Budget
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CongressDOE Nuke Agency Would Get Requested Weapons Funding in Draft House Budget Bill; GOP Says ‘Short Changes’
Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs would get almost exactly the funding they requested for fiscal year 2022, if the House’s first draft of the Department of Energy’s budget bill […]
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CongressHouse Defense Panel Aims For Greater Oversight On GBSD Cost Control Measures
House appropriators are seeking to gain greater oversight into the Air Force’s cost control measures for the future Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile, according to a bill […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators Look To Boost R&D Funds For Army’s CFTs, Propose Another IVAS Cut
House appropriators are looking to boost research and development (R&D) funds for the teams leading the Army’s six modernization priorities, while also once again proposing a more than $200 million […]
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BudgetNavy Official Says Budget Worries Led To Destroyer Cut
The Navy had to make cuts in systems to sustain the current force in the fiscal year 2022 budget request, including redirecting funding for a second Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer […]
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BudgetHAC-D Advances $706 Billion FY ‘22 Defense Spending Bill
The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) on Wednesday advanced its $706 billion fiscal year 2022 spending bill by voice vote, with the full committee set to take up the legislation […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriations Subcommittee Approves $52.8 Billion DHS Funding Bill
The House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee on Wednesday approved by voice vote its proposed $52.8 billion discretionary spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security, a measure that would add […]
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Air ForceHouse Defense Appropriators Advise Restart of Air Force MQ-9 Buy, Add Six Reapers
While the U.S. Air Force requested no funding for General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones in fiscal 2022, the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel’s (HAC-D) version of the FY 2022 Defense […]
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ArmyHouse Appropriators Restore Funding For CH-47F Block II Procurement In FY ‘22 Defense Bill
Lawmakers have once again restored funding for the Army’s CH-47F Chinook Block II program not included in the service’s budget request, with the House Appropriations Committee providing for procurement of […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators’ $706 Billion Defense Bill Boosts Procurement By $1.7 Billion, Cuts Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
House appropriators on Tuesday released their $706 billion fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill, which would boost procurement spending by $1.7 billion over the president’s budget request, restore funding for […]
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BudgetBlue Dog Democrats Urge Lawmakers To Oppose Defense Spending Cuts
A group of moderate Democrat lawmakers are urging the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees to fully fund President Joe Biden’s request for a $753 billion national security budget in […]