[House Document 111-66]
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          A REQUEST FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

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                     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.

                                  
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