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FY 2021 Defense Appropriations Bill From Senate Appropriations Committee

$696.0 billion in Discretionary Spending

$627.2 billion: Base Funding
$68.7 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations

Increase of $2.1 billion from FY 2020 and $2.1 billion below the administration request

Military Personnel:  $154.2 billion, a decrease of $907.6 million from request
Operation and Maintenance: $251.6 billion, a decrease of $3.2 billion from request
Procurement: $139.2 billion, an increase of $3.2 billion from request
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation: $104.4 billion, a decrease of $2.2 billion from request
Revolving and Management Funds: $2.6 billion, an increase of $1.3 billion from request
Other Department of Defense Programs: $35.8 billion, an increase of $650 million from request

Select Nuclear and Related Weapons Programs

  • A. Ohio Replacement Strategic Submarine (Columbia Class)
    • $2.9 billion: Procurement, as requested
    • $1.3 billion: Advanced Procurement, an increase of $130 million
    • $317 million: Research and Development, as requested
  • B. Long range strike bomber B-21 (Conventional and Nuclear): $2.8 billion, as requested
  • C. Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO): $444 million: Research and development, a decrease of $30 million
  • D. Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD – ICBM replacement): $1.5 billion: Research and Development, a decrease of $15 million
  • E. Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile: $1.2 billion: Procurement, as requested
  • F. W93 Mk7 Aeroshell: $32 million, as requested
  • G. Missile Defense Agency: $10.2 billion, an increase of $1.1 billion (including an increase of $450 million related to Ground-Based Midcourse Missile Defense system and an increase of $319.6 million for an eighth THAAD battery)

Aircraft

  • 24 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, as requested: $1.7 billion, a decrease of $39 million
  • 96 F-35 aircraft, 17 more than the request: $9.2 billion, an increase of $1.4 billion
  • 12 F-15EX aircraft, as requested: $1.2 billion, a decrease of $90 million
  • 15 KC-46 tankers, as requested: $2.7 billion, a decrease of $185 million
  • 16 HH-60W combat rescue helicopters, as requested: $910 million, a decrease of $64 million
  • 17 C/KC/MC-130J aircraft, 8 more than the request: $1.6 billion, an increase of $737 million
  • 6 CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters, as requested: $298.1 million, an increase of $119 million
  • 36 UH/HH-60M Blackhawk helicopters, as requested: $826.2 million, a decrease of $4.2 million
  • 50 AH-64 Apache helicopters, as requested: $961.5 million, as requested
  • 13 V-22 aircraft, four more than the request: $1.3 billion, an increase of $316 million
  • 9 P-8A Poseidon aircraft, nine more than the request: $1.6 billion, an increase of $1.5 billion 
  • 4 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, as requested: $734.3 million, a decrease of $15 million
  • 7 CH-53K helicopters, as requested: $1.1 billion, an increase of $71 million
  • VC-25B Presidential Aircraft Replacement: $801 million for research and development, as requested

Shipbuilding

9 Navy Warships: $21.3 billion, increase of $1.4 billion

  • 1 Columbia Class submarine, as requested: $4.1 billion, an increase of $130 million in advanced procurement
  • 1 Virginia Class submarine, as requested: $2.7 billion, an increase $472 million
  • 2 DDG–51 Arleigh Burke destroyers, as requested: $3.3 billion, an increase of $200 million
  • 1 FFG frigate, as requested: $1.1 billion, as requested
  • 1 LPD-17 Flight II ship, as requested: $1.1 billion, a decrease of $30 million
  • 1 Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, 1 more than requested: $260 million, an increase of $260 million
  • 2 Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ships (ATS), as requested: $168 million, as requested
  • Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80): $998 million, as requested
  • Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81): $1.6 billion, as requested

Active duty end-strength: 1,345,205, a decrease of 6,295 from request; an increase of 5,705 above current year

  • Army: 485,000
  • Navy: 346,730
  • Marines: 180,000
  • Air Force: 333,475

Reserves end-strength: 802,000, as requested; an increase of 1,200 above current year

Miscellaneous Provisions

  • Pay raise: 3.0 percent for service members
  • Cooperative Threat Reduction program: $238,490 million, as requested
  • Afghanistan Security Forces Fund: $3.4 billion, a decrease of $625 million
  • Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative: $250 million, as requested

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