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2006
109TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007
28-117
2006
109TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
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Bill Totals
Committee Budget Review Process
Introduction
Committee Recommendations by Major Category
Active and Reserve Military Personnel
Operation and Maintenance
Procurement
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Classified Programs
Forces To Be Supported
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of the Air Force
TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL
Programs and Activities Funded by Military Personnel Appropriations
Summary of Military Personnel Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2007
Adjustments to Military Personnel Account
End Strength Adjustments
Accuracy of Obligations
Guard and Reserve Cost Avoidance
Recruiting Incentives
Full-Time Support Strengths
Military Personnel, Army
Military Personnel, Navy
Military Personnel, Marine Corps
Military Personnel, Air Force
Reserve Personnel, Army
Reserve Personnel, Navy
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps
Reserve Personnel, Air Force
National Guard Personnel, Army
National Guard Personnel, Air Force
TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance Overview
Recommendations to Address Shortfalls
The Effects of Rebasing
Increasing Costs of Operation and Maintenance
Equipment Recapitalization
Minority Outreach
Operation and Maintenance Budget Execution Data
Operation and Maintenance Reprogrammings
Operation and Maintenance, Army
Foreign Language Programs--DLI Language Labs
Operation and Maintenance, Navy
NPS Laboratory Modernization
Ship Depot Maintenance
Navy Call Center
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
Defense Security Service
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard
Enterprise Resource Planning
Northeast Regional Training Center for Homeland Defense
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid
Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction Account
TITLE III. PROCUREMENT
Estimates and Appropriations Summary
Special Interest Items
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts
Reprogramming Reporting Requirements
Classified Annex
Aircraft Procurement, Army
Missile Procurement, Army
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
Lightweight Towed Howitzer, M777A1
Procurement of Ammunition, Army
Other Procurement, Army
Container Roll In-Roll Out Platform (M3 CROP)
Aircraft Procurement, Navy
EA-18G and F/A-18 E/F Procurement
Weapons Procurement, Navy
Torpedo Inventory Levels
Sonobuoy Inventory Levels
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps
Five Inch/54 Millimeter Ammunition
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy
Thirty Year Shipbuilding Plan
DD(X) Destroyer
Attack Submarine Procurement Rate
Prior Year Shipbuilding Costs
Other Procurement, Navy
Weapons Range Support Equipment
Combat Survivor Evader Locator Radio
Procurement, Marine Corps
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
F-22 Incremental Funding
Joint Strike Fighter
C-17 Procurement
Global Hawk
F-15 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radars
C-17 and AESA Radar Procurement
Tanker Replacement--KC-X Advance Procurement
Predator Roadmap
C-130 Center Wing Box Replacement
C-32 Winglet Modification
T-38 Ejection Seat Upgrade Program (ESUP)
Missile Procurement, Air Force
Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)
Global Positioning System
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force
Other Procurement, Air Force
Procurement, Defense-Wide
USSOCOM--Emergent Critical Combat Mission Needs
National Guard and Reserve Equipment
Army National Guard Combat Brigades
Defense Production Act Purchases
Beryllium Supply Industrial Base
TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
Estimates and Appropriation Summary
Joint Common Missile
Special Interest Items
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army
Future Combat Systems (FCS)
Biomass Conversion Defense Applications
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy
Affordable Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasures for Helicopters and Regional Jets
Force Protection Applied Research
Warfighter Sustainment Advanced Technology
Environmental Protection
Surface and Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures
76 Millimeter Super Rapid Medium Caliber Gun
DD(X) Research and Development
Conventional Trident Modification
Bone Marrow Registry
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Advanced Component Development
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force
Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Development and Cost Analysis
Personnel Recovery Systems--Combat Search and Rescue-X (CSAR-X)
KC-135 Tanker Replacement
Modernization Centers
National Aerospace Leadership Initiative
Combatant Commanders' Integrated Command and Control System (CCIC2S)
Operationally Responsive Space
Space Radar
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide
Missile Defense Agency Program Element Restructure
Missile Defense Agency--Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS)
Missile Defense Agency Cost Reporting
Airborne Laser (ABL)
Missile Defense Agency--Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Program
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
Chemical and Biological Defense Program
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense
TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
Defense Working Capital Funds
National Defense Sealift Fund
T-AKE Main Propulsion Diesel Engine
Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund
TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense
Office of the Inspector General
TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES
National Intelligence Programs
Classified Annex
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund
Intelligence Community Management Account
TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DoDEA Schools
Definition of Program, Project and Activity
TITLE IX. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
Introduction
Committee Recommendations
Classified Programs
Reporting Requirements
Military Personnel
Operation and Maintenance
Procurement
Defense Working Capital Funds
General Provisions--This Title
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Changes in the Application of Existing Law
Appropriations Language
General Provisions
Appropriations Not Authorized By Law
Transfer of Funds
Rescissions
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives
Constitutional Authority
Comparison with the Budget Resolution
Five-Year Outlay Projections
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments
Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority
Additional Views
2d Session
109-504
--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007
[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:
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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:
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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
296 297 298 4
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:
13,392 12,564 58,736 13,707
2,261 2,261 37,339 2,256
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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:
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Fiscal year--
FY2005 FY2006 FY2007
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Summary of Major Forces:
USAF Fighter and Attack Squadrons (Active, ANG, AFRC) 87 87 85
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 with assigned aircraft) 12 10 12
Fighter 9 7 9
Bomber 3 3 3
ICBM Operational Launch Facilities/Control Centers 605 550 495
ICBM Missile Inventory 500 500 450
USAF Airlift Squadrons (Active):
Strategic Airlift Squadrons 13 14 14
5,792 5,662 23 5,776
Note: Numbers of squadrons above reflect combat coded units only; i.e., no training or test units.
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
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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
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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
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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 - - -
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OVERALL SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH
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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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FY 2006 Estimate Fiscal Year 2007--
Budget Request Recommendation Change from 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 - - -
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 - - -
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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FY 2006 Estimate Budget Request Recommendation Change from 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 - - -
68,670 69,976 69,976 - - - - - -
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Suppo~rt O~ffset | -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
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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
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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 | |
| 1130~0 ROTC Program at U S Marines Military Academy High School in Chicago | 300 |
| Undistributed: | |
| 12070 ~Unoblig~ated Ba~lances ~ | -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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 N |