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You are here: Home / Security Spending / Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4350)

September 13, 2021

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            
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. 

Bill Text 

HASC Summary 

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