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You are here: Home / Security Spending / Nuclear Weapons Spending / Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 Defense and Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bills (H.R. 2471)

March 21, 2022

Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 Defense and Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bills (H.R. 2471)

All table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the President’s FY 2022 Budget Request (referred to below as Request).

National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) 

Allocation  Request  Enacted 
DoD Discretionary Base  $715 billion  $743.4 billion 
DoE Discretionary Base  $27.9 billion  $29.1 billion 
Other Defense-Related Activities  $9.9 billion  $9.8 billion 
Total*  $753 billion  $782 billion (+$29B) 

 *Does not include mandatory spending nor any FY22 emergency supplemental funding provided in response to Afghanistan or Ukraine  

 

DOD Nuclear Weapons Funding for Select Programs

Program  Request  Enacted 
Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD)   $2.6 billion  $2.6 billion 
Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine  $4.9 billion  $5.1 billion (+$145M) 
Trident II SLBM Procurement   $1.1 billion  $1.1 billion (-$24M) 
Sea Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N)   $5.2 million  $5.2 million 
W93 Mk7 Aeroshell  $62 million  $62 million 
B-21 Strategic Bomber  $2.98 billion   $2.98 billion 
F-35 Dual Capable Aircraft Nuclear Certification  $44.8 million  $44.8 million 
B-52 Upgrades  $716 million  $647 million (-$69M) 
B61-12 Gravity Bomb Tail Kit Assembly Kit  $2.7 million  $2.7 million 
Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO)  $609 million  $599 million (-$10M) 

 

DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Funding

Program  Request  Enacted 
Federal Salaries and Expenses  $464 million  $464 million 
Weapons Activities  $15.5 billion  $15.9 billion (+$436M) 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation  $1.9 billion  $2.4 billion (+$420M) 
Naval Reactors  $1.9 billion  $1.9 billion (+$57M) 
Total, National Nuclear Security Administration  $19.7 billion  $20.7 billion (+$913M) 

 

DOE Nuclear Weapons Funding for Select Weapons Activities

Program  Request  Enacted 
B61-12 Gravity Bomb  $772 million  $772 million 
W80-4 Nuclear Warhead  $1.1 billion  $1.1 billion 
W80-4 Alt SLCM Nuclear Warhead  $10 million  $10 million 
W87-1 Nuclear Warhead  $691 million  $691 million 
W88 Nuclear Warhead  $207 million  $207 million 
W93 Nuclear Warhead  $72 million  $72 million 
B83 Gravity Bomb*  $98.5 million  $98.5 million 
Stockpile Sustainment  $1.2 billion  $1.2 billion 
Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition  $51 million  $56 million (+$5M) 
Plutonium Modernization – Los Alamos National Lab  $1 billion  $1 billion 
Plutonium Modernization – Savannah River Site  $603 million  $603 million 

 *included in the Stockpile Sustainment total 

 

DOD Funding for Select Missile Defense & Defeat Programs

Program  Request  Enacted 
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)  $648.9 million  $713.6 million (+$65M) 
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense/Next Generation Interceptor  $1.9 billion  $1.8 billion (-$62M) 
Iron Dome  $108 million  $1.1 billion (+$1B) 
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense   $1.7 billion  $1.8 billion (+$94M) 
Guam Integrated Air and Missile Defense System  $118.3 million  $192 million (+$74M) 
Hawaii Discrimination Radar  $0  $75 million (+$75M) 

 

Miscellaneous Programs

Program  Request  Enacted 
Cooperative Threat Reduction  $240 million  $345 million (+$105M) 
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund  $3.3 billion  $0 (-$3.3B) 
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative  $250 million  $300 million (+$50M) 
Space Force  $17.5 billion   $18.1 billion (+$583M)  
DoD Military & Civilian Personnel Pay Raise  2.7%  2.7% 

Miscellaneous Provisions & Report Language of Interest

  • Includes no funding for the Overseas Contingency Fund for the first time since 2001
  • States that nothing in the bill may be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution or construed as authorizing the use of force against Iran or North Korea (Secs. 8125-8128)
  • States that “the repeated volatility of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) annual test plans that consistently result in schedule adjustments, test delays, and the cancellation of previously planned and budgeted flight tests in the year of execution is concerning” (Defense Report)
  • Prohibits the use of funds to carry out the closure of the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (Sec. 8148)
  • Provides $20 million for research into low enriched uranium for use in naval reactors (NNSA’s Nonproliferation Fuels Development account)  
  • States that “in lieu of House and Senate direction, the agreement includes funding consistent with the budget request as Congress awaits the upcoming Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)” and directs the NNSA to brief the Congress on any departures from the fiscal year 2022 budget request in the NPR” (Energy & Water Development Report) 
  • States that “concerns remain about contingency planning for pit production given the timeline for achieving 80 pits per year will stretch beyond 2030” and directs the NNSA to provide an “update detailing actionable plans based on current pit production timelines and coordinated with the Department of Defense” within 60 days (Energy & Water Development Report) 

Sources 

H.R.2471 – Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 Text 

Defense Report 

Energy & Water Development Report 

CBO Estimate 

FY22 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book 

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