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Fiscal Year 2000 Add-Ons:

Congress' Unrequested Spending for the Pentagon

As part of its work on the Fiscal Year 2000 budget, Congress funded a number of military programs not included in the Clinton Administration's request for the Pentagon. The following is a partial list of programs added by either the House or Senate and approved by Congress as part of the Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Act for which the Pentagon had not requested funding:

$ Millions
Navy LHD-1 Amphibious Assault Ship Multi-Year Procurement375.0
Air Force F-15 Fighters (5)275.0
Guard and Reserve Miscellaneous Equipment150.0
Air Force Advanced Research99.3
Army Assorted Ammunition89.0
Air Force EC-130J Aircraft (1)87.8
Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle Base Sustainment87.0
Navy EA-6 Aircraft Upgrades79.0
Air Force F-15 Fighter Upgrades67.5
Navy P-3 Aircraft Upgrades66.0
Air Force Operational Support Aircraft (1)63.0
National Guard UH-60L Blackhawk Helicopters (6)54.0
Navy E-2 Aircraft Upgrades47.9
Navy Assorted Navigation Equipment43.0
Army CH-47 Helicopter Modifications41.0
National Guard UH-60Q Blackhawk Helicopters (3)40.2
Army Night Vision Devices40.0
Navy F-18 Fighter Upgrades38.8
Army Apache Longbow Modifications35.0
Air Force F-16 Fighter Upgrades33.5
Army 155mm M109A6 Howitzer Modifications21.0
Sensed Fused Weapon18.3
Army AH-64 Apache Helicopter Modifications10.5
Air Force B-2 Bomber Shelters8.2
Army Utility F/W (MR) Aircraft (1)5.4
Army ASE Modifications (ATIRCM)5.0
Army Avionics Support Equipment2.5
Other Unlisted Items908.7
TOTAL:2,806 Million

In addition, members of the House-Senate Conference Committee which wrote the final version of this legislation added funding for a number of programs which were not only not requested by the Pentagon, but were not even included by either the House or the Senate.

$ Millions
Air Force C-17 Interim Contractor Support396.6
Air Force B-2 Interim Contractor Support47.6
Air Force F-15 Advanced Procurement25.0
National Guard UH-60L Helicopters (2)22.0
Army Patriot Service Life Extension Program20.0
Navy UC-35 Aircraft (2)12.0
Air Force C-130J Simulator Upgrade4.1
Navy AN/SSQ-57 Special Purpose Electronics1.0
TOTAL:528 Million

GRAND TOTAL: $3.334 BILLION

NOTE: This is not a complete list, but represents those items identified to date by CDI.

Prepared by Christopher Hellman,chellman@cdi.org Senior Research Analyst, October 14, 1999.
Source: National Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000 - Conference Report