[House Document 106-240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-240
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE
May 18, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
79-012 WASHINGTON : 2000
The White House,
Washington, May 18, 2000.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests
for FY 2001 budget amendments for the Department of Defense.
The proposals would revise the funding requested in the FY 2001
Budget for the Global Positioning System satellite program. The
discretionary resources proposed in the budget would not be
increased by these amendments, and the FY 2001 surplus would
not be diminished.
This transmittal also contains FY 2001 budget amendments
for the Legislative Branch. As required by law, budget requests
for the Legislative Branch are transmitted without change.
The details of these actions are set forth in the enclosed
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
Bill Clinton.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 12, 106th Cong. 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, May 18, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2001
budget amendment for the Department of Defense (DOD). Together,
the two amendments would decrease the budget authority
requested in your FY 2001 Budget by $19.6 million and would
have no effect on FY 2001 outlays.
The FY 2001 Budget included a program to modernize the
Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites in order to improve
civil and military navigation, positioning, and timing service
worldwide. After the budget was submitted to the Congress, the
Air Force and the Defense Science Board reviewed the GPS
modernization program and determined that some aspects of the
program contained unacceptably high risks. The proposed
amendments would restructure the modernization program to
reduce those risks while ensuring that enhanced military and
civil GPS capabilities remain a priority.
The proposed amendments would increase funding requested
for the design and development of modernized GPS satellites by
$10.8 million and would decrease funding for GPS procurement by
$30.4 million. These proposals would have no net effect on
estimated FY 2001 outlays. In addition, DOD will redirect $4.5
million within GPS procurement activities to support additional
advance parts purchases. The Administration has submitted to
the Congress an FY 2000 reprogramming proposal that would allow
necessary work on the revised GPS program to begin this year.
Together, the reprogramming action and the budget amendments
would provide adequate FY 2000 and FY 2001 funding to integrate
both civil and military improvement into existing satellite
designs. The additional FY 2001 funding would also enable DOD
to begin a new satellite design and development effort to
enhance GPS capabilities further with more extensive military
signal improvements.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
Deputy Secretary of Defense in recommending that you transmit
the proposals to the Congress.
This transmittal also contains two FY 2001 budget
amendments for the Legislative Branch. As required by law,
budget requests for the Legislative Branch are transmitted
without change.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew, Director.
Enclosures.
Department of Defense
procurement
Missile Procurement, Air Force
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................ 282
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FY 2001 Pending Request................................. $3,061,715,000
Proposed Amendment...................................... -30,369,000
Revised Request......................................... 3,031,346,000
This amendment would reduce the pending FY 2001 request for
Missile Procurement, Air Force by $30.4 million as part of a
proposal to restructure the Global Positioning System (GPS)
satellite program. The proposal to restructure the GPS
modernization program would reduce identified risks while
providing enhanced military and civil capabilities.
The Department of Defense will also realign $4.5 million
within this procurement account to finance advance parts
purchases that would be deferred from FY 2000 to FY 2001 as
part of the program restructuring. Source funds are available
because the restructured program allows for a one-year delay in
some GPS Block IIR and IIF production costs.
The proposed decrease in budget authority would fully
offset the proposed increase in GPS research and development
proposed in an accompanying budget amendment. Taken together,
the amendments would not affect FY 2001 outlays.
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Department of Defense
research, development, test, and evaluation
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................ 291
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FY 2001 Pending Request................................. $13,685,576,000
Proposed Amendment...................................... 10,783,000
Revised Request......................................... 13,696,359,000
This amendment would increase the pending FY 2001 request
for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force by
$10.8 million as part of a proposal to restructure the Global
Positioning System (GPS) satellite program. The proposal to
restructure the GPS modernization program would reduce
identified risks while providing enhanced military and civil
capabilities.
The proposed increase in budget authority would be offset
by a decrease in GPS procurement in an accompanying budget
amendment. Taken together, the amendments would not affect FY
2001 outlays.
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Legislative Branch
joint items
Capitol Police Board, Capitol Police, Salaries
Previous Budget Amendment Dated: April 21, 2000.
FY 2001 Pending Request................................. $100,898,000
Proposed Amendment...................................... 5,172,000
Revised Request......................................... 106,070,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$100,898,000'' and substitute $106,070,000; delete ``$49,366,000'' and
substitute $51,952,000; and, delete ``$51,532,000'' and substitute
$54,118,000.)
This amendment would increase the pending request for
salaries of the Capitol Police by $5.2 million, equally divided
between the House and Senate. (An amendment transmitted on
April 21, 2000, decreased the FY 2001 request in the budget by
$0.4 million.)
The requested additional funding would be used to increase
staff levels and overtime funds in order to staff each access
point fully with at least two officers.
This amendment would increase FY 2001 outlays by $5.2
million.
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Legislative Branch
joint items
Capitol Police Board
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................ 20
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FY 2001 Pending Request.................................
Proposed Amendment...................................... $2,750,000
Revised Request......................................... 2,750,000
(Insert the subheading and appropriations language that
follows immediately after the material under the subheading
``General Expenses.'')
security enhancements
For the Capitol Police Board for security enhancements to
the Capitol complex, $2,750,000, to remain available until
expended.
This proposal would provide $2.8 million in new funding in
FY 2001 for security enhancements to the Capitol complex.
The amendment would increase FY 2001 outlays by $2.8
million.