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Fiscal Year 2001 Add-Ons:

Congress' Unrequested Spending for the Pentagon

As part of its work on the Fiscal Year 2001 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 2001 Appropriations Act for which the Pentagon had not requested funding:

$ Millions
Navy LHD-1 Amphibious Assault Ship Advanced Procurement460.0
Air Force F-15A Fighters400.0
Army Transformation -- Medium Armored Vehicle300.0
Guard and Reserve Miscellaneous Equipment209.3
Army Transformation -- Other Support Equipment200.0
Air Force F-16 Fighters -- Multi-Year Procurement (4)122.0
Air Force EC-130J Aircraft (1)90.0
Navy Harrier Targeting Pods80.0
Army Reserve UH-60L Blackhawk Helicopters (8)78.5
Army Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge77.1
Navy KC-130J Additional Aircraft74.6
National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters (6)72.3
Navy P-3 Aircraft Modifications to EP-361.0
Navy C-40A Aircraft55.0
Navy Additional SH-60R Helicopter Modifications (2)52.4
Navy Harrier Aircraft Modification52.0
Air Force C-40 Aircraft52.0
Army Future Combat System Technology46.0
Navy CH-60 Helicopters (2)41.9
OSD High Performance Computing Modernization40.0
Air Force Extended Range Cruise Missile40.0
Army TH-67 Training Helicopter24.0
Navy Surface Ship Torpedo Defense16.0
Army Floating Cranes15.0
Army Shortstop Electronic Warfare Equipment12.0
Other Unlisted Items641.4
TOTAL:$3,312.5 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
Navy Theater Wide Missile Defense System Program Acceleration80.0
Air Force CINC Support Aircraft (737 for CINCPAC)60.0
Army M1A2 Abrams Tank Upgrades38.4
High Energy Laser Program30.0
Navy Operating Forces IPE Pearl Harbor Capital Purchase Plan17.0
Navy E-2C RMP Littoral Surveillance15.0
Army Bradley Electronics Improvements8.1
Navy Submarine Q-70 Combat System retrofits8.0
Navy Airborne Reconnaissance Systems8.0
Marine Corps Base Telecommunications Infrastructure (Camp Pendleton)6.0
Navy F-18 Technical Manual Digitization5.2
Navy Distance Learning IT Center at CA St. Univ., Santa Bernardino5.0
F-22 Digital EW Product Improvement5.0
Navy Spike Urban Warfare system4.0
Navy Center of Excellence in Electro-optics Manufacturing4.0
Navy SAR All Weather Precision Targeting System (AWPTS)4.0
Navy Fleet Health Technology3.0
Navy EA-6B Aircraft Block 89A Ready Room Mission Rehearsal System3.0
Army Environmental Cleanup Technology Demonstration -- Porta Bella3.0
Navy Shipboard Tactical Communications3.0
Navy Materials and Computer Technology Development3.0
Air Force Integrated Command & Control Applications (IC2A)3.0
Navy Low Frequency Broadband Acoustic Airgun Source3.0
Air Force Personal Safety and Rescue Equipment2.5
Navy Advanced Food Service Technology2.5
Navy Maritime Fire Training/Barbara Point2.0
Air force Center of Acquisition Reengineering2.0
Air force Knowledge management Project2.0
Chemical/Biological CBMS II Upgrades2.0
Navy E-2 Improved Composite Rotodome2.0
Naval Intelligent Agent Security Module2.0
Navy Advanced Technical Information System2.0
DoD Lightweight X-band Antenna2.0
Army Natural Gas Turbine Development1.0
Navy AQS-20 Sonar Data Recording Capability1.0
Marine Corps Remote Precision Gun Aiming Platform1.0
Army Force XXI Compass System1.0
Army Air Compressors1.0
Air Force Handheld Holographic Radar Gun (H3G)1.0
DoD Advanced Materials Research1.0
TOTAL:$346.7 Million

GRAND TOTAL: $3.659 BILLION

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


Prepared by Christopher Hellman, chellman@cdi.org Senior Analyst, July 28, 2000.
Source: National Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Conference Report