as reported by the House Armed Services Committee
Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050)
| Allocation | FY21 Enacted | FY22 Request | HASC Authorization |
| DoD Discretionary Base | $635.5 billion | $715 billion | $739.5 billion |
| DoE Discretionary Base | $26.6 billion | $27.9 billion | $28.2 billion |
| Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)* | $69 billion | n/a | n/a |
| Defense-Related Activities | $0.5 billion | $0.4 billion | $0.4 billion |
| Total, NDAA Topline | $731.6 billion | $743.1 billion | $768.1 billion (+$25B) |
| Defense Activities not in HASC Jurisdiction | $8.9 billion | $9.8 billion | $9.8 billion |
| Total, National Defense Topline** | $740.7 billion | $753 billion | $777.9 billion |
*Starting in FY22, OCO is included in the base budget
**Does not include mandatory spending
DOD Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Programs
| Program | FY21 Enacted | FY22 Request | HASC Authorization |
| Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) | $1.45 billion | $2.6 billion | $2.6 billion |
| Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine | $4.5 billion | $4.9 billion | $5.03 billion (+$90M) |
| Trident II Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Mods Procurement | $1.2 billion | $1.1 billion | $1.1 billion |
| Sea Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) | n/a | $5.2 million | $5.2 million |
| W93 Mk7 Aeroshell | $31.5 million | $62 million | $62 million |
| B-21 Strategic Bomber | $2.8 billion | $2.9 billion | $2.9 billion |
| F-35 Dual Capable Aircraft Nuclear Certification | $88.5 million | $44.8 million | $39.9 million (-$5M) |
| B-52 Upgrades | $483 million | $716 million | $569 million (-$147M) |
| B61-12 Gravity Tail Bomb Assembly Kit | $45.3 million | $2.7 million | $2.7 million |
| Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) | $385 million | $609 million | $609 million |
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Request
| Program | FY21 Enacted | FY22 Request | HASC Authorization |
| Federal Salaries and Expenses | $443 million | $464 million | $464 million |
| Weapons Activities | $15.3 billion | $15.5 billion | $15.9 billion (+$460M) |
| Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation | $2.3 billion | $1.9 billion | $2 billion (+$60.5M) |
| Naval Reactors | $1.7 billion | $1.9 billion | $1.9 billion |
| Total, National Nuclear Security Administration | $19.7 billion | $19.7 billion | $20.3 billion (+$520.5M) |
DOE Nuclear Weapons Funding Request for Select Weapons Activities
| Program | FY21 Enacted | FY22 Request | HASC Authorization |
| B61-12 Gravity Bomb | $816 million | $772 million | $772 million |
| W80-4 Nuclear Warhead | $1 billion | $1.1 billion | $1.1 billion |
| W80-4 Alt SLCM Nuclear Warhead | n/a | $10 million | $10 million |
| W87-1 Nuclear Warhead | $541 million | $691 million | $691 million |
| W88 Nuclear Warhead | $257 million | $207 million | $207 million |
| W93 Nuclear Warhead | $53 million | $72 million | $72 million |
| Stockpile Sustainment | $998 million | $1.2 billion | $1.1 billion (-$52M*) |
| Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition | $56 million | $51 million | $51 million |
| Plutonium Modernization – Los Alamos National Lab | $837 million | $1 billion | $1 billion |
| Plutonium Modernization – Savannah River Site | $442 million | $603 million | $603 million |
| Total, Plutonium Modernization | $1.4 billion | $1.7 billion | $1.7 billion |
*no sustainment funding to begin the B83 gravity bomb life extension program
Select Provisions Related to Nuclear Weapons
➤Review of GBSD Contract: Requires a review of the GBSD engineering & manufacturing phase to improve cost, schedule, competition, and management of the program (Section 1624)
➤LRSO Oversight: Prohibits awarding a production contract for the LRSO until additional cost analysis and justification is completed and requires a briefing on warhead development delays (Section 1625)
➤Deployed ICBMs: Bars reducing the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles below 400 (Section 1626)
➤SLCM-N Budget Documents: Limits DoD staff travel funds to 75% until all communication regarding the proposed budget limitation of the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile is released (Section 1627)
➤SLCM-N AoA: Limits DoD staff travel funds to 75% until the analysis of alternatives for the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile is released and briefed on to Congress (Section 1628)
➤Minuteman III ICBM Readiness: Requires the JCS Chairman to certify annually whether the readiness of the Minuteman III ICBMs requires placing nuclear-armed heavy bombers on alert (Section 1629)
➤Heavy Bomber Re-Alert: Directs the Air Force to develop a cost estimate for re-alerting long-range bombers in event of the absence of ground-based leg of the triad (Section 1630)
➤Chinese ICBM Stockpile: Requires notification and assessment should the Chinese ICBM or related warhead active inventory exceeds the U.S. inventory (Section 1631)
➤Minuteman III ICBM Life Extension: Requires Congressional notification for any service life extension review of the Minuteman III ICBMs (Section 1632)
➤NPR Issues: Expresses a Sense of Congress on the issues that should be considered as part of the 2021 Nuclear Posture Review (Section 1633)
➤Security of Pakistan’s Arsenal: Requires a report on the vulnerability of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal to seizure (Directed Report Language)
➤China’s ICBM Silos: Requires a report on the new Chinese ICBM silos (Directed Report Language)
➤Pit Production Oversight: Increases oversight of the plutonium pit production enterprise through various certification requirements, reports, and briefings (Section 3113)
➤Runit Dome: Requires a report on the effects of climate change on the Runit Dome nuclear waste disposal site in Enewetak Atoll and on other related environmental hazards (Section 3114)
➤W76-2 Retirement or Reconversion: Bars FY22 NNSA funds to be used to retire or reconvert W76-2 warheads without certification that Russia & China do not have equivalent capabilities (Section 3116)
Select Provisions Related to Missile Defense
➤Directed Energy Research: Expresses support for the continued funding of directed energy research over the beliefs of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Sec. 1641)
➤MDA Acquisition Strategy: Seeks to prevent the Secretary of Defense from making any changes to the MDA’s flexible acquisition capabilities granted by Rumsfeld in 2002 (Sec. 1642)
➤Guam Integrated Air and Missile Defense System: Requires SecDef to identify the architecture and acquisition for a 360° missile defense system of Guam to defend against advanced threats (Sec. 1644)
➤BMD Systems Acquisition Authority: Repeals requirement to transition acquisition authority of ballistic missile defense programs from MDA to military departments (Sec. 1646)
➤Tours of Certain Missile Defense Sites: Requires SecDef to submit a certification 45 days prior before allowing any Russian or Chinese foreign national to tour missile defense sites (Sec. 1647)
➤Next Generation Interceptor: Expresses a Sense of Congress that United States should begin to deploy the next generation interceptor by no later than September 30, 2028 (Sec. 1648)
Miscellaneous Programs
| Program | FY21 Enacted | FY22 Request | HASC Authorization |
| F-35/Joint Strike Fighter | $12.9 billion 96 planes |
$12 billion 85 planes |
$11.7 billion (-$293M) 80 planes (-5 planes) |
| Virginia Class Submarine Procurement | $6.8 billion
(2 submarines) |
$6.4 billion
(2 submarines) |
$6.9 billion (+$567M)
(2 submarines) |
| A-10 Modernization | $136 million | $84 million | $184 million (+$100M) |
| Hypersonic Weapon Prototyping Research for ARRW & HACM | $386 million | $438 million | $438 million |
| Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) Procurement | n/a | $161 million | $111 million (-$50M) |
| Cooperative Threat Reduction | $360.2 million | $240 million | $345 million (+$105M) |
| Pacific Deterrence Initiative | n/a | $5.1 billion | $8.8 billion |
| Afghanistan Security Forces Fund | $3.1 billion | $3.3 billion | $325 million (-$3B) |
| Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative | $250 million | $250 million | $300 million (+$50M) |
| Space Force | $15.4 billion | $17.5 billion | $18.1B (+$646M) |
| DoD Military & Civilian Personnel Pay Raise | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.7% |
| Hawaii Discrimination Radar | $133 million | $0 | $75 million (+$75M) |
Active Forces End-Strength Request
| Service Branch | FY21 Enacted | FY22 Request | HASC Authorization |
| Army | 486,000 | 485,000 | 485,000 |
| Navy | 348,359 | 346,200 | 346,200 |
| Marine Corps | 181,204 | 178,500 | 178,500 |
| Air Force | 329,051 | 328,300 | 328,300 |
| Space Force | 6,434 | 8,400 | 8,400 |
| Total, Active Forces | 1,351,048 | 1,346,400 | 1,346,400 |
Miscellaneous Provisions of Interest
➤F-35 Quantities: Limits the total quantity of F-35 aircraft that can be procured and maintained based on existing affordability cost constraints (Section 141)
➤Selective Service Modernization: Requires women to register for the draft (Section 513)
➤Office of Countering Extremism: Establishes an Office of Countering Extremism within the Pentagon (Section 529A)
➤Acquisition Oversight: Reinstates requirement to submit selected acquisition reports (Section 815)
➤Defense Secretary Eligibility: Requires a SecDef nominee to be retired from active service for at least 10 years and requires any waiver exception to have three-fourths approval from Congress (Section 901)
➤Assessing the War in Afghanistan: Establishes a 12-member commission to assess the war in Afghanistan (Section 1080)
➤Guantanamo Bay Prison: Does not include previous annual statutory prohibitions on transfer of detainees out of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility that would hinder its closure
➤Congressional Defense Budget Increases: Requires a report on all appropriated defense funds that exceed the requested amount and their relationship to the NDS (Directed Report Language)
➤Origins of COVID-19 Report: Requires unclassified report on the origins of COVID-19, including an assessment on whether it leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (Directed Report Language)
Final Passage
The bill was voted favorably out of committee by a 57-2 vote.
