Appropriation Committee’s Major Changes to Administration’s Supplemental Request May 13, 2009
Posted by Stephen Abott in Analysis.Tags: Appropriations, Obama, Supplemental
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The House Appropriations Committee made a number of major changes to the weapon systems included in President Obama’s war supplemental request. After the jump is a short description of the largest military system changes within the Pentagon’s $84.5 billion section of the bill, along with a table detailing all the major modifications.
Ah-64 Apache Modifications: The committee recommended the modification of 24 Army National Guard AH-64 helicopters to the AH-64D variation. As the A variant is considered un-deployable, the committee decided that the upgraded aircraft would increase Army assets.
C-17A: Despite the Pentagon’s assurance that they do not need to procure more than the 205 C-17 transport aircraft they have already acquired, the committee included $2.2 billion for 8 additional aircraft.
C-130: The committee added funding for 11 C-130 transport aircraft.
C-5 & C-17A: A number of programs were modified because of the Pentagon’s inability to complete aircraft modifications on schedule. Modifications to C-5 and C-17A defensive systems were cut by $45 million and $230 million, respectively, because the Air Force was unable to instill these systems on schedule.
National Guard and Reserve Equipment: The committee recommended $500 million for National Guard and reserve equipment. Because the Guard and reserve “…traditionally receive less than a proportionate share of funding to resource the[ir] equipment,” these funds will be used to procure “high value” equipment for combat and missions to support their state governors.
MRAP: The committee recommended $4.8 billion for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund (MRAP). This is more than $2.1 billion above the administration’s request.
MAJOR SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS
All #s in Thousands of $ (,000) |
Obama Request |
Committee |
Difference |
% Change |
CH-47 Helicopter |
120,000 |
210,000 |
90,000 |
75.0% |
AH-64 (MOD) |
354,360 |
787,060 |
432,700 |
122.1% |
Stryker Vehicle |
112,734 |
451,134 |
338,400 |
300.2% |
Bradley Program (MOD) |
541,000 |
784,600 |
243,600 |
45.0% |
Sincgars-Ground |
100,000 |
0 |
-100,000 |
-100.0% |
Tactical Unmanned Aerial Sys |
236,780 |
316,780 |
80,000 |
33.8% |
Rough Terrain Container Handler |
20,200 |
40,200 |
20,000 |
99.0% |
UH-1Y/AH-IZ |
102,400 |
277,400 |
175,000 |
170.9% |
P-3 Series |
0 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
n/a |
Special Program Aircraft |
84,645 |
0 |
-84,645 |
-100.0% |
Common Ground Equipment |
78,000 |
0 |
-78,000 |
-100.0% |
Marine Corps Tactical Unmanned Aerial Syst (moved to Army) |
65,937 |
0 |
-65,937 |
-100.0% |
MATCALS (Marine Air Traffic Control and Landing System) |
59,243 |
0 |
-59,243 |
-100.0% |
Common Imagery Ground Surface Syst |
24,518 |
0 |
-24,518 |
-100.0% |
Common Computer Resources |
58,903 |
42,703 |
-16,200 |
-27.5% |
Physical Security Equip – part of program already complete |
160,070 |
47,870 |
-112,200 |
-70.1% |
C-17A (8 Aircraft) |
0 |
2,245,200 |
2,245,200 |
n/a |
C-130 |
0 |
904,200 |
904,200 |
n/a |
MQ-9 UAV |
195,858 |
305,858 |
110,000 |
56.2% |
C-5 (Mods) |
104,800 |
59,800 |
-45,000 |
-42.9% |
C-17A (Mods) |
230,200 |
0 |
-230,200 |
-100.0% |
C-12 |
89,000 |
111,500 |
22,500 |
25.3% |
C-130 (Mods) |
189,910 |
118,410 |
-71,500 |
-37.6% |
RQ-4 UAV (Mods) |
32,000 |
0 |
-32,000 |
-100.0% |
MQ-9 (Mods) |
114,700 |
32,700 |
-82,000 |
-71.5% |
Base Info Infrastructure |
20,000 |
0 |
-20,000 |
-100.0% |
National Guard & Reserve Equipment Fund |
0 |
500,000 |
500,000 |
n/a |
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