The Fiscal Year 1999 Pentagon Budget Request

Highlights of the FY'99 Request

• The budget request would allow the Pentagon to keep $20 billion in projected savings from lower-than-expected inflation over FY'99-'03.

• Base Closures: Asks for two additional rounds of base closures, in FY'01 and FY'05. Projected annual savings: $3 billion.

• Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction: Requests $462 million for Cooperative Threat Reduction (the "Nunn-Lugar" program) in FY'99 and $3.6 billion for defense against Chemical and Biological Weapons from FY'99-'03.

• "Star Wars" National Missile Defense: After two successive years in which Congress has added roughly $475 million to the Pentagon's budget for NMD, the Administration has requested nearly $1 billion for the program, bringing the FY'99 request in line with past Congressional action. Total request for ballistic missile defense is over $4 billion.

• Tactical Aircraft Modernization: The Pentagon is seeking $41.1 billion for tactical aircraft programs (F-22, F/A-18E/F and Joint Strike Fighter) from FY'99-'03.

• B-2 Bomber: Includes no funds for additional bombers beyond the 21 currently planned.

• Shipbuilding: Includes funding for 1 New Attack Submarine and 3 DDG-51 destroyers. Includes no FY'99 funds for CVN-77, but fully funds it in FY'01, one year earlier than scheduled.

• Procurement: Requests $48.7 billion in FY'99. Reaches $60 billion annual procurement goal in FY'01 ($61.3 billion).

• Bosnia: Assumes supplemental funding to cover additional costs of Bosnia mission in FY'98 and FY'99.

LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Topline Request for FY'98-'03 and Program Budgets

Funding for Selected Weapons

Discretionary Spending Levels (Coming Soon)

For more information on FY'99 Budget, please email Chris Hellman.

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