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June 16, 2009

Congressonal Add-Ons to Second FY2009 War Supplemental (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)

by Christopher Hellman 

On June 11, House and Senate conferees approved a $105.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill for the latter part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, which ends on September 30. The bill includes $79.9 billion for the Department of Defense, primarily to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As part of their work on the administration’s original $75.5 billion request, members of Congress provided nearly $7 billion in “add-ons” or funds not sought by the Pentagon.

Much of this additional funding is being included as part of the supplemental because these programs are controversial and might not otherwise be funded through the normal budget process. One obvious example is the $2.17 billion included for the purchase of C-17 aircraft – a program whose termination was announced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in April.

In some cases, these additions appear reasonable on their surface. Take, for example, the $488 million added to modernize U.S. military hospitals. The question remains, however, why this funding is being included in an “emergency” spending package, rather than through the normal annual budget process.

Program $Millions Service Origin
C-17 Transport–Procure Eight Aircraft 2,170.2 Air Force House
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP)—All Terrain Variant 1,850.0 N/A Both
C-130J Transport– Procure three MC-130J and four HC-130J aircraft 504 Air Force House
National Guard & Reserve Equipment 500 N/A Both
Hospital construction to update older facilities (Military Construction) 488 N/A N/A
Conversion of one Army National Guard AH-64A helicopter battalion to D model aircraft 342.7 Army House
Bradley Fighting Vehicle Reset requirements 243.6 Army House
Procure additional Stryker vehicles 200 Army House
155MM Lightweight Towed Howitzer—Unfunded requirement 117 Marine Corps Senate
UH-1Y/AH-1Z helicopters–Four additional combat loss replacement aircraft 100 Navy/Marines House
Tactical Unmanned Aerial System—Quick Reaction Capability Fund multi-band receivers 80 Army Both
Link 16 Support & Sustainment—Interim Gateway/Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (RDT&E) 61 Air Force Senate
Unit Operations Center–OEF UUNS 53.2 Marine Corps Senate
P-3 “Orion” aircraft series 50.2 Navy Both
One additional CH-47 helicopter 30 Army House
Manned Reconnaissance Systems –“Saber Focus” (RDT&E) 26.7 Navy Senate
Lightweight Mine Rollers 22.5 Marine Corps Senate
Afghan ISR infrastructure 12.8 Air Force Senate
Amphibious Support Equipment–Unfunded Requirement 11 Marine Corps Senate
TOTAL 6,892.90    

 

Table Notes: This is not a complete list, but represents those items identified to date. All programs shown are procurement programs unless otherwise indicated. “$Millions” is the amount added by Congress. “Service” is the branch of the military which operates the system. “Origin” is the house of Congress which added the funding; House, Senate, or Both (i.e. both houses included unrequested funds).

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