[House Document 111-66]
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111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-66
A REQUEST FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010
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COMMUNICATION
from
THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES
transmitting
FY 2010 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
September 24, 2009.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, August 13, 2009.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: I am committed to supporting our troops
and will continue to promote policies that maintain their high
level of readiness and that improve the quality of life of
servicemembers and their families. To that end, as part of the
constant assessment of Department of Defense (DOD) operations,
my Administration proposes to increase temporarily the Army's
active component by up to 22,000 personnel, including 15,000
troops in Fiscal Year 2010.
This increase will allow military commanders to reduce the
strain on the force and increase time at home between
deployments. Eight years of sustained combat operations have
weighed heavily on our soldiers and their families. Expanding
the Army to 562,400 troops in 2010 will reduce stress and
strain on soldiers and families. It will increase the number of
troops available to deploy while also helping the Army to end
the practice of retaining soldiers beyond their period of
obligated service.
I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed Fiscal Year
2010 Budget amendments for the DOD. These amendments are offset
through the reallocation of approximately $1.0 billion from
lower-priority DOD contingency operations' requirements, which
are no longer needed at the current time due to changed
circumstances because sufficient resources exist to protect
United States personnel. Details of these requests are set
forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama.
[Estimate No. 6, 111th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, August 13, 2009.
The President,
The White House.
You have stressed the importance of properly resourcing
strategies to win the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as
improving the quality of life for the men and women of the
Armed Forces. As you are aware, Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates recently recommended increasing the Army's active
component end strength by up to 22,000 to a potential temporary
total of 569,400. This temporary increase would help properly
size the Army to support current operations while alleviating
stress on the force, maintaining a minimum of 12 months of
dwell time at home stations between deployments, and
eliminating the routine use of holding servicemembers beyond
their period of obligated service. Submitted for your
consideration are amendments to your Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Budget for the Department of Defense (DOD) for overseas
contingency operations to support this goal.
The amendments would reallocate $1,012.6 million within the
existing DOD request for additional Army personnel and support
costs in FY 2010. Specifically, it will support DOD's proposal
to temporarily increase the Army's active component end
strength by 15,000 in FY 2010, with the remainder of the
request to be addressed in your FY 2011 Budget. It will not be
used to create new combat formations and the end strength is
currently expected to return to 547,400 once demand for
deploying units stabilizes.
As noted above, the amendment package is fully offset by
reductions within the existing DOD request, and therefore does
not affect your overall FY 2010 Budget level. In most cases,
the reductions do not represent a shift in requirements, but
rather a reallocation of resources from lower priority items
from each of the Military Departments. An increase in the size
of the Army is more urgently needed to reduce the strain on our
ground forces.
This request only affects the DOD overseas contingency
operations budget, and the major categories of this funding are
highlighted below.
PERSONNEL AND SUPPORT COSTS
The request adds $1,012.6 million for personnel and support
costs associated with recruiting and retaining an additional
15,000 soldiers. The additional funds would cover pay and
benefits, training, additional costs to installations (e.g.,
housing and food), and the processing of additional recruits.
They would also fund related benefits for new servicemembers
and their families.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
A total of $700.6 million in Army resources is recommended
to offset the higher personnel costs; this is approximately 1
percent of the Army's total request. This offset reduces your
initial request for trucks and tactical vehicles, due to delays
in contract awards and the large backlog of production. It also
reduces your initial request for humvees due to the Army's
reassessment of the requirement that took into account an
increase in the requirement for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
vehicles. In addition, Iraqi security forces have recently
assumed greater responsibility for operations, enabling U.S.
forces to scale back operations faster than projected and
resources to be shifted in support of the personnel increase.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
A total of $156.0 million in the Navy's and Marine Corps'
procurement request is recommended as an offset; about 5
percent of the Navy's total request. This offset reflects
reductions, not eliminations, in the expected requirements and
includes areas such as weapons, ammunition and support
equipment procurements. In each case, the Department's latest
assessment is that existing resources, including funds provided
in the FY 2009 supplemental appropriations, are sufficient to
satisfy the immediate need.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
A total of $156.0 million in the Air Force's Aircraft
Procurement request is recommended as an offset; a little over
4 percent of the Air Force's total request. The cuts are
largely possible because production on the C-130 Large Aircraft
Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) modifications is already at
maximum capacity. In addition, as a result of the Combat Air
Forces restructure, funding for certain increased F-16
capabilities are no longer necessary. Finally, some funds were
made available due to schedule delays in the C-17 LAIRCM
modification program.
RECOMMENDATION
I have carefully reviewed these amendments and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join
Secretary Gates in recommending you transmit the proposals to
the Congress.
Sincerely,
Peter R. Orszag, Director.
Enclosures.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Military Personnel
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 343
FY 2010 Pending Request: $9,046,340,000
Proposed Amendment: $560,000,000
Revised Request: $9,606,340,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$9,046,340,000'' and substitute $9,606,340,000.)
This amendment would provide funds to increase the active
component Army end strength from 547,400 to 562,400 in FY 2010.
This 15,000 end strength increase (10,582 average strength) is
necessary to support current operational needs. The persistent
pace of operations has resulted in increasing numbers of forces
unavailable for deployment, primarily due to temporary medical
conditions, minimum 12 months of dwell time at home, and
eliminating the routine practice of holding servicemembers
beyond their period of obligated service.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Operation and Maintenance
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 345
FY 2010 Pending Request: $52,170,661,000
Proposed Amendment: $196,100,000
Revised Request: $52,366,761,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$52,170,661,000'' and substitute $52,366,761,000.)
This amendment would provide additional funding for
training, installation support costs, and recruiting operations
to support the additional 15,000 end strength growth of the
Army active component force in FY 2010. A total of $346.1
million is required, of which $196.1 million would be provided
through this amendment and $150.0 million would be provided by
realigning this funding within the Operation and Maintenance,
Army appropriation. The total funding provided would include:
$251.9 million for installation support costs
(Base Operating Support and Sustainment, Restoration, and
Modernization);
$69.8 million for training; and
$24.4 million for recruiting and recruiter
operations.
This funding is available due to lower than projected
operating tempo in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Funding
is available due to the recent progress in Iraq, enabling U.S.
troops to withdraw from Iraqi cities while the Iraqi security
forces have assumed greater responsibility for operations. This
hand-off of responsibility has allowed U.S. forces to scale
back operations faster than projected.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Operation and Maintenance
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
House Doc. 111-48 Page: 6
FY 2010 Pending Request: $7,578,300,000
Proposed Amendment: $5,100,000
Revised Request: $7,583,400,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$7,578,300,000'' and substitute $7,583,400,000.)
This amendment would provide funds for the DOD Education
Activity schools to support family members associated with the
additional 15,000 end strength growth of the Army active
component forces in FY 2010.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Operation and Maintenance
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 349
FY 2010 Pending Request: $1,155,235,000
Proposed Amendment: $101,440,000
Revised Request: $1,256,675,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$1,155,235,000'' and substitute $1,256,675,000; and after
``operation and maintenance'' add the following before the
period:
, of which $530,567,000 may be made available for contracts
entered into under the TRICARE program)
This amendment would provide funds for health care for
those servicemembers and their families associated with the
additional 15,000 end strength (10,582 average strength) for
the Army active component forces in FY 2010. The estimated cost
per average strength (including care for dependents) is $9,586
per active duty soldier. Of the proposed amendment total of
$101.4 million in the Operation and Maintenance budget
activity, $65.5 million is required for In-House Care and $35.9
million is required for Private Sector Care.
In addition, this amendment increases the ceiling on
funding available for TRICARE program contracts to $530.6
million. The revised ceiling includes the original amount of
$494.7 million requested for Private Sector Care in the OCO
budget plus the $35.9 million requested for Private Sector Care
in this budget amendment.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Procurement
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 351
FY 2010 Pending Request: $6,225,966,000
Proposed Amendment: -$550,640,000
Revised Request: $5,675,326,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$6,225,966,000'' and substitute $5,675,326,000.)
This amendment realigns funds from lower priority items in
order to resource a temporary wartime increase to Army active
component end strength. Programs impacted include:
-$375.3 million for procurement of fewer High
Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles due to the Army's large
recent procurements, which raised the inventory to
approximately 120,000 HMMWVs. Additionally, the Army is
conducting a reassessment of its inventory requirement given
the number of Mine Resistant Ambushed Protection (MRAP)
vehicles being procured; and
-$175.3 million for procurement of fewer Family of
Medium Tactical Vehicles due to the FY 2009 contract award
slipping into FY 2010, assembly of vehicles that would have
been accomplished in FY 2010 has been delayed into FY 2011.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Procurement
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 352
FY 2010 Pending Request: $73,700,000
Proposed Amendment: -$23,000,000
Revised Request: $50,700,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$73,700,000'' and substitute $50,700,000.)
This amendment realigns funds from lower priority items in
order to resource a temporary wartime increase to Army active
component end strength. The program impacted includes:
-$23.0 million for procurement of fewer Hellfire
missiles because the large number of Navy missiles in
production (about 4,276) and the remaining 1,219 requested in
FY 2010 are sufficient for immediate needs.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Procurement
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 352
FY 2010 Pending Request: $710,780,000
Proposed Amendment: -$28,823,000
Revised Request: $681,957,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$710,780,000'' and substitute $681,957,000.)
This amendment realigns funds from lower priority items in
order to resource a temporary wartime increase to Army active
component end strength. The program impacted includes:
-$28.8 million for procurement of less Machine Gun
Ammunition because the 4.2 million rounds in production and the
remaining FY 2010 procurement is sufficient for immediate
needs.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Procurement
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 353
FY 2010 Pending Request: $1,164,445,000
Proposed Amendment: -$104,177,000
Revised Request: $1,060,268,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$1,164,445,000'' and substitute $1,060,268,000.)
This amendment realigns funds from lower priority items in
order to resource a temporary wartime increase to Army active
component end strength. In each of the programs impacted below,
existing resources, including funds provided in the FY 2009
supplemental appropriations, are sufficient to satisfy
immediate needs. Some programs are executing slowly which
necessitates a temporary delay.
-$54.0 million for procurement of fewer 155MM
Lightweight Towed Howitzer;
-$12.6 million for procurement of less Night
Vision Equipment;
-$10.2 million for procurement and installation of
fewer Motor Transport Modifications;
-$17.0 million for procurement of less Physical
Security Equipment; and
-$10.4 million for procurement of fewer Training
Devices.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
Procurement
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
FY 2010 Budget Appendix Page: 353
FY 2010 Pending Request: $936,441,000
Proposed Amendment: -$156,000,000
Revised Request: $780,441,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$936,441,000'' and substitute $780,441,000.)
This amendment would realign funds previously requested for
Air Force aircraft modification programs. Programs impacted
include:
-$124.4 million for fewer C-130 Large Aircraft
Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) modifications because
installation capacity is at maximum levels;
-$20.0 million for reduced F-16 Secure Line-of-
Sight and Beyond Line-of-Sight capability because the Air Force
will retire more Block 25 F-16s than originally assumed due to
the Combat Air Forces restructure; and
-$11.6 million for fewer C-17 LAIRCM modifications
due to a delay in kit procurement and installation caused by
contracting issues.