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FY2010 Defense
Authorization
and
Appropriations
Including Selected Military Personnel Policy
Issues, and the Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and
Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
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Chapter 1:
“Defense: FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations,”
by Pat Towell, Stephen Daggett, Amy Belasco, Richard A. Best Jr.,
Valerie Bailey Grasso, Charles A. Henning, Steven A. Hildreth,
Ronald O’Rourke, Nina M. Serafino, and Don J. Jansen,
CRS Report for Congress R40567, December 14, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2:
“FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected
Military Personnel Policy Issues,” by Don J. Jansen,
Lawrence Kapp, David F. Burrelli, and Charles A. Henning,
CRS Report for Congress R40711, August 27, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 3:
“The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War
on Terror Operations Since 9/11,” by Amy Belasco,
CRS Report for Congress RL33110, September 28, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chapter 4:
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Chapter 5:
Other Resources ........................................................................... 222
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1:
“Defense: FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations,”
by Pat Towell, Stephen Daggett, Amy Belasco, Richard A. Best Jr.,
Valerie Bailey Grasso, Charles A. Henning, Steven A. Hildreth,
Ronald O’Rourke, Nina M. Serafino, and Don J. Jansen,
CRS Report for Congress R40567, December 14, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Most Recent Developments
Defense Authorization Conference
Conference Issues in Defense Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3326)
Overview of the Administration’s FY2010 Request
Status of Legislation
War Costs and Issues
Debate About Potential Troop Increases in Afghanistan
Basis and Status of War Cost Request in Pending Legislation
Authorization Action on War Funding Request
Changes to DOD’s Request
Extensions and Additional Reporting Requirements
House-Passed and Senate-Passed Appropriations Action
Assessing Uncertainties In Operations Funding
Funding for Force Protection Vehicles
Transfers from Funding in the Base Budget
Coalition Support and Commanders Emergency Response Program Funding
Funding for Training Afghan Security Forces and for Guantanamo Bay
Base Budget: Comparison and Context
Defense Priorities: Budget and Strategy
Background: Strategic Direction
Strategic Processes
Issues for Congress: Secretary Gates’s Proposals
Quality of Life Issues
End-Strength Increase
Health Care and Family Support
Preparing for “The Wars We’re In”
Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance (ISR)
Developing Partner Capacity (Section 1206)
Army Brigade Combat Teams
Special Operations Forces
Helicopter Crew Training
Shipbuilding—Request
Aircraft Carriers
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DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyers
CG(X) Cruiser
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
LPD-17, Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), and Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV)
Aircraft—Request
Tactical Combat Aircraft (F-35, F-22, F/A-18)
F-22 Raptor
Air Mobility (KC-X, C-17)
Acquisition Reform (VH-71, CSAR-X)
Missile Defense—Request
Theater Defenses (THAAD, SM-3, Aegis)
Ground-Based National Missile Defense
Boost-Phase Defenses (Airborne Laser and KEI)
Congressional Perspectives
Ground Combat Systems (FCS and EFV)—Request
Congressional Perspectives
Bill-by-Bill Synopsis of Congressional Action to Date
FY2010 Congressional Budget Resolution
National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2647, S. 1390)
Ballistic Missile Defense—Authorization
Shipbuilding—Authorization
Combat Aircraft—Authorization
Ground Combat Systems—Authorization
Military Personnel Policy: End-Strength, Pay Raise
DOD Civilian Employees: NSPS, A-76
Concurrent Receipt
Military Commissions, Detainees and Guantanamo Bay
Hate Crimes (Title XLVII)
Economic Development Conveyance of Surplus Real Property (BRAC)
Guam Realignment
Other Senate Provisions
FY2010 Defense Appropriations Bill
Ballistic Missile Defense—Appropriation
Shipbuilding—Appropriation
Aircraft—Appropriation
Ground Combat Systems—Appropriation
Other Provisions
Table 1. DOD Base Budget Request Discretionary Budget Authority, FY2009–2010
Table 2. Status of FY2010 Defense Authorization Bills, H.R. 2647/S. 1390
Table 3. Status of FY2010 Defense Appropriations Bills (H.R. 3326)
Table 4. Congressional Action on DOD’s War FY2010 Budget Request
Table 5. Actual and Projected DOD Base Budgets Compared with 4%
of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Table 6. DOD Discretionary Budget Authority, FY1998–FY2009
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Table 7. FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act,
House and Senate Action by Title, H.R. 2647, S. 1390
Table 8. FY2010 Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 3326) Summary by Title
Table A-1. Congressional Action on FY2010 Missile Defense Funding: Authorization
Table A-2. Congressional Action on FY2010 Missile Defense Funding: Appropriations
Table A-3. Congressional Action on Selected FY2010 Army and Marine Corps Programs:
Authorization
Table A-4. Congressional Action on Selected FY2010 Army and Marine Corps Programs:
Appropriations
Table A-5. Congressional Action on Selected FY2010 Shipbuilding Programs: Authorization
Table A-6. Congressional Action on FY2010 Shipbuilding Programs: Appropriations
Table A-7. Congressional Action on Selected FY2010 Navy, Marine Corps and
Air Force Aircraft Programs: Authorization
Table A-8. Congressional Action on Selected FY2010 Navy, Marine Corps, and
Air Force Aircraft Programs: Appropriations
Table A-9. Congressional Action on FY2010 DOD War Funding Request
(Defense Appropriations and Military Construction Appropriations Bills)
Appendix. Program Funding Tables
Chapter 2:
“FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected
Military Personnel Policy Issues,” by Don J. Jansen,
Lawrence Kapp, David F. Burrelli, and Charles A. Henning,
CRS Report for Congress R40711, August 27, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Background
Active Duty End Strengths
Military Pay Raise
Expansion of Concurrent Receipt
Inclusion of Qualifying Service Since September 11, 2001,
in Calculating Eligibility for Early Receipt of Reserve Retired Pay
Prohibition on Recruiting or Retaining Individuals Associated with Hate Groups
Earlier Tricare Prime Eligibility for Certain Reservists
Post-Deployment Mental Health Screening
Constructive Eligibility for Tricare Benefits for Individuals Otherwise Ineligible
Under Retroactive Determination of Medicare Part A Entitlement
Tricare Coverage for Certain Members of the Retired Reserve Who Are Not Yet Age 60
Chiropractic Health Care for Members on Active Duty
Dental Care for Survivors
Prohibition on Conversions of Military Medical Positions to Civilian and Dental Positions
Cooperative Health Care Agreements Between Military Installations
and Non-Military Health Care Systems
Sexual Assault
Government Accountability Office Report on the Progress Made in Implementing
Recommendations to Reduce Domestic Violence in Military Families
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Internship Pilot Program for Military Spouses
Language and Cultural Training
Survivor Benefit Plan Offset and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
Supplemental Assistance Allowance
Civilian Employer-sponsored Health Care for Retired Military Employees
Suicide Among Members of the Individual Ready Reserve
Plan to Increase the Behavioral Health Capabilities of the Department of Defense
Reform and Improvement of the Tricare Program
Table 1. Authorized Active Duty End Strengths
Chapter 3:
“The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War
on Terror Operations Since 9/11,” by Amy Belasco,
CRS Report for Congress RL33110, September 28, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Introduction
Total War Funding Enacted
Total War Costs if FY2010 Request is Approved
Pending FY2010 Request
Potential Troop Increases in Afghanistan
War Cost Issues in the 111th Congress
War Cost Estimates for Iraq and Afghanistan
Problems with Reliability of DOD’s Estimates by Operation
Estimates of War-Related Budget Authority
Funding for Each Agency
Trends in War Funding
Estimates for Iraq and Afghanistan and Other Operations
CBO Projections of Future Costs
Past Trends and Future DOD Costs in Iraq
Past Trends and Future DOD Costs in Afghanistan
Past Trends and Future Costs in Enhanced Security
DOD Spending Thus Far
Changes in Average Monthly Obligations
Troop Level Changes in the Bush and Obama Administrations
Funding to Train and Equip Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces
Reset and Reconstitution
DOD Changes Definition of War Costs
Procurement Funding in FY2007 and FY2008
Front Loading Reset Funding
Carryover of DOD War Investment Funding
Accuracy and Expansion of Reconstitution Requests
Modularity as an Emergency Expense
Growing the Force as a War Cost
Questions About War-Related Procurement Issues
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Potential Readiness Issues
Congressional Options to Affect Military Operations
Problems in War Cost Estimates and Reporting
Difficulties in Explaining DOD’s War Costs
Changes in Troop Strength
Reliance on Reservists Falls
Changes in Military Personnel Costs
Changes in Operating Costs
Changes in Investment Costs
Special Funds and the Flexibility Issue
Average Cost Per Deployed Troop and Future Costs
Estimates of Future Costs
Figure 1. Active-Duty and Reserve Shares of OIF/OEF Average Annual Troop Levels,
FY2003–Early FY2007
Table 1. Estimated War Funding by Operation: FY2001–FY2010 War Request
Table 2. Estimated War Funding by Agency: FY2001–FY2010
Table 3. Budget Authority for Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror
(GWOT) Operations: FY2001–FY2010 Request
Table 4. DOD’s Obligations by Operation: FY2001–FY2009
Table 5. Afghan and Iraq Security Forces Funding: FY2004–FY2009 Bridge
Table 6. Average Troop Strength for Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Counter-Terror
Operations, FY2001–FY2007
Table 7. DOD’s War Enacted Budget Authority by Title: FY2004–FY2009 Bridge
Table 8. Average Annual Cost Per Deployed Troop: FY2003–FY2006
Table A-1. Chronology of FY2008 War and FY2009 War Requests
Table A-2. Enacted FY2008 and FY2009 War Funding
Table B-1. Ways To Extend How Long Army Can Operate Without FY2008 Supplemental
Appropriations
Table C-1. Defense Department, Foreign Operations Funding, and VA Medical Funding
for Iraq, Afghanistan and Other Global War on Terror Activities, FY2001–FY2009
Appendix A. Congressional Action on FY2008 and FY2009 War Funding
Appendix B. DOD Tools to Extend Financing War Cost
Appendix C. War Appropriations by Act and by Agency
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Introduction
FY2010 Defense Authorization
and Appropriations
Including Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues, and the Cost of Iraq,
Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
For the Department of Defense (DOD) in FY2010, the Administration requested a total of
$663.8 billion in discretionary budget authority. This includes $533.8 billion for the so-called
“base budget”—all DOD activities other than combat operations—and $130.0 billion for “overseas
contingency operations,” including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Administration also
requested $75.9 billion in supplemental DOD appropriations for FY2009 to cover war costs. The
Administration’s DOD request, made public May 7, 2009, incorporated Defense Secretary Robert
Gates’ April 6 recommendations to curtail funding for several major weapons programs focused
on conventional warfare.
The FY2010 national defense authorization bills drafted by the House and Senate Armed Services
Committees generally supported this shift in policy, which the Obama Administration’s budget
request reflected. However, both committees added to their respective bills authorization to
continue production of the Air Force’s F-22 fighter, and to continue development of an alternative
engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Obama Administration warned that a bill that continued
either program would be vetoed. On June 25, the House passed by a vote of 389-22 its version of
the FY2010 national defense authorization act, H.R. 2647, which would authorize a total of $534.0
billion for the DOD base budget—$264.8 million more than requested—and $129.3 billion for war
costs. The bill also would authorize $16.5 billion for defense-related nuclear activities of the Energy
Department, which was $83.3 million more than requested. On July 2, 2009, the Senate Armed
Services Committee reported its version of the authorization bill, S. 1390, which would authorize
$534.6 billion for the DOD base budget, $129.3 billion for war costs, and $16.4 billion for the
Energy Department. The Senate passed the bill July 23, 2009, by a vote of 87-7 after adopting
several amendments, including two that would, in effect, end production of the F-22 and terminate
the F-35 alternate engine programs, as the Administration had requested.
The conference report on the authorization bill authorizes a total of $680.2 billion for military
activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) and defense-related activities of other federal
agencies, which is $14.9 million more than the Obama Administration requested. The conference
report, which terminates the F-22 but continues the alternate engine program, was adopted
by the House on October 8, 2009, by a vote of 281-146. The Senate adopted the conference
report October 22, 2009, by a vote of 68-29 and President Obama signed the bill (P.L. 111-84)
on October 28. The House passed its version of the FY2010 defense appropriations bill (H.R. 3326)
on July 30, 2009, by a vote of 400-30. The bill would appropriate $497.6 billion for the DOD base
budget (covering all accounts except military construction) and $128.2 billion for FY2010 war costs.
As reported July 24, 2009, by the House Appropriations Committee, the bill would have continued
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F-22 production and the F-35 alternate engine programs. But the House adopted a floor
amendment that would have the effect of terminating F-22 production.
The Senate Appropriations Committee reported September 10 an amended version of H.R. 3326
which would appropriate $497.6 billion for the DOD base budget and $128.2 billion for war costs.
The committee bill funded neither continued F-22 production nor the F-35 alternate engine. During
floor debate, the Senate rejected two amendments that would have eliminated $2.5 billion for the
purchase of 10 C-17 cargo planes, which the Senate committee added over the Administration’s
objection. The Senate passed the bill October 6, 2009, by a vote of 93-7.
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Goverment Series: FY2010 Defense Authorization and Appropriations
Summary
For the Department of Defense (DOD) in FY2010, the Administration requested a total of $663.8
billion in discretionary budget authority. This includes $533.8 billion for the so-called “base
budget”—all DOD activities other than combat operations—and $130.0 billion for “overseas
contingency operations,” including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Administration also
requested $75.9 billion in supplemental DOD appropriations for FY2009 to cover war costs. The
Administration’s DOD request, made public May 7, 2009, incorporated Defense Secretary Robert
Gates’ April 6 recommendations to curtail funding for several major weapons programs focused
on conventional warfare.
The FY2010 national defense authorization bills drafted by the House and Senate Armed Services
Committees generally supported this shift in policy, which the Obama Administration’s budget
request reflected. However, both committees added to their respective bills authorization to
continue production of the Air Force’s F-22 fighter, and to continue development of an alternative
engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Obama Administration warned that a bill that
continued either program would be vetoed. On June 25, the House passed by a vote of 389-22 its
version of the FY2010 national defense authorization act, H.R. 2647, which would authorize a
total of $534.0 billion for the DOD base budget—$264.8 million more than requested—and
$129.3 billion for war costs. The bill also would authorize $16.5 billion for defense-related
nuclear activities of the Energy Department, which was $83.3 million more than requested. On
July 2, the Senate Armed Services Committee reported its version of the authorization bill, S.
1390, which would authorize $534.6 billion for the DOD base budget, $129.3 billion for war
costs, and $16.4 billion for the Energy Department. The Senate passed the bill July 23 by a vote
of 87-7 after adopting several amendments, including two that would, in effect, end production of
the F-22 and terminate the F-35 alternate engine programs, as the Administration had requested.
The conference report on the authorization bill authorizes a total of $680.2 billion for military
activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) and defense-related activities of other federal
agencies, which is $14.9 million more than the Obama Administration requested. The conference
report, which terminates the F-22 but continues the alternate engine program, was adopted by the
House on October 8 by a vote of 281-146. The Senate adopted the conference report October 22
by a vote of 68-29 and President Obama signed the bill (P.L. 111-84) on October 28.
The House passed its version of the FY2010 defense appropriations bill (H.R. 3326) on July 30,
by a vote of 400-30. The bill would appropriate $497.6 billion for the DOD base budget (covering
all accounts except military construction) and $128.2 billion for FY2010 war costs. As reported
July 24 by the House Appropriations Committee, the bill would have continued F-22 production
and the F-35 alternate engine programs. But the House adopted a floor amendment that would
have the effect of terminating F-22 production.
The Senate Appropriations Committee reported September 10 an amended version of H.R. 3326
which would appropriate $497.6 billion for the DOD base budget and $128.2 billion for war
costs. The committee bill funded neither continued F-22 production nor the F-35 alternate engine.
During floor debate, the Senate rejected two amendments that would have eliminated $2.5 billion
for the purchase of 10 C-17 cargo planes, which the Senate committee added over the
Administration’s objection. The Senate passed the bill October 6 by a vote of 93-7.
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Contents
Most Recent Developments.........................................................................................................1
Defense Authorization Conference ........................................................................................2
Conference Issues in Defense Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3326) ..............................................3
Overview of the Administration’s FY2010 Request .....................................................................3
Status of Legislation....................................................................................................................5
War Costs and Issues...................................................................................................................6
Debate About Potential Troop Increases in Afghanistan.........................................................7
Basis and Status of War Cost Request in Pending Legislation ................................................9
Authorization Action on War Funding Request .................................................................... 13
Changes to DOD’s Request ........................................................................................... 13
Extensions and Additional Reporting Requirements ...................................................... 14
House-Passed and Senate-Passed Appropriations Action ..................................................... 16
Assessing Uncertainties In Operations Funding ............................................................. 16
Funding for Force Protection Vehicles ........................................................................... 16
Transfers from Funding in the Base Budget ................................................................... 17
Coalition Support and Commanders Emergency Response Program Funding ................ 17
Funding for Training Afghan Security Forces and for Guantanamo Bay......................... 18
Base Budget: Comparison and Context...................................................................................... 18
Defense Priorities: Budget and Strategy..................................................................................... 22
Background: Strategic Direction.......................................................................................... 23
Strategic Processes.............................................................................................................. 24
Issues for Congress: Secretary Gates’s Proposals....................................................................... 25
Quality of Life Issues .......................................................................................................... 25
End-Strength Increase ................................................................................................... 26
Health Care and Family Support ................................................................................... 26
Preparing for “The Wars We’re In”...................................................................................... 28
Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance (ISR) .................................................... 28
Developing Partner Capacity (Section 1206) ................................................................. 29
Army Brigade Combat Teams ....................................................................................... 30
Special Operations Forces ............................................................................................. 31
Helicopter Crew Training.............................................................................................. 31
Shipbuilding—Request ....................................................................................................... 31
Aircraft Carriers............................................................................................................ 32
DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyers.............................................................................. 33
CG(X) Cruiser .............................................................................................................. 33
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) .......................................................................................... 34
LPD-17, Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), and Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV)........... 34
Aircraft—Request ............................................................................................................... 35
Tactical Combat Aircraft (F-35, F-22, F/A-18) .............................................................. 35
F-22 Raptor................................................................................................................... 36
Air Mobility (KC-X, C-17) ........................................................................................... 37
Acquisition Reform (VH-71, CSAR-X)......................................................................... 38
Missile Defense—Request .................................................................................................. 39
Theater Defenses (THAAD, SM-3, Aegis) .................................................................... 39
Ground-Based National Missile Defense ....................................................................... 40
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Tables
Table 1. DOD Base Budget Request Discretionary Budget Authority, FY2009-2010....................4
Table 2. Status of FY2010 Defense Authorization Bills, H.R. 2647/S. 1390 .................................6
Table 3. Status of FY2010 Defense Appropriations Bills (H.R. 3326) ..........................................6
Table 4. Congressional Action on DOD’s War FY2010 Budget Request..................................... 12
Table 5. Actual and Projected DOD Base Budgets Compared with 4% of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) ....................................................................................................................... 19
Table 6. DOD Discretionary Budget Authority, FY1998-FY2009 .............................................. 19
Table 7. FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act, House and Senate Action by Title,
H.R. 2647, S. 1390................................................................................................................. 58
Table 8. FY2010 Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 3326) Summary by Title ............................ 70
Table A-1. Congressional Action on FY2010 Missile Defense Funding: Authorization............... 71
Table A-2. Congressional Action on FY2010 Missile Defense Funding: Appropriations............. 75
Table A-3. Congressional Action on Selected FY2010 Army and Marine Corps Programs:
Authorization......................................................................................................................... 78
Table A-4. Congressional Action on Selected FY2010 Army and Marine Corps Programs:
Appropriations ....................................................................................................................... 82
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also reduce the amount of advance procurement funding that is to be requested for the ship in
FY2010.90
Secretary Gates’s proposal regarding destroyer procurement was one of several program actions
that he cited after saying, of DOD’s acquisition and contracting processes: “The perennial
procurement and contracting cycle—going back many decades—of adding layer upon layer of
cost and complexity onto fewer and fewer platforms that take longer and longer to build must
come to an end,” he told reporters April 6. “There is broad agreement on the need for acquisition
and contracting reform in the Department of Defense. There have been enough studies. Enough
hand-wringing. Enough rhetoric. Now is the time for action.”92
Soon after Secretary Gates’s April 6 news conference, it was reported that the Navy had reached
an agreement with Bath Iron Works and Northrop to have Bath build all three DDG-1000s. Under
the agreement, Northrop would build the first two DDG-51s to be procured under the DDG-51
restart, and Bath would build the third DDG-51.93
CG(X) Cruiser
Secretary Gates proposed a delay in the start of the CG(X) cruiser program “to revisit both the
requirements and acquisition strategy” for the program. The Navy wants to procure CG(X)s to
replace its 22 Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruisers, which are projected to reach their retirement age
of 35 years between 2021 and 2029. In announcing this proposal (and his proposals on the aircraft
carrier procurement schedule and on delaying procurement of the 11th LPD-17 amphibious ship
and the Mobile Landing Platform ship), Secretary Gates said, “The healthy margin of dominance
90
Aircraft carrier procurement is discussed further in CRS Report RS20643, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft
Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress, by Ronald O'Rourke.
91
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Defense Budget Recommendation Statement, April 6, 2009, available at
http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1341.
92
Ibid.
93
Procurement of DDG-1000 and DDG-51 destroyers is discussed further in CRS Report RL32109, Navy DDG-51 and
DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress, by Ronald O'Rourke.
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at sea provided by America’s existing battle fleet makes it possible and prudent to slow
production of several major surface combatants and other maritime programs.”94
The FY2010 budget requested funding for three more LCSs, consistent with prior Navy planning
and represent no change to the program: The LCS program was scheduled to increase from two
ships in FY2009 to three ships in FY2010 as part of a plan to ramp up the annual LCS
procurement rate to an eventual level of five or more ships per year, and the Navy has planned a
total of 55 LCSs since 2006.
The LCS program was restructured in 2007 following revelations of significant cost growth and
construction problems. The program continues to be a program of particular oversight focus for
Congress. The Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services
Committee, for example, held a hearing on March 10, 2009, to review the status of the program. 96
On September 16, 2009, the Navy announced another restructuring of the LCS program,
cancelling its plan to build several ships to each of two competing designs before selecting one of
the two for further production. Under the Navy’s new plan, it would choose between the two
designs during FY2010 and would procure two LCS ships in FY2010 (instead of the three
included in the FY2010 budget request).97
LPD-17, Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), and Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV)
Laying the groundwork for a potentially dramatic change in DOD planning, Secretary Gates
proposed deferring from FY2010 to FY2011 the procurement of two ships intended to support
amphibious landings, saying he wanted to, “assess costs and analyze the amount of these
capabilities the nation needs.”98
Secretary Gates drew the point more sharply during a speech to the Naval War College on April
17, citing amphibious landings as one example of areas in which he wanted the QDR to be
“realistic about the scenarios where direct U.S. military action would be needed.” As recently as
94
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Defense Budget Recommendation Statement, April 6, 2009, available at
http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1341.
95
Ibid.
96
The LCS program is discussed further in CRS Report RL33741, Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program:
Background, Issues, and Options for Congress, by Ronald O'Rourke.
97
Department of Defense, News Release, “Littoral Combat Ship Down Select Accounced,” No. 722-09, September 16,
2009.
98
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Defense Budget Recommendation Statement, April 6, 2009, available at
http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1341.
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evaluation of its vehicle modernization program. In regards to the Army’s re-evaluation of its
vehicle modernization program, Congress might be expected to play a significant role in this
process, as it not only may provide them with an opportunity to shape Army capabilities and force
structure, but could also ensure that the eventual acquisition of any new ground combat systems is
in line with proposed acquisition reform measures.
However, the budget resolution’s ceilings on the so-called “050 function”—the budget accounts
funding the military activities of DOD and the defense-related activities of the Department of
Energy and other agencies—have in the past indicated the general level of support in the House
and Senate for the President’s overall defense budget proposal.
The House version of the budget resolution (H.Con.Res. 85 ), adopted April 2, set the FY2010
budget authority ceiling for the 050 “national defense” function at $562.0 billion and provided a
separate allowance of $130.0 billion—the amount requested for war costs—under function 970
(“overseas deployments and other activities”). Those two ceilings add up to $692.0 billion. The
Senate version of the budget resolution (S.Con.Res. 13 ), also adopted April 2, set the budget
authority ceiling for the 050 national defense function at $691.7 billion and did not set a separate
ceiling for overseas deployments. In the reports accompanying their respective resolutions, the
House and Senate Budget committees each indicated that the ceilings recommended were
intended to accommodate President Obama’s FY2010 DOD budget request.
The conference report on the final version of the budget resolution (H.Rept. 111-89) follows the
House version’s pattern of setting separate ceilings for a national defense base budget and for
overseas deployments. The House adopted the joint resolution April 29 by a vote of 233-193. The
Senate adopted it the same day by a vote of 53-43.
The conference report authorizes a total of $680.2 billion for military activities of the Department
of Defense (DOD) and defense-related activities of other federal agencies. The total
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The version of the amendment that was adopted supplanted an earlier version which would have
barred the use of funds to implement a START follow-on agreement unless (1) the treaty placed
no limits on missile defenses, space capabilities or advanced conventional weapons and (2) the
Administration’s FY2011 budget provides sufficient funding for the Energy Department’s nuclear
complex to maintain the reliability and safety of remaining U.S. nuclear forces and to modernize
the weapons complex.
Table 7. FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act, House and Senate Action by
Title, H.R. 2647, S. 1390
(amounts in millions of dollars)
House- Senate- Conference
Administration Passed Passed Report
Request H.R. 2647 S. 1390 H.R. 2647
National Defense Authorization – Base Budget
Procurement 105,819.3 105,198.2 105,749.7 105,029.4
Research, 78,634.3 79,654.5 79,617.8 79,251.6
Development,
Test & Evaluation
Operation and 156,444.2 157,276.6 156,393.0 156,179.9
Maintenance
Military Personnel 136,016.3 135,723.8 136,016.3 136,016.3
Other 33,915.1 33,011.9 33,552.6 34,033.9
Authorizations
Subtotal, DOD 510,829.2 510,865.0 511,329.4 510,511.1
(non-MilCon) –
Base Budget
Military 13,111.1 13,635.3 12,733.8 13,692.1
Construction
Family Housing 1,958.7 1,958.7 2,308.7 2,235.5
Base Realignment 7,876.3 7,666.3 7,876.3 7,952.3
and Closure
(BRAC)
Prior year savings — -85.3 -112.5 -175.8
General — — — -529.1
Reduction
Subtotal, MilCon, 22,946.0 23,175.0 22,806.3 23,175.0
Family Housing,
BRAC – Base
Budget
Total, DOD – 533,775.3 534,040.0 534,135.7 533,686.1
Base Budget
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The bill also would add to the budget request nine F/A-18E/F fighters ($495 million) one Littoral
Combat Ship ($540 million) plus $240 million to fully fund the three LCS ships requested, and a
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Lawrence Kapp
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy
David F. Burrelli
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy
Charles A. Henning
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy
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FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
Summary
Military personnel issues typically generate significant interest from many Members of Congress
and their staffs. Ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the emerging
operational role of the Reserve Components, further heighten interest in a wide range of military
personnel policies and issues.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) selected a number of the military personnel issues
considered in deliberations on the House-passed and Senate passed-versions of the National
Defense Authorization Act for FY2010. This report provides a brief synopsis of sections that
pertain to personnel policy. It includes background information and a discussion of the issue,
along with a table that contains a comparison of the bill (H.R. 2647) passed by the House on June
25, 2009, and the version of this bill passed by Senate on July 23, 2009. A third column will be
completed after action on a final version by both chambers. Where appropriate, other CRS
products are identified to provide more detailed background information and analysis of the issue.
For each issue, a CRS analyst is identified and contact information is provided. Note: some issues
were addressed in the FY2009 National Defense Authorization Act and discussed in CRS Report
RL34590, FY2009 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy
Issues, coordinated by Lawrence Kapp, concerning that legislation. Those issues that were
previously considered in CRS Report RL34590 are designated with a “*” in the relevant section
titles of this report.
This report focuses exclusively on the annual defense authorization process. It does not include
appropriations, veterans’ affairs, tax implications of policy choices or any discussion of separately
introduced legislation.
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FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
Contents
Background ................................................................................................................................1
*Active Duty End Strengths ........................................................................................................2
*Military Pay Raise.....................................................................................................................4
Expansion of Concurrent Receipt ................................................................................................5
Inclusion of Qualifying Service Since September 11, 2001, in Calculating Eligibility for
Early Receipt of Reserve Retired Pay.......................................................................................6
Prohibition on Recruiting or Retaining Individuals Associated with Hate Groups ........................7
Earlier Tricare Prime Eligibility for Certain Reservists ................................................................8
Post-Deployment Mental Health Screening .................................................................................9
Constructive Eligibility for Tricare Benefits for Individuals Otherwise Ineligible Under
Retroactive Determination of Medicare Part A Entitlement ..................................................... 10
Tricare Coverage for Certain Members of the Retired Reserve Who Are Not Yet Age 60 ........... 11
Chiropractic Health Care for Members on Active Duty.............................................................. 12
Dental Care for Survivors.......................................................................................................... 13
Prohibition on Conversions of Military Medical Positions to Civilian and Dental
Positions ................................................................................................................................ 14
Cooperative Health Care Agreements Between Military Installations and Non-Military
Health Care Systems .............................................................................................................. 15
*Sexual Assault......................................................................................................................... 16
*Government Accountability Office Report on the Progress Made in Implementing
Recommendations to Reduce Domestic Violence in Military Families .................................... 17
*Internship Pilot Program for Military Spouses ......................................................................... 18
Language and Cultural Training ................................................................................................ 19
*Survivor Benefit Plan Offset and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation........................... 20
Supplemental Assistance Allowance.......................................................................................... 21
Civilian Employer-sponsored Health Care for Retired Military Employees ................................ 22
Suicide Among Members of the Individual Ready Reserve........................................................ 23
Plan to Increase the Behavioral Health Capabilities of the Department of Defense..................... 24
Reform and Improvement of the Tricare Program...................................................................... 25
Tables
Table 1. Authorized Active Duty End Strengths ...........................................................................3
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Section 707 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (P.L.
109-364, October 17, 2006) amended Chapter 55 of Title 10 United States Code to add a new
Section 1097c, prohibiting employers from offering their employees financial or other incentives
such as Tricare supplemental insurance to use Tricare rather than the employer’s group health
plan. The legislation applied to employers with 20 or more employees, including states and units
of local government, and mirrors a similar prohibition applicable to the Medicare program. As
with Medicare, employers can continue to offer cafeteria benefit plans. The legislation was
intended to address employer shifting of health-care costs to Tricare. After enactment, many
Tricare beneficiaries no longer were offered Tricare supplements as an employer-sponsored
benefit. Insurance companies that marketed such supplemental plans were also impacted by the
provision. There also is some question as to whether loss of employer-provided Tricare
supplemental insurance may have led Tricare beneficiaries to move from Tricare Standard to
Tricare Prime and the budgetary consequences to the Defense Health Program of such an
enrollment shift.
Discussion: The report required by Section 705 would assess the impact of Section 1097c of Title
10, United States Code, with the purpose of determining whether the prohibition on employer-
offered incentives to use Tricare has had a budgetary impact on the Defense Health Program.
Reference(s): None
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Amy Belasco
Specialist in U.S. Defense Policy and Budget
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Summary
With enactment of the FY2009 Supplemental (H.R. 2346/P.L. 111-32) on June 24, 2009,
Congress has approved a total of about $944 billion for military operations, base security,
reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans’ health care for the three operations
initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and other
counter terror operations; Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military
bases; and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Congress is currently considering the FY2010 War
request that was submitted to Congress along with DOD’s baseline request. The House passed its
bill on July 30, 2009 (H.R. 3326) and the Senate is expected to act on its version in late
September 2009. This $944 billion total covers all appropriations approved by Congress for
FY2001 to meet war needs through FY2009, the current fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
Of that total, CRS estimates that Iraq will receive about $683 billion (72%), OEF about $227
billion (24%) and enhanced base security about $29 billion (3%), with about $5 billion that CRS
cannot allocate (1%). About 94% of the funds are for DOD, 5% for foreign aid programs and
embassy operations, and less than 1% for medical care for veterans.
As of July 2009, DOD’s average monthly obligations for contracts and pay were about $10.9
billion, including $7.3 billion for Iraq, and $3.6 billion for Afghanistan. Compared to a year ago
when the surge ended but troop levels remained high, average obligations have fallen by about
12%. Decreases in costs as troops are withdrawn from Iraq have been largely offset by increases
in costs for additional troops for Afghanistan.
The FY2010 war request totals $139 billion including $130 billion for DOD for both wars, $6.4
billion for the State Department’s foreign and diplomatic operations, and $2.1 billion for VA
medical costs for OEF and OIF veterans. Overall war funding is decreasing from the peak of
$185 billion in FY2008 during the surge in Iraq to $150 billion in FY2009. This decline reflects
primarily lower war-related procurement as DOD’s returned to a narrower, more traditional
definition of war-related costs, rather than lower troop levels since increases for Afghanistan
offset decreases for Iraq. Based on the current request, the cost of the Afghan and Iraq wars
would fall by another 8% in FY2010, a decrease that is less than the currently planned 19%
decrease in overall troop levels.
If the Administration’s FY2010 war request is enacted, total war-related funding would reach
$1.08 trillion, including $748 billion for Iraq, $300 billion for Afghanistan, $29 billion for
enhanced security, and $5 billion that cannot be allocated. Of this cumulative total, 69% would be
for Iraq, 28% for Afghanistan, and 3% for enhanced security. On August 30, 2009, General
Stanley McChrystal, Commander in Afghanistan, submitted a strategic assessment and a request
for additional troops was reportedly given to Secretary of Defense Gates on September 26 , 2009.
That request is unlikely to be vetted either within DOD and the Administration until additional
ongoing White House reviews of the strategy are completed.
In a January 2009 update, the Congressional Budget Office projected that additional war costs for
FY2010-FY2019 could range from $388 billion, if troop levels fell to 30,000 by 2011, to $867
billion, if troop levels fell to 75,000 by about 2013. Under these CBO projections, funding for
Iraq, Afghanistan and the GWOT could total about $1.3 trillion to about $1.8 trillion for FY2001-
FY2019 depending on the scenario.
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The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................1
Total War Funding Enacted ...................................................................................................1
Total War Costs if FY2010 Request is Approved ...................................................................2
Pending FY2010 Request ......................................................................................................3
Potential Troop Increases in Afghanistan .....................................................................................4
War Cost Issues in the 111th Congress..........................................................................................4
War Cost Estimates for Iraq and Afghanistan.........................................................................6
Problems with Reliability of DOD’s Estimates by Operation ...........................................7
Estimates of War-Related Budget Authority.....................................................................8
Funding for Each Agency.............................................................................................. 10
Trends in War Funding.............................................................................................................. 12
Estimates for Iraq and Afghanistan and Other Operations .................................................... 15
CBO Projections of Future Costs................................................................................... 16
Past Trends and Future DOD Costs in Iraq .................................................................... 17
Past Trends and Future DOD Costs in Afghanistan ........................................................ 19
Past Trends and Future Costs in Enhanced Security ....................................................... 19
DOD Spending Thus Far..................................................................................................... 19
Changes in Average Monthly Obligations...................................................................... 22
Troop Level Changes in the Bush and Obama Administrations ............................................ 23
Funding to Train and Equip Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces ............................................. 24
Reset and Reconstitution ..................................................................................................... 26
DOD Changes Definition of War Costs ......................................................................... 26
Procurement Funding in FY2007 and FY2008............................................................... 27
Front Loading Reset Funding ........................................................................................ 27
Carryover of DOD War Investment Funding.................................................................. 28
Accuracy and Expansion of Reconstitution Requests..................................................... 29
Modularity as an Emergency Expense ........................................................................... 30
Growing the Force as a War Cost .................................................................................. 30
Questions About War-Related Procurement Issues......................................................... 31
Potential Readiness Issues................................................................................................... 32
Congressional Options to Affect Military Operations........................................................... 33
Problems in War Cost Estimates and Reporting ......................................................................... 35
Difficulties in Explaining DOD’s War Costs........................................................................ 36
Changes in Troop Strength ............................................................................................ 37
Reliance on Reservists Falls .......................................................................................... 40
Changes in Military Personnel Costs ............................................................................. 41
Changes in Operating Costs .......................................................................................... 42
Changes in Investment Costs......................................................................................... 42
Special Funds and the Flexibility Issue.......................................................................... 43
Average Cost Per Deployed Troop and Future Costs............................................................ 45
Estimates of Future Costs.............................................................................................. 46
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The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Introduction
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has initiated three military
operations:
• Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) covering Afghanistan and other Global War
on Terror (GWOT) operations ranging from the Philippines to Djibouti that
began immediately after the 9/11 attacks and continues;
• Operation Noble Eagle (ONE) providing enhanced security for U.S. military
bases and other homeland security that was launched in response to the attacks
and continues at a modest level; and
• Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) that began in the fall of 2002 with the buildup of
troops for the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and continues with counter-
insurgency and stability operations.
As the ninth year of operations since the 9/11 attacks begins this October, and troops are being
withdrawn in Iraq and increased in Afghanistan, the cost of war is a major concern including the
total amount appropriated, the amount for each operation, average monthly spending rates, and
the scope and duration of future costs. Information on costs is useful to Congress to assess
Department of Defense (DOD) war costs in FY2010, conduct oversight of past war costs, and
consider future alternatives for Afghanistan including potential additional increases in troop
levels which could offset some of the savings from the ongoing withdrawal from Iraq. This report
analyzes war funding for the Defense Department and tracks funding for USAID and VA Medical
funding.
At the end of June 2009, Congress passed the FY2009 Supplemental (H.R. 2346/P.L. 111-32)
which together with the FY2009 bridge fund passed last year (H.R. 2642/P.L. 110-252) provided
war funding for the current fiscal year.
Based on DOD estimates and budget submissions, the cumulative total for funds appropriated
from the 9/11 attacks through FY2009, total funding enacted to date for DOD, State/USAID and
VA for medical costs for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and enhanced security is $944 billion
including:
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Some 94% of this funding goes to the Department of Defense to cover primarily incremental war-
related costs, that is, costs that are in addition to normal peacetime activities. These costs include
funds to deploy troops and their equipment to Iraq and Afghanistan, to conduct military
operations, to provide in-country support at bases, to provide special pay for deployed personnel,
and to repair, replace, and upgrade war-worn equipment.
These amounts are in addition to DOD’s funding in its baseline or regular budget which covers
the costs of regular pay for all military personnel, training activities, running and building
facilities on U.S. installations, buying new military equipment, and conducting research to
enhance future military capabilities.
Of total war costs, another 5% is for foreign and diplomatic activities and less than 1% for VA
medical for OEF and OIF veterans (see Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3).
The $73 billion in war costs for Afghanistan in FY2010 represents a $30 billion or 70% increase
over FY2008, two years earlier (see Table 1). With that increase, the balance between the cost of
Iraq and Afghanistan would shift—with Afghan war costs exceeding that of Iraq for the first time.
In FY2008, the cost of Iraq was 75% and that of Afghanistan 25%. Two years later, Iraq would
make up 47% and Afghanistan 53% of the total.
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Based on DOD’s most recent obligations report for July 2009, obligations are currently running
about $10.9 illion a month, or almost 25% less than the $14.3 billion average per month in
FY2008 during the Iraq surge. This year’s decrease reflects primarily a drop in average
obligations in Iraq and a rise in obligations for Afghanistan. Specifically, average obligations are
running:
• $7.3 billion in FY2009 compared to $11.1 billion in FY2008 in Iraq and;
• $3.6 billion in FY2009 compared to $3.1 billion in FY2008 in Afghanistan (see
Table 4).
The decrease in Iraq reflects the gradual reversal of the troop surge, where troop levels remained
high for much of the year in FY2008, and the beginning of the drawdown. Average obligations
based on obligations through July 2009 reflect the deployment of 37,000 additional troops to
Afghanistan based on decisions made by the Bush Administration in the winter of 2008 and the
Obama Administration this spring. CRS estimates are based on DOD’s obligations reports with
additions for funds not reported by DOD such as national intelligence ($43 billion to date) and
certain items DOD does not consider war-related, such as congressional adds for C-17 aircraft,
force-protection and other items, which are not captured in DOD’s war cost reports.30
29
DOD, “Cost of War Slides As of February 28, 2009,” April 2009.
30
DOD, “Cost of War Slides,” February 2009” shows average overall obligations of $13.5 billion. Communication
with DOD Comptroller staff, October 2007 and Table 1a in DOD, FY2008 Global War on Terror Amendment, October
2007, for total for non-DOD intelligence and non-GWOT; http://www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/defbudget/fy2008/
Supplemental/FY2008_October_Global_War_On_Terror_Amendment.pdf.
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The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Sources and Notes: NA = Not available. Numbers may not add due to rounding. Monthly estimates reflect
Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) reported obligations through July 31, 2009; see DOD, “Cost War
Slides,” July 31, 2009; Operation Enduring Freedom includes Afghanistan and other “Global War on Terror”
operations.
Monthly average figures for FY2003-July 2009 reflect CRS calculations based on DFAS reports with estimated
adjustments for funds excluded by DFAS such as intelligence and some Congressional additions. DOD figures in
last column do not include these adjustments. “Enhanced Security and Other” includes additional security at
defense bases, combat air patrol around U.S. cities, and reconstruction of the Pentagon after the 9/11 attacks.
Reflects FY2009 obligations as of July 2009 as reported in DFAS, “Status of Funds Report,” July 2009.
b. Includes funds appropriated for military personnel, operation and maintenance, working capital, and defense
health.
c. Includes funds appropriated for procurement, RDT&E, and military construction.
d. Operation Enduring Freedom funds Afghanistan and other global war on terror (GWOT) activities.
Although obligations go up and down from month-to-month, average obligations are a good
indicator of ongoing operational costs because these funds must be obligated—put in contract—
within the first year. For investment costs, however, average monthly obligations lag appropriated
budget authority since only some funds are obligated in the first year because of the time for the
planning and negotiation of contracts.
Obligations figures do not reflect outlays—or payments made when goods and services are
delivered—which would be a better measure of spending rates and actual costs. In its new Status
of War Reports, DOD is now tracking outlays, reversing its previous stance that these could not
be captured because war-related appropriations are co-mingled with regular or baseline funds.
Outlays are useful in giving a better sense of actual spending rates.
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The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Sources: CRS calculations based on H.Rept. 110-60, S.Rept. 110-37, H.Rept. 110-107, H.R. 1591 and H.R. 2206
as passed by both houses, and “additional explanatory materials” in the Congressional Record, May 24, 2007, p. H
.8506ff. Submitted by Congressman Obey, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.
Notes: Numbers may not add due to rounding. This table separates funds with special purposes such as the
Afghan Security Forces Fund from the regular titles to better identify trends. For FY2007, request reflects
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NA=Not Applicable. Totals may not add due to rounding. Totals reflect budget authority for war-related expenses
from appropriations and transfers, and exclude contingent appropriations not approved, rescissions that do not affect
war-related funds, and transfers that were later restored in supplemental appropriations.
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Sources: CRS calculations based on public laws, reports, explanatory statements, and DOD documents. Totals
may not add due to rounding.
a. FY2003 Appropriations Act included $7.1 billion in regular FY2003 defense appropriations for GWOT that
DOD cannot track; the FY2004 DOD Appropriations Act rescinded $3.5 billion in FY2003 war monies.
b. DOD’s regular appropriations bills included a separate Title IX for additional emergency appropriations for
war costs in FY2005, FY2006, and FY2007 to “bridge” the gap between the beginning of the fiscal year and
passage of a supplemental. Title IX funds in FY2005 do not include a $1.8 billion scoring adjustment that
reverses the previous rescission of FY2004 funds because this did not change wartime monies.
c. Excludes funds for Tsunami relief.
d. Reflects funds obligated for enhanced security (Operation Noble Eagle) in FY2005 and FY2006 from DOD’s
baseline funds as reported by Defense Finance Accounting Service.
e. Includes VA medical funds for Iraq and Afghan veterans in emergency funding in Interior bill and in regular
VA appropriations.
f. State Department figures for foreign aid, reconstruction and embassy operations in FY2007 CR and CRS
estimates of likely amounts to be provided for Iraq and Afghanistan for VA medical under the FY2007
Continuing Resolution.
g. CRS calculations of transfers from DOD’s regular appropriations to war funding based on DOD’s 1414
reports on prior approval reprogrammings and other sources. From DOD documents, it appears that DOD
transferred about $2.0 billion from its baseline funds to prepare for the Iraq invasion during the summer
and fall of 2002 but the source of those funds is not identified.
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through Authorizing Legislation, Appropriations
The Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) Emissions, Carbon Tax, Emission
Allowances, Acid Rain SO2 Program,
Ozone Transport Commission, NOX,
Carbon Markets, and Climate Change
A Description of the Federal and
Congressional Budget Processes,
Including Timelines
Made
Measures, Supplemental Appropriations, Earmarks,
and Enforcing the Authorization-Appropriations Process Compiled by TheCapitol.Net