3730 Repairs at Ft. Baker........................... 2,499
4100 Administration and Servicewide Activities...... -255,000
4130 Military to Civilian Conversions............... -20,900
4139 Unobligated Balances........................... -125,000
4140 Peace Time Training Offset..................... -133,500
4165 Operation Noble Eagle Peacetime Offset......... -180,000
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS--DLI LANGUAGE LABS
The Committee notes that there is a critical shortage of
soldiers and officers who have a mastery of foreign languages.
This is most apparent in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also affects
Global War on Terror missions around the world, particularly in
Southeast Asia. In an effort to enhance servicemembers'
language skills, the Committee has provided an additional
$2,300,000 to complete the acquisition of 550 small language
labs at the Defense Language Institute (DLI). This funding will
complete the DLI upgrade for which the Congress provided
$2,100,000 in the fiscal year 2006.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $28,363,907,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 30,129,671,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 29,853,676,000
Change from budget request............................ -275,995,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$29,853,676,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy. The
recommendation is an increase of $1,489,769,000 above the
amount appropriated for fiscal year 2007.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
Maintenance, Navy are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces
4560 Knowledge Management Decision Support System... 5,000
4650 Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Unjustified
Growth............................................ -10,000
4650 Low Observability Coatings and Materials
Maintenance Program............................... 1,800
4650 Naval Aviation Depot Support of the Fleet
Response Plan..................................... 1,800
4650 F/A-18 C/D Filament-wound External Fuel Tank
Refurbishment program ............................ 1,500
4650 CAT & RADCOM Test Program Sets................. 1,800
4850 Restore Steaming Days to 51 days per quarter... 121,000
4850 Man Overboard Safety System Installation....... 2,500
5500 Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command............... 5,000
5500 Manual Reverse Osmosis Desalinator............. 1,000
5900 Peace Time System Support Offset............... -44,800
6220 Base Operating Support Unjustified Program
Growth............................................ -80,000
6220 Navy Shore Infrastructure Transformation....... 3,500
6220 Advanced Technology to Reduce Vulnerability of
Military Installation............................. 3,000
6220 Service-Wide Safety: Breathscan Alcohol
Detectors......................................... 2,000
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting
7000 Naval ROTC Aquatic Skills Facility............. 500
7200 Joint Electronic Warfare Training.............. 2,000
7200 Virtual Interactive Training and Assessment
System (VITAS).................................... 1,000
7300 Naval Postgraduate School Computer and
Laboratory Upgrades............................... 10,000
7300 Naval Postgraduate School Center CDTEMS........ 5,000
7300 Mobile Distance Learning....................... 1,500
7550 Naval Sea Cadet Corps Operational Funding...... 300
7600 Continuing Education Distance Learning
continuation of fiscal year 2005 program.......... 1,500
Budget Activity 4: Admin & Servicewide Activities
8000 FYDP Improvement Project Unjustified Growth.... -9,500
8000 Naval Force Composition Transformation Analysis
Unjustified Growth................................ -3,000
8250 Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Unjustified
Growth............................................ -70,000
8550 Navy Ashore Vision for 2030 Unjustified Growth. -2,000
8600 The DON CIO Critical Infrastructure Protection
Program........................................... 1,000
8700 Diagnosis and Prognostication of Gas Turbine
Problems.......................................... 750
9000 Local Situational Assessment Segment, NAS
Lemoore........................................... 1,000
Undistributed:
9570 Civilian Pay Overstatement..................... -96,800
9615 Unobligated Balances........................... -10,000
9620 Peace Time Training Offset..................... -58,645
9640 Mission Funding Conversion Savings............. -50,000
9650 Operation Noble Eagle Peacetime Offset......... -14,700
9660 NSPS Implementation Delay...................... -1,000
NPS LABORATORY MODERNIZATION
Modern engineering laboratories are essential to ensure
that the Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) students can analyze
future warfighting technologies, and gain the education needed
to apply those technologies to meet emerging U.S. defense
requirements. Yet, NPS laboratories are outdated, having last
been recapitalized in 1986. To address this issue, the
Committee provides an additional $10,000,000 under this heading
to modernize NPS' laboratories and related science and
engineering library holdings. The Committee anticipates that
the Department of the Navy will sustain this initiative by
including funding in its fiscal year 2008 budget request and
beyond.
SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE
From funds available in this Act, the Secretary of the Navy
is directed to ensure sufficient funds are made available to
complete scheduled depot maintenance on the USS George
Washington and the USS San Francisco (SSN 711) during fiscal
year 2007.
NAVY CALL CENTER
The Committee strongly urges the Secretary of the Navy to
allocate sufficient funding from amounts available under this
heading to ensure the continuation and successful
implementation of the Navy's Human Resources Call Center pilot
program in Washington County, Maine.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $3,109,882,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 3,405,821,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,351,121,000
Change from budget request............................ -54,700,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,351,121,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps. The recommendation
is an increase of $241,239,000 above the amount appropriated
for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
Maintenance, Marine Corps are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces
10050 MIOX On-the-Move Individual Water Purification
System............................................ 1,000
10050 Modular General Purpose Tent System (MGPTS)--
Type III.......................................... 3,000
10050 Marine Corps Flame Resistant Contact Glove.... 1,500
10050 Hardened Fluorescent Stringable Tent Lighting
System............................................ 3,000
10100 Ultra Lightweight Camouflage System (ULCANS).. 3,000
10170 Maritime Prepositioning Force................. 1,800
10170 Advanced Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor Delivery
System............................................ 2,000
10260 Airborne UXO Survey technologies to support
Range Modernization at 29 Palms................... 2,000
10260 MAGTFTC Range Transformation Initiative....... 22,000
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting
11300 ROTC Program at U S Marines Military Academy
High School in Chicago............................ 300
Undistributed:
12070 Unobligated Balances ......................... -3,000
12080 Peace Time Training Offset.................... -43,500
12090 Operation Noble Eagle Offset.................. -10,000
12100 Civilian Pay Overstatement.................... -37,800
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $28,182,761,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 29,658,288,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 29,089,688,000
Change from budget request............................ -568,600,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$29,089,688,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force. The
recommendation is an increase of $906,927,000 above the amount
appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces
12600 MBU 20/P Oxygen Mask with Mask Light.......... 3,850
12850 Civilian Payment Overstatement................ -180,000
12850 Expert Organizational Development System
(EXODUS).......................................... 3,600
13100 Contaminant Air Processing System............. 1,000
13100 Enhanced Situational Awareness and Analyses of
Geospatial Enterprise Infrastructure.............. 2,000
13150 PACAP and USAFE Geospatial Information and
Services.......................................... 500
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting
14650 USAF Undergraduate Combat System Officer
Trainer........................................... 2,500
14700 National Space Studies Center Study........... 1,000
14750 Engineering Knowledge and Training
Preservation System............................... 2,200
14750 AFIT Advanced Tech Intelligence Center (ATIC)
for Workforce Development......................... 3,000
15100 Online Technology Training Program--Nellis Air
Force Base........................................ 1,800
15100 Online Technology Training Program--MacDill
AFB............................................... 2,000
Budget Activity 4: Admin & Servicewide Activities
15350 Air Operations Combat Support................. 3,000
15350 Center for Parts Configuration Management
(CPCM)............................................ 2,000
15350 Manufacturing Technical Assistance and
Production Program................................ 2,000
15400 Expand Rapid Retargeting Training and Services
at WRALC.......................................... 3,000
15400 Engine Health Management Data Repository
Center............................................ 2,700
15950 Air Force Data Conversion (only to AFRPA BRAC
support).......................................... 4,000
16000 Demonstration Project for Contractors
Employing Pesons with Disabilities................ 3,000
16050 Civil Air Patrol Corporation.................. 4,000
16100 Air Force Enterprise Desktop Computer
Information Assurance............................. 1,000
Undistributed:
16630 Unobligated Balances.......................... -100,000
16870 NSPS Delayed Implementation................... -5,000
16875 Base Support Efficiencies..................... -100,000
16880 Operation Noble Eagle Offset.................. -228,000
16885 Classified Programs........................... -3,750
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $18,199,977,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 19,989,270,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 19,883,790,000
Change from budget request............................ -105,480,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$19,883,790,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.
The recommendation is an increase of $1,683,813,000 from the
amount appropriated in fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
agencies are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces
17050 TJS--Authorized Reduction..................... -10,000
17050 TJS--BA Realignment........................... -303,923
17100 SOCOM--Militarized ATV........................ 2,000
17100 SOCOM--Warrior Wellness Pilot Program......... 1,500
Budget Activity 2: Mobilization
17250 DLA-BA Realignment............................ 50,497
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting
17480 DHRA-BA Realignment........................... 33,089
17610 NDU-Center for Excellence in Educational
Technology (CEET)................................. 1,800
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Service-Wide
Activities
17750 CMP-STARBASE Program.......................... 2,000
17750 CMP-NG Youth Challenge CPR Initiative......... 1,000
17750 CMP-NG Youth Challenge--CA.................... 2,000
17790 DBTA--Transfer to RDTE,DW Line 101............ -50,000
17830 DLA--Procurement Technical Assistance Program. 6,820
17830 DLA--Commercial Technologies for Maintenance
Activities........................................ 8,000
17830 DLA--Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) War Reserve
Stockpile......................................... 5,000
17830 DLA--Defense Automatic Addressing System
Center (DAASC) Transaction Monitoring Improvement
Project........................................... 1,000
17830 DLA--BA Realignment........................... -50,497
17880 DODEA--Public Service Advertising Campaign--
FAP............................................... 1,400
17880 DODEA--Institute for Exploration (IFE)........ 1,000
17880 DODEA--Project SOAR........................... 4,000
17880 DODEA--Cyber Curriculum for the Education of
Children of the Military.......................... 1,000
17880 DODEA-JASON Foundation........................ 1,000
17880 DODEA--Lewis Center for Education Research.... 4,000
17900 DHRA-BA Realignment........................... -33,089
18050 DSS-PSI for Industry.......................... 10,000
18100 OEA--Citizen Soldier Support Program.......... 5,000
18100 OEA--Arnold Heights Redevelopment............. 1,000
18100 OEA--Norton AFB--Infrastructure Improvements.. 8,000
18100 OEA--Norton AFB--High Ground Water/
Liquefaction Mitigation and Economic Redevelopment 1,000
18100 OEA--George AFB--Infrastructure Improvements.. 3,000
18100 OEA--Davids Island--Fort Slocum Remediation... 9,000
18100 OEA--Delaware Valley Continuing Education
Initiative for National Guard and Reserves........ 500
18100 OEA--Hunters Point Naval Shipyard............. 4,800
18100 OEA--Military Intelligence Service Historic
Learning Center................................... 1,000
18100 OEA--Port of Philadelphia..................... 2,000
18100 OEA--Thorium/Magnesium Excavation............. 1,500
18100 OEA--Institutional and Infrastructure
Development Assistance for HSIs................... 5,000
18125 OSD--Military Voter Registration System....... 600
18125 OSD--Critical Language Training: SDSU......... 1,500
18125 OSD--Middle East Regional Security Issues
Program........................................... 3,000
18125 OSD--Minority Contract Enhancement Program.... 3,000
18125 OSD--Foreign Disclosure On-Line Training,
Education, and Certification...................... 1,000
18125 OSD--Women's Campaign International........... 1,800
18125 OSD--Wind Demonstration Project............... 6,300
18125 OSD--Virtual Reality-Based Military Training
System............................................ 1,000
18150 SOCOM--Service-Wide Safety: Alcohol Breath
Detectors......................................... 500
18200 TJS--BA Realignment........................... 303,923
18225 WHS--Authorized Reduction..................... -14,000
Undistributed:
19010 Impact Aid.................................... 35,000
19020 Other Programs................................ -62,500
19045 Excess Unobligated Balances................... -118,000
DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE
The Committee believes that the timely processing of
industry Personnel Security Investigations (PSIs) is
fundamental to the protection of our national security assets,
and provides an additional $10,000,000 above the President's
request for the Defense Security Service (DSS) to ensure that
the defense industrial base will continue to properly serve the
Department of Defense without interruption or other impediment.
The Committee notes that the DSS experienced a significant
budget shortfall during fiscal year 2006 forcing the Department
of Defense (DoD) to abruptly halt the processing of thousands
of contractor PSI requests. The shortfall has exposed a budget
process that appears fundamentally flawed and will likely
continue unless the following factors can be avoided:
1. each budget submission is routinely devoid of PSI
projections from the 23 other federal agencies on whose
behalf the DSS administers the National Industrial
Security Program for each fiscal year;
2. a six-month lag between the February budget
submission and August rate adjustments by the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) inhibits reliable budgeting
for the sizable premiums and surcharges that OPM may
charge for each PSI;
3. unanticipated resubmissions of PSI requests
(approximately 45,000 in fiscal year 2006); and
4. costly adjustments in the mix of initial secret
($200/investigation) and Top Secret ($3,750/
investigation) clearance requests.
The Committee expects the Department of Defense to resolve
these budgetary problems. Therefore, the Committee directs that
not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act a report
shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees that
details plans to more accurately build future DDS budget
submissions.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,751,322,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 2,083,312,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,064,512,000
Change from budget request............................ -18,800,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,064,512,000
for Operation and maintenance, Army Reserve. The recommendation
is an increase of $313,190,000 above the $1,751,322,000
appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
maintenance, Army Reserve are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces
19530 Division Forces/All Terrain Military Utility
Vehicle........................................... 2,000
19680 Base Support/Resource Information System
Engineer Reserve (RISER) Modification and Upgrade. 1,000
Undistributed:
20220 Unobligated Balances.......................... -18,700
20225 Cost Avoidance for Mobilized Miltechs......... -19,700
20231 Tactical Operations Centers (ELAMS/MECCS)..... 3,600
20235 Reserve Manpower Buy Back..................... 13,000
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,165,237,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,236,628,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,223,628,000
Change from budget request............................ -13,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,223,628,000
for Operation and maintenance, Navy Reserve. The recommendation
is an increase of $58,391,000 above the $1,165,237,000
appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustment to the budget activities for Operation and
maintenance, Navy Reserve is shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
22680 Unobligated Balances.......................... -13,000
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $190,702,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 202,332,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 202,732,000
Change from budget request............................ +400,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $202,732,000
for Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve. The
recommendation is an increase of $12,030,000 above the
$190,702,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
24150 Unobligated Balances.......................... -2,100
21460 Quickclot Hemostatic Agent.................... 2,500
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $2,424,432,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 2,663,951,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,659,951,000
Change from budget request............................ -4,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,659,951,000
for Operation and maintenance, Air Force Reserve. The
recommendation is an increase of $235,519,000 above the
$2,424,432,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
maintenance, Air Force Reserve are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
25665 932nd Airlift Wing Operations and Training.... 27,300
25670 Cost Avoidance for Mobilized Miltechs......... -13,000
25680 Unobligated Balances.......................... -18,300
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $4,053,617,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 4,450,783,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,436,839,000
Change from budget request............................ -13,944,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,436,839,000
for Operation and maintenance, Army National Guard. The
recommendation is an increase of $383,222,000 above the
$4,053,617,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
maintenance, Army National Guard are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces
26180 Divisions/Diesel Fuel Injection Test Stands.. 3,700
26240 Echelon Above Corps Support Forces/UH-60 Leak
Proof Transmission Drip Pans...................... 1,000
26320 Force Readiness Operations Support/PASGT
Helmet Retrofit Pad Sets.......................... 1,000
26340 Land Forces Systems Readiness/Regional
Geospatial Service Center......................... 1,000
26420 Base Operations Support/Vermont NG Family
Counseling Demonstration.......................... 1,000
Undistributed:
26830 National Emergency and Disaster Information
System............................................ 3,100
26890 Joint Training and Experimentation Program... 4,000
27110 Homeland Operational Planning System......... 8,000
27345 Unobligated Balances......................... -55,100
27350 Enterprise Resource Planning for Army Guard
Installation and Equipment Demand Planning........ 3,600
27383 Strategic Biodefense Initiative.............. 10,000
27384 Advanced Starting Systems.................... 1,000
27390 Internal Airlift, Helicopter Slingable Units
(ISU)............................................. 3,000
27391 Advanced Solar Covers........................ 1,000
27393 RCAS Demobilization Capability............... 4,000
27396 Cost Avoidance for Mobilized Miltechs........ -37,100
27398 Distributed Training Technology Project...... 3,000
27399 Regional Emergency Response Network for
Florida National Guard............................ 2,000
27415 Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response
Training (ALERRT) Program......................... 1,000
27420 Regional Center for Advanced Emergency
Medical Response.................................. 1,500
27425 Northeast Regional Training Center for
Homeland Defense.................................. 1,000
27430 Distance Education Center for UNMC........... 1,200
27435 Joint Force Orientation Distance Learning.... 1,000
27440 National Guard About Face Academy............ 1,000
27445 Tactical Operation Centers (ELAMS/MECCS)..... 3,600
27450 WMD-Civil Support Team for Florida........... 6,700
27455 PRI Initiative on Joint CONUS Communications
Support Environment............................... 1,800
27460 Aerial Wide Area Decontamination............. 1,800
27465 NG Advanced Technology Battery Modernization
Program........................................... 5,000
27470 WMD-Civil Support Team for New York.......... 2,256
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
The Committee recommends an increase of $3,600,000 above
the budget request for Enterprise Resource Planning for Army
National Guard Installation and Equipment Demand Planning only
for the Pennsylvania National Guard.
NORTHEAST REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE
The Committee recommends an increase of $1,000,000 above
the budget request only for operations of the Northeast
Regional Training Center for Homeland Defense.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $4,476,301,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 5,080,695,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,035,310,000
Change from budget request............................ -45,385,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,035,310,000
for Operation and maintenance, Air National Guard. The
recommendation is an increase of $559,009,000 above the
$4,476,301,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2006.
Program Recommended
The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2007:
The adjustments to the budget activities for Operation and
maintenance, Air National Guard are shown below:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
27650 Aircraft Operations/139th Airlift Wing
Mobility and Training............................. 315
27700 Mission Support Operations/Warrior Skills and
Convoy Training................................... 1,800
Undistributed:
28115 Cost Avoidance for Mobilized Miltechs........ -6,000
28320 Unobligated Balances......................... -41,500
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ ................
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... $10,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. ................
Change from budget request............................ -10,000,000
The Committee recommends no funding for the Overseas
Contingency Operations Transfer Account. The recommendation is
the same as the appropriation for fiscal year 2006, and
$10,000,000 less than the request for fiscal year 2007. The
Committee notes that there is approximately $10,000,000 in
unobligated balances currently available in this account.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $11,124,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 11,721,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 11,721,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,721,000
for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
The recommendation is an increase of $597,000 above the amount
appropriated in fiscal year 2006.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $60,931,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 63,204,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 63,204,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $63,204,000
for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid, an increase
of $2,273,000 over the fiscal year 2006 enacted level.
FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $411,394,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 372,128,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 372,128,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $372,128,000
for Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction. The recommendation is
a decrease of $39,266,000 from the amount appropriated in
fiscal year 2006.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY
The fiscal year 2007 Department of Defense procurement
budget request totals $82,919,502,000. The accompanying bill
recommends $81,781,819,000. The total amount recommended is
decrease of $1,137,683,000 below the fiscal year 2007 budget
estimate and is $6,007,796,000 above the total provided for
fiscal year 2006. The table below summarizes the budget
estimates and the Committee's recommendations.
SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided as
shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the
phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this report are
congressional interest items for the purpose of the Base for
Reprogramming (DD 1414). Each of these items must be carried on
the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount, specifically addressed
in the conference report. These items remain special interest
items whether or not they are repeated in a subsequent
conference report.
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS
The Committee directs the Department of Defense to continue
to follow the reprogramming guidance specified in the report
accompanying the House version of the fiscal year 2006
Department of Defense Appropriations bill (H.R. 109-119).
Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming funds will
remain at $20,000,000 for procurement, and $10,000,000 for
research, development, test and evaluation. The Department
shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval
reprogrammings are set at either the specified dollar threshold
or 20% of the procurement or research, development, test and
evaluation line, whichever is less. These thresholds are
cumulative. Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into
or out of a procurement (P-1) line or research, development,
test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified
threshold, the Department of Defense must submit a prior
approval reprogramming to the congressional defense committees.
In addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval
reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest
items are established elsewhere in this report.
REPROGRAMMING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of the Department
of Defense, Comptroller, to continue to provide the
congressional defense committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based
DD1416 reports for service and defense-wide accounts in Titles
III and IV of this Act as required in the statement of the
managers accompanying the conference report on the Department
of Defense Act, 2006.
CLASSIFIED ANNEX
Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in a
classified annex accompanying this report.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $2,626,748,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 3,566,483,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,529,983,000
Change from budget request............................ -36,500,000
This appropriation finances acquisition of tactical and
utility airplanes and helicopters, including associated
electronics, electronic warfare equipment for in-service
aircraft, ground support equipment, components and parts such
as spare engines, transmission gear boxes, and sensor
equipment. It also funds related training devices such as
combat flight simulators and production base support.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,529,983,000
for Aircraft Procurement, Army, which is $903,235,000 more than
the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $36,500,000 less
than the request for fiscal year 2007.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in this bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,196,830,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,350,898,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,350,898,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
This appropriation finances the acquisition of surface-to-
air, surface-to-surface, air-to-surface, and anti-tank/assault
missile systems. Also included are major components,
modifications, targets, test equipment and production base
support.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,350,898,000
for Missile Procurement, Army which is $154,068,000 more than
the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and the same as the
request for fiscal year 2007.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,377,698,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 2,301,943,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,047,804,000
Change from budget request............................ -254,139,000
This appropriation finances the acquisition of tanks;
personnel and cargo carriers; fighting vehicles; tracked
recovery vehicles; self-propelled and towed howitzers; machine
guns; mortars; modification of in-service equipment, initial
spares; and production base support.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,047,804,000
for Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
which is $670,106,000 more than the amount provided in fiscal
year 2006 and $254,139,000 less than the request for fiscal
year 2007.
LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER, M777A1
The Committee continues to provide strong support for the
acquisition of the Lightweight 155mm Towed Howitzer, M777A1 for
use by the regular Army and the Army National Guard. The
Committee recommends full funding for the Administration's
request of $187,489,000 in Procurement of Weapons and Tracked
Combat Vehicles, Army to purchase 85 howitzers. The Committee
strongly encourages the Army to make an equitable distribution
of the new howitzers between units of the regular Army and
units of the Army National Guard.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,715,693,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,903,125,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,710,475,000
Change from budget request............................ -192,650,000
This appropriation finances the acquisition of ammunition,
modification of in-service stock, and related production base
support including the maintenance, expansion, and modernization
of industrial facilities and equipment.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,710,475,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Army which is $5,218,000 less
than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $192,650,000
less than the request for fiscal year 2007.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $4,548,090,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 7,718,602,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 7,005,338,000
Change from budget request............................ -713,264,000
This appropriation finances the acquisition of: (a)
tactical and commercial vehicles, including trucks, semi-
trailers, and trailers of all types to provide mobility and
utility support to field forces and the worldwide logistical
system; (b) communications and electronic equipment of all
types to provide fixed, semi-fixed, and mobile strategic and
tactical communications; (c) other support equipment,
generators and power units, material handling equipment,
medical support equipment, special equipment for user testing,
and non-system training devices. In each of these activities,
funds are also included for the modification of in-service
equipment, investment spares and repair parts, and production
base support.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,005,338,000
for Other Procurement, Army which is $2,457,248,000 more than
the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $713,264,000 less
than the request for fiscal year 2007.
CONTAINER ROLL IN-ROLL OUT PLATFORM (M3 CROP)
The Committee strongly urges the Secretary of the Army to
allocate sufficient funding from amounts available under this
heading to ensure the continuation of the program to procure
the Container Roll in-Roll out Platform (M3 CROP) in order to
expedite logistical support to the war fighter.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $9,677,001,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 10,868,771,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 10,590,934,000
Change from budget request............................ -277,837,000
This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of
aircraft and related support equipment and programs; flight
simulators; equipment to modify in-service aircraft to extend
their service life, eliminate safety hazards and improve
aircraft operational effectiveness; and spare parts and ground
support equipment for all end items procured by this
appropriation.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$10,590,934,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Navy, which is
$913,933,000 more than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006
and $277,837,000 less than the request for fiscal year 2007.
EA-18G AND F/A-18 E/F PROCUREMENT
The Committee recommendation transfers 12 low rate initial
production EA-18G aircraft to the F/A-18 E/F production
program. The current multiyear contract for these two programs
requires a total of 42 aircraft in fiscal year 2007, but allows
flexibility in the mix of aircraft ordered. The EA-18G
procurement schedule was established several years ago, when
the legacy EA-6B fleet was experiencing serious fatigue life
issues. Since that time, however, the EA-6B's service life and
combat capability have been substantially upgraded, allowing
more time for the EA-18G's development program to mature.
According to the Government Accountability Office, under the
Navy's current schedule, full capabilities equivalent to
today's EA-6B will not be demonstrated until January 2009, only
three months before the scheduled full production decision.
About one-third of the total aircraft buy would be approved
under low rate initial production, which is substantially
higher than the departmental target of ten percent. Although
the EA-18G development program is currently on schedule, the
Committee recommendation allows more time for the aircraft to
demonstrate critical functionality prior to a full production
decision. This decision is made without prejudice to the EA-18G
program, which the Committee continues to support. The
Committee notes that the additional F/A-18 aircraft procured
with these funds are on the Navy's Unfunded Program
Requirements List, and are needed to address Global War on
Terror losses and inventory shortfalls. The Committee
recommendation results in a net savings of $143,098,000 from
the budget request.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in this bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $2,633,380,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 2,555,020,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,533,920,000
Change from budget request............................ -21,100,000
This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of
strategic and tactical missiles, target drones, torpedoes,
guns, associated support equipment, and modification of in-
service missiles, torpedoes, and guns.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,533,920,000
for Weapons Procurement, Navy, which is $99,460,000 less than
the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $21,100,000 less
than the request for fiscal year 2007.
TORPEDO INVENTORY LEVELS
The Committee is concerned about the adequacy of the Navy's
inventory of lightweight and heavyweight torpedoes to meet
current and anticipated threats to the year 2020. The Navy has
recently commissioned the Naval War College to analyze this
issue. Consequently, the Committee directs the Navy to submit a
report to the Congressional defense committees, not later than
March 1, 2007, comparing the current and projected inventories
of torpedoes to the required levels, and presenting a plan to
address any inventory shortfalls.
SONOBUOY INVENTORY LEVELS
The Committee is concerned about the adequacy of the Navy's
inventory of sonobuoys to meet current and anticipated threats
to the year 2020. The Committee directs the Navy to submit a
report to the Congressional defense committees, not later than
March 1, 2007, comparing the current and projected inventories
of sonobuoys to the required levels, and presenting a plan to
address any inventory shortfalls. The report should specify
current and planned annual usage rates for the various sonobuoy
classes, for both training and operational purposes.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in this bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $843,323,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 789,943,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 775,893,000
Change from budget request............................ -14,050,000
This appropriation finances the acquisition of ammunition,
ammunition modernization, and ammunition-related material for
the Navy and Marine Corps.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $775,893,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, which is
$67,430,000 less than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006
and $14,050,000 less than the request for fiscal year 2007.
FIVE INCH/54 MILLIMETER AMMUNITION
The Committee recommends $29,947,000 for the procurement of
Five Inch/54 Millimeter Ammunition, an increase of $5,400,000
above the budget request. The decision in the 2005 BRAC process
to close the Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant will result in a
shutdown of production for 5/54mm ammunition for at least three
years, because the only deep draw presses in the United States
capable of producing cartridge cases for this ammunition are
located at Riverbank. The Navy had planned to utilize war
reserve stocks if necessary, or reduce training, during the
time of the shutdown. The Committee does not believe it prudent
to reduce training or deplete the war reserve stocks over such
an extended period. To maintain current training levels and an
adequate war reserve, the Committee recommendation provides
funds for the production of additional cartridge cases to fill
the gap during the closure of the Riverbank facility.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in this bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $8,936,959,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 10,578,553,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 10,491,653,000
Change from budget request............................ -86,900,000
This appropriation provides funds for the construction of
new ships and the purchase and conversion of existing ships,
including hull, mechanical and electrical equipment,
electronics, guns, torpedo and missile launching systems, and
communication systems.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$10,491,653,000 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, which is
$1,554,694,000 more than the amount provided in fiscal year
2006 and $86,900,000 less than the request for fiscal year
2007. In addition, the bill includes rescissions of prior year
appropriations totaling $26,245,000. The following report and
project level tables provide a summary of the Committee's
recommendation.
THIRTY YEAR SHIPBUILDING PLAN
The Committee is pleased that the Navy has put stronger
priority this year on the need for a robust and stable
shipbuilding program. The fiscal year 2007 budget included
funds for 7 new ships, compared to only 4 last year. The future
years defense plan includes funds for 51 new ships between
fiscal years 2007 and 2011, compared to 45 ships in last year's
plan. The Navy has stated a requirement for 313 force level
ships to meet the projected naval threat in the year 2020.
Under the Navy's current plan, that level is reached in the
year 2012 and sustained until 2026.
Despite these improvements, the Committee believes that the
viability of the Navy's long range plan will remain tied to the
service's ability to control costs in ship design and
construction. Navy leadership agrees that cost control is
essential, but the Navy has produced no plan or initiatives to
meet the cost targets assumed in the long range shipbuilding
plan. Furthermore, the recent history of ongoing shipbuilding
programs indicates the trend in cost growth may be getting
worse, and not better. The Committee encourages the Navy to set
firm cost targets in its future shipbuilding programs, to
develop specific initiatives addressing cost control, and to
sign contracts that reduce the likelihood of cost growth.
DD(X) DESTROYER
The Committee recommends $2,568,111,000 for the procurement
of 1 DD(X) destroyer. The budget requested $2,568,111,000 to
incrementally fund 2 ships, with the balance of funding to be
provided in fiscal year 2008. The Committee cannot support such
a far-reaching policy change which has implications beyond the
Navy's shipbuilding program. Further, the Navy's proposal
requires special legislative authority to be executed, and this
authority is not included in the House-passed National Defense
Authorization Act, 2007 (H.R. 5122).
ATTACK SUBMARINE PROCUREMENT RATE
The Navy currently procures Virginia class submarines at
the inefficient rate of one ship per year under a multiyear
contract. Individual submarines are built in sections in three
different shipyards in three different states. Over 90 percent
of the sub-vendor base is constituted by single suppliers, many
under sole source contracts. The Navy's plan to increase the
procurement rate to two ships per year would cut unit cost, but
the plan has been deferred many times due to budget
constraints. Currently, two submarines per year is planned for
fiscal year 2012. Although the Committee acknowledges the
problem created by this situation, accelerating the higher
production rate would cause significant instabilities in the
Navy's outyear shipbuilding program, requiring the service to
add as much as $7,000,000,000 in additional resources over the
future years defense program (FYDP) or cut other programs.
Because of this long-term uncertainty, the Committee bill does
not include funding to accelerate the higher production rate at
this time.
PRIOR YEAR SHIPBUILDING COSTS
The Committee remains concerned over the lack of cost
control in Navy shipbuilding programs. In last year's report,
the Committee noted the rising cost growth in ongoing ship
construction contracts, and required the Navy to submit a plan
on resolving these issues. That report was submitted two months
late, and was little more than a summary of cost overruns in
shipbuilding over the past two decades. The Committee is
concerned about the gap between the Navy's public statements
about the need for firm cost controls, and the programmatic and
contractual actions needed to accomplish that objective. Navy
briefings this year document a litany of programs, including
the CVN-77 aircraft carrier and certain attack submarines of
the Virginia class, that continue to defy attempts to control
costs. The Navy estimates an overrun of $867,900,000 over the
next 3 years alone in the CVN-77 production effort. These funds
cannot be obligated without Congressional legislation to raise
the current cost cap on the program--a cap that was put in
place several years ago to control costs. The fiscal year 2007
budget requests $136,000,000 for further cost growth in the
U.S.S. Texas (SSN-775), and cost performance on the U.S.S.
North Carolina (SSN-777) is seriously below Navy expectations.
In fact, current cost performance on the Virginia class
jeopardizes the ability of the Navy to meet the performance
goals of the multiyear contract signed in 2004 as well as cost
targets needed to increase the submarine production rate in
future years. The Committee is unwilling to provide increased
appropriations for cost overruns in the absence of compelling
justification or a realistic and detailed plan for cost
control. The Committee recommendation provides $436,449,000 for
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs, a reduction of
$141,400,000 from the request. The reduction should be
allocated against the following programs: CVN-77
(-$30,000,000); SSN-777 (-$48,000,000); SSN-776 (-$10,000,000);
SSN-775 (-$10,000,000); and the LPD-17 class (-$43,400,000).
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in this bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $5,389,849,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 4,967,916,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,022,005,000
Change from budget request............................ +54,089,000
This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of
major equipment and weapons other than ships, aircraft,
missiles and torpedoes. Such equipment ranges from the latest
electronic sensors for updates of naval forces, to trucks,
training equipment, and spare parts.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,022,005,000
for Other Procurement, Navy, which is $367,844,000 less than
the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $54,089,000 more
than the request for fiscal year 2007.
weapons range support equipment
The Committee defers the $19,164,000 requested for Project
SC012, Shallow Water Training Range. This project includes
funding for the proposed new East Coast Undersea Warfare
Training Range (USWTR) as well as shallow water upgrades to
ranges on the West Coast. The Committee notes that the USWTR
draft environmental impact statement received 1,700 comments
which must be resolved by the Navy, including significant
concerns expressed by federal agencies including the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Committee believes
it likely that resolution of these comments will cause delays
in the USWTR program, allowing these funds to be used for
higher priority activities during fiscal year 2007.
combat survivor evader locator radio
The Committee recommends a reduction of $10,000,000 for
Navy acquisition of the Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL)
radio due to continued technical problems. Technical
difficulties continue in this program many years after they
began, and it is clear from the December 2005 Annual Report of
the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation that much
development and operational assessment remains to be done. The
Committee directs the Office of the Secretary of Defense, with
the assistance of the Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation, to develop a plan for resolving issues in the CSEL
program and for effective transition and fielding to the
individual services, including the Navy. The funding of
$5,494,000 provided in this appropriation for the CSEL program
should be used for the procurement of legacy radio systems to
serve as a gap filler until CSEL is ready for production.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in this bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,384,965,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,273,513,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,191,113,000
Change from budget request............................ -82,400,000
This appropriation provides funds for the procurement,
delivery, and modification of missiles, armaments,
communication equipment, tracked and wheeled vehicles, and
various support equipment.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,191,113,000
for Procurement, Marine Corps, which is $193,852,000 less than
the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $82,400,000 less
than the request for fiscal year 2007. The following report and
project level tables provide a summary of the Committee's
recommendations.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $12,609,842,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 11,479,810,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 11,852,467,000
Change from budget request............................ +372,657,000
This appropriation provides for the procurement of
aircraft, and for modification of in-service aircraft to
improve safety and enhance operational effectiveness. It also
provides for initial spares and other support equipment to
include aerospace ground equipment and industrial facilities.
In addition, funds are provided for the procurement of flight
training simulators to increase combat readiness and to provide
for more economical training.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$11,852,467,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force which is
$757,375,000 less than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006
and $372,657,000 more than the request for fiscal year 2007.
F-22 INCREMENTAL FUNDING
The budget request proposes to incrementally fund the F-22
fighter procurement program. This proposal is contrary to the
full funding requirement the Congress has required for aircraft
procurement programs. The Department of Defense presented the
Committee with essentially two options--agree to incremental
funding, or find $1,400,000,000 in savings from other programs
to fully fund F-22 procurement. The Committee has chosen the
latter option and recommends an additional $1,400,000,000 for
the procurement of 20 F-22 aircraft in fiscal year 2007. In
making these changes and providing the additional funds, the
Committee is reiterating the long standing requirement for full
funding of major weapon system procurements.
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
The Committee recommends $729,700,000, for Joint Strike
Fighter procurement, which is $140,000,000 and one aircraft
below the request for fiscal year 2007. The Committee has
provided full funding for four Air Force conventional take-off
and landing (CTOL) aircraft and advance procurement for four
Air Force CTOL aircraft and four Navy short take-off and
vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft. The Committee recommends a
reduction in advance procurement funds of $72,000,000, and four
CTOL variants, and $120,000,000 and four STOVL variants below
the request for fiscal year 2007.
In making these recommendations, the Committee notes its
concerns that the Joint Strike Fighter program will be unable
to keep the aggressive development and test aircraft production
schedule currently planned. Recent indicators of performance
validate these concerns. While the program has had a number of
successes in preparation for the first flight of the first test
article, plans for that flight have been delayed nearly three
months with the potential for even longer delays. In addition,
the program has already begun to experience delays in the
manufacturing of the other 22 test aircraft. A recent re-plan
of the test article production schedule has the next eleven
aircraft in the production line delayed anywhere from five to
eleven months when compared to last year's schedule.
C-17 PROCUREMENT
The Committee has provided an additional $798,000,000 in
title IX of the bill for the procurement of 3 C-17 aircraft.
The funds are provided for procurement of aircraft to address
the extensive utilization and attrition of mobility assets
since September 2001 caused by the global war on terror. The
Committee notes that funds were provided in the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, for advance procurement of
additional C-17 aircraft beyond the 180 currently on contract.
The Committee expects that these funds will be made available
for the procurement of the 3 additional aircraft provided for
in this legislation.
The budget request for fiscal year 2007 assumes the
shutdown of the C-17 production line and includes funding for
costs associated with the line closure. Shutdown funds are not
required and the request has been reduced accordingly.
GLOBAL HAWK
The Committee recommends $341,288,000 for Global Hawk
procurement, which is $44,824,000 more than the amount provided
in fiscal year 2006, and $88,000,000 less than the request for
fiscal year 2007.
The Committee continues to note program delays in the
production of Global Hawk aircraft. These delays are
understandable due to the high operational tempo of limited
aircraft assets, operators, maintainers, and spare parts all
supporting the global war on terror. However, these facts
should be considered in the production schedule and subsequent
budget request.
An analysis of aircraft deliveries shows Lots 2 through 4
aircraft will be delayed five to twelve months with no delays
occurring in Lots 5 and 6. The Committee finds this
unrealistic. In fact, in response to questions from the
Committee regarding the timeliness of the request for fiscal
year 2007 funds, the Air Force responded that ``from a purely
fiscal perspective, the program funding appears to be early to
need for 1-2 aircraft in the FY07 budget.'' Accordingly, the
Committee has reduced the request by two aircraft and
$88,000,000. In addition, the Committee has reduced the request
for advance procurement by $18,000,000 and two aircraft. This
will allow the program to ramp up from fiscal year 2007 to
fiscal year 2008 at a more realistic rate given recent program
performance.
F-15 ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY RADARS
The Committee recommends $149,901,000 for F-15
modifications, which is $72,966,000 less than the amount
provided in fiscal year 2006, and $57,000,000 more than the
request for fiscal year 2007. The additional funds provided
shall be for the procurement of APG-63(V)3 radars for the Air
National Guard F-15s. Funds have also been included in
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, to
continue radar development and demonstration for improved
capabilities.
C-17 AND AESA RADAR PROCUREMENT
The Committee has rescinded prior year funds for the
procurement of additional F-15E aircraft. These funds had been
provided to prevent a gap in the production line which is
dependent on foreign military sales. Due to recent production
orders, these funds are excess to need. Accordingly, the
Committee recommends the rescission of $172,000,000. As noted
elsewhere in this report, these funds have been reallocated to
address the requirement for procurement of additional C-17
aircraft and to procure active electronically scanned array
(AESA) radars for F-15 aircraft.
TANKER REPLACEMENT--KC-X ADVANCE PROCUREMENT
The Committee recommends no funding for advance procurement
of KC-X aircraft, a reduction of $36,130,000 below the request
for fiscal year 2007.
The Committee continues to strongly support development and
acquisition of a replacement for the Air Force's aging KC-135
tanker fleet. To this end, the Committee has fully funded the
request in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air
Force for the KC-135 Tanker Replacement Program. However, the
Air Force has communicated to the Committee that advance
procurement funds are early to need as the development program
for the KC-135 tanker replacement only recently received
authority to resume the acquisition process and issue a Request
for Information. The Committee notes that should there be a
requirement for procurement funds in fiscal year 2007,
significant amounts remain available in the Tanker Replacement
Transfer Fund.
PREDATOR ROADMAP
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the
allocation and beddown strategy for MQ-1 and MQ-9 aircraft
within the active and reserve components for the period of
fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2011. The report shall
include funding requirements, unit destinations and planned
aircraft inventory, approximate delivery schedule, associated
personnel and training, and the number of orbits capable. The
report shall be submitted by March 15, 2007.
C-130 CENTER WING BOX REPLACEMENT
The Committee recommends $190,177,000 for modifications to
the C-130 fleet, which is $18,956,000 more than the amount
provided in fiscal year 2006, and $27,500,000 less than the
request for fiscal year 2007.
The Committee is strongly supportive of the ongoing efforts
to replace failing center wing boxes. However, there does not
appear to be sufficient production capability to ramp up from
the 4 kits provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2006, to the 21 kits in the fiscal year 2007 budget
request. Accordingly, the Committee has provided funding for
eighteen center wing box replacement kits.
C-32 WINGLET MODIFICATION
The Committee recommends $5,198,000 for C-32 modifications,
which is $5,006,000 more than the amount provided in fiscal
year 2006, and $5,000,000 more than the request for fiscal year
2007. These funds shall be used to install Blended Winglets on
the 4 C-32 aircraft operated by the United States Air Force to
demonstrate potential fuel savings, and/or increased operating
range. Not more than one year after the modification of the
first C-32 aircraft, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
submit a report to the congressional defense committees
assessing the utility of the winglet and making a
recommendation if the program should be expanded to other types
of aircraft.
T-38 EJECTION SEAT UPGRADE PROGRAM (ESUP)
The Committee notes that the Air Force's Fiscal Year 2005
Unfunded Priorities List included a high priority
recommendation to modify a total of 199 T-38 aircraft with the
safety and accommodation upgrade for T-38 ejection seats. This
upgrade enhances safety and provides a career path through the
T-38s for smaller and larger students. The Air Force is
strongly encouraged to fully fund the Ejection Seat Upgrade
Program for the T-38 fleet in the fiscal year 2008 budget.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $5,122,728,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 4,204,145,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,746,636,000
Change from budget request............................ -457,509,000
This appropriation provides for procurement, installation,
and checkout of strategic ballistic and other missiles,
modification of in-service missiles, and initial spares for
missile systems. It also provides for operational space
systems, boosters, payloads, drones, associated ground
equipment, non-recurring maintenance of industrial facilities,
machine tool modernization, and special program support.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,746,636,000
for Missile Procurement, Air Force which is $1,376,092,000 less
than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $457,509,000,
less than the request for fiscal year 2007.
MINUTEMAN III PROPULSION REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
The Committee recommends $625,257,000 for Minuteman III
modifications, which is $44,610,000 less than the amount
provided in fiscal year 2006, and $66,400,000 less than the
request for fiscal year 2007.
The request included $294,615,000 for procurement of 82
propulsion replacement kits, an increase of 4 kits over the
fiscal year 2006 level. The Committee notes that the program
comes to an end with the request for 43 kits in fiscal year
2008. The Committee believes that such a steep drawdown is
inefficient and has provided funds for only 62 kits in fiscal
year 2007. The remaining kits may be included in the fiscal
year 2008 request to provide for a more efficient production
rate.
EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (EELV)
The budget requests $936,490,000 for EELV, including
$275,094,000 for launch services and $546,251,000 for launch
capability and infrastructure. The Committee notes that the
launches for GPS IIF vehicles six and seven have been delayed
sufficiently to preclude procurement of the launch vehicles in
fiscal year 2007. Additionally, the Committee is not yet
convinced that the program has reached the proper balance of
risk and return for the funds proposed to be spent for launch
capability and infrastructure. Therefore, the Committee
recommends $692,290,000 for EELV, reductions of $134,100,000
and $110,000,000, respectively, for launch services and launch
capability and infrastructure.
Additionally, the Committee is concerned about the current
acquisition strategy for the Buy-3 contract for launch services
and infrastructure. The most troubling areas include cost
accountability and introduction of new competition. First, the
Air Force has not sufficiently developed the method by which
costs for non-Department of Defense launches will be accounted
for and credited to the Buy-3 contract. A lack of rigorous
oversight in this area will provide unfair advantages to EELV
contractors over outside competition for these launches,
especially for launches in the commercial sector. Second,
current structural constraints on the EELV program cause
ordering inefficiencies throughout the program supply chain
which will add significant cost to, and inhibit cost savings
for, the program. The Committee believes a balance must be
achieved to create an environment that optimizes economic
efficiencies and promotes development and inclusion of outside
competition.
Therefore, the Committee expects the Department of the Air
Force to negotiate adjustments, in the form of reimbursements
or credits, for launch services and launch capability and
infrastructure costs associated with all non-Department of
Defense EELV launches. Additionally, the Committee supports
contracting procedures that facilitate competition and ``best
value'' procurements. The Committee, therefore, directs the
Department of the Air Force to adopt acquisition practices for
the EELV program that will maximize economic efficiencies
through fiscal year 2010 and create opportunities by which new
entrants might more readily qualify for the EELV program,
including opportunities for demonstration launches. This will
facilitate competition and promote assured access to space.
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
The budget requests $97,182,000 in procurement for Global
Positioning System (GPS) satellites with an additional
$43,259,000 in advanced procurement for vehicles 16 through 18.
The Committee notes: (1) The GPS IIF program has been troubled
by cost growth and significant delays; (2) the Department of
Defense has chosen not to pursue vehicles 13 through 18; and
(3) the program will not meet an acquisition decision for
vehicles 10 through 12 as scheduled. The Committee recommends
$67,182,000 in procurement and no funding for advanced
procurement, a reduction of $30,000,000 and $43,259,000,
respectively.
The Committee further recognizes that previous models of
GPS satellites are operating longer than expected. Analysis
indicates that through proper constellation planning and
management, the corresponding launch schedule will most likely
alleviate the need for vehicles 10-12 prior to the introduction
of GPS III. Accordingly the Committee recommends the Department
reassess the requirements for additional GPS IIF vehicles.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,006,718,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,072,749,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,079,249,000
Change from budget request............................ +6,500,000
This appropriation finances the acquisition of ammunition,
modifications, spares, weapons, and other ammunition-related
items for the Air Force.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,079,249,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force which is $72,531,000
more than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and
$6,500,000 more than the request for fiscal year 2007.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $13,920,106,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 15,408,086,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 15,423,536,000
Change from budget request............................ +15,450,000
This appropriation provides for the procurement of weapon
systems and equipment other than aircraft and missiles.
Included are vehicles, electronic and telecommunications
systems for command and control of operational forces, and
ground support equipment for weapon systems and supporting
structure.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$15,423,536,000 for Other Procurement, Air Force which is
$1,503,430,000 more than the amount provided in fiscal year
2006 and $15,450,000 more than the request for fiscal year
2007.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $2,548,227,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 2,861,461,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,890,531,000
Change from budget request............................ +29,070,000
This appropriation provides funds for the procurement,
production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials,
and spare parts.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,890,531,000
for Procurement, Defense-Wide, which is $342,304,000 more than
the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $29,070,000 more
than the request for fiscal year 2007. The following report and
project level tables provide a summary of the Committee's
recommendations.
USSOCOM-EMERGENT CRITICAL COMBAT MISSION NEEDS
The Committee is aware that the United States Special
Operations Command (USSOCOM) receives numerous Combat Mission
Needs Statements from its war fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan
to provide equipment urgently needed to fulfill unforeseen
requirements. The Committee began a program in fiscal year 2006
to address these requirements and continues that effort by
recommending an appropriation of $22,000,000 for such purposes.
The Committee directs the Commander of USSOCOM to provide a
quarterly report to the congressional defense committees on the
use of these funds and strongly suggests that funds for this
program be included in future budget requests.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $178,200,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 0
Committee recommendation.............................. 500,000,000
Change from the budget request........................ +500,000,000
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000,000
for National Guard and Reserve Equipment, which is $321,800,000
more than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and
$500,000,000 more than the request for fiscal year 2007. The
Committee recommends that these funds be provided to the Army
National Guard to continue an effort begun in fiscal year 2007
to meet the ``Essential 10 Equipment Requirements for the
Global War on Terror'' as identified by the Chief, National
Guard Bureau.
The Committee has also provided funds for National Guard
and Reserve equipment consistent with the budget request within
the procurement accounts and has earmarked funds as requested.
The Committee has added funding for Guard and Reserve equipment
above the request in several of the procurement accounts as
described elsewhere in this report.
In addition, the Committee has provided funding in title IX
for equipment for forces being deployed to Iraq and
Afghanistan. The Committee expects the Department to provide
deploying and deployed Guard and Reserve units with the same
quality and quantity of equipment as they provide to the active
duty components.
army national guard combat brigades
The Committee remains concerned about the Department of
Defense's proposal to reduce 7 Army combat brigades from the
level assumed under previous plans. Most of the change would
occur in the Army National Guard's force structure plans; the
Guard would field 28 combat brigades instead of 34 proposed
previously. The Committee's review of this proposal indicates
that the National Guard will have difficulty meeting its force
generation and state security requirements with only 28 combat
brigades. As the Department of the Army continues its
examination of combat brigade requirements, the Committee
strongly urges that this examination be conducted with the full
participation and cooperation of both active and Guard
officials at all levels. Moreover, the Committee will closely
follow this issue over the coming months and will seek to
ensure that sufficient funding is provided to field the number
of Guard combat brigades necessary to meet its force generation
and state security requirements, as authorized by law. As such,
the Committee provides additional funding (described in other
sections of this report) to fully fund the Army National Guard
authorized end strength level of 350,000 and purchase
additional equipment.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $57,666,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 18,484,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 39,384,000
Change from budget request............................ +20,900,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $39,384,000
for Defense Production Act Purchases, which is $18,282,000 less
than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and $20,900,000
more than the request for fiscal year 2007.
The Committee recommendation shall be distributed as
follows:
Project Amount
Beryllium supply industrial base...................... $7,500,000
Silicon carbide MMIC device production................ 3,167,000
Lithium ion battery production........................ 2,433,000
Next generation radiation hardened microprocessors.... 3,462,000
Advanced technologies production initiative........... 1,922,000
Automated composite technologies and manufacturing 2,500,000
center...............................................
ALON and spinel optical ceramics...................... 3,500,000
Flexible aerogel material supplier initiative......... 3,000,000
Production of affordable methanol fuel cells 2,000,000
components...........................................
Armor and structures transformation initiative (ASTI)-- 3,600,000
steel to titanium....................................
Military lens fabrication and assembly................ 1,800,000
Thermal battery industrial base infrastructure........ 4,500,000
Beryllium Supply Industrial Base
The Committee recommendation includes $7,500,000 for
continued efforts to maintain and support the beryllium supply
industrial base. The Committee supports this critical ongoing
initiative managed under the Defense Production Act program.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
The fiscal year 2007 Department of Defense research,
development, test and evaluation budget request totals
$73,156,008,000. The accompanying bill recommends
$75,336,246,000. The total amount recommended is an increase of
$2,180,238,000 above the fiscal year 2007 budget estimate and
is $3,925,342,000 above the total provided in fiscal year 2006.
The table below summarizes the budget estimate and the
Committee's recommendations.
JOINT COMMON MISSILE
Joint Common Missile (JCM) is a fixed and rotary wing
aviation-launched missile system that provides advanced line-
of-sight, and non-line-of-sight capabilities, including
precision strike, passive, and fire-and-forget seeker
technologies with increased range and lethality. JCM provides
double the range of Hellfire (16,000 v. 8,000 meters for
helicopter launches) allowing flight crews to take full
advantage of target acquisition and guidance systems.
The Joint Common Missile (JCM) program was designed to
mitigate missile credibility gaps identified by the Joint
Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). The
program had performed on schedule and on budget. In December
2004, the Department of Defense terminated the program choosing
to assume temporary risk, and rely on less capable legacy
missiles, or other guided munitions which address some of the
same targets. In August of 2005, the Joint Requirements
Oversight Council revalidated the requirement for Joint Common
Missile.
Congress added funds in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2006 to maintain the program ($26,000,000
in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army and
$4,000,000 in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy).
The Committee strongly encourages the Department of Defense
to fully resource the Joint Common Missile program in order to
provide flight crews with a weapon system that has greater
engagement range, insensitive munitions technology and improved
seeker, warhead and rocket motor technologies. Accordingly, the
Committee recommends for Joint Common Missile in fiscal year
2007, appropriations of $30,000,000 in Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Army and $5,000,000 in Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy. The Committee strongly
encourages the Department of Defense to fully fund the Joint
Common Missile program in future budget requests.
SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided as
shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the
phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this report are
congressional interest items for the purpose of the Base for
Reprogramming (DD 1414). Each of these items must be carried on
the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount, specifically addressed
in the conference report. These items remain special interest
items whether or not they are repeated in a subsequent
conference report.
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS
The Committee directs the Department of Defense to continue
to follow the reprogramming guidance specified in the report
accompanying the House version of the fiscal year 2006
Department of Defense Appropriations bill (H.R. 109-119).
Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming funds will
remain at $20,000,000 for procurement, and $10,000,000 for
research, development, test and evaluation. The Department
shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval
reprogrammings are set at either the specified dollar threshold
or 20% of the procurement or research, development, test and
evaluation line, whichever is less. These thresholds are
cumulative. Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into
or out of a procurement (P-1) line or research, development,
test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified
threshold, the Department of Defense must submit a prior
approval reprogramming to the congressional defense committees.
In addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval
reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest
items are established elsewhere in this report.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $11,060,666,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 10,855,559,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 11,834,882,000
Change from budget request............................ +979,323,000
This appropriation finances the research, development, test
and evaluation activities of the Department of the Army.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$11,834,882,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army which is $774,216,000 more than the amount provided in
fiscal year 2006 and $979,323,000 more than the request for
fiscal year 2007.
FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS (FCS)
The progress of the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS)
Program remains the focus of Army modernization. FCS is planned
to make the Army combat brigade into a more deployable, lethal,
survivable, and sustainable force. FCS fully embraces network
centric operations including manned ground vehicles, unattended
sensors, intelligent munitions, unmanned air vehicles and
unmanned ground systems. Commonality in FCS manned ground
systems should allow a reduced logistics tail, resulting in
significant savings. However, the FCS program is expensive,
with total investment cost estimated at $160,700,000,000, and
approaching $200,000,000,000 when considering both FCS core
elements and other Army programs that are required to deliver
FCS's full potential. The FCS technology is very aggressive.
The potential increase in military capability is impressive,
but the Government Accountability Office reported in March 2006
that the program has not achieved the mature technologies and
firm requirements that should have been achieved three years
prior. Setting and refining FCS system-level requirements may
not be complete until 2008. The FCS acquisition strategy calls
for maturing technologies, designing systems, and preparing for
production concurrently, a very high risk approach.
FCS program cost is estimated at $160,700,000,000, which is
an increase of 76 percent since the program began. The
Committee notes that the Department of Defense has not yet
prepared an independent estimate to validate the Army's current
cost estimate. Low-rate production is planned to start in
fiscal year 2012, and full-rate production is expected to start
in fiscal year 2016. By the end of fiscal year 2025, the Army
plans to have equipped 15 FCS brigade combat teams.
The Committee is a strong supporter of the Army effort to
field brigade combat teams that are more deployable, lethal,
survivable, and sustainable, and the Committee continues to
provide robust funding support for the FCS program. The
Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,984,677,000 for
Armored System Modernization Engineering Development for fiscal
year 2007, an increase of $226,706,000 above the amount
provided in fiscal year 2006. Additional FCS funding is
provided for the Non Line of Sight Launch System and for the
Non Line of Sight Cannon.
The Committee is mindful however that in the year 2025, the
Army will have only 15 FCS brigade combat teams out of the
total force of 70 brigade combat teams. The Army will have 55
brigades that are equipped with essentially the same equipment
as today. The Committee believes it is essential that FCS cost
be carefully controlled and that programs to reset, recap, and
upgrade the Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, and other
key items of equipment be fully resourced and executed. The
Committee will work with the Army to ensure the readiness of
all 70 brigade combat teams.
BIOMASS CONVERSION DEFENSE APPLICATIONS
The Committee is aware of research into the use of
renewable plant biomass as a source of fuel and chemical
production, such as that being performed at the Michigan State
University Biomass Conversion Research Lab. The Committee
directs the Department of Defense to study the use of Biomass
Conversion as a possible solution to the problems presented by
rising petroleum prices to determine if this research has
application to the military, and strongly urges the Department
to provide resources for such research efforts if that is the
case.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $18,803,203,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 16,912,223,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 17,654,518,000
Change from budget request............................ +742,295,000
The appropriation provides funds for the research,
development, test and evaluation activities of the Department
of the Navy, which includes the Marine Corps.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$17,654,518,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy, which is $1,148,685,000 less than the amount provided in
fiscal year 2006 and $742,295,000 more than the request for
fiscal year 2007. The following report and project level tables
provide a summary of the Committee's recommendation.
AFFORDABLE DISTRIBUTED APERTURE INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES FOR
HELICOPTERS AND REGIONAL JETS
The Committee is aware of the need for a lower weight,
affordable directional infrared countermeasures (IRCM) solution
to protect helicopters and regional jets from advanced ground-
based missile threats. The Committee applauds the Naval
Research Laboratory's IRCM successes to date and provides an
additional $5,000,000 to build on these successes and
accelerate development of an affordable distributed aperture
laser-based IRCM system to meet this requirement.
FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH
The Committee directs that none of the base reduction in
this program shall be applied against the Explosive Resistant
Coatings project. The Committee continues to support this
effort as a high priority force protection measure for Navy
ships.
WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
The Committee recommends a base program reduction of
$19,900,000, to be distributed as shown in the table below. The
recommendation allows approximately the same level of funding
for these activities as received in fiscal year 2006, rather
than the 33 percent increase proposed in the budget. Of the
funds provided in this program, $2,500,000 is for the
Validation of Prognostic and Health Management Systems.
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Sea base planning, operations, and $13,329,000 $11,500,000
logistics..............................
Sea base mobility and interfaces........ 19,145,000 13,000,000
Sea Basing.............................. 9,320,000 7,000,000
Friction drag reduction................. 2,497,000 0
Manpower and personnel development...... 6,998,000 3,100,000
Training systems........................ 12,045,000 10,194,000
Turbine engine technology............... 11,343,000 11,343,000
Airframe/ship corrosion................. 5,360,000 4,000,000
Littoral combat......................... 1,998,000 1,998,000
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82,035,000 62,135,000
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Committee recommends $7,763,000 for Marine Mammal
Research, an increase of $3,500,000 above the request. Of the
additional funds provided, $2,500,000 is a general program
increase for the Navy's marine mammal research program. In
addition, $1,000,000 would establish a new stranded mammal
auditory electro-physiological (AEP) testing program. This
program would allow significantly improved data on the
potential effect of Navy sonar on marine mammals. Because of a
lack of field data, the Navy currently extrapolates from one
species of marine mammal to another when projecting the effects
of sonar. Under the AEP program, hardware kits would be
developed by the Navy Marine Mammal Program and transitioned
for use by national marine mammal stranding network personnel
in affected locations throughout the United States. The data
collected through this program will improve the Navy's
understanding of the effect of sonar on specific species,
allowing the service to respond more accurately to the concerns
of local communities, environmental groups and other federal
agencies.
SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES
The Committee recommends a rescission of $16,879,000 in
fiscal year 2006 funds reflecting delays in the award of
development contracts for the 21-inch Mission Reconfigurable
Unmanned Undersea Vehicle. Preliminary design for this effort
has slipped from fiscal year 2006 to 2007, freeing up these
funds for other needs.
76 MILLIMETER SUPER RAPID MEDIUM CALIBER GUN
The Committee recommends $1,800,000 to continue the 76
Millimeter Super Rapid Medium Caliber Gun program. The
Committee expects the Navy to proceed in fiscal year 2007 with
Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB)
qualification of this gun system and its associated ammunition.
DD(X) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Consistent with the provisions of H.R. 5122, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, the Committee
urges the Secretary of the Navy to review the continuing need
for additional research and development of a permanent magnet
motor for the DD(X) destroyer, and to provide sufficient funds
under this heading to maintain development of such an engine,
if warranted.
CONVENTIONAL TRIDENT MODIFICATION
Consistent with the House-passed bill authorizing
appropriations for the Defense Department, the Committee
recommends $30,000,000 in RDT&E;, Navy for development of a
modification to the Trident Weapon System to accommodate non-
nuclear payloads. The President's budget included $127,000,000
for this program, including $77,000,000 in research and
development and $50,000,000 in procurement accounts. The
Committee believes the proposed schedule for this program is
unrealistic, and prejudges the outcome of internal planning and
programming reviews, including the analysis of alternatives and
the vetting and documentation of operational requirements.
While agreeing to provide some funds for this new start, the
Committee remains concerned that important strategic,
international, and operational considerations have not been
fully addressed, and the Department's acquisition community has
not completed its review.
BONE MARROW REGISTRY
The Committee provides $31,500,000, to be administered by
the C. W. Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research
Program, also known and referred to, within the Naval Medical
Research Center, as the Bone Marrow Registry. This DoD donor
center has recruited more than 375,000 DoD volunteers, and
provides more marrow donors per week than any other donor
center in the Nation. More than 2,100 service members and other
DoD volunteers from this donor center have provided marrow to
save the lives of patients. The Committee is aware of the
continuing success of this national and international life
saving program for military contingencies and civilian
patients, which now includes more than 6,000,000 potential
volunteer donors, and encourages agencies involved in
contingency planning to continue to include the C. W. Bill
Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program in the
development and testing of their contingency plans. DD Form
1414 shall show this as a congressional special interest item,
and the Committee directs that all of the funds appropriated
for this purpose be released to the C.W. Bill Young Marrow
Recruitment and Research Program within 60 days of enactment of
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007.
UNMANNED COMBAT AIR VEHICLE ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT
The Committee recommends $189,163,000 for Unmanned Combat
Air Vehicle--Navy (UCAV-N), a reduction of $50,000,000 from the
budget estimate. This program has experienced significant
delays during fiscal year 2006, as the Department of Defense
restructures the now-terminated Joint Unmanned Combat Air
System (J-UCAS) into a Navy-only effort called UCAV-N. Because
of these delays and significant funding remaining from the
fiscal year 2006 appropriation, the Committee believes a lower
funding level will be sufficient for the program in fiscal year
2007.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $21,779,654,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 24,396,767,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 24,457,062,000
Change from budget request............................ +60,295,000
This appropriation finances the research, development, test
and evaluation activities of the Department of the Air Force.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$24,457,062,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force which is $2,677,408,000 more than the amount provided
in fiscal year 2006 and $60,295,000 more than the request for
fiscal year 2007.
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER ALTERNATE ENGINE DEVELOPMENT AND COST ANALYSIS
The budget request provided no funding for development of
the F-136 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter program. The
Committee recommends an additional $200,000,000 for continued
development of this alternate engine source. The Committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics to sponsor a comprehensive independent
cost analysis of the Joint Strike Fighter engine program to be
conducted by a federally funded research and development center
(FFRDC) with demonstrated competence in this area. This
analysis shall include but not be limited to: (1) a comparison
of costs associated with the development of the F-135 and F-136
engines; (2) an evaluation of potential savings achieved by
eliminating or continuing the development and production of an
alternate engine over the program's life cycle; and (3) the
potential effects on the industrial base of eliminating or
continuing the development and production of an alternate
engine over the program's life cycle. This analysis shall be
transmitted to the congressional defense committees not later
than March 15, 2007.
The Committee is supportive of required studies included in
the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization
Act, 2007, and intends that this cost analysis be complementary
to those studies.
PERSONNEL RECOVERY SYSTEMS--COMBAT SEARCH AND RESCUE--X (CSAR-X)
The Committee recommends $224,310,000 for Personnel
Recovery Systems, which is $133,203,000 more than the amount
provided in fiscal year 2006, and $30,000,000 less than the
request for fiscal year 2007.
The Committee is concerned about continued delays in
implementing the Combat Search and Rescue Program (CSAR-X). The
Committee provided clear direction to the Department of Defense
regarding an acquisition strategy in the statement of the
managers accompanying the conference report on the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The Committee reiterates
its strong support for this strategy that minimizes risk and
controls research and development cost by advocating, to the
maximum extent possible, the integration and procurement of
off-the-shelf (OTS) technologies.
The Committee notes that ongoing delays in the award of a
system development and demonstration contract have made a
significant amount of the fiscal year 2007 request early to
need. The Committee has reduced the budget request by
$30,000,000 accordingly. This reduction is taken without
prejudice to the program or the requirement.
KC-135 TANKER REPLACEMENT
The fiscal year 2007 budget request included $203,932,000
for development of the KC-135 tanker replacement. The Committee
has fully funded the request.
The Committee's action should be taken as an indication of
its strong support for expediting a development and subsequent
procurement program to begin replacement of these aging assets.
The Committee directs that the funds provided are only for
development of a tanker replacement and shall not be used as a
source for reprogramming.
MODERNIZATION CENTERS
The Committee commends the Air Force and its Air Logistics
Centers for the initial efforts to inject new technology into
aging weapon system parts in order to substantially increase
reliability, decrease operational costs, and improve overall
weapon system availability. This innovative application of
available technology is key to ensuring future performance of
these rapidly aging systems while attacking the ever increasing
complexity of the sustainment of these systems due to the
diminishing vendor situation. The Air Force is encouraged to
effect policies and procedures to institutionalize this
modernization practice by utilizing industry, academia, and
organic repair centers.
NATIONAL AEROSPACE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
As charged by Congress, the National Aerospace Leadership
Initiative (NALI) has been initiated under the direction of the
Secretary of the Air Force. This initiative is designed to
counter the pervasive and growing global challenge to United
States aerospace leadership and the potential adverse effects
on our national defense. A primary focus of NALI is to develop
programs that will enhance the U.S. aerospace manufacturing
supply chain and attract qualified scientists and engineers
into the aerospace field. The Committee appreciates the Air
Force's response to this initiative and strongly encourages the
service to continue to work with the Committee and the
participating public and private sector entities to further the
goals of this program. As such, the Committee recommends an
additional $25,000,000 under this heading for NALI. However,
the Committee anticipates that future funding for NALI will be
included in the Air Force's fiscal year 2008 budget request and
subsequent requests.
COMBATANT COMMANDERS' INTEGRATED COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (CCIC2S)
The budget requests $50,908,000 for the CCIC2S. CCIC2S will
provide combatant commanders a command and control system for
threat warning that incorporates air, missile defense, and
space components. The Committee notes that separate but similar
and related efforts are currently in development (e.g., Joint
Space Operation Center for Space and Joint National Integration
Center for Missile Defense). The Committee believes that the
Department of Defense has not facilitated sufficient
communication between the multiple stakeholders involved in
CCIC2S for the current plan to be coordinated across the
Department, free of duplication, optimized for the users, and
planned in the most efficient and cost effective manner.
Therefore the Committee recommends $16,408,000 for core
recapitalization and current operations, a reduction of
$34,600,000. A similar reduction is made in Other Procurement,
Air Force based on the same criteria.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense initiate a
working group to develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan
for the Department. The plan, which should be delivered to the
congressional defense committees by February 28, 2007, should
include the system capability objectives, a nominal information
technology architecture, and the resources required to execute
the plan. Further, the Committee directs the Department delay
further development and integration of the missile defense and
space components. The Department should focus on core
recapitalization and current operations until this plan has
been approved and funds for it are provided.
OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE
The budget requests $35,386,000 for Operationally
Responsive Space, of which $19,524,000 are for the Affordable
Responsive Space-lift (ARES) program and $16,000,000 are for
the FALCON small launch vehicle program. The Committee is
pleased to see the Air Force initiate a program element for
this project, but is concerned with the current structure.
The Committee notes that several entities have attempted to
frame their projects as Operationally Responsive Space and is
not convinced that ARES fits the definition. The Committee
believes that ARES is a general technology development project
outside of responsive space and should be funded as such.
Therefore, the Committee has transferred $12,024,000 of the
$19,524,000 budgeted for the ARES program from PE 604857F to PE
603211F to execute the program, but these funds are fenced
until the Air Force meets the request for a suitable
description of a comprehensive plan for the future of space
launch. Future technology development towards any demonstration
should be funded from this program element. Additionally, the
Committee directs that the remaining $7,500,000 be used for the
purposes described in the classified annex.
The Committee recognizes, within the FALCON small launch
vehicle program, that phase 2 has not been completed and
insufficient funding has been allocated to complete the
program. However, preparation for launch is prematurely funded
in fiscal year 2007. The Committee directs the all $3,240,000
associated with the launch preparation be applied to the
completion of phase 2 in order to reach a demonstration launch
as soon as possible.
SPACE RADAR
The budget requests $266,401,000 for Space Radar, an
increase of $166,401,000 or 166% over the appropriated level
for fiscal year 2006. The Committee is concerned about the
executability of such a large increase and therefore recommends
$200,000,000, a reduction of $66,401,000.
The Committee is pleased with the restructuring of the
program that has occurred beginning in late fiscal year 2005.
However, the Committee is concerned about the possibility of a
premature decision to initiate an operational system. For a
successful Space Radar program, the Air Force must fully
leverage all current or planned--radar systems--ground, air, or
space----to pursue the development of ground exploitation
capabilities, horizontal integration, radar technology
maturation, and new technology breakthroughs that will achieve
program affordability.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ 19,600,607,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 20,809,939,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 21,208,264,000
Change from budget request............................ +398,325,000
The appropriation provides funds for the research,
development, test and evaluation activities of the Department
of the Defense for defense-wide activities.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$21,208,264,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide. The following report and project level tables
provide a summary of the Committee's recommendation.
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY PROGRAM ELEMENT RESTRUCTURE
As stated in the report accompanying the House version of
the fiscal year 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Act
(House Report No. 109-119), the Missile Defense Agency has been
allowed considerable financial flexibility by Congress in order
for the agency to respond rapidly to achieve its Initial
Defensive Capability. Now that a working system operated by
trained warfighters has been fielded, the Committee is
concerned about continuing to allow the Missile Defense Agency
this financial flexibility. Accordingly, the committee has
restructured the Products program element (PE-0603889C) to
allow for greater visibility and oversight of programs and
directs the Missile Defense Agency to follow the format in
future budget submissions.
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
SPACE TRACKING AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (STSS)
The budget requested $390,585,000 for STSS, including
$97,000,000 for the Block 2012 space system. The Committee
recommends $323,585,000, a reduction of $67,000,000. The
Committee notes that two demonstration satellites will be
launched in fiscal year 2007 and that exploitation of data from
these satellites will allow the Missile Defense Agency to
develop sensor requirements and a concept of operations that
will drive the Block 2012 space system. As a result, the
Committee believes it is premature to award the Block 2012
space system contract and directs the Missile Defense Agency to
pursue sensor technology development and risk reduction with
the remaining Block 2012 funds.
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY COST REPORTING
The Committee is concerned that funds appropriated for
Blocks 2004 and 2006 are being moved between various elements
and programs. While it was important for the Missile Defense
Agency (MDA) to have a flexibility to optimize the use of funds
to field an initial capability, it is equally important to have
an audit trail for appropriated funds. During Block 2004, MDA
requested funds to develop, deploy, verify, and characterize a
Block 2004 fielded configuration of the Ballistic Missile
Defense System. However, the Committee understands that MDA
delayed some of these activities until Block 2006 to cover
Block 2004 contractor cost issues. The Committee is concerned
that MDA is requesting funds during Block 2006 for the delayed
activities although funding was already provided for them
during Block 2004. The Committee directs the Director, MDA to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees no
later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act
that details the cost of all work that traveled from Block 2004
(as defined by the Block 2004 Fielding Goals submitted to
Congress in February 2003) to Block 2006 and that explains how
MDA used the funds originally appropriated for these
activities. In addition, the report should identify the
elements that lost funds appropriated for their use to other
programs.
Additionally, it has also come to the Committee's attention
that the Block 2006 fielded configuration baseline delivered to
the Congress with the fiscal year 2006 budget is also changing,
which makes it difficult to account for the use of appropriated
funds. To better understand the Block 2006 fielded
configuration baseline, the Committee directs the Director, MDA
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees no
later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act
that clarifies the cost of the Block 2006 fielded configuration
as laid out in MDA's BMDS Block Statement of Goals and
Baselines dated March 14, 2005 and ties the cost to specific
quantities of assets being fielded and to specific activities
for which the funds are requested. The report should (1) detail
the cost of research, development, test, and evaluation,
fielding, and operation and sustainment for each program that
contributes to the Block 2006 fielded configuration; (2)
considering these elements of cost, detail the cumulative cost
of the Block 2006 fielded configuration; and (3) for fiscal
years 2006 and 2007, identify the assets and major activities
that the funds support. Further, the Director, MDA is directed
to use the March 14, 2005 quantity, performance, and cost
baseline as its fielded configuration baseline in the December
31, 2006 Selected Acquisition Report and to report all
variances against this baseline.
The Committee expects MDA to follow this same format for
all future Blocks of the Ballistic Missile Defense System.
AIRBORNE LASER (ABL)
The Committee is encouraged by the recent technical
progress that the Airborne Laser (ABL) program has made over
the last two years with the accomplishment of the firing of the
high energy laser and the flight testing of the associated beam
control/fire control system. The Committee also notes that
these technical challenges were accomplished while the program
stayed within the government determined schedule and budget.
As the acknowledged Primary Boost Phase Defense, the
Committee is concerned by the recent decision of the Missile
Defense Agency (MDA) to slip the planning for the development
of an operational ABL by two years later than proposed in the
fiscal year 2006 budget submittal. The Committee believes that
if the ABL succeeds in the next two years of testing and
accomplishes its main test objectives leading towards a lethal
shoot down demonstration in late 2008, MDA should move the
program into development of an operational ABL configuration at
the earliest date.
Therefore, the Committee encourages MDA to re-evaluate
funding in the Future Year Defense Plan to ensure that funding
levels for ABL are consistent with its status as the Primary
Boost Phase Defense. Further, the Committee recommends MDA
develop a plan that would allow for the development of an
advanced ABL configuration in the shortest time after a
successful lethal shoot down demonstration. This plan should be
delivered to the interested defense related committees 90 days
after the enactment of this Act.
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
COMMAND AND CONTROL, BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS (C2BMC)
PROGRAM
The Committee recommends $239,906,000 for the Command and
Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) program,
which is a $26,524,000 more than fiscal year 2006 and
$30,000,000 less than the President's request. In fiscal year
2006, funding for the C2BMC program was reduced by $30,000,000;
yet during the year of execution, the Missile Defense Agency
increased funding for C2BMC by over $50,000,000 by using funds
in other program elements to restore the congressional
reduction. The Committee is concerned about the use of funds
from various other program elements being used to offset
congressional reductions. Accordingly, the Committee reinstates
the fiscal year 2006 congressional reduction and directs the
Missile Defense Agency to fully comply with congressional
intent. Additionally, the Committee directs the Missile Defense
Agency to follow the reprogramming guidance specified in this
report and in the report accompanying the House version of the
fiscal year 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Act
(House Report No. 109-119) as it pertains to guidelines
allowing agencies to reprogram funds from one program element
or appropriation to another.
AEGIS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
The Committee commends the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for
showing progress and promise for continued success in its Aegis
Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Committee strongly urges
that MDA refrain from transferring funds out of the Aegis
program to other missile defense programs during the year of
execution and in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) and
expects MDA shall fully fund and execute the Aegis program as
Congress intends.
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM
The Committee commends the Department on the continued
execution of the ``Chem-Bio Defense Initiatives Fund'' and
recommends continuing the program within the Department's
Chemical and Biological Defense Program. The Committee's
recommendation provides an increase of $25,000,000 for this
fund. The Secretary of Defense is directed to allocate these
funds among the programs that yield the greatest gain in our
chem-bio defensive posture. The Committee further directs that
funds cannot be obligated for the Chem-Bio Initiative Fund
until 15 days after a report, including a description of
projects to be funded, is provided to the congressional defense
committees.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007:
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $166,774,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 181,520,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 181,520,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
This appropriation funds the Operational Test and
Evaluation activities of the Department of Defense.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $181,520,000
for Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense. The following
report and project level tables provide a summary of the
Committee's recommendation.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,143,391,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,345,998,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,345,998,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,345,998,000
for the Defense Working Capital Funds. The recommendation is
$202,607,000 more than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006
and the same as the request for fiscal year 2007.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,078,165,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,071,932,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,071,932,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
This appropriation provides funds for the lease, operation,
and supply of pre-positioning ships, operation of the Ready
Reserve Force, and acquisition of ships for the Military
Sealift Command, the Ready Reserve Force, and the Marine Corps.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,071,932,000
for the National Defense Sealift Fund, which is $6,233,000 less
than the amount provided in fiscal year 2006 and the same as
the request for fiscal year 2007.
T-AKE MAIN PROPULSION DIESEL ENGINE
The Committee is aware of the serious currency fluctuation
losses that have occurred on the T-AKE main propulsion diesel
engine contract. These losses have continued to accrue over
several years even though the vendor's performance has met Navy
expectations. The Committee directs the Navy to review this
situation and submit a plan for addressing it to the
congressional defense committees not later than February 1,
2007.
PENTAGON RESERVATION MAINTENANCE REVOLVING FUND
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ ................
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... $18,500,0000
Committee recommendation.............................. 18,500,0000
Change from budget request............................ ................
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,500,000
for the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund. The
recommendation is the same as the request for fiscal year 2007.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $1,386,819,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 1,277,304,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,277,304,000
Change from budget request............................ ................
This appropriation funds the Chemical Agents and Munitions
Destruction activities of the Department of the Army.
Committee Recommendation
The budget requested $1,277,304,000 for the Chemical Agents
and Munitions Destruction, Army program, a decrease of
$109,515,000 from the fiscal year 2006 appropriation. The
Committee recommends 1,277,304,000, fully funding the
President's budget request.
Program Recommended
The total program recommended in the bill will provide the
following in fiscal year 2007.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, ARMY
The Committee has been supportive of the Department's
recent requests to modify execution and obligation authorities
of funds provided for the Chemical Weapons Demilitarization
program. Accordingly, for fiscal year 2007 the Committee
recommends only one appropriation of $111,283,000 for the
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program and an
extension in the obligational authority for those funds until
September 30, 2008.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $908,474,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 926,890,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 936,990,000
Change from the budget request........................ +10,100,000
This appropriation provides funds for Military Personnel;
Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation for drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense to include
activities related to narcoterrorism.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $936,990,000
for Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, Defense,
which is $28,516,000 more than the amount provided in fiscal
year 2006 and $10,100,000 more than the request for fiscal year
2007.
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL CHANGES
[In thousands of dollars]
Indiana National Guard Counter-Drug Activities........ +1,000
Nevada National Guard Counter-Drug Activities......... +3,750
Florida National Guard Counter-Drug Activities........ +3,000
Regional Counter-Drug Training Academy................ +2,000
Southwest Border Fence................................ +8,000
RINGGOLD Linguists for the Washington State National +350
Guard................................................
Multi-Jurisdictional Counter-Drug Task Force Training. +3,500
Young Marines......................................... +2,500
SOUTHCOM.............................................. -7,000
NORTHCOM.............................................. -2,000
PACOM................................................. -1,000
CENTCOM............................................... -2,000
Intelligence and Technology........................... -2,000
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $207,590,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 216,297,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 216,297,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $216,297,000
for the Office of the Inspector General. Of this amount,
$214,897,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, and
$1,400,000 shall be for procurement. The recommendation is an
increase of $8,707,000 above the amount appropriated for fiscal
year 2006.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
The National Intelligence Program (NIP) consists of those
intelligence activities of the government that provide the
President, other officers of the Executive Branch, and the
Congress with national intelligence on broad strategic concerns
bearing on U.S. national security. These concerns are stated by
the National Security Council in the form of long-range and
short-range requirements for the principal users of
intelligence.
The National Intelligence Program budget funded in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act consists primarily of
resources for the Director of National Intelligence including
the Intelligence Community Management staff, the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency, the
National Reconnaissance Office, the National Security Agency,
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the intelligence
services of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,
and the CIA Retirement and Disability fund.
CLASSIFIED ANNEX
The Committee's budget reviews are published in a separate
detailed and comprehensive classified annex. The intelligence
community, Department of Defense and other organizations are
expected to fully comply with the recommendations and
directions in the classified annex accompanying the Department
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $244,600,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 256,400,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 256,400,000
Change from request................................... ................
This appropriation provides payments of benefits to
qualified beneficiaries in accordance with the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1064 for Certain
Employees (P.L. 88-643), as amended by Public Law 94-522. This
statute authorized the establishment of the CIA Retirement and
Disability System (CIARDS) for certain employees and authorized
the establishment and maintenance of a fund from which benefits
would be paid to those beneficiaries.
Committee Recommendation
The Committee recommends the budget request of $256,400,000
for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System fund. This is a mandatory account.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2006 appropriation........................ $418,121,000
Fiscal year 2007 budget request....................... 634,811,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 597,111,000
Change from request................................... -37,700,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $634,811,000
for the Intelligence Community Management Account, a decrease
of $37,700,000 below the budget request. Of the amount
appropriated under this heading, $39,000,000 is for transfer to
the Department of Justice for operations at the National Drug
Intelligence Center (NDIC).
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The accompanying bill includes 98 general provisions. Most
of these provisions were included in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006 and many have been
included in the Defense Appropriations Act for a number of
years.
Actions taken by the Committee to amend last year's
provisions or new provisions recommended by the Committee are
discussed below or in the applicable section of the report.
DoDEA Schools
Section 8097 has been added requiring the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report detailing the efforts by the
Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to address
dyslexia in its students. The report shall evaluate for each
grade level (K-12) and preschool:
(1) How many students at DoDEA schools suffer from
dyslexia, and the methodology used for developing this
data;
(2) The diagnostic services provided to students with
dyslexia;
(3) The types of consulting services provided to
school personnel and parents to assist them in the
assessment, diagnosis, and instructional programming
for dyslexic students;
(3) The professional development opportunities or
other support DoDEA provides to school faculty and
staff to help them understand the origin and nature of
dyslexia, identify dyslexic students, and design
appropriate education intervention plans; and,
(4) Specific instructional approaches that are used
by DoDEA teachers to help dyslexic students, including
programs for teaching phonological awareness and
teaching structured, synthetic phonics, decoding, and
spelling.
The Secretary also shall report on how any funding provided
in previous Department of Defense Appropriations Acts was used
to address dyslexia in DoDEA schools.
Definition of Program, Project and Activity
For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177) as amended by the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act
of 1987 (Public Law 100-119) and by the Budget Enforcement Act
of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), the following information
provides the definition of the term ``program, project, and
activity'' for appropriations contained in the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act. The term ``program, project, and
activity'' shall include the most specific level of budget
items, identified in the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2007, the accompanying House and Senate Committee reports,
the conference report and the accompanying joint explanatory
statement of the managers of the Committee in Conference, the
related classified reports, and the P-1 and R-1 budget
justification documents as subsequently modified by
Congressional action.
In carrying out any Presidential sequestration, the
Department of Defense and agencies shall conform to the
definition for ``program, project, and activity'' set forth
above with the following exceptions:
For Military Personnel and Operation and Maintenance
accounts the term ``program, project, and activity'' is defined
as the appropriations accounts contained in the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act.
The Department and agencies should carry forth the
Presidential sequestration order in a manner that would not
adversely affect or alter Congressional policies and priorities
established for the Department of Defense and the related
agencies and no program, project, and activity should be
eliminated or be reduced to a level of funding which would
adversely affect the Department's ability to effectively
continue any program, project, and activity.
TITLE IX
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
Introduction
The Committee is recommending $50,000,000,000 in funding
for overseas contingency operations for the first six months of
fiscal year 2007 in order to ensure the uninterrupted delivery
of resources to our troops in the field, and to avoid any
disruption in funding for the global war on terrorism. The
appropriation of these funds for contingency operations related
to the global war on terrorism and other unanticipated defense-
related operations is made pursuant to section 402 of H. Con.
Res. 376 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2007. The Committee is determined to
ensure continuity of combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and elsewhere around the world as part of the global war on
terrorism.
The President's budget request for fiscal year 2007
included an allocation of $50,000,000,000 for contingency
operations related to the global war on terrorism. However, the
Congress has yet to receive a formal budget amendment for these
funds. The Committee recommendations are based on
authorizations contained in the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (H.R. 5122) as passed by the House of
Representatives and/or on requirements identified by the
military services as their highest priorities for maintaining
and enhancing our ability to wage the global war on terrorism.
Almost eighty-seven percent of these funds are dedicated to
military personnel compensation accounts and operation and
maintenance accounts. The remainder is allocated to cover
increased fuel costs ($1,000,000,000) and to procure high
priority items necessary to replace battle losses or worn-out
equipment, or to enhance the ability of the war fighter
($5,598,524,000).
Committee Recommendations
In this title, the Committee recommends total new
appropriations of $50,000,000,000. Funding by category is as
follows:
Military Personnel.................................... $5,992,050,000
Operation and Maintenance............................. 37,409,426,000
Procurement........................................... 5,598,524,000
Defense Working Capital Funds......................... 1,000,000,000
Funds are provided for specific appropriations accounts,
and would be available upon enactment of this bill. Quarterly
reports are required on the obligation of funds.
The Committee bill provides transfer authority for funds in
this title, permitting up to $2,500,000,000 to be reprogrammed
among activities following approval by the congressional
defense committees through regular order prior-approval
notification and reprogramming procedures.
The Committee bill also includes certain authorities
providing war-related support to allied forces, and training
and equipping Iraqi and Afghan military and security forces,
consistent with similar authorities provided in Public Law 109-
148.
The following table summarizes, by appropriations account,
the Committee's recommendations.
[In thousands of dollars]
Account Recommendation
Military Personnel:
Military Personnel, Army............................ 4,346,710
Military Personnel, Navy............................ 229,096
Military Personnel, Marine Corps.................... 495,456
Military Personnel, Air Force....................... 659,788
Reserve Personnel, Navy............................. 10,000
National Guard Personnel, Army...................... 251,000
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Total Military Personnel........................ 5,992,050
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Operation and Maintenance:
O&M;, Army........................................... 24,280,000
O&M;, Navy........................................... 1,954,145
O&M;, Marine Corps................................... 1,781,500
O&M;, Air Force...................................... 2,987,108
O&M;, Defense-Wide................................... 2,186.673
O&M;, Army National Guard............................ 220,000
Iraq Freedom Fund................................... 4,000,000
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Total Operation and Maintenance................. 37,409,426
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Procurement:
Aircraft Procurement, Army.......................... 132,400
Procurement of WTCV, Army........................... 1,214,672
Procurement of Ammunition, Army..................... 275,241
Other Procurement, Army............................. 1,939,830
Aircraft Procurement, Navy.......................... 34,916
Weapons Procurement, Navy........................... 131,400
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps.... 143,150
Other Procurement, Navy............................. 28,865
Procurement, Marine Corps........................... 621,450
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force..................... 912,500
Missile Procurement, Air Force...................... 32,650
Other Procurement, Air Force........................ 9,850
Procurement, Defense-Wide........................... 121,600
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Total Procurement............................... 5,598,524
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Revolving and Management Funds:
Defense Working Capital Funds....................... 1,000,000
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General Provisions:
Transfer Authority for GWOT Supplemental [Non add].. [2,500,000]
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Grand Total..................................... 50,000,000
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Classified Programs
Recommended adjustments to classified programs are
addressed in a classified annex accompanying this report.
Reporting Requirements
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees within 30 days
of enactment of this legislation on the allocation of the funds
within the accounts listed in this chapter. The Secretary shall
submit updated reports 30 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter until funds listed in this chapter are no longer
available for obligation. The Committee directs that these
reports shall include: a detailed accounting of obligations and
expenditures of appropriations provided in this chapter for the
continuation of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan; and a listing
of equipment procured using funds provided in this chapter.
The Committee expects that in order to meet unanticipated
requirements, the Department may need to transfer funds within
these appropriations accounts for purposes other than those
specified in this report. The Committee directs the Department
of Defense to follow normal prior-approval reprogramming
procedures should it be necessary to transfer funding between
different appropriations accounts in this chapter.
Additionally, the Committee directs that the reporting
requirements of section 9010 of Public Law 109-148, the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, regarding
military operations and stability in Iraq shall apply to the
funds appropriated in this Act.
Military Personnel
The Committee recommends a total of $5,992,050,000 for the
active duty and Guard and Reserve military personnel accounts.
Of the amount provided, the Committee provides $4,435,011,000
for three months incremental wartime costs of pays and
allowances for active duty and Reserve personnel deployed in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom,
and Operation Noble Eagle; $251,000,000 to restore Army
National Guard funds that were reduced on the basis of their
current (as opposed to authorized) end strength levels; and
$113,489,000 for Foreign Language Proficiency Pay for service
members.
The following table provides details of the recommendations
for the military personnel accounts:
[In thousands of dollars]
Account Recommendation
Military Personnel, Army:
Incremental OIF/OEF Wartime Operating Costs......... 3,609,711
Army active duty overstrength....................... 425,350
SGLI/Death Gratuity................................. 250,700
Foreign Language Proficiency Pay.................... 60,949
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Total Military Personnel, Army.................. 4,346,710
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Military Personnel, Navy:
Incremental OIF/OEF wartime costs................... 171,000
SGLI/Death Gratuity................................. 22,000
Unemployment Compensation........................... 7,300
Foreign Language Proficiency Pay.................... 28,796
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Total Military Personnel, Navy.................. 229,096
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Military Personnel, Marine Corps:
Incremental OIF/OEF Wartime Costs................... 303,000
Marine Corps active duty overstrength............... 89,200
Unemployment Compensation........................... 22,000
Foreign Language Proficiency Pay.................... 3,256
SGLI/Death Gratuity................................. 78,000
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Total Military Personnel, Marine Corps.......... 495,456
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Military Personnel, Air Force:
Incremental OIF/OEF wartime costs................... 351,300
Incremental ONE wartime costs....................... 288,000
Foreign Language Proficiency Pay.................... 20,488
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Total Military Personnel, Air Force............. 659,788
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Reserve Personnel, Navy:
Incremental ONE wartime costs....................... 10,000
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Total Reserve Personnel, Navy................... 10,000
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National Guard Personnel, Army:
Guard Manpower Buy Back............................. 251,000
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Total National Guard Personnel, Army............ 251,000
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Total Military Personnel........................ 5,992,050
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Operation and Maintenance
The Committee recommends $37,409,426,000 for operation and
maintenance accounts. Funds are provided for personnel support
requirements including travel, subsistence, individual and
organizational equipment, reserve component activation costs,
and incremental civilian personnel costs. Increases for
operating support costs include funds for military operations,
including spare parts and consumable supplies, transportation,
pre-deployment training and training in theater, forward base
operating costs, communications, vehicle maintenance, and
contracts for linguists, logistic and infrastructure support.
The following table provides details of the recommendations
for the operation and maintenance accounts:
[In thousands of dollars]
Account Recommendation
Operation and Maintenance, Army:
Incremental Wartime Operating Costs................. 19,200,000
Depot Maintenance................................... 2,200,000
Reset (Unit and Intermediate Maintenance)........... 2,000,000
Body Armor and Personal Force Protection............ 700,000
Operation Noble Eagle............................... 180,000
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Total Operation and Maintenance, Army........... 24,280,000
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Operation and Maintenance, Navy:
Incremental OIF/OEF Wartime Operating Costs......... 1,894,645
Counter IED Collection and Exploitation............. 44,800
Operation Noble Eagle........................... 14,700
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Total Operation and Maintenance, Navy............... 1,954,145
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Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps:
Incremental Wartime Operating Costs/Force
Protection/Field Logistics........................ 1,346,500
Reset, Organizational Maintenance, Spare Parts...... 250,000
Depot Maintenance................................... 150,000
Body Armor.......................................... 25,000
Operation Noble Eagle............................... 10,000
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Total Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps... 1,781,500
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Operation and Maintenance, Air Force:
Incremental Wartime Operating Costs/Flying Hours.... 2,716,008
U-2................................................. 43,100
Operation Noble Eagle............................... 228,000
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Total Operation and Maintenance, Air Force...... 2,987,108
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Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide:
DISA................................................ 40,000
DLA................................................. 215,000
Family Advocacy Program and Counseling Assistance
for Military Families............................. 20,000
Special Operation................................... 611,673
Train and Equip Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces.... 1,000,000
Coalition Support................................... 300,000
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Total Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide... 2,186,673
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Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard:
Guard Manpower Buy Back............................. 220,000
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Total Operation and Maintenance, Army National
Guard......................................... 220,000
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Iraq Freedom Fund:
Joint lED Defeat Organization....................... 1,500,000
Classified Programs................................. 2,500,000
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Total Iraq Freedom Fund......................... 4,000,000
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Total Operation and Maintenance................. 37,409,426
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Procurement
The Committee recommends $5,598,524,000 for the procurement
accounts. The following table provides details of the
recommendations for the procurement accounts:
[In thousands of dollars]
Account Recommendation
Aircraft Procurement, Army:
CH-47 Replacement/Mods.............................. 82,900
AH-64 Replacement................................... 49,500
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Total Aircraft Procurement, Army................ 132,400
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Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles,
Army:
Bradley Base Sustainment............................ 480,000
Abrams Integrated Management Program................ 369,758
Abrams SEP M1A2..................................... 129,000
Abrams Tank Urban Survivability Kits................ 77,000
Stryker--Combat Losses.............................. 41,500
Stryker Slat Armor.................................. 24,364
M240 medium machine gun (7.62mm).................... 41,600
M4 carbine mods..................................... 3,800
M4 carbine.......................................... 15,450
M249 SAW machine gun (5.56mm)....................... 22,200
M2 50 caliber machine gun mods...................... 10,000
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Total Procurement of WTCV, Army................. 1,214,672
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Procurement of Ammunition, Army:
CTG, 5.56MM, All Types.............................. 107,300
CTG, 7.62MM, All Types.............................. 58,442
CTG, .50 CAL, All Types............................. 98,399
CTG, 20MM Phalanx................................... 11,100
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Total Procurement of Ammunition, Army........... 275,241
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Other Procurement, Army:
Up-Armor HMMWVs: M1114, M1151, M1152................ 350,000
Up-Armor HMMWV Fragmentation Kits and Gunner
Protection Kits................................... 214,000
FMTVs............................................. 75,000
HEMTT Recap....................................... 34,800
HEMTT ESP......................................... 135,200
FHTV.............................................. 75,000
FHTV Trailers..................................... 12,500
Armored Security Vehicles........................... 211,650
SINCGARS Family..................................... 152,350
Radio Improved, HF Family........................... 96,300
Combat Survivor Radios.............................. 43,810
Force XXI Battle Command BDE and Below (FBCB2)...... 132,050
Prophet Ground...................................... 48,250
Night Vision Devices................................ 131,400
Fire Finder Radar................................... 9,600
Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) (MIP)........ 50,150
Light Weight Counter Mortar Radar................... 10,470
GSTAMIDS Route Clearance Team Equipment............. 66,100
HMMWV and Tactical Truck Crew Trainers.............. 25,000
C-RAM............................................... 66,200
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Total Other Procurement, Army................... 1,939,830
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Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
War Consumables..................................... 34,916
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Total Aircraft Procurement, Navy................ 34,916
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Weapons Procurement Navy:
Hellfire II--Marine Corps........................... 122,000
Pioneer UAV Sustainment............................. 9,400
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Total Weapons Procurement, Navy................. 131,400
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Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps:
5.56MM, All Types................................... 32,200
7.62MM, All Types................................... 27,400
.50 Caliber......................................... 3,200
Grenades, All Types................................. 18,350
Artillery, All Types................................ 62,000
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Total Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine
Corps......................................... 143,150
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Other Procurement, Navy:
Physical Security Equipment......................... 28,865
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Total Other Procurement, Navy................... 28,865
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Procurement, Marine Corps:
Unit Operations Center.............................. 201,000
Up Armored HMMWV: M1114, M1151, M1152............... 236,200
Night Vision Equipment.............................. 29,700
EOD Systems......................................... 7,400
Radio Systems....................................... 147,150
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Total Procurement, Marine Corps................. 621,450
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Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
C-17 Procurement.................................... 798,000
Predator UAV........................................ 114,500
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Total Aircraft Procurement, Air Force........... 912,500
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Missile Procurement, Air Force:
Predator Hellfire Missiles.......................... 32,650
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Total Missile Procurement, Air Force............ 32,650
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Other Procurement, Air Force:
HMMWV, Up-Armored................................... 5,650
HMMWV, Armored...................................... 4,200
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Total Other Procurement, Air Force.............. 9,850
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Procurement, Defense-Wide:
MH-47 Service life extension program................ 4,100
Time delay firing device/Sympathetic detonation..... 7,500
Persistent Predator Operations and Intelligence
(PPOI)............................................ 13,400
Payload Integration--Predator....................... 6,000
Specialized Ballistic Protection.................... 2,200
Counter-Ambush Weapons System....................... 6,300
MH-47 Radio Frequency countermeasures............... 44,000
M134 DT Mini-Gun Replacement........................ 13,900
Miniature Multi-Band Beacons........................ 8,900
Small Arms-Laser Acquisition Marker................. 5,300
SU-232 / PAS Thermal Clip On Night Vision Device.... 10,000
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Total Procurement Defense-Wide.................. 121,600
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Total Procurement............................... 5,598,524
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Defense Working Capital Funds
The Committee recommends an additional $1,000,000,000 for
the Defense Working Capital Funds. These funds are recommended
to address shortfalls due to unforeseen fuel price increases as
well as to provide for the increased rate of consumption during
wartime.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE
Title IX of the Committee bill contains twelve general
provisions. Several of these extend or modify war-related
authorities included in Public Law 109-148, enacted in December
2005. A description of the recommended general provisions
follows.
Section 9001 has been included which establishes the period
of availability for obligation for appropriations provided in
this title.
Section 9011 contains a technical correction to clarify the
designation of certain funds appropriated in the Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on
Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2066.
Section 9012 has been included which prohibits funds to be
used to enter into a basing rights agreement between the United
States and Iraq.
Section 9002 has been included which provides that funds
made available in title IX are in addition to amounts provided
elsewhere in this Act.
Section 9003 has been included which provides for the
transfer of funds between appropriations of up to
$2,500,000,000 of the funds in title IX, and provides that the
transfer authority in this section is in addition to any other
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense.
Section 9004 has been included which deems funds
appropriated in this Act for intelligence activities to be
authorized by the Congress until an Intelligence Authorization
Act for fiscal year 2007 is enacted.
Section 9005 has been included which provides that none of
the funds in title IX may be used to finance programs or
activities denied by Congress, or to initiate a new start
without prior congressional notification.
Section 9006 has been included which provides that not to
exceed $1,000,000,000 of operation and maintenance funds made
available in title IX may be used to train and equip military
or security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that such
authority is in addition to any other authority to provide
assistance. The provision also includes a requirement to notify
congressional committees prior to providing assistance under
the authority of this provision.
Section 9007 has been included which makes available
$500,000,000 of operation and maintenance funds provided by
title IX to fund the Commander's Emergency Response Program. In
addition, the provision requires quarterly reports to the
congressional defense committees, places certain limitations on
the use of funds, and requires the Secretary of Defense to
issue guidance on activities eligible for funding. The
Committee directs that the Department of Defense conform to the
reporting requirements on this program as identified in House
Report 109-388.
Section 9008 has been included which provides that
operation and maintenance funds in title IX may be used to
provide supplies, services, and transportation to coalition
forces supporting military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan,
and provides for quarterly reports.
Section 9009 has been included which provides that for
construction projects in Iraq and Afghanistan funded with
operation and maintenance funds, supervisory and administrative
costs may be obligated when the contract is awarded.
Section 9010 has been included which establishes certain
reporting requirements for the use of funds provided in this
title.
Section 9011 contains a technical correction to clarify the
designation of certain funds appropriated in the Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on
Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006
Section 9012 has been included which prohibits funds to be
used to enter into a basing rights agreement between the United
States and Iraq.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
The following items are included in accordance with various
requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives:
Changes in the Application of Existing Law
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following statements are
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the
accompanying bill which directly or indirectly change the
application of existing law.
Language is included in various parts of the bill to
continue on-going activities which require annual authorization
or additional legislation, which to date has not been enacted.
The bill includes a number of provisions which place
limitations on the use of funds in the bill or change existing
limitations and which might, under some circumstances, be
construed as changing the application of existing law.
The bill includes a number of provisions, which have been
virtually unchanged for many years, that are technically
considered legislation.
The bill provides that appropriations shall remain
available for more than one year for some programs for which
the basic authorizing legislation does not presently authorize
each extended availability.
In various places in the bill, the Committee has earmarked
funds within appropriation accounts in order to fund specific
programs, and has adjusted some existing earmarking.
Those additional changes in the fiscal year 2007 bill,
which might be interpreted as changing exiting law, are as
follows:
APPROPRIATIONS LANGUAGE
Language has been amended in ``Operation and Maintenance,
Army'' which changes the amount provided for emergency and
extraordinary expenses; amends funds provided for Fort Baker;
and deletes language which provides funds to the Army Distaff
Foundation.
Language has been amended in ``Operation and Maintenance,
Navy'' which changes the amount provided for emergency and
extraordinary expenses.
Language has been amended in ``Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide'' which changes the amount provided for emergency
and extraordinary expenses; deletes language which provides
funds for certain Civil Military programs; amends language
which provides funds for a wind test demonstration project; and
deletes language which provides funds for the Procurement
Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.
Language has been amended in ``Operation and Maintenance,
Army National Guard'' which deletes funds available for the
Joint Interagency Training Center-East and the Center for
National Response at the Memorial Tunnel.
The appropriations account ``Overseas Contingency
Operations Transfer Account'' has been deleted.
Language has been deleted in ``Former Soviet Union Threat
Reduction Account'' which provides funds for dismantling and
disposal of nuclear submarines.
Language has been included in the Army's procurement
accounts which earmarks funds for the Army Reserve and Army
National Guard.
Language has been deleted in ``Aircraft Procurement, Army''
which provides funds for Blackhawk helicopters for the Army
Reserve; and includes language which provides funds for one HH-
60L medical evacuation variant Blackhawk helicopter only for
the Army Reserve.
Language has been deleted in ``Other Procurement, Army''
concerning the purchase of vehicles required for physical
security of personnel.
Language has been included in the Navy and Marine Corps'
procurement accounts which earmarks funds for the Navy Reserve
and Marine Corps Reserve.
Language has been deleted in ``Other Procurement, Navy''
concerning the purchase of vehicles required for physical
security of personnel.
Language has been included in the Air Force's procurement
accounts which earmarks funds for the Air Force Reserve and Air
National Guard.
Language has been deleted in ``Other Procurement, Air
Force'' concerning the purchase of vehicles required for
physical security of personnel.
Language has been deleted in ``Procurement, Defense-Wide''
concerning the purchase of vehicles required for physical
security of personnel.
Language has been included which creates a new
appropriations account ``Pentagon Reservation Maintenance
Revolving Fund''.
Language has been amended in ``Chemical Agents and
Munitions Destruction, Army'' which earmarks funds for the
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program; and
amends language which earmarks funds for the Chemical Stockpile
Emergency Preparedness Program.
Language has been amended in ``Intelligence Community
Management Account'' which earmarks funds for the Advanced
Research and Development Committee.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 8005 has been amended which increases the level of
general transfer authority for the Department of Defense.
Section 8007 has been amended which requires 30 days prior
notification to the congressional defense committees before
initiating a special access program.
Section 8008 has been amended to include language which
provides multiyear authority for C-17 Globemaster; MH-60R
Helicopters, MH-60R Helicopter mission equipment, and V-22
Osprey programs; and amends language with regard to full
funding requirements for multiyear procurement contracts.
Section 8022 has been amended which earmarks $36,188,000
for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation.
Section 8023 has been amended to change the number of staff
years of technical effort that may be funded for defense
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs);
deletes language on the number of staff years that may be
funded for defense studies and analysis by FFRDCs; amends
language to include the Military Intelligence Program (MIP)
referenced in this provision; and amends the amount for
reduction for FFRDCs.
Section 8025 has been amended to delete language concerning
the definition of ``congressional defense committees.''
Section 8038 has been amended to make a technical
correction concerning grants through the Office of Economic
Adjustment.
Section 8039 has been amended to include language which
rescinds $823,122,000 from the following programs:
2003 Appropriations:
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:
Carrier Replacement............................. 15,000,000
2005 Appropriations:
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:
CVN-21/PUAF..................................... 11,245,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
F-15E Procurement............................... 108,000,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force:
GPS (AP)........................................ 29,600,000
2006 Appropriations:
Other Procurement, Army:
Warfighter Information Network WIN-T............ 100,200,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
MH-60S (MYP).................................... 36,000,000
KC-130J AP (CY)................................. 11,000,000
C-130 Series.................................... 29,200,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
F-15E Procurement............................... 64,000,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force:
GPS (AP)........................................ 42,000,000
EELV............................................ 96,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:
Aerial Common Sensor............................ 21,600,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy:
21" MRUUV (#36)................................. 16,879,000
Aerial Common Sensor............................ 25,698,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air
Force:
B-52 Standoff Jammer............................ 92,800,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide:
Joint Robotics Program--EMD, Gladiator
Teleoperated Unmanned Vehicle................. 2,500,000
DARPA........................................... 100,000,000
Classified Programs............................. 21,400,000
Section 8042 has been amended to change the reference to
the Military Intelligence Program for reimbursement support by
Reserve intelligence personnel.
Section 8072 has been amended to change the dollar amount
available for transfer to other activities of the Federal
Government, and deletes language which references the
Classified Annex to this Act.
Section 8074 has been amended which provides funds for a
grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc.
Section 8075 has been amended which reduces funds available
in Operation and Maintenance accounts by $71,100,000 to reflect
savings attributable to efficiencies and management
improvements in the funding of the Services' miscellaneous or
other contracts.
Section 8076 has been amended which reduces funds available
in Operation and Maintenance accounts by $22,000,000 to limit
excessive growth in the procurement of advisory and assistance
services.
Section 8077 has been amended which requires that of the
funds provided in ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide'' $77,175,000 shall be for the Arrow missile
program and $13,000,000 shall be available for producing Arrow
missile components in the United States and Israel; and deletes
language which provides funds for a joint feasibility study for
Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense initiative.
Section 8078 has been amended to reflect fiscal year 2007
requirements for prior year shipbuilding costs, makes such
funds available for obligation until September 30, 2007, and,
for proper accounting purposes, transfers such funds to the
original appropriations of the vessels for which the additional
costs are needed.
Section 8082 has been amended which provides $5,400,000 for
``Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard'' only for a
grant to the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and
Veterans Employment.
Section 8083 has been amended which requires the Army to
achieve Non-Line of Sight Future Force Cannon (NLOS-C) fielding
by fiscal year 2010; delivery of eight (8) combat operational
pre-production NLOS-C systems by the end of calendar year 2008;
and budgetary and programmatic plans to provided no fewer than
seven (7) Stryker Brigade Combat Teams.
Section 8084 has been amended which provides $13,000,000
for various grants.
Section 8087 has been amended which provides up to
$20,000,000 for the Regional Defense Counter-terrorism
Fellowship Program.
Section 8091 has been amended which provides $100,000,000
in transfer authority to the Department of Navy to transfer
funds from any available Navy appropriation to any Navy ship
construction appropriation.
Section 8092 has been amended which reduces funds available
in Operation and Maintenance by $45,000,000 for growth in
travel and transportation of persons.
Section 8095 has been amended which reduces funds available
in this Act to reflect savings from revised economic
assumptions; and provides that this reduction shall not apply
to the ``Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System Fund''.
Section 8096 has been included which reduces funds
available in this Act to reflect savings from favorable foreign
currency fluctuations.
Section 8097 has been included requiring the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report detailing the efforts by the
Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to address
dyslexia in its students.
Section 8098 has been included which allows for the
purchase of heavy and light armored vehicles for force
protection purposes.
An explanation for each of the general provisions included
in title IX of the bill are provided in that title.
Appropriations Not Authorized by Law
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following table lists the
appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not
authorized by law:
[In thousands of dollars]
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Appropriations
Last year of Authorization in last year Appropriations
Agency/Program authorization level of in this bill
authorization
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Military Personnel, Army..................... 2006 (\1\) $24,028,651 $25,259,649
Military Personnel, Navy..................... 2006 (\1\) 19,048,651 19,049,454
Military Personnel, Marine Corps............. 2006 (\1\) 7,712,511 7,932,749
Military Personnel, Air Force................ 2006 (\1\) 19,805,780 19,676,481
Reserve Personnel, Army...................... 2006 (\1\) 2,834,301 3,034,500
Reserve Personnel, Navy...................... 2006 (\1\) 1,480,096 1,485,548
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps.............. 2006 (\1\) 467,736 498,556
Reserve Personnel, Air Force................. 2006 (\1\) 1,214,323 1,246,320
National Guard Personnel, Army............... 2006 (\1\) 4,418,846 4,693,595
National Guard Personnel, Air Force.......... 2006 (\1\) 2,006,658 2,038,097
Operation and Maintenance, Army.............. 2006 $24,686,295 22,031,807 22,292,965
Operation and Maintenance, Navy.............. 2006 30,538,089 28,363,907 29,853,676
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps...... 2006 3,809,526 3,109,882 3,351,121
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force......... 2006 31,117,136 28,182,761 29,089,688
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide...... 2006 18,550,169 18,199,977 19,883,790
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve...... 2006 1,992,542 1,751,322 2,064,512
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve...... 2006 1,237,295 1,165,237 1,223,628
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps 2006 198,034 190,702 202,732
Reserve.....................................
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve. 2006 2,487,786 2,424,432 2,659,951
Operation and Maintenance, Army National 2006 4,478,319 4,053,617 4,436,839
Guard.......................................
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard 2006 4,701,991 4,476,301 5,035,310
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 2006 11,236 11,124 11,721
Forces......................................
Overeseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic 2006 61,546 60,931 63,204
Aid.........................................
Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction Account. 2006 415,549 411,394 372,128
Aircraft Procurement, Army................... 2006 2,792,580 2,626,748 3,529,983
Missile Procurement, Army.................... 2006 1,246,850 1,196,830 1,350,898
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 2006 1,652,949 1,377,698 2,047,804
Vehicles, Army..............................
Procurement of Ammunition, Army.............. 2006 1,738,872 1,715,693 1,710,475
Other Procurement, Army...................... 2006 4,328,934 4,548,090 7,005,338
Aircraft Procurement, Navy................... 2006 9,803,126 9,677,001 10,590,934
Weapons Procurement, Navy.................... 2006 2,737,841 2,633,380 2,533,920
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine 2006 867,470 843,323 775,893
Corps.......................................
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy............ 2006 8,880,623 8,936,959 10,491,653
Other Procurement, Navy...................... 2006 5,518,287 5,389,849 5,022,005
Procurement, Marine Corps.................... 2006 1,396,705 1,384,965 1,191,113
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.............. 2006 12,862,333 12,609,842 11,852,467
Missile Procurement, Air Force............... 2006 5,394,557 5,122,728 3,746,636
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force......... 2006 1,021,207 1,006,718 1,079,249
Other Procurement, Air Force................. 2006 14,024,689 13,920,106 15,423,536
Procurement, Defense-Wide.................... 2006 2,646,988 2,548,227 2,890,531
National Guard and Reserve Equipment......... 2006 0 178,200 500,000
Defense Production Act Purchases............. 2006 19,573 57,666 39,384
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 2006 10,036,004 11,060,666 11,834,882
Army........................................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 2006 18,581,441 18,803,203 17,654,518
Navy........................................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 2006 22,305,012 21,779,654 24,457,062
Air Force...................................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 2006 19,108,944 19,600,607 21,208,264
Defense-Wide................................
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense..... 2006 168,458 166,774 181,520
Defense Working Capital Funds................ 2006 1,471,340 1,143,391 1,345,998
National Defense Sealift Fund................ 2006 1,657,717 1,078,165 1,071,932
Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving NA 0 0 18,500
Fund........................................
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, 2006 1,425,827 1,386,819 1,277,304
Army........................................
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug 2006 901,741 908,474 936,990
Activities, Defense.........................
Office of the Inspector General.............. 2006 209,687 207,590 216,297
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 2006 244,600 244,600 256,400
Disability System Fund......................
Intelligence Community Management Account.... 2006 337,844 418,121 597,111
Transfer to Department of Justice........ 2006 0 (38,610) (39,000)
Sec. 8005.................................... 2006 0 (3,712,500) (4,750,00)
Sec. 8018.................................... 2006 0 7,920 8,000
Sec. 8023.................................... 2006 0 -45,540 -25,000
Sec. 8029.................................... 2006 0 1,000 1,000
Sec. 8039.................................... 2006 0 -405,723 -823,122
Sec. 8064.................................... 2006 0 45,000 51,000
Sec. 8074.................................... 2006 0 2,178 2,500
Sec. 8075.................................... 2006 0 -262,350 -71,100
Sec. 8076.................................... 2006 0 -99,000 -22,000
Sec. 8082.................................... 2006 0 5,049 5,400
Sec. 8084.................................... 2006 0 33,017 13,000
Sec. 8092.................................... 2006 0 -91,080 -45,000
Sec. 8095.................................... 2006 0 -763,587 -949,000
Sec. 8096.................................... 2006 0 0 -100,000
Title IX (contingency operations)............ 2006 50,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000
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\1\ The FY 2006 National Defense Authorization Act authorizes $108,942,746,000 for military personnel, which
includes BAH funding and for operation and maintenance, FSRM funding is included, which is under House Quality
of Life and VA Appropriations.
Transfer of Funds
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing
the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill.
TRANSFERS
Language has been included in ``Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide'' which provides for the transfer of funds
relating to classified activities.
Language has been included in ``Drug Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense'' which transfers funds to
other appropriations accounts of the Department of Defense.
Language has been included in ``Intelligence Community
Management Account'' which provides for the transfer of funds
to the Department of Justice for the National Drug Intelligence
Center.
Eight provisions (Sections 8005, 8006, 8014, 8051, 8072,
8077, 8078, and 8091) contain language which allows transfers
of funds between accounts.
Language has been included in title IX, ``Iraq Freedom
Fund'' which transfers funds to other appropriations accounts
of the Department of Defense.
Language has been included in title IX, section 9003, which
provides transfer authority for funds in title IX.
Rescissions
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following table is submitted
describing the rescissions recommended in the accompanying
bill:
Other Procurement, Army, 2006/2008.................... 100,200,000
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2003/2007.......... 15,000,000
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2005/2009.......... 11,245,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2006/2008................. 76,200,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2005/2007............ 108,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2006/2008............ 64,000,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2005/2007............. 29,600,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2006/2008............. 138,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2006/ 21,600,000
2007.................................................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 2006/ 42,577,000
2007.................................................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 92,800,000
2006/2007............................................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 123,900,000
Wide, 2006/2007......................................
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following is a statement of
general performance goals and objectives for which this measure
authorizes funding:
The Committee on Appropriations considers program
performance, including a program's success in developing and
attaining outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing
funding recommendations.
Constitutional Authority
Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives states that:
Each report of a committee on a bill or joint
resolution of a public character, shall include a
statement citing the specific powers granted to the
Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed
by the bill or joint resolution.
The Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to
report this legislation from Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I
of the Constitution of the United States of America which
states:
``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in
consequence of Appropriations made by law . . .''
Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to
this specific power granted by the Constitution.
Comparison With the Budget Resolution
Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires an explanation of compliance with
section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as
amended, which requires that the report accompanying a bill
providing new budget authority contain a statement detailing
how that authority compares with the reports submitted under
section 302 of the Act for the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year from
the Committee's section 302(a) allocation. This information
follows:
[In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
302(b) allocation This bill
-------------------------------------------
Budget Budget
authority Outlays authority Outlays
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary............... 377,357 393,165 377,357 393,165
Mandatory................... 251 251 251 251
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Five-Year Outlay Projections
In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, the following table contains
five-year projections associated with the budget authority
provided in the accompanying bill.
(Millions)
Budget Authority...................................... 393,165
Outlays:
2007.............................................. 285,794
2008.............................................. 101,290
2009.............................................. 26,033
2010.............................................. 7,576
2011 and beyond................................... 5,337
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments
In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, no new budget or outlays are
provided by the accompanying bill for financial assistance to
State and local governments.
Full Committee Votes
There were no rollcall votes during Full Committee
consideration.
ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF HON. DAVID OBEY
I. The True Cost of the War
Congress appropriates funding for the Iraq war much like
the Administration prosecutes it: recklessly, and without being
honest with the American people.
Once again, funding for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars--$50
billion in this case--are provided as an ``emergency
supplemental'' in this bill. All told, Congress will have
provided the Defense Department with $450 billion of emergency
funding for this war.
To treat funding for the Iraq war as an unexpected
emergency is a perversion of the term. By way of comparison,
the Vietnam War required only a single supplemental, after
which it was financed through the regular budget process.
While not an emergency, this funding is provided as such
because it is politically expedient. It allows the
Administration and the Congress to avoid the budgetary
tradeoffs and to hide the full cost of the war. It is part of
the Administration's strategy of providing the facts about Iraq
on the installment plan.
In April of 2003, the President signed the first Iraq
supplemental providing $62.6 billion for the Defense
Department. This was after the President's budget director told
the New York Times that the war would cost between $50 and $60
billion.
In November of 2003, when the President signed a second
supplemental providing $64.9 billion for the Defense
Department, the White House termed it a ``one-time, wartime
supplemental.'' Nine months later Congress provided $25 billion
of additional emergency funding.
In May of 2005, the President signed a third supplemental
providing $75.7 billion for the Defense Department and told us
that democracy was taking root in Iraq. Seven months later, as
civil war rocked Iraq, Congress provided an additional $50
billion of emergency funding.
This week, Congress passed another $65.8 billion
supplemental. The same day, in a surprise visit to Iraq, the
President once again linked the Iraq war and the attacks of
September 11th--an assertion that is patently false and that
only he and the Vice President appear to still believe.
In this bill, the House will approve another $50 billion
more in emergency funding for Iraq to cover operations through
the spring of 2007. As was the case with previous Iraq
supplementals, these costs will be tacked on to this
President's greatest legacy--a massive $300 billion plus
deficit. The result is that future generations will be forced
to pay the financial costs of the President's failed Iraq
policy.
For several years, I have asked the Administration to come
forward with 5-year estimates of the war costs so that Congress
could get a better sense of how to balance the books. The FY
2005 Defense Appropriations Conference Report included a
general provision requiring the Administration to do just that.
No such report was ever provided. The President chose to waive
the requirement by certifying in writing that providing these
cost estimates would harm national security.
The only harm that would come from providing estimates of
future war costs would be to the political fortunes of those
who insist on funding this war through emergency supplementals
instead of being honest with the public about the war's real
cost. More than three years into this war it is clear that
honesty is too much to expect from this Administration.
II. Permanent Bases in Iraq
The Committee bill includes a provision that prohibits the
use of funds to enter into military basing rights agreements
between the United States and Iraq. In effect, this provision
bars the establishment of permanent U.S. bases in that country.
This provision is meant to send a clear, unequivocal message to
the Iraqi people and to the world that the United States will
not indefinitely occupy Iraq.
Congress missed the opportunity to signal its opposition to
permanent bases in the recently approved FY 2006 Iraq
supplement emergency supplemental. Despite both the House and
the Senate including a ban on permanent basing in their
respective bills, the conference committee just two week ago
jettisoned the provision. Let us hope that the prohibition
inserted in this bill will last longer than it did in the FY
2006 supplemental. After all:
President George W. Bush said on April 13, 2004,
that ``as a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not support
and indefinite occupation and neither does America.''
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, testifying
before the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 17, 2005
said, ``We have no intention, at the present time, of putting
permanent bases in Iraq.''
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzhad,
declared recently that the U.S. Government does not want
permanent military bases in Iraq.
General George Casey--our commander on the ground
in Iraq--has said that we should gradually reduce the
visibility of coalition forces across Iraq because that would
take away one of the elements that fuels the insurgency.
But those words have been greeted with skepticism.
This demonstrates the need to take the target off of our
soldiers' backs by making it clear that we do not intend to be
long-term occupiers. That action could take away a propaganda
tool that the insurgents are using to justify their attacks on
U.S. forces.
David Obey.
