As passed by the House of Representatives (Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY22 Request) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (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 […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4350)
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 […]
Fact Sheet: Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles
Updated June 2024 Despite the Biden administration’s previous decision not to pursue the development of a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) and its associated warhead, the W80-4 ALT, due to cost and strategic considerations, Congress provided funding for the continuation of the SLCM-N program in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act. In FY23 budget […]
U.S. Navy Funds New Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Biden Called “A Bad Idea”
Research Analyst Monica Montgomery was quoted in Forbes about the Biden administration’s decision to fund a new nuclear-armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile, known as SLCM-N, in his fiscal year 2022 budget request. “Putting nuclear-armed missiles back on the conventional surface or attack submarine fleets of the Navy is a real cause for concern,” says Monica Montgomery […]
Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) Allocation FY 21 Enacted FY 22 Request Department of Defense $703.7 billion $715 billion Department of Energy & Other Agencies $37 billion $37.9 billion Total, National Defense Spending Request $740.7 billion $753 billion (+1.7%) [Source: Department of Defense, FY 2022 Budget Briefing] Total Nuclear Weapons Spending Agency FY21 Enacted FY22 […]
