[Senate Report 114-63] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] Calendar No. 115 114th Congress } { Report SENATE 1st Session } { 114-63 ====================================================================== DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2016 _______ June 11, 2015.--Ordered to be printed Mr. Cochran, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 1558] The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1558) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. New obligational authority Total of bill as reported to the Senate.................$569,841,694,000 Amount of 2015 appropriations........................... 547,753,288,000 Amount of 2016 budget estimate.......................... 571,719,613,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to-- 2015 appropriations................................. +22,088,406,000 2016 budget estimate................................ -1,877,919,000 CONTENTS ---------- Background: Page Purpose of the Bill.......................................... 5 Hearings..................................................... 5 Summary of the Bill.......................................... 5 Definition of Program, Project and Activity.................. 6 Reprogramming Guidance....................................... 7 Committee Initiatives........................................ 7 Navy Modernization Priorities................................ 8 Title I: Military Personnel: Military Personnel Special Interest Items................ 13 Military Personnel Overview.............................. 13 Military Personnel, Army................................. 15 Military Personnel, Navy................................. 17 Military Personnel, Marine Corps......................... 19 Military Personnel, Air Force............................ 20 Reserve Personnel, Army.................................. 22 Reserve Personnel, Navy.................................. 23 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps.......................... 24 Reserve Personnel, Air Force............................. 25 National Guard Personnel, Army........................... 26 National Guard Personnel, Air Force...................... 27 Title II: Operation and Maintenance: Operation and Maintenance, Army.......................... 36 Operation and Maintenance, Navy.......................... 39 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps.................. 43 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force..................... 45 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.................. 48 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve.................. 51 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve.................. 53 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve.......... 54 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve............. 54 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard........... 55 Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard............ 57 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces............... 58 Environmental Restoration, Army.......................... 58 Environmental Restoration, Navy.......................... 58 Environmental Restoration, Air Force..................... 58 Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide.................. 58 Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites... 58 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid........... 59 Cooperative Threat Reduction Account..................... 59 Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund................................................... 59 Title III: Procurement: Aircraft Procurement, Army............................... 63 Missile Procurement, Army................................ 67 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army. 70 Procurement of Ammunition, Army.......................... 74 Other Procurement, Army.................................. 77 Aircraft Procurement, Navy............................... 85 Weapons Procurement, Navy................................ 91 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps......... 94 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy........................ 97 Other Procurement, Navy.................................. 103 Procurement, Marine Corps................................ 112 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.......................... 116 Missile Procurement, Air Force........................... 123 Space Procurement, Air Force............................. 127 Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force..................... 131 Other Procurement, Air Force............................. 133 Procurement, Defense-Wide................................ 139 Defense Production Act Purchases......................... 145 Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army......... 150 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy......... 157 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force.... 170 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide. 180 Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense................. 193 Title V: Revolving and Management Funds: Defense Working Capital Funds............................ 194 National Defense Sealift Fund............................ 195 Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs: Defense Health Program................................... 196 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense....... 210 Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense... 212 Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund...................... 213 Office of the Inspector General.......................... 213 Title VII: Related Agencies: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund................................................... 214 Intelligence Community Management Account................ 214 Title VIII: General Provisions................................... 215 Title IX: Overseas Contingency Operations: Department of Defense--Military.............................. 221 Military Personnel: Military Personnel, Army................................. 222 Military Personnel, Navy................................. 223 Military Personnel, Marine Corps......................... 224 Military Personnel, Air Force............................ 225 Reserve Personnel, Army.................................. 226 Reserve Personnel, Navy.................................. 226 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps.......................... 227 Reserve Personnel, Air Force............................. 227 National Guard Personnel, Army........................... 227 National Guard Personnel, Air Force...................... 228 Operation and Maintenance: Operation and Maintenance, Army.......................... 229 Operation and Maintenance, Navy.......................... 229 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps.................. 230 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force..................... 231 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.................. 232 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve.................. 233 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve.................. 234 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve.......... 234 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve............. 234 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard........... 235 Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard............ 235 Afghanistan Security Forces Fund......................... 236 Iraq Train and Equip Fund................................ 237 Syria Train and Equip Fund............................... 237 Procurement: Aircraft Procurement, Army............................... 238 Missile Procurement, Army................................ 238 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army. 239 Procurement of Ammunition, Army.......................... 239 Other Procurement, Army.................................. 240 Aircraft Procurement, Navy............................... 240 Weapons Procurement, Navy................................ 241 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps......... 241 Other Procurement, Navy.................................. 242 Procurement, Marine Corps................................ 242 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.......................... 242 Missile Procurement, Air Force........................... 243 Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force..................... 243 Other Procurement, Air Force............................. 244 Procurement, Defense-Wide................................ 244 National Guard and Reserve Equipment..................... 245 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army......... 246 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy......... 246 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force.... 246 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide. 247 Revolving and Management Funds: Defense Working Capital Funds 247 Other Department of Defense Programs: Defense Health Program................................... 248 Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense... 248 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund............ 248 Office of the Inspector General.......................... 249 General Provisions--This Title........................... 249 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate......................................................... 251 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate.................................................. 253 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate..................................................... 253 Budgetary Impact of Bill......................................... 254 Comparative Statement of Budget Authority........................ 255 BACKGROUND Purpose of the Bill This bill makes appropriations for the military functions of the Department of Defense for the period October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016. Functional areas include the pay, allowances, and support of military personnel, operation and maintenance of the forces, procurement of equipment and systems, and research, development, test and evaluation. Appropriations for foreign military assistance, military construction, family housing, nuclear weapons programs, and civil defense are provided in other bills. Hearings The Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense began hearings on March 5, 2015, and concluded them on June 18, 2015, after 11 separate sessions. The subcommittee heard testimony from representatives of the Department of Defense. Summary of the Bill The Committee recommendation of $569,841,694,000 includes funding to develop, maintain, and equip the military forces of the United States and for other purposes in nonemergency appropriations. The fiscal year 2016 budget request for activities funded in the Department of Defense appropriations bill totals $571,719,613,000 in new budget authority, including $50,949,561,000 in contingency funding for the Department of Defense and $514,000,000 in mandatory spending. In fiscal year 2015, the Congress appropriated $547,753,288,000 for activities funded in this bill. This amount includes $483,705,993,000 in base appropriations, $112,000,000 in emergency appropriations and $63,935,295,000 in overseas contingency operations appropriations. The Committee recommends that funds requested for Coast Guard overseas contingency operations be appropriated directly to the Department of Homeland Security. The Committee recommendation in this bill is $22,088,406,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2015 and $1,877,919,000 below the amount requested for fiscal year 2016. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS The following table displays the recommendations for each title: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year 2015 Fiscal year 2016 Committee enacted estimate recommendation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title I--Military Personnel............................... 128,004,618 130,491,227 129,442,113 Title II--Operation and Maintenance....................... 161,655,679 176,517,228 139,169,199 Title III--Procurement.................................... 93,835,072 106,914,372 109,813,734 Title IV--Research, development, test and evaluation...... 63,713,275 69,784,963 70,324,687 Title V--Revolving and management funds................... 2,134,480 1,786,732 2,253,732 Title VI--Other Department of Defense programs............ 34,144,557 34,230,507 34,293,892 Title VII--Related agencies............................... 1,021,600 1,044,023 1,027,923 Title VIII--General provisions (net)...................... -803,288 1,000 -3,351,838 Title IX--Overseas Contingency Operations................. 63,935,295 50,949,561 86,868,252 Title X--Ebola Response and Preparedness, Department of 112,000 ................ ................ Defense.................................................. ----------------------------------------------------- Net grand total..................................... 547,753,288 571,719,613 569,841,694 ----------------------------------------------------- Total discretionary (incl. scorekeeping adjustments) 554,193,988 577,877,613 575,999,694 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Committee has displayed recommended adjustments in tables presented under each appropriation account. These adjustments reflect the following Committee actions: elimination of funds requested for programs which are lower priority, duplicative, or not supported by firm requirements in out-year development or procurement appropriations; deletion of excess funds based on program delays or slow execution; addition of funds to reflect congressional priorities and to rectify shortfalls in the budget estimate; and implementation of recommendations in S. 1376, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, as reported. The Committee directs that the funding increases outlined in these tables shall be provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the table. CLASSIFIED PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS The Committee recommends adjustments to certain classified programs, as explained in the classified annex to the Committee's report. Definition of Program, Project and Activity For the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-119), and by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), the terms ``program, project, and activity'' for appropriations contained in this act shall be defined as the most specific level of budget items identified in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, the related classified annexes and Committee reports, and P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents as subsequently modified by congressional action. The following exception to the above definition shall apply: the military personnel and the operation and maintenance accounts, for which the term ``program, project, and activity'' is defined as the appropriations accounts contained in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act. At the time the President submits the budget request for fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of Defense is directed to transmit to the congressional defense committees budget justification documents to be known as the ``M-1'' and ``O-1'' which shall identify, at the budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group level, the amounts requested by the President to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for military personnel and operation and maintenance in any budget request, or amended budget request, for fiscal year 2017. Reprogramming Guidance The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow the reprogramming guidance for acquisition accounts as specified in the report accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2008 (House Report 110-279). For operation and maintenance accounts, the Secretary of Defense shall continue to follow the reprogramming guidelines specified in the conference report accompanying H.R. 3222, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008. The dollar threshold for reprogramming funds shall remain at $10,000,000 for military personnel; $15,000,000 for operation and maintenance; $20,000,000 for procurement; and $10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation. Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is directed to continue to provide the congressional defense committees annual DD Form 1416 reports for titles I and II and quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006. The Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of a military personnel (M-1), an operation and maintenance (O-1), a procurement (P-1), or a research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest items are established elsewhere in this report. Committee Initiatives The Committee has included funding above the President's budget request for several programmatic initiatives which the Committee believes are of inherent value for national defense. In several cases, funds are restored for programs which were included in previous Department of Defense budget requests, and for programs that the Committee believes are necessary to improve the U.S. defense posture even though they have not been included under the request formulated by the Department of Defense. For instance, the Committee's hearings with the military Services and the Department's leadership highlighted the risk to maintaining the U.S. technological edge under sequester- level budgets. Therefore, the Committee recommends increases to sustain U.S. technological superiority such as fifth generation aircraft, the Technology Offset Initiative, Cyber Vulnerability Assessments and the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System [UCLASS]. In addition, the Committee recommends funding to increase readiness, sustain U.S. force structure and maintain our industrial base. Finally, the Committee recommends increases in basic research, alternative energy and science and technology funding, which are the foundation for enhancing future technological superiority. The Committee also recommends funding for programs that are chronically underfunded, such as the Defense Production Act and National Guard and Reserve equipment purchases. The Committee directs that funds for these initiatives are to be competitively awarded or provided to programs that have received competitive awards in the past. Navy Modernization Priorities The fiscal year 2016 President's budget requests $17,885,916,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, an increase of $1,927,456,000 over amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015. While a significant portion of this increase can be attributed to programs of record as they mature and progress through the acquisition cycle, such as the Ohio Class Replacement program, the Presidential helicopter replacement program and the Marine Corps' Amphibious Combat Vehicle program, the Committee notes that the fiscal year 2016 request includes no less than $151,563,000 for 13 new start programs and $331,000,000 for several programs that the Navy proposes to initiate via directive letters, rapid fielding efforts or by adding scope to previously approved efforts. These initiatives are expected to require at least $2,700,000,000 for additional development over the next 5 years. The Committee notes that in some instances, programs initiated outside of the regular acquisition process have replaced previously planned programs of record that would have been subject to a full vetting of requirements and competitive acquisitions. Further, the Committee notes that the Navy is investing modernization funds in programs that have only recently transitioned from development into production, such as the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, the E-2D Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft, or the P-8 Poseidon Multi- mission Maritime Aircraft, while neglecting to invest in the modernization of existing and high-demand fleet assets, such as Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers, or in the acquisition of self-described current and future warfighter needs, such as tactical fighter aircraft. The Committee is concerned that the fiscal year 2016 budget request continues a trend by the Navy to submit budgets to the Congress that accept undue risk in programs deemed by the Navy to be critical, with the expectation that the congressional appropriations committees will fund these programs within its budget allocation for the Department of Defense. For instance, in fiscal year 2016, the Navy did not fund the continued procurement of tactical fighter aircraft, despite awareness of readiness shortfalls. In fiscal year 2015, the Navy removed all funds required to retain and modernize CVN 73, USS George Washington, from its budget not only in clear contravention of Public Law, but also in direct conflict with Navy leadership priorities identified to the Committee. In fiscal year 2013, the Navy submitted a budget that removed funding for a Virginia class submarine previously included in a ten-ship multi-year procurement plan. As a result of these budgetary maneuvers, the Committee must question whether budget requests from the Navy accurately reflect the service's most important priorities. This is particularly concerning with major acquisitions looming on the horizon, most significantly the Ohio Class replacement program. The Ohio Class replacement is an indispensable component of the Nation's nuclear triad, but the program's acquisition costs are expected to exceed $135,000,000,000, with the first ship of the class scheduled for procurement in fiscal year 2021. The Navy has raised concerns about affordability of this ship within its total obligational authority, and has endorsed proposals for funding mechanisms that appear to be unprecedented. The Committee notes that the Department of Defense has not requested, nor appears to be considering, alternative funding mechanisms for other acquisition programs estimated to be of equal or greater cost: the ballistic missile defense system and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Committee recommendation includes $1,390,663,000 in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy appropriation for continued development of the Ohio Class replacement, as requested by the Navy. The Committee recommendation does not include any new transfer authority or similar proposal in relation to alternative funding mechanisms for the Ohio Class replacement. The Committee believes that support for shipbuilding programs, including the Ohio Class replacement, is an imperative for the future of the Navy, as evidenced by the recommendation's significant funding increases within the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy appropriation. The Committee welcomes an ongoing dialogue with the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense, as well as the other services, on prioritizing funding for modernization programs which are indispensable to the defense of this Nation. JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER [JSF] Joint Strike Fighter [JSF] Production.--The Committee remains encouraged by many aspects of the JSF program. Thirty- six aircraft were delivered in 2014 as planned. The Marine Corps is scheduled to meet its Initial Operational Capability goal in 2015. The unit prices for each variant, the Air Force F-35A, the Marine Corps F-35B, and the Navy F-35C, continue to decline. Finally, the Department prudently responded to the engine failure last year and the temporary restrictions on flying have been lifted. Given these developments, the services' unfunded priority lists, and to further accelerate unit cost decreases, the Committee recommends adding $846,000,000 for six additional Marine Corps aircraft and $392,000,000 for four additional Air Force aircraft. The Committee notes that while the unit costs for each variant are decreasing, the Department is still budgeting at a higher unit cost. For example, the Air Force budgets $100,500,000 per aircraft, but the Selected Acquisition Report [SAR] specifies a target price of approximately $98,000,000. Similar trends are apparent in the Navy and Marine Corps budgets as well. As a result, the Committee recommends reducing the Air Force request by $114,400,000; the Marine Corps request by $20,700,000, and the Navy request by $14,400,000. Congress appropriated $483,200,000, as requested, for annualized sustainment for fiscal year 2014 and 2015 in the services' procurement accounts. The contracts have been delayed and the funding has not been awarded. In addition, the services are requesting $566,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 for annualized sustainment with planned award at the end of the fiscal year. The Committee is concerned with these large unobligated balances and recommends a reduction of $380,000,000. Joint Strike Fighter [JSF] Sustainment.--The Committee remains concerned with the life cycle or operations and support [O&S] costs of the JSF program. The JSF program is the Department of Defense's most costly and ambitious program, totaling about $1,000,000,000,000 to operate and support over its lifetime. Officials from the Office of Secretary of Defense [OSD] have stated that the current sustainment strategy is not affordable. GAO reported that the current estimates of JSF lifecycle costs are higher than the current O&S costs of the existing aircraft the F-35 will replace. In December 2013, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics [OUSD(AT&L)] provided the Committee a report titled ``F-35 Engineering Workforce, Supply Chain Management, Sustainment Affordability and Cost Drivers.'' The report was a comprehensive review of operations and sustainment and the program's current affordability. The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L), in conjunction with the JSF Program Executive Officer, to update this report and identify areas to better integrate O&S cost analysis into day-to-day investment decisions. Lastly, the Committee understands that OSD's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation [CAPE] office does not plan to complete an updated estimate of lifecycle O&S costs until 2018. OSD CAPE's most recent O&S estimate from 2014 totaled $1,016,000,000,000, unchanged from its 2013 estimate, and exceeded the JSF Joint Program Office's [JPO] estimate by $157,000,000,000. The Committee directs the CAPE Director to provide congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, an updated estimate of JSF O&S costs. Joint Strike Fighter [JSF] Follow-on Development.--The Department requests $217,272,000, an increase of 378 percent over the fiscal year 2015 enacted level, to develop the next generation technologies for the fifth generation fighter. The Committee has continued to express concern with concurrency in the existing development efforts and the lack of clearly defined requirements and cost estimates. As a result, the Committee recommends a reduction of $126,276,000, allowing the program to continue at a moderate pace. ISRAELI MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $157,795,000 for Israeli missile defense programs, and the Committee has received a request from the Government of Israel to recommend $329,800,000 above the budget request for those programs. The Committee notes that in fiscal year 2015, Congress appropriated $347,039,000 above the budget request for Israeli missile defense programs at the request of the Government of Israel and provided $225,000,000 in emergency appropriations for Iron Dome interceptors in response to a follow-on request from the Government of Israel due to activities associated with OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE. The Committee notes that Congress has repeatedly, with strong, bi-partisan support, appropriated funds in excess of administration requests for Israeli missile defense programs to accelerate development of capabilities within a mutually agreed-upon U.S.-Israeli framework. However, these increases have historically been on a significantly smaller scale than the requests presented to the Committee in recent years. The Committee is concerned by the apparent disconnect in the respective Governments' understanding of future Israeli missile defense requirements, U.S. and Israeli funding contributions and the role of U.S. industry to ensure fielding of Israeli missile defense capabilities, particularly in the absence of further U.S.-Israeli production agreements. The Committee recommends an additional $329,800,000 for Israeli missile defense programs, as requested by the Government of Israel. The Committee directs that not more than $90,000,000 may be obligated or expended for long lead items in support of David's Sling production activities until the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees a joint U.S.-Israeli production agreement that addresses, at a minimum, Israeli requirements, production plans, the role of U.S. and Israeli industry and the proposed use of U.S. funding. Further, the Committee directs that not more than $15,000,000 may be obligated or expended for long lead items in support of Arrow upper tier production activities until the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees a joint U.S.-Israeli production agreement that addresses, at a minimum, Israeli requirements, production plans, the role of U.S. and Israeli industry and the proposed use of U.S. funding. The Committee notes that the Department of Defense has established processes in place to transfer funding for long lead items for Israeli missile defense programs through an exchange of letters that ensure appropriate oversight over subject funds prior to conclusion of production agreements. TITLE I MILITARY PERSONNEL Funds appropriated under this title provide the resources required for basic pay, retired pay accrual, employers' contribution for Social Security taxes, basic allowance for subsistence, basic allowance for housing, special and incentive pays, permanent change of station travel, and other personnel costs for uniformed members of the Armed Forces. The President's fiscal year 2016 budget requests a total of $130,491,227,000 for military personnel appropriations. This request funds an Active component end strength of 1,305,200 and a Reserve component end strength of 811,000. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION The Committee recommends military personnel appropriations totaling $129,442,113,000 for fiscal year 2016. This is $1,049,114,000 below the budget estimate. Committee recommended military personnel appropriations for fiscal year 2016 are summarized below: SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Account 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Personnel: Military Personnel, Army.................................... 41,130,748 41,038,287 -92,461 Military Personnel, Navy.................................... 28,262,396 27,983,432 -278,964 Military Personnel, Marine Corps............................ 13,125,349 12,953,400 -171,949 Military Personnel, Air Force............................... 27,969,322 27,756,536 -212,786 Reserve Personnel: Reserve Personnel, Army..................................... 4,550,974 4,418,714 -132,260 Reserve Personnel, Navy..................................... 1,884,991 1,849,541 -35,450 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps............................. 706,481 697,839 -8,642 Reserve Personnel, Air Force................................ 1,696,283 1,676,551 -19,732 National Guard Personnel: National Guard Personnel, Army.............................. 7,942,132 7,862,122 -80,010 National Guard Personnel, Air Force......................... 3,222,551 3,205,691 -16,860 ----------------------------------------------- Total..................................................... 130,491,227 129,442,113 -1,049,114 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee recommended end strengths for fiscal year 2016 are summarized below: RECOMMENDED END STRENGTH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 2016 budget Committee Change from authorization estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active: Army................................ 490,000 475,000 475,000 ................ Navy................................ 323,600 329,200 329,200 ................ Marine Corps........................ 184,100 184,000 184,000 ................ Air Force........................... 310,900 317,000 317,000 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal.......................... 1,308,600 1,305,200 1,305,200 ................ ======================================================================= Selected Reserve: Army Reserve........................ 202,000 198,000 198,000 ................ Navy Reserve........................ 57,300 57,400 57,400 ................ Marine Corps Reserve................ 39,200 38,900 38,900 ................ Air Force Reserve................... 67,100 69,200 69,200 ................ Army National Guard................. 350,200 342,000 342,000 ................ Air National Guard.................. 105,000 105,500 105,500 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal.......................... 820,800 811,000 811,000 ................ ======================================================================= TOTAL............................. 2,129,400 2,116,200 2,116,200 ................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee recommended end strengths for full-time support of the Reserve and Guard for fiscal year 2016 are summarized below: RECOMMENDED ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE END STRENGTH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 2016 budget Committee Change from authorization estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active Guard and Reserve: Army Reserve........................ 16,261 16,261 16,261 ................ Navy Reserve........................ 9,973 9,934 9,934 ................ Marine Corps Reserve................ 2,261 2,260 2,260 ................ Air Force Reserve................... 2,830 3,032 3,032 ................ Army National Guard................. 31,385 30,770 30,770 ................ Air National Guard.................. 14,704 14,748 14,748 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL............................. 77,414 77,005 77,005 ................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Personnel Special Interest Items Items for which additional funds have been provided or have been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in the Committee report are congressional special interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount as specifically addressed in the Committee report. Below Threshold Reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or reduce funding from congressional interest items as identified on the DD Form 1414. Military Personnel Overview Reserve Component Budget Reporting.--The Committee continues its requirement for the Department to provide a semi- annual detailed report to the congressional defense committees showing transfers between subactivities within the military personnel appropriation. Reports shall be submitted not later than 30 days following the end of the second quarter and 30 days following the end of the fiscal year. Unobligated Balances.--A Government Accountability Office analysis of past year obligation rates shows that the services continue to underexecute their military personnel accounts. Due to excess unobligated balances, the Committee recommends a total reduction of $987,200,000 from the fiscal year 2016 military personnel accounts. Sexual Assault.--The Committee remains concerned with the prevalence of sexual assault in the military. The Department of Defense's Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military for fiscal year 2014 found cases of reported sexual assaults increased by 11 percent over the previous year. The Committee recognizes the efforts by the Department to strengthen its sexual assault prevention and response program and notes that, according to a study performed by a federally funded research and development corporation, the percentage of active duty females who experienced unwanted sexual contact during the past year declined from an estimated 6.1 percent in 2012 to an estimated 4.3 percent in 2014. However, the Committee believes more needs to be done to create a culture throughout the military in which sexual assault is not tolerated. To ensure that the Department continues to make progress ending victims' alienation during the investigation and prosecution of their case, the Committee includes an additional $25,000,000 for implementation of the Special Victims' Counsel Program across all the services. Guard and Reserve Disability Compensation Processing.--The Committee is aware of planned Government Accountability Office [GAO] investigations into the disparity in wait times between Active Duty and National Guard and Reserve personnel in receiving disability compensation. The Committee urges the Department to act quickly on GAO's recommendations and ensure that adjudication of disability claims of National Guard and Reserve members are not delayed. Advanced Trauma Training Program for National Guard and Reserve.--The Committee recognizes the valuable support universities, hospitals, and other military partners provide by offering civilian-based emergency response trauma training to sustain medics' and medical providers' capabilities of the National Guard Enhanced Response Forces Packages [CERFP], National Guard Homeland Response Forces [NGHRF], and the Army Reserve Consequence Management Response Forces [CCMRF]. The Committee encourages the National Guard and Reserve to continue pursuing state-of-the-art trauma training with these civilian partners, thus maintaining unit medical readiness postures at optimum levels as military healthcare providers in CERFPs, NGHRFs, and CCMRFs maintain their individual skills to respond effectively to emergency incidents on the homeland. Furthermore, in order to minimize the civilian-military operational gaps in the event of a catastrophic incident, the Committee also encourages the development of enhanced preparedness medical training programs focusing on mass casualty triage, advanced disaster life support, advanced hazardous material life support, emergency dental, and psychological health by increasing civilian-based advanced trauma expertise gained through day-to-day experiences and medical research programs. Service Academy Superintendents Report.--The Committee notes that the Institute for Defense Analyses [IDA] in December 2014 completed an exhaustive study of superintendent leadership at service academies. Among the conclusions of the study was that academy superintendents should have an option to continue military service at the conclusion of their term, and that the tour of duty at service academies should be lengthened beyond the standard 3 years. Accordingly, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to exercise more frequently the waiver authority provided under Title 10, United States Code, to allow an academy superintendent to continue military service, rather than mandatory retirement. The law allows the Secretary of Defense to issue such a waiver ``for good cause,'' and the Committee encourages the services to make continued and best use of senior officers who have distinguished themselves as academy superintendents. Furthermore, the Committee echoes the concerns of the IDA report that 3 years may be an insufficient amount of time for a superintendent to assess an academy's current challenges, to accomplish strategic planning, to introduce needed change, to garner the support of various stake holders groups, and follow up on initiatives for lasting effects. Title 10 generally requires a minimum of a 3-year tour of duty for an academy superintendent, but does not specify a maximum. The Committee therefore encourages the service secretaries to strongly consider a longer tour of duty for academy superintendents. In the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014, the Committee directed the Department of Defense to report to Congress recommendations for establishing criteria for selecting Service Academy Superintendents. One recommendation was to extend the amount of time between a new Superintendent's Senate confirmation and assumption of duties from 90 to 120 days. The Committee strongly supports this recommendation, which allows incoming Superintendents additional time for specialized training. The Committee will work with the committee of jurisdiction to ensure that this and other recommendations are fully instituted by the Department of Defense. Military Personnel, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $41,116,129,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 41,130,748,000 Committee recommendation................................ 41,038,287,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $41,038,287,000. This is $92,461,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY ACTIVITY 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS BASIC PAY 6,926,625 6,922,400 -4,225 RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 2,172,454 2,172,454 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 2,231,910 2,220,121 -11,789 BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 293,794 293,794 .............. INCENTIVE PAYS 81,079 81,079 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 365,582 365,582 .............. ALLOWANCES 261,520 261,520 .............. SEPARATION PAY 210,860 193,696 -17,164 SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 527,824 527,824 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 13,071,648 13,038,470 -33,178 ACTIVITY 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC PAY 12,668,528 12,661,845 -6,683 RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 3,973,957 3,973,957 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 4,811,937 4,811,937 .............. INCENTIVE PAYS 92,964 92,964 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 435,630 435,630 .............. ALLOWANCES 849,699 849,699 .............. SEPARATION PAY 445,315 445,315 .............. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 969,143 969,143 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 24,247,173 24,240,490 -6,683 ACTIVITY 3: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CADETS ACADEMY CADETS 80,323 80,323 .............. ACTIVITY 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 1,304,526 1,304,526 .............. SUBSISTENCE-IN-KIND 514,155 514,155 .............. FAMILY SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCE 893 893 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 1,819,574 1,819,574 .............. ACTIVITY 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION ACCESSION TRAVEL 167,227 167,227 .............. TRAINING TRAVEL 143,955 143,955 .............. OPERATIONAL TRAVEL 401,690 401,690 .............. ROTATIONAL TRAVEL 714,937 714,937 .............. SEPARATION TRAVEL 304,443 304,443 .............. TRAVEL OF ORGANIZED UNITS 4,234 4,234 .............. NON-TEMPORARY STORAGE 11,333 11,333 .............. TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSE 39,186 39,186 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 5 1,787,005 1,787,005 .............. ACTIVITY 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS APPREHENSION OF MILITARY DESERTERS 717 717 .............. INTEREST ON UNIFORMED SERVICES SAVINGS 1,301 1,301 .............. DEATH GRATUITIES 39,000 39,000 .............. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 201,052 201,052 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 4,620 4,620 .............. ADOPTION EXPENSES 589 589 .............. TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDY 4,814 4,814 .............. PARTIAL DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE 105 105 .............. RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) 111,929 111,929 .............. JUNIOR ROTC 28,140 28,140 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 6 392,267 392,267 .............. LESS REIMBURSABLES -267,242 -267,242 .............. UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -52,600 -52,600 ================================================= TOTAL, ACTIVE FORCES, ARMY 41,130,748 41,038,287 -92,461 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 41,130,748 41,038,287 -92,461 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 5 Basic Pay 6,926,625 6,922,400 -4,225 Improving .............. .............. -4,225 funds management: Projected understrengt h 25 Basic Allowance 2,231,910 2,220,121 -11,789 for Housing Improving .............. .............. -11,789 funds management: Excess to requirement 50 Separation Pay 210,860 193,696 -17,164 Improving .............. .............. -17,164 funds management: Excess growth BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 12,668,528 12,661,845 -6,683 Improving .............. .............. -6,683 funds management: Projected understrengt h UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -52,600 -52,600 funds management: Unobligated balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $27,453,200,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 28,262,396,000 Committee recommendation................................ 27,983,432,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,983,432,000. This is $278,964,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY ACTIVITY 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS BASIC PAY 4,116,138 4,112,147 -3,991 RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 1,290,301 1,290,301 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 1,523,673 1,510,173 -13,500 BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 172,082 172,082 .............. INCENTIVE PAYS 132,555 132,555 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 437,248 437,248 .............. ALLOWANCES 149,026 149,026 .............. SEPARATION PAY 42,355 42,355 .............. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 313,642 313,642 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 8,177,020 8,159,529 -17,491 ACTIVITY 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC PAY 8,822,897 8,813,400 -9,497 RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 2,769,263 2,769,263 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 4,118,156 4,082,210 -35,946 INCENTIVE PAYS 104,910 104,910 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 779,276 779,276 .............. ALLOWANCES 630,672 630,672 .............. SEPARATION PAY 156,500 156,500 .............. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 674,951 674,951 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 18,056,625 18,011,182 -45,443 ACTIVITY 3: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF MIDSHIPMEN MIDSHIPMEN 79,242 79,242 .............. ACTIVITY 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 791,044 791,044 .............. SUBSISTENCE-IN-KIND 429,817 429,817 .............. FAMILY SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCE 4 4 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 1,220,865 1,220,865 .............. ACTIVITY 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION ACCESSION TRAVEL 95,649 95,649 .............. TRAINING TRAVEL 99,893 99,893 .............. OPERATIONAL TRAVEL 249,743 249,743 .............. ROTATIONAL TRAVEL 272,783 272,783 .............. SEPARATION TRAVEL 128,917 128,917 .............. TRAVEL OF ORGANIZED UNITS 30,968 30,968 .............. NON-TEMPORARY STORAGE 12,159 12,159 .............. TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSE 15,800 15,800 .............. OTHER 11,509 11,509 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 5 917,421 917,421 .............. ACTIVITY 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS APPREHENSION OF MILITARY DESERTERS 59 59 .............. INTEREST ON UNIFORMED SERVICES SAVINGS 1,370 1,370 .............. DEATH GRATUITIES 17,800 17,800 .............. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 97,655 97,655 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 19,364 19,364 .............. ADOPTION EXPENSES 265 265 .............. TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDY 4,993 4,993 .............. PARTIAL DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE 35 35 .............. RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) 21,269 21,269 .............. JUNIOR ROTC 14,733 14,733 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 6 177,543 177,543 .............. LESS REIMBURSABLES -366,320 -366,320 .............. UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -216,030 -216,030 ================================================= TOTAL, ACTIVE FORCES, NAVY 28,262,396 27,983,432 -278,964 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 28,262,396 27,983,432 -278,964 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 5 Basic Pay 4,116,138 4,112,147 -3,991 Improving .............. .............. -3,991 funds management: Projected understrengt h 25 Basic Allowance 1,523,673 1,510,173 -13,500 for Housing Improving .............. .............. -13,500 funds management: Excess to requirement BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 8,822,897 8,813,400 -9,497 Improving .............. .............. -9,497 funds management: Projected understrengt h 80 Basic Allowance 4,118,156 4,082,210 -35,946 for Housing Improving .............. .............. -35,946 funds management: Excess to requirement UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -216,030 -216,030 funds management: Unobligated balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $12,828,931,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 13,125,349,000 Committee recommendation................................ 12,953,400,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,953,400,000. This is $171,949,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS ACTIVITY 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS BASIC PAY 1,525,719 1,525,719 .............. RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 478,396 478,396 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 505,390 505,390 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 65,674 65,674 .............. INCENTIVE PAYS 35,998 35,998 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 6,210 6,210 .............. ALLOWANCES 51,750 48,800 -2,950 SEPARATION PAY 14,887 14,887 .............. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 116,166 116,166 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 2,800,190 2,797,240 -2,950 ACTIVITY 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC PAY 4,831,024 4,803,837 -27,187 RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 1,513,761 1,513,761 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 1,614,206 1,614,206 .............. INCENTIVE PAYS 9,508 9,508 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 116,177 116,177 .............. ALLOWANCES 344,426 344,426 .............. SEPARATION PAY 93,577 93,577 .............. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 369,010 369,010 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 8,891,689 8,864,502 -27,187 ACTIVITY 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 460,030 460,030 .............. SUBSISTENCE-IN-KIND 384,036 384,036 .............. FAMILY SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCE 10 10 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 844,076 844,076 .............. ACTIVITY 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION ACCESSION TRAVEL 62,955 62,955 .............. TRAINING TRAVEL 16,913 16,913 .............. OPERATIONAL TRAVEL 161,285 161,285 .............. ROTATIONAL TRAVEL 118,357 118,357 .............. SEPARATION TRAVEL 120,742 114,940 -5,802 TRAVEL OF ORGANIZED UNITS 797 797 .............. NON-TEMPORARY STORAGE 5,564 5,564 .............. TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSE 5,734 5,734 .............. OTHER 3,002 3,002 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 5 495,349 489,547 -5,802 ACTIVITY 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS APPREHENSION OF MILITARY DESERTERS 505 505 .............. INTEREST ON UNIFORMED SERVICES SAVINGS 19 19 .............. DEATH GRATUITIES 13,700 13,700 .............. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 93,598 93,598 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 9,655 9,655 .............. ADOPTION EXPENSES 84 84 .............. TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDY 1,621 1,621 .............. PARTIAL DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE 67 67 .............. JUNIOR ROTC 3,526 3,526 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 6 122,775 122,775 .............. LESS REIMBURSABLES -28,730 -28,730 .............. UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -136,010 -136,010 ================================================= TOTAL, ACTIVE FORCES, MARINE CORPS 13,125,349 12,953,400 -171,949 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 13,125,349 12,953,400 -171,949 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 45 Allowances 51,750 48,800 -2,950 Improving .............. .............. -2,950 funds management: Unjustified growth BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 4,831,024 4,803,837 -27,187 Improving .............. .............. -27,187 funds management: Projected understrengt h BA 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL 145 Separation Travel 120,742 114,940 -5,802 Improving .............. .............. -5,802 funds management: Unjustified growth UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -136,010 -136,010 funds management: Unobligated balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $27,376,462,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 27,969,322,000 Committee recommendation................................ 27,756,536,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,756,536,000. This is $212,786,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE ACTIVITY 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS BASIC PAY 4,766,155 4,710,104 -56,051 RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 1,486,126 1,486,126 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 1,515,936 1,515,936 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 198,685 198,685 .............. INCENTIVE PAYS 235,054 235,054 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 351,827 351,827 .............. ALLOWANCES 136,390 136,390 .............. SEPARATION PAY 57,589 57,589 .............. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 363,907 363,907 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 9,111,669 9,055,618 -56,051 ACTIVITY 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC PAY 8,674,231 8,666,026 -8,205 RETIRED PAY ACCRUAL 2,712,354 2,712,354 .............. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 3,634,327 3,634,327 .............. INCENTIVE PAYS 36,123 36,123 .............. SPECIAL PAYS 298,002 298,002 .............. ALLOWANCES 604,913 604,913 .............. SEPARATION PAY 126,959 126,959 .............. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX 663,579 663,579 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 16,750,488 16,742,283 -8,205 ACTIVITY 3: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CADETS ACADEMY CADETS 71,242 71,242 .............. ACTIVITY 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE 1,005,519 1,005,519 .............. SUBSISTENCE-IN-KIND 134,055 134,055 .............. FAMILY SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTAL ALLOWANCE 3 3 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 1,139,577 1,139,577 .............. ACTIVITY 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION ACCESSION TRAVEL 94,021 94,021 .............. TRAINING TRAVEL 71,403 71,403 .............. OPERATIONAL TRAVEL 276,627 276,627 .............. ROTATIONAL TRAVEL 578,894 564,854 -14,040 SEPARATION TRAVEL 145,515 145,515 .............. TRAVEL OF ORGANIZED UNITS 8,919 8,919 .............. NON-TEMPORARY STORAGE 23,607 23,607 .............. TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSE 35,560 35,560 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 5 1,234,546 1,220,506 -14,040 ACTIVITY 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS APPREHENSION OF MILITARY DESERTERS 18 18 .............. INTEREST ON UNIFORMED SERVICES SAVINGS 2,691 2,691 .............. DEATH GRATUITIES 15,100 15,100 .............. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 52,962 52,962 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 185 185 .............. ADOPTION EXPENSES 305 305 .............. TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDY 2,262 2,262 .............. PARTIAL DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE 569 569 .............. RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) 25,376 25,376 .............. JUNIOR ROTC 13,338 13,338 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 6 112,806 112,806 .............. LESS REIMBURSABLES -451,006 -451,006 .............. UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -266,490 -266,490 RESTORE A-10 .............. 132,000 +132,000 ================================================= TOTAL, ACTIVE FORCES, AIR FORCE 27,969,322 27,756,536 -212,786 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 27,969,322 27,756,536 -212,786 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 5 Basic Pay 4,766,155 4,710,104 -56,051 Improving .............. .............. -56,051 funds management : Projected understren gth BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 8,674,231 8,666,026 -8,205 Improving .............. .............. -8,205 funds management : Projected understren gth BA 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL 140 Rotational 578,894 564,854 -14,040 Travel Improving .............. .............. -14,040 funds management : Excess growth UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -266,490 -266,490 funds management : Unobligate d balances Authorizati .............. 132,000 +132,000 on adjustment : Restore A-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training.--The Committee is aware that the remotely piloted aircraft [RPA] career field has been under stress due to the high demand of combat operations. The Committee encourages the Air Force to partner with contractors and leverage their facilities, equipment and personnel to augment pilot training capacity and provide a near-term solution to the shortfall of qualified RPA pilots. The Committee further encourages the Air Force to facilitate industry efforts to train pilots from nations that operate variations of the MQ-1 Predator since the Air Force lacks the capacity to provide such training. Reserve Personnel, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $4,317,859,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 4,550,974,000 Committee recommendation................................ 4,418,714,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,418,714,000. This is $132,260,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY ACTIVITY 1: RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 1,543,361 1,543,361 .............. PAY GROUP B TRAINING (BACKFILL FOR ACTIVE DUTY) 44,492 44,492 .............. PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) 234,314 234,314 .............. PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) 13,326 13,326 .............. MOBILIZATION TRAINING 320 320 .............. SCHOOL TRAINING 215,951 215,951 .............. SPECIAL TRAINING 294,460 294,460 .............. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 2,066,663 2,066,663 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 18,380 18,380 .............. HEALTH PROFESSION SCHOLARSHIP 59,606 59,606 .............. OTHER PROGRAMS 60,101 60,101 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 4,550,974 4,550,974 .............. UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -132,260 -132,260 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 4,550,974 4,418,714 -132,260 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -132,260 -132,260 funds management : Unobligate d balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,835,924,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,884,991,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,849,541,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,849,541,000. This is $35,450,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY ACTIVITY 1: RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 603,067 603,067 .............. PAY GROUP B TRAINING (BACKFILL FOR ACTIVE DUTY) 7,141 7,141 .............. PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) 62,500 62,500 .............. MOBILIZATION TRAINING 8,816 8,816 .............. SCHOOL TRAINING 45,974 45,974 .............. SPECIAL TRAINING 111,903 111,903 .............. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 992,146 992,146 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 107 107 .............. HEALTH PROFESSION SCHOLARSHIP 53,337 53,337 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 1,884,991 1,884,991 .............. UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -35,450 -35,450 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 1,884,991 1,849,541 -35,450 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -35,450 -35,450 funds management: Unobligated balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $660,424,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 706,481,000 Committee recommendation................................ 697,839,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $697,839,000. This is $8,642,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS ACTIVITY 1: RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 269,298 269,298 .............. PAY GROUP B TRAINING (BACKFILL FOR ACT DUTY) 36,573 36,573 .............. PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) 108,034 108,034 .............. MOBILIZATION TRAINING 2,529 2,529 .............. SCHOOL TRAINING 24,160 24,160 .............. SPECIAL TRAINING 26,272 24,420 -1,852 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 233,388 233,388 .............. PLATOON LEADER CLASS 5,585 5,585 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 642 642 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 706,481 704,629 -1,852 6602UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -6,790 -6,790 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 706,481 697,839 -8,642 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: MARINE CORPS RESERVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT 80 Special Training 26,272 24,420 -1,852 Improving .............. .............. -1,852 funds management: Excess growth UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -6,790 -6,790 funds management: Unobligated balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,653,148,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,696,283,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,676,551,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,676,551,000. This is $19,732,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE ACTIVITY 1: RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 656,936 656,936 .............. PAY GROUP B TRAINING (BACKFILL FOR ACTIVE DUTY) 109,227 109,227 .............. PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) 56,152 56,152 .............. PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) 1,830 1,830 .............. MOBILIZATION TRAINING 576 576 .............. SCHOOL TRAINING 141,835 141,835 .............. SPECIAL TRAINING 208,440 208,440 .............. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 444,057 436,525 -7,532 EDUCATION BENEFITS 13,248 13,248 .............. HEALTH PROFESSION SCHOLARSHIP 58,952 58,952 .............. OTHER PROGRAMS (ADMIN & SUPPORT) 5,030 5,030 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 1,696,283 1,688,751 -7,532 UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -12,200 -12,200 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 1,696,283 1,676,551 -19,732 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: AIR FORCE RESERVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT 90 Administration 444,057 436,525 -7,532 and Support Improving .............. .............. -7,532 funds management : Excess growth UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -12,200 -12,200 funds management : Unobligate d balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard Personnel, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $7,643,832,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 7,942,132,000 Committee recommendation................................ 7,862,122,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,862,122,000. This is $80,010,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY ACTIVITY 1: RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 2,606,347 2,606,347 .............. PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) 526,051 526,051 .............. PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) 41,411 41,411 .............. SCHOOL TRAINING 471,330 471,330 .............. SPECIAL TRAINING 571,720 596,520 +24,800 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 3,690,407 3,690,407 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 34,866 34,866 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 7,942,132 7,966,932 +24,800 UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -104,810 -104,810 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 7,942,132 7,862,122 -80,010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING AND SUPPORT 80 Special 571,720 596,520 +24,800 Training Authorizati .............. .............. +20,000 on adjustment : Additional support for the National Guard's Operation Phalanx Program .............. .............. +4,800 increase: Army National Guard Cyber Protection Teams UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving .............. -104,810 -104,810 funds management : Unobligate d balances ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard Personnel, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $3,118,709,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,222,551,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,205,691,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,205,691,000. This is $16,860,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE ACTIVITY 1: RESERVE COMPONENT TRAINING AND SUPPORT PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 925,442 925,442 .............. PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) 105,653 105,653 .............. PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) 8,596 8,596 .............. SCHOOL TRAINING 290,988 290,988 .............. SPECIAL TRAINING 182,511 184,211 +1,700 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 1,694,558 1,694,558 .............. EDUCATION BENEFITS 14,803 14,803 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 3,222,551 3,224,251 +1,700 UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT .............. -18,560 -18,560 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 3,222,551 3,205,691 -16,860 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BA 1: AIR NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING AND SUPPORT 80 Special Training 182,511 184,211 +1,700 Authorization adjustment: Additional support for ............... ............... +1,700 the National Guard's Operation Phalanx UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT Improving funds management: Unobligated balances ............... -24,560 -24,560 Program increase: Trauma training ............... 6,000 +6,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE II OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Funds appropriated under this title provide the resources required to prepare for and conduct combat operations and other peace time missions. These funds are used to purchase fuel and spare parts for training operations, pay supporting civilian personnel, and purchase supplies, equipment, and service contracts for the repair of weapons and facilities. The President's fiscal year 2016 budget requests a total of $176,517,228,000 for operation and maintenance appropriations. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION The Committee recommends operation and maintenance appropriations totaling $139,169,199,000 for fiscal year 2016. This is $37,348,029,000 below the budget estimate. Committee recommended operation and maintenance appropriations for fiscal year 2016 are summarized below: SUMMARY OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE APPROPRIATIONS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Account 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operation and Maintenance: Operation and Maintenance, Army............................. 35,107,546 27,285,099 -7,822,447 Operation and Maintenance, Navy............................. 42,200,756 25,933,099 -16,267,657 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps..................... 6,228,782 5,277,785 -950,997 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force........................ 38,191,929 26,144,988 -12,046,941 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide..................... 32,440,843 32,124,431 -316,412 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve..................... 2,665,792 2,679,992 +14,200 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve..................... 1,001,758 998,758 -3,000 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve............. 277,036 277,036 .............. Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve................ 3,064,257 3,056,357 -7,900 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard.............. 6,717,977 6,746,302 +28,325 Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard............... 6,956,210 6,951,010 -5,200 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces......... 14,078 14,078 .............. Environmental Restoration, Army............................. 234,829 234,829 .............. Environmental Restoration, Navy............................. 292,453 292,453 .............. Environmental Restoration, Air Force........................ 368,131 368,131 .............. Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide..................... 8,232 8,232 .............. Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites...... 203,717 233,717 +30,000 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.............. 100,266 100,266 .............. Cooperative Threat Reduction Account........................ 358,496 358,496 .............. Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund 84,140 84,140 .............. ----------------------------------------------- Total..................................................... 176,517,228 139,169,199 -37,348,029 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2016 appropriation accounts not later than 60 days after the enactment of this act. The Secretary of Defense is prohibited from executing any reprogramming or transfer of funds for any purpose other than originally appropriated until the aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to use the normal prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in the services' operation and maintenance accounts between O-1 budget activities in excess of $15,000,000. In addition, the Secretary of Defense should follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of $15,000,000 out of the following budget sub-activities: Army: Maneuver units Modular support brigades Land forces operations support Force readiness operations support Land forces depot maintenance Base operations support Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Navy: Aircraft depot maintenance Ship depot maintenance Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Marine Corps: Depot maintenance Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Air Force: Primary combat forces Combat enhancement forces Combat communications Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Air Force Reserve: Depot maintenance Air National Guard: Depot maintenance Additionally, the Secretary of Defense shall follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of $15,000,000 into the following budget sub-activity: Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard: Other personnel support/recruiting and advertising With respect to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, proposed transfers of funds to or from the levels specified for defense agencies in excess of $15,000,000 shall be subject to prior approval reprogramming procedures. During fiscal year 2016, the Committee directs the Service Secretaries to submit written notification and justification to the congressional defense committees not later than 15 days prior to implementing transfers in excess of $15,000,000 out of the following budget sub-activities: Navy: Mission and other flight operations Mission and other ship operations Air Force: Operating forces depot maintenance Mobilization depot maintenance Training and recruiting depot maintenance Administration and service-wide depot maintenance These transfers may be implemented 15 days after a congressional notification unless an objection is received from one of the congressional defense committees. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET EXECUTION DATA The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to provide the congressional defense committees with quarterly budget execution data. Such data should be provided not later than 45 days after the close of each quarter of the fiscal year, and should be provided for each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group for each of the active, defense-wide, reserve, and National Guard components. For each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group, these reports should include the budget request and actual obligation amount, the distribution of unallocated congressional adjustments to the budget request, all adjustments made by the Department in establishing the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) report, all adjustments resulting from below threshold reprogrammings, and all adjustments resulting from prior approval reprogramming requests. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS Items for which additional funds have been provided or have been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in the Committee report are congressional special interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount as specifically addressed in the Committee report. Below Threshold Reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or reduce funding from congressional special interest items as identified on the DD Form 1414. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OVERVIEW Civilian Workforce.--The Committee expects the Department of Defense to maintain a stable, effective, right-sized civilian cadre. The Committee recognizes the critical role that the civilian workforce plays every day in ensuring the mission success of the Armed Forces and fully funds the 1.3 percent pay raise for civilian personnel as requested. Workforce Management.--The Committee supports a workforce management plan that is fair for all sectors of the workforce. Decisions on sourcing new work, expanding existing responsibilities, or transferring functions currently performed by civilian personnel or contractors to performance by military personnel must not proceed without comparing the costs according to the Department's own methodology. Therefore, decisions whether to assign new work which is not inherently governmental, closely associated with inherently governmental functions, or critical to military, civilian, or contractor personnel, shall be based on the results of the costing methodology laid out in Department of Defense Instruction [DODI] 7041.04. Additionally, before converting functions performed by civilian personnel or contractors to performance by military personnel that are not required by law or regulation to be performed by military personnel, the Department shall adhere to its own costing methodology laid out in DODI 7041.04. Civilian Compensation.--For the past 2 years, the Committee has recommended reductions in the operation and maintenance accounts based on the overestimation of civilian full time equivalent [FTE] levels. Through analysis directed by the Committee during the fiscal year 2016 review, the data showed that while the services continue to underexecute the number of authorized civilian FTE, they overexecute the funding levels budgeted for civilian FTE. The most common explanation for this apparent disconnect is that average salary continues to grow at a greater rate than planned. For example, the Army explained that for one line item in Operation and Maintenance, Army, the number of civilian FTE was unchanged between fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2016, yet civilian compensation went up by 8 percent between those years. The Committee understands the difficulties in predicting civilian FTE levels, particularly during the past several turbulent years. However, the Secretary of Defense is encouraged to review the trend of increasing civilian compensation, despite the pay raise only increasing minimally each year, and the underexecution of FTE levels. In order to the facilitate this review, the Committee directs the Government Accountability Office [GAO] to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days of the enactment of this act making recommendations to improve the management of civilian compensation and FTE levels. Within the analysis, the Committee suggests the GAO explore the factors influencing average salary and how to better control its volatility. Also, the GAO shall examine how to standardize the types of growth included in pay rates versus program growth (for example, the Army includes an extra compensable day as a rate adjustment but the Navy breaks it out as program growth). Finally, the report shall examine steps the Department of Defense can take to formulate a civilian compensation budget that better captures the true cost of the civilian workforce. Contract Services Spending.--The Committee is concerned that the Department of Defense does not have adequate policies, procedures, and controls in place to enforce limitations on the annual amounts expended on contracted services. There is further concern that not all contracted services are being subjected to spending limitations because of the exclusion of contracted services involving Economy Act transfers between and within Department of Defense components. Additionally, because of the disparity between the levels of contracted services captured in the Inventory of Contracts for Services, required under section 2330a of title 10, United States Code, and what the Department budgets for contracted services, it appears as though the Department does not deliberately plan for most contracted services. The Committee urges the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to review the efforts of the financial management and acquisition communities to implement effective control mechanisms for contracted services spending. Operation and Maintenance Budget Justification.--The Committee commends the Department for the improvements in the Operation and Maintenance [O&M] budget materials made over the past several years. To further inform the congressional review, the Committee directs the following actions: --The budget justification materials shall include the OP-8B: Total Civilian Personnel Costs for every appropriation as a part of the President's budget justification. --Each OP-5 exhibit includes a personnel summary which provides helpful information about the civilian workforce. However, the way it is displayed includes memo entries for military technicians and reimbursable civilians, which makes it difficult to quickly analyze direct hire full time equivalents [FTEs]. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is encouraged to revise the personnel summary section of the OP-5 exhibit to maintain the categories of information provided (including military technicians and reimbursable civilians) but to breakout the numbers without using memo entries. --Every subactivity group in O&M that funds recruiting and advertising activities shall include the budget profile broken out by recruiting and advertising for the prior year, current year, and budget year as a part of the performance criteria in the OP-5 exhibit. --Several of the defense agencies' budget justification submissions in O&M Defense-wide are not following the Financial Management Regulations [FMR]. On the OP-5 exhibit, the FMR directs that that the Reconciliation of Increases and Decreases should ``itemize and justify the major program changes in each year . . . Such justification should clearly explain programmatic changes in resource levels including why increases are required or decreases occur.'' Instead of addressing programmatic increases and decreases, some defense agencies group adjustments by OP-32 lines such as increases to ``supplies and materials'' or decreases to ``other intragovernmental purchases.'' The defense agencies are directed to address programmatic changes as opposed to using OP-32 line titles on the OP-5 exhibit. --The FMR directs the services and defense agencies to itemize major program changes and provide the baseline in dollars to which the increase or decrease applies on the OP-5 exhibit. Some of the services default to the subactivity total as the baseline for changes or only list a specific baseline if a particular program is broken out in the performance criteria. The services and defense agencies are directed to use the most specific programmatic baseline possible, regardless of whether or not the program baseline is listed in the performance criteria. --The FMR provides specific instructions for the performance criteria for base operations support (Exhibit OP-5 Base Support Program (Attachment 8)). The services are directed to follow this outline; particularly the instruction that says that the sum of amounts must match the Base Support total in the O-1 exhibit. --The Office of Economic Adjustment's budget documentation in O&M Defense-wide shall include the budget profile of each major program for the prior year, current year, and budget year as a part of the performance criteria in the OP-5 exhibit. Examples of major programs would be Program Assistance, Defense Industry Adjustment, and Guam. --The Army, for subactivity groups 211 Strategic Mobility and 212 Army Prepositioned Stocks, shall include the budget profile broken out by each Army Prepositioned Stocks [APS] unit set for the prior year, current year, and budget year as a part of the performance criteria in the OP-5 exhibit. --The Department of the Air Force is encouraged to begin utilizing OP-32 line 990 Information Technology Contract Support Services. Financial Literacy.--The Committee supports the Department's plan to develop a Financial Education Program for the men and women of the armed services. The program is meant to educate servicemembers on best practices in regards to career transition, health benefits, retirement planning and savings, and overall financial readiness. Tobacco Use in the Military.--Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, with more than 480,000 deaths attributable to cigarette smoking each year. The Department of Defense has affirmed the goal of a tobacco-free military, and has implemented a range of programs including public education campaigns, the banning of all tobacco use during basic training, and the prohibition of tobacco use by instructors in the presence of students. In support of these goals, the Committee retains a provision from the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 directing the elimination of the price subsidy provided to tobacco products at military exchanges. Voluntary Military Education Programs--Tracking Outcomes.-- The Committee is concerned about the lack of information available on the outcomes of students receiving Tuition Assistance and My Career Advancement Account [MyCAA] benefits. Therefore, the Committee directs the Department to submit a report tracking such outcomes of each of these programs. The report shall be submitted on or before June 1, 2016, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following data totals for calendar year 2015: an aggregate graduation rate, loan default rate, and average indebtedness. Additionally, the report shall then disaggregate the data to show these same metrics by sector: public, private for-profit, and private not-for-profit. Finally, the report shall include the percentage of servicemembers utilizing the Top-Up program for voluntary military education and the average dollar amount of usage. The Department is also encouraged to make an effort to gather data on the jobs attained after graduation, specifically whether those jobs can be reasonably said to be in the field of study identified in the students' education plans. Voluntary Military Education Programs--Third Party Audits.--The Committee recognizes the importance of voluntary military education programs to the continued education of our men and women in uniform and their spouses. In recent years, the programs have grown in popularity among servicemembers and, as such, in cost to the Federal Government. Despite recent efforts to improve oversight, the Committee notes that Department of Defense attempts to obtain key information needed to assess the quality of nearly 3,000 schools servicemembers attend have been largely unsuccessful. The Committee is concerned about the number and transparency of third party audits of schools within the Department's Tuition Assistance program. In light of these concerns, the Committee commends the Department for its decision to develop a new Statement of Work for third party audits for execution under a new contract which will strengthen protections for, and the quality of education provided to, the military community. Since previous third party assessments lacked coherence and specificity, and did not fully consider the qualifications needed by the contractor conducting the assessments before awarding the contract, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to develop a clear, written plan for third party assessments of schools. As part of that plan, the Department is urged to (1) develop clear, measurable questions to guide the assessments and (2) require that the entity or entities conducting the assessments have the necessary skills, expertise and experience to effectively assess the schools. Extremity Protection Program.--The Committee encourages the Department of Defense to fully fund the Cold Weather Protective Equipment--Extremity Protection Program in order to sustain research and development programs, acquisition requirements and to maintain a basic combat capability in protective equipment for servicemembers. Contracting Outreach to the U.S. Construction Industry.-- The Committee is concerned about the high unemployment rate of the Nation's construction industry. Despite the efforts of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to increase communication between procurement officers and industry, local contractors very often are not aware or do not have the opportunity to compete for local construction projects. The Committee believes the Department of Defense, as a whole, should modernize its traditional outreach methods to reach a broader group of local contractors. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force as well as Directors of Defense Agencies to review their respective construction contracting regulations and instructions to ensure adequate direction regarding Federal procurement opportunities and bidding processes is provided to local construction industry contractors, especially small businesses, minority- owned businesses, and women-owned businesses. Data Center Consolidation Efforts.--The cost of Information Technology [IT] continues to be a significant limiting factor on the budgets of Federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. As such, it is imperative that the Department take advantage of data center consolidation efforts occurring not only within its agencies, but throughout the Federal Government while maintaining high levels of security. The Committee believes that there are opportunities to ensure such security in centers operated by agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, where the capacity and the infrastructure to support Department of Defense security needs is already in place. Therefore, the Committee strongly encourages the Department of Defense to explore options regarding the use of secure data centers outside of the Department of Defense, including those currently operated for the Department of Homeland Security, to reduce costs and to more rapidly achieve IT modernization through the use of cloud services. National Security Planning.--The Committee notes that it has yet to receive the report from the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on the national security implications of environmental impacts, as required by Senate Report 113-211 (July 17, 2014). That report is to address the most serious risks for each of the geographic Combatant Commands, and how those commands are integrating mitigation of those risks into their planning processes. The Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to continue to assess the risks to national security posed by environmental impacts as they plan and execute the National Security Strategy. Pre-Engineered/Prefabricated Buildings and Structures.--The Committee encourages the Department of Defense to expand utilization of the existing General Services Administration [GSA] Schedule for Pre-Engineered/Prefabricated Buildings and Structures [PEBS]. The Committee urges the Department's contracting personnel and agency executives to consider the savings in costs and time potentially gained by procuring its facility needs, when possible and practical, through the GSA Schedule. The Committee also encourages the Department's policy makers and program managers to streamline the process and eliminate any unnecessary bureaucratic, regulatory or policy impediments to such GSA procurement. Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment.-- Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment [OCIE] and Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] used by the services are specifically designed to meet challenging military requirements. Items such as body armor, eye protection, helmets and other specialized clothing are highly-engineered equipment designed and manufactured to meet rigorous performance standards and stringent production quality requirements. The Secretary of Defense is encouraged to use the best value contracting methods when procuring OCIE and PPE. Council of Governors and Cyber Capabilities.--The Committee supports the ongoing efforts of the Department of Defense, U.S. Cyber Command, and the Active and Reserve Components of the armed services to develop offensive and defense cyber teams, but recognizes a lack of synchronization among Federal and State stakeholders in developing mission and funding requirements, especially for National Guard cyber teams. The Council of Governors was created as a mechanism for Governors and Federal officials to address matters pertaining to the National Guard, homeland defense, and defense support to civil authorities. As outlined in the Council's Joint Action Plan for State-Federal Unity of Effort on Cybersecurity, the Council also has a shared responsibility with Federal partners to enhance a national unity of effort in protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats. Therefore, the Committee directs the Department of Defense to consult with the Council of Governors regarding cyber mission force requirements and synchronization among the Active, Reserve and National Guard components not later than 60 days after enactment of this act. Additionally, the Committee requests that the Council of Governors report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, any recommendations regarding cyber mission requirements and synchronization. Reduce Government Printing.--The Committee is concerned about wasteful printing practices and the lack of clear printing policies within the Department of Defense. While progress has been made to better utilize the cloud and digitalize records, little progress has been made to reform in- house printing practices. The Committee recommends the Department of Defense work with the Office of Management and Budget to reduce printing and reproduction by 34 percent and report to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after enactment of this act on what steps have been taken to reduce printing volume and costs. The report should specifically identify how much money the Department of Defense will be saving. Resourcing the Arctic Strategy.--The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit, in conjunction with fiscal year 2017 budget request exhibits, a concise accounting of the manner in which amounts requested in the budget for fiscal year 2017 support implementation of the Department of Defense's 2013 Arctic Strategy, including, to the maximum extent practicable, identification of specific obligations that address gaps in research, military infrastructure and capabilities in the Arctic region. The accounting should also make note of obligations for military capabilities unique to the Arctic region. This material should be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. Operation and Maintenance, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $31,961,920,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 35,107,546,000 Committee recommendation................................ 27,285,099,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,285,099,000. This is $7,822,447,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES LAND FORCES MANEUVER UNITS 1,094,429 .............. -1,094,429 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES 68,873 68,873 .............. ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADES 508,008 508,008 .............. THEATER LEVEL ASSETS 763,300 .............. -763,300 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT 1,054,322 .............. -1,054,322 AVIATION ASSETS 1,546,129 .............. -1,546,129 LAND FORCES READINESS FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT 3,158,606 .............. -3,158,606 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS 438,909 438,909 .............. LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE 1,214,116 1,291,316 +77,200 LAND FORCES READINESS SUPPORT BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT 7,616,008 7,626,508 +10,500 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION, & MODERNIZATION 2,617,169 2,617,169 .............. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 421,269 421,269 .............. COMBATANT COMMANDER'S CORE OPERATIONS 164,743 164,743 .............. COMBATANT COMMANDERS ANCILLARY MISSIONS 448,633 428,633 -20,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 21,114,514 13,565,428 -7,549,086 BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: MOBILIZATION MOBILITY OPERATIONS STRATEGIC MOBILITY 401,638 401,638 .............. ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS 261,683 261,683 .............. INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 6,532 6,532 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 669,853 669,853 .............. BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING ACCESSION TRAINING OFFICER ACQUISITION 131,536 131,536 .............. RECRUIT TRAINING 47,843 47,843 .............. ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING 42,565 42,565 .............. SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS 490,378 490,378 .............. BASIC SKILL AND ADVANCED TRAINING SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING 981,000 956,000 -25,000 FLIGHT TRAINING 940,872 940,872 .............. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 230,324 230,324 .............. TRAINING SUPPORT 603,519 603,519 .............. RECRUITING AND OTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 491,922 491,922 .............. EXAMINING 194,079 194,079 .............. OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION 227,951 227,951 .............. CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING 161,048 161,048 .............. JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS 170,118 178,118 +8,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 4,713,155 4,696,155 -17,000 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES LOGISTICS OPERATIONS SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 485,778 485,778 .............. CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES 813,881 803,881 -10,000 LOGISTICS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 714,781 687,781 -27,000 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT 322,127 322,127 .............. SERVICEWIDE SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION 384,813 384,813 .............. SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 1,781,350 1,781,350 .............. MANPOWER MANAGEMENT 292,532 292,532 .............. OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT 375,122 375,122 .............. OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT 1,119,848 1,119,848 .............. ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES 225,358 225,358 .............. REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT 239,755 239,755 .............. BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT 223,319 223,319 .............. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS SUPPORT OF NATO OPERATIONS 469,865 469,865 .............. MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS 40,521 40,521 .............. OTHER PROGRAMS 1,120,974 1,140,974 +20,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 8,610,024 8,593,024 -17,000 EXCESS WORKING CAPITAL FUND CARRYOVER .............. -150,000 -150,000 MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS .............. -35,944 -35,944 FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING .............. 250 +250 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. -53,667 -53,667 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 35,107,546 27,285,099 -7,822,447 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 111 Maneuver Units 1,094,429 .............. -1,094,429 Authorizati .............. .............. -1,094,429 on adjustment : Transfer base requiremen ts to OCO due to BCA 114 Theater Level 763,300 .............. -763,300 Assets Maintain .............. .............. -70,000 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth Authorizati .............. .............. -693,300 on adjustment : Transfer base requiremen ts to OCO due to BCA 115 Land Forces 1,054,322 .............. -1,054,322 Operations Support Authorizati .............. .............. -1,054,322 on adjustment : Transfer base requiremen ts to OCO due to BCA 116 Aviation Assets 1,546,129 .............. -1,546,129 Authorizati .............. .............. -1,546,129 on adjustment : Transfer base requiremen ts to OCO due to BCA 121 Force Readiness 3,158,606 .............. -3,158,606 Operations Support Maintain .............. .............. -20,000 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth Authorizati .............. .............. -3,138,606 on adjustment : Transfer base requiremen ts to OCO due to BCA 123 Land Forces 1,214,116 1,291,316 +77,200 Depot Maintenance Authorizati .............. .............. +77,200 on adjustment : Readiness funding increase 131 Base Operations 7,616,008 7,626,508 +10,500 Support Authorizati .............. .............. +10,500 on adjustment : Readiness funding increase 138 Combatant 448,633 428,633 -20,000 Commands Direct Mission Support Improving .............. .............. -20,000 funds management : Overestima tion of IT contract support services 321 Specialized 981,000 956,000 -25,000 Skill Training Improving .............. .............. -25,000 funds management : Fiscal year 2015 Sec 9018 financing 335 Junior Reserve 170,118 178,118 +8,000 Officer Training Corps Program .............. .............. +8,000 increase: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps 422 Central Supply 813,881 803,881 -10,000 Activities Maintain .............. .............. -10,000 program affordabil ity: Reduced requiremen t for Sustainmen t System Technical Support [SSTS] 423 Logistic 714,781 687,781 -27,000 Support Activities Maintain .............. .............. -27,000 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth 999 Classified 1,120,974 1,140,974 +20,000 Programs Authorizati .............. .............. +20,000 on Adjustment : Additional SOUTHCOM ISR and Intel Support UNDIST Improving funds .............. -150,000 -150,000 management: Working Capital Fund carry over UNDIST Authorization .............. -35,944 -35,944 adjustment: Streamlining Management Headquarters UNDIST Authorization .............. 250 +250 adjustment: Financial literacy training UNDIST Improving funds .............. -53,667 -53,667 management: Spares and repair parts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Productivity Enhancement Program.--The Department of Defense's organic depot maintenance capability is vital to our military's sustainment infrastructure. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to modernize the organic depots' Electronic Test and Measurement Equipment [ET&ME] to allow cost savings in future maintenance and calibration expenditures. Aviation Force Structure.--The Committee notes that, due to fiscal constraints caused by the Budget Control Act of 2011 [BCA], total obligational authority provided for the Army's aviation portfolio has been reduced by approximately $2,500,000,000 per year through fiscal year 2019. As a direct result, the Army is reducing total active duty Combat Aviation Brigades from 13 to 10 and annual aviation accessions and training throughput from 1,091 students to as few as 750. These reductions limit the Army's ability to re-grow its aviation portfolio in a post-BCA fiscal environment. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, a report outlining the Army's plans to mitigate impacts on aviation training over fiscal years 2016- 2021. Operation and Maintenance, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $37,590,854,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 42,200,756,000 Committee recommendation................................ 25,933,099,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,933,099,000. This is $16,267,657,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES AIR OPERATIONS MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS 4,940,365 .............. -4,940,365 FLEET AIR TRAINING 1,830,611 1,830,611 .............. AVIATION TECHNICAL DATA AND ENGINEERING SERVICES 37,225 37,225 .............. AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT 103,456 103,456 .............. AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT 376,844 351,844 -25,000 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE 897,536 .............. -897,536 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 33,201 33,201 .............. AVIATION LOGISTICS 544,056 504,056 -40,000 SHIP OPERATIONS MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS 4,287,658 .............. -4,287,658 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT AND TRAINING 787,446 787,446 .............. SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE 5,960,951 .............. -5,960,951 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 1,554,863 1,554,863 .............. COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS/SUPPORT COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 704,415 704,415 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE 96,916 96,916 .............. SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE 192,198 192,198 .............. WARFARE TACTICS 453,942 453,942 .............. OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 351,871 351,871 .............. COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES 1,186,847 1,171,847 -15,000 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE 123,948 123,948 .............. DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 2,443 2,443 .............. COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS 98,914 95,214 -3,700 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT 73,110 73,110 .............. WEAPONS SUPPORT CRUISE MISSILE 110,734 110,734 .............. FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE 1,206,736 1,206,736 .............. IN-SERVICE WEAPONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT 141,664 141,664 .............. WEAPONS MAINTENANCE 523,122 523,122 .............. OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT 371,872 371,872 .............. BASE SUPPORT ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 896,061 896,061 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 2,220,423 2,220,423 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 4,472,468 4,472,468 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 34,581,896 18,411,686 -16,170,210 BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: MOBILIZATION READY RESERVE AND PREPOSITIONING FORCES SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE 422,846 422,846 .............. ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS AIRCRAFT ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS 6,464 6,464 .............. SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS 361,764 361,764 .............. MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS FLEET HOSPITAL PROGRAM 69,530 69,530 .............. INDUSTRIAL READINESS 2,237 2,237 .............. COAST GUARD SUPPORT 21,823 21,823 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 884,664 884,664 .............. BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING ACCESSION TRAINING OFFICER ACQUISITION 149,375 149,375 .............. RECRUIT TRAINING 9,035 9,035 .............. RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS 156,290 156,290 .............. BASIC SKILLS AND ADVANCED TRAINING SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING 653,728 653,728 .............. FLIGHT TRAINING 8,171 8,171 .............. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 168,471 168,471 .............. TRAINING SUPPORT 196,048 196,048 .............. RECRUITING, AND OTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 234,233 235,433 +1,200 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION 137,855 137,855 .............. CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING 77,257 69,257 -8,000 JUNIOR ROTC 47,653 47,653 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 1,838,116 1,831,316 -6,800 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES SERVICEWIDE SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION 923,771 923,771 .............. EXTERNAL RELATIONS 13,967 13,967 .............. CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 120,812 120,812 .............. MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 350,983 346,983 -4,000 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT 265,948 265,948 .............. SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 335,482 335,482 .............. LOGISTICS OPERATIONS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 197,724 197,724 .............. PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 274,936 274,936 .............. ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 1,122,178 1,122,178 .............. HULL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SUPPORT 48,587 48,587 .............. COMBAT/WEAPONS SYSTEMS 25,599 25,599 .............. SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS 72,768 72,768 .............. SECURITY PROGRAMS NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE 577,803 577,803 .............. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND AGENCIES 4,768 4,768 .............. OTHER PROGRAMS OTHER PROGRAMS 560,754 560,754 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 4,896,080 4,892,080 -4,000 MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS .............. -33,230 -33,230 FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING .............. 250 +250 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. -53,667 -53,667 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 42,200,756 25,933,099 -16,267,657 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1A1A Mission and 4,940,365 .............. -4,940,365 Other Flight Operations Authorizat .............. .............. -4,940,365 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 1A4N Air Systems 376,844 351,844 -25,000 Support Improving .............. .............. -25,000 funds managemen t: Fiscal year 2015 Sec 9018 financing 1A5A Aircraft Depot 897,536 .............. -897,536 Maintenance Authorizat .............. .............. -897,536 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 1A9A Aviation 544,056 504,056 -40,000 Logistics Improving .............. .............. -40,000 funds managemen t: Fiscal year 2015 Sec 9018 financing 1B1B Mission and 4,287,658 .............. -4,287,658 Other Ship Operations Maintain .............. .............. -70,000 Program Affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth Authorizat .............. .............. -4,217,658 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 1B4B Ship Depot 5,960,951 .............. -5,960,951 Maintenance Authorizat .............. .............. -5,960,951 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 1C6C Combat Support 1,186,847 1,171,847 -15,000 Forces Maintain .............. .............. -15,000 Program Affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth 1CCH Combatant 98,914 95,214 -3,700 Commanders Core Operations Transfer .............. .............. -3,700 ARCTIC EDGE and NORTHERN EDGE funding: To O&MDW, OSD line, CE2T2 program 3C1L Recruiting and 234,233 235,433 +1,200 Advertising Program .............. .............. +1,200 increase: Naval Sea Cadet Corps 3C4L Civilian 77,257 69,257 -8,000 Education and Training Maintain .............. .............. -8,000 Program Affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth 4A4M Military 350,983 346,983 -4,000 Manpower and Personnel Management Maintain .............. .............. -4,000 Program Affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth UNDIST Authorization .............. -33,230 -33,230 adjustment: Streamlining Management Headquarters UNDIST Authorization .............. 250 +250 adjustment: Financial literacy training UNDIST Improving .............. -53,667 -53,667 funds management: Spares and repair parts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Naval Shipyard Apprentice Program.--The Committee directs that during fiscal year 2016 the Navy shall induct classes of no fewer than 100 apprentices, respectively, at each of the naval shipyards. The Committee further directs the Navy to include the costs of the fiscal year 2017 class of apprentices in its budget request. U.S. Coast Guard.--The Committee is aware that Department of Defense [DOD] regulations currently restrict DOD mission appropriated funded activities from offering reimbursable rates to non-DOD agencies. This restriction forces the Navy to charge the U.S. Coast Guard fully burdened rates for drydocking services at Navy shipyards rather than reimbursable rates. Therefore, the Committee directs that funds appropriated under Operation and Maintenance, Navy may be used to pay overhead costs incurred by a Naval Shipyard when drydocking U.S. Coast Guard ships. Bromine-free Water Purification Systems.--Until recently, most-onboard ship water purification systems used bromine as an antimicrobial. However, bromine is toxic and requires special hazardous material [HAZMAT] handling which is time consuming and expensive. While the Navy has placed bromine-free systems on most of the large-deck surface ship classes, it has not yet removed bromine systems from the Littoral Combat Ship, Ticonderoga class cruisers, destroyers or frigates. The Committee urges the Navy to consider using systems that eliminate this HAZMAT threat to personnel. ARCTIC EDGE and NORTHERN EDGE EXERCISES.--ARCTIC EDGE and NORTHERN EDGE are joint Combatant Command exercises that bring mission partners together to exercise operational response plans for U.S. Northern Command [USNORTHCOM] and U.S. Pacific Command [USPACOM] missions. Historically, USNORTHCOM has executed ARCTIC EDGE in even years, and USPACOM has executed NORTHERN EDGE in odd years. In conjunction with the transfer of Alaskan Command [ALCOM] from USPACOM to USNORTHCOM in October 2014, the Committee realigns $3,700,000 from Operation and Maintenance, Navy line 1CCH, to the Combatant Commander Exercise Engagement Training Transformation [CE2T2] account under the Office of the Secretary of Defense line in Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide to execute fiscal year 2016 ARCTIC EDGE and fund planning activities for the fiscal year 2017 NORTHERN EDGE. For subsequent fiscal years, the Committee assumes the Secretary of Defense will continue to program funds in a similar fashion to execute NORTHERN EDGE and fund planning activities for ARCTIC EDGE in odd fiscal years and to execute ARCTIC EDGE and fund planning activities for NORTHERN EDGE in even fiscal years to support alternating biennial exercises. USNORTHCOM and USPACOM will continue to provide CJCS Exercise Strategic Lift from their respective CE2T2 Joint Exercise Training Program funding. Tubular Light-Emitting Diode Technology.--The Committee commends the Navy for its increasing use of tubular light- emitting diode [T-LED] lighting and encourages it to continue these activities. The Committee urges the Navy to consider updating lighting specifications for ships and bases so T-LED use is an option, developing an approved products list for T- LEDs that is broadly available for use in all vessels and bases, using ``total life cycle costs'' to determine the value of T-LEDs, and making the installation of T-LEDs in vessels a priority when appropriate, such as during ship retrofits and new builds. Ship Overhaul Opportunistic Part-Marking Compliance.--The Committee supports the Navy's efforts to improve compliance with its Opportunistic Part-Marking policy during ship overhauls and repairs at shipyards across the country. Compliance with the policy will help the Navy produce clean financial audits, lower total life-cycle cost, identify counterfeit parts, and save taxpayer funding through improved productivity, efficiency, maintenance, and logistical planning. Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $5,610,063,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 6,228,782,000 Committee recommendation................................ 5,277,785,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,277,785,000. This is $950,997,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES EXPEDITIONARY FORCES OPERATIONAL FORCES 931,079 .............. -931,079 FIELD LOGISTICS 931,757 931,757 .............. DEPOT MAINTENANCE 227,583 227,583 .............. USMC PREPOSITIONING MARITIME PREPOSITIONING 86,259 86,259 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 746,237 746,237 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 2,057,362 2,071,362 +14,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 4,980,277 4,063,198 -917,079 BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING ACCESSION TRAINING RECRUIT TRAINING 16,460 16,460 .............. OFFICER ACQUISITION 977 977 .............. BASIC SKILLS AND ADVANCED TRAINING SPECIALIZED SKILLS TRAINING 97,325 97,325 .............. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 40,786 40,786 .............. TRAINING SUPPORT 347,476 347,476 .............. RECRUITING AND OTHER TRAINING EDUCATION RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 164,806 164,806 .............. OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION 39,963 37,963 -2,000 JUNIOR ROTC 23,397 23,397 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 731,190 729,190 -2,000 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES SERVICEWIDE SUPPORT SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 37,386 37,386 .............. ADMINISTRATION 358,395 358,395 .............. ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 76,105 76,105 .............. SECURITY PROGRAMS SECURITY PROGRAMS 45,429 45,429 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 517,315 517,315 .............. MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS .............. -7,168 -7,168 WORKING CAPITAL FUND CARRYOVER .............. -10,000 -10,000 SAVINGS FROM EXCESS INVENTORY PURCHASE .............. -15,000 -15,000 FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING .............. 250 +250 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 6,228,782 5,277,785 -950,997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1A1A Operational 931,079 .............. -931,079 Forces Budget .............. .............. -4,000 documentat ion disparity: Aviation plan Authorizati .............. .............. -927,079 on adjustment : Transfer base requiremen t to OCO due to BCA BSS1 Base Operating 2,057,362 2,071,362 +14,000 Support Program .............. .............. +14,000 increase: Behavioral health community counseling 3C2F Off-Duty and 39,963 37,963 -2,000 Voluntary Education Improving .............. .............. -2,000 funds management : Savings assumed from distance learning initiative s UNDIST Authorization .............. -7,168 -7,168 adjustment: Streamlining Management Headquarters UNDIST Improving funds .............. -10,000 -10,000 management: Working Capital Fund carry over above allowable ceiling UNDIST Improving funds .............. -15,000 -15,000 management: Anticipated savings from excess inventory purchases UNDIST Authorization .............. 250 +250 adjustment: Financial literacy training ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $34,539,965,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 38,144,988,000 Committee recommendation................................ 26,144,988,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,144,988,000. This is $12,046,941,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES AIR OPERATIONS PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES 3,336,868 1,276,256 -2,060,612 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES 1,897,315 .............. -1,897,315 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING 1,797,549 1,767,549 -30,000 DEPOT MAINTENANCE 6,537,127 .............. -6,537,127 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 1,997,712 1,997,712 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 2,841,948 2,841,948 .............. COMBAT RELATED OPERATIONS GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING 930,341 940,341 +10,000 OTHER COMBAT OPERATIONS SUPPORT PROGRAMS 924,845 924,845 .............. SPACE OPERATIONS LAUNCH FACILITIES 271,177 271,177 .............. SPACE CONTROL SYSTEMS 382,824 382,824 .............. COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT 900,965 889,965 -11,000 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS 205,078 199,078 -6,000 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 907,496 907,496 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 22,931,245 12,399,191 -10,532,054 BUDGET ACTIVITY 2: MOBILIZATION MOBILITY OPERATIONS AIRLIFT OPERATIONS 2,229,196 2,229,196 .............. MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS 148,318 148,318 .............. DEPOT MAINTENANCE 1,617,571 .............. -1,617,571 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 259,956 259,956 .............. BASE SUPPORT 708,799 708,799 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 2 4,963,840 3,346,269 -1,617,571 BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING ACCESSION TRAINING OFFICER ACQUISITION 92,191 92,191 .............. RECRUIT TRAINING 21,871 21,871 .............. RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) 77,527 77,527 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 228,500 228,500 .............. BASE SUPPORT (ACADEMIES ONLY) 772,870 772,870 .............. BASIC SKILLS AND ADVANCED TRAINING SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING 359,304 359,304 .............. FLIGHT TRAINING 710,553 710,553 .............. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION 228,252 228,252 .............. TRAINING SUPPORT 76,464 76,464 .............. DEPOT MAINTENANCE 375,513 375,513 .............. RECRUITING, AND OTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 79,690 79,690 .............. EXAMINING 3,803 3,803 .............. OFF DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION 180,807 180,807 .............. CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING 167,478 167,478 .............. JUNIOR ROTC 59,263 59,263 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 3,434,086 3,434,086 .............. BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES LOGISTICS OPERATIONS LOGISTICS OPERATIONS 1,141,491 1,124,491 -17,000 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 862,022 842,022 -20,000 DEPOT MAINTENANCE 61,745 61,745 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 298,759 298,759 .............. BASE SUPPORT 1,108,220 1,108,220 .............. SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION 689,797 681,797 -8,000 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 498,053 498,053 .............. OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 900,253 900,253 .............. CIVIL AIR PATROL CORPORATION 25,411 27,711 +2,300 SECURITY PROGRAMS SECURITY PROGRAMS 1,187,859 1,190,860 +3,001 SUPPORT TO OTHER NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT 89,148 89,148 .............. OPERATING FORCES ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 6,862,758 6,823,059 -39,699 MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS .............. -31,801 -31,801 SAVINGS FROM ENTERPRICE LICENSE AGREEMENTS .............. -35,000 -35,000 RESTORE EC-130 COMPASS CALL .............. 27,300 +27,300 RESTORE A-10 .............. 235,300 +235,300 FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING .............. 250 +250 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. -53,666 -53,666 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 38,191,929 26,144,988 -12,046,941 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 011A Primary Combat 3,336,868 1,276,256 -2,060,612 Forces Authorizat .............. .............. -2,060,612 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 011C Combat 1,897,315 .............. -1,897,315 Enhancement Forces Maintain .............. .............. -20,000 program affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth Improving .............. .............. -25,000 funds managemen t: Program requireme nt decreases unaccount ed for Authorizat .............. .............. -1,852,315 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 011D Air Operations 1,797,549 1,767,549 -30,000 Training (OJT, Maintain Skills) Maintain .............. .............. -30,000 program affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth 011M Depot 6,537,127 .............. -6,537,127 Maintenance Budget .............. .............. -40,000 documenta tion disparity : Remove fiscal year 2015 contracto r logistics support costs Authorizat .............. .............. -6,497,127 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 012A Global C3I and 930,341 940,341 +10,000 Early Warning Program .............. .............. +10,000 increase: Global C3I and Early Warning 015A Combatant 900,965 889,965 -11,000 Commanders Direct Mission Support Maintain .............. .............. -11,000 program affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth 015B Combatant 205,078 199,078 -6,000 Commanders Core Operations Maintain .............. .............. -6,000 program affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth 021M Depot 1,617,571 .............. -1,617,571 Maintenance Authorizat .............. .............. -1,617,571 ion adjustmen t: Transfer base requireme nt to OCO due to BCA 041A Logistics 1,141,491 1,124,491 -17,000 Operations Budget .............. .............. -17,000 documenta tion disparity : O&M and IT budget justifica tion inconsist encies 041B Technical 862,022 842,022 -20,000 Support Activities Maintain .............. .............. -20,000 program affordabi lity: Unjustifi ed growth 042A Administration 689,797 681,797 -8,000 Budget .............. .............. -8,000 documenta tion disparity : Duplicate request 042I Civil Air 25,411 27,711 +2,300 Patrol Program .............. .............. +2,300 increase: Civil Air Patrol 999 Classified 1,187,859 1,190,860 +3,001 Programs Classified .............. .............. +3,001 program adjustmen t UNDIST Authorization .............. -31,801 -31,801 adjustment: Streamlining Management Headquarters UNDIST Improving .............. -35,000 -35,000 funds management: Savings assumed from consolidating enterprise license agreements UNDIST Authorization .............. 27,300 +27,300 adjustment: Restore EC- 130 Compass Call UNDIST Authorization .............. 235,300 +235,300 adjustment: Restore A-10 UNDIST Authorization .............. 250 +250 adjustment: Financial literacy training UNDIST Improving .............. -53,666 -53,666 funds management: Spares and repair parts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Combatant Commands Direct Mission Support.--The Air Force request includes Combatant Command direct mission funding which supports the various geographic and functional missions assigned to support the National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy. The Air Force is the Combatant Command Support Agent [CCSA] for U.S. Central Command [CENTCOM], U.S. Northern Command [NORTHCOM], North American Aerospace Defense Command [NORAD], U.S. Special Operations Command [SOCOM], U.S. Strategic Command [STRATCOM], and U.S. Transportation Command [TRANSCOM]. The budget justification for the Combatant Commands lacks the details necessary to adequately review the programs. The Committee recommendation includes full funding for STRATCOM and encourages the Air Force to continue to improve the justification for Combatant Commands Direct Mission Support. Nuclear Force Improvement Program.--The Committee welcomes recent efforts by the Air Force to reinvigorate its nuclear enterprise, which includes the ground-based and air-based legs of the Nation's nuclear triad. The recommendation supports the fiscal year 2016 budget request of more than $130,000,000 for the Nuclear Force Improvement Program [NFIP] spread across the personnel and operation and maintenance accounts. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this act that lists investments made in the NFIP by fiscal year, and describes how these investments improve the health of the Air Force's nuclear enterprise. Powder River Training Complex.--The Committee recognizes the importance of viable airspace ranges to support training operations for the Active, Guard, and Reserve components. It also recognizes that the implementation of approved airspace must be done in a safe and coordinated fashion. The Committee encourages the Air Force to continue to work with the Federal Aviation Administration and all interested parties as the Powder River Training Complex Record of Decision is implemented. Facilitating emergency air traffic and providing, timely, regular updates concerning airspace usage and scheduling via electronic distribution networks to ensure that interested party concerns are received and addressed are of particular concern. Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Appropriations, 2015.................................... $30,824,752,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 32,440,843,000 Committee recommendation................................ 32,124,431,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $32,124,431,000. This is $316,412,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 485,888 490,888 +5,000 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 534,795 534,795 .............. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 4,862,368 4,818,368 -44,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 5,883,051 5,844,051 -39,000 BUDGET ACTIVITY 3: TRAINING AND RECRUITING DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY 142,659 142,659 .............. NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY 78,416 78,416 .............. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 354,372 354,372 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 3 575,447 575,447 .............. BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS 160,320 190,320 +30,000 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY 570,177 570,177 .............. DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY 1,374,536 1,374,536 .............. DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY 642,551 678,851 +36,300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY 1,282,755 1,285,255 +2,500 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY 26,073 26,073 .............. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 366,429 389,101 +22,672 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY 192,625 192,625 .............. DEFENSE POW /MISSING PERSONS OFFICE 115,372 115,372 .............. DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY 524,723 495,523 -29,200 DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE 508,396 517,596 +9,200 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY AGENCY 33,577 33,577 .............. DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY 415,696 415,696 .............. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY 2,753,771 2,783,746 +29,975 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY 432,068 424,568 -7,500 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT 110,612 90,612 -20,000 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 1,388,285 1,368,735 -19,550 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 83,263 83,263 .............. WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES 621,688 621,688 .............. OTHER PROGRAMS 14,379,428 14,165,594 -213,834 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 25,982,345 25,822,908 -159,437 IMPACT AID .............. 30,000 +30,000 IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES .............. 5,000 +5,000 MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS .............. -152,975 -152,975 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE- WIDE 32,440,843 32,124,431 -316,412 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joint Chiefs of 485,888 490,888 +5,000 Staff Budget .............. .............. -15,000 documentat ion disparity: O&M and IT budget justificat ion are inconsiste nt Authorizati .............. .............. +20,000 on adjustment : Middle East Assurance Initiative Special 4,862,368 4,818,368 -44,000 Operations Command/ Operating Forces Improving .............. .............. -30,000 funds management : Civilian FTE Overestima tion Budget .............. .............. -12,000 documentat ion disparity: Removal of one-time fiscal year 2015 cost Budget .............. .............. -2,000 documentat ion disparity: Program terminatio n unaccounte d for Civil Military 160,320 190,320 +30,000 Programs Program .............. .............. +25,000 increase: STARBASE Program .............. .............. +5,000 increase: Innovative readiness training Defense Human 642,551 678,851 +36,300 Resources Activity Budget .............. .............. -3,000 documentat ion disparity: Program terminatio n unaccounte d for Budget .............. .............. -5,700 documentat ion disparity: Program transfer to OUSD(C) unaccounte d for Program .............. .............. +25,000 increase: Sexual Assault Special Victims' Counsel Program .............. .............. +20,000 increase: Beyond Yellow Ribbon Defense 1,282,755 1,285,255 +2,500 Information Systems Agency Program .............. .............. +2,500 increase: Defense Enterprise Computing Centers Defense 366,429 389,101 +22,672 Logistics Agency Maintain .............. .............. -4,000 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth in DOD Enterprise Business Systems Program .............. .............. +11,672 increase: Procuremen t Technical Assistance Program .............. .............. +15,000 increase: Asset tracking and in- transit visibility Defense 524,723 495,523 -29,200 Security Cooperation Agency Authorizati .............. .............. -7,000 on adjustment : Reduction to Combating Terrorism Fellowship Maintain .............. .............. -22,200 program affordabil ity: Global Security Contingenc y Fund Defense 508,396 517,596 +9,200 Security Service Transfer .............. .............. +9,200 Insider Threat/ Continuous Evaluation : DSS- requested from RDDW Department of 2,753,771 2,783,746 +29,975 Defense Education Activity Maintain .............. .............. -5,000 program affordabil ity: Updated program requiremen ts Budget .............. .............. -1,200 documentat ion disparity: Program transfer to OUSD(C) unaccounte d for Authorizati .............. .............. +250 on adjustment : School lunches for territorie s Authorizati .............. .............. +35,925 on adjustment : Financial literacy training Missile Defense 432,068 424,568 -7,500 Agency Improving .............. .............. -4,900 funds management : THAAD batteries sustainmen t funded early to need Budget .............. .............. -2,600 documentat ion disparity: Undistribu ted reduction- program transfer to OUSD(C) unaccounte d for Office of 110,612 90,612 -20,000 Economic Adjustment Authorizati .............. .............. -20,000 on adjustment : Guam civilian water and wastewater funding ahead of need Office of the 1,388,285 1,368,735 -19,550 Secretary of Defense Authorizati .............. .............. -10,500 on adjustment : OUSD (AT&L) BRAC planning Maintain .............. .............. -3,000 program affordabil ity: OUSD (Policy) unjustifie d growth Maintain .............. .............. -30,000 program affordabil ity: Contract service spending reduction Transfer .............. .............. +3,700 ARCTIC EDGE and NORTHERN EDGE funding: To the CE2T2 program from O&M Navy, line 1CCH Program .............. .............. +3,000 increase: Healthy Base Initiative Program .............. .............. +1,500 increase: Fruit and Vegetable Prescripti on Plan Pilot Program .............. .............. +14,750 increase: Readiness and Environmen tal Protection Initiative Authorizati .............. .............. +1,000 on adjustment : OSD Fleet architectu re study Classified 14,379,428 14,165,594 -213,834 Programs Classified .............. .............. -224,834 program adjustment Classified .............. .............. +11,000 program increase: Informatio n Systems Security Program UNDIST Authorization .............. -152,975 -152,975 adjustment: Streamlining Management Headquarters for Non-NIP agencies UNDIST Authorization .............. 30,000 +30,000 adjustment: Impact Aid UNDIST Program .............. 5,000 +5,000 increase: Impact Aid for children with severe disabilities ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Defense Language National Security Education Office.--The Committee recognizes that, in partnership with universities across the country, the National Security Education Program provides critical training for servicemembers and government officials in a number of languages and strategic cultures, including those of the Arab world, Afghanistan, China, and Iran. The Committee encourages the Department of Defense to continue placing a high priority on these programs to ensure warfighters receive the language and culture training needed to complete their missions effectively. Defense Personnel Accounting Agency.--The Committee is pleased with the establishment of the Defense Personnel Accounting Agency [DPAA], which is responsible for the national effort to develop and implement policy on all matters relating to personnel accounting. The Committee encourages the Department to partner with research universities with expertise in archeology and remains recovery in order to provide the fullest possible accounting for missing personnel from past conflicts. Wildlife Trafficking.--The committee supports efforts by Africa Command and Special Operations Command to assist in the limitation of animal poaching and wildlife trafficking through their capacity building engagements with African governments and authorities, including ``train the trainer'' exchanges and exercises and encourages the continuation of these engagements in areas affected by wildlife trafficking. The committee also encourages the Department of Defense to examine avenues to facilitate the provision of surplus and retired U.S. military equipment to governments engaged in countering wildlife trafficking. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees not later than 120 days after enactment of this act, describing the planned activities in support of the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking Implementation Plan. Counter-Lord's Resistance Army.--The Department of Defense shall continue its support of Operation Observant Compass to enable regional partners to continue to conduct operations against Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army. African Standby Force.--The Committee recognizes that the rapid deployment capability envisioned for the African Standby Force [ASF] has the potential to counter emerging crises and provide greatly needed peacekeeping support in Africa. However, this capability has been slow to develop, faces inadequate troop contributions, and has yet to reach full operational capability more than a decade since its inception. As the combatant command overseeing U.S. military policy in Africa, Africa Command [AFRICOM] may have a constructive role in engaging the African Union's Regional Economic Communities who are tasked to provide the necessary capabilities to bring ASF to full operational capability. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 120 days after enactment of this act, on AFRICOM's capabilities to engage the Regional Economic Communities. The report should also include an assessment of the military capacity shortfalls, to include logistics and airlift that must be addressed as African nations stand up a capable response force. Communities Affected by Army Force Structure Reductions.-- The Committee is concerned about the economic impact of Army force structure reductions on local communities and directs the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment to make economic adjustment assistance available to communities affected by such reductions. The Director of the Office of Economic Adjustment shall submit to congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after the date upon which the Army announces a force structure change involving the reduction of 1,000 or more soldiers at any one location, a report detailing assistance that will be made available to communities adversely affected by the decision. Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $2,513,393,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 2,665,792,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,679,992,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,679,992,000. This is $14,200,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES LAND FORCES MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES 16,612 16,612 .............. ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADES 486,531 486,531 .............. THEATER LEVEL ASSETS 105,446 105,446 .............. LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT 516,791 511,191 -5,600 AVIATION ASSETS 87,587 87,587 .............. LAND FORCES READINESS FORCES READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT 348,601 354,601 +6,000 LAND FORCES SYSTEM READINESS 81,350 81,350 .............. DEPOT MAINTENANCE 59,574 91,974 +32,400 LAND FORCES READINESS SUPPORT BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT 570,852 552,252 -18,600 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 245,686 245,686 .............. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS 40,962 40,962 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 2,559,992 2,574,192 +14,200 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 10,665 10,665 .............. ADMINISTRATION 18,390 18,390 .............. SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 14,976 14,976 .............. PERSONNEL/FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION 8,841 8,841 .............. RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 52,928 52,928 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 105,800 105,800 .............. ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY PRESERVE 2,665,792 2,679,992 +14,200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 115 Land Forces 516,791 511,191 -5,600 Operations Support Budget .............. .............. -5,600 documentat ion disparity: Contract services transfer not accounted for in budget documentat ion 121 Force Readiness 348,601 354,601 +6,000 Operations Support Program .............. .............. +6,000 increase: Cybersecur ity training 123 Land Forces 59,574 91,974 +32,400 Depot Maintenance Authorizati .............. .............. +32,400 on adjustment : Readiness funding increase 131 Base Operations 570,852 552,252 -18,600 Support Budget .............. .............. -13,000 documentat ion disparity: Justificat ion does not match summary of price and program changes Improving .............. .............. -5,600 funds management : Fiscal year 2015 Sec 9018 financing ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,021,200,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,001,758,000 Committee recommendation................................ 998,758,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $998,758,000. This is $3,000,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES RESERVE AIR OPERATIONS MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS 563,722 563,722 .............. INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE 6,218 6,218 .............. AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE 82,712 79,712 -3,000 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT 326 326 .............. AVIATION LOGISTICS 13,436 13,436 .............. RESERVE SHIP OPERATIONS SHIP OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING 557 557 .............. RESERVE COMBAT OPERATIONS SUPPORT COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 14,499 14,499 .............. COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES 117,601 117,601 .............. RESERVE WEAPONS SUPPORT ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 29,382 29,382 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 48,513 48,513 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 102,858 102,858 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 979,824 976,824 -3,000 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION 1,505 1,505 .............. MILITARY MANPOWER & PERSONNEL 13,782 13,782 .............. SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 3,437 3,437 .............. ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 3,210 3,210 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 21,934 21,934 .............. ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 1,001,758 998,758 -3,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1A5A Aircraft Depot 82,712 79,712 -3,000 Maintenance Budget .............. .............. -3,000 documentat ion disparity: Removal of fiscal year 2015 baseline for terminated program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $270,846,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 277,036,000 Committee recommendation................................ 277,036,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $277,036,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES EXPEDITIONARY FORCES OPERATING FORCES 97,631 97,631 .............. DEPOT MAINTENANCE 18,254 18,254 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 28,653 28,653 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 111,923 111,923 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 256,461 256,461 .............. BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 924 924 .............. ADMINISTRATION 10,866 10,866 .............. RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 8,785 8,785 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 20,575 20,575 .............. ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 277,036 277,036 .............. RESERVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $3,026,342,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,064,257,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,056,357,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,056,357,000. This is $7,900,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES AIR OPERATIONS PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES 1,779,378 1,779,378 .............. MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS 226,243 218,843 -7,400 DEPOT MAINTENANCE 487,036 487,036 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 109,342 109,342 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 373,707 370,707 -3,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 2,975,706 2,965,306 -10,400 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION 53,921 53,921 .............. RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 14,359 14,359 .............. MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 13,665 13,665 .............. OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT 6,606 6,606 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 88,551 88,551 .............. RESTORE A-10 .............. 2,500 +2,500 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 3,064,257 3,056,357 -7,900 PRESERVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 011G Mission Support 226,243 218,843 -7,400 Operations Maintain .............. .............. -1,400 program affordabil ity: Reduced program support unaccounte d for Budget .............. .............. -6,000 documentat ion disparity: Justificat ion does not match summary of price and program changes for civilian pay 011Z Base Support 373,707 370,707 -3,000 Budget .............. .............. -3,000 documentat ion disparity: Transfer for support standard not accounted for UNDIST Authorization .............. 2,500 +2,500 adjustment: Restore A-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard Appropriations, 2015.................................... $6,175,951,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 6,717,977,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,746,302,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,746,302,000. This is $28,325,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES LAND FORCES MANEUVER UNITS 709,433 709,433 .............. MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES 167,324 167,324 .............. ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE 741,327 741,327 .............. THEATER LEVEL ASSETS 88,775 96,475 +7,700 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT 32,130 32,130 .............. AVIATION ASSETS 943,609 996,209 +52,600 LAND FORCES READINESS FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT 703,137 712,537 +9,400 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS 84,066 84,066 .............. LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE 166,848 189,348 +22,500 LAND FORCES READINESS SUPPORT BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT 1,022,970 998,970 -24,000 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 673,680 673,680 .............. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 954,574 954,574 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 6,287,873 6,356,073 +68,200 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 6,570 6,570 .............. ADMINISTRATION 59,629 59,629 .............. SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 68,452 68,452 .............. MANPOWER MANAGEMENT 8,841 8,841 .............. RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 283,670 283,670 .............. REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT 2,942 2,942 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 430,104 430,104 .............. SERVICE SUPPORT CONTRACTOR REDUCTION .............. -40,000 -40,000 FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING .............. 125 +125 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 6,717,977 6,746,302 +28,325 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 114 Theater Level 88,775 96,475 +7,700 Assets Authorizati .............. .............. +7,700 on adjustment : Army National Guard's Operation Phalanx 116 Aviation Assets 943,609 996,209 +52,600 Authorizati .............. .............. +39,600 on adjustment : Readiness funding increase Authorizati .............. .............. +13,000 on adjustment : Army National Guard's Operation Phalanx 121 Force Readiness 703,137 712,537 +9,400 Operations Support Program .............. .............. +9,400 increase: Army National Guard Cyber Protection Teams 123 Land Forces 166,848 189,348 +22,500 Depot Maintenance Authorizati .............. .............. +22,500 on adjustment : Readiness funding increase 131 Base Operations 1,022,970 998,970 -24,000 Support Maintain .............. .............. -10,000 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth Budget .............. .............. -14,000 documentat ion disparity: Justificat ion does not match summary of price and program changes UNDIST Maintain .............. -40,000 -40,000 program affordability: Service support contracts UNDIST Authorization .............. 125 +125 adjustment: Financial literacy training ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard Appropriations, 2015.................................... $6,408,558,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 6,956,210,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,951,010,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,951,010,000. This is $5,200,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD BUDGET ACTIVITY 1: OPERATING FORCES AIR OPERATIONS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS 3,526,471 3,506,471 -20,000 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS 740,779 743,379 +2,600 DEPOT MAINTENANCE 1,763,859 1,763,859 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION 288,786 288,786 .............. BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 582,037 582,037 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 6,901,932 6,884,532 -17,400 BUDGET ACTIVITY 4: ADMIN & SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ADMINISTRATION 23,626 23,626 .............. RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 30,652 30,652 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 4 54,278 54,278 .............. UNJUSTIFIED GROWTH .............. -30,000 -30,000 RESTORE A-10 .............. 42,200 +42,200 ================================================= TOTAL, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 6,956,210 6,951,010 -5,200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 011F Aircraft 3,526,471 3,506,471 -20,000 Operations Maintain .............. .............. -20,000 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth 011G Mission Support 740,779 743,379 +2,600 Operations Authorizati .............. .............. +2,600 on adjustment : Air National Guard's Operation Phalanx UNDIST Maintain .............. -30,000 -30,000 program affordability: Unjustified growth UNDIST Authorization .............. 42,200 +42,200 adjustment: Restore A-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Appropriations, 2015.................................... $13,723,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 14,078,000 Committee recommendation................................ 14,078,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,078,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Environmental Restoration, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $201,560,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 234,829,000 Committee recommendation................................ 234,829,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $234,829,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Environmental Restoration, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $277,294,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 292,453,000 Committee recommendation................................ 292,453,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $292,453,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Environmental Restoration, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $408,716,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 368,131,000 Committee recommendation................................ 368,131,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $368,131,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide Appropriations, 2015.................................... $8,547,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 8,232,000 Committee recommendation................................ 8,232,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,232,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites Appropriations, 2015.................................... $250,853,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 203,717,000 Committee recommendation................................ 233,717,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $233,717,000. This is $30,000,000 above the budget estimate to help address unfunded needs. Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Appropriations, 2015.................................... $103,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 100,266,000 Committee recommendation................................ 100,266,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $100,266,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Cooperative Threat Reduction Account Appropriations, 2015.................................... $365,108,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 358,496,000 Committee recommendation................................ 358,496,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $358,496,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COOPERATIVE .............. .............. .............. THREAT REDUCTION 1 Strategic 1,289 1,289 .............. Offensive Arms Elimination 2 Chemical 942 942 .............. Weapons Destruction 3 Biological 264,618 264,618 .............. Threat Reduction 4 Threat 2,827 2,827 .............. Reduction Engagement 5 Other 29,320 29,320 .............. Assessments/ Admin Costs 6 Global 20,555 20,555 .............. Nuclear Security 7 WMD 38,945 38,945 .............. Proliferati on Prevention ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, 358,496 358,496 .............. COOPERATI VE THREAT REDUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund Appropriations, 2015.................................... $83,034,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 84,140,000 Committee recommendation................................ 84,140,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $84,140,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. TITLE III PROCUREMENT Funds appropriated under this title provide the resources required to purchase military equipment and hardware, including aircraft, ships, missiles, combat vehicles, ammunition, weapons, electronic sensors and communications equipment, and other procurement items. The President's fiscal year 2016 budget requests a total of $106,914,372,000 for procurement appropriations. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION The Committee recommends procurement appropriations totaling $109,813,734,000 for fiscal year 2016. This is $2,899,362,000 above the budget estimate. Committee recommended procurement appropriations for fiscal year 2016 are summarized below: SUMMARY OF PROCUREMENT APPROPRIATIONS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Account 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Procurement: Aircraft Procurement, Army.................................. 5,689,357 5,465,751 -223,606 Missile Procurement, Army................................... 1,419,957 1,667,167 +247,210 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.... 1,887,073 1,914,446 +27,373 Procurement of Ammunition, Army............................. 1,233,378 1,247,426 +14,048 Other Procurement, Army..................................... 5,899,028 5,648,874 -250,154 Aircraft Procurement, Navy.................................. 16,126,405 17,392,174 +1,265,769 Weapons Procurement, Navy................................... 3,154,154 3,172,822 +18,668 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps............ 723,741 728,741 +5,000 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy........................... 16,597,457 18,176,362 +1,578,905 Other Procurement, Navy..................................... 6,614,715 6,329,750 -284,965 Procurement, Marine Corps................................... 1,131,418 1,239,618 +108,200 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force............................. 15,657,769 15,890,661 +232,892 Missile Procurement, Air Force.............................. 2,987,045 2,965,869 -21,176 Space Procurement, Air Force................................ 2,584,061 2,891,159 +307,098 Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force........................ 1,758,843 1,797,343 +38,500 Other Procurement, Air Force................................ 18,272,438 17,997,359 -275,079 Procurement, Defense-Wide................................... 5,130,853 5,211,532 +80,679 Defense Production Act Purchases............................ 46,680 76,680 +30,000 ----------------------------------------------- Total:.................................................... 106,914,372 109,813,734 +2,899,362 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reprogramming guidance for acquisition accounts The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2008 (House Report 110- 279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming funds will remain at $20,000,000 for procurement and $10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation. Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is directed to continue to provide the congressional defense committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006. The Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of a procurement (P-1), or a research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest items are established elsewhere in this report. PROCUREMENT OVERVIEW Airspace Compliance.--In order for Department of Defense aircraft to operate in the both the Federal Aviation Administration-controlled airspace and International Civil Aviation Organization-controlled airspace after January 1, 2020, the Department must add appropriate equipment to all current and future aviation platforms projected to operate in those airspaces. Due to various delays, the Department has indicated that many aircraft will not meet the mandated compliance date and will need waivers to operate in controlled airspace. The Committee believes that had the Department taken a centralized role in the oversight of airspace compliance and monitored the progress of each fleet towards meeting the mandate, the services would have developed solutions in a more expedient manner and fewer waivers would have been necessary. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act, (1) each aircraft type, by service, required to comply with the mandates, (2) the cost associated with making the aircraft compliant, (3) the projected compliance date for each aircraft and (4) the projected date to obtain waivers for each aircraft, if necessary. The Committee expects the Secretary of Defense to take a more proactive role in ensuring that United States military aircraft are approved to operate in controlled airspace past January 1, 2020. Army Organic Industrial Base.--The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide 45-day written notification to the congressional defense committees prior to the Secretary approving civilian reductions in force that will result in an employment loss of 50 or more full-time employees at any Army organic industrial base facility. The notification shall include the impact that the proposed reduction in force will have on the ability to maintain the organic industrial base critical manufacturing capabilities as delineated in the Army Organic Industrial Base Strategy Report, a detailed accounting of the costs of implementing the reduction in force, and an assessment of the cost of, and time necessary, to restore any lost capability to meet future organic wartime manufacturing needs. Arsenal Sustainment Initiative.--The Committee supports the ongoing efforts of the Department of the Army to develop the Army Organic Industrial Base Strategy. This process is identifying manufacturing capabilities at each organic industrial facility that are critical for the country to sustain in wartime and peacetime if the U.S. military is called to act. However, the Committee is concerned that while the Army Organic Industrial Base Strategy is identifying capabilities, it has not prioritized them in annual budget requests to Congress. In particular, the Nation's arsenals are at risk of not having the capacity to respond rapidly to meet the Department's needs. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to assign the arsenals sufficient workload to maintain the critical capabilities identified in the Army Organic Industrial Base Strategy Report and ensure cost efficiency and technical competence in peacetime, while preserving the ability to provide an effective and timely response to mobilizations, national defense contingency situations, and other emergency requirements. Further, the Committee is aware that while the Army's manufacturing arsenals have provided critical wartime needs to all the services, they are not always considered by the other services for the work opportunities which help sustain them in peacetime. Given the arsenals' unique capabilities, the Committee looks forward to receiving the Secretary of Defense's report detailing recommendations on how the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps can better use the arsenals for their manufacturing needs. Noting that fulfilling spare parts needs are an important part of our organic industrial base, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to also report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this act assessing what opportunities may exist for the arsenals to assist the services and the Defense Logistics Agency to procure for our spare parts inventory. Hellfire Missiles.--The Committee notes that the Department requested authority in February 2015 to reprogram funding to align Hellfire missile inventories with operational and organizational requirements. The reprogramming request followed similar requests in each of the four prior fiscal years, indicating that Hellfire missile inventories could be more effectively managed across and between the services. The Committee directs the Director of Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation to review short-range air-to-ground missile requirements, Hellfire inventory requirements, Hellfire inventory management processes and practices, and current and prospective Hellfire operational demand and submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act, recommendations for jointly optimizing the management of Hellfire missiles, or that of a substantively similar capability, across the four services. Physical Access Control Systems.--The Committee remains concerned with the challenges the Department of Defense continues to face with the efficacy of physical access control systems and notes that it is yet to receive a report as required by Senate Report 113-211. Last year's report requested that the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force perform a business case analysis that examines the development, procurement, and sustainment cost of existing physical access control systems compared to the cost of physical access control systems available commercially. The Secretaries shall provide the report to the congressional defense committees summarizing the outcome of this business case analysis and actions they plan to take to implement the most affordable solution not later than 180 days after enactment of this act. Aircraft Procurement, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $5,216,225,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 5,689,357,000 Committee recommendation................................ 5,465,751,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,465,751,000. This is $223,606,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY AIRCRAFT FIXED WING UTILITY F/W CARGO AIRCRAFT .............. 879 .............. 879 .............. .............. MQ-1 UAV 15 260,436 15 199,636 .............. -60,800 ROTARY HELICOPTER, LIGHT UTILITY [LUH] 28 187,177 28 187,177 .............. .............. AH-64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN 64 1,168,461 64 1,138,461 .............. -30,000 AH-64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN [AP-CY] .............. 209,930 .............. 209,930 .............. .............. UH-60 BLACKHAWK [MYP] 94 1,435,945 94 1,435,945 .............. .............. UH-60 BLACKHAWK [MYP] [AP-CY] .............. 127,079 .............. 127,079 .............. .............. UH-60 BLACKHAWK A AND L MODELS 40 46,641 40 46,641 .............. .............. CH-47 HELICOPTER 39 1,024,587 39 931,398 .............. -93,189 CH-47 HELICOPTER [AP-CY] .............. 99,344 .............. 99,344 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRCRAFT .............. 4,560,479 .............. 4,376,490 .............. -183,989 MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT MQ-1 PAYLOAD--UAS .............. 97,543 .............. 91,653 .............. -5,890 MULTI SENSOR ABN RECON [MIP] .............. 95,725 .............. 68,500 .............. -27,225 AH-64 MODS .............. 116,153 .............. 116,153 .............. .............. CH-47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS .............. 86,330 .............. 73,130 .............. -13,200 GRCS SEMA MODS [MIP] .............. 4,019 .............. 4,019 .............. .............. ARL SEMA MODS [MIP] .............. 16,302 .............. 10,800 .............. -5,502 EMARSS SEMA MODS [MIP] .............. 13,669 .............. 13,669 .............. .............. UTILITY/CARGO AIRPLANE MODS .............. 16,166 .............. 16,166 .............. .............. UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS .............. 13,793 .............. 13,793 .............. .............. NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN .............. 112,807 .............. 105,807 .............. -7,000 COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE .............. 82,904 .............. 82,904 .............. .............. GATM ROLLUP .............. 33,890 .............. 33,890 .............. .............. RQ-7 UAV MODS .............. 81,444 .............. 81,444 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT .............. 770,745 .............. 711,928 .............. -58,817 SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT .............. 56,215 .............. 56,215 .............. .............. SURVIVABILITY CM .............. 8,917 .............. 8,917 .............. .............. CMWS .............. 78,348 .............. 104,348 .............. +26,000 OTHER SUPPORT AVIONICS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 6,937 .............. 6,937 .............. .............. COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT .............. 64,867 .............. 58,067 .............. -6,800 AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS .............. 44,085 .............. 44,085 .............. .............. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL .............. 94,545 .............. 94,545 .............. .............. INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............. 1,207 .............. 1,207 .............. .............. LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET .............. 3,012 .............. 3,012 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES .............. 358,133 .............. 377,333 .............. +19,200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY .............. 5,689,357 .............. 5,465,751 .............. -223,606 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4MQ-1 UAV 260,436 199,636 -60,800 Restoring .............. .............. -7,800 acquisition accountabilit y: ICS growth Restoring .............. .............. -53,000 acquisition accountabilit y: Unit cost growth 7AH-64 Apache Block 1,168,461 1,138,461 -30,000 IIIA Reman Restoring .............. .............. -10,000 acquisition accountabilit y: Program management growth and forward financing Improving .............. .............. -20,000 funds management: Prior year carryover 14CH-47 Helicopter 1,024,587 931,398 -93,189 Restoring .............. .............. -93,189 acquisition accountabilit y: Miscellaneous request and forward financing 16MQ-1 Payload [MIP] 97,543 91,653 -5,890 Restoring .............. .............. -5,890 acquisition accountabilit y: Test and evaluation unjustified request 19Multi Sensor ABN 95,725 68,500 -27,225 Recon [MIP] Budget .............. .............. -27,225 documentation disparity: Poor justification materials 21CH-47 Cargo 86,330 73,130 -13,200 Helicopter Mods [MYP] Restoring .............. .............. -17,200 acquisition accountabilit y: Systems optimization and payload buyback early to need Program .............. .............. +4,000 increase 23ARL SEMA Mods 16,302 10,800 -5,502 [MIP] Budget .............. .............. -5,502 documentation disparity: Poor justification materials 28Network and 112,807 105,807 -7,000 Mission Plan Improving .............. .............. -7,000 funds management: Prior year carryover 34CMWS 78,348 104,348 +26,000 Authorization .............. .............. +26,000 adjustment: Apache survivability equipment--Ar my UFR 36Common Ground 64,867 58,067 -6,800 Equipment Improving .............. .............. -9,000 funds management: Prior year carryover Program .............. .............. +2,200 increase: Corrosion mitigation covers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MQ-1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle [UAV].--The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request includes $276,973,000 in base and Overseas Contingency Operations funding to procure 17 additional MQ-1 UAVs, which is 17 aircraft above the Army validated requirement. The Committee is concerned with the small subset of the total Army MQ-1 UAVs providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance [ISR] for the combatant commanders. The Army's justification for additional aircraft in the fiscal year 2016 request is to support the increase in Combat Air Patrols [CAPs] requested by the Department of Defense. The Committee supports the request to procure the additional aircraft, but reduces the funding by $60,800,000 due to unit cost efficiencies. Additionally, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to do a complete review of the required CAPs to meet Combatant Commanders requirements, identify the mix of ISR aircraft across the Air Force, Army and Special Operations Command to meet such requirements, and provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this act. CH-47F Cargo Helicopter Modifications.--The Committee understands that the Department of the Army is developing technologies that are common between the Special Operations Command MH-47G Chinook helicopter and Army CH-47F Block II helicopter in areas such as fuel system commonality. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Army to develop and field technologies that support this commonality. Corrosion Mitigation Covers.--The Committee recognizes the importance of protecting critical aviation assets from corrosion and environmental degradation and supports the Department of the Army's efforts to address this concern through the use of corrosion mitigation covers. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Army to acquire corrosion mitigation covers to provide protection to key equipment assets to increase the mission capability of our critical weapons systems. Missile Procurement, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,208,692,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,419,957,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,667,167,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,667,167,000. This is $247,210,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY OTHER MISSILES SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE [AMD] .............. 115,075 .............. 112,285 .............. -2,790 MSE MISSILE 80 414,946 80 614,946 .............. +200,000 AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY 113 27,975 113 27,975 .............. .............. JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MSLS [JAGM] (AP) .............. 27,738 .............. 27,738 .............. .............. ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT MISSILE SYSTEM JAVELIN (AAWS-M) SYSTEM SUMMARY 331 77,163 615 127,163 +284 +50,000 TOW 2 SYSTEM SUMMARY 1,704 87,525 1,704 87,525 .............. .............. GUIDED MLRS ROCKET [GMLRS] 1,668 251,060 1,668 251,060 .............. .............. MLRS REDUCED RANGE PRACTICE ROCKETS [RRPR] 3,121 17,428 3,121 17,428 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER MISSILES .............. 1,018,910 .............. 1,266,120 .............. +247,210 MODIFICATION OF MISSILES MODIFICATIONS PATRIOT MODS .............. 241,883 .............. 241,883 .............. .............. ATACMS MODS .............. 30,119 .............. 30,119 .............. .............. GMLRS MOD .............. 18,221 .............. 18,221 .............. .............. STINGER MODS .............. 2,216 .............. 2,216 .............. .............. AVENGER MODS .............. 6,171 .............. 6,171 .............. .............. ITAS/TOW MODS .............. 19,576 .............. 19,576 .............. .............. MLRS MODS .............. 35,970 .............. 35,970 .............. .............. HIMARS MODIFICATIONS .............. 3,148 .............. 3,148 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MODIFICATION OF MISSILES .............. 357,304 .............. 357,304 .............. .............. SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 33,778 .............. 33,778 .............. .............. SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES AIR DEFENSE TARGETS .............. 3,717 .............. 3,717 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (MISSILES) .............. 1,544 .............. 1,544 .............. .............. PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT .............. 4,704 .............. 4,704 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES .............. 9,965 .............. 9,965 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY .............. 1,419,957 .............. 1,667,167 .............. +247,210 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Lower Tier Air 115,075 112,285 -2,790 and Missile Defense [AMD] Restoring .............. ............... -2,790 acquisiti on accountab ility: Unjustifi ed growth 2 MSE Missile 414,946 614,946 +200,000 Authorizat .............. ............... +200,000 ion adjustmen t: Patriot PAC 3 for improved BMD--Army UFR 5 Javelin (AAWS- 77,163 127,163 +50,000 M) System Summary Program .............. ............... +50,000 increase: Additiona l missiles- -Army UFR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,722,136,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,887,073,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,914,446,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,914,446,000. This is $27,373,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES STRYKER VEHICLE .............. 181,245 .............. 177,345 .............. -3,900 MODIFICATION OF TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES STRYKER (MOD) .............. 74,085 .............. 74,085 .............. .............. STRYKER UPGRADE 62 305,743 62 305,743 .............. .............. BRADLEY PROGRAM (MOD) .............. 225,042 .............. 200,042 .............. -25,000 HOWITZER, MED SP FT 155MM M109A6 (MOD) .............. 60,079 .............. 56,879 .............. -3,200 PALADIN PIPM MOD IN SERVICE 30 273,850 30 273,850 .............. .............. IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88A2 HERCULES) 31 123,629 47 180,929 +16 +57,300 ASSAULT BRIDGE (MOD) .............. 2,461 .............. 2,461 .............. .............. ARMORED BREACHER VEHICLE 7 2,975 7 2,975 .............. .............. M88 FOV MODS .............. 14,878 .............. 14,878 .............. .............. JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE 4 33,455 4 33,455 .............. .............. M1 ABRAMS TANK (MOD) .............. 367,939 .............. 367,939 .............. .............. SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (TCV-WTCV) .............. 6,479 .............. 6,129 .............. -350 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES .............. 1,671,860 .............. 1,696,710 .............. +24,850 WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES MORTAR SYSTEMS .............. 4,991 .............. 4,991 .............. .............. XM320 GRENADE LAUNCHER MODULE (GLM) .............. 26,294 .............. 26,294 .............. .............. PRECISION SNIPER RIFLE .............. 1,984 .............. .............. .............. -1,984 COMPACT SEMI-AUTOMATIC SNIPER SYSTEM .............. 1,488 .............. .............. .............. -1,488 CARBINE .............. 34,460 .............. 31,260 .............. -3,200 COMMON REMOTELY OPERATED WEAPONS STATION .............. 8,367 .............. 14,750 .............. +6,383 HANDGUN .............. 5,417 .............. .............. .............. -5,417 MOD OF WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEH MK-19 GRENADE MACHINE GUN MODS .............. 2,777 .............. .............. .............. -2,777 M777 MODS .............. 10,070 .............. 10,070 .............. .............. M4 CARBINE MODS .............. 27,566 .............. 27,566 .............. .............. M2 50 CAL MACHINE GUN MODS .............. 44,004 .............. 44,004 .............. .............. M249 SAW MACHINE GUN MODS .............. 1,190 .............. 1,190 .............. .............. M240 MEDIUM MACHINE GUN MODS .............. 1,424 .............. 11,424 .............. +10,000 SNIPER RIFLES MODIFICATIONS .............. 2,431 .............. 980 .............. -1,451 M119 MODIFICATIONS .............. 20,599 .............. 20,599 .............. .............. MORTAR MODIFICATION .............. 6,300 .............. 6,300 .............. .............. MODIFICATIONS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) .............. 3,737 .............. 3,737 .............. .............. SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) .............. 391 .............. 2,848 .............. +2,457 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (WOCV-WTCV) .............. 9,027 .............. 9,027 .............. .............. INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS .............. 304 .............. 304 .............. .............. SMALL ARMS EQUIPMENT (SOLDIER ENH PROG) .............. 2,392 .............. 2,392 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES .............. 215,213 .............. 217,736 .............. +2,523 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY .............. 1,887,073 .............. 1,914,446 .............. +27,373 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1Stryker Vehicle 181,245 177,345 -3,900 Maintain ............... ............... -3,900 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth-- program management funding 5Bradley Program 225,042 200,042 -25,000 (MOD) Improving ............... ............... -25,000 funds management : Prior year carryover 6Howitzer, Med 60,079 56,879 -3,200 Sp Ft 155mm M109a6 (MOD) Restoring ............... ............... -3,200 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Unit cost growth 8Improved 123,629 180,929 +57,300 Recovery Vehicle (M88A2 Hercules) Authorizati ............... ............... +72,000 on adjustment : 16 M88A2's to support mod of ABCTs and industrial base Restoring ............... ............... -13,200 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Contractor engineerin g early to need Maintain ............... ............... -1,500 program affordabil ity: Unjustifie d growth-- program management funding 15Production Base 6,479 6,129 -350 Support (TCV- WTCV) Improving ............... ............... -350 funds management : Prior year carryover 18Precision 1,984 ............... -1,984 Sniper Rifle Transfer: ............... ............... -1,984 Army- requested to WTCV lines 21 and 34 and RDTE line 83 19Compact Semi- 1,488 ............... -1,488 Automatic Sniper System Transfer: ............... ............... -1,488 Army- requested to WTCV lines 21 and 34 and RDTE line 83 20Carbine 34,460 31,260 -3,200 Restoring ............... ............... -3,200 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Unit cost growth 21Common Remotely 8,367 14,750 +6,383 Operated Weapons Station Transfer ............... ............... +6,383 CROWS conversion s: Army- requested from WTCV lines 18, 19, 22, and 29 22Handgun 5,417 ............... -5,417 Transfer: ............... ............... -5,417 Army- requested to WTCV lines 21 and 34 and RDTE line 83 23MK-19 Grenade 2,777 ............... -2,777 Machine Gun Mods Restoring ............... ............... -2,777 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Unclear requiremen ts 28M240 Medium 1,424 11,424 +10,000 Machine Gun Mods Program ............... ............... +10,000 increase 29Sniper Rifles 2,431 980 -1,451 Modifications Improving ............... ............... -1,451 funds management : Excess to need 34Items Less Than 391 2,848 +2,457 $5.0m (WOCV- WTCV) Transfer ............... ............... +2,457 for nonstandar d weapons: Army- requested for WTCV lines 18, 19, 22, and 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stryker Lethality Upgrades.--The Committee understands that the Army is evaluating various courses of action to address the operational needs statement for increased Stryker lethality of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe. As the courses of action materialize and the tradeoffs between the schedule of fielding the first upgraded units and the risk in the acquisition schedule are properly balanced, the Committee is open to considering reprogramming requests that address the required funding. MK-19 Grenade Machine Gun Modifications.--The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request includes $2,777,000 for MK-19 40mm grenade machine gun launchers to improve the lethality and accuracy of the weapon. The MK-19 has been a reliable and effective weapon for many years, including extensive operational use in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the Committee is concerned with the Army's plan to upgrade the weapon. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act, that addresses the feasibility of utilizing commercial, off-the-shelf technologies to upgrade the MK-19 and validates the requirement for the improved components of the MOD 5 kits. Handgun.--The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request includes $5,417,000 to support the procurement of modular handgun systems. The Committee is concerned that the Army is rushing to pursue a new acquisition program to replace the M9 pistol before adequately exploring other cost-effective solutions to meet the Army's handgun requirements. Based on the Army's transfer request, the Committee does not provide funding for modular handgun systems in fiscal year 2016. Procurement of Ammunition, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,015,477,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,233,378,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,247,426,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,247,426,000. This is $14,048,000 above the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY AMMUNITION SMALL/MEDIUM CAL AMMUNITION CTG, 5.56MM, ALL TYPES .............. 43,489 .............. 43,489 .............. .............. CTG, 7.62MM, ALL TYPES .............. 40,715 .............. 40,715 .............. .............. CTG, HANDGUN, ALL TYPES .............. 7,753 .............. 6,801 .............. -952 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL TYPES .............. 24,728 .............. 24,728 .............. .............. CTG, 25MM, ALL TYPES .............. 8,305 .............. 8,305 .............. .............. CTG, 30MM, ALL TYPES .............. 34,330 .............. 34,330 .............. .............. CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES .............. 79,972 .............. 79,972 .............. .............. MORTAR AMMUNITION 60MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES .............. 42,898 .............. 42,898 .............. .............. 81MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES .............. 43,500 .............. 43,500 .............. .............. 120MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES .............. 64,372 .............. 64,372 .............. .............. TANK AMMUNITION CTG TANK 105MM AND 120MM: ALL TYPES .............. 105,541 .............. 105,541 .............. .............. ARTILLERY AMMUNITION CTG, ARTY, 75MM AND 105MM: ALL TYPES .............. 57,756 .............. 57,756 .............. .............. ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 155MM, ALL TYPES .............. 77,995 .............. 77,995 .............. .............. PROJ 155MM EXTENDED RANGE XM982 .............. 45,518 .............. 60,518 .............. +15,000 ARTILLERY PROPELLANTS, FUZES AND PRIMERS, ALL .............. 78,024 .............. 78,024 .............. .............. TYPES ROCKETS SHOULDER LAUNCHED MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES .............. 7,500 .............. 7,500 .............. .............. ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES .............. 33,653 .............. 33,653 .............. .............. OTHER AMMUNITION CAD/PAD ALL TYPES .............. 5,639 .............. 5,639 .............. .............. DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES .............. 9,751 .............. 9,751 .............. .............. GRENADES, ALL TYPES .............. 19,993 .............. 19,993 .............. .............. SIGNALS, ALL TYPES .............. 9,761 .............. 9,761 .............. .............. SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES .............. 9,749 .............. 9,749 .............. .............. MISCELLANEOUS AMMO COMPONENTS, ALL TYPES .............. 3,521 .............. 3,521 .............. .............. NON-LETHAL AMMUNITION, ALL TYPES .............. 1,700 .............. 1,700 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 6,181 .............. 6,181 .............. .............. AMMUNITION PECULIAR EQUIPMENT .............. 17,811 .............. 17,811 .............. .............. FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION (AMMO) .............. 14,695 .............. 14,695 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AMMUNITION .............. 894,850 .............. 908,898 .............. +14,048 AMMUNITION PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............. 221,703 .............. 221,703 .............. .............. CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION, ALL .............. 113,250 .............. 113,250 .............. .............. ARMS INITIATIVE .............. 3,575 .............. 3,575 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AMMUNITION PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT .............. 338,528 .............. 338,528 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY .............. 1,233,378 .............. 1,247,426 .............. +14,048 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3CTG, Handgun, All 7,753 6,801 -952 Types Transfer .............. .............. -952 CROWS: Army- requested to RDTE, Army line 83 14Proj 155mm 45,518 60,518 +15,000 Extended Range M982 Program .............. .............. +15,000 increase ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Procurement, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $4,747,523,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 5,899,028,000 Committee recommendation................................ 5,648,874,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,648,874,000. This is $250,154,000 below the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY TACTICAL AND SUPPORT VEHICLES TACTICAL VEHICLES TACTICAL TRAILERS/DOLLY SETS .............. 12,855 .............. 12,855 .............. .............. SEMITRAILERS, FLATBED: .............. 53 .............. 53 .............. .............. FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH [FMTV] 166 90,040 166 90,040 .............. .............. JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE 450 308,336 450 308,336 .............. .............. FIRETRUCKS & ASSOCIATED FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMEN .............. 8,444 .............. 8,444 .............. .............. FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES [FHTV] 273 27,549 273 27,549 .............. .............. PLS ESP .............. 127,102 .............. 127,102 .............. .............. TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE PROTECTION KITS .............. 48,292 .............. 48,292 .............. .............. MODIFICATION OF IN SVC EQUIP .............. 130,993 .............. 130,993 .............. .............. MINE-RESISTANT AMBUSH-PROTECTED MODS .............. 19,146 .............. 19,146 .............. .............. NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES .............. 1,248 .............. 1,248 .............. .............. NONTACTICAL VEHICLES, OTHER .............. 9,614 .............. 9,614 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, TACTICAL AND SUPPORT VEHICLES .............. 783,672 .............. 783,672 .............. .............. COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT COMM--JOINT COMMUNICATIONS WIN-T--GROUND FORCES TACTICAL NETWORK .............. 783,116 .............. 643,370 .............. -139,746 SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM .............. 49,898 .............. 49,898 .............. .............. JOINT INCIDENT SITE COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY .............. 4,062 .............. 4,062 .............. .............. JCSE EQUIPMENT (USREDCOM) .............. 5,008 .............. 5,008 .............. .............. COMM--SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS DEFENSE ENTERPRISE WIDEBAND SATCOM SYSTEMS .............. 196,306 .............. 196,306 .............. .............. TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS .............. 44,998 .............. 44,998 .............. .............. SHF TERM .............. 7,629 .............. 7,629 .............. .............. NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (SPACE) .............. 14,027 .............. 14,027 .............. .............. SMART-T (SPACE) .............. 13,453 .............. 13,453 .............. .............. GLOBAL BRDCST SVC-GBS .............. 6,265 .............. 6,265 .............. .............. MOD OF IN-SERVICE EQUIPMENT (TAC-SAT) .............. 1,042 .............. 642 .............. -400 COMM--C3 SYSTEM ARMY GLOBAL CMD & CONTROL SYS (AGCCS) .............. 10,137 .............. 10,137 .............. .............. COMM--COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS ENROUTE MISSION COMMAND (EMC) .............. 7,116 .............. 7,116 .............. .............. JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM .............. 64,640 .............. 32,320 .............. -32,320 MID-TIER NETWORKING VEHICULAR RADIO (MNVR) .............. 27,762 .............. 21,868 .............. -5,894 RADIO TERMINAL SET, MIDS LVT(2) .............. 9,422 .............. 9,422 .............. .............. AMC CRITICAL ITEMS--OPA2 .............. 26,020 .............. 26,020 .............. .............. TRACTOR DESK .............. 4,073 .............. 4,073 .............. .............. SPIDER APLA REMOTE CONTROL UNIT .............. 1,403 .............. 1,403 .............. .............. SPIDER FAMILY OF NETWORKED MUNITIONS INCREASE .............. 9,199 .............. 9,199 .............. .............. SOLDIER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM COMM/ELECTRONICS .............. 349 .............. 349 .............. .............. TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PROTECTIVE SYSTEM .............. 25,597 .............. 25,597 .............. .............. UNIFIED COMMAND SUITE .............. 21,854 .............. 21,854 .............. .............. FAMILY OF MED COMM FOR COMBAT CASUALTY CARE .............. 24,388 .............. 24,388 .............. .............. COMM--INTELLIGENCE COMM CI AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE [MIP] .............. 1,349 .............. 1,349 .............. .............. ARMY CA/MISO GPF EQUIPMENT .............. 3,695 .............. 2,695 .............. -1,000 INFORMATION SECURITY INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP .............. 19,920 .............. 19,920 .............. .............. COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC) .............. 72,257 .............. 72,257 .............. .............. COMM--LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS BASE SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS .............. 16,082 .............. 16,082 .............. .............. COMM--BASE COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS .............. 86,037 .............. 61,503 .............. -24,534 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM .............. 8,550 .............. 8,550 .............. .............. INSTALLATION INFO INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM .............. 73,496 .............. 73,496 .............. .............. ELECT EQUIP ELECT EQUIP--TACT INT REL ACT [TIARA] JTT/CIBS-M [MIP] .............. 881 .............. 881 .............. .............. PROPHET GROUND [MIP] .............. 63,650 .............. 63,650 .............. .............. DCGS-A [MIP] .............. 260,268 .............. 260,268 .............. .............. JOINT TACTICAL GROUND STATION [JTAGS] .............. 3,906 .............. 3,906 .............. .............. TROJAN [MIP] .............. 13,929 .............. 13,929 .............. .............. MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (INTEL SPT) [MIP] .............. 3,978 .............. 3,978 .............. .............. CI HUMINT AUTO REPRTING AND COLL[CHARCS][MIP] .............. 7,542 .............. 7,542 .............. .............. CLOSE ACCESS TARGET RECONNAISSANCE (CATR) .............. 8,010 .............. 8,010 .............. .............. MACHINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SYSTEM .............. 8,125 .............. 8,125 .............. .............. ELECT EQUIP--ELECTRONIC WARFARE [EW] LIGHTWEIGHT COUNTER MORTAR RADAR .............. 63,472 .............. 63,472 .............. .............. EW PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS .............. 2,556 .............. 2,556 .............. .............. AIR VIGILANCE (AV) .............. 8,224 .............. 8,224 .............. .............. CREW .............. 2,960 .............. 2,960 .............. .............. FAMILY OF PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES .............. 1,722 .............. 1,722 .............. .............. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES .............. 447 .............. 447 .............. .............. CI MODERNIZATION [MIP] .............. 228 .............. 228 .............. .............. ELECT EQUIP--TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) SENTINEL MODS .............. 43,285 .............. 43,285 .............. .............. NIGHT VISION DEVICES .............. 124,216 .............. 124,216 .............. .............. SMALL TACTICAL OPTICAL RIFLE MOUNTED MLRF .............. 23,216 .............. 23,216 .............. .............. INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION FAMILY OF SYSTEMS .............. 60,679 .............. 60,679 .............. .............. FAMILY OF WEAPON SIGHTS (FWS) .............. 53,453 .............. 53,453 .............. .............. ARTILLERY ACCURACY EQUIP .............. 3,338 .............. 3,338 .............. .............. PROFILER .............. 4,057 .............. 4,057 .............. .............. JOINT BATTLE COMMAND--PLATFORM [JBC-P] .............. 133,339 .............. 133,339 .............. .............. JOINT EFFECTS TARGETING SYSTEM (JETS) .............. 47,212 .............. 47,212 .............. .............. MOD OF IN-SERVICE EQUIPMENT (LLDR) .............. 22,314 .............. 22,314 .............. .............. COMPUTER BALLISTICS: LHMBC XM32 .............. 12,131 .............. 12,131 .............. .............. MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM .............. 10,075 .............. 10,075 .............. .............. COUNTERFIRE RADARS .............. 217,379 .............. 115,928 .............. -101,451 ELECT EQUIP--TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS FIRE SUPPORT C2 FAMILY .............. 1,190 .............. 1,190 .............. .............. AIR & MSL DEFENSE PLANNING & CONTROL SYS (AMD .............. 28,176 .............. 28,176 .............. .............. IAMD BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM .............. 20,917 .............. 20,917 .............. .............. LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE SUPPORT [LCSS] .............. 5,850 .............. 5,850 .............. .............. NETWORK MANAGEMENT INITIALIZATION AND SERVICE .............. 12,738 .............. 12,738 .............. .............. MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM [MCS] .............. 145,405 .............. 145,405 .............. .............. GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-ARMY .............. 162,654 .............. 162,654 .............. .............. INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY .............. 4,446 .............. 4,446 .............. .............. RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEYING INSTRUMENT SET .............. 16,218 .............. 16,218 .............. .............. MOD OF IN-SERVICE EQUIPMENT (ENFIRE) .............. 1,138 .............. 1,138 .............. .............. ELECT EQUIP--AUTOMATION ARMY TRAINING MODERNIZATION .............. 12,089 .............. 12,089 .............. .............. AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT .............. 105,775 .............. 105,775 .............. .............. GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM .............. 18,995 .............. 13,540 .............. -5,455 HIGH PERF COMPUTING MOD PROGRAM .............. 62,319 .............. 62,319 .............. .............. RESERVE COMPONENT AUTOMATION SYS [RCAS] .............. 17,894 .............. 17,894 .............. .............. ELECT EQUIP--AUDIO VISUAL SYS (A/V) ITEMS LESS THAN $5M (SURVEYING EQUIPMENT) .............. 4,242 .............. 4,242 .............. .............. ELECT EQUIP--SUPPORT PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT [C-E] .............. 425 .............. 425 .............. .............. BCT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES .............. 7,438 .............. 7,438 .............. .............. CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............. 6,467 .............. 6,467 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS .............. 3,478,118 .............. 3,167,318 .............. -310,800 EQUIPMENT OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS .............. 248 .............. 248 .............. .............. FAMILY OF NON-LETHAL EQUIPMENT [FNLE] .............. 1,487 .............. 1,487 .............. .............. CBRN SOLDIER PROTECTION .............. 26,302 .............. 26,302 .............. .............. BRIDGING EQUIPMENT TACTICAL BRIDGING .............. 9,822 .............. 9,822 .............. .............. TACTICAL BRIDGE, FLOAT-RIBBON .............. 21,516 .............. 21,516 .............. .............. BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SET .............. 4,959 .............. 4,959 .............. .............. COMMON BRIDGE TRANSPORTER RECAP .............. 52,546 .............. 52,546 .............. .............. ENGINEER (NON-CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT GROUND STANDOFF MINE DETECTION SYSTEM [GSTAMIDS] .............. 58,682 .............. 58,682 .............. .............. HUSKY MOUNTED DETECTION SYSTEM (HMDS) .............. 13,565 .............. 13,565 .............. .............. ROBOTIC COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM .............. 2,136 .............. 2,136 .............. .............. EOD ROBOTICS SYSTEMS RECAPITALIZATION .............. 6,960 .............. 6,960 .............. .............. EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQPMT (EOD EQPMT) .............. 17,424 .............. 17,424 .............. .............. REMOTE DEMOLITION SYSTEMS .............. 8,284 .............. 8,284 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5M, COUNTERMINE EQUIPMENT .............. 5,459 .............. 5,459 .............. .............. FAMILY OF BOATS AND MOTORS .............. 8,429 .............. 8,429 .............. .............. COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT HEATERS AND ECU'S .............. 18,876 .............. 18,876 .............. .............. SOLDIER ENHANCEMENT .............. 2,287 .............. 2,287 .............. .............. PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM [PRSS] .............. 7,733 .............. 7,733 .............. .............. GROUND SOLDIER SYSTEM .............. 49,798 .............. 49,798 .............. .............. MOBILE SOLDIER POWER .............. 43,639 .............. 43,639 .............. .............. FIELD FEEDING EQUIPMENT .............. 13,118 .............. 13,118 .............. .............. CARGO AERIAL DEL & PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM .............. 28,278 .............. 28,278 .............. .............. FAMILY OF ENGR COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION SETS .............. 34,544 .............. 34,544 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5M (ENG SPT) .............. 595 .............. 595 .............. .............. PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT QUALITY SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT .............. 5,368 .............. 5,368 .............. .............. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, PETROLEUM & WATER .............. 35,381 .............. 35,381 .............. .............. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL .............. 73,828 .............. 73,828 .............. .............. MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT MOBILE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS .............. 25,270 .............. 25,270 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (MAINT EQ) .............. 2,760 .............. 2,760 .............. .............. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT GRADER, ROAD MTZD, HVY, 6X4 (CCE) .............. 5,903 .............. 5,903 .............. .............. SCRAPERS, EARTHMOVING .............. 26,125 .............. 26,125 .............. .............. TRACTOR, FULL TRACKED .............. 27,156 .............. 27,156 .............. .............. ALL TERRAIN CRANES .............. 16,750 .............. 14,396 .............. -2,354 PLANT, ASPHALT MIXING .............. 984 .............. 984 .............. .............. HIGH MOBILITY ENGINEER EXCAVATOR [HMEE] FOS .............. 2,656 .............. 2,656 .............. .............. ENHANCED RAPID AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION CAPAP .............. 2,531 .............. 2,531 .............. .............. FAMILY OF DIVER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 446 .............. 446 .............. .............. CONST EQUIP ESP .............. 19,640 .............. 19,640 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (CONST EQUIP) .............. 5,087 .............. 5,087 .............. .............. RAIL FLOAT CONTAINERIZATION EQUIPMENT ARMY WATERCRAFT ESP .............. 39,772 .............. 39,772 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (FLOAT/RAIL) .............. 5,835 .............. 5,835 .............. .............. GENERATORS GENERATORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT .............. 166,356 .............. 166,356 .............. .............. MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT TACTICAL ELECTRIC POWER RECAPITALIZATION .............. 11,505 .............. 11,505 .............. .............. FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS .............. 17,496 .............. 17,496 .............. .............. TRAINING EQUIPMENT COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS SUPPORT .............. 74,916 .............. 74,916 .............. .............. TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM .............. 303,236 .............. 303,236 .............. .............. CLOSE COMBAT TACTICAL TRAINER .............. 45,210 .............. 45,210 .............. .............. AVIATION COMBINED ARMS TACTICAL TRAINER (AVCA .............. 30,068 .............. 30,068 .............. .............. GAMING TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF ARMY TRAINING .............. 9,793 .............. 9,793 .............. .............. TEST MEASURE AND DIG EQUIPMENT [TMD] CALIBRATION SETS EQUIPMENT .............. 4,650 .............. 4,650 .............. .............. INTEGRATED FAMILY OF TEST EQUIPMENT [IFTE] .............. 34,487 .............. 34,487 .............. .............. TEST EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION [TEMOD] .............. 11,083 .............. 11,083 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT RAPID EQUIPPING SOLDIER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 17,937 .............. 17,937 .............. .............. PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (OPA3) .............. 52,040 .............. 52,040 .............. .............. BASE LEVEL COM'L EQUIPMENT .............. 1,568 .............. 1,568 .............. .............. MODIFICATION OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA-3) .............. 64,219 .............. 64,219 .............. .............. PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (OTH) .............. 1,525 .............. 1,525 .............. .............. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR USER TESTING .............. 3,268 .............. 6,268 .............. +3,000 TRACTOR YARD .............. 7,191 .............. 7,191 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 1,588,727 .............. 1,589,373 .............. +646 SPARE AND REPAIR PARTS INITIAL SPARES--C&E .............. 48,511 .............. 48,511 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SPARE AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 48,511 .............. 48,511 .............. .............. HMMWV MOD PROGRAM .............. .............. .............. 60,000 .............. +60,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY .............. 5,899,028 .............. 5,648,874 .............. -250,154 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16Win-T--Ground 783,116 643,370 -139,746 Forces Tactical Network Improving .............. .............. -139,746 funds management: Prior year carryover 26Mod of In-Svc 1,042 642 -400 Equip (TAC SAT) Improving .............. .............. -400 funds management: Prior year carryover 29Joint Tactical 64,640 32,320 -32,320 Radio System Restoring .............. .............. -32,320 acquisition accountabili ty: Schedule slip 30Mid-Tier 27,762 21,868 -5,894 Networking Vehicular Radio [MNVR] Restoring .............. .............. -5,894 acquisition accountabili ty: Acquisition strategy 43Army CA/MISO GPF 3,695 2,695 -1,000 Equipment Improving .............. .............. -1,000 funds management: Prior year carryover 48Information 86,037 61,503 -24,534 Systems Improving .............. .............. -24,534 funds management: Prior year carryover 86Counterfire 217,379 115,928 -101,451 Radars Improving .............. .............. -101,451 funds management: Prior year carryover 102General Fund 18,995 13,540 -5,455 Enterprise Business Systems Fam Transfer .............. .............. -5,455 GFEBS-SA: Army- requested to RDT&E, Army line 106 147All Terrain 16,750 14,396 -2,354 Cranes Improving .............. .............. -2,354 funds management: Prior year carryover 174Special Equipment 3,268 6,268 +3,000 for User Testing Program .............. .............. +3,000 increase XXHMMWV Mod Program .............. 60,000 +60,000 Program .............. .............. +60,000 increase: HMMWV Ambulance Replacement ------------------------------------------------------------------------ European Facilities Communications.--The Committee notes capability gaps in communications security at U.S. Army Europe [USAREUR] facilities, which rely on outdated radio infrastructure. A study by the Naval Surface Warfare Center-- Crane recommended that USAREUR adopt a single enterprise radio infrastructure by entering into a joint agreement with U.S. Air Forces Europe to utilize their Enterprise Land Mobile Radio [ELMR] program. The Committee recognizes that a joint ELMR program would result in cost savings and support Joint Information Environment goals. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a USAREUR radio upgrade strategy to the congressional defense committees not later than 120 days after enactment of this act. Heavy Equipment Transport.--Future upgrades to the Army's M1 Abrams tank, planned for fielding as early as fiscal year 2019, will likely increase the weight of the platform in excess of the M1070 Heavy Equipment Transport [HET] and associated M1000 HET Trailer's current carrying capacity of 70 tons. The Committee encourages the Army to establish and fund an M1070 and M1000 recapitalization program or programs. MRAP Recovery Vehicle Upgrades.--The Committee recognizes the Army's continuing need for, and investment in, Mine Resistant Armored Personnel recovery vehicles [MRV] and recommends that the Army move expeditiously to install and evaluate MRV performance kits. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 60 days after enactment of this act, on the status of the MRV fleet including actual and planned fielded quantities and locations, MRV capability requirements, and estimates of budgets across the Future Years Defense Program needed to meet the Army's current and future MRV needs. HMMWV Ambulances.--The Committee recommends an additional $60,000,000 for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle [HMMWV] ambulances, of which $40,000,000 is intended for the Army National Guard and $20,000,000 for the Army Reserve. Ultra-Light Combat Vehicle.--The Committee is aware that the Army is developing requirements for an Ultra-Light Combat Vehicle [ULCV] for use by general purpose infantry. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to develop and acquire ULCV using commercially available platforms, non- developmental items, and full and open competition. Aircraft Procurement, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $14,758,035,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 16,126,405,000 Committee recommendation................................ 17,392,174,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,392,174,000. This is $1,265,769,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY COMBAT AIRCRAFT F/A-18E/F (FIGHTER) HORNET [MYP] .............. .............. 12 978,750 +12 +978,750 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 4 897,542 4 778,142 .............. -119,400 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER [AP-CY] .............. 48,630 .............. 48,630 .............. .............. JSF STOVL 9 1,483,414 15 2,213,714 +6 +730,300 JSF STOVL [AP-CY] .............. 203,060 .............. 203,060 .............. .............. CH-53K (HEAVY LIFT) [AP-CY] .............. 41,300 .............. .............. .............. -41,300 V-22 (MEDIUM LIFT) 19 1,436,355 19 1,421,355 .............. -15,000 V-22 (MEDIUM LIFT) [AP-CY] .............. 43,853 .............. 43,853 .............. .............. UH-1Y/AH-1Z 28 800,057 28 795,405 .............. -4,652 UH-1Y/AH-1Z [AP-CY] .............. 56,168 .............. 56,168 .............. .............. MH-60S [MYP] 8 28,232 8 28,232 .............. .............. MH-60R 29 969,991 29 964,991 .............. -5,000 P-8A POSEIDON 16 3,008,928 16 3,008,928 .............. .............. P-8A POSEIDON [AP-CY] .............. 269,568 .............. 250,568 .............. -19,000 E-2D ADV HAWKEYE 5 857,654 5 857,654 .............. .............. E-2D ADV HAWKEYE [AP-CY] .............. 195,336 .............. 195,336 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, COMBAT AIRCRAFT .............. 10,340,088 .............. 11,844,786 .............. +1,504,698 TRAINER AIRCRAFT JPATS .............. 8,914 .............. 8,914 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, TRAINER AIRCRAFT .............. 8,914 .............. 8,914 .............. .............. OTHER AIRCRAFT KC-130J 2 192,214 2 192,214 .............. .............. KC-130J [AP-CY] .............. 24,451 .............. 24,451 .............. .............. MQ-4 TRITON 3 494,259 2 391,759 -1 -102,500 MQ-4 TRITON [AP-CY] .............. 54,577 .............. 5,098 .............. -49,479 MQ-8 UAV 2 120,020 5 156,020 +3 +36,000 STUASL0 UAV .............. 3,450 .............. 3,450 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT AIRCRAFT .............. .............. 1 15,100 +1 +15,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER AIRCRAFT .............. 888,971 .............. 788,092 .............. -100,879 MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT EA-6 SERIES .............. 9,799 .............. 9,799 .............. .............. AEA SYSTEMS .............. 23,151 .............. 31,151 .............. +8,000 AV-8 SERIES .............. 41,890 .............. 45,190 .............. +3,300 ADVERSARY .............. 5,816 .............. 5,816 .............. .............. F-18 SERIES .............. 978,756 .............. 939,556 .............. -39,200 H-53 SERIES .............. 46,887 .............. 46,887 .............. .............. SH-60 SERIES .............. 107,728 .............. 100,928 .............. -6,800 H-1 SERIES .............. 42,315 .............. 40,565 .............. -1,750 EP-3 SERIES .............. 41,784 .............. 44,984 .............. +3,200 P-3 SERIES .............. 3,067 .............. 3,067 .............. .............. E-2 SERIES .............. 20,741 .............. 20,741 .............. .............. TRAINER A/C SERIES .............. 27,980 .............. 27,980 .............. .............. C-2A .............. 8,157 .............. 8,157 .............. .............. C-130 SERIES .............. 70,335 .............. 66,735 .............. -3,600 FEWSG .............. 633 .............. 633 .............. .............. CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C SERIES .............. 8,916 .............. 8,916 .............. .............. E-6 SERIES .............. 185,253 .............. 185,253 .............. .............. EXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS SERIES .............. 76,138 .............. 72,338 .............. -3,800 SPECIAL PROJECT AIRCRAFT .............. 23,702 .............. 23,702 .............. .............. T-45 SERIES .............. 105,439 .............. 105,439 .............. .............. POWER PLANT CHANGES .............. 9,917 .............. 9,917 .............. .............. JPATS SERIES .............. 13,537 .............. 13,537 .............. .............. COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT .............. 131,732 .............. 131,732 .............. .............. COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES .............. 202,745 .............. 202,745 .............. .............. COMMON DEFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEM .............. 3,062 .............. 3,062 .............. .............. ID SYSTEMS .............. 48,206 .............. 48,206 .............. .............. P-8 SERIES .............. 28,492 .............. 28,092 .............. -400 MAGTF EW FOR AVIATION .............. 7,680 .............. 7,680 .............. .............. MQ-8 SERIES .............. 22,464 .............. 22,464 .............. .............. RQ-7 SERIES .............. 3,773 .............. 3,773 .............. .............. V-22 (TILT/ROTOR ACFT) OSPREY .............. 121,208 .............. 144,208 .............. +23,000 F-35 STOVL SERIES .............. 256,106 .............. 256,106 .............. .............. F-35 CV SERIES .............. 68,527 .............. 48,527 .............. -20,000 QUICK REACTION CAPABILITY (QRC) .............. 6,885 .............. 6,885 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT .............. 2,752,821 .............. 2,714,771 .............. -38,050 AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 1,563,515 .............. 1,463,515 .............. -100,000 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT .............. 450,959 .............. 450,959 .............. .............. AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............. 24,010 .............. 24,010 .............. .............. WAR CONSUMABLES .............. 42,012 .............. 42,012 .............. .............. OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES .............. 2,455 .............. 2,455 .............. .............. SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 50,859 .............. 50,859 .............. .............. FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .............. 1,801 .............. 1,801 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & .............. 572,096 .............. 572,096 .............. .............. FACILITIES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY .............. 16,126,405 .............. 17,392,174 .............. +1,265,769 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2F/A-18E/F .............. 978,750 +978,750 (Fighter) Hornet Authorization .............. .............. +978,750 adjustment: Additional 12 aircraft--Nav y UFR 3Joint Strike 897,542 778,142 -119,400 Fighter CV Restoring .............. .............. -105,000 acquisition accountabilit y: Delayed sustainment contract awards Restoring .............. .............. -14,400 acquisition accountabilit y: Unit cost growth 5JSF STOVL 1,483,414 2,213,714 +730,300 Authorization .............. .............. +846,000 adjustment: Additional 6 aircraft and support equipment--US MC UFR Restoring .............. .............. -95,000 acquisition accountabilit y: Delayed sustainment contract awards Restoring .............. .............. -20,700 acquisition accountabilit y: Unit cost growth 7CH-53K (Heavy 41,300 .............. -41,300 Lift) Restoring .............. .............. -41,300 acquisition accountabilit y: Advance procurement early to need 8V-22 (Medium Lift) 1,436,355 1,421,355 -15,000 Restoring .............. .............. -15,000 acquisition accountabilit y: Unit cost growth 10H-1 Upgrades (UH- 800,057 795,405 -4,652 1Y/AH-1Z) Maintain .............. .............. -4,652 program affordability : Engineering change order funds excess to need 14MH-60R [MYP] 969,991 964,991 -5,000 Budget .............. .............. -5,000 documentation disparity: Poor justification of production line shutdown funds 17P-8A Poseidon--AP 269,568 250,568 -19,000 Maintain .............. .............. -19,000 program affordability : Advance procurement excess to need 23MQ-4 Triton 494,259 391,759 -102,500 Restoring .............. .............. -102,500 acquisition accountabilit y: Quantity reduction from three to two aircraft 24MQ-4 Triton--AP 54,577 5,098 -49,479 Restoring .............. .............. -49,479 acquisition accountabilit y: Advance procurement for two aircraft 25MQ-8 UAV 120,020 156,020 +36,000 Program .............. .............. +36,000 increase: 3 additional MQ- 8 aircraft for Navy 27Other Support .............. 15,100 +15,100 Aircraft Program .............. .............. +15,100 increase: Additional UC- 12W for USMC 29AEA Systems 23,151 31,151 +8,000 Program .............. .............. +8,000 increase 30AV-8 Series 41,890 45,190 +3,300 Authorization .............. .............. +3,300 adjustment: AV-8B Link 16 upgrades--Nav y UFR 32F-18 Series 978,756 939,556 -39,200 Improving .............. .............. -51,200 funds management: Prior year carryover Program .............. .............. +12,000 increase: Update generators for EA-18 Growlers 35SH-60 Series 107,728 100,928 -6,800 Improving .............. .............. -6,800 funds management: Prior year carryover 36H-1 Series 42,315 40,565 -1,750 Maintain .............. .............. -1,750 program affordability : Unjustified growth--insta llation funding 37EP-3 Series 41,784 44,984 +3,200 Program .............. .............. +3,200 increase: 12th and final spiral 3 installation 42C-130 Series 70,335 66,735 -3,600 Maintain .............. .............. -3,600 program affordability : Unjustified growth--insta llation funding 46Executive 76,138 72,338 -3,800 Helicopters Series Maintain .............. .............. -3,800 program affordability : Unjustified growth--insta llation funding 55P-8 Series 28,492 28,092 -400 Improving .............. .............. -400 funds management: Prior year carryover 59V-22 (Tilt/Rotor 121,208 144,208 +23,000 ACFT) Osprey Authorization .............. .............. +15,000 adjustment: MV-22 integrated aircraft survivability -MC UFR Authorization .............. .............. +8,000 adjustment: MV-22 ballistic protection--M C UFR 61F-35 CV Series 68,527 48,527 -20,000 Improving .............. .............. -20,000 funds management: Prior year carryover 63Spares and Repair 1,563,515 1,463,515 -100,000 Parts Budget .............. .............. -100,000 documentation disparity: Poor justification materials ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CH-53K Helicopter.--The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request includes $41,300,000 in advance procurement for the first two low rate initial production units of the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter for the Marine Corps. The Committee notes that developmental test has been delayed and now extends through June 2016. The Committee also understands that a milestone C decision is scheduled for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016. Therefore, the Committee believes that there is risk in the current schedule and it is premature to begin procurement of the CH-53K helicopter in fiscal year 2016 and recommends no funding for advance procurement. MQ-4 Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.--The fiscal year 2016 President's budget requests $494,259,000 for three low rate initial production [LRIP] Lot 1 aircraft. The President's budget request also includes $54,577,000 for advance procurement of three LRIP Lot 2 aircraft for production in fiscal year 2017. The Committee understands that Lots 1 and 2 will include only basic intelligence capability and that multiple intelligence capability will be added beginning with Lot 3 in fiscal year 2018. As expressed in the report accompanying the Senate version of the fiscal year 2015 Department of Defense Appropriations bill (Senate Report 113- 211), the Committee remains concerned with software development delays. In addition, the delivery of the system demonstration test article [SDTA] aircraft has slipped from the second half of fiscal year 2015 to the first half of fiscal year 2017. Due to the Navy's plan to meet the initial operational capability requirement with two SDTA aircraft and only two LRIP aircraft from Lot 1, the Committee recommends $391,759,000 for two aircraft in fiscal year 2016 and sufficient funding in advance procurement, in addition to the funding provided in fiscal year 2015, to support the production of two aircraft in fiscal year 2017. TH-57 Helicopter Trainers.--The Committee understands that the Navy rotary wing training fleet of TH-57B/C helicopters are equipped with obsolete avionics, increasingly costly to sustain and have little commonality with the rest of the rotary-wing fleet. Therefore, the Committee directs the Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of the act, on the near and long-term plan to sustain and replace the TH-57 fleet. Weapons Procurement, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $3,137,257,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,154,154,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,172,822,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,172,822,000. This is $18,668,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY BALLISTIC MISSILES MODIFICATION OF MISSILES TRIDENT II MODS .............. 1,099,064 .............. 1,099,064 .............. .............. SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES MISSILE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............. 7,748 .............. 7,748 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BALLISTIC MISSILES .............. 1,106,812 .............. 1,106,812 .............. .............. OTHER MISSILES STRATEGIC MISSILES TOMAHAWK 100 184,814 149 214,814 +49 +30,000 TACTICAL MISSILES AMRAAM 167 192,873 167 207,873 .............. +15,000 SIDEWINDER 227 96,427 227 96,427 .............. .............. JSOW .............. 21,419 .............. 21,419 .............. .............. STANDARD MISSILE 113 435,352 113 435,352 .............. .............. RAM 90 80,826 90 80,826 .............. .............. STAND OFF PRECISION GUIDED MUNITION 27 4,265 27 4,265 .............. .............. AERIAL TARGETS .............. 40,792 .............. 40,792 .............. .............. OTHER MISSILE SUPPORT .............. 3,335 .............. 3,335 .............. .............. MODIFICATION OF MISSILES ESSM 30 44,440 30 44,440 .............. .............. ESSM [AP-CY] .............. 54,462 .............. 54,462 .............. .............. HARM MODS .............. 122,298 .............. 122,298 .............. .............. SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............. 2,397 .............. 2,397 .............. .............. FLEET SATELLITE COMM FOLLOW-ON .............. 39,932 .............. 39,932 .............. .............. ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 57,641 .............. 31,309 .............. -26,332 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER MISSILES .............. 1,381,273 .............. 1,399,941 .............. +18,668 TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP SSTD .............. 7,380 .............. 7,380 .............. .............. MK-48 TORPEDO 8 65,611 8 65,611 .............. .............. ASW TARGETS .............. 6,912 .............. 6,912 .............. .............. MK-54 TORPEDO MODS .............. 113,219 .............. 113,219 .............. .............. MOD OF TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP MK-48 TORPEDO ADCAP MODS .............. 63,317 .............. 63,317 .............. .............. QUICKSTRIKE MINE .............. 13,254 .............. 13,254 .............. .............. SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TORPEDO SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 67,701 .............. 67,701 .............. .............. ASW RANGE SUPPORT .............. 3,699 .............. 3,699 .............. .............. DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .............. 3,342 .............. 3,342 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT .............. 344,435 .............. 344,435 .............. .............. OTHER WEAPONS GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS .............. 11,937 .............. 11,937 .............. .............. MODIFICATION OF GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS CIWS MODS .............. 53,147 .............. 53,147 .............. .............. COAST GUARD WEAPONS .............. 19,022 .............. 19,022 .............. .............. GUN MOUNT MODS .............. 67,980 .............. 67,980 .............. .............. AIRBORNE MINE NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEMS .............. 19,823 .............. 19,823 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER WEAPONS .............. 171,909 .............. 171,909 .............. .............. SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 149,725 .............. 149,725 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY .............. 3,154,154 .............. 3,172,822 .............. +18,668 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Tomahawk 184,814 214,814 +30,000 Authorizatio .............. .............. +30,000 n adjustment: Return production to minimum sustainment rate--Navy UFR 4 AMRAAM 192,873 207,873 +15,000 Authorizatio .............. .............. +15,000 n adjustment: Additional captive air training missiles 19 Ordnance Support 57,641 31,309 -26,332 Equipment Classified .............. .............. -30,000 program adjustment Authorizatio .............. .............. +3,668 n adjustment: Classified program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joint Stand-Off Weapon.--The Committee supports international sales of the Joint Stand-Off Weapon [JSOW], of which $2,000,000,000 in foreign sales are expected across the future years defense program. In order to protect industrial base capability, the Navy and Defense Security Cooperation Agency should to take all steps to expeditiously finalize foreign military sales contracts with international customers that have already been notified and approved by Congress, and work with other allied partner nations to sustain the capability provided by JSOW. Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $674,100,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 723,741,000 Committee recommendation................................ 728,741,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $728,741,000. This is $5,000,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MARINE CORPS PROC AMMO, NAVY NAVY AMMUNITION GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS .............. 101,238 .............. 101,238 .............. .............. AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL TYPES .............. 67,289 .............. 67,289 .............. .............. MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION .............. 20,340 .............. 20,340 .............. .............. PRACTICE BOMBS .............. 40,365 .............. 40,365 .............. .............. CARTRIDGES & CART ACTUATED DEVICES .............. 49,377 .............. 49,377 .............. .............. AIR EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES .............. 59,651 .............. 59,651 .............. .............. JATOS .............. 2,806 .............. 2,806 .............. .............. LRLAP 6 INCH LONG RANGE ATTACK PROJECTILE .............. 11,596 .............. 11,596 .............. .............. 5 INCH/54 GUN AMMUNITION .............. 35,994 .............. 40,994 .............. +5,000 INTERMEDIATE CALIBER GUN AMMUNITION .............. 36,715 .............. 36,715 .............. .............. OTHER SHIP GUN AMMUNITION .............. 45,483 .............. 45,483 .............. .............. SMALL ARMS & LANDING PARTY AMMO .............. 52,080 .............. 52,080 .............. .............. PYROTECHNIC AND DEMOLITION .............. 10,809 .............. 10,809 .............. .............. AMMUNITION LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 4,469 .............. 4,469 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROC AMMO, NAVY .............. 538,212 .............. 543,212 .............. +5,000 PROC AMMO, MARINE CORPS MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION .............. 46,848 .............. 46,848 .............. .............. LINEAR CHARGES, ALL TYPES .............. 350 .............. 350 .............. .............. 40MM, ALL TYPES .............. 500 .............. 500 .............. .............. 60MM, ALL TYPES .............. 1,849 .............. 1,849 .............. .............. 81MM, ALL TYPES .............. 1,000 .............. 1,000 .............. .............. 120MM, ALL TYPES .............. 13,867 .............. 13,867 .............. .............. GRENADES, ALL TYPES .............. 1,390 .............. 1,390 .............. .............. ROCKETS, ALL TYPES .............. 14,967 .............. 14,967 .............. .............. ARTILLERY, ALL TYPES .............. 45,219 .............. 45,219 .............. .............. FUZE, ALL TYPES .............. 29,335 .............. 29,335 .............. .............. NON LETHALS .............. 3,868 .............. 3,868 .............. .............. AMMO MODERNIZATION .............. 15,117 .............. 15,117 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 11,219 .............. 11,219 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROC AMMO, MARINE CORPS .............. 185,529 .............. 185,529 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MARINE .............. 723,741 .............. 728,741 .............. +5,000 CORPS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 95 Inch/54 Gun 35,994 40,994 +5,000 Ammunition Program .............. .............. +5,000 increase ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $15,954,379,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 16,597,457,000 Committee recommendation................................ 18,176,362,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,176,362,000. This is $1,578,905,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIPBUILDING & CONVERSION, NAVY OTHER WARSHIPS CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM .............. 1,634,701 .............. 1,634,701 .............. .............. CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM [AP-CY] .............. 874,658 .............. 683,200 .............. -191,458 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE 2 3,346,370 2 3,346,370 .............. .............. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE [AP-CY] .............. 1,993,740 .............. 1,993,740 .............. .............. CVN REFUELING OVERHAUL 1 678,274 1 678,274 .............. .............. CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS [AP-CY] .............. 14,951 .............. 14,951 .............. .............. DDG 1000 .............. 433,404 .............. 433,404 .............. .............. DDG-51 2 3,149,703 2 4,149,703 .............. +1,000,000 LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP 3 1,356,991 3 1,331,591 .............. -25,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER WARSHIPS .............. 13,482,792 .............. 14,265,934 .............. +783,142 AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS LPD-17 1 550,000 1 550,000 .............. .............. AFLOAT FORWARD STAGING BASE [AP-CY] .............. .............. .............. 97,000 .............. +97,000 LHA REPLACEMENT [AP-CY] .............. 277,543 .............. 476,543 .............. +199,000 LX(R)-AP .............. .............. 1 250,000 +1 +250,000 JOINT HIGH SPEED VESSEL .............. .............. 1 225,000 +1 +225,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS .............. 827,543 .............. 1,598,543 .............. +771,000 AUXILIARIES, CRAFT, AND PRIOR-YEAR PROGRAM COSTS TAO FLEET OILER 1 674,190 1 674,190 .............. .............. T-ATS(X) FLEET TUG .............. .............. 1 75,000 +1 +75,000 LCU REPLACEMENT .............. .............. 1 34,000 +1 +34,000 MOORED TRAINING SHIP (AP) .............. 138,200 .............. 138,200 .............. .............. OUTFITTING .............. 697,207 .............. 663,970 .............. -33,237 SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR 5 255,630 4 204,630 -1 -51,000 SERVICE CRAFT .............. 30,014 .............. 30,014 .............. .............. LCAC SLEP 4 80,738 4 80,738 .............. .............. YP CRAFT MAINTENANCE/ROH/SLEP .............. 21,838 .............. 21,838 .............. .............. COMPLETION OF PY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS .............. 389,305 .............. 389,305 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AUXILIARIES, CRAFT, AND PRIOR-YEAR .............. 2,287,122 .............. 2,311,885 .............. +24,763 PROGRAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SHIPBUILDING & CONVERSION, NAVY .............. 16,597,457 .............. 18,176,362 .............. +1,578,905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2Carrier 874,658 683,200 -191,458 Replacement Program--AP Restoring ............... ............... -191,458 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Defer non- nuclear long-lead material 8DDG-51 3,149,703 4,149,703 +1,000,000 Program ............... ............... +1,000,000 increase: Funding to support incrementa l funding authorizat ion for an additional DDG-51 10Littoral Combat 1,356,991 1,331,591 -25,400 Ship Restoring ............... ............... -25,400 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Defer weight and survivabil ity enhancemen ts until more research and developmen t is completed 13Afloat Forward ............... 97,000 +97,000 Staging Base-- AP Authorizati ............... ............... +97,000 on adjustment : Accelerate shipbuildi ng funding 14LHA 277,543 476,543 +199,000 Replacement--A P Authorizati ............... ............... +199,000 on adjustment : Accelerate LHA-8 advanced procuremen t 15LX(R)--AP ............... 250,000 +250,000 Program ............... ............... +250,000 increase: Funding to support authorizat ion proposal to accelerate delivery of LX(R) class ships 16Joint High ............... 225,000 +225,000 Speed Vessel Additional ............... ............... +225,000 Joint High Speed Vessel 17AT-ATS(X) Fleet ............... 75,000 +75,000 Tug Authorizati ............... ............... +75,000 on adjustment : Accelerate T-ATS(X) 17BLCU Replacement ............... 34,000 +34,000 Authorizati ............... ............... +34,000 on adjustment : Accelerate LCU replacemen t 20Outfitting 697,207 663,970 -33,237 Improving ............... ............... -33,237 funds management : Post delivery funds early to need 21Ship to Shore 255,630 204,630 -51,000 Connector Restoring ............... ............... -51,000 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Slow production ramp to reduce concurrenc y ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shipbuilding Cost Reports.--Cost reports provide the Government with actual program costs and are used to validate cost models, which lead to improved cost estimates for future systems. Therefore, access to timely and accurate cost data is vital to the budgeting process and results in more informed decisionmaking. Cost reports are especially important for shipbuilding programs, since ships generally take several years to design, construct and deliver. The Committee understands that the Department of Defense Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation [CAPE] is not receiving cost reports for many shipbuilding programs from various shipyards and the Navy, particularly cost reports from major subcontractors and large dollar value government furnished equipment systems. The Committee directs the Director of CAPE to provide a list of delinquent and deficient cost reports to the Secretary of the Navy and the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this act. Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to work with the Director of CAPE and provide a plan to improve shipbuilding cost reporting to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this act. The plan should include a schedule with estimated dates for outstanding contractors and program offices to submit all cost report data due to CAPE and a status of establishing cost reporting plans for current deficient programs and contracts. Further, this plan should lay out the strategy for providing cost data to the Director of CAPE and the cost community in a timely manner. Shipbuilding Industrial Base and Workload Allocation.--As expressed in the report accompanying the Senate version of the fiscal year 2015 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (Senate Report 113-211), the Committee remains concerned about the overall health of the shipbuilding industrial base and specifically about the health of the non-nuclear surface combatant shipbuilding industry. In compliance with Senate Report 113-211, the Navy submitted a report to Congress dated February 25, 2015, titled ``Shipbuilding Industrial Base and Workload Allocation''. The Committee was disappointed when this report failed to describe how the Navy intended to meet its remaining obligations under a 2002 workload allocation agreement that the Navy reaffirmed in 2009 and still considers ``in full force and effect.'' While Congress is not a party to this agreement, the Committee finds it unacceptable that the Navy is unable ``to determine the extent to which its obligations relating to the workload allocation provision remain unfulfilled.'' The Committee also finds it troubling that the Navy communicated to Congress that it ``has not fully considered all of the options'' related to the agreement. Consistent with the intent of the agreement signed by the Navy, funding for an additional DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer would preserve options for maintaining an efficient and stable non-nuclear shipbuilding industrial base. It would also mitigate unfulfilled combatant commander requirements for large surface combatants. In addition, according to section 117 of S. 1376, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, as reported, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to incrementally fund an additional DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Therefore, the Committee recommends an increase of $1,000,000,000 in incremental funding for one Arleigh Burke- class destroyer in addition to the ten DDG-51s in the fiscal year 2013-2017 multiyear procurement contract. Amphibious Warship Construction.--The Committee commends the Navy for including $550,000,000 in the fiscal year 2016 budget request to build a 12th LPD-17 San Antonio-class amphibious ship. This additional ship will help reduce the level of risk being assumed with amphibious lift capability. As noted in previous Senate reports, the Navy and Marine Corps have agreed on a fiscally constrained minimum force of 33 ships to meet a 38 amphibious warship force requirement. This additional ship also provides continued stability and cost savings opportunities to the shipbuilding industrial base. The Committee was also pleased when the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps agreed to support the LSD amphibious warship replacement program, known as LX(R), with a derivative of the LPD-17 San Antonio-class hull form. As detailed in the report accompanying the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (Senate Report 111- 74), the Committee supports the use of common hull forms as a way to control ship costs and maintain production schedules. The use of an existing or common hull form for the LX(R) program will improve the Navy's ability to deliver on a program that builds ships on time and on budget. While the Committee was pleased with the Navy's LX(R) hull form decision, it was disappointed the budget request contained no advance procurement funds for the program. The Committee believes the Navy's current LX(R) build plan does not take advantage of the efficiencies and subsequent cost avoidance inherent in maintaining an active industrial base for construction of vessels utilizing the LPD-17 hull form. As a result, the Committee does not support the Navy's current program of record construction start date of fiscal year 2020 and believes the optimum construction start for LX(R) class vessels is as early as fiscal year 2018. Therefore, the Committee recommends $250,000,000 in advance procurement funding for investment in engineering design and planning, and long lead time equipment including propulsion, steering and electrical generating equipment, air conditioning plants, castings, and other items necessary to accelerate construction start of the first LX(R) vessel. Finally, consistent with S. 1376, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, as reported, the Committee recommends an additional $199,000,000 in advance procurement funding for the LHA amphibious assault warship replacement program. As noted in the report accompanying S. 1376, these additional funds would expedite delivery of LHA 8 enabling the Navy to reach the force structure assessment objective of 11 large deck amphibious ships as early as fiscal year 2023. Joint High Speed Vessel [JHSV].--The Department of the Navy is procuring JHSVs for fast intra-theater transportation of troops, military vehicles and equipment. Congress provided funds for an additional JHSV in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) because the Navy assumed risk with the overall JHSV requirement when it reduced the program procurement objective from 18 to 10 ships with the fiscal year 2013 budget submission. Considering the ability of the JHSV to support all branches of the military services, provide intra-theater sealift, operate in littoral environments and austere port environments, and support humanitarian/ disaster relief activities, the Committee continues to support procuring additional JHSVs to address the original requirement. Further, the Committee continues to note that one JHSV continues to be used as an experimental test platform for Navy technology projects. Therefore, the Committee recommends $225,000,000 to procure one JHSV in fiscal year 2016. Cruiser and Dock Landing Ship Phased Modernization.--The Navy's fiscal year 2016 budget request does not fully fund a phased modernization plan for Cruiser and Dock Landing ships, in contravention to direction provided in the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) and the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235). Consistent with the report accompanying the Senate version of the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (Senate Report 114-49), as reported, the Committee believes the Navy should request full funding in fiscal year 2017 and throughout the future years defense program [FYDP] for the phased modernization program for cruisers and dock landing ships in the regular appropriations accounts. Consistent with Committee direction provided since fiscal year 2013, the Committee expects the Navy to fully program across the FYDP for all manpower, readiness, and modernization associated with its phased modernization plan. Intergovernmental Support for New Vessel Construction.--The Committee recognizes that the Navy has the most experienced Federal capacity and capability for managing new vessel construction and acquisition. Leveraging the successful construction of the Navy's Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research [AGOR] class vessel built for the Nation's academic research fleet, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] has been coordinating with the Navy on the design and acquisition for NOAA's new series of Ocean Survey Vessels. While funding for NOAA vessels is provided in legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies, and not this act, the Committee directs the Navy to continue working with NOAA to support the interagency agreement for the Navy to acquire ships for NOAA, which was signed by the two agencies in May 2014. Polar-Class Icebreakers.--Senate Report 113-211, accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015, noted the Committee's support for the interagency process to develop requirements for a new Polar-class icebreaker or similarly Arctic-capable surface vessel to recognize the strategic importance of Arctic operations to our Nation's future security and prosperity. Accordingly, Senate Report 113- 211 directed the Deputy Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard to provide the congressional defense committees a plan to begin expanding U.S. icebreaking capacity. The Committee looks forward to receiving the report and associated briefing in a timely manner. Other Procurement, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $5,846,558,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 6,614,715,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,329,750,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,329,750,000. This is $284,965,000 below the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY SHIPS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SHIP PROPULSION EQUIPMENT LM-2500 GAS TURBINE .............. 4,881 .............. 4,881 .............. .............. ALLISON 501K GAS TURBINE .............. 5,814 .............. 5,814 .............. .............. HYBRID ELECTRIC DRIVE [HED] .............. 32,906 .............. 29,106 .............. -3,800 GENERATORS SURFACE COMBATANT HM&E .............. 36,860 .............. 36,860 .............. .............. NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT .............. 87,481 .............. 87,481 .............. .............. PERISCOPES SUB PERISCOPES & IMAGING EQUIP .............. 63,109 .............. 63,109 .............. .............. OTHER SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT DDG MOD .............. 364,157 .............. 361,195 .............. -2,962 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT .............. 16,089 .............. 13,983 .............. -2,106 COMMAND AND CONTROL SWITCHBOARD .............. 2,255 .............. 2,255 .............. .............. LHA/LHD MIDLIFE .............. 28,571 .............. 26,545 .............. -2,026 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE .............. 12,313 .............. 8,631 .............. -3,682 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT .............. 16,609 .............. 16,609 .............. .............. SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 10,498 .............. 10,498 .............. .............. VIRGINIA CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 35,747 .............. 35,747 .............. .............. LCS CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 48,399 .............. 39,349 .............. -9,050 SUBMARINE BATTERIES .............. 23,072 .............. 23,072 .............. .............. LPD CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 55,283 .............. 43,462 .............. -11,821 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP .............. 18,563 .............. 18,563 .............. .............. DSSP EQUIPMENT .............. 7,376 .............. 7,376 .............. .............. LCAC .............. 20,965 .............. 15,125 .............. -5,840 UNDERWATER EOD PROGRAMS .............. 51,652 .............. 46,376 .............. -5,276 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 102,498 .............. 77,860 .............. -24,638 CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTORS .............. 3,027 .............. 3,027 .............. .............. SUBMARINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM .............. 7,399 .............. 7,399 .............. .............. REACTOR PLANT EQUIPMENT REACTOR COMPONENTS .............. 296,095 .............. 296,095 .............. .............. OCEAN ENGINEERING DIVING AND SALVAGE EQUIPMENT .............. 15,982 .............. 15,982 .............. .............. SMALL BOATS STANDARD BOATS .............. 29,982 .............. 29,982 .............. .............. TRAINING EQUIPMENT OTHER SHIPS TRAINING EQUIPMENT .............. 66,538 .............. 43,341 .............. -23,197 PRODUCTION FACILITIES EQUIPMENT OPERATING FORCES IPE .............. 71,138 .............. 58,138 .............. -13,000 OTHER SHIP SUPPORT NUCLEAR ALTERATIONS .............. 132,625 .............. 132,625 .............. .............. LCS COMMON MISSION MODULES EQUIPMENT .............. 23,500 .............. 23,061 .............. -439 LCS MCM MISSION MODULES .............. 85,151 .............. 33,701 .............. -51,450 LCS SUW MISSION MODULES .............. 35,228 .............. 35,228 .............. .............. REMOTE MINEHUNTING SYSTEM (RMS) .............. 87,627 .............. 53,077 .............. -34,550 LOGISTICS SUPPORT LSD MIDLIFE .............. 2,774 .............. 2,774 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SHIPS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 1,902,164 .............. 1,708,327 .............. -193,837 COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT SHIP SONARS SPQ-9B RADAR .............. 20,551 .............. 19,841 .............. -710 AN/SQQ-89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM .............. 103,241 .............. 103,241 .............. .............. SSN ACOUSTICS .............. 214,835 .............. 234,835 .............. +20,000 UNDERSEA WARFARE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 7,331 .............. 7,331 .............. .............. SONAR SWITCHES AND TRANSDUCERS .............. 11,781 .............. 11,781 .............. .............. ASW ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE SYSTEM .............. 21,119 .............. 18,696 .............. -2,423 SSTD .............. 8,396 .............. 8,396 .............. .............. FIXED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM .............. 146,968 .............. 146,968 .............. .............. SURTASS .............. 12,953 .............. 12,953 .............. .............. MARITIME PATROL AND RECONNAISANCE FORCE .............. 13,725 .............. 13,725 .............. .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT AN/SLQ-32 .............. 324,726 .............. 302,732 .............. -21,994 RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT SHIPBOARD IW EXPLOIT .............. 148,221 .............. 138,002 .............. -10,219 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM [AIS] .............. 152 .............. 152 .............. .............. SUBMARINE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PROG .............. 79,954 .............. 78,816 .............. -1,138 OTHER SHIP ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY .............. 25,695 .............. 25,695 .............. .............. TRUSTED INFORMATION SYSTEM [TIS] .............. 284 .............. 284 .............. .............. NAVAL TACTICAL COMMAND SUPPORT SYSTEM [NTCSS] .............. 14,416 .............. 14,416 .............. .............. ATDLS .............. 23,069 .............. 23,069 .............. .............. NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM [NCCS] .............. 4,054 .............. 4,054 .............. .............. MINESWEEPING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT .............. 21,014 .............. 21,014 .............. .............. SHALLOW WATER MCM .............. 18,077 .............. .............. .............. -18,077 NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS (SPACE) .............. 12,359 .............. 12,359 .............. .............. ARMED FORCES RADIO AND TV .............. 4,240 .............. 4,240 .............. .............. STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP .............. 17,440 .............. 17,440 .............. .............. TRAINING EQUIPMENT OTHER TRAINING EQUIPMENT .............. 41,314 .............. 41,314 .............. .............. AVIATION ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MATCALS .............. 10,011 .............. 10,011 .............. .............. SHIPBOARD AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL .............. 9,346 .............. 9,346 .............. .............. AUTOMATIC CARRIER LANDING SYSTEM .............. 21,281 .............. 21,281 .............. .............. NATIONAL AIR SPACE SYSTEM .............. 25,621 .............. 25,621 .............. .............. FLEET AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS .............. 8,249 .............. 8,249 .............. .............. LANDING SYSTEM .............. 14,715 .............. 14,715 .............. .............. ID SYSTEMS .............. 29,676 .............. 29,676 .............. .............. TAC A/C MISSION PLANNING SYS[TAMPS] .............. 13,737 .............. 13,737 .............. .............. OTHER SHORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT DEPLOYABLE JOINT COMMAND AND CONT .............. 1,314 .............. 1,314 .............. .............. TADIX-B .............. 13,600 .............. 13,600 .............. .............. DCGS-N .............. 31,809 .............. 31,809 .............. .............. CANES .............. 278,991 .............. 275,641 .............. -3,350 RADIAC .............. 8,294 .............. 8,294 .............. .............. CANES-INTELL .............. 28,695 .............. 28,695 .............. .............. GPETE .............. 6,962 .............. 6,962 .............. .............. MASF .............. 290 .............. 290 .............. .............. INTEG COMBAT SYSTEM TEST FACILITY .............. 14,419 .............. 14,419 .............. .............. EMI CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION .............. 4,175 .............. 4,175 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 44,176 .............. 44,176 .............. .............. SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATIONS SHIPBOARD TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS .............. 8,722 .............. 8,722 .............. .............. SHIP COMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION .............. 108,477 .............. 108,477 .............. .............. COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS UNDER $5M .............. 16,613 .............. 16,613 .............. .............. SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS SUBMARINE BROADCAST SUPPORT .............. 20,691 .............. 16,021 .............. -4,670 SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT .............. 60,945 .............. 60,945 .............. .............. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS .............. 30,892 .............. 30,892 .............. .............. NAVY MULTIBAND TERMINAL [NMT] .............. 118,113 .............. 118,113 .............. .............. SHORE COMMUNICATIONS JCS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT .............. 4,591 .............. 4,591 .............. .............. ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS .............. 1,403 .............. 1,403 .............. .............. CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM [ISSP] .............. 135,687 .............. 135,687 .............. .............. MIO INTEL EXPLOITATION TEAM .............. 970 .............. 970 .............. .............. CRYPTOLOGIC EQUIPMENT CRYPTOLOGIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP .............. 11,433 .............. 11,433 .............. .............. OTHER ELECTRONIC SUPPORT COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT .............. 2,529 .............. 2,529 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS .............. 2,382,342 .............. 2,339,761 .............. -42,581 EQUIPMENT AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SONOBUOYS SONOBUOYS--ALL TYPES .............. 168,763 .............. 168,763 .............. .............. AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 46,979 .............. 46,979 .............. .............. AIRCRAFT LAUNCH & RECOVERY EQUIPMENT .............. 123,884 .............. 123,884 .............. .............. METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT .............. 15,090 .............. 15,090 .............. .............. OTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT .............. 638 .............. 638 .............. .............. AIRBORNE MINE COUNTERMEASURES .............. 14,098 .............. 14,098 .............. .............. AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 49,773 .............. 49,773 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 419,225 .............. 419,225 .............. .............. ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SHIP GUN SYSTEM EQUIPMENT SHIP GUN SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT .............. 5,300 .............. 5,300 .............. .............. SHIP MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT SHIP MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 298,738 .............. 276,503 .............. -22,235 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 71,245 .............. 71,245 .............. .............. FBM SUPPORT EQUIPMENT STRATEGIC MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIP .............. 240,694 .............. 240,694 .............. .............. ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SSN COMBAT CONTROL SYSTEMS .............. 96,040 .............. 96,040 .............. .............. ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 30,189 .............. 30,189 .............. .............. OTHER ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQUIP .............. 22,623 .............. 22,623 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 9,906 .............. 9,906 .............. .............. OTHER EXPENDABLE ORDNANCE TRAINING DEVICE MODS .............. 99,707 .............. 99,707 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 874,442 .............. 852,207 .............. -22,235 CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES .............. 2,252 .............. 2,252 .............. .............. GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS .............. 2,191 .............. 2,191 .............. .............. CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE EQUIP .............. 2,164 .............. 2,164 .............. .............. FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT .............. 14,705 .............. 14,705 .............. .............. TACTICAL VEHICLES .............. 2,497 .............. 2,497 .............. .............. AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT .............. 12,517 .............. 12,517 .............. .............. POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT .............. 3,018 .............. 3,018 .............. .............. ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION .............. 14,403 .............. 14,403 .............. .............. PHYSICAL SECURITY VEHICLES .............. 1,186 .............. 1,186 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 54,933 .............. 54,933 .............. .............. SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT .............. 18,805 .............. 18,805 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 10,469 .............. 10,469 .............. .............. FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .............. 5,720 .............. 5,720 .............. .............. SPECIAL PURPOSE SUPPLY SYSTEMS .............. 211,714 .............. 211,714 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 246,708 .............. 246,708 .............. .............. PERSONNEL AND COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TRAINING DEVICES TRAINING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 7,468 .............. 7,468 .............. .............. COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 36,433 .............. 36,433 .............. .............. EDUCATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 3,180 .............. 3,180 .............. .............. MEDICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 4,790 .............. 4,790 .............. .............. NAVAL MIP SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 4,608 .............. 4,608 .............. .............. OPERATING FORCES SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 5,655 .............. 5,655 .............. .............. C4ISR EQUIPMENT .............. 9,929 .............. 9,929 .............. .............. ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 26,795 .............. 21,062 .............. -5,733 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .............. 88,453 .............. 88,453 .............. .............. ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .............. 99,094 .............. 99,094 .............. .............. NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE SERVICE .............. 99,014 .............. 99,014 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PERSONNEL AND COMMAND SUPPORT .............. 385,419 .............. 379,686 .............. -5,733 EQUIPMENT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 328,043 .............. 307,464 .............. -20,579 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............. 21,439 .............. 21,439 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY .............. 6,614,715 .............. 6,329,750 .............. -284,965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Hybrid Electric Drive [HED] 32,906 29,106 -3,800 Improving funds management: Support funding ahead ............... ............... -2,000 of need Restoring acquisition accountability: Excess ............... ............... -1,800 installation funding 7 DDG Mod 364,157 361,195 -2,962 Improving funds management: AWS upgrade prior ............... ............... -2,962 year contract savings 8 Firefighting Equipment 16,089 13,983 -2,106 Restoring acquisition accountability: SCBA cost ............... ............... -2,106 growth 10 LHA/LHD Midlife 28,571 26,545 -2,026 Improving funds management: VSD fire pump ahead ............... ............... -2,026 of need 11 LCC 19/20 Extended Service Life Program 12,313 8,631 -3,682 Restoring acquisition accountability: LCC air ............... ............... -3,682 search radar contract delay 15 LCS Class Support Equipment 48,399 39,349 -9,050 Restoring acquisition accountability: ............... ............... -9,050 Habitability modification early to need 17 LPD Class Support Equipment 55,283 43,462 -11,821 Improving funds management: HW/SW obsolescence ............... ............... -2,000 excess installation funding Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -9,821 due to contract delays 21 LCAC 20,965 15,125 -5,840 Improving funds management: LCAC systems upgrade ............... ............... -5,840 excess growth 22 Underwater EOD Programs 51,652 46,376 -5,276 Improving funds management: HULS retrofit kits ............... ............... -1,652 ahead of need Improving funds management: MK18 mod 2 retrofit ............... ............... -3,624 kits ahead of need 23 Items Less Than $5 Million 102,498 77,860 -24,638 Improving funds management: Machinery plant ............... ............... -2,000 upgrades excess installation funding Improving funds management: Automated voltage ............... ............... -5,149 regulator funding carryover Improving funds management: PCMS funding ............... ............... -10,555 carryover Restoring acquisition accountability: MLP AFSB ............... ............... -6,934 SOF backfit excess cost 30 Other Ships Training Equipment 66,538 43,341 -23,197 Restoring acquisition accountability: LCS virtual ............... ............... -4,180 ship training system growth Restoring acquisition accountability: LCS ............... ............... -19,017 integrated tactical trainer ahead of need 31 Operating Forces Ipe 71,138 58,138 -13,000 Improving funds management: Shipyard capital ............... ............... -13,000 investment program excess growth 33 LCS Common Mission Modules Equipment 23,500 23,061 -439 Restoring acquisition accountability: MPCE cost ............... ............... -439 growth 34 LCS MCM Mission Modules 85,151 33,701 -51,450 Restoring acquisition accountability: COBRA ahead ............... ............... -17,700 of need Restoring acquisition accountability: MCM mission ............... ............... -33,750 module ahead of need 36 Remote Minehunting System [RMS] 87,627 53,077 -34,550 Restoring acquisition accountability: RMMV ahead ............... ............... -34,550 of need 38 SPQ-9B Radar 20,551 19,841 -710 Improving funds management: Installation funding ............... ............... -710 carryover 40 SSN Acoustics 214,835 234,835 +20,000 Authorization adjustment: Towed array--Navy UFR ............... ............... +20,000 44 Submarine Acoustic Warfare System 21,119 18,696 -2,423 Improving funds management: NAE beacon contract ............... ............... -2,423 savings 49 AN/SLQ-32 324,726 302,732 -21,994 Restoring acquisition accountability: Block 1B3 ............... ............... -1,898 excess installation funding Restoring acquisition accountability: Block 2 ............... ............... -20,096 excess installation funding 50 Shipboard IW Exploit 148,221 138,002 -10,219 Restoring acquisition accountability: SSEE ............... ............... -5,419 increment F ship cost growth Restoring acquisition accountability: SSEE ............... ............... -4,800 increment F ship excess installation funding due to contract delays 52 Submarine Support Equipment Prog 79,954 78,816 -1,138 Restoring acquisition accountability: ICADF MMM ............... ............... -1,138 antenna installation funding ahead of need 59 Shallow Water MCM 18,077 ............... -18,077 Restoring acquisition accountability: COBRA ahead ............... ............... -18,077 of need 76 CANES 278,991 275,641 -3,350 Restoring acquisition accountability: ............... ............... -3,350 Installation cost growth 87 Submarine Broadcast Support 20,691 16,021 -4,670 Improving funds management: Low Band Universal ............... ............... -4,670 Communication System (LBUCS) ahead of need 115 Ship Missile Support Equipment 298,738 276,503 -22,235 Maintain program affordability: Aegis support ............... ............... -22,235 equipment excess growth 156 Environmental Support Equipment 26,795 21,062 -5,733 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -5,733 161 Spares and Repair Parts 328,043 307,464 -20,579 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -20,579 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Littoral Combat Ship [LCS] Mission Modules.--The Committee continues to be concerned with the Navy's acquisition strategy for LCS mission modules. The Government Accountability Office has repeatedly noted that the Navy's strategy includes buying significant numbers of LCS mission modules before their performance is demonstrated and that the current inventory of mission packages exceeds the quantities necessary for operational testing. Additionally, the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation [DOT&E] noted in the latest DOT&E annual report that low operator proficiency, software immaturity, system integration issues and poor reliability of mine countermeasure components have continued to plague the program. Given these ongoing testing concerns, the Committee finds it prudent to slow the procurement of LCS mission modules and recommends a total reduction of $104,516,000 to the fiscal year 2016 budget request for LCS mission modules and related components. Procurement, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $935,209,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,131,418,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,239,618,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,239,618,000. This is $108,200,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES AAV7A1 PIP .............. 26,744 .............. 26,744 .............. .............. LAV PIP .............. 54,879 .............. 48,979 .............. -5,900 ARTILLERY AND OTHER WEAPONS EXPEDITIONARY FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM .............. 2,652 .............. 2,652 .............. .............. 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER .............. 7,482 .............. 7,482 .............. .............. HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM .............. 17,181 .............. 17,181 .............. .............. WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES UNDER $5 MILLION .............. 8,224 .............. 8,224 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT MODIFICATION KITS .............. 14,467 .............. 14,467 .............. .............. WEAPONS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM .............. 488 .............. 488 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES .............. 132,117 .............. 126,217 .............. -5,900 GUIDED MISSILES AND EQUIPMENT GUIDED MISSILES GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE .............. 7,565 .............. 7,565 .............. .............. JAVELIN .............. 1,091 .............. 1,091 .............. .............. FOLLOW ON TO SMAW .............. 4,872 .............. 4,872 .............. .............. ANTI-ARMOR WEAPONS SYSTEM-HEAVY (AAWS-H) .............. 668 .............. 668 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT MODIFICATION KITS .............. 12,495 2,070 152,495 +2,070 +140,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, GUIDED MISSILES AND EQUIPMENT .............. 26,691 .............. 166,691 .............. +140,000 COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS COMBAT OPERATIONS CENTER .............. 13,109 .............. 13,109 .............. .............. COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYS .............. 35,147 .............. 16,747 .............. -18,400 REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT .............. 21,210 .............. 21,210 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM .............. 792 .............. 792 .............. .............. COMMAND AND CONTROL ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION (COMM & ELEC) .............. 3,642 .............. 3,642 .............. .............. AIR OPERATIONS C2 SYSTEMS .............. 3,520 .............. 3,520 .............. .............. RADAR + EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) RADAR SYSTEMS .............. 35,118 .............. 35,118 .............. .............. GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR 3 130,661 3 130,661 .............. .............. RQ-21 UAS 4 84,916 4 84,916 .............. .............. INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM .............. 9,136 .............. 9,136 .............. .............. INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 29,936 .............. 29,936 .............. .............. DCGS-MC .............. 1,947 .............. 1,947 .............. .............. OTHER COMM/ELEC EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT .............. 2,018 .............. 2,018 .............. .............. NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE NETWORK (NGEN) .............. 67,295 .............. 67,295 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT (NON-TEL) COMMON COMPUTER RESOURCES .............. 43,101 .............. 33,101 .............. -10,000 COMMAND POST SYSTEMS .............. 29,255 .............. 29,255 .............. .............. RADIO SYSTEMS .............. 80,584 .............. 80,584 .............. .............. COMM SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEMS .............. 66,123 .............. 66,123 .............. .............. COMM & ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT .............. 79,486 .............. 79,486 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS .............. 736,996 .............. 708,596 .............. -28,400 EQUIPMENT SUPPORT VEHICLES ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VEHICLES .............. 3,538 .............. 3,538 .............. .............. COMMERCIAL CARGO VEHICLES .............. 22,806 .............. 22,806 .............. .............. TACTICAL VEHICLES MOTOR TRANSPORT MODIFICATIONS .............. 7,743 .............. 7,743 .............. .............. JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE 109 79,429 109 79,429 .............. .............. FAMILY OF TACTICAL TRAILERS .............. 3,157 .............. 3,157 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 6,938 .............. 6,938 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SUPPORT VEHICLES .............. 123,611 .............. 123,611 .............. .............. ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL EQUIP ASSORT .............. 94 .............. 94 .............. .............. BULK LIQUID EQUIPMENT .............. 896 .............. 896 .............. .............. TACTICAL FUEL SYSTEMS .............. 136 .............. 136 .............. .............. POWER EQUIPMENT ASSORTED .............. 10,792 .............. 10,792 .............. .............. AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............. 3,235 .............. 3,235 .............. .............. EOD SYSTEMS .............. 7,666 .............. 7,666 .............. .............. MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .............. 33,145 .............. 33,145 .............. .............. GARRISON MOBILE ENGR EQUIP .............. 1,419 .............. 1,419 .............. .............. GENERAL PROPERTY TRAINING DEVICES .............. 24,163 .............. 24,163 .............. .............. CONTAINER FAMILY .............. 962 .............. 962 .............. .............. FAMILY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT .............. 6,545 .............. 9,045 .............. +2,500 FAMILY OF INTERNALLY TRANSPORTABLE VEHICLE (ITV) .............. 7,533 .............. 7,533 .............. .............. OTHER SUPPORT ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............. 4,322 .............. 4,322 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT .............. 100,908 .............. 103,408 .............. +2,500 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 8,292 .............. 8,292 .............. .............. CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............. 2,803 .............. 2,803 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS .............. 1,131,418 .............. 1,239,618 .............. +108,200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 LAV PIP 54,879 48,979 -5,900 Improving .............. .............. -5,900 funds management : Prior year carryover 13 Modification 12,495 152,495 +140,000 Kits Authorizati .............. .............. +140,000 on adjustment : Additional missiles 15 Common Aviation 35,147 16,747 -18,400 Command and Control System Restoring .............. .............. -18,400 acquisitio n accountabi lity: Procuremen t early to need 33 Common Computer 43,101 33,101 -10,000 Resources Improving .............. .............. -10,000 funds management : Prior year carryover 59 Family of 6,545 9,045 +2,500 Construction Equipment Program .............. .............. +2,500 increase: Grade control systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aircraft Procurement, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $12,067,703,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 15,657,769,000 Committee recommendation................................ 15,890,661,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,890,661,000. This is $232,892,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE COMBAT AIRCRAFT TACTICAL FORCES F-35 44 5,260,212 44 5,357,812 .............. +97,600 F-35 [AP-CY] .............. 460,260 .............. 460,260 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, COMBAT AIRCRAFT .............. 5,720,472 .............. 5,818,072 .............. +97,600 AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT OTHER AIRLIFT KC-46A TANKER 12 2,350,601 12 2,350,601 .............. .............. C-130J 14 889,154 14 848,354 .............. -40,800 C-130J ADVANCE PROCUREMENT (CY) .............. 50,000 .............. 50,000 .............. .............. HC-130J 5 463,934 5 453,934 .............. -10,000 HC-130J .............. 30,000 .............. 30,000 .............. .............. MC-130J 8 828,472 8 790,872 .............. -37,600 MC-130J (AP) .............. 60,000 .............. 60,000 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT .............. 4,672,161 .............. 4,583,761 .............. -88,400 OTHER AIRCRAFT HELICOPTERS MISSION SUPPORT AIRCRAFT CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C 6 2,617 6 10,417 .............. +7,800 OTHER AIRCRAFT TARGET DRONES 75 132,028 75 132,028 .............. .............. RQ-4 UAV .............. 37,800 .............. 29,900 .............. -7,900 MQ-9 29 552,528 29 693,928 .............. +141,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER AIRCRAFT .............. 724,973 .............. 866,273 .............. +141,300 MODIFICATION OF INSERVICE AIRCRAFT STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT B-2A .............. 32,458 .............. 32,458 .............. .............. B-1B .............. 114,119 .............. 114,119 .............. .............. B-52 .............. 148,987 .............. 144,987 .............. -4,000 LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES .............. 84,335 .............. 84,335 .............. .............. TACTICAL AIRCRAFT F-15 .............. 464,367 .............. 682,071 .............. +217,704 F-16 .............. 17,134 .............. 17,134 .............. .............. F-22A .............. 126,152 .............. 126,152 .............. .............. F-35 MODIFICATIONS .............. 70,167 .............. 70,167 .............. .............. INCREMENT 3.2b .............. 69,325 .............. 64,325 .............. -5,000 AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT C-5 .............. 5,604 .............. 2,604 .............. -3,000 C-17A .............. 46,997 .............. 46,997 .............. .............. C-21 .............. 10,162 .............. 9,860 .............. -302 C-32A .............. 44,464 .............. 44,464 .............. .............. C-37A .............. 10,861 .............. 10,861 .............. .............. TRAINER AIRCRAFT GLIDER MODS .............. 134 .............. 134 .............. .............. T65 .............. 17,968 .............. 17,968 .............. .............. T-1 .............. 23,706 .............. 22,956 .............. -750 T-38 .............. 30,604 .............. 30,604 .............. .............. OTHER AIRCRAFT U-2 MODS .............. 22,095 .............. 22,095 .............. .............. KC-10A [ATCA] .............. 5,611 .............. 5,611 .............. .............. C-12 .............. 1,980 .............. 1,980 .............. .............. VC-25A MOD .............. 98,231 .............. 98,231 .............. .............. C-40 .............. 13,171 .............. 6,586 .............. -6,585 C-130 .............. 7,048 .............. 140,248 .............. +133,200 C130J MODS .............. 29,713 .............. 997 .............. -28,716 C-135 .............. 49,043 .............. 49,043 .............. .............. COMPASS CALL MODS .............. 68,415 .............. 97,115 .............. +28,700 RC-135 .............. 156,165 .............. 156,165 .............. .............. E-3 .............. 13,178 .............. 13,178 .............. .............. E-4 .............. 23,937 .............. 23,937 .............. .............. E-8 .............. 18,001 .............. 18,001 .............. .............. AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM .............. 183,308 .............. 183,308 .............. .............. FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS .............. 44,163 .............. 44,163 .............. .............. H-1 .............. 6,291 .............. 6,291 .............. .............. UH-1N REPLACEMENT .............. 2,456 .............. 2,456 .............. .............. H-60 .............. 45,731 .............. 23,831 .............. -21,900 RQ-4 UAV MODS .............. 50,022 .............. 50,022 .............. .............. HC/MC-130 MODIFICATIONS .............. 21,660 .............. 16,660 .............. -5,000 OTHER AIRCRAFT .............. 117,767 .............. 5,521 .............. -112,246 MQ-1 MODS .............. 3,173 .............. 1,673 .............. -1,500 MQ-9 MODS .............. 115,226 .............. 115,226 .............. .............. CV-22 MODS .............. 58,828 .............. 58,828 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MODIFICATION OF INSERVICE AIRCRAFT .............. 2,472,757 .............. 2,663,362 .............. +190,605 AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS .............. 656,242 .............. 656,242 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 656,242 .............. 656,242 .............. .............. AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT SUPPORT EQUIP .............. 33,716 .............. 33,716 .............. .............. POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT B-2A .............. 38,837 .............. 38,837 .............. .............. B-52 .............. 5,911 .............. 5,911 .............. .............. C-17A .............. 30,108 .............. 15,054 .............. -15,054 CV-22 POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT .............. 3,353 .............. 3,353 .............. .............. C-135 .............. 4,490 .............. 2,245 .............. -2,245 F-15 POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT .............. 3,225 .............. 3,225 .............. .............. F-16 POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT .............. 14,969 .............. 14,969 .............. .............. F-22A .............. 971 .............. 971 .............. .............. MQ-9 .............. 5,000 .............. 5,000 .............. .............. INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS .............. 18,802 .............. 18,802 .............. .............. WAR CONSUMABLES WAR CONSUMABLES .............. 156,465 .............. 156,465 .............. .............. OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES .............. 1,052,814 .............. 961,900 .............. -90,914 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND .............. 1,368,661 .............. 1,260,448 .............. -108,213 FACILITIES CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............. 42,503 .............. 42,503 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .............. 15,657,769 .............. 15,890,661 .............. +232,892 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 F-35 5,260,212 5,357,812 +97,600 Restoring acquisition accountability: Delayed .............. .............. -180,000 sustainment contract awards Restoring acquisition accountability: Unit cost .............. .............. -114,400 growth Program increase: 4 additional aircraft utilizing .............. .............. +392,000 program savings 4 C-130J 889,154 848,354 -40,800 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unit cost .............. .............. -40,800 growth and contract delays 6 HC-130J 463,934 453,934 -10,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unit cost .............. .............. -10,000 growth 8 MC-130J 828,472 790,872 -37,600 Restoring acquisition accountability: Excess trainer .............. .............. -37,600 funds and unit cost growth 11 Civil Air Patrol A/C 2,617 10,417 +7,800 Program Increase .............. .............. +7,800 14 RQ-4 37,800 29,900 -7,900 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unjustified .............. .............. -7,900 other production request 15 MQ-9 552,528 693,928 +141,400 Restoring acquisition accountability: Program .............. .............. -18,600 management and unit cost growth Program increase: Procure eight MQ-9 aircraft--AF .............. .............. +160,000 UFR 19 B-52 148,987 144,987 -4,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: CONECT unit .............. .............. -4,000 cost growth 22 F-15 464,367 682,071 +217,704 Transfer F-15: AF requested to RDAF Line #136 F-15 .............. .............. -12,796 Squadrons Restoring acquisition accountability: Milestone C .............. .............. -10,000 delay Authorization adjustment: F-15C AESA radars (6) .............. .............. +48,000 Authorization adjustment: F-15D AESA radars (24) .............. .............. +192,500 26 Increment 3.2b (F-22) 69,325 64,325 -5,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Cost growth .............. .............. -5,000 for 3.2B kits 28 C-5 5,604 2,604 -3,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -3,000 31 C-21 10,162 9,860 -302 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -302 36 T-1 23,706 22,956 -750 Restoring acquisition accountability: Excess program .............. .............. -750 management and prior year carryover 43 C-40 13,171 6,586 -6,585 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -6,585 44 C-130 7,048 140,248 +133,200 Authorization adjustment: C-130H Electronic Prop .............. .............. +13,500 Control System--AF UFR Authorization adjustment: C-130H In-flight Prop .............. .............. +1,500 Balancing System--AF UFR Authorization adjustment: C-130H T-56 3.5 Engine .............. .............. +33,200 Mods Authorization adjustment: Funds to comply with .............. .............. +75,000 Section 134, Fiscal Year 2015 NDAA Program increase: Eight bladed propeller system .............. .............. +10,000 45 C-130J Mods 29,713 997 -28,716 Restoring acquisition accountability: Block 8.1 .............. .............. -28,716 development slip 47 Compass Call Mods EC-130 68,415 97,115 +28,700 Authorization adjustment: Modification for restored .............. .............. +28,700 EC-130H 56 H-60 45,731 23,831 -21,900 Restoring acquisition accountability: Milestone C .............. .............. -21,900 delay 58 HC/MC-130 Modifications 21,660 16,660 -5,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Block 8.1 .............. .............. -5,000 development slip 59 Other Aircraft 117,767 5,521 -112,246 Transfer COMSEC equipment: AF requested to OPAF Line .............. .............. -2,246 #11 COMSEC Budget documentation disparity: Unjustified request .............. .............. -110,000 60 MQ-1 Mods 3,173 1,673 -1,500 Restoring acquisition accountability: Excess initial .............. .............. -1,500 spares 69 C-17A 30,108 15,054 -15,054 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -15,054 71 C-135 4,490 2,245 -2,245 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -2,245 79 Other Production Charges 1,052,814 961,900 -90,914 Transfer NATO AGS: AF requested from RDAF Line #216 .............. .............. +59,086 NATO AGS Classified program adjustment .............. .............. -150,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-130 Beddown.--The Committee notes that the Air Force has not formally established a long term plan to augment the National Guard's fleet of C-130Hs with C-130Js. To accept new aircraft and to plan for modification of their existing C-130H fleet, the National Guard needs adequate time to prepare and budget for the future fleet mix. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a beddown plan that lays out, by location and fiscal year through the end of the C-130H's expected life, the future mix of the National Guard's C-130H and C-130J fleet not later than 180 days after enactment of this act. F-16 Avionics Upgrade.--The F-16 Fighting Falcon is currently the primary multi-mission fighter for the Air Force. As threats and tactics evolve and weapons and sensor technologies improve, the need to modernize F-16 avionics to take full advantage of these advances becomes undeniable. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Air Force to undertake strategic avionics upgrades to ensure the F-16, particularly the older blocks, remains capable of fulfilling its central role in the fleet and combat relevance. USAF UH-1N Replacement.--The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request includes $2,456,000 for the UH-1N replacement program. The Committee notes that there is no research and development funding for this program, and that the Air Force will proceed directly to procurement of non-developmental aircraft. The Committee is encouraged by this methodology as long as Joint Requirements Oversight Council validated requirements are met. The Committee believes this acquisition strategy may lower sustainment costs and affords expeditious procurement that will enable the Air Force to meet its objective of fielding replacement aircraft by 2017. C-130 Avionics Modernization Program.--The Secretary of the Air Force may proceed with and accelerate a C-130H modification program known as AMP Increment 1 to address safety and airspace compliance requirements, using funds provided in this bill and previous funds appropriated for the avionics modernization program of record. In addition, the Committee expects the Air Force to continue efforts for AMP Increment 2 modifications, using previously purchased components and leveraging research and development efforts to the maximum extent practical. Undefinitized Contract Actions (UCA).--In the report accompanying the Senate version of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 (Senate Report 113-211), the Committee directed the Government Accountability Office [GAO] to review the use of UCAs within the Aircraft Procurement, Air Force account to determine how often this contracting option is being utilized and for what purpose. The GAO completed the review and highlighted several troubling trends. According to the findings, GAO found that the Air Force obligated $14,000,000,000 on UCAs from fiscal years 2010 through 2014 and the number of Air Force UCAs awarded has been relatively constant from fiscal year 2011 to 2014. Of the nine UCAs that the GAO reviewed, none were definitized within 180 days of contract award, as required in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation. Lastly, they found the Air Force has been using advance procurement funds to award undefinitized long-lead contracts, which the GAO found may be underreported in the Department's semiannual ``Undefinitized Contracts'' report to Congress. The GAO reported that the most common rational for definitization delays is insufficient pricing data and changing requirements. The Committee remains extremely concerned with the Air Force's common practice of using UCAs. The Committee is also concerned with the large amount of unobligated balances within the Aircraft Procurement, Air Force account. During the 2015 mid-year review, the Air Force had $1,200,000,000 of fiscal year 2013 funds unobligated with only 6 months remaining before expiration, as well as $3,900,000,000 of fiscal year 2014 funds unobligated. In a fiscally constrained environment, these practices need to change. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a policy requiring the Air Force Service Acquisition Executive to review and approve requirements changes when undefinitized contracting actions are utilized and provide a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act, on the implementation of such policy. In addition, the Committee is concerned that the ``Undefinitized Contracts'' report to Congress does not encompass all of the UCAs being used by the Air Force. Therefore, the Committee directs the Air Force to modify the existing ``Undefinitized Contracts'' report, to include all current and future UCAs, the timeline to definitize each contract, and a plan on how to reduce the use of this contracting methodology on non-urgent requirements. Missile Procurement, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $4,629,662,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 2,987,045,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,965,869,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,965,869,000. This is $21,176,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE BALLISTIC MISSILES MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT--BALLISTIC MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQ-BALLISTIC .............. 94,040 .............. 94,040 .............. .............. OTHER MISSILES TACTICAL JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE [JASSM] 360 440,578 360 430,578 .............. -10,000 SIDEWINDER (AIM-9X) 506 200,777 506 198,247 .............. -2,530 AMRAAM 262 390,112 262 381,466 .............. -8,646 PREDATOR HELLFIRE MISSILE 3,756 423,016 3,756 423,016 .............. .............. SMALL DIAMETER BOMB 1,942 133,697 1,942 133,697 .............. .............. INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS/POLLUTION PREVENTION .............. 397 .............. 397 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER MISSILES .............. 1,588,577 .............. 1,567,401 .............. -21,176 MODIFICATION OF INSERVICE MISSILES CLASS IV MM III MODIFICATIONS .............. 50,517 .............. 50,517 .............. .............. AGM-65D MAVERICK .............. 9,639 .............. 9,639 .............. .............. AGM-88A HARM .............. 197 .............. 197 .............. .............. AIR LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILE .............. 25,019 .............. 25,019 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MODIFICATION OF INSERVICE MISSILES .............. 85,372 .............. 85,372 .............. .............. SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS .............. 48,523 .............. 48,523 .............. .............. SPECIAL PROGRAMS SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAMS .............. 276,562 .............. 276,562 .............. .............. CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............. 893,971 .............. 893,971 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .............. 2,987,045 .............. 2,965,869 .............. -21,176 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Joint Air-Surface Standoff Missile 440,578 430,578 -10,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unit cost .............. .............. -10,000 efficiencies 4 Sidewinder (AIM-9X) 200,777 198,247 -2,530 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unit cost .............. .............. -2,530 efficiencies 5 AMRAAM 390,112 381,466 -8,646 Restoring acquisition accountability: Joint program .............. .............. -8,646 unit cost variance ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile [AMRAAM] Diminishing Manufacturing Sources/Material Shortages [DMSMS].-- The Committee remains concerned about increasing AMRAAM DMSMS costs. A fiscal year 2013 Department report required by the Committee estimated AMRAAM DMSMS costs at 12.8 percent of total program production costs from fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2015. Actual DMSMS costs in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 were over 19 percent of total program costs, and are estimated to be over 17 percent in fiscal year 2016. For fiscal year 2015, DMSMS expenses almost doubled, from an estimated $34,000,000 to $63,000,000. The Committee is aware that many factors contribute to DMSMS costs, and that the Air Force has an active plan to sustain AMRAAM inventory beyond 2030 at reasonable expense. The Committee urges the Air Force to continue to be proactive in this effort. Space Procurement, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................................... Budget estimate, 2016................................... $2,584,061,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,891,159,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,891,159,000. This is $307,098,000 above the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE SPACE PROGRAMS ADVANCED EHF .............. 333,366 .............. 333,366 .............. .............. WIDEBAND GAPFILLER SATELLITES .............. 53,476 .............. 33,476 .............. -20,000 GPS III SPACE SEGMENT 1 199,218 1 199,218 .............. .............. SPACEBORNE EQUIP (COMSEC) .............. 18,362 .............. 13,362 .............. -5,000 GLOBAL POSITIONING (SPACE) .............. 66,135 .............. 66,135 .............. .............. DEF METEOROLOGICAL SAT PROG (SPACE) .............. 89,351 .............. .............. .............. -89,351 EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEH INFRASTRUCTURE .............. 571,276 .............. 571,276 .............. .............. (SPACE) EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEH (SPACE) 5 800,201 5 800,201 .............. .............. SBIR HIGH (SPACE) .............. 452,676 .............. 452,676 .............. .............. FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS .............. .............. .............. 52,192 .............. +52,192 SPACE BASED IR SENSOR PGM SPACE .............. .............. .............. 90,190 .............. +90,190 NAVSTAR GPS SPACE .............. .............. .............. 2,029 .............. +2,029 NUDET DETECTION SYS SPACE .............. .............. .............. 5,095 .............. +5,095 AF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK SPACE .............. .............. .............. 76,673 .............. +76,673 SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM SPACE .............. .............. .............. 93,275 .............. +93,275 MILSATCOM SPACE .............. .............. .............. 35,495 .............. +35,495 SPACE MODS SPACE .............. .............. .............. 23,435 .............. +23,435 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEM .............. .............. .............. 43,065 .............. +43,065 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .............. 2,584,061 .............. 2,891,159 .............. +307,098 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 Wideband 53,476 33,476 -20,000 Gapfiller Satellites (Space) Restoring .............. .............. -20,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Unjustified cost growth 4 Spaceborne Equip 18,362 13,362 -5,000 (COMSEC) Improving .............. .............. -5,000 funds management: Prior year carryover 6 Def 89,351 .............. -89,351 Meteorological Sat Prog (Space) Program .............. .............. -89,351 termination 10 Family of Beyond .............. 52,192 +52,192 Line-of-Sight Terminals Transfer .............. .............. +79,592 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 43 Restoring .............. .............. -27,400 acquisition accountabil ity: Schedule slip 11 Space Based Ir .............. 90,190 +90,190 Sensor Pgm Space Transfer .............. .............. +90,190 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 44 12 Navstar GPS .............. 2,029 +2,029 Space Transfer .............. .............. +2,029 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 45 13 Nudet Detection .............. 5,095 +5,095 Sys Space Transfer .............. .............. +5,095 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 46 14 AF Satellite .............. 76,673 +76,673 Control Network Space Transfer .............. .............. +76,673 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 47 15 Spacelift Range .............. 93,275 +93,275 System Space Transfer .............. .............. +113,275 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 48 Improving .............. .............. -20,000 funds management: Prior year carryover 16 Milsatcom Space .............. 35,495 +35,495 Transfer .............. .............. +35,495 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 49 17 Space Mods Space .............. 23,435 +23,435 Transfer .............. .............. +23,435 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 50 18 Counterspace .............. 43,065 +43,065 System Transfer .............. .............. +43,065 from Other Procurement , Air Force line 51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Space Procurement.--The fiscal year 2016 budget requests a new 5-year appropriation account to fund space procurement programs. The Committee supports the creation of a new appropriation account and believes that all space-related procurement line items should be included. Therefore, the Committee recommendation transfers space-related items requested in Other Procurement, Air Force to the new Space Procurement, Air Force account. However, the Committee does not support the request for 5-year availability of funds and recommends retention of the standard 3-year time period for traditional procurement accounts. Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Competition.--The Committee supports competition in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle [EELV] program and appreciates the Air Force's efforts to find the proper balance between reducing launch costs and maintaining mission assurance as it transitions from a sole source to a competitive procurement environment. In an effort to further enhance competition, last year the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 added $125,000,000 to double the number of competitive launch opportunities in fiscal year 2015 and required that the competition include at least two certified launch service providers. However, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community have notified the Committee that Section 1608 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3314) restricts the incumbent launch provider's use of the RD-180 engine on its most competitive launch vehicle, nullifying the intent of the Committee's $125,000,000 add for a launch vehicle competition. Additionally, the Department has informed the Committee that Section 1608 would limit the availability of RD-180 engines for future competitions to five, which may create a multi-year gap where the Department has neither assured access to space nor an environment where price-based competition is possible. Therefore, the Committee recommends a rescission of $125,000,000 from fiscal year 2015 funds due to the statutory impediment to competition. The Committee does not recommend a reduction of competitive launch opportunities in fiscal year 2016, because true competition may still be possible in fiscal year 2016 if Congress implements the Department's recommended modification to Section 1608. The Committee believes that this modification would enable a responsible transition away from the RD-180 as soon as possible while maintaining the goal of reducing launch costs through true competition. To ensure expeditious development of an alternative engine, the Committee recommendation also includes an increase of $143,600,000 in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force for rocket engine development. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.--The budget request includes $89,351,000 for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program [DMSP]. Last year, the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 2015 outlined concerns about the excessive cost of launching this satellite and restricted $50,000,000 of funding for the program, unless the Secretary of the Air Force could certify that the satellite would be launched by the end of calendar year 2016. The Air Force has notified Congress that it will not be able to launch DMSP-20 by 2016, but proposes launching the satellite in fiscal year 2018 or 2019 at a cost of between $410,000,000 to $455,000,000, in addition to approximately $500,000,000 already spent on the satellite. The Committee questions the Air Force's decision to incur these additional costs to launch a satellite with 1990s technology that the Air Force has previously stated no longer meets its requirements. The Committee believes that such funds would be better spent on developing new technologies and enhancing the capabilities of the next generation of weather satellites. Therefore, the Committee recommends no funding for the DMSP program in fiscal year 2016. The Committee also recommends a rescission of the $50,000,000 of fiscal year 2015 funds. The Committee expects the Air Force to bring the program to an orderly close with the remaining fiscal year 2015 funds. Commercial Satellite Communications.--The Committee supports efforts by the Air Force to use pathfinder demonstrations to investigate non-traditional approaches for acquiring commercial satellite communications [SATCOM] capabilities. These efforts help the Air Force gain experience with different business models to enable innovative and affordable procurement of long-term commercial SATCOM and may obviate the need for future procurement of costly, military specific SATCOM satellites. The Committee encourages the Air Force to pursue additional pathfinder demonstrations to achieve savings and take advantage of improved technology and performance offered by commercial SATCOM providers. Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $659,909,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,758,843,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,797,343,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,797,343,000. This is $38,500,000 above the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, AIR FORCE ROCKETS .............. 23,788 .............. 23,788 .............. .............. CARTRIDGES .............. 131,102 .............. 169,602 .............. +38,500 BOMBS PRACTICE BOMBS .............. 89,759 .............. 89,759 .............. .............. GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS .............. 637,181 .............. 637,181 .............. .............. MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR (MOP) .............. 39,690 .............. 39,690 .............. .............. JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION 6,341 374,688 6,341 374,688 .............. .............. FLARE, IR MJU-7B CAD/PAD .............. 58,266 .............. 58,266 .............. .............. EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DISPOSAL [EOD] .............. 5,612 .............. 5,612 .............. .............. SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 103 .............. 103 .............. .............. MODIFICATIONS .............. 1,102 .............. 1,102 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5,000,000 .............. 3,044 .............. 3,044 .............. .............. FUZES FLARES .............. 120,935 .............. 120,935 .............. .............. FUZES .............. 213,476 .............. 213,476 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, AIR FORCE .............. 1,698,746 1,737,246 +38,500 WEAPONS SMALL ARMS .............. 60,097 .............. 60,097 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE .............. 1,758,843 .............. 1,797,343 .............. +38,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 Cartridges 131,102 169,602 +38,500 Authorizatio .............. .............. +38,500 n adjustment: Increase to match size of A-10 fleet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Procurement, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $16,781,266,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 18,272,438,000 Committee recommendation................................ 17,997,359,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,997,359,000. This is $275,079,000 below the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLE .............. 8,834 .............. 8,834 .............. .............. CARGO + UTILITY VEHICLES FAMILY MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLE .............. 58,160 .............. 58,160 .............. .............. CAP VEHICLES .............. 977 .............. 1,677 .............. +700 ITEMS LESS THAN $5M (CARGO) .............. 12,483 .............. 12,483 .............. .............. SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES SECURITY AND TACTICAL VEHICLES .............. 4,728 .............. 4,728 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5M (SPECIAL) .............. 4,662 .............. 4,662 .............. .............. FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FIRE FIGHTING/CRASH RESCUE VEHICLES .............. 10,419 .............. 10,419 .............. .............. MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT ITEMS LESS THAT $5,000,000 .............. 23,320 .............. 23,320 .............. .............. BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT RUNWAY SNOW REMOVAL & CLEANING EQUIP .............. 6,215 .............. 6,215 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5M .............. 87,781 .............. 87,781 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT .............. 217,579 .............. 218,279 .............. +700 ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIP COMM SECURITY EQUIPMENT(COMSEC) COMSEC EQUIPMENT .............. 136,998 .............. 139,244 .............. +2,246 MODIFICATIONS (COMSEC) .............. 677 .............. 677 .............. .............. INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS INTELLIGENCE TRAINING EQUIPMENT .............. 4,041 .............. 4,041 .............. .............. INTELLIGENCE COMM EQUIP .............. 22,573 .............. 22,573 .............. .............. MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS .............. 14,456 .............. 14,456 .............. .............. ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS TRAFFIC CONTROL/LANDING .............. 31,823 .............. 28,823 .............. -3,000 NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM .............. 5,833 .............. 5,833 .............. .............. BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM--FIXED .............. 1,687 .............. 1,687 .............. .............. THEATER AIR CONTROL SYS IMPRO .............. 22,710 .............. 22,710 .............. .............. WEATHER OBSERVATION FORECAST .............. 21,561 .............. 21,561 .............. .............. STRATEGIC COMMAND AND CONTROL .............. 286,980 .............. 286,980 .............. .............. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX .............. 36,186 .............. 36,186 .............. .............. INTEGRATED STRAT PLAN AND ANALY NETWORK (ISPAN) .............. 9,597 .............. 9,597 .............. .............. SPECIAL COMM-ELECTRONICS PROJECTS GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .............. 27,403 .............. 25,803 .............. -1,600 AF GLOBAL COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM .............. 7,212 .............. 7,212 .............. .............. MOBILITY COMMAND AND CONTROL .............. 11,062 .............. 30,962 .............. +19,900 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM .............. 131,269 .............. 103,269 .............. -28,000 COMBAT TRAINING RANGES .............. 33,606 .............. 33,606 .............. .............. MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMM N .............. 5,232 .............. 5,232 .............. .............. C3 COUNTERMEASURES .............. 7,453 .............. 7,453 .............. .............. INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM .............. 3,976 .............. .............. .............. -3,976 GCSS-AF FOS .............. 25,515 .............. 15,015 .............. -10,500 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTING AND MGMT .............. 9,255 .............. 4,755 .............. -4,500 THEATER BATTLE MGT C2 SYS .............. 7,523 .............. 7,523 .............. .............. AIR AND SPACE OPERATIONS CTR-WPN SYSTEM .............. 12,043 .............. 10,043 .............. -2,000 AIR OPERATIONS CENTER [AOC] .............. 24,246 .............. 14,246 .............. -10,000 AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION TRANSPORT SYSTEMS .............. 74,621 .............. 74,621 .............. .............. AFNET .............. 103,748 .............. 98,748 .............. -5,000 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) .............. 5,199 .............. 5,199 .............. .............. USCENTCOM .............. 15,780 .............. 15,780 .............. .............. FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS .............. 79,592 .............. .............. .............. -79,592 DISA PROGRAMS SPACE BASED IR SENSOR PROG SPACE .............. 90,190 .............. .............. .............. -90,190 NAVSTAR GPS SPACE .............. 2,029 .............. .............. .............. -2,029 NUDET DETECTION SYS (NDS) SPACE .............. 5,095 .............. .............. .............. -5,095 AF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK SPACE .............. 76,673 .............. .............. .............. -76,673 SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM SPACE .............. 113,275 .............. .............. .............. -113,275 MILSATCOM SPACE .............. 35,495 .............. .............. .............. -35,495 SPACE MODS SPACE .............. 23,435 .............. .............. .............. -23,435 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEM .............. 43,065 .............. .............. .............. -43,065 ORGANIZATION AND BASE TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT .............. 77,538 .............. 113,538 .............. +36,000 RADIO EQUIPMENT .............. 8,400 .............. 8,400 .............. .............. CCTV/AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT .............. 6,144 .............. 6,144 .............. .............. BASE COMM INFRASTRUCTURE .............. 77,010 .............. 67,010 .............. -10,000 MODIFICATIONS COMM ELECT MODS .............. 71,800 .............. 80,800 .............. +9,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS .............. 1,810,006 .............. 1,329,727 .............. -480,279 EQUIP OTHER BASE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT EQUIP PERSONAL SAFETY AND RESCUE EQUIP NIGHT VISION GOGGLES .............. 2,370 .............. 2,370 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5,000,000 (SAFETY) .............. 79,623 .............. 69,623 .............. -10,000 DEPOT PLANT + MATERIALS HANDLING EQ MECHANIZED MATERIAL HANDLING .............. 7,249 .............. 7,249 .............. .............. BASE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT BASE PROCURED EQUIPMENT .............. 9,095 .............. 15,095 .............. +6,000 ENGINEERING AND EOD EQUIPMENT .............. 17,866 .............. 17,866 .............. .............. MOBILITY EQUIPMENT .............. 61,850 .............. 61,850 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5M (BASE SUPPORT) .............. 30,477 .............. 20,477 .............. -10,000 SPECIAL SUPPORT PROJECTS DARP RC135 .............. 25,072 .............. 25,072 .............. .............. DISTRIBUTED GROUND SYSTEMS .............. 183,021 .............. 159,021 .............. -24,000 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAM .............. 629,371 .............. 629,371 .............. .............. DEFENSE SPACE RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM .............. 100,663 .............. 100,663 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER BASE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT .............. 1,146,657 .............. 1,108,657 .............. -38,000 EQUIP SPARE AND REPAIR PARTS SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .............. 59,863 .............. 59,863 .............. .............. CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............. 15,038,333 .............. 15,280,833 .............. +242,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .............. 18,272,438 .............. 17,997,359 .............. -275,079 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Cap Vehicles 977 1,677 +700 Program .............. .............. +700 increase: Civil Air Patrol-- vehicles 11 Comsec Equipment 136,998 139,244 +2,246 Transfer .............. .............. +2,246 COMSEC equipment: Air Force- requested from APAF Line #59 Other Equipment 16 Air Traffic 31,823 28,823 -3,000 Control & Landing Sys Improving .............. .............. -3,000 Funds Management: Prior year carryover 25 General 27,403 25,803 -1,600 Information Technology Restoring .............. .............. -1,600 acquisition accountabil ity: Schedule slips (TDNE) 27 Mobility Command 11,062 30,962 +19,900 and Control Authorizatio .............. .............. +19,900 n adjustment: Additional battlefield air operations kits--AF UFR 28 Air Force 131,269 103,269 -28,000 Physical Security System Improving .............. .............. -28,000 Funds Management: Prior year carryover 32 Integrated 3,976 .............. -3,976 Personnel and Pay System Restoring .............. .............. -3,976 acquisition accountabil ity: Early to need 33 GCSS-AF Fos 25,515 15,015 -10,500 Improving .............. .............. -3,000 Funds Management: Prior year carryover Restoring .............. .............. -7,500 acquisition accountabil ity: Schedule slips 34 Defense 9,255 4,755 -4,500 Enterprise Accounting and Mgmt System Restoring .............. .............. -4,500 acquisition accountabil ity: Early to need 36 Air & Space 12,043 10,043 -2,000 Operations Ctr- WPN SYS Restoring .............. .............. -2,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Schedule slips (10.1) 37 Air Operations 24,246 14,246 -10,000 Center [AOC] 10.2 Restoring .............. .............. -10,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Early to need (AOC 10.2) 39 AFNET 103,748 98,748 -5,000 Restoring .............. .............. -5,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Excess growth 43 Family of Beyond 79,592 .............. -79,592 Line-of-Sight Terminals Transfer to .............. .............. -79,592 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 10 44 Space Based Ir 90,190 .............. -90,190 Sensor Pgm Space Transfer to .............. .............. -90,190 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 11 45 Navstar GPS 2,029 .............. -2,029 Space Transfer to .............. .............. -2,029 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 12 46 Nudet Detection 5,095 .............. -5,095 Sys Space Transfer to .............. .............. -5,095 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 13 47 AF Satellite 76,673 .............. -76,673 Control Network Space Transfer to .............. .............. -76,673 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 14 48 Spacelift Range 113,275 .............. -113,275 System Space Transfer to .............. .............. -113,275 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 15 49 Milsatcom Space 35,495 .............. -35,495 Transfer to .............. .............. -35,495 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 16 50 Space Mods Space 23,435 .............. -23,435 Transfer to .............. .............. -23,435 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 17 51 Counterspace 43,065 .............. -43,065 System Transfer to .............. .............. -43,065 Space Procurement Air Force, Line 18 52 Tactical C-E 77,538 113,538 +36,000 Equipment Authorizatio .............. .............. +36,000 n adjustment: Increase JTAC training and rehearsal simulators- -AF UFR 56 Base Comm 77,010 67,010 -10,000 Infrastructure Improving .............. .............. -10,000 Funds Management: Prior year carryover 57 Comm Elect Mods 71,800 80,800 +9,000 Program .............. .............. +9,000 increase: Radar reliability enhancement s 59 Items Less Than 79,623 69,623 -10,000 $5 Million Improving .............. .............. -10,000 Funds Management: Prior year carryover 61 Base Procured 9,095 15,095 +6,000 Equipment Program .............. .............. +6,000 increase: Joint training center equipment 65 Items Less Than 30,477 20,477 -10,000 $5 Million Improving .............. .............. -10,000 funds management: Prior year carryover 68 DCGS-AF 183,021 159,021 -24,000 Restoring .............. .............. -6,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Schedule slips (Geospatial Intelligenc e) Restoring .............. .............. -6,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Schedule slips (Signals Intelligenc e) Restoring .............. .............. -12,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Early to need (Multi-INT service oriented architectur e) 71A Classified 15,038,333 15,280,833 +242,500 Programs Classified .............. .............. +242,500 program adjustment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Energy Efficient Military Billeting.--The Committee continues to support efforts by the Department of Defense to leverage technology and deliver energy efficient returns on investments, such as thermal technologies in battlefield housing. Such technologies will realize cost savings by reducing the military's battlefield fuel footprint while also making current billeting structures more energy efficient. Procurement, Defense-Wide Appropriations, 2015.................................... $4,429,303,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 5,130,853,000 Committee recommendation................................ 5,211,532,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,211,532,000. This is $80,679,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE MAJOR EQUIPMENT MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCAA MAJOR EQUIPMENT ITEMS LESS THAN $5M .............. 1,488 .............. .............. .............. -1,488 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCMA MAJOR EQUIPMENT .............. 2,494 .............. 2,494 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DHRA PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION .............. 9,341 .............. 9,341 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY .............. 8,080 .............. 8,080 .............. .............. TELEPORT PROGRAM .............. 62,789 .............. 62,789 .............. .............. ITEMS LESS THAN $5M .............. 9,399 .............. 9,399 .............. .............. NET CENTRIC ENTERPRISE SERVICES [NCES] .............. 1,819 .............. 1,819 .............. .............. DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS NETWORK .............. 141,298 .............. 141,298 .............. .............. CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE .............. 12,732 .............. 12,732 .............. .............. WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION AGENCY .............. 64,098 .............. 64,098 .............. .............. SENIOR LEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE .............. 617,910 .............. 617,910 .............. .............. JOINT INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT .............. 84,400 .............. 84,400 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA MAJOR EQUIPMENT .............. 5,644 .............. 5,644 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DMACT A--WEAPON SYSTEM COST 4 11,208 4 11,208 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DODEA AUTOMATION/EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT & LOGISTICS .............. 1,298 .............. 1,298 .............. .............. EQUIPMENT .............. 1,048 .............. 1,048 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY VEHICLES .............. 100 .............. 100 .............. .............. OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT .............. 5,474 .............. 5,474 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DTSA MAJOR EQUIPMENT, MDA THAAD SYSTEM 30 464,067 30 464,067 .............. .............. AEGIS BMD 40 558,916 52 571,661 +12 +12,745 AEGIS BMD HARDWARE .............. .............. .............. 145,300 .............. +145,300 AEGIS BMD [AP-CY] .............. 147,765 .............. .............. .............. -147,765 BMDS AN/TPY-2 RADARS .............. 78,634 .............. 78,634 .............. .............. AEGIS ASHORE PHASE III .............. 30,587 .............. 30,587 .............. .............. IRON DOME SYSTEM 1 55,000 1 41,400 .............. -13,600 DAVID'S SLING .............. .............. .............. 150,000 .............. +150,000 ARROW 3 .............. .............. .............. 15,000 .............. +15,000 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, NSA INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM [ISSP] .............. 37,177 .............. 37,177 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD 17 46,939 17 44,439 .............. -2,500 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS .............. 13,027 .............. 13,027 .............. .............. MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS .............. 27,859 .............. 27,859 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, MAJOR EQUIPMENT .............. 2,500,591 .............. 2,658,283 .............. +157,692 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND AVIATION PROGRAMS MC-12 .............. 63,170 .............. .............. .............. -63,170 SOF ROTARY WING UPGRADES AND SUSTAINMENT .............. 135,985 .............. 135,985 .............. .............. NON-STANDARD AVIATION .............. 61,275 .............. 11,000 .............. -50,275 SOF U-28 .............. .............. .............. 54,600 .............. +54,600 RQ-11 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE .............. 20,087 .............. 15,587 .............. -4,500 CV-22 SOF MODIFICATION .............. 18,832 .............. 15,582 .............. -3,250 MQ-1 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE .............. 1,934 .............. 1,934 .............. .............. MQ-9 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE .............. 11,726 .............. 19,726 .............. +8,000 STUASL0 .............. 1,514 .............. 1,514 .............. .............. PRECISION STRIKE PACKAGE .............. 204,105 .............. 204,105 .............. .............. AC/MC-130J .............. 61,368 .............. 61,368 .............. .............. C-130 MODIFICATIONS .............. 66,861 .............. 23,861 .............. -43,000 SHIPBUILDING UNDERWATER SYSTEMS .............. 32,521 .............. 29,021 .............. -3,500 AMMUNITION PROGRAMS SOF ORDNANCE ITEMS UNDER $5,000,000 .............. 174,734 .............. 174,734 .............. .............. OTHER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS SOF INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS .............. 93,009 .............. 93,009 .............. .............. DCGS-SOF .............. 14,964 .............. 14,964 .............. .............. OTHER ITEMS UNDER $5,000,000 .............. 79,149 .............. 79,149 .............. .............. SOF COMBATANT CRAFT SYSTEMS .............. 33,362 .............. 63,362 .............. +30,000 SPECIAL PROGRAMS .............. 143,533 .............. 117,815 .............. -25,718 TACTICAL VEHICLES .............. 73,520 .............. 73,520 .............. .............. WARRIOR SYSTEMS UNDER $5,000,000 .............. 186,009 .............. 195,809 .............. +9,800 COMBAT MISSION REQUIREMENTS .............. 19,693 .............. 14,693 .............. -5,000 SOF GLOBAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES .............. 3,967 .............. 3,967 .............. .............. SOF OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE .............. 19,225 .............. 19,225 .............. .............. SOF OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS .............. 213,252 .............. 213,252 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND .............. 1,733,795 .............. 1,637,782 .............. -96,013 CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS .............. 141,223 .............. 160,223 .............. +19,000 CB PROTECTION AND HAZARD MITIGATION .............. 137,487 .............. 137,487 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE .............. 278,710 .............. 297,710 .............. +19,000 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............. 617,757 .............. 617,757 .............. .............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE .............. 5,130,853 .............. 5,211,532 .............. +80,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Items Less Than $5 Million 1,488 ............... -1,488 Program termination ............... ............... -1,488 24 Aegis BMD 558,916 571,661 +12,745 Transfer All Up Round procurement only: MDA- ............... ............... +120,445 requested from line 25 Restoring acquisition accountability: Transfer ............... ............... -107,700 Aegis BMD hardware and software procurements and installations to line 24A 24A Aegis BMD Hardware ............... 145,300 +145,300 Restoring acquisition accountability: Transfer ............... ............... +107,700 Aegis BMD hardware and software procurements and installations from line 24 Program increase: Aegis BMD 3.6 to 4x hardware ............... ............... +37,600 procurements for DDG 72 and 76 only 25 Aegis BMD (AP) 147,765 ............... -147,765 Transfer All Up Round procurement only: MDA- ............... ............... -120,445 requested to line 24 Transfer additional SM-3 Block IB flight tests: ............... ............... -27,320 MDA-requested to Research and Development, Defense-Wide, line 108 28 Iron Dome 55,000 41,400 -13,600 Improving funds management: Excess to requirement ............... ............... -13,600 XX David's Sling ............... 150,000 +150,000 Authorization adjustment: Program increase for ............... ............... +150,000 David's Sling XXX Arrow 3 ............... 15,000 +15,000 Authorization adjustment: Program increase for ............... ............... +15,000 Arrow 3 36 Major Equipment, OSD 46,939 44,439 -2,500 Maintain program affordability: Eliminate program ............... ............... -2,500 growth 41 MC-12 63,170 ............... -63,170 Transfer MC-12: SOCOM-requested to PDW Line #45 U- ............... ............... -63,170 28 44 Non-Standard Aviation 61,275 11,000 -50,275 Restoring acquisition accountability: Acquisition ............... ............... -50,275 strategy 45 U-28 ............... 54,600 +54,600 Transfer MC-12: SOCOM requested from PDW Line #41 ............... ............... +63,170 MC-12 Budget documentation disparity: Poor justification ............... ............... -8,570 materials for low cost mods 47 RQ-11 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 20,087 15,587 -4,500 Budget documentation disparity: Poor justification ............... ............... -4,500 materials for MTUAS Ancillary Equipment 48 CV-22 Modification 18,832 15,582 -3,250 Budget documentation disparity: Poor justification ............... ............... -3,250 materials for block upgrade modifications 50 MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 11,726 19,726 +8,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -2,000 Authorization adjustment: MQ-9 capability ............... ............... +10,000 enhancements 54 C-130 Modifications 66,861 23,861 -43,000 Transfer MC-130 TFTA: SOCOM-requested to RDDW Line ............... ............... -7,500 #240 Aviation Systems Restoring acquisition accountability: Early to ............... ............... -27,500 need (TFTA) Restoring acquisition accountability: Early to ............... ............... -8,000 need (EC-130J block A kits) 55 Underwater Systems 32,521 29,021 -3,500 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unit cost ............... ............... -3,500 growth (SWCS) 60 Combatant Craft Systems 33,362 63,362 +30,000 Program increase: High speed assault craft ............... ............... +30,000 61 Special Programs 143,533 117,815 -25,718 Classified program adjustment ............... ............... -25,718 63 Warrior Systems <$5M 186,009 195,809 +9,800 Program increase: Visual Augmentation Systems ............... ............... +4,800 Program increase: Weapons optics ............... ............... +5,000 64 Combat Mission Requirements 19,693 14,693 -5,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -5,000 74 Chemical Biological Situational Awareness 141,223 160,223 +19,000 Program increase ............... ............... +19,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Operations Command [SOCOM] Non-Standard Aviation.-- The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request includes $61,275,000 for the acquisition of three C-146A aircraft. The Committee is concerned with SOCOM's divestment strategy of C- 145A aircraft, purchased as recently as fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and notes that significant investments have been made to upgrade the existing C-145A fleet. The Committee reduces the fiscal year 2016 request by $50,275,000. In addition, the Committee directs the Commander of SOCOM to report on the divestment and acquisition strategy for the entire non-standard aviation fleet and provide this report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this act. Rebreather Technology.--The Committee is aware of new underwater rebreather technology for Naval Special Warfare units. If proven, this technology could increase safety for combat divers as well as increase diver endurance while reducing maintenance associated with older carbon dioxide canisters. The Committee encourages the Commander of Special Operations Command to test and validate the utility of this new technology. MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense [BMD] and SM-3 Block IB Interceptor.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $558,916,000 for the procurement and installation of AEGIS BMD upgrades and SM-3 Block IB interceptors. The Committee recommends the establishment of distinct funding lines for each effort and transfers funds requested for AEGIS BMD upgrades to a separate line. The Committee directs the Director, MDA to follow this budget structure in future budget submissions. Further, based on Combatant Command requirements and continued concerns with the Department's Destroyer modernization strategy, the Committee recommends an additional $37,600,000 only for ballistic missile defense upgrades of two Flight II DDG 51 destroyers in fiscal year 2016. Defense Production Act Purchases Appropriations, 2015.................................... $51,638,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 46,680,000 Committee recommendation................................ 76,680,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $76,680,000. This is $30,000,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES .............. 46,680 .............. 76,680 .............. +30,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Funding.--The Committee recognizes the critical role that the Defense Production Act [DPA] title III program serves in strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base and believes that this work is in the national interest. Therefore, the Committee increases funding for DPA by $30,000,000 over the budget request. The Committee directs that the additional funding be competitively awarded to new initiatives and priority consideration should be given to completion of DPA projects initiated in prior years. Furthermore, the Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) to notify the congressional defense committees 30 days prior to any obligation or expenditure of these funds. TITLE IV RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION Funds appropriated under this title provide the resources required to conduct a program of research, development, test and evaluation, including research in basic science, applied research, advanced technology development, demonstration and validation, engineering and manufacturing development, and operational systems development. The President's fiscal year 2016 budget requests a total of $69,784,963,000 for research, development, test and evaluation appropriations. SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION The Committee recommends research, development, test and evaluation appropriations totaling $70,324,687,000 for fiscal year 2016. This is $539,724,000 above the budget estimate. Committee recommended research, development, test and evaluation appropriations for fiscal year 2016 are summarized below: SUMMARY OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION APPROPRIATIONS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Account 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research, Development, Test and Evaluation: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army............ 6,924,959 7,096,935 +171,976 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy............ 17,885,916 18,236,645 +350,729 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force....... 26,473,669 25,874,116 -599,553 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide.... 18,329,861 18,926,433 +596,572 Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense.................... 170,558 190,558 +20,000 ----------------------------------------------- Total:.................................................... 69,784,963 70,324,687 +539,724 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2008 (House Report 110- 279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming funds will remain at $20,000,000 for procurement and $10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation. Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is directed to continue to provide the congressional defense committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this act. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006. The Department shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of a procurement (P-1), or a research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest items are established elsewhere in this report. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION OVERVIEW Basic Research.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $2,088,929,000 for basic research in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Department of Defense. This amount is $188,759,000 below the below fiscal year 2015 enacted level. The Committee believes that further investment in basic research must continue. Basic research is the foundation of innovative breakthroughs that are critical to maintaining the Nation's future technological edge. Investments in basic research not only provide advances in technology for our military men and women but also provide an important incubator for national labs and academic research institutions. These investments also encourage partnerships and collaboration with industry. In order to keep pace with the global challenges to come, the Committee believes that additional funding should be allocated to Federal research. Therefore, the Committee recommends $2,317,429,000 for basic research, an increase of $228,500,000 over the 2016 budget request and a $39,741,000 increase over the fiscal year 2015 enacted level. Alternative Energy Research.--The Committee continues to support the fiscal and operational value of investing in alternative energy research. The recommendation includes an additional $75,000,000 for Army, Navy and Air Force research and development to continue research of promising alternative energy technologies, such as renewable energies, alternative fuels, and energy efficiencies. The Committee encourages the services to focus on the ability of platforms, installations, and personnel to operate with a diverse mix of fuels. Solar Research in Dry-Dust Areas.--The Committee supports efforts by the Department of Defense to become more energy efficient. These efforts have demonstrated cost savings and are an important part of the 2010 and 2015 Quadrennial Defense Reviews and the Department of Defense's Operational Energy Strategy. Renewable energy, including solar, is an important part of these efforts. Last year, the Army broke ground on its largest solar energy plant at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Covering 155 acres, the plant is projected to provide not less than 25 percent of the Fort's electricity. The Committee believes solar initiatives are also important for overseas operations, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, where in country supplies are unreliable and large amounts of energy often need to be transported to theater. However, dry-dust problems can prevent the optimal use of solar energy in some areas. Therefore, the Committee urges the Department of Defense to continue research into the use of solar energy in dry-dust regions. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $6,675,565,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 6,924,959,000 Committee recommendation................................ 7,096,935,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,096,935,000. This is $171,976,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY BASIC RESEARCH IN-HOUSE LABORATORY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH 13,018 13,018 .............. DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 239,118 279,118 +40,000 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES 72,603 72,603 .............. UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS 100,340 105,340 +5,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH 425,079 470,079 +45,000 APPLIED RESEARCH MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY 28,314 68,314 +40,000 SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC SURVIVABILITY 38,374 53,374 +15,000 TRACTOR HIP 6,879 6,879 .............. AVIATION TECHNOLOGY 56,884 56,884 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY 19,243 19,243 .............. MISSILE TECHNOLOGY 45,053 55,053 +10,000 ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 29,428 41,428 +12,000 ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND SIMULATION 27,862 27,862 .............. COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY 68,839 105,839 +37,000 BALLISTICS TECHNOLOGY 92,801 112,801 +20,000 CHEMICAL, SMOKE AND EQUIPMENT DEFEATING TECHNOLOGY 3,866 3,866 .............. JOINT SERVICE SMALL ARMS PROGRAM 5,487 5,487 .............. WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY 48,340 63,340 +15,000 ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES 55,301 64,301 +9,000 NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY 33,807 35,807 +2,000 COUNTERMINE SYSTEMS 25,068 38,068 +13,000 HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 23,681 23,681 .............. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY 20,850 20,850 .............. COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 36,160 36,160 .............. COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY 12,656 12,656 .............. MILITARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 63,409 77,409 +14,000 MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING TECHNOLOGY 24,735 24,735 .............. WARFIGHTER TECHNOLOGY 35,795 40,795 +5,000 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 76,853 76,853 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH 879,685 1,071,685 +192,000 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT WARFIGHTER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 46,973 56,973 +10,000 MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 69,584 77,584 +8,000 AVIATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 89,736 89,736 .............. WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 57,663 69,663 +12,000 COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 113,071 120,571 +7,500 SPACE APPLICATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 5,554 5,554 .............. MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 12,636 12,636 .............. TRACTOR HIKE 7,502 7,502 .............. NEXT GENERATION TRAINING & SIMULATION SYSTEMS 17,425 17,425 .............. TRACTOR ROSE 11,912 11,912 .............. COMBATING TERRORISM, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 27,520 33,520 +6,000 TRACTOR NAIL 2,381 2,381 .............. TRACTOR EGGS 2,431 2,431 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY 26,874 34,874 +8,000 MISSILE AND ROCKET ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 49,449 99,449 +50,000 TRACTOR CAGE 10,999 10,999 .............. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 177,159 222,159 +45,000 LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 13,993 13,993 .............. JOINT SERVICE SMALL ARMS PROGRAM 5,105 5,105 .............. NIGHT VISION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 40,929 40,929 .............. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS 10,727 15,727 +5,000 MILITARY ENGINEERING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 20,145 30,145 +10,000 ADVANCED TACTICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE & SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 38,163 38,163 .............. COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 37,816 37,816 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 895,747 1,057,247 +161,500 DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION ARMY MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION 10,347 24,347 +14,000 ARMY MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION (SPACE) 25,061 25,061 .............. LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER--ADV DEV 49,636 45,757 -3,879 SMOKE, OBSCURANT AND TARGET DEFEATING SYS-ADV DEV 13,426 13,426 .............. TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER AMMUNITION 46,749 46,749 .............. SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY 6,258 301 -5,957 TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM--AD 13,472 13,472 .............. NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT 7,292 7,292 .............. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY 8,813 8,813 .............. NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 6,075 6,075 .............. LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT--ADV DEV 21,233 21,233 .............. MEDICAL SYSTEMS--ADV DEV 31,962 31,962 .............. SOLDIER SYSTEMS--ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT 22,194 23,194 +1,000 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 9,805 9,805 .............. TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES 40,917 35,917 -5,000 ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) 30,058 30,058 .............. INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INCREMENT 2-INTERC 155,361 155,361 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION 498,659 498,823 +164 ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT AIRCRAFT AVIONICS 12,939 12,939 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT 18,843 18,843 .............. JOINT TACTICAL RADIO 9,861 4,546 -5,315 MID-TIER NETWORKING VEHICULAR RADIO 8,763 8,763 .............. ALL SOURCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM 4,309 4,309 .............. TRACTOR CAGE 15,138 15,138 .............. INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS 74,128 78,580 +4,452 JAVELIN 3,945 3,945 .............. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL 10,076 10,076 .............. SMALL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE 40,374 9,050 -31,324 NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS--SDD 67,582 67,582 .............. COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT 1,763 1,763 .............. NON-SYSTEM TRAINING DEVICES--SDD 27,155 21,723 -5,432 AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE -SDD 24,569 24,569 .............. CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 23,364 23,364 .............. AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT 8,960 8,960 .............. DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS (DIS)--SDD 9,138 9,138 .............. COMBINED ARMS TACTICAL TRAINER (CATT) CORE 21,622 21,622 .............. BRIGADE ANALYSIS, INTEGRATION AND EVALUATION 99,242 99,242 .............. WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS--SDD 21,379 21,379 .............. LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT--SDD 48,339 46,539 -1,800 COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS--SDD 2,726 2,726 .............. MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 45,412 45,412 .............. LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER--SDD 55,215 55,215 .............. ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & CONTROL HARDWARE & SOFTWARE 163,643 131,899 -31,744 RADAR DEVELOPMENT 12,309 12,309 .............. GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM [GFEBS] 15,700 21,155 +5,455 FIREFINDER 6,243 2,967 -3,276 SOLDIER SYSTEMS--WARRIOR DEM/VAL 18,776 18,776 .............. ARTILLERY SYSTEMS 1,953 1,953 .............. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 67,358 60,358 -7,000 ARMY INTEGRATED MILITARY HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM P(A-IMH 136,011 99,011 -37,000 ARMORED MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE 230,210 219,259 -10,951 JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) 13,357 13,357 .............. JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) 18,055 18,055 .............. TRACTOR TIRE 5,677 5,677 .............. COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) 77,570 53,570 -24,000 AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT 18,112 18,112 .............. WIN-T INCREMENT 3--FULL NETWORKING 39,700 27,331 -12,369 AMF JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSSTEM 12,987 12,987 .............. JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE [JAGM] 88,866 74,966 -13,900 PAC-2/MSE MISSILE 2,272 2,272 .............. ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE [AIAMD] 214,099 224,099 +10,000 MANNED GROUND VEHICLE 49,247 49,247 .............. AERIAL COMMON SENSOR 2 2 .............. NATIONAL CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION 10,599 10,599 .............. JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ENG AND MANUFACTURING 32,486 32,486 .............. AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 8,880 8,880 .............. PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT [PIM] 152,288 152,288 .............. TROJAN--RH12 5,022 5,022 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT 12,686 12,686 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT 2,068,950 1,904,746 -164,204 RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT 20,035 27,535 +7,500 TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 16,684 16,684 .............. MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT 62,580 67,580 +5,000 RAND ARROYO CENTER 20,853 20,853 .............. ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL 205,145 205,145 .............. CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM 19,430 19,430 .............. ARMY TEST RANGES AND FACILITIES 277,646 280,146 +2,500 ARMY TECHNICAL TEST INSTRUMENTATION AND TARGETS 51,550 51,550 .............. SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY ANALYSIS 33,246 33,246 .............. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION 4,760 4,760 .............. METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT TO RDT&E ACTIVITIES 8,303 8,303 .............. MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS 20,403 20,403 .............. EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN ITEMS 10,396 10,396 .............. SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL TESTING 49,337 49,337 .............. ARMY EVALUATION CENTER 52,694 52,694 .............. SIMULATION & MODELING FOR ACQ, RQTS, & TNG [SMART] 938 938 .............. PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES 60,319 60,319 .............. TECHNICAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES 28,478 28,478 .............. MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY 32,604 47,604 +15,000 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY MGMT SUPPORT 3,186 3,186 .............. MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-PMENT) 48,955 48,955 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 1,027,542 1,057,542 +30,000 OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 18,397 18,397 .............. TRACTOR PULL 9,461 9,461 .............. WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 4,945 4,945 .............. TRACTOR SMOKE 7,569 7,569 .............. APACHE BLOCK III 69,862 40,862 -29,000 BLACKHAWK RECAP/MODERNIZATION 66,653 66,653 .............. IMPROVED CARGO (CHINOOK) HELICOPTER 37,407 27,707 -9,700 FIXED WING AIRCRAFT 1,151 1,151 .............. IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE PROGRAM 51,164 51,164 .............. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FROM NIE 2,481 2,481 .............. LOGISTICS AUTOMATION 1,673 1,673 .............. FAMILY OF BIOMETRICS 13,237 13,237 .............. PATRIOT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT 105,816 28,200 -77,616 AEROSTAT JOINT PROJECT OFFICE 40,565 40,565 .............. JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP OPERATION COORDINATION SYSTEM 35,719 35,719 .............. COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 257,167 257,167 .............. MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM 15,445 15,445 .............. AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 364 364 .............. DIGITIZATION 4,361 4,361 .............. MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 3,154 3,154 .............. OTHER MISSILE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 35,951 35,951 .............. TRACTOR CARD 34,686 34,686 .............. INTEGRATED BASE DEFENSE--OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEV 10,750 10,750 .............. MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 402 402 .............. LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE [AMD] SYSTEM 64,159 64,159 .............. GUIDED MULTIPLE-LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM [GMLRS] 17,527 34,727 +17,200 JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM 20,515 20,515 .............. SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 12,368 .............. -12,368 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM 31,154 31,154 .............. GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM 12,274 12,274 .............. SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT (SPACE) 9,355 9,355 .............. WWMCCS/GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM 7,053 7,053 .............. INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) 750 750 .............. TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES 13,225 13,225 .............. AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS 22,870 22,870 .............. DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS 25,592 25,592 .............. RQ-7 UAV 7,297 12,297 +5,000 WIN-T INCREMENT 2--INITIAL NETWORKING 3,800 3,800 .............. END ITEM INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES 48,442 62,442 +14,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 1,124,761 1,032,277 -92,484 9CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 4,536 4,536 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY 6,924,959 7,096,935 +171,976 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Defense Research Sciences 239,118 279,118 +40,000 Authorization adjustment: Basic research program ............... ............... +40,000 increase 4 University and Industry Research Centers 100,340 105,340 +5,000 Basic research program increase ............... ............... +5,000 5 Materials Technology 28,314 68,314 +40,000 Program increase ............... ............... +40,000 6 Sensors and Electronic Survivability 38,374 53,374 +15,000 Program increase ............... ............... +15,000 10 Missile Technology 45,053 55,053 +10,000 Program increase ............... ............... +10,000 11 Advanced Weapons Technology 29,428 41,428 +12,000 Program increase: Thermal management technology ............... ............... +12,000 13 Combat Vehicle and Automotive Technology 68,839 105,839 +37,000 Program increase ............... ............... +12,000 Program increase: Alternative energy research ............... ............... +25,000 14 Ballistics Technology 92,801 112,801 +20,000 Program increase ............... ............... +20,000 17 Weapons and Munitions Technology 48,340 63,340 +15,000 Program increase ............... ............... +15,000 18 Electronics and Electronic Devices 55,301 64,301 +9,000 Program increase ............... ............... +9,000 19 Night Vision Technology 33,807 35,807 +2,000 Program increase ............... ............... +2,000 20 Countermine Systems 25,068 38,068 +13,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 Program increase: Explosives detection technology ............... ............... +8,000 25 Military Engineering Technology 63,409 77,409 +14,000 Program increase ............... ............... +14,000 27 Warfighter Technology 35,795 40,795 +5,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 29 Warfighter Advanced Technology 46,973 56,973 +10,000 Program increase ............... ............... +10,000 30 Medical Advanced Technology 69,584 77,584 +8,000 Program increase: Peer-reviewed military burn ............... ............... +8,000 research program 32 Weapons and Munitions Advanced Technology 57,663 69,663 +12,000 Program increase: High energy laser research ............... ............... +12,000 33 Combat Vehicle and Automotive Advanced Technology 113,071 120,571 +7,500 Program increase ............... ............... +7,500 40 Combating Terrorism--Technology Development 27,520 33,520 +6,000 Program increase: Force protection radar ............... ............... +6,000 development 43 Electronic Warfare Technology 26,874 34,874 +8,000 Program increase ............... ............... +8,000 44 Missile and Rocket Advanced Technology 49,449 99,449 +50,000 Program increase ............... ............... +50,000 46 High Performance Computing Modernization Program 177,159 222,159 +45,000 Program increase ............... ............... +45,000 50 Environmental Quality Technology Demonstrations 10,727 15,727 +5,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 51 Military Engineering Advanced Technology 20,145 30,145 +10,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 Program increase: Natural gas research ............... ............... +5,000 54 Army Missile Defense Systems Integration 10,347 24,347 +14,000 Program increase ............... ............... +14,000 56 Landmine Warfare and Barrier--Adv Dev 49,636 45,757 -3,879 Improving funds management: Test and evaluation ............... ............... -3,879 funding ahead of need 60 Soldier Support and Survivability 6,258 301 -5,957 Restoring acquisition accountability: Rapid ............... ............... -5,957 Equipping Force non-base budget program 69 Soldier Systems--Advanced Development 22,194 23,194 +1,000 Program increase ............... ............... +1,000 72 Technology Maturation Initiatives 40,917 35,917 -5,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -5,000 79 Joint Tactical Radio 9,861 4,546 -5,315 Restoring acquisition accountability: Rifleman ............... ............... -5,315 radio operational test delay 83 Infantry Support Weapons 74,128 78,580 +4,452 Program increase ............... ............... +2,000 Transfer modular handgun system: Army-requested ............... ............... +1,500 from WTCV lines 18, 19, 22, 29 Transfer CROWS: Army-requested from PAA line 3 ............... ............... +952 88 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle 40,374 9,050 -31,324 Restoring acquisition accountability: EMD ............... ............... -31,324 contract funding ahead of need 91 Non-System Training Devices--Eng Dev 27,155 21,723 -5,432 Budget documentation disparity: LVC-IA excess ............... ............... -5,432 99 Logistics and Engineer Equipment--Eng Dev 48,339 46,539 -1,800 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -4,800 Program increase ............... ............... +3,000 104 Army Tactical Command & Control Hardware & Software 163,643 131,899 -31,744 Improving funds management: Tactical enhancement ............... ............... -1,000 IOT&E funding ahead of need Restoring acquisition accountability: TNOM lack ............... ............... -30,744 of acquisition strategy 106 General Fund Enterprise Business System [GFEBS] 15,700 21,155 +5,455 Transfer GFEBS-SA: Army-requested from OPA line ............... ............... +5,455 102 107 Firefinder 6,243 2,967 -3,276 Improving funds management: L88 prior year ............... ............... -3,276 carryover 110 Information Technology Development 67,358 60,358 -7,000 Improving funds management: Prior year execution ............... ............... -7,000 111 Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army [IPPS-A] 136,011 99,011 -37,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Inc II ............... ............... -37,000 release 2.0 contract delay 112 Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle [AMPV] 230,210 219,259 -10,951 Restoring acquisition accountability: Program ............... ............... -4,000 management growth Improving funds management: Test funding ahead of ............... ............... -6,951 need 116 Common Infrared Countermeasures [CIRCM] 77,570 53,570 -24,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -24,000 due to contract delay 118 WIN-T Increment 3--Full Networking 39,700 27,331 -12,369 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -12,369 due to contract delay 120 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile [JAGM] 88,866 74,966 -13,900 Restoring acquisition accountability: Excess T&E ............... ............... -13,900 funding due to EMD contract delay 122 Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense [AIAMD] 214,099 224,099 +10,000 Program increase: Cybersecurity research ............... ............... +10,000 131 Threat Simulator Development 20,035 27,535 +7,500 Program increase ............... ............... +7,500 133 Major T&E Investment 62,580 67,580 +5,000 Program increase: Cyber vulnerabilities research ............... ............... +5,000 138 Army Test Ranges and Facilities 277,646 280,146 +2,500 Program increase ............... ............... +2,500 150 Munitions Standardization, Effectiveness and Safety 32,604 47,604 +15,000 Program increase ............... ............... +15,000 158 Apache Product Improvement Program 69,862 40,862 -29,000 Improving funds management: Product development ............... ............... -29,000 and support costs prior year carryover 160 Chinook Product Improvement Program 37,407 27,707 -9,700 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -9,700 167 Patriot Product Improvement 105,816 28,200 -77,616 Restoring acquisition accountability: Only for ............... ............... -77,616 near-term urgent improvements 184 Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System [GMLRS] 17,527 34,727 +17,200 Program increase: Insensitive munition rocket ............... ............... +17,200 motor research 187 Security and Intelligence Activities 12,368 ............... -12,368 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -12,368 199 RQ-7 UAV 7,297 12,297 +5,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 202 End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities 48,442 62,442 +14,000 Program increase: Army manufacturing technology ............... ............... +14,000 program ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Improved Turbine Engine Program [ITEP].--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $51,164,000 for the Improved Turbine Engine Program [ITEP]. The Committee notes that contrary to previous budgets, the Army now plans to retain no less than two engine developers through milestone B to ensure competition in the program. The Committee believes that providing adequate and stable funding for ITEP sufficient to carry at least two engine developers is important to reduce risk, achieve appropriate technology maturity, and set the conditions for ultimate program success. Patriot Modernization.--In February 2015, the Army initiated an analysis of alternatives [AoA] to determine the most cost effective strategy to upgrade or replace the current Patriot radar within the integrated air and missile defense architecture. The results of this AoA will directly affect the cost assessment of the Army's overall Patriot modernization strategy. The Committee finds it prudent to await the results of this AoA, which will be completed in September 2015, before continuing to invest significant funding to improve the current radar system. Therefore, the Committee recommends deferring radar upgrades that could become obsolete in the near-term, and recommends funding only for urgent near-term improvements in fiscal year 2016, a reduction of $77,616,000 to the budget request. Material Development, Characterization, and Computational Modeling.--The Committee recognizes the importance of evaluating materials and technologies, as well as designing and developing methodologies and models to enable enhanced lethality and survivability. Methods such as computational research allow for the development of models that predict the mechanical properties of materials that are used in research and development at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory [ARL]. These models and simulations, which are based on quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics principles and thermodynamic simulations, and are tested via cold spray synthesis and mechanical testing, provide a cost savings to the Department of Defense by simulating materials prior to testing them to ensure mechanical properties will work together. Additionally, these methodologies allow for the enhanced development of technologies such as lightweight armors, protective structures, kinetic energy active protection, ballistic shock and mine blast protection, helmet technologies to prevent traumatic brain injury and numerous other uses. The Committee encourages ARL to continue the utilization of computational modeling and simulations research to achieve greater cost savings. Strategic Materials Research.--The Committee continues to recognize the importance of the Army Research Laboratory [ARL] in expanding research, education and technology development efforts in materials and metals processing science and engineering, aiming to transform the affordability, performance and environmental sustainability of strategic materials. The Committee further notes that ARL's Open Campus concept benefits the Army, the academic community and industry through collaboration involving ARL's research staff and facilities, leading to continued technological superiority for the U.S. warfighter. The Committee encourages the Army to consider accelerating expansion of its recently initiated Open Campus approach to its Materials and Manufacturing Science laboratories to benefit strategic materials research. Optimization of Ammunition Manufacturing.--The Committee understands that the Army is the single manager for conventional ammunition for the Department of Defense and is responsible for ensuring effective life cycle management of conventional ammunition products. This includes development and optimization of ammunition manufacturing processes as well as development and integration of new materials. The Committee believes that the manufacturing of conventional ammunition could be assisted by automating and optimizing propellant production processes and integrating new materials. These processes and materials may reduce cost, increase ammunition performance and enhance soldier safety. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to equip the national technical industrial base with new and emerging manufacturing processes and materials in order to achieve these goals. Small Airborne Networking Radio.--The Committee is encouraged to see funding in the fiscal year 2016 budget to begin activities in support of the Small Airborne Networking Radio [SANR], which will provide simultaneous voice, data and video communications to all Army tactical aircraft. Given the long lead time to integrate radios into airborne platforms, the Committee is concerned by the timeline to deliver both SANR and the Small Airborne Link 16 Terminal [SALT] capabilities. A delay in procurement of next generation radios will require the Army's airborne platforms to rely on legacy radios that provide primarily voice connectivity. The Committee encourages the Army to continue development and procurement of SANR and SALT in order to fully leverage ground and airborne networks for increased situational awareness and connectivity. Simulation Training.--The Committee acknowledges that simulation training is a cost-effective means by which military units can improve tactical decision-making skills and readiness in realistic scenarios otherwise found only in theater combat operations. The Committee encourages the Department to continue expansion of simulation training and seek the appropriate combination of government owned and operated simulators as well as contractor support in order to maximize efficiency and effectiveness. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $15,958,460,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 17,885,916,000 Committee recommendation................................ 18,236,645,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,236,645,000. This is $350,729,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY BASIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES 116,196 146,196 +30,000 IN-HOUSE LABORATORY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH 19,126 19,126 .............. DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 451,606 506,606 +55,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH 586,928 671,928 +85,000 APPLIED RESEARCH POWER PROJECTION APPLIED RESEARCH 68,723 86,723 +18,000 FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH 154,963 184,963 +30,000 MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE TECHNOLOGY 49,001 57,001 +8,000 COMMON PICTURE APPLIED RESEARCH 42,551 42,551 .............. WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT APPLIED RESEARCH 45,056 45,056 .............. ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS APPLIED RESEARCH 115,051 115,051 .............. OCEAN WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT APPLIED RESEARCH 42,252 42,252 .............. JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS APPLIED RESEARCH 6,119 6,119 .............. UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH 123,750 152,350 +28,600 FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEV 179,686 179,686 .............. MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH 37,418 37,418 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH 864,570 949,170 +84,600 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT POWER PROJECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 37,093 37,093 .............. FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 38,044 38,044 .............. ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 34,899 34,899 .............. MARINE CORPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION [ATD] 137,562 137,562 .............. JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 12,745 12,745 .............. FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEV 258,860 258,860 .............. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 57,074 57,074 .............. WARFIGHTER PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 4,807 4,807 .............. UNDERSEA WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 13,748 13,748 .............. NAVY WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS 66,041 66,041 .............. MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 1,991 4,491 +2,500 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 662,864 665,364 +2,500 DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL APPLICATIONS 41,832 41,832 .............. AVIATION SURVIVABILITY 5,404 5,404 .............. DEPLOYABLE JOINT COMMAND AND CONTROL 3,086 3,086 .............. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS 11,643 11,643 .............. ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 5,555 5,555 .............. TACTICAL AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE 3,087 3,087 .............. ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY 1,636 1,636 .............. SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES 118,588 96,388 -22,200 SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO DEFENSE 77,385 77,385 .............. CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 8,348 8,348 .............. PILOT FISH 123,246 123,246 .............. RETRACT LARCH 28,819 28,819 .............. RETRACT JUNIPER 112,678 112,678 .............. RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL 710 710 .............. SURFACE ASW 1,096 1,096 .............. ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 87,160 83,360 -3,800 SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEMS 10,371 10,371 .............. SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN 11,888 11,888 .............. SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & FEASIBILITY STUDIES 4,332 4,332 .............. ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS 482,040 482,040 .............. ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS 25,904 25,904 .............. CHALK EAGLE 511,802 511,802 .............. LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP [LCS] 118,416 88,416 -30,000 FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT .............. 30,000 +30,000 COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION 35,901 35,901 .............. OHIO REPLACEMENT PROGRAM 971,393 971,393 .............. LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP [LCS] MISSION PACKAGES 206,149 193,179 -12,970 AUTOMATIC TEST AND RE-TEST 8,000 8,000 .............. CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS 7,678 7,678 .............. MARINE CORPS ASSAULT VEHICLES 219,082 219,082 .............. MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM 623 623 .............. JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT 18,260 18,260 .............. COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT 76,247 76,247 .............. OCEAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 4,520 4,520 .............. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 20,711 20,711 .............. NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM 47,761 62,761 +15,000 FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT 5,226 5,226 .............. CHALK CORAL 182,771 174,771 -8,000 NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY 3,866 3,866 .............. RETRACT MAPLE 360,065 330,065 -30,000 LINK PLUMERIA 237,416 237,416 .............. RETRACT ELM 37,944 37,944 .............. LINK EVERGREEN 47,312 47,312 .............. SPECIAL PROCESSES 17,408 17,408 .............. NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 9,359 9,359 .............. LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY 887 887 .............. JOINT NONLETHAL WEAPONS TESTING 29,448 29,448 .............. JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEMS 91,479 91,479 .............. DIRECTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS 67,360 40,222 -27,138 GERALD R. FORD CLASS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER 48,105 127,205 +79,100 REMOTE MINEHUNTING SYSTEM (RMS) 20,089 20,089 .............. TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES 18,969 18,969 .............. ASE SELF-PROTECTION OPTIMIZATION 7,874 7,874 .............. MH-XX 5,298 5,298 .............. LX (R) 46,486 75,486 +29,000 JOINT COUNTER RADIO CONTROLLED IED ELECTRONIC WAR- FARE 3,817 3,817 .............. PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 9,595 9,595 .............. SPACE & ELECTRONIC WARFARE [SEW] ARCHITECTURE/ ENGINE 29,581 25,246 -4,335 OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON DEVELOPMENT 285,849 285,849 .............. JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ENGINEERING/MANUFAC- TURING 36,656 36,656 .............. ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT--MIP 9,835 9,835 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT--MIP 580 580 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION 5,024,626 5,039,283 +14,657 ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT 21,708 21,708 .............. OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT 11,101 11,101 .............. AV-8B AIRCRAFT--ENG DEV 39,878 32,668 -7,210 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT 53,059 53,059 .............. MULTI-MISSION HELICOPTER UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT 21,358 21,358 .............. AIR/OCEAN EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING 4,515 4,515 .............. P-3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 1,514 1,514 .............. WARFARE SUPPORT SYSTEM 5,875 5,875 .............. TACTICAL COMMAND SYSTEM 81,553 73,553 -8,000 ADVANCED HAWKEYE 272,149 225,149 -47,000 H-1 UPGRADES 27,235 27,235 .............. ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS 35,763 35,763 .............. V-22A 87,918 87,918 .............. AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 12,679 12,679 .............. EA-18 56,921 56,921 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT 23,685 23,685 .............. VH-71A EXECUTIVE HELO DEVELOPMENT 507,093 507,093 .............. NEXT GENERATION JAMMER [NGJ] 411,767 398,767 -13,000 1NEXT GENERATION JAMMER [NGJ] INCREMENT II .............. 13,000 +13,000 JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM--NAVY (JTRS-NAVY) 25,071 25,071 .............. SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING 443,433 398,933 -44,500 LPD-17 CLASS SYSTEMS INTEGRATION 747 747 .............. SMALL DIAMETER BOMB [SDB] 97,002 69,502 -27,500 STANDARD MISSILE IMPROVEMENTS 129,649 129,649 .............. AIRBORNE MCM 11,647 11,647 .............. MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE ELECTRONIC WARFARE 2,778 2,778 .............. NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL-COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS ENG 23,695 23,695 .............. UNMANNED CARRIER LAUNCHED AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE AND 134,708 484,708 +350,000 STRIKE (UCLASS) SYSTEM ADVANCED ABOVE WATER SENSORS 43,914 43,914 .............. SSN-688 AND TRIDENT MODERNIZATION 109,908 109,908 .............. AIR CONTROL 57,928 57,928 .............. SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS 120,217 120,217 .............. AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE RADAR (AMDR) SYSTEM 241,754 241,754 .............. NEW DESIGN SSN 122,556 147,556 +25,000 SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEM 48,213 60,213 +12,000 SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/LIVE FIRE T&E 49,712 45,752 -3,960 NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES 4,096 4,096 .............. VIRGINIA PAYLOAD MODULE (VPM) 167,719 167,719 .............. MINE DEVELOPMENT 15,122 15,122 .............. LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO DEVELOPMENT 33,738 27,338 -6,400 JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT 8,123 8,123 .............. PERSONNEL, TRAINING, SIMULATION, AND HUMAN FACTORS 7,686 7,686 .............. JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON SYSTEMS 405 405 .............. SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT & CONTROL) 153,836 145,336 -8,500 SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: HARD KILL) 99,619 99,619 .............. SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: SOFT KILL/EW) 116,798 116,798 .............. INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING 4,353 4,353 .............. MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT 9,443 9,443 .............. NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM 32,469 32,469 .............. JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF)--EMD 537,901 537,901 .............. JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF) 504,736 504,736 .............. JSF FOLLOW ON DEVELOPMENT-MARINE CORPS 59,265 20,798 -38,467 JSF FOLLOW ON DEVELOPMENT-NAVY 47,579 21,244 -26,335 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 5,914 5,914 .............. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 89,711 94,711 +5,000 CH-53K 632,092 632,092 .............. SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR (SSC) 7,778 7,778 .............. JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE [JAGM] 25,898 25,898 .............. MULTI-MISSION MARITIME AIRCRAFT [MMA] 247,929 143,813 -104,116 1MULTI-MISSION MARITIME AIRCRAFT [MMA] INCREMENT 3 .............. 104,116 +104,116 DDG-1000 103,199 103,199 .............. TACTICAL COMMAND SYSTEM--MIP 998 998 .............. TACTICAL CRYPTOLOGIC SYSTEMS 17,785 17,785 .............. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS PROGRAM 35,905 35,905 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT 6,308,800 6,482,928 +174,128 RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT 30,769 30,769 .............. TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 112,606 77,552 -35,054 MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT 61,234 61,234 .............. JOINT THEATER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION 6,995 6,995 .............. STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT--NAVY 4,011 4,011 .............. CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES 48,563 48,563 .............. NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER 5,000 5,000 .............. TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES 925 925 .............. MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT 78,143 78,143 .............. STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT 3,258 3,258 .............. RDT&E SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT 76,948 76,948 .............. RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT SUPPORT 132,122 132,122 .............. TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 351,912 351,912 .............. OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION CAPABILITY 17,985 17,985 .............. NAVY SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE [SEW] SUPPORT 5,316 5,316 .............. SEW SURVEILLANCE/RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT 6,519 6,519 .............. MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT 13,649 13,649 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 955,955 920,901 -35,054 OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT 107,039 107,039 .............. SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 46,506 46,506 .............. SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT 3,900 4,700 +800 NAVY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS 16,569 16,569 .............. RAPID TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION (RTT) 18,632 11,132 -7,500 F/A-18 SQUADRONS 133,265 134,765 +1,500 FLEET TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TACTICAL) 62,867 51,067 -11,800 SURFACE SUPPORT 36,045 36,045 .............. TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK MISSION PLANNING CENTER P[TMPC] 25,228 25,228 .............. INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 54,218 54,218 .............. AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS 11,335 11,335 .............. GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR 80,129 65,629 -14,500 CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 39,087 34,329 -4,758 CRYPTOLOGIC DIRECT SUPPORT 1,915 1,915 .............. ELECTRONIC WARFARE [EW] READINESS SUPPORT 46,609 46,609 .............. HARM IMPROVEMENT 52,708 16,164 -36,544 TACTICAL DATA LINKS 149,997 142,497 -7,500 SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION 24,460 24,460 .............. MK-48 ADCAP 42,206 47,706 +5,500 AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS 117,759 117,759 .............. OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS 101,323 101,323 .............. MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 67,763 82,763 +15,000 COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM 13,431 13,431 .............. MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYS-PTEMS 56,769 56,769 .............. MARINE CORPS COMBAT SERVICES SUPPORT 20,729 20,729 .............. USMC INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS [MIP] 13,152 13,152 .............. AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE 48,535 48,535 .............. TACTICAL AIM MISSILES 76,016 36,016 -40,000 ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) 32,172 32,172 .............. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (SPACE) 53,239 47,439 -5,800 CONSOLIDATED AFLOAT NETWORK ENTERPRISE SERVICES 21,677 21,677 .............. INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM 28,102 28,102 .............. WWMCCS/GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM 294 294 .............. NAVY METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEAN SENSORS-SPACE P[METOC] 599 599 .............. JOINT MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 6,207 6,207 .............. TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES 8,550 8,550 .............. UAS INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY 41,831 41,831 .............. DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEMS/SURFACE SYSTEMS 1,105 1,105 .............. DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEMS/SURFACE SYSTEMS 33,149 23,149 -10,000 RQ-4 UAV 227,188 227,188 .............. RQ-4 MODERNIZATION 150,854 150,854 .............. MQ-8 UAV 52,770 52,770 .............. RQ-11 UAV 635 635 .............. RQ-7 UAV 688 688 .............. SMALL (LEVEL 0) TACTICAL UAS (STUASL0) 4,647 4,647 .............. RQ-21A 6,435 6,435 .............. MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR DEVELOPMENT 49,145 39,645 -9,500 UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) PAYLOADS [MIP] 9,246 9,246 .............. MODELING AND SIMULATION SUPPORT 4,757 4,757 .............. DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF) 24,185 24,185 .............. MARITIME TECHNOLOGY (MARITECH) 4,321 4,321 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 2,229,988 2,104,886 -125,102 9CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 1,252,185 1,402,185 +150,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY 17,885,916 18,236,645 +350,729 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 University 116,196 146,196 +30,000 Research Initiatives Basic .............. .............. +30,000 research program increase 3 Defense Research 451,606 506,606 +55,000 Sciences Authorizatio .............. .............. +55,000 n adjustment: Basic research program increase 4 Power Projection 68,723 86,723 +18,000 Applied Research Program .............. .............. +18,000 increase 5 Force Protection 154,963 184,963 +30,000 Applied Research Program .............. .............. +5,000 increase Program .............. .............. +25,000 increase: Alternative energy research 6 Marine Corps 49,001 57,001 +8,000 Landing Force Technology Program .............. .............. +8,000 increase: Cyber research 12 Undersea Warfare 123,750 152,350 +28,600 Applied Research Authorizatio .............. .............. +18,600 n adjustment: Accelerate undersea warfare research Program .............. .............. +10,000 increase: Underwater energetics research 25 Mine and 1,991 4,491 +2,500 Expeditionary Warfare Advanced Technology Program .............. .............. +2,500 increase 33 Surface and 118,588 96,388 -22,200 Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures Restoring .............. .............. -9,300 acquisition accountabil ity: MHU change to acquisition strategy Maintain .............. .............. -12,900 program affordabili ty: LDUUV product development 41 Advanced 87,160 83,360 -3,800 Submarine System Development Maintain .............. .............. -3,800 program affordabili ty: Universal Launch and Recovery Module 48 Littoral Combat 118,416 88,416 -30,000 Ship [LCS] Restoring .............. .............. -30,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Frigate development -transfer to line 48A 48A Frigate .............. 30,000 +30,000 Development Restoring .............. .............. +30,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Frigate development -transfer from line 48 51 LCS Mission 206,149 193,179 -12,970 Modules Restoring .............. .............. -12,970 acquisition accountabil ity: Remove Anti- submarine warfare [ASW] operational assessment of non- requirement s-compliant development al asset 60 Navy Energy 47,761 62,761 +15,000 Program Program .............. .............. +15,000 increase 62 CHALK CORAL 182,771 174,771 -8,000 Classified .............. .............. -8,000 program adjustment 64 RETRACT MAPLE 360,065 330,065 -30,000 Classified .............. .............. -30,000 program adjustment 73 Directed Energy 67,360 40,222 -27,138 and Electric Weapon Systems Restoring .............. .............. -27,138 acquisition accountabil ity: Long lead materials for non- competitive test event in fiscal year 2019 74 Gerald R. Ford 48,105 127,205 +79,100 Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN 78- 80) Authorizatio .............. .............. +79,100 n adjustment: Full ship shock trials for CVN-78 79 LX (R) 46,486 75,486 +29,000 Adjustment .............. .............. +29,000 adjustment: Accelerate LX (R) 82 Space and 29,581 25,246 -4,335 Electronic Warfare [SEW] Architecture/ Engineering Support Restoring .............. .............. -4,335 acquisition accountabil ity: Project 2140 program adjustment 89 AV-8B Aircraft-- 39,878 32,668 -7,210 Eng Dev Maintain .............. .............. -7,210 program affordabili ty: Final Fit AIM- 120C new start lack of full funding 95 Tactical Command 81,553 73,553 -8,000 System Restoring .............. .............. -8,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Project 2213 Joint Mission Planning System software development contract award delay 96 Advanced Hawkeye 272,149 225,149 -47,000 Maintain .............. .............. -26,100 program affordabili ty: Defer Delta System/ Software Configurati on 4 new starts due to aerial refueling cost and effort Restoring .............. .............. -30,900 acquisition accountabil ity: Defer Delta System/ Software Configurati on 5 non- Counter Electronic Attack growth Program .............. .............. +10,000 increase: Radar development 104 Next Generation 411,767 398,767 -13,000 Jammer [NGJ] Next .............. .............. -13,000 Generation Jammer Increment II: Transfer to line 104A 104A Next Generation .............. 13,000 +13,000 Jammer [NGJ] Inc II Next .............. .............. +13,000 Generation Jammer Increment II: Transfer from line 104 106 Surface 443,433 398,933 -44,500 Combatant Combat System Engineering Restoring .............. .............. -28,000 acquisition accountabil ity: ACB 16 post- Preliminary Design Review requirement s growth Restoring .............. .............. -10,000 acquisition accountabil ity: AEGIS Combat System Engineering Development Site unjustified growth Maintain .............. .............. -6,500 program affordabili ty: Far- Term Interoperab ility Improvement Plan lack of justificati on 108 Small Diameter 97,002 69,502 -27,500 Bomb [SDB] Restoring .............. .............. -3,500 acquisition accountabil ity: Joint Miniature Munitions Bomb Rack Unit contract award delay Maintain .............. .............. -24,000 program affordabili ty: Retain previous SDB Increment II integration schedule to reduce risk of H14+ integration schedule 113 Unmanned Carrier 134,708 484,708 +350,000 Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike [UCLASS] System Program .............. .............. +300,000 increase: Competitive air vehicle risk reduction activities Program .............. .............. +50,000 increase: Government and industry source selection preparation 119 New Design SSN 122,556 147,556 +25,000 Program .............. .............. +25,000 increase: Virginia Class Submarine hydrodynami c enhancement s 120 Submarine 48,213 60,213 +12,000 Tactical Warfare System Authorizatio .............. .............. +12,000 n adjustment: Accelerate submarine combat and weapon system modernizati on 121 Ship Contract 49,712 45,752 -3,960 Design/ Live Fire T&E Improving .............. .............. -6,960 funds management: Project 3108 dual band radar replacement integration early to need Restoring .............. .............. +3,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Non- recurring engineering for Special Operations Forces capabilitie s for integration into Mobile Landing Platform--A float Forward Staging Base 125 Lightweight 33,738 27,338 -6,400 Torpedo Development Restoring .............. .............. -6,400 acquisition accountabil ity: HAAWC restructure d program delays 129 Ship Self 153,836 145,336 -8,500 Defense (Detect & Control) Restoring .............. .............. -8,500 acquisition accountabil ity: Fire Control Loop Improvement Project Phase 2 unjustified program scope expansion 137 Joint Strike 59,265 20,798 -38,467 Fighter Follow On Development-- Marine Corps Restoring .............. .............. -38,467 acquisition accountabil ity: FOD excessive growth 138 Joint Strike 47,579 21,244 -26,335 Fighter Follow On Development-- Navy Restoring .............. .............. -26,335 acquisition accountabil ity: FOD excessive growth 140 Information 89,711 94,711 +5,000 Technology Development Program .............. .............. +5,000 increase 144 Multi-mission 247,929 143,813 -104,116 Maritime Aircraft [MMA] Increment 3: .............. .............. -104,116 Transfer to line 144A 144A Multi-mission .............. 104,116 +104,116 Maritime Aircraft [MMA] Increment 3 Increment 3: .............. .............. +104,116 Transfer from line 144 150 Target Systems 112,606 77,552 -35,054 Development Program .............. .............. -4,054 termination : Parrotfish Restoring .............. .............. -31,000 acquisition accountabil ity: GQM- 173A acquisition strategy 176 Submarine 3,900 4,700 +800 Acoustic Warfare Development Authorizatio .............. .............. +800 n adjustment: Accelerate combat rapid attack weapon 178 Rapid Technology 18,632 11,132 -7,500 Transition [RTT] Maintain .............. .............. -7,500 program affordabili ty: Unjustified growth 179 F/A-18 Squadrons 133,265 134,765 +1,500 Program .............. .............. +1,500 increase: Noise reduction research 181 Fleet 62,867 51,067 -11,800 Telecommunicati ons (Tactical) Budget .............. .............. -11,800 documentati on disparity: JALN-M demonstrati on lack of justificati on 186 Ground/Air Task 80,129 65,629 -14,500 Oriented Radar [G/ATOR] Maintain .............. .............. -14,500 program affordabili ty: Block II test assets early to need 187 Consolidated 39,087 34,329 -4,758 Training Systems Development Improving .............. .............. -4,758 funds management: Tactical Combat Training Systems [TCTS] funds carryover 190 HARM Improvement 52,708 16,164 -36,544 Restoring .............. .............. -36,544 acquisition accountabil ity: AARGM- ER acquisition strategy 191 Tactical Data 149,997 142,497 -7,500 Links Improving .............. .............. -7,500 funds management: Network Tactical Common Data Link contract award delays 193 MK-48 ADCAP 42,206 47,706 +5,500 Authorizatio .............. .............. +5,500 n adjustment: Accelerate torpedo upgrades 196 Marine Corps 67,763 82,763 +15,000 Communications Systems Program .............. .............. +15,000 increase: Radar enhancement s 202 Tactical AIM 76,016 36,016 -40,000 Missiles Restoring .............. .............. -40,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Block II scope expansion 208 Satellite 53,239 47,439 -5,800 Communications (SPACE) Budget .............. .............. -5,800 documentati on disparity: JALN-M demonstrati on lack of justificati on 218 Distributed 33,149 23,149 -10,000 Common Ground/ Surface Systems Restoring .............. .............. -10,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Defer DCGS-N Increment II growth pending completion of acquisition/ resourcing strategy 225 Multi- 49,145 39,645 -9,500 Intelligence Sensor Development Restoring .............. .............. -9,500 acquisition accountabil ity: P-8 Quick Reaction Capability scope expansion 999 Classified 1,252,185 1,402,185 +150,000 Programs Classified .............. .............. +150,000 program adjustment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Navy Budget Justification Materials.--The Committee notes the marked improvements to the Navy's congressional budget justification documents, as requested in Senate Report 113-211, and looks forward to the Navy continuing its emphasis to provide greater level of detail and clarity in future submissions. In addition to examining the budget justification documents submitted in accordance with the Financial Management Regulations, the Committee during its budget review relies heavily on supplemental briefing materials and information. The Committee finds the quality of these supplemental briefing materials to be inconsistent among program offices, often omitting basic information required for program reviews, or failing to amplify information provided in the congressional budget justification documents. In addition, the Committee finds the response time for additionally requested information excessive, allowing insufficient time for further review. Therefore, the Committee urges the Secretary of the Navy to work with the congressional defense committees to improve the timeliness and quality of information provided in support of future budget submissions. Virginia Payload Module [VPM].--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $167,719,000 to continue development of the Virginia Payload Module in support of production beginning in fiscal year 2019. According to the Navy, the VPM concept was proposed to compensate for the decline in strike capacity precipitated by the planned retirement of converted Ohio class guided missile submarines scheduled in the mid- to late- 2020s. The Committee recommends full funding of the Navy's request; however, the Committee remains concerned with the program's stability, cost and schedule pressures. Therefore, the Committee amends the reporting requirement previously included in Division C of the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), to a quarterly submission, and directs the Secretary of Navy to include in this quarterly report planned and actual performance of program metrics identified in the March 2015 report provided to the congressional defense committees. In addition, the fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $12,900,000 in program element 0603502N and $3,800,000 in program element 0603561N for the development and evaluation of non-strike payloads for possible insertion into VPM. The Committee finds this inconsistent with the VPM concept as proposed, and is concerned with the technical risk this adds to delivering the VPM on cost and schedule. Therefore, the Committee recommends no funding for these specific efforts. Directed Energy.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $67,360,000 for a sea-based demonstration of an electromagnetic railgun on board a Joint High Speed Vessel in fiscal year 2016 and to purchase materials for a second, more complex sea-based demonstration in fiscal year 2019. The Committee continues its strong support for an electromagnetic railgun program, but remains concerned with the Navy's acquisition approach to this developmental program that has limited competition for major components more than 5 years before the program is scheduled to enter the formal Department of Defense acquisition process. The Committee notes that the proposed complex fiscal year 2019 sea-based demonstration continues to drive the Navy towards a single material solution. The Committee does not agree with this acquisition approach and recommends no funds for the fiscal year 2019 sea-based demonstration. E2-D Advanced Hawkeye.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $272,149,000 for continued modernization of the E2-D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft, an increase of $95,449,000 over amounts appropriated in fiscal year 2015. The Committee notes that the budget request includes funds for the development of three distinct software configurations in fiscal year 2016, each consisting of multiple efforts. The Committee further notes that the most costly effort within in these software configuration upgrades is for the development of an aerial refueling capability. The E2-D Hawkeye will enter full rate production in fiscal year 2016, and received congressional authority to enter into a multi-year procurement contract in fiscal year 2014, which requires stable program requirements and configurations. Developing, testing and integrating an aerial refueling capability adds technical risk to the program, and will likely result in significant additional costs to modernization efforts. The Committee believes that executing the development of an aerial refueling capability in concert with a multitude of other, lower priority upgrades is technically and fiscally risky, and recommends that the Navy limit its fiscal year 2016 efforts to high priority upgrades only, specifically the development of aerial refueling and counter electronic attack capabilities. Therefore, the Committee does not recommend funding for fiscal year 2016 new start efforts to be fielded concurrently with an aerial refueling capability in software configuration 4, a reduction of $26,100,000 from the request, and recommends that funds appropriated for software configuration 5 be invested towards counter electronic attack only, a reduction of $30,900,000 from the request. The Committee recommends full funding of the Navy's aerial refueling capability, and recommends an additional $10,000,000 only for radar development to overcome limitations of existing capabilities. Further, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition to submit with the fiscal year 2017 budget submission cost estimates for each planned E2-D Hawkeye Delta System/Software Configuration Build that delineate the content of each configuration, as well as total development, test and integration costs by effort within each configuration. In addition, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition is directed to identify any unfunded requirements for improved airborne surveillance and battle management command control systems to protect against sophisticated adversaries with anti- ship cruise and ballistic missiles. Next Generation Jammer [NGJ] Increment II.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $13,000,000 to initiate Increment II of the Next Generation Jammer. The Committee recommends fully funding this request and establishing a separate budget line to increase program visibility and accountability. The Committee directs the Navy to follow this structure in future budget submissions. Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike [UCLASS] System.--The fiscal year 2016 request includes $134,708,000 for the UCLASS program to continue development of the shipboard integration and command and control system segments as previously scheduled. The Committee notes that the request includes $20,100,000 for source selection activities of the air segment to support an air vehicle development contract award in fiscal year 2017, but no funding to continue technology risk reduction activities for the air vehicle in fiscal year 2016 in support of that contract award. With submission of the fiscal year 2016 request, the Navy announced a delay to the UCLASS program pending completion of a Department of Defense-led strategic portfolio review that is intended to inform the fiscal year 2017 budget request. This proposal will result in an additional 1\1/2\ year delay in the establishment of an early operational UCLASS capability. According to senior Navy leadership, this delay risks the Navy ``losing ground'' in developing unmanned aviation from an aircraft carrier. Further, the Committee questions the strategy of dissolving industry teams under contract for competitive air vehicle risk reduction activities prior to awarding a technology development contract. Therefore, the Committee recommends $300,000,000 only for continued competitive air vehicle risk reduction activities. In addition, the Committee recommends $50,000,000 for Government and industry preparation of source selection and development contract award activities. As previously stated in Senate Report 113-211, the Committee believes that stable requirements are critical to ensuring program success, and restates its direction to the Secretary of the Navy to obtain Joint Requirements Oversight Council approval of the UCLASS capability development document [CDD] prior to issuing the final Request for Proposals for the air segment. Multi-mission Aircraft Increment III.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $104,116,000 for Increment III of the P-8 Multi-mission Aircraft. The Committee recommends fully funding this request and establishing a separate budget line to increase program visibility and accountability. The Committee directs the Navy to follow this structure in future budget submissions. Small Business Strategies.--The Committee notes that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition [ASN (RD&A)] in January 2015 directed Program Executive Offices and Heads of Contract Activities to formulate small business strategies that incorporate and promote small business participation across contracts under their purview. The Committee further notes that ASN (RD&A) directed the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer [SBIR/STTR] program to focus on improving program transitions to yield a greater return on investment from Navy research and development funds. The Committee believes that a robust small business industrial base is essential to maintaining a technological edge over potential adversaries and therefore directs ASN (RD&A) to provide, with the fiscal year 2017 budget submission, an update on the implementation of measures taken to promote small business participation in Navy acquisition. Readiness of Aging Air Vehicle Fleet.--The Committee is concerned about the critical funding and maintenance challenges the Navy faces in maintaining the readiness of its air vehicle fleet and extending the useful life of aging aircraft. The Committee recognizes the valuable role university affiliated research institutions offer to the Department of Defense to address these challenges with the ability to respond rapidly to new technology requirements and address shortages of qualified scientists and engineers caused by employee turnover within Department of Defense organizations. The Committee recommends an additional $30,000,000 for basic university research, and encourages the Navy to support academic institutions with strong capabilities in aviation and aerospace structures and materials testing and evaluation to enhance readiness of Navy and Department of Defense air vehicle fleets. Cyber Security and Cloud Computing.--The Committee recognizes progress being made in developing new and practical approaches for cyber security and secure cloud computing to protect critical cyber systems and reduce loss of classified information to potential adversaries. The Committee understands that encryption technologies contribute towards these goals. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Navy and Marine Corps to continue research into encryption technologies and to focus on implementation, integration and software tooling support. Navy Alternative Energy Research.--As in previous years, the Committee recommends an increase for Navy alternative energy research. The Committee notes the fiscal and operational value of investing in alternative energy research, and encourages the Navy to expand ocean renewable energy testing, research, develop and deploy maritime security systems, support at-sea surveillance and communications systems and explore opportunities to reduce the cost of energy and increase energy security at coastal Department of Defense facilities. Further, the Committee encourages the Navy to invest in renewable energy demonstration activities relating to Department of Defense facilities and activities in coordination with other Federal agencies and entities. Power Generation and Storage Research.--The Committee notes the importance of lithium-ion batteries to the Department of Defense and is concerned with safety incidents that limit their operational fielding. Therefore, the Committee believes that the development and qualification of technologies to reduce the risk of thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries should be prioritized within energy storage research. Smart Sensing Technology.--The Committee recognizes the need to continue improving intrusion detection and security screening capabilities by leveraging advanced and reliable non- intrusive technologies. The Committee notes advancements in the area of nanotechnology that offer the potential use in developing sensors to detect biohazards, explosives, propellants and other threats. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Navy to invest in advanced anti-intrusion detection technologies. U.S. Marine Corps Asset Lifecycle Management.--The Committee understands the U.S. Marine Corps is reducing costs associated with routine vehicle maintenance through research and development in vehicle remanufacturing and monitoring. The Committee encourages the Office of Naval Research to continue its investment in these areas. Interdisciplinary Expeditionary Cyber Research.--The Committee notes the significant investment by the Department of Defense in basic cyber research in recent years. However, the Committee is concerned that this research does not consider the inter-disciplinary nature of cyber systems and focuses on the strategic level while excluding the consideration of the role of human behavior. The Committee encourages the Office of Naval Research to develop a multi-disciplinary science and technology strategy addressing dynamic cyber defense and tactical cyberspace operations. Further, the Committee encourages the Navy to examine prototyping and developing technology capabilities for expeditionary cyberspace operations. Underwater Energetics Research.--The Committee recommends an additional $10,000,000 for the Office of Naval Research to support development of advanced warhead and explosives concepts for undersea warfare, and an assessment of global developments in energetic materials. Arctic Center of Excellence.--The Committee notes that the United States has a vested interest in the security and stability of the Arctic region. The Committee believes that with the Arctic becoming increasingly accessible and more broadly transited in the coming decades by both Arctic and non- Arctic nations, it is imperative that the United States be prepared to operate in the Arctic Region when needed. The Committee is pleased that the Department of Defense is enhancing its focus on the Arctic region by releasing its Arctic Strategy in November 2013 and that the Department of the Navy released its updated Arctic Roadmap in February 2014. The Committee believes it is important for the Department to continue to invest in training exercises, partnerships, infrastructure, and capabilities necessary to meet strategic objectives in the Arctic region and to support potential operations. The Committee encourages the Department of Defense, and the Department of the Navy in particular, to continue research efforts to develop security capabilities and strategies for the Arctic region. The Committee notes that the Navy's Arctic Roadmap includes a plan to identify the requirements for an Arctic Center of Excellence in fiscal year 2015. The Committee directs the Navy to complete identification of these requirements and to report to the Committee on these requirements and the Navy's plans not later than December 31, 2015. The Committee encourages the Navy to coordinate with other Government agencies, academic institutions, and existing polar research efforts that can provide support and promote United States security interests. Monitoring of Sea Ice in the Arctic Basin.--The Committee notes that as an Arctic nation extending through the State of Alaska, United States national security interests extend into the entire Arctic region. The Committee encourages the Department of Defense, working with the Office of Naval Research and its academic partners, to expand its understanding of the Arctic region's physical environment. The Committee recognizes that such data could be key to the development of strategies for national security, natural resource protection and efficient commerce in the Arctic region. Predictive Analytics.--The Committee notes that equipment failures and performance degradation on naval platforms drive unplanned downtime, reduce operational availability and increase the cost of maintenance. The Committee understands there are available proven commercial tools that leverage equipment sensor data and similarity-based modeling to remotely predict and diagnose mechanical issues well ahead of time, allowing equipment failure to be prevented through planned maintenance activities. The Committee encourages the Department of the Navy to seek opportunities to conduct field trials of these commercially available remote monitoring and diagnostic systems to determine if they can help increase readiness and reduce maintenance costs. Land-based Power Generation Test Bed.--The Committee notes that the Navy is developing advanced ship electric power systems to support high power weapons and sensors, and to improve ship energy efficiency. An important element for the operation of high power weapons and sensors is the energy magazine concept that would integrate and expand ship power distribution circuits, power conversion, and energy storage. The Committee believes a cost-effective approach to maturing power generation technology is the development of a land-based representative integrated ship power system to include power generation, energy storage, power distribution, and power loads, upon which high power weapons and sensors could be tested. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to perform a cost-benefit analysis to determine the total cost savings of such a land-based power generation test bed. Free Space Optical Communication Technology Demonstrator.-- The Committee understands there is a potential need for new and emerging compact and affordable Free Space Optical Communication [FSOC] technologies for tactical high bandwidth line-of sight data link needs in multiple environments. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to asses FSOC technology for use by the Marine Corps that has been demonstrated on multiple DOD applications, can be implemented from ground, air or sea-borne platforms, and is completely eye- safe. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $23,643,983,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 26,473,669,000 Committee recommendation................................ 25,874,116,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,874,116,000. This is $599,553,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AIR FORCE BASIC RESEARCH DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 329,721 384,721 +55,000 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES 141,754 141,754 .............. HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVES 13,778 13,778 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH 485,253 540,253 +55,000 APPLIED RESEARCH MATERIALS 125,234 125,234 .............. AEROSPACE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES 123,438 123,438 .............. HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED RESEARCH 100,530 100,530 .............. AEROSPACE PROPULSION 182,326 187,326 +5,000 AEROSPACE SENSORS 147,291 147,291 .............. SPACE TECHNOLOGY 116,122 116,122 .............. CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS 99,851 99,851 .............. DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 115,604 115,604 .............. DOMINANT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND METHODS 164,909 170,909 +6,000 HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH 42,037 42,037 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH 1,217,342 1,228,342 +11,000 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS 37,665 47,665 +10,000 SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) 18,378 18,378 .............. ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS 42,183 42,183 .............. AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/DEMO 100,733 100,733 .............. AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY 168,821 178,821 +10,000 ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY 47,032 47,032 .............. ADVANCED SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY 54,897 64,897 +10,000 MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM [MSSS] 12,853 12,853 .............. HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOP-PMENT 25,448 25,448 .............. CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 48,536 43,036 -5,500 ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 30,195 37,195 +7,000 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 42,630 42,630 .............. BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 46,414 46,414 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 675,785 707,285 +31,500 ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT 5,032 5,032 .............. SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY 4,070 4,070 .............. COMBAT IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY 21,790 21,790 .............. NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 4,736 4,736 .............. SPACE PROTECTION PROGRAM (SPP) 30,771 30,771 .............. INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE 39,765 39,765 .............. LONG RANGE STRIKE 1,246,228 1,246,228 .............. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 3,512 8,512 +5,000 HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM 54,637 54,637 .............. WEATHER SATELLITE FOLLOW-ON 76,108 21,108 -55,000 OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE 6,457 19,957 +13,500 TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM 246,514 271,514 +25,000 GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT 75,166 75,166 .............. NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE 8,830 8,830 .............. THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG-RANGE RADAR 14,939 8,139 -6,800 NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (USER EQUIPMENT) 142,288 142,288 .............. CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 81,732 96,732 +15,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 2,062,575 2,059,275 -3,300 ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT 929 929 .............. TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE 60,256 60,256 .............. PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT 5,973 5,973 .............. SMALL DIAMETER BOMB [SDB] 32,624 32,624 .............. COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS 24,208 24,208 .............. SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS 32,374 32,374 .............. SPACE FENCE 243,909 243,909 .............. AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK 8,358 8,358 .............. SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEM [SBIRS] HIGH EMD 292,235 292,235 .............. ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT 40,154 40,154 .............. SUBMUNITIONS 2,506 2,506 .............. AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT 57,678 59,678 +2,000 LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS 8,187 8,187 .............. COMBAT TRAINING RANGES 15,795 11,795 -4,000 F-35--EMD 589,441 589,441 .............. EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM (SPACE) 84,438 228,038 +143,600 LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON 36,643 14,100 -22,543 ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION 142,551 142,551 .............. F-22 MODERNIZATION INCREMENT 3.2B 140,640 140,640 .............. GROUND ATTACK WEAPONS FUZE DEVELOPMENT 3,598 3,598 .............. NEXT GENERATION AERIAL REFUELING AIRCRAFT KC-46 602,364 602,364 .............. ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING 11,395 11,395 .............. CSAR HH-60 RECAPITALIZATION 156,085 156,085 .............. ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) 228,230 253,230 +25,000 POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE) 72,084 72,084 .............. WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM (SPACE) 56,343 56,343 .............. AIR AND SPACE OPS CENTER 10.2 47,629 47,629 .............. B-2 DEFENSIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 271,961 271,961 .............. NUCLEAR WEAPONS MODERNIZATION 212,121 212,121 .............. F-15 EPAWSS 186,481 127,681 -58,800 FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING 18,082 18,082 .............. COMBAT SURVIVOR EVADER LOCATOR 993 993 .............. NEXTGEN JSTARS 44,343 44,343 .............. PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT 102,620 102,620 .............. AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS 14,563 14,563 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT 3,847,791 3,933,048 +85,257 RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT 23,844 23,844 .............. MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT 68,302 68,302 .............. RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE 34,918 34,918 .............. INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION 10,476 10,476 .............. TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 673,908 673,908 .............. ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE) 21,858 21,858 .............. SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP) 28,228 28,228 .............. FACILITIES RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION--TEST & EVAL 40,518 40,518 .............. FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT--TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 27,895 27,895 .............. REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND MATURATION 16,507 24,007 +7,500 SPACE TEST AND TRAINING RANGE DEVELOPMENT 18,997 18,997 .............. SPACE AND MISSILE CENTER (SMC) CIVILIAN WORKFORCE 185,305 180,305 -5,000 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES (EIS) 4,841 3,841 -1,000 ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 15,357 15,357 .............. GENERAL SKILL TRAINING 1,315 1,315 .............. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES 2,315 2,315 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 1,174,584 1,176,084 +1,500 OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT GPS III--OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT 350,232 350,232 .............. SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT TRAINING 10,465 8,565 -1,900 WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE 24,577 24,577 .............. AIR FORCE INTEGRATED MILITARY HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM 69,694 29,694 -40,000 ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE AGENCY 26,718 26,718 .............. HC/MC-130 RECAP RDT&E 10,807 4,807 -6,000 B-52 SQUADRONS 74,520 74,520 .............. AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE [ALCM] 451 451 .............. B-1B SQUADRONS 2,245 2,245 .............. B-2 SQUADRONS 108,183 108,183 .............. MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS 178,929 166,729 -12,200 STRAT WAR PLANNING SYSTEM--USSTRATCOM 28,481 28,481 .............. NIGHT FIST--USSTRATCOM 87 87 .............. WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS 5,315 5,315 .............. SERVICE SUPPORT TO STRATCOM--SPACE ACTIVITIES 8,090 8,090 .............. MQ-9 UAV 123,439 123,439 .............. A-10 SQUADRONS .............. 16,200 +16,200 F-16 SQUADRONS 148,297 188,297 +40,000 F-15E SQUADRONS 179,283 192,079 +12,796 MANNED DESTRUCTIVE SUPPRESSION 14,860 14,860 .............. F-22 SQUADRONS 262,552 262,552 .............. F-35 SQUADRONS 115,395 53,921 -61,474 TACTICAL AIM MISSILES 43,360 43,360 .............. ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) 46,160 38,160 -8,000 COMBAT RESCUE AND RECOVERY 412 412 .............. COMBAT RESCUE--PARARESCUE 657 657 .............. AF TENCAP 31,428 31,428 .............. PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS PROCUREMENT 1,105 1,105 .............. COMPASS CALL 14,249 14,249 .............. AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 103,942 103,942 .............. JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE [JASSM] 12,793 9,793 -3,000 AIR AND SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER [AOC] 21,193 21,193 .............. CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER [CRC] 559 559 .............. AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM [AWACS] 161,812 155,512 -6,300 TACTICAL AIRBORNE CONTROL SYSTEMS 6,001 6,001 .............. COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES 7,793 6,793 -1,000 TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY--MOD 12,465 12,465 .............. C2ISR TACTICAL DATA LINK 1,681 1,681 .............. DCAPES 16,796 16,796 .............. SEEK EAGLE 21,564 21,564 .............. USAF MODELING AND SIMULATION 24,994 24,994 .............. WARGAMING AND SIMULATION CENTERS 6,035 6,035 .............. DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND EXERCISES 4,358 4,358 .............. MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS 55,835 55,835 .............. AF OFFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 12,874 12,874 .............. AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS 7,681 7,681 .............. GLOBAL SENSOR INTEGRATED ON NETWORK (GSIN) 5,974 5,974 .............. SPACE SUPERIORITY INTELLIGENCE 13,815 13,815 .............. E-4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER [NAOC] 80,360 65,760 -14,600 FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLoS TERMINALS (FAB-T) 3,907 3,907 .............. MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK 75,062 75,062 .............. INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM 46,599 46,599 .............. GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM 2,470 2,470 .............. AIRBORNE SIGINT ENTERPRISE 112,775 112,775 .............. GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (GATM) 4,235 4,235 .............. SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (SPACE) 7,879 7,879 .............. WEATHER SERVICE 29,955 29,955 .............. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, APPROACH, & LANDING SYSTEM (ATC) 21,485 19,485 -2,000 AERIAL TARGETS 2,515 2,515 .............. SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES 472 472 .............. ARMS CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION 12,137 9,137 -3,000 DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 361 361 .............. SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER 3,162 3,162 .............. DEVELOPMENT SPACE INNOVATION, INTEGRATION AND RAPID 1,543 1,543 .............. TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE 7,860 7,860 .............. SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE) 6,902 6,902 .............. DRAGON U-2 34,471 34,471 .............. ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES .............. 5,000 +5,000 AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS 50,154 42,154 -8,000 MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS 13,245 13,245 .............. DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS 22,784 22,784 .............. PREDATOR UAV (JMIP) 716 .............. -716 RQ-4 UAV 208,053 203,053 -5,000 NETWORK-CENTRIC COLLABORATIVE TARGET [TIARA] 21,587 13,987 -7,600 COMMON DATA LINK (CDL) 43,986 43,986 .............. NATO AGS 197,486 138,397 -59,089 SUPPORT TO DCGS ENTERPRISE 28,434 28,434 .............. GPS III SPACE SEGMENT 180,902 180,902 .............. JSPOC MISSION SYSTEM 81,911 79,911 -2,000 RAPID CYBER ACQUISITION 3,149 3,149 .............. NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM (SPACE) 14,447 14,447 .............. SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS OPERATIONS 20,077 20,077 .............. SHARED EARLY WARNING [SEW] 853 853 .............. C-130 AIRLIFT SQUADRON 33,962 33,962 .............. C-5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS 42,864 22,864 -20,000 C-17 AIRCRAFT 54,807 54,807 .............. C-130J PROGRAM 31,010 39,010 +8,000 LARGE AIRCRAFT IR COUNTERMEASURES [LAIRCM] 6,802 6,802 .............. KC-10S 1,799 1,799 .............. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT 48,453 38,453 -10,000 CV-22 36,576 27,776 -8,800 SPECIAL TACTICS/COMBAT CONTROL 7,963 7,963 .............. DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF) 1,525 1,525 .............. LOGISTICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [LOGIT] 112,676 68,400 -44,276 SUPPORT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 12,657 12,657 .............. OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING 1,836 1,836 .............. OTHER PERSONNEL ACTIVITIES 121 121 .............. JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY AGENCY 5,911 5,911 .............. CIVILIAN COMPENSATION PROGRAM 3,604 3,604 .............. PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION 4,598 4,598 .............. AIR FORCE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS AGENCY 1,103 1,103 .............. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOP-PMENT 101,840 95,540 -6,300 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 4,230,197 3,980,938 -249,259 9CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 12,780,142 12,248,891 -531,251 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AIR 26,473,669 25,874,116 -599,553 FORCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 budget Committee Change from Line Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Defense Research Sciences 329,721 384,721 +55,000 Authorization adjustment: Basic research program ............... ............... +45,000 increase Program increase: Air Force Education and ............... ............... +10,000 Outreach Program 7 Aerospace Propulsion 182,326 187,326 +5,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 12 Dominant Information Sciences and Methods 164,909 170,909 +6,000 Program increase ............... ............... +6,000 14 Advanced Materials for Weapon Systems 37,665 47,665 +10,000 Program increase: Metals affordability research ............... ............... +10,000 18 Aerospace Propulsion and Power Technology 168,821 178,821 +10,000 Program increase: Silicon carbide research ............... ............... +10,000 20 Advanced Spacecraft Technology 54,897 64,897 +10,000 Program increase ............... ............... +10,000 23 Conventional Weapons Technology 48,536 43,036 -5,500 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -5,500 24 Advanced Weapons Technology 30,195 37,195 +7,000 Program increase: Counter-electronics high power ............... ............... +7,000 microwave advanced missile 37 Technology Transfer 3,512 8,512 +5,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 40 Weather System Follow-on 76,108 21,108 -55,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover ............... ............... -55,000 44 Operationally Responsive Space 6,457 19,957 +13,500 Authorization adjustment: Increase to match ............... ............... +13,500 previous year funding level 45 Tech Transition Program 246,514 271,514 +25,000 Program increase: Alternative energy research ............... ............... +25,000 50 Three Dimensional Long-Range Radar [3DELRR] 14,939 8,139 -6,800 Restoring acquisition accountability: Test and ............... ............... -6,800 evaluation support early to need 52 Cyber Operations Technology Development 81,732 96,732 +15,000 Authorization adjustment: Increase USCC cyber ............... ............... +15,000 operations tech development 66 Agile Combat Support 57,678 59,678 +2,000 Program increase ............... ............... +10,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -8,000 68 Combat Training Ranges 15,795 11,795 -4,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -4,000 71 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program (SPACE)-- 84,438 228,038 +143,600 EMD Program increase: Rocket engine development ............... ............... +143,600 72 Long Range Standoff Weapon 36,643 14,100 -22,543 Restoring acquisition accountability: ............... ............... -18,643 Acquisition strategy Restoring acquisition accountability: Test ............... ............... -3,900 support and program management early to need 80 Advanced EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) 228,230 253,230 +25,000 Program increase: Protected tactical ............... ............... +25,000 demonstration 86 F-15 EPAWSS 186,481 127,681 -58,800 Restoring acquisition accountability: EMD ............... ............... -58,800 funding early to need 103 Requirements Analysis and Maturation 16,507 24,007 +7,500 Program increase ............... ............... +7,500 106 Space and Missile Center [SMC] Civilian Workforce 185,305 180,305 -5,000 Maintain program affordability: Excess to need ............... ............... -5,000 107 Enterprise Information Services [EIS] 4,841 3,841 -1,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -1,000 113 Specialized Undergraduate Flight Training 10,465 8,565 -1,900 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -1,900 117 AF Integrated Personnel and Pay System [AF-IPPS] 69,694 29,694 -40,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing, ............... ............... -40,000 excluding funding for audit readiness 119 HC/MC-130 Recap RDT&E 10,807 4,807 -6,000 Restoring acquisitiion accountability: Block 8.1 ............... ............... -6,000 funding early-to-need 125 Minuteman Squadrons 178,929 166,729 -12,200 Budget documentation disparity: Airborne launch ............... ............... -12,200 control system funding request unclear 134 A-10 Squadrons ............... 16,200 +16,200 Authorization adjustment: Sustain avionics ............... ............... +16,200 software development 135 F-16 Squadrons 148,297 188,297 +40,000 Program increase: Radar improvements--Air ............... ............... +40,000 National Guard 136 F-15E Squadrons 179,283 192,079 +12,796 Transfer F-15: Air Force-requested from APAF ............... ............... +12,796 Line #22 139 F-35 Squadrons 115,395 53,921 -61,474 Restoring acquisition accountability: Follow on ............... ............... -61,474 development excessive growth 141 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile [AMRAAM] 46,160 38,160 -8,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Program ............... ............... -8,000 delay 149 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile [JASSM] 12,793 9,793 -3,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -3,000 152 Airborne Warning and Control System [AWACS] 161,812 155,512 -6,300 Restoring acquisition accountability: Delayed ............... ............... -6,300 contract award 155 Combat Air Intelligence System Activities 7,793 6,793 -1,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -1,000 178 E-4B National Airborne Operations Center [NAOC] 80,360 65,760 -14,600 Maintain program affordability: Excess funding ............... ............... -14,600 for low frequency transmit system 194 Air Traffic Control, Approach, and Landing System 21,485 19,485 -2,000 [ATCALS] Maintain program affordability: Unjustified ............... ............... -2,000 program growth in program management administration 199 Arms Control Implementation 12,137 9,137 -3,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -3,000 208 Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ............... 5,000 +5,000 Program increase ............... ............... +5,000 209 Airborne Reconnaissance Systems 50,154 42,154 -8,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -8,000 212 MQ-1 Predator A UAV 716 ............... -716 Maintain program affordability: Funding not ............... ............... -716 required 213 RQ-4 208,053 203,053 -5,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -5,000 214 Network-Centric Collaborative Targeting 21,587 13,987 -7,600 Restoring acquisition accountability: Version ............... ............... -7,600 5.0.4 funding early-to-need 216 NATO AGS 197,486 138,397 -59,089 Transfer NATO AGS: Air Force-requested to APAF ............... ............... -59,089 Line #79 220 JSPOC Mission System 81,911 79,911 -2,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Excessive ............... ............... -2,000 cost growth 227 C-5 Airlift Squadrons (IF) 42,864 22,864 -20,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -20,000 229 C-130J Program 31,010 39,010 +8,000 Program increase: In-flight Prop Balancing ............... ............... +8,000 System 232 Operational Support Airlift 48,453 38,453 -10,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing ............... ............... -10,000 233 CV-22 36,576 27,776 -8,800 Restoring acquisition accountability: Improved ............... ............... -8,800 inlet solution program delay 237 Logistics Information Technology [LOGIT] 112,676 68,400 -44,276 Improving funds management: Forward financing, ............... ............... -44,276 excluding funding for audit readiness 246 Financial Management Information Systems Development 101,840 95,540 -6,300 Improving funds management: Forward financing, ............... ............... -6,300 excluding funding for audit readiness Classified Programs 12,780,142 12,248,891 -531,251 Classified adjustment ............... ............... -531,251 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptive Engine Transition Program.--The Committee supports the continued emphasis on research and development in the next generation of turbine engine technology. The Committee notes that there are potential applications of this technology to both legacy and future combat aircraft. The Committee encourages the Air Force to continue investing in these critical technologies and supporting multiple industry partners to ensure competition during the next phase of development. Air Force Alternative Energy.--The Committee is encouraged by the Air Force's energy conservation and efficiency initiatives as well as its investment into promising renewable energy. The Committee urges the Air Force to continue its critical research in this field and encourages the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy to develop a strategy to bridge the gap between investment in energy research and development, and the demonstration and use of that technology to meet Air Force enterprise requirements. Long Range Stand-Off Weapon.--The Committee supports the Air Force's program to develop a follow-on capability to the Air Launched Cruise Missile to penetrate advanced integrated air defense systems from significant stand-off range. The Committee is pleased that the Air Force accelerated the program's milestone A decision in the President's budget request from the second quarter of fiscal year 2017 to the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The Committee provides $14,100,000 in fiscal year 2016, an increase of $10,662,000 over the fiscal year 2015 enacted level, and encourages the Air Force to maintain the funding profile of $1,747,300,000 from fiscal years 2017 through 2020, given the strategic importance of the program. Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Acquisition.--The Committee recognizes that the Air Force is currently exploring options to acquire a replacement for the Minuteman III system, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent [GBSD]. The Committee believes the use of full and open competition provides the best opportunity for the Department of Defense to benefit from innovation, improved contractor performance, and reduced costs. Not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide the congressional defense committees the GBSD acquisition strategy to include a detailed description of Air Force's plans to use competitive awards throughout the acquisition process. Combat Rescue Helicopter.--The Committee is pleased that the fiscal year 2016 budget request includes funding for the combat rescue helicopter throughout the future years defense plan, consistent with the service cost position. However, the Committee is concerned with the timing and number of system demonstration test article [SDTA] aircraft in the fiscal year 2016 budget request. The Committee encourages the Air Force to reconsider the timing and number of the research and development-funded aircraft to ensure the most efficient use of resources to support the program test schedule and the industrial base until low rate initial procurement begins. Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System [JSTARS].--The Committee supports the fiscal year 2016 budget request of $44,343,000 for JSTARS recapitalization and is pleased with the recent approval of the Materiel Development Decision to enable the Air Force to begin technology development and award technology maturation contracts. However, the Committee remains concerned with the duration of the design and development phase of the program and the delay of initial operational capability until 2023. As delineated in the report accompanying the Senate version of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 (Senate Report 113-211), the Committee continues to view the program as primarily an integration effort that will utilize mature, affordable, and existing components on a commercially available aircraft. Last year, the Committee directed the Secretary of the Air Force to reassess the acquisition strategy to shorten the development phase. The Committee encourages the Air Force to work with industry partners and apply the tenets of Better Buying Power 3.0 to reduce the duration and cost of the design and development phase and reflect the revised schedules and funding levels in the fiscal year 2017 budget request. Given the time required to develop and procure the new aircraft, the Committee understands that the Air Force plans to extend the service life of the current E-8 JSTARS fleet until the middle of the next decade. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a plan to the congressional defense committees, to accompany submission of the fiscal year 2017 budget, that outlines how industrial and logistics degradation of the E-8 fleet will be avoided as well as upgrades to the fleet to ensure the platform will continue to meet warfighter needs for combat operations. The plan should include schedules and annual funding requirements. High Speed Test Track.--The Committee supports the Air Force's efforts to modernize its high speed testing system in order to meet aerodynamic testing requirements for new missile systems. The Committee understands that a high speed test track that can accommodate speeds up to Mach 4 would enable the Air Force to carry out needed tests for advanced weapons systems at lower costs and with decreased vibration compared to legacy test tracks. The Committee encourages the Air Force to complete an analysis of alternatives of the design, build, and cost of a modern high speed test track. B-2 Ejection Seats.--The Committee understands that the Air Force is currently conducting market research to develop an acquisition strategy for a B-2 ejection system qualification program. The Committee encourages the Air Force to proceed with a full and open competition for the development, qualification, and acquisition of the ejection seat upgrade. F-16 Radar Upgrades.--The Committee is concerned about the long-term health of the active electronically scanned array radar industrial base. The Committee believes that competition among multiple suppliers is important to reduce costs and improve performance. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, on how the Air Force will address phase two of North American Aerospace Defense Command/U.S. Northern Command Joint Urgent Operational Needs [JUON] NC-0008 to include an acquisition strategy on all aspects of the solution set. The report should address the Air Force's radar modernization plan for the entire F-16 fleet. U-2.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request supports the continued operation of the U-2 fleet as well as prudent actions to retire the fleet beginning in fiscal year 2019. The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $34,471,000 in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation [RDT&E], Air Force for further development of the ASARS-2B radar. The Committee is concerned that the Air Force is committing resources to improve a radar that it does not intend to use on the U-2 aircraft prior to retirement. Therefore, none of the fiscal year 2016 RDT&E funding may be obligated until the Secretary of the Air Force provides a report to congressional defense committees justifying the use of funds, validating the requirement, and a plan to develop, acquire, and field the modernized radar. Long-Range, Multi-Day Endurance ISR Capability.--The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113- 235) provided $20,000,000 to support development of a capability in response to the U.S. Africa Command joint emerging operational need statement [USAFRICOM JEON] AF-0005. The Committee notes that the Air Force has completed four phases of test article flights to demonstrate a capability in response to USAFRICOM JEON AF-0005, including an 80 hour, long endurance flight demonstration in December 2014. The Committee recommendation includes $5,000,000, to be combined with previously appropriated but not yet obligated funds, for test articles necessary to reduce airworthiness risk, improve interoperability, and characterize the flight envelope to validate a low-cost and effective solution for persistent aerial surveillance. Additionally, the Committee directs the Joint Staff to submit a plan to the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, on the Department's current plan to address USAFRICOM JEON AF- 0005. SPACE PROGRAMS Rocket Engine Development.--The budget request for fiscal year 2016 includes $84,438,000 for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle next generation rocket engine development. The Committee continues to view the effort to develop and field an advanced U.S. rocket booster engine as a national security imperative and believes planned Air Force investments for fiscal year 2016 are insufficient to meet the need for a new engine in 2019. Therefore, the Committee recommends an additional $143,600,000 for the Air Force to implement a full scale engine development program that meets Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program requirements for national security payload launches. Given the importance of this issue, the Air Force should move expeditiously to spend appropriated funding for this effort. Advanced Extremely High Frequency Protected Tactical Waveform.--The Committee supports the Air Force's development of a new Advanced Extremely High Frequency [AEHF] Protected Tactical Waveform [PTW] which offers the ability to provide tactical anti-jam communication utilizing existing space and user terminal assets. The 2016 budget request includes funding for the development of new terminal modems, but the Committee is concerned that the mission management system and PTW ground station hub electronics and software are not being co- developed, which could lead to a multi-year delay in the fielding of the system and the potential for non-optimal system design. Therefore, the Committee recommends an additional $25,000,000 for the AEHF Protected Tactical Waveform mission management system and ground station hub electronics and software development to enable protected communications utilizing existing military and commercial space assets. Global Positioning System III Operational Control Segment.--The budget request for fiscal year 2016 includes $350,232,000 for the GPS III Operational Control Segment [OCX]. This ground system promises to provide improved accuracy, security, and anti-jamming protection and allow the new GPS III satellites to be integrated into the legacy GPS constellation. Development of the system is so delayed, however, that it will not be available until approximately 4 years after the Air Force begins launching GPS III satellites in fiscal year 2016. This has prompted the Air Force to investigate buying a temporary ground capability to ensure that the first GPS satellite can be integrated into the existing constellation. The Committee notes that such a temporary fix would not enable implementation of the technology improvements promised with OCX, including the improved anti-jamming capability of M-code. In light of these problems and delays, the Committee questions the Air Force's plan to accelerate the launches of several GPS III satellites, reversing a decision in the 2015 budget request. Therefore, the Committee directs the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation [CAPE] and Joint Requirements Oversight Council [JROC] to review the cost of and validate the requirements for accelerating GPS III launches ahead of the plan laid out in the fiscal year 2015 budget submission. Global Positioning System III.--The Committee supports the decision of the Air Force to compete future GPS space vehicles after SV-10 to make the program more affordable while sustaining and enhancing GPS capabilities. The Committee believes that more advanced technologies, such as a modern digital payload, will alleviate production problems while providing enhanced mission capability and affordability. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to allocate $80,000,000 of the GPS III Space Modernization Imitative budget toward technology maturation efforts for a digital navigation payload and satellite vehicle development for the GPS III SV11+ production competition. Daytime Space Situational Awareness.--The Committee recognizes the criticality of Space Situational Awareness [SSA] and is concerned about long-duration gaps in actionable satellite data during daytime hours. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Air Force to invest in ground-based optical/ infrared capabilities to address daytime gaps in SSA. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide Appropriations, 2015.................................... $17,225,889,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 18,329,861,000 Committee recommendation................................ 18,926,433,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,926,433,000. This is $596,572,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE-WIDE BASIC RESEARCH DTRA UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BASIC RESEARCH 38,436 38,436 .............. DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 333,119 333,119 .............. BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES 42,022 72,022 +30,000 BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH SCIENCE 56,544 56,544 .............. NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM 49,453 54,453 +5,000 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIV (HBCU) 25,834 34,334 +8,500 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 46,261 46,261 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH 591,669 635,169 +43,500 APPLIED RESEARCH JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY 19,352 19,352 .............. BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 114,262 111,462 -2,800 LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM 51,026 51,026 .............. APPLIED RESEARCH FOR ADVANCEMENT S&T PRIORITIES 48,226 48,226 .............. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 356,358 338,433 -17,925 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE 29,265 29,265 .............. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 208,111 202,611 -5,500 CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH 13,727 13,727 .............. TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY 314,582 302,582 -12,000 MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY 220,115 201,721 -18,394 ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY 174,798 163,798 -11,000 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION DEFEAT TECHNOLOGIES 155,415 150,415 -5,000 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE 8,824 8,824 .............. SPECIAL OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 37,517 37,517 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH 1,751,578 1,678,959 -72,619 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECH INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS AD 25,915 25,915 .............. COMBATING TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT 71,171 111,171 +40,000 FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING 21,782 21,782 .............. COUNTERPROLIFERATION INITIATIVES--PROLIF PREV & DEFEAT 290,654 280,654 -10,000 ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 12,139 12,139 .............. DISCRIMINATION SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 28,200 33,200 +5,000 WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 45,389 65,389 +20,000 ADVANCED C4ISR 9,876 9,876 .............. ADVANCED RESEARCH 17,364 17,364 .............. JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 18,802 18,802 .............. AGILE TRANSPO FOR THE 21ST CENTURY [AT21]--THEATER CA 2,679 1,706 -973 SPECIAL PROGRAM--MDA TECHNOLOGY 64,708 13,908 -50,800 ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS 185,043 175,025 -10,018 SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY 126,692 126,692 .............. ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS 14,645 14,645 .............. ADVANCED INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS 59,830 50,030 -9,800 COMMON KILL VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY 46,753 66,753 +20,000 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM--ADVANCED DEV 140,094 140,094 .............. RETRACT LARCH 118,666 118,666 .............. JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 43,966 23,966 -20,000 JOINT CAPABILITY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS 141,540 126,540 -15,000 NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES 6,980 5,000 -1,980 DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROG 157,056 157,056 .............. EMERGING CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 33,515 37,515 +4,000 GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS 16,543 14,543 -2,000 DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY 29,888 25,270 -4,618 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM 65,836 65,836 .............. MICROELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT 79,037 89,037 +10,000 JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM 9,626 5,000 -4,626 ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES 79,021 75,985 -3,036 COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 201,335 201,335 .............. NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY 452,861 432,861 -20,000 SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 257,127 245,127 -12,000 DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 10,771 10,771 .............. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE 15,202 15,202 .............. QUICK REACTION SPECIAL PROJECTS 90,500 65,500 -25,000 ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 18,377 8,377 -10,000 TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 82,589 94,589 +12,000 OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT 37,420 42,420 +5,000 CWMD SYSTEMS 42,488 42,488 .............. SPECIAL OPERATIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 57,741 59,741 +2,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 3,229,821 3,147,970 -81,851 DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT 31,710 31,710 .............. WALKOFF 90,567 90,567 .............. ADVANCE SENSOR APPLICATIONS PROGRAM 15,900 15,900 .............. ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 52,758 52,758 .............. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT 228,021 205,621 -22,400 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT 1,284,891 1,284,891 .............. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 172,754 170,354 -2,400 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSORS 233,588 233,588 .............. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ENABLING PROGRAMS 409,088 409,088 .............. SPECIAL PROGRAMS--MDA 400,387 400,387 .............. AEGIS BMD 843,355 843,355 .............. SPACE SURVEILLANCE & TRACKING SYSTEM 31,632 31,632 .............. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM SPACE PROGRAMS 23,289 23,289 .............. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL, BATTLE 450,085 437,785 -12,300 MANAGEMENT BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT 49,570 49,570 .............. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE INTERGRATION AND OPERATIONS 49,211 49,211 .............. CENTER (MDIOC) REGARDING TRENCH 9,583 9,583 .............. SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR [SBX] 72,866 72,866 .............. ISRAELI COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS 102,795 267,595 +164,800 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST 274,323 287,804 +13,481 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TARGETS 513,256 527,994 +14,738 HUMANITARIAN DEMINING 10,129 10,129 .............. COALITION WARFARE 10,350 10,350 .............. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORROSION PROGRAM 1,518 11,518 +10,000 TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES 96,300 4,271 -92,029 ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES 469,798 469,798 .............. DOD UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) COMMON DEVELOPMENT 3,129 7,791 +4,662 DEFENSE RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM .............. 400,000 +400,000 JOINT C5 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND 25,200 21,700 -3,500 INTEROPERABILITY LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR 137,564 137,564 .............. IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS 278,944 298,944 +20,000 BMD TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT TEST 26,225 26,225 .............. AEGIS BMD TEST 55,148 82,468 +27,320 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR TEST 86,764 86,764 .............. LAND-BASED SM-3 [LBSM3] 34,970 34,970 .............. AEGIS SM-3 BLOCK IIA CO-DEVELOPMENT 172,645 172,645 .............. BMD MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT TEST 64,618 64,618 .............. JOINT ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY [JET] PROGRAM 2,660 2,660 .............. CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE 963 963 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION 6,816,554 7,338,926 +522,372 ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT 8,800 8,800 .............. PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 78,817 88,817 +10,000 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 303,647 282,147 -21,500 ADVANCED IT SERVICES JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE [AITS-JPO] 23,424 18,424 -5,000 JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM [JTIDS] 14,285 14,285 .............. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION DEFEAT CAPABILITIES 7,156 7,156 .............. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 12,542 12,042 -500 HOMELAND PERSONNEL SECURITY INITIATIVE 191 .............. -191 DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY PROGRAM 3,273 3,273 .............. OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES 5,962 2,962 -3,000 DOD ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 13,412 11,912 -1,500 DCMO POLICY AND INTEGRATION 2,223 2,223 .............. DEFENSE AGENCY INITIATIVES FINANCIAL SYSTEM 31,660 31,660 .............. DEFENSE RETIRED AND ANNUITANT PAY SYSTEM (DRAS) 13,085 10,135 -2,950 DEFENSE-WIDE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT CAPABILITY 7,209 7,209 .............. GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM 15,158 13,794 -1,364 DOD ENTERPRISE ENERGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (EEIM) 4,414 3,614 -800 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT 545,258 518,453 -26,805 RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM [DRRS] 5,581 5,581 .............. JOINT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT 3,081 3,081 .............. CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT 229,125 214,125 -15,000 ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS 28,674 28,674 .............. JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT TEST CAPABILITY [JMETC] 45,235 40,235 -5,000 TECHNICAL STUDIES, SUPPORT AND ANALYSIS 24,936 24,936 .............. JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION 35,471 32,009 -3,462 CLASSIFIED PROGRAM USD(P) .............. 111,241 +111,241 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 37,655 41,655 +4,000 STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT 3,015 2,715 -300 NUCLEAR MATTERS--PHYSICAL SECURITY 5,287 5,287 .............. SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION 5,289 5,289 .............. GENERAL SUPPORT TO USD (INTELLIGENCE) 2,120 1,689 -431 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 102,264 102,264 .............. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 2,169 2,169 .............. DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS 13,960 216,960 +203,000 DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER [DTIC] 51,775 56,775 +5,000 R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD ENLISTMENT, TESTING & EVALUATION 9,533 7,937 -1,596 DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION 17,371 17,371 .............. MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) 71,571 71,571 .............. BUDGET AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS 4,123 4,123 .............. OPERATIONS SECURITY [OPSEC] 1,946 1,946 .............. JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL SUPPORT 7,673 5,000 -2,673 SUPPORT TO INFORMATION OPERATIONS [IO] CAPABILITIES 10,413 10,413 .............. DEFENSE MILITARY DECEPTION PROGRAM OFFICE 971 971 .............. CYBER INTELLIGENCE 6,579 6,579 .............. COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING TRANSFORMATION 43,811 42,766 -1,045 MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS--MDA 35,871 35,871 .............. MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS--WHS 1,072 1,072 .............. 9CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 49,500 49,500 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 856,071 1,149,805 +293,734 OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS) 7,929 4,229 -3,700 REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIP FOR PEAC 1,750 1,750 .............. OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE SHARED INFORMATION SY 294 294 .............. INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT 22,576 22,576 .............. OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 1,901 1,901 .............. GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT 8,474 8,474 .............. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS D 33,561 33,561 .............. PLANNING AND DECISION AID SYSTEM 3,061 1,842 -1,219 C4I INTEROPERABILITY 64,921 63,341 -1,580 JOINT/ALLIED COALITION INFORMATION SHARING 3,645 1,845 -1,800 NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND SYSTEM-WIDE SUPPORT 963 963 .............. DEFENSE INFO INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION 10,186 10,186 .............. LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS [DCS] 36,883 32,383 -4,500 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK 13,735 13,735 .............. PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE [PKI] 6,101 6,101 .............. KEY MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE [KMI] 43,867 43,867 .............. INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM 8,957 8,957 .............. INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM 146,890 156,890 +10,000 GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM 21,503 21,503 .............. JOINT SPECTRUM CENTER (DEFENSE SPECTRUM ORGANIZATION) 20,342 20,342 .............. NET-CENTRIC ENTERPRISE SERVICES [NCES] 444 444 .............. JOINT MILITARY DECEPTION INITIATIVE 1,736 1,736 .............. TELEPORT PROGRAM 65,060 65,060 .............. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS FOR CONTINGENCIES 2,976 2,976 .............. POLICY R&D PROGRAMS 4,182 4,182 .............. NET CENTRICITY 18,130 18,130 .............. DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS 5,302 5,302 .............. DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS 3,239 3,239 .............. INSIDER THREAT 11,733 2,533 -9,200 HOMELAND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM 2,119 2,119 .............. INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 24,605 22,605 -2,000 LOGISTICS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 1,770 1,770 .............. MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (JCS) 2,978 2,978 .............. MQ-9 UAV 18,151 23,151 +5,000 RQ-11 UAV 758 758 .............. SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEV 173,934 189,134 +15,200 SPECIAL OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 6,866 6,866 .............. SOF OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS 63,008 63,008 .............. WARRIOR SYSTEMS 25,342 33,842 +8,500 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 3,401 3,401 .............. SOF TACTICAL VEHICLES 3,212 3,212 .............. SOF MARITIME SYSTEMS 63,597 53,137 -10,460 SOF GLOBAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES 3,933 3,933 .............. SOF OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE 10,623 10,623 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 974,638 978,879 +4,241 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 3,564,272 3,478,272 -86,000 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DEF-WIDE 18,329,861 18,926,433 +596,572 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Basic Research Initiatives 42,022 72,022 +30,000 Basic research program increase .............. .............. +30,000 5 National Defense Education Program 49,453 54,453 +5,000 Authorization adjustment: Basic research program .............. .............. +5,000 increase 6 Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority 25,834 34,334 +8,500 Institutions Basic research program increase .............. .............. +8,500 9 Biomedical Technology 114,262 111,462 -2,800 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -2,800 12 Information & Communications Technology 356,358 338,433 -17,925 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover and .............. .............. -17,925 documentation disparity 15 Chemical and Biological Defense Program 208,111 202,611 -5,500 Improving funds management: Forward financing .............. .............. -5,500 18 Tactical Technology 314,582 302,582 -12,000 Maintain program affordability: Program growth and .............. .............. -12,000 new starts 19 Materials and Biological Technology 220,115 201,721 -18,394 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -18,394 20 Electronics Technology 174,798 163,798 -11,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover and .............. .............. -11,000 new starts 21 Weapons of Mass Destruction Defeat Technologies 155,415 150,415 -5,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -5,000 26 Combating Terrorism Technology Support 71,171 111,171 +40,000 Program increase .............. .............. +40,000 28 Counter proliferation Initiatives--Proliferation 290,654 280,654 -10,000 Prevention and Defeat Budget documentation disparity: Poor justification .............. .............. -10,000 materials and prior year carryover 31 Discrimination Sensor Technology 28,200 33,200 +5,000 Transfer from line 96 for discrimination sensor .............. .............. +5,000 technology maturation 32 Weapons Technology 45,389 65,389 +20,000 Transfer from line 96 for laser technology maturation .............. .............. +10,000 Authorization adjustment: Divert attitude control .............. .............. +10,000 systems technology to support Multi-Object Kill Vehicle 36 Agile Transportation for the 21st Century [AT21]--Theater 2,679 1,706 -973 Capability Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -973 37 Special Program--MDA Technology 64,708 13,908 -50,800 Program adjustment .............. .............. -50,800 38 Advanced Aerospace Systems 185,043 175,025 -10,018 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -10,018 41 Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts 59,830 50,030 -9,800 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover and .............. .............. -9,800 minimize growth 42 Common Kill Vehicle Technology 46,753 66,753 +20,000 Authorization adjustment: Increase for Multi-Object .............. .............. +20,000 Kill Vehicle 45 Joint Electronic Advanced Technology 43,966 23,966 -20,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover and .............. .............. -20,000 minimize growth 46 Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations 141,540 126,540 -15,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover and .............. .............. -25,000 minimize growth Program increase: Cybersecurity technology .............. .............. +10,000 demonstrations 47 Networked Communications Capabilities 6,980 5,000 -1,980 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -1,980 51 Emerging Capabilities Technology Development 33,515 37,515 +4,000 Program increase .............. .............. +4,000 52 Generic Logistics R&D Technology Demonstrations 16,543 14,543 -2,000 Maintain program affordability: Program growth and .............. .............. -2,000 new starts 53 Deployment and Distribution Enterprise Technology 29,888 25,270 -4,618 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -4,618 55 Microelectronics Technology Development and Support 79,037 89,037 +10,000 Program increase .............. .............. +10,000 56 Joint Warfighting Program 9,626 5,000 -4,626 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -4,626 57 Advanced Electronics Technologies 79,021 75,985 -3,036 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -3,036 59 Network-Centric Warfare Technology 452,861 432,861 -20,000 Authorization adjustment: Program growth .............. .............. -20,000 60 Sensor Technology 257,127 245,127 -12,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -12,000 63 Quick Reaction Special Projects 90,500 65,500 -25,000 Budget documentation disparity: Poor justification .............. .............. -25,000 materials 66 Engineering Science & Technology 18,377 8,377 -10,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unjustified .............. .............. -10,000 request for engineered resilient systems 67 Test & Evaluation Science & Technology 82,589 94,589 +12,000 Program increase .............. .............. +12,000 68 Operational Energy Capability Improvement 37,420 42,420 +5,000 Program increase .............. .............. +5,000 70 SOF Advanced Technology Development 57,741 59,741 +2,000 Program increase .............. .............. +2,000 76 Ballistic Missile Defense Terminal Defense Segment 228,021 205,621 -22,400 Maintain program affordability: Software Build 4.0 .............. .............. -22,400 excess growth at program initiation 78 Chemical and Biological Defense Program--Dem/Val 172,754 170,354 -2,400 Restoring acquisition accountability: Unjustified .............. .............. -2,400 request for CBRN 85 Ballistic Missile Defense Command and Control, Battle 450,085 437,785 -12,300 Management and Communication Restoring acquisition accountability: Future Spirals .............. .............. -12,300 concurrency with multiple ongoing efforts and excess growth 90 Israeli Cooperative Programs 102,795 267,595 +164,800 Israeli Upper tier .............. .............. +19,500 Israeli Arrow program .............. .............. +45,500 Short range ballistic missile defense .............. .............. +99,800 91 Ballistic Missile Defense Test 274,323 287,804 +13,481 Transfer test from line 96 .............. .............. +13,481 92 Ballistic Missile Defense Targets 513,256 527,994 +14,738 Transfer target procurement from line 96 .............. .............. +14,738 95 Department of Defense Corrosion Program 1,518 11,518 +10,000 Authorization adjustment: Program increase .............. .............. +10,000 96 Technology Maturation Initiatives 96,300 4,271 -92,029 Restoring acquisition accountability: Advanced Sensor .............. .............. -43,810 Prototype Development Restoring acquisition accountability: Directed Energy .............. .............. -20,000 Prototype Development Transfer test to line 91 .............. .............. -13,481 Transfer target procurement to line 92 .............. .............. -14,738 98 Department of Defense (DOD) Unmanned Aircraft System 3,129 7,791 +4,662 [UAS] Common Development Program Increase .............. .............. +4,662 101 Defense Rapid Innovation Program .............. 400,000 +400,000 Authorization adjustment: Technology Offset .............. .............. +400,000 Initiative 103 Joint C5 Capability Development, Integration and 25,200 21,700 -3,500 Interoperability Assessments Budget documentation disparity: Incomplete .............. .............. -3,500 justification materials and execution issues 106 Improved Homeland Defense Interceptors 278,944 298,944 +20,000 Authorization adjustment: Redesigned kill vehicle .............. .............. +20,000 development 108 Aegis BMD Test 55,148 82,468 +27,320 Transfer additional SM-3 Block IB flight tests: MDA .............. .............. +27,320 requested from PDW Line #25 117 Prompt Global Strike Capability Development 78,817 88,817 +10,000 Authorization adjustment: Conventional Prompt Global .............. .............. +10,000 Strike development and flight test 118 Chemical and Biological Defense Program--EMD 303,647 282,147 -21,500 Restoring acquisition accountability: Milestone B .............. .............. -10,000 delay for Common Analytical Laboratory system Restoring acquisition accountability: Milestone B .............. .............. -1,500 delay for Joint Biological Aircraft Decontamination System Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -10,000 119 Advanced IT Services Joint Program Office [AITS-JPO] 23,424 18,424 -5,000 Maintain program affordability: Excess program .............. .............. -5,000 management 122 Information Technology Development 12,542 12,042 -500 Budget documentation disparity: TBD's in .............. .............. -500 justification books 123 Homeland Personnel Security Initiative 191 .............. -191 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -191 125 OUSD(C) IT Development Initiatives 5,962 2,962 -3,000 Improving funds management: Forward financing and .............. .............. -3,000 late contract awards 126 DOD Enterprise Systems Development and Demonstration 13,412 11,912 -1,500 Improving funds management: Forward financing and .............. .............. -1,500 late contract awards 129 Defense Retired and Annuitant Pay System [DRAS] 13,085 10,135 -2,950 Restoring acquisition accountability: Delayed new .............. .............. -2,950 start contract award 131 Global Combat Support System 15,158 13,794 -1,364 Maintain program affordability: Unjustified growth .............. .............. -1,364 132 DoD Enterprise Energy Information Management [EEIM] 4,414 3,614 -800 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -800 135 Central Test and Evaluation Investment Development 229,125 214,125 -15,000 [CTEIP] Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -15,000 138 Joint Mission Environment Test Capability [JMETC] 45,235 40,235 -5,000 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover and .............. .............. -5,000 minimize growth 141 Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization 35,471 32,009 -3,462 [JIAMDO] Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -3,462 142 Classified Program USD(P) .............. 111,241 +111,241 Classified program adjustment .............. .............. +111,241 144 Systems Engineering 37,655 41,655 +4,000 Program increase .............. .............. +4,000 145 Studies and Analysis Support--OSD 3,015 2,715 -300 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -300 148 General Support to USD (Intelligence) 2,120 1,689 -431 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -431 159 Defense Technology Analysis 13,960 216,960 +203,000 Program increase .............. .............. +3,000 Authorization adjustment: Assessment of major weapon .............. .............. +200,000 system cyber vulnerabilities 160 Defense Technical Information Center [DTIC] 51,775 56,775 +5,000 Program increase: National security technology .............. .............. +5,000 accelerator technology knowledge exchange 161 R&D in Support of DOD Enlistment, Testing and Evaluation 9,533 7,937 -1,596 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover and .............. .............. -1,596 minimize growth 166 Joint Staff Analytical Support 7,673 5,000 -2,673 Restoring acquisition accountability: Delayed new .............. .............. -2,673 start contract award 173 COCOM Exercise Engagement and Training Transformation 43,811 42,766 -1,045 [CE2T2]--MHA Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -1,045 178 Enterprise Security System [ESS] 7,929 4,229 -3,700 Restoring acquisition accountability: Contract award .............. .............. -3,700 delay 186 Planning and Decision Aid System [PDAS] 3,061 1,842 -1,219 Budget documentation disparity: Poor justification .............. .............. -1,219 material 187 C4I Interoperability 64,921 63,341 -1,580 Maintain program affordability: Major Range and Test .............. .............. -1,580 Facility Base [MRTFB] infrastructure growth 189 Joint/Allied Coalition Information Sharing 3,645 1,845 -1,800 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -1,800 195 Long-Haul Communications--DCS 36,883 32,383 -4,500 Improving funds management: Forward financing .............. .............. -4,500 200 Information Systems Security Program 146,890 156,890 +10,000 Authorization adjustment: Sharkseer enterprise email .............. .............. +10,000 initiative increase 225 Insider Threat 11,733 2,533 -9,200 Transfer Insider Threat/Continuous Evaluation: DSS- .............. .............. -9,200 requested to OMDW 234 Industrial Preparedness 24,605 22,605 -2,000 Restoring acquisition accountability: Contract award .............. .............. -2,000 delay 237 MQ-9 UAV 18,151 23,151 +5,000 Authorization adjustment: MQ-9 capability .............. .............. +5,000 enhancements 240 Aviation Systems 173,934 189,134 +15,200 Transfer C-130 TF/TA: SOCOM requested from PDW Line .............. .............. +7,500 #54 C-130 Modifications Authorization adjustment: C-130 TF/TA program .............. .............. +7,700 adjustment 243 Warrior Systems 25,342 33,842 +8,500 Improving funds management: Prior year carryover .............. .............. -2,000 Program increase .............. .............. +10,500 246 Maritime Systems 63,597 53,137 -10,460 Maintain program affordability: Test and evaluation .............. .............. -10,460 delayed due to FY2015 NDAA Classified Programs 3,564,272 3,478,272 -86,000 Classified program adjustment .............. .............. -86,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System [MAD-FIRES].--The Committee is aware of a number of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA] development projects that are designed to provide in-flight guidance to small and medium caliber munitions. These projects, such as the Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance [EXACTO] and MAD-FIRES, have the potential to increase direct fire accuracy and lethality while reducing associated logistical support costs. The Committee encourages the military services to leverage this maturing technology in weapon programs designed to counter multiple target sets and platforms with limited ammunition carrying capacity. Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel.-- The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request contains funding for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA] to continue work on the Anti-Submarine Warfare [ASW] Continuous-Trail Unmanned Vessel [ACTUV]. The Committee is aware of and encouraged by recent at-sea tests demonstrating the success of the autonomous command and control software aboard a surrogate test vessel. The Committee encourages the Director of DARPA and the Secretary of the Navy to complete additional testing of the autonomy design to ensure the successful transition of this demonstrated program. Microelectronics Technology Development and Support.--The Committee is concerned about maintaining supply chain assurance against counterfeit microelectronic parts. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly updates to the Committee on its efforts to maintain a robust Trusted Foundry capacity in the United States. Polyurethane Protective Tape on Aircraft.--In order to minimize rotary and fixed wing aircraft sustainment costs and enhance platform availability, the Department of Defense is encouraged to use polyurethane protective tapes on composite and aluminum exterior surfaces susceptible to erosion from the high speed impact of rain, sand or dust. This includes applications on both existing aircraft and new platform designs as appropriate. Lithium-ion Battery Safety.--The Committee is aware of the need to increase research and development on materials aimed at improving lithium-ion battery safety and performance. The development of new, non-flammable electrolytes could lead to the development of lithium-ion batteries that are safer and more energy efficient. Accordingly, the Department of Defense is encouraged to develop lithium-ion battery technologies that protect soldiers and improve mission performance. Small Business Research Initiatives.--The Committee recognizes the importance of the Small Business Innovation Research [SBIR] program and its success in commercialization from federally funded research and development projects. The SBIR program encourages domestic small business to engage in Federal research and development and creates jobs, supporting rapid growth in the smallest firms. The Committee encourages the Department of Defense to continue placing an increased focus on firms new to the SBIR program by providing resources to assist these firms, especially with government contracting and accounting. Advanced Green Laser Ballistic Eye Protection.--The Committee understands that the Army desires laser eye protection to protect the warfighter from green laser. The Committee therefore encourages the Secretary of the Army to develop lightweight protective eyewear that provides night vision capabilities to improve soldier protection from this widespread threat. Heat Exchange Rate Research.--The Committee encourages the Director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support research and technology development in surface design and manufacturing to increase heat exchange rates by 10 times in power generation; to alleviate icing formation on aircraft wings; to inhibit the accumulation of unwanted living organism on ships; and to inhibit bacteria growth in biomedical systems and devices. Such surfaces should be computationally designed and robustly manufactured and maintained over a wide range of engineering materials to enable super-efficient and cost- effective engineered systems. Trusted Foundry.--The Committee is concerned with efforts of a foreign based company to acquire a U.S.-based foundry that supplies trusted microprocessors for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The Committee has been informed by the Department that near-term and long-term plans are being developed to address access to microprocessors from trusted sources. Therefore, not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report on the near-term and long-term plan to address U.S. access to trusted microprocessors. Department of Defense Acquisition and Innovation.--The Committee is aware of the Department of Defense release of the third iteration of Better Buying Power initiative and commends the Department for its continued efforts to increase efficiency throughout the research, development, acquisition and production process. Increasing the use of prototyping and removing barriers to increase the utilization of commercial technology should reduce costs and increase technology transition to our warfighters. The Committee notes the Department's recent request for information concerning research and development projects that promote innovation in military and dual-use technologies that could support military needs and advance the capabilities of the industrial base. The Committee encourages the Department to engage in more of this type of activity and directs the Department to provide periodic updates to the congressional defense committees on progress made within these initiatives. Mobile Applications for Military Use.--The Committee notes the increased importance of providing United States servicemembers with advancements in technology and supports Department of Defense efforts to build mobile applications and other specialized equipment. The Committee directs the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency [DISA] to review its mobile strategy, in particular the process for delivering mobile applications that address the needs of the wide array of servicemember specializations, and submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act. Further, the Committee recognizes the importance of small businesses in providing mobile applications for military uses and encourages DISA to engage small businesses to find these specialized solutions. Cyber Warfare Planning Capabilities.--The Committee is concerned that current and future adversaries of the United States are working to develop technical capabilities which will utilize the entire spectrum of denial technologies, from traditional kinetic weapons to cyber and electromagnetic weapons, which could enable adversarial forces to leverage new weapons and tactics against U.S. forces. U.S. forces must be prepared to fight a full spectrum conflict, which includes cyber-attacks and electromagnetic attacks in the battlespace. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to develop a cyber-kinetic training capability for special operations forces as a pilot program for incorporating cyber kinetic training into the overall training cycle. The Department, in planning and developing this training, testing, evaluation, and assessment capability, is encouraged to use existing facilities where live-fire kinetic and cyber-attacks can be conducted against live and simulated cyber infrastructure, in order to enhance warfighting capabilities and prepare service members for future threats. The Committee also recommends that the Department consult with National Nuclear Security Agency, the National Security Agency, and other US intelligence agencies, as appropriate, to develop this capability. The Department of Defense shall submit a report on its plan to develop and incorporate such training not later than 180 days after enactment of this act. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation [RDT&E], Defense-Wide Justification Material.--The Committee is concerned with the level of detail provided by the Department of Defense to justify the fiscal year 2016 President's budget request in the RDT&E, Defense-Wide account. The Financial Management Regulations requires that programs within budget activity 4 through budget activity 7 be required to provide additional justification material beyond the basic R-1. Having additional justification material presented with the budget submission provides for more effective oversight of the funding requested in the account. To that end, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the leadership of the agencies and organizations whose funding is contained in the RDT&E, Defense- Wide account provide R-3 and R-4 data for all programs within budget activity 3. This information should be provided as part of the annual budget submission. Anti-Tunnel Capabilities.--The Committee understands that the United States and Israel face a growing threat to their borders from tunnels, and that these tunnels could be used for criminal or terrorist purposes. Therefore, the Committee believes that the United States and Israel could potentially benefit from developing technologies to detect and counter tunnels. However, the Committee notes that the Department of Defense has not identified to the Committee a requirement for developing such a capability, nor has the Secretary of Defense established a memorandum of agreement with the Government of Israel regarding the establishment of anti-tunnel capabilities. Therefore, the Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to provide in the near-term to the congressional defense committees an update on current anti-tunnel capabilities, including a roadmap for future capabilities. MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Missile Defense Agency [MDA] Science and Technology Initiatives.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $320,729,000 for missile defense science and technology initiatives, an increase of $125,641,000 over amounts appropriated in fiscal year 2015. The Committee supports investment in technologies addressing future needs in a cost- effective manner; however, the Committee is concerned with MDA's proposed plans. The Committee notes a significant increase for prototyping of systems based on immature technology, as well as significant concurrency between efforts. Further, the Committee remains concerned by the absence of defined requirements, cost targets, and realistic operational concepts. Therefore, the Committee recommends full funding for advanced technology development, but does not recommend funding for prototyping these technologies. Instead, the Committee recommends a $15,000,000 increase for continued technology development and maturation. Divert and Attitude Control Systems [DACS] Strategy.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $11,842,000 for the competitive development of next generation DACS technology, a reduction of $8,633,000, or 42 percent, from fiscal year 2015. The Committee notes that MDA has not planned any funds for the continued development of next generation DACS technology in the following fiscal years, despite that fact that according to MDA, ``the DACS component is critical to making precise trajectory adjustments to position the kill vehicle for a target intercept''. The Committee notes the limited U.S. DACS industrial base, as well as significant cost savings and technology advances MDA has repeatedly garnered from having access to a competitive DACS industrial base during previous program development and acquisitions. Therefore, the Committee is concerned that MDA's strategy to support the DACS industrial base omits investing in new DACS technologies to support future weapons programs. In particular, the fiscal year 2016 budget request initiates the Multi-Object Kill Vehicle [MOKV] that will likely require next generation DACS technology. The Committee notes that MDA intends to award prototype concept contracts for the amount of $25,628,000 in fiscal year 2016. The Committee directs that not more than $6,332,000 may be obligated or expended for MOKV prototype concept contracts until the Director, MDA certifies to the congressional defense committees that MDA's ``Plan to Sustain Competitive Divert Attitude Control System Industrial Base'' is appropriately resourced in MDA's Future Year Defense Program to meet MDA's stated objective. The Committee recommends an additional $10,000,000 for DACS technology to mitigate the funding shortfall in fiscal year 2016. SM-3 Block IIA Interceptor.--The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $172,645,000 for continued development and the first flight test of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, which supports the European Phased Adaptive Approach. The Committee recommends full funding of this request. In addition, the budget requests $136,217,000 to continue incrementally funding 17 SM-3 Block IIA flight test rounds. The Committee notes that this quantity considerably exceeds the number of rounds required for flight testing and initial fielding. The Committee further notes that these test rounds are expected to cost $515,300,000 through fiscal year 2020. Finally, the Committee is concerned by contractual agreements MDA has committed to for these flight rounds well in advance of them being ground or flight tested. MDA has informed the Committee that renegotiating contracts for these test rounds would add costs to the program and result in a fielding delay of the European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III. The Committee does not support such a delay and therefore does not object to the funding request in this fiscal year. However, the Committee notes that an initial production decision for the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor is scheduled for fiscal year 2017. The Committee expects to receive insight into MDA's acquisition, contracting and budgeting strategy for initial production rounds prior to MDA entering into agreements with industry or foreign partners. Further, the Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to submit with the fiscal year 2017 budget request a report detailing by service and program all ongoing Department of Defense development programs with international partners, U.S. contributions by fiscal year since their respective initiation, and status of contracts through the fiscal year 2017 Future Years Defense Program. MDA Integrated Master Test Plan [IMTP].--The Committee understands that MDA has revised the process by which it develops its annual Integrated Master Test Plan to--amongst other goals--align more closely with the budget development and enactment process. The Committee welcomes this approach, but remains concerned with MDA's inability to retain a stable test program and repeated in-year plan adjustments due to target failures, test failures, re-tests, and new test requirements. The Committee notes that since fiscal year 2012, MDA has executed less than 50 percent of its planned annual test program. While the Committee recognizes the need for execution year adjustments to some degree, the Committee is concerned that these constant adjustments reduce the overall quality of MDA's test program. Further, the Committee notes that MDA has yet to submit its Integrated Master Test Plan for the upcoming year. The Committee expects the Director, MDA to continue to improve planning and execution of the MDA test program. Sharing of Classified United States Ballistic Missile Defense Information With the Russian Federation.--The Committee remains concerned with the potential security risks associated with sharing sensitive U.S. missile defense data and technology with the Russian Federation. The Committee recognizes that existing law restricts the sharing of sensitive and classified ballistic missile defense information with the Russian Federation, as established in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. The Committee expects the administration to continue to adhere to current law until superseded by an act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2016. Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Appropriations, 2015.................................... $209,378,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 170,558,000 Committee recommendation................................ 190,558,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $190,558,000. This is $20,000,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RDT&E Management Support Operational Test and Evaluation 76,838 76,838 .............. Live Fire Test and Evaluation 46,882 46,882 .............. Operational Test Activities and Analyses 46,838 66,838 +20,000 Program increase: Threat resource analysis .............. .............. +9,000 Program increase: Joint test and evaluation .............. .............. +11,000 ------------------------------------------------- Total, Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense 170,558 190,558 +20,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE V REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS Defense Working Capital Funds Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,649,468,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,312,568,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,779,568,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,779,568,000. This is $467,000,000 above the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supply Management............................................... 50,432 50,432 .............. Arsenal Initiative.............................................. .............. 145,000 +145,000 ----------------------------------------------- Total, Defense Working Capital Fund, Army................. 50,432 195,432 +145,000 =============================================== Supplies and Materials (Medical/Dental)......................... 62,898 62,898 .............. ----------------------------------------------- Total, Defense Working Capital Fund, Air Force............ 62,898 62,898 .............. =============================================== Defense Logistics Agency........................................ 45,084 45,084 .............. ----------------------------------------------- Total, Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense-wide......... 45,084 45,084 .............. =============================================== Commissary Operations........................................... 1,154,154 1,476,154 +322,000 Commissary Increase............................................. .............. .............. +322,000 ----------------------------------------------- Total, Defense Working Capital Fund, DECA................. 1,154,154 1,476,154 +322,000 =============================================== Grand Total, Defense Working Capital Funds................ 1,312,568 1,779,568 +467,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meals Ready-to-Eat War Reserve.--The Committee commends the Defense Logistics Agency [DLA] for initiating action to study the Meals Ready to Eat [MRE] War Reserve and industrial base. The Committee encourages the Director of the DLA to maintain the recommendations outlined in DLA's September 2013 Meals Ready to Eat [MRE] Strategic Plan. This plan outlined an objective to maintain a stockage level of 5,000,000 cases of MREs and projected an annual purchase rate of approximately 2,500,000 cases through 2016 to meet the stockage objective and ensure the industrial base is able to meet surge requirements. The Director of the DLA shall submit written notification to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days prior to seeking any potential modifications to the War Reserve after September 30, 2015. National Defense Sealift Fund Appropriations, 2015.................................... $485,012,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 474,164,000 Committee recommendation................................ 474,164,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $474,164,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation and the Committee recommendation: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Strategic 15,456 15,456 .............. Sealift Acquisition 2 DOD Mobilization 160,520 160,520 .............. Assets 3 Sealift Research 25,197 25,197 .............. and Development 4 Ready Reserve 272,991 272,991 .............. Force Operations and Maintenance ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, 474,164 474,164 .............. National Defense Sealift Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE VI OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS Defense Health Program Appropriations, 2015.................................... $32,069,772,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 32,243,328,000 Committee recommendation................................ 32,267,914,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $32,267,914,000. This is $24,586,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IN-HOUSE CARE 9,082,298 8,871,326 -210,972 PRIVATE SECTOR CARE 14,892,683 14,619,830 -272,853 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT 2,415,658 2,163,659 -251,999 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 1,677,827 1,653,614 -24,213 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 327,967 325,908 -2,059 EDUCATION AND TRAINING 750,614 727,864 -22,750 BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS 1,742,893 1,741,690 -1,203 ------------------------------------------------- SUBTOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 30,889,940 30,103,891 -786,049 PROCUREMENT INITIAL OUTFITTING 33,392 33,392 .............. REPLACEMENT AND MODERNIZATION 330,504 330,504 .............. THEATER MEDICAL INFORMATION PROGRAM 1,494 1,494 .............. INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (IEHR) 7,897 .............. -7,897 ------------------------------------------------- SUBTOTAL, PROCUREMENT 373,287 365,390 -7,897 RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION RESEARCH 10,996 10,996 .............. EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT 59,473 59,473 .............. ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT 231,356 231,356 .............. DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION 103,443 103,443 .............. ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT 515,910 506,942 -8,968 MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT 41,567 41,567 .............. CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT 17,356 17,356 .............. UNDISTRIBUTED MEDICAL RESEARCH .............. 827,500 +827,500 ------------------------------------------------- SUBTOTAL, RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION 980,101 1,798,633 +818,532 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 32,243,328 32,267,914 +24,586 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 budget Committee Change from Item estimate recommendation budget estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operation and Maintenance.................................... 30,889,940 30,103,891 -786,049 In-House Care............................................ 9,082,298 8,871,326 -210,972 Improving funds management: Unjustified restoration ............... ............... -59,125 of fiscal year 2015 congressional reductions........ Improving funds management: TRICARE consolidation not ............... ............... -29,719 authorized.......................................... Improving funds management: Pharmacy co-pay increases ............... ............... -30,528 not authorized...................................... Improving funds management: Overestimation of ............... ............... -87,300 civilian full-time equivalent targets............... Improving funds management: Travel excess growth..... ............... ............... -4,300 Private Sector Care...................................... 14,892,683 14,619,830 -272,853 Improving funds management: Historical underexecution ............... ............... -263,100 Improving funds management: TRICARE consolidation not ............... ............... -9,753 authorized.......................................... Transfer within BAG 2: TRICARE consolidation not ............... ............... -45,528 authorized.......................................... Transfer within BAG 2: Pharmacy co-pay increases not ............... ............... +45,528 authorized.......................................... Consolidated Health Care................................. 2,415,658 2,163,659 -251,999 Improving funds management: Unjustified restoration ............... ............... -159,249 of fiscal year 2015 congressional reductions........ Improving funds management: Historical underexecution ............... ............... -92,750 Information Management/IT................................ 1,677,827 1,653,614 -24,213 Improving funds management: Unjustified restoration ............... ............... -23,013 of fiscal year 2015 congressional reductions........ Improving funds management: iEHR Department- ............... ............... -1,200 identified excess to requirement.................... Management Activities.................................... 327,967 325,908 -2,059 Improving funds management: Unjustified restoration ............... ............... -2,059 of fiscal year 2015 congressional reductions........ Education and Training................................... 750,614 727,864 -22,750 Improving funds management: Historical underexecution ............... ............... -22,750 Base Operations and Communications....................... 1,742,893 1,741,690 -1,203 Improving funds management: Unjustified restoration ............... ............... -1,203 of fiscal year 2015 congressional reductions........ Procurement.................................................. 373,287 365,390 -7,897 Improving funds management: iEHR Department-identified ............... ............... -7,897 excess to requirement................................... Research and Development..................................... 980,101 1,798,633 +818,532 Improving funds management: iEHR Department-identified ............... ............... -8,968 excess to requirement................................... Peer-reviewed breast cancer research..................... ............... ............... +120,000 Peer-reviewed cancer research............................ ............... ............... +50,000 Peer-reviewed epilepsy research.......................... ............... ............... +7,500 Peer-reviewed medical research........................... ............... ............... +278,700 Peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research.................... ............... ............... +10,000 Peer-reviewed prostate cancer research................... ............... ............... +64,000 Peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological ............... ............... +60,000 health research......................................... Joint warfighter medical research........................ ............... ............... +50,000 Orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research.............. ............... ............... +10,000 Core research funding.................................... ............... ............... +177,300 -------------------------------------------------- Total................................................ 32,243,328 32,267,914 +24,586 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Restoration of Fiscal Year 2015 Reductions.--The Committee was dismayed to find the fiscal year 2016 budget restored all of the congressional reductions in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015. The Committee was deliberate in its conference negotiations and believes that the restoration of prior year cuts creates an artificial baseline on which to build the following year's budget. In order to reassert congressional intent and create a more accurate baseline for fiscal year 2016, the Committee recommendation includes a total reduction of $267,399,000 to the budget request. Defense Health Program Reprogramming Procedures.--The Committee remains concerned regarding the transfer of funds from the In-House Care budget sub-activity to pay for contractor-provided medical care. To limit such transfers and improve oversight within the Defense Health Program operation and maintenance account, the Committee includes a provision which caps the funds available for Private Sector Care under the TRICARE program subject to prior approval reprogramming procedures. The provision and accompanying report language should not be interpreted by the Department as limiting the amount of funds that may be transferred to the Direct Care System from other budget activities within the Defense Health Program. In addition, the Committee continues to designate the funding for the In-House Care budget sub-activity as a special interest item. Any transfer of funds from the In-House Care budget sub-activity into the Private Sector Care budget sub- activity or any other budget sub-activity will require the Secretary of Defense to follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for operation and maintenance funds. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide written notification to the congressional defense committees of cumulative transfers in excess of $10,000,000 out of the Private Sector Care budget sub-activity not later than 15 days after such a transfer. The Committee further directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on budget execution data for all of the Defense Health Program budget activities and to adequately reflect changes to the budget activities requested by the services in future budget submissions. Carryover.--For fiscal year 2016, the Committee recommends 1 percent carryover authority for the operation and maintenance account of the Defense Health Program. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to submit a detailed spending plan for any fiscal year 2015 designated carryover funds to the congressional defense committees not less than 30 days prior to executing the carryover funds. Private Sector Care Underexecution.--According to a review by the Government Accountability Office, the Department underexecuted its Private Sector Care budget by $1,463,178,000 in fiscal year 2012, $519,427,000 in fiscal year 2013 and $481,654,000 in fiscal year 2014 for an average of 5.3 percent underexecution. Given the continued trend of prior-year underexecution, the Committee believes that additional savings can be realized and recommends a reduction of $263,100,000 to the fiscal year 2016 budget request. The Committee urges the Department to submit future year budgets that are more closely aligned with recent provided care patterns. The Committee recognizes the fiscal challenge posed by the rapidly increasing costs of compound pharmaceuticals and understands the Department has recently implemented an automated screening and prior authorization process in an attempt to rein in these costs. While there are likely additional savings in the Private Sector Care account for both historical underexecution and the restoration of prior year reductions, the Committee recognizes the dynamic nature of the compound pharmaceuticals issue and accordingly recommends only moderate reductions. Electronic Health Record.--The Committee remains concerned about the progress being made by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to develop fully interoperable electronic health records. The ultimate goal of the efforts of both Departments is to have systems that can exchange data in a meaningful way and be used in a dynamic environment to improve patient care and facilitate smoother transitions for servicemembers from military service to veteran status. The Committee appreciates the Department's improvements in providing information on prior year budgets and expenditures on its electronic health record as well as an equivalent level of detail for the fiscal year 2016 budget request. The Committee directs the Program Executive Officer [PEO] for the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization [DHMSM] program to provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees and the Government Accountability Office on the cost and schedule of the program, to include milestones, knowledge points and acquisition timelines, as well as quarterly obligation reports. These reports should also include the following: (1) any changes to the deployment timeline, including benchmarks, for full operating capability; (2) any refinements to the cost estimate for full operating capability and the total life cycle cost of the project; (3) an assurance that the acquisition strategy will comply with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government; (4) the status of the effort to achieve interoperability between the electronic health record systems of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the scope, cost, schedule, mapping to health data standards and performance benchmarks of the interoperable record; and (6) the progress toward developing, implementing and fielding the interoperable electronic health record throughout the two Departments' medical facilities. The Committee further directs the PEO DHMSM to continue briefing the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees on a quarterly basis, coinciding with the report submission. Given that full deployment of the new electronic health record is not scheduled until fiscal year 2022, the Committee expects the Department to continue working on interim modifications and enhancements to the current system to improve interoperability in the short-term. The Committee also directs the Department of Defense to provide written notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate prior to obligating any contract, or combination of contracts, for electronic health record systems in excess of $5,000,000. Finally, the Committee directs the Interagency Program Office to continue to provide quarterly briefings to the House and Senate Subcommittees on Appropriations for Defense and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies regarding standards development, how those standards are being incorporated by both DOD and VA and the progress of interoperability between the two Departments. In an effort to ensure government-wide accountability, the Committee also directs the DOD in coordination with the VA to provide the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States with monthly updates on progress made by the two Departments to reach interoperability and modernize their respective electronic health records. Traumatic Brain Injury [TBI]/ Psychological Health.--The Committee recommends $60,000,000 above the fiscal year 2016 budget request for continued research into treatment, prevention and detection of traumatic brain injuries and improved psychological health. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this act on expenditure and obligation data of additional funding added by Congress for psychological health and traumatic brain injury. This report should include information on agreements made with other government agencies. Additionally, the Committee is aware of recent medical advances in drug development for neurodegenerative diseases and encourages the Department to further its research into developing drugs that reverse, halt, or slow the neurodegenerative process associated with traumatic brain injury. The Committee is also aware of advances in diagnostic and mapping tools developed to better understand the cellular extent of TBI. These advances could lead to more effective protective gear that minimizes or eliminates the damage associated with TBI, and the Committee encourages the Department to continue its research in these areas. Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program.--The Committee recommends $278,700,000 for the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Service Surgeons General, to select medical research projects of clear scientific merit and direct relevance to military health. Research areas considered under this funding are restricted to: acute lung injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, antimicrobial resistance, autism, chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache, congenital heart disease, constrictive bronchiolitis, diabetes, dystonia, emerging infectious diseases, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Fragile X syndrome, gulf war illness, hepatitis B, hereditary angioedema, hydrocephalus, inflammatory bowel disease, influenza, integrative medicine, interstitial cystitis, lupus, malaria, metals toxicology, mitochondrial disease, multiple sclerosis, nanomaterials for bone regeneration, neurofibromatosis, non-opioid pain management, orthopedics, pancreatitis, Parkinson's, pathogen-inactivated dried plasma, polycystic kidney disease, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, psychotropic medications, pulmonary fibrosis, reconstructive transplantation, respiratory health, Rett syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, sleep disorders, spinal cord injury, tinnitus, tuberculosis, tuberous sclerosis complex, vaccine development for infectious disease, vascular malformations, vision and women's heart disease. The Committee emphasizes that the additional funding provided under the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program shall be devoted only to the purposes listed above. Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program.--The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for the Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program. Funds shall be used to augment and accelerate high priority Department of Defense and service medical requirements and to continue prior year initiatives that are close to achieving their objectives and yielding a benefit to military medicine. These funds shall not be used for new projects or basic research, and they shall be awarded at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense following a review of medical research and development gaps, as well as unfinanced medical requirements of the services. Further, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this act to the congressional defense committees, which lists the projects that receive funding. The report should include the funding amount awarded to each project, a thorough description of each project's research and the benefit the research will provide to the Department of Defense. Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Programs.--The Committee recommends $120,000,000 for the peer-reviewed breast cancer research program, $64,000,000 for the peer-reviewed prostate cancer research program, $10,000,000 for the peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research program and $50,000,000 for the peer- reviewed cancer research program that would research cancers not addressed in the aforementioned programs currently executed by the Department of Defense. The funds provided in the peer-reviewed cancer research program are directed to be used to conduct research in the following areas: colorectal cancer, immunotherapy, kidney cancer, liver cancer, melanoma, mesothelioma, neuroblastoma, pancreatic cancer, pediatric brain tumors and stomach cancer. The funds provided under the peer-reviewed cancer research program shall be used only for the purposes listed above. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this act to the congressional defense committees on the status of the peer-reviewed cancer research program. For each research area, the report should include the funding amount awarded, the progress of the research and the relevance of the research to servicemembers. The Committee is aware of increasingly effective technological advancements for the treatment of cancer, including advanced screening tools that promise better, individually-tailored, cost-effective treatment regimens. The Committee encourages the Department to continue research in pharmacogenomics, bioinformatics and related areas to further improve treatment options for service personnel and their families. Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research.--The Committee recommends $10,000,000 in support of orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research and directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this act to the congressional defense committees on the peer-reviewed projects that receive funding. The report should include the funding amount awarded to each project and the anticipated effect on patient care. Collaboration on Medical Research.--The Committee understands that the Department is continuing to work with the National Institutes of Health [NIH] on furthering a pilot program to share Department of Defense research data into Federal Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results [RePORTER]. The Committee continues to support this effort to share medical research data across Federal agencies and encourages the Department to require its use across the services to ensure all Department research data is entered into Federal RePORTER. Additionally, the Department should provide appropriate resources, both in amount and type of appropriation, in future budget submissions to carry out this effort. Last year, the Committee directed the Department to contract with the Institute of Medicine to evaluate the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program and provide a report to the congressional defense committees within 12 months. This report will include an evaluation of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program's two-tiered peer review process, its coordination of research priorities with NIH and recommendations for how the process can be improved. The Committee looks forward to receiving this report in its efforts to continue to ensure that Government investments in medical research are maximized. Mental Health Professionals.--The Committee recognizes that servicemembers and their families face unique stresses beyond those of everyday life. After over a decade of war, the need for mental health professionals in the Department is at an all- time high, and the Committee believes that every beneficiary of the Military Health System should have timely access to mental health services. However, the Committee is concerned with the Department's inability to recruit and retain enough psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners and registered nurses to provide adequate mental healthcare. The Government Accountability Office [GAO] review of this issue found that progress is being made regarding the annual reporting of mental health professional staffing needs. However, GAO also noted that the services need to accurately report any additional measures used to supplement the Psychological Health Risk-Adjusted Model for Staffing [PHRAMS] as well as report their PHRAMS-generated estimates in the requirements fields of the Defense Health Agency's [DHA] quarterly mental health staffing reports. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), the Director of the Defense Health Agency, and the Service Surgeons General to continue to work together to ensure annual estimates of mental health professionals meet the needs of all beneficiaries in the military health system. In addition, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) is directed to prepare as part of DHA's fiscal year 2017 budget submission a review of these estimates as well as an outline of current challenges in recruiting and retaining mental health professionals by the Department of Defense. Brain Tissue Repository.--The Committee applauds the Department's recent efforts in advancing the study and treatment of traumatic brain injury in servicemembers by partnering with the National Institutes of Health to create the world's first human brain tissue repository for military personnel at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Last year, the Committee directed the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report outlining strategies for overcoming roadblocks to post-mortem brain donation in the military. The Committee looks forward to receiving this report and working with the Department to advance this research to improve the protection and care of servicemembers. Transfer of Service Treatment Records to the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA].--The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 directed the Department of Defense Inspector General to work in coordination with the VA Office of the Inspector General to assess the time it takes for Service Treatment records to be transmitted to VA, impediments to providing the records in a useable electronic format and recommendations to streamline this process. The Department of Defense Inspector General found that the Department of Defense did not consistently transfer timely and complete service treatment records to the VA, likely contributing to delays in processing veterans' benefit claims. The Inspector General recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the Director, Defense Health Agency, revise Department of Defense Instruction 6040.45, ``Service Treatment Record [STR] and Non-Service Treatment Record Life Cycle Management,'' October 28, 2010, to update the process for certifying STRs as complete and require the Military Departments to perform annual reviews of STRs with servicemembers to achieve STR completeness. It was further recommended that the Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command and the Commander, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery identify and resolve inefficiencies in the STR transfer process that delay the timely processing of STRs for active duty and Reserve Component personnel. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to implement these recommendations and report back to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this act on the status of their implementation. Global Health.--The Committee recognizes the critical contribution that the Department of Defense research and development [R&D] portfolio makes in protecting servicemembers from infectious diseases they may encounter on missions around the world and the need to sustain and support U.S. investment in this area by fully funding R&D programs that carry out this work within the Department of Defense Health Program, Department of the Army and Department of the Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation budgets. The statement of managers accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 required the director of each program within the Department currently involved in infectious disease-related research to submit a report on the program's R&D activities from fiscal years 2011 through 2014, including funding, accomplishments, goals and funding requirements across the Future Years Defense Program. The Committee looks forward to receiving this initial report and directs the Department to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this act with the same criteria for fiscal year 2015 funding. Additionally, the Committee continues to recognize that the Department's global health engagements support combatant commanders' efforts to build the capacity of partner nations, manage and respond to local health challenges and promote regional stability by increasing access to basic health services. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), in collaboration with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, to establish a learning tool to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of global health engagements in meeting national security goals. The Committee further encourages the Department to fund this modest investment from within appropriated funds in order to better inform future investments in global health engagements. Military Readiness and Resilience through Total Force Fitness and the Healthy Base Initiative.--The Committee understands that the Department has potentially overarching, yet nascent, programs that could dramatically enhance recruitment, retention, readiness and resilience for the entire military community. Chief among those programs are Total Force Fitness [TFF] and the Healthy Base Initiative [HBI]. TFF is a framework for building and maintaining health, readiness and performance. It views health, wellness and resilience as a holistic concept where optimal performance requires a connection among mind, body, spirit and family and social relationships. HBI complements TFF by strengthening elements of healthy military communities with a focus on the prevention of obesity and reduction in tobacco use. HBI was launched in 2013 and is currently operating at 14 military sites. These programs and the implementation of a Department vision for individual well-being and resilience would greatly benefit from stronger centralized, empowered governance and focused integration. The Committee strongly encourages the Department to create an office reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense, with authorities and access across the services, Joint Staff and all Offices of the Secretary. This office should be guided by TFF to promote system-wide behavior, policy and practice changes to achieve personal and population fitness, readiness and resilience. Further, the Committee encourages the designation of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' Consortium of Health and Military Performance [CHAMP] as the lead organization for the development of the evidence base, education and evaluation of TFF and HBI integration to ensure enhancement of recruitment, retention, readiness and resilience. The Committee supports the development and execution of a pilot program involving six of the HBI sites whereby health tracking technologies are employed and the wellbeing impact of those technologies is monitored and evaluated by the participating bases and CHAMP. The Committee recommends $3,000,000 in Operation and Maintenance, Defense- wide for the Healthy Base Initiative to support a health tracking technologies pilot program. Reconstructive Transplantation.--The Committee understands that the science of hand, face and other complex transplants is at a critical juncture and achieving life-changing results for both servicemembers and civilians. This rapidly growing discipline greatly benefits from collaboration among institutions, surgeons and investigators, and the Committee encourages the Department to promote multi-institutional and intra-institutional multidisciplinary collaborations among clinicians and research scientists that accelerate the movement of promising ideas in reconstructive composite tissue transplantation into clinical applications. The Committee includes reconstructive transplantation as eligible to compete for funds in the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program and supports this important research to improve access to reconstructive transplants and state-of-the-art immunotherapy. Integration of Complementary and Alternative Therapies into Military Health Care.--The Committee recognizes the Department's efforts to date to integrate complementary and alternative [CAM] therapies into military healthcare. However, the Department's 2014 Integrative Medicine in the Military Health Care System Report to Congress noted that only 29 percent of the reporting military treatment facilities offered CAM programs. While the report outlined the Department's established processes for inclusion of therapies in TRICARE benefits, there has been little activity to apply those processes to CAM. The report also noted that the lack of system-wide guidance contributes to this patchwork of coverage, which has relied on individual providers on their own initiative to add CAM therapies as an adjunct to conventional therapies. This patchwork denies many patients access to a holistic, patient- centered approach to patient treatment and management. Patients seek CAM therapies for a number of valid reasons including a desire to play a more active and participative role in their health and healthcare and engage in a more patient-centered approach to care. The Committee strongly encourages the Department to hold to its commitment to systematically evaluate all medical therapies for safety and effectiveness, to identify CAM therapies for widespread implementation in the military health system and the TRICARE benefit and to report to Congress on known barriers to and facilitators for full integration of CAM therapies. Improving Military Medicine's Management of Pain.--Recent scientific journals have highlighted the well-established fact that substantial numbers of servicemembers are experiencing chronic pain as a result of their military service. One journal reported that of over 2,500 servicemembers that had recently returned from Iraq or Afghanistan, 44 percent reported chronic pain and 15 percent reported recent use of opioid pain relievers--nearly four times the reported recent use by civilians. The Department has solidified the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management [DVCIPM] as its proponent for world-class pain management services for military and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries and for the development of consensus recommendations for Department-wide improvements in pain medicine policies, practice, education and research. DVCIPM has also been tasked with addressing the many recommendations of the Army Pain Management Task Force for a comprehensive pain management strategy that utilizes state of the art science modalities and technologies to address acute and chronic pain of servicemembers and other patients. Complementary and alternative [CAM] therapies are now recognized as vital among those modalities for the treatment of pain for their efficacy, broad patient acceptance, minimal adverse effects and low cost. Yet the development of system- wide policies and practices for their integration remains unfulfilled. The Committee strongly encourages DVCIPM to accelerate the research on and integration of CAM therapies for the management of pain and directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this act on the status of their integration. Medical Defense Against Infectious Disease.--The Committee recognizes the importance of medical countermeasures to naturally occurring infectious diseases and tropical infectious diseases, such as malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya viruses. These pose a significant threat to the strategic access and operational effectiveness of forces deployed outside the United States. The Committee is concerned with the Department's decisions over recent years to precipitously decrease funding for malaria research and encourages the Department to address diseases of military importance and invest in research for chemoprophylaxis, surveillance, novel approaches to vaccine development and other countermeasures. The Committee urges the Department to partner with colleges and universities that have strong research programs in infectious diseases, as well as other Federal agencies, foreign governments, international agencies and nonprofit organizations to mitigate duplication of effort and maximize the use of Department resources. Additionally, several emerging infectious diseases and flu epidemics have taken the global community by surprise over the last few decades, including SARs, H1N1 and Ebola. Disease surveillance, rapid detection, outbreak response and epidemiology are essential to providing an early warning of emerging infectious disease threats to servicemembers abroad and global health security in general. The Committee recommends an additional $177,300,000 for core Defense Health Program research and encourages the Department to continue its investments in these efforts, including tropical infectious diseases and the development of a universal flu vaccine. Trauma Clinical Research Network.--The Committee understands that trauma is the leading cause of death of all Americans from birth through age 46, causing more deaths in this age group than all other causes combined. Deaths of American servicemembers in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the majority from traumatic injury, totaled nearly 7,000 as of January 2015. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and the Director of the Defense Health Agency to work with other Federal agencies focused on trauma research to establish a task force to identify the priorities for and gaps in trauma research. The Committee supports the Department's continued efforts to further advances in trauma care and understands that the Department has budgeted resources to promote the compilation of lessons learned on the battlefield and in civilian life. These efforts should leverage multi-institution clinical studies at a network of civilian and military trauma centers. The Committee understands that the Department is initiating this program in fiscal year 2015 and encourages the Department to allocate sufficient resources for the program in future budget submissions. Warfighter Respiratory Health.--The Committee understands that respiratory diseases affect more than 100,000 servicemembers each year and is concerned about respiratory ailments among deployed and returning servicemembers. Beyond the decreased quality of life for affected servicemembers, respiratory diseases result in almost 27,000 lost workdays per year. The Committee encourages the Department to provide adequate resources for research on respiratory health. Epilepsy Research.--The Committee is concerned about the large number of service men and women returning from the Persian Gulf Wars and Afghanistan who have sustained traumatic brain injuries [TBI] and the long term consequences of TBI. These wounded warriors are at high risk for developing posttraumatic epilepsy, depression, cognitive difficulties and posttraumatic stress disorder, which may be interconnected. As current TBI longitudinal studies have not included epilepsy, the Committee encourages the Department to place greater priority and invest more funding in longitudinal epidemiological research, including epilepsy surveillance, to better understand the magnitude of the problem and improve patient care and outcomes. To assist in these efforts, the Committee recommends $7,500,000 in support of epilepsy research. Additionally, the Committee urges the Department to expand research into the mechanisms by which brain injury produces epilepsy and research directed at the prevention of epilepsy and concomitant comorbidities in those known to be at high risk. Melanoma Research.--The Committee understands that melanoma diagnoses are increasing among active duty servicemembers and that melanoma is the fifth most common cancer among veterans. Recent research suggests that exposure to high levels of solar radiation in young adulthood is associated with a higher risk of melanoma mortality. Given the extreme and harsh conditions servicemembers face in theater and the rise of this aggressive and frequently deadly form of cancer, the Committee encourages the Department to continue its investments in melanoma research. Sleep Disorder Research.--The Committee recognizes that sleep disorders are increasingly prevalent among servicemembers and that such disruptions have been associated with diverse mental and physical disorders, including traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress. The Committee applauds the Army for acknowledging the importance of sleep in achieving optimal physical, mental and emotional health and including sleep as a focus in the Performance Triad. In support of this effort, the Committee urges the Department to support basic, translational and clinical research on how the disruption of normal sleep and circadian biological rhythms adversely affects the health, safety, performance and productivity of our military and civilian populations. Prescription Effectiveness of Psychotropic Medications.-- The Committee supports the Department's efforts to treat patients diagnosed with behavioral health disorders and believes that the ongoing efforts to use database-supported methods in order to increase the accuracy and effectiveness of prescription practices for mental health medications may not only achieve cost savings but also improve patient care. The Committee encourages the expansion of this research to additional sites as preliminary findings have shown promising results. Active Barrier Apparel.--The Committee encourages the Department to incorporate commercially available, effective technologies, including innovative textile products, to reduce opportunities for spreading infections in healthcare settings. Healthcare acquired infections result in significant additional costs and jeopardize patient care. The Committee understands that emerging apparel technologies may minimize the effect of unanticipated exposures to blood and body fluids, subsequently reducing exposure to pathogens, and supports their use as a means to reduce infection risk in healthcare settings. Hydrocephalus Research.--The Committee is concerned that some of the estimated 294,000 servicemembers who have sustained a traumatic brain injury in Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom are at higher risk for developing hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus, an increased accumulation of fluid in the brain, often has a delayed onset and can easily be misdiagnosed as dementia or other aging related diseases. Given that there is currently no cure for hydrocephalus and current treatment options are limited and have high failure rates, the Committee encourages the Department to increase its investments in hydrocephalus research. Biomarkers for Toxic Exposures.--The Committee recognizes that hazardous exposures cost the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs billions of dollars annually in medical care, reduce servicemember performance and create a multitude of health compensation claims. Identifying biomarkers for toxic or psychologically traumatic exposures could allow for faster diagnosis and treatment of a number of exposure-related conditions among military and veteran populations. The Committee supports research efforts that capitalize on recent advances in chemical surveillance and systems biology including proteomics, genomics and metabolomics. Speech Disorder Healthcare Services.--The Committee understands that many military members and veterans suffer from neurogenic stuttering, a condition that can arise due to head trauma or brain injury in adults who have not previously been affected by the speech disorder. The needs of servicemembers and their dependents who struggle with stuttering may not be fully met due to insufficient TRICARE reimbursement for evidence-based speech language healthcare services that address stuttering. Therefore, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this act to the congressional defense committees on the availability of evidence-based speech language healthcare services to treat stuttering, including the number of affected members of the military and dependents served, the type and frequency of services provided, the level of coverage provided for these services under TRICARE plans, the number of available providers by region and whether reimbursement levels are sufficient to retain qualified providers and to provide sufficient accessibility of services in the TRICARE network. Behavioral and Mental Health Care for National Guard and Reserve.--The Committee recognizes that the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve components need greater access to care if they are to maintain a high state of medical readiness to support regularly occurring deployments. It also recognizes that the suicide rate in the reserve components is consistently higher than the suicide rate for both the active duty military and the civilian population. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Department to better ensure that periodic health assessments are followed by medical treatment to address any behavioral or mental health conditions that could impact a servicemember's ability to deploy, even if such care falls outside of the pre-deployment window. This practice would allow for a more medically ready, deployable force and would expand access to behavioral and mental healthcare for reserve component servicemembers. Biological Dosimetry Network for Radiological/Nuclear Events.--The Committee is concerned that the detonation of a nuclear weapon at a Department of Defense facility or in a combat zone has the potential to expose numerous military and civilian personnel to radiation and non-radiation effects. This type of event could overwhelm medical personnel unless effective triage is in place. A biodosimetry network could provide an estimate of the radiation dose an individual actually received and would clearly identify those in need of further treatment. The Committee understands that the Department is in the process of developing a biodosimetry network and encourages the expeditious development and testing of such a network. Further, the Department should coordinate its efforts with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies as appropriate. Operational Risk Management of Deployment Exposures.--The Committee understands that the Department's Occupational and Environmental Health Site Assessment [OEHSA] Tactics, Techniques and Procedures lays the foundation for a comprehensive occupational and environmental health exposure risk management program. This program anticipates, evaluates and mitigates health exposure threats during deployments. However, recent reports indicate the absence of a systematic and unified approach to occupational and environmental health exposure mitigation, prevention, avoidance and documentation. The Committee encourages the Department to ensure that all services develop a standard operating procedure and utilize uniform subject matter expertise, equipment platform and training programs so that realistic preventative courses of action are provided to servicemembers throughout the entire deployment cycle. The establishment of a uniform OEHSA program will minimize unnecessary exposures, reduce healthcare and disability costs, lower operational stress and provide deploying warriors the most advanced force health protection possible. Large Patient Cohorts in Cancer Research.--The Committee acknowledges that the pace of cancer research and its value to military personnel may be enhanced through the use of patient data, such as tissue and genomic information, derived from large patient cohorts. The inclusion of military population cohorts, long-term health records, bio-specimen repositories and pre-existing consents for both current and future research could further enhance such research; and the Committee encourages the Department to support worthy cancer research proposals that leverage these types of data resources Real-Time Locating System [RTLS] Technology.--The Committee understands that automated resource management systems may improve patient care in both normal and emergency situations and that the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research Center have begun research to define, exercise and refine best practices for management of blast injury mass casualty disasters through the use of RTLS technology. The Committee encourages the Department to continue this research and directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide an update to the congressional defense committees not later than 120 days after enactment of this act detailing these research efforts to date. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense Appropriations, 2015.................................... $802,268,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 720,721,000 Committee recommendation................................ 699,821,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $699,821,000. This is $20,900,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [Dollars in thousands] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee ------------------------------- Item Qty. estimate Qty. recommendation Budget Qty. estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE CHEM DEMILITARIZATION--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .............. 139,098 .............. 118,198 .............. -20,900 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION--PROCUREMENT .............. 2,281 .............. 2,281 .............. .............. CHEM DEMILITARIZATION--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, .............. 579,342 .............. 579,342 .............. .............. TEST AND EVALUATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS .............. 720,721 .............. 699,821 .............. -20,900 DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS The following table details the adjustments recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chemical Demilitarization O&M................................... 139,098 118,198 -20,900 Improving funds management: Recovered chemical warfare .............. .............. -20,900 material project excess to need............................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense Appropriations, 2015.................................... $950,687,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 850,598,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,013,598,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,013,598,000. This is $163,000,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Drug 739,009 681,109 -57,900 Interdiction And Counter Drug Activities Authorizat .............. .............. +30,000 ion adjustmen t: SOUTHCOM operation al support Transfer .............. .............. -82,900 to National Guard Counter- Drug Program Transfer .............. .............. -5,000 to National Guard Counter- Drug Schools 20 Drug Demand 111,589 119,589 +8,000 Reduction Program Authorizat .............. .............. +8,000 ion adjustmen t: Expanded drug testing 30 National Guard .............. 192,900 +192,900 Counter-Drug Program Transfer .............. .............. +82,900 from Drug Interdict ion And Counter Drug Activitie s Program .............. .............. +110,000 increase 30A National Guard .............. 20,000 +20,000 Counter-drug schools Transfer .............. .............. +5,000 from Drug Interdict ion And Counter Drug Activitie s Program .............. .............. +15,000 increase ------------------------------------------------- Total, 850,598 1,013,598 +163,000 Drug Interdi ction and Counter- Drug Activit ies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard Counter-Drug Program.--The Committee remains concerned that the Department continues to reduce overall funding for the National Guard Counter-Drug program, and disagrees with the fiscal year 2016 President's budget request which does not fund these activities under an independent budget line as contained in Senate Report 113-211. The Committee recommends $192,900,000 for the National Guard Counter-Drug program and urges the Department to include an individual budget line for this program in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission. National Guard Counter-Drug Schools.--The Committee commends the Department for providing funding for the Counter- Drug Schools program after making no request in fiscal year 2015. The counter-drug schools' mission of providing combatant commands, law enforcement agencies, community-based organizations and military personnel with training to support and enhance their capabilities to detect, interdict, disrupt and curtail drug trafficking is an important component of our overall effort to reduce drug crimes and protect national security. The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for the counter- drug schools to achieve their full mission and urges the Department to include an individual budget line for this program in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission. Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund Appropriations, 2015.................................................... Budget estimate, 2016................................... $99,701,000 Committee recommendation................................................ The Committee recommends no funding for the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund. Office of the Inspector General Appropriations, 2015.................................... $311,830,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 316,159,000 Committee recommendation................................ 312,559,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $312,559,000. This is $3,600,000 below the budget estimate. committee recommended program The following table summarizes the budget estimate for this appropriation, the Committee recommendation, and the Committee recommended adjustments to the budget estimate: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office of the Inspector General, Operation and Maintenance...... 310,459 310,459 .............. Office of the Inspector General, Research and Development....... 4,700 2,100 -2,600 Improving funds management: Inspector General-identified .............. .............. -2,600 excess to requirement...................................... Office of the Inspector General, Procurement.................... 1,000 .............. -1,000 Improving funds management: Inspector General-identified .............. .............. -1,000 excess to requirement...................................... ----------------------------------------------- Total, Office of the Inspector General.................. 316,159 312,559 -3,600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE VII RELATED AGENCIES Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund Appropriations, 2015.................................... $514,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 514,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 514,000,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $514,000,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Intelligence Community Management Account Appropriations, 2015.................................... $507,600,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 530,023,000 Committee recommendation................................ 513,923,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $513,923,000. This is $16,100,000 below the budget estimate. TITLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS The following lists general provisions proposed by the Committee. The Committee recommends inclusion of several proposals which have been incorporated in previous appropriations acts, provisions requested for inclusion by the Defense Department, and new provisions. The Committee recommendations are as follows: Sec. 8001. Publicity/Propaganda Limitation.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8002. Compensation/Employment of Foreign Nationals.-- Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8003. Obligation Rate of Appropriations.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8004. Obligations in Last 2 Months of Fiscal Year.-- Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8005. General Transfer Authority.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8006. Project Level Adjustments.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8007. Establishment of Reprogramming Baseline.-- Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8008. Working Capital Fund Cash Disbursements.-- Retains a provision carried in previous year. Sec. 8009. Special Access Programs Notification.---Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8010. Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8011. Humanitarian and Civic Assistance.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8012. Civilian Personnel Ceilings.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8013. Lobbying.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8014. Educational Benefits and Bonuses.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8015. Mentor-Protege Program.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8016. Arsenals.--Includes a provision to provide funding to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. Sec. 8017. Demilitarization of Surplus Firearms.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8018. Relocations Into the National Capital Region.-- Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8019. Indian Financing Act.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8020. Defense Media Activity.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8021. Burden Sharing With Kuwait.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8022. Civil Air Patrol.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8023. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8024. Carbon, Alloy, or Armor Steel Plate.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8025. Congressional Defense Committee Definition.-- Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8026. Depot Maintenance Competition.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8027. Reciprocal Trade Agreements.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8028. Overseas Military Facility Investment.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8029. Walking Shield.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8030. Investment Item Unit Cost.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8031. Tobacco Use in the Military.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8032. Working Capital Fund Investment Item Restrictions.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8033. CIA Availability of Funds.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8034. GDIP Information System.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8035. Tribal Lands Environmental Impact.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8036. Buy America Act Compliance.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8037. Competition for Consultants and Studies Programs.--Makes permanent a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8038. Field Operating Agencies.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8039. Contractor Conversion and Performance.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8040. Rescissions.--The Committee recommends a general provision rescinding funds from the prior years as displayed below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2014 Appropriations Cooperative Threat Reduction Account: CTR................................................ $23,727,000 Other Procurement, Air Force: MILSATCOM Terminals................................ 54,000,000 Classified adjustment.............................. 24,000,000 2015 Appropriations Cooperative Threat Reduction Account: CTR................................................ 13,345,000 Aircraft Procurement, Army: Aerial Common Sensor............................... 48,000,000 Multi Sensor ABN Recon............................. 20,000,000 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force: KC-46.............................................. 117,100,000 C-130J............................................. 14,776,000 MQ-1 Mods.......................................... 1,800,000 F-16............................................... 6,300,000 Missile Procurement, Air Force: Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (Space).............. 7,000,000 GPS III Space Segment.............................. 30,000,000 Defense Meteorological Sat Program (Space)......... 50,000,000 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.................. 125,000,000 Other Procurement, Air Force: Family of Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals........... 9,000,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army: Heavy Dump Truck................................... 9,299,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force: Long Range Strike.................................. 360,000,000 KC-46.............................................. 215,000,000 Classified Program................................. 90,000,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- Wide: Wide Area Surveillance............................. 53,000,000 DCMO Policy and Integration........................ 5,000,000 Long-Haul Communications--DCS...................... 2,691,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sec. 8041. Civilian Technician Reductions.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8042. North Korea.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8043. Reserve Component Intelligence Reimbursement.-- Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8044. Counter-Drug Activities Transfer.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8045. Launch Service Competitions.--Modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8046. United Service Organizations Grant.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8047. Buy American Computers.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8048. Small Business Set-Asides.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8049. Contractor Bonuses.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8050. Reserve Peacetime Support.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8051. Unexpended Balances.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8052. National Guard Distance Learning.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8053. Assignment of Forces.--Includes a new provision regarding the assignment of Navy Forces. Sec. 8054. Sexual Assault Prevention Programs.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8055. End-Item Procurement.--Retains a provisions carried in previous years. Sec. 8056. Buy American Waivers.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8057. U.S. Air Force RED HORSE Squadrons.--Includes a new provision regarding the consolidation or relocation of RED HORSE squadrons outside of the United States. Sec. 8058. Repair and Maintenance of Military Family Housing.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8059. Joint Capability Demonstration Project.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8060. Secretary of Defense Reporting Requirement.-- Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8061. Missile Defense Authorization.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8062. Armor-Piercing Ammo.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8063. Personal Property Lease Payments.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8064. Alcoholic Beverages.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8065. O&M, Army Transfer.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8066. National Intelligence Program Separation.-- Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8067. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.--Includes a provision making $10,000,000 available for peer-reviewed medical research on ALS. Sec. 8068. Israeli Cooperative Programs.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8069. Prior Year Shipbuilding.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8070. Intelligence Authorization.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8071. New Start Authority.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8072. Contingency Operations Budget Justification.-- Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8073. Nuclear Armed Interceptors.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8074. Foreign Currency Fluctuation Savings.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8075. 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8076. Integration of Foreign Intelligence.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8077. SCN Transfer Authority.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8078. Army Tactical UAVs.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8079. Asia-Pacific Regional Initiative.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8080. DNI R&D Waiver.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8081. Shipbuilding Obligations.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8082. DNI Reprogramming Baseline.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8083. Global Hawk Aircraft.--Inserts a new provision regarding the retirement or transfer of RQ-4B aircraft. Sec. 8084. Child Soldiers.--Makes permanent a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8085. DNI Information Sharing.--Retains a provision carried in previous years Sec. 8086. NIP Reprogramming.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8087. Future-Years Intelligence Program.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8088. Congressional Intelligence Committee Definition.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8089. Cost of War Report.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8090. Fisher House Authorization.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8091. Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8092. Public Disclosure of Agency Reports.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8093. Contractor Compliance With the Civil Rights Act of 1964.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8094. DOD-VA Medical Facility Demonstration.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8095. BRAC Parking.--Retains and modifies a provision which limits parking at the BRAC 133 project. Sec. 8096. Armored Vehicles.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8097. Missile Defense Cooperation With Russia.-- Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8098. Civilian Endstrength Quarterly Reports.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8099. NIP Reprogramming.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8100. Transfer of Detainees to or Within the United States.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8101. Detainee Facilities.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8102. Detainee Transfer to a Foreign Country or Entity.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8103. John C. Stennis Center for Public Service.-- Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8104. T-AO(X) Oiler Program.--Inserts a new provision which prohibits the use of funds to award a new T-AO(X) program contract for the acquisition of certain components unless those components are manufactured in the United States. Sec. 8105. Rosoboronexport.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8106. AH-64 Apache Helicopters.--Inserts a new provision which limits the use of funding to transfer or divest AH-64 Apache helicopters from the Army National Guard to the active Army. Sec. 8107. Fuel Savings.--Inserts a new provision which reduces the total amount appropriated in the bill to reflect lower than anticipated fuel prices. Sec. 8108. Ex Gratia Payments.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8109. Strategic Delivery Vehicles.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 8110. Digital Accountability and Transparency Act.-- Inserts a new provision which provides funds to support Department of Defense activities related to the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act. Sec. 8111. Transfers to Another Federal Agency.--Inserts a new provision which prohibits funding made available in this or any other act from being used to pay the salary of anyone who approves or implements a transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this act to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this act without express authorization of the Congress. Sec. 8112. Inserts a new provision expressing the Sense of the Senate on sequestration. TITLE IX OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS Department of Defense--Military The Committee recommends an appropriation of $86,868,252,000 for operations related to overseas contingency operations. In fiscal year 2015 Congress appropriated $63,999,995,000 for activities funded in this title. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table summarizes the Committee recommendation: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year Fiscal year Committee 2015 enacted 2016 estimate recommendation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Personnel........................................... 4,966,640 3,204,758 3,204,758 Operation and Maintenance.................................... 49,979,203 39,738,283 74,635,645 Procurement.................................................. 7,696,691 6,763,999 7,688,599 Research and Development..................................... 227,373 191,434 191,434 Revolving and Management Funds............................... 91,350 88,850 88,850 Other Department of Defense Programs......................... 960,618 962,237 758,966 General Provisions (net)..................................... 13,420 ............... 300,000 -------------------------------------------------- Total, Overseas Contingency Operations (incl. 63,999,995 50,949,561 86,868,252 scorekeeping adjustments)............................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends $86,868,252,000 of additional appropriations for overseas contingency operations in fiscal year 2016. This funding will ensure that resources, equipment, and supplies are available for our servicemembers without interruption, and will enable the Department to avoid absorbing operational costs from within baseline programs that are critical to future readiness and home-station activities. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS The Committee directs that the Department of Defense continue to report incremental contingency operations costs for Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Freedom's Sentinel on a monthly basis in the Cost of War Execution report as required by Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation, chapter 23, volume 12. The Committee further directs the Department to continue providing the Cost of War reports to the congressional defense committees that include the following information by appropriation: funding appropriated, funding allocated, monthly obligations, monthly disbursements, cumulative fiscal year obligations, and cumulative fiscal year disbursements. The Committee expects that in order to meet unanticipated requirements, the Department of Defense may need to transfer funds within these appropriations accounts for purposes other than those specified in this report. The Committee directs the Department of Defense to follow normal prior approval reprogramming procedures should it be necessary to transfer funding between different appropriations accounts in this title. MILITARY PERSONNEL The Committee recommends a total of $3,204,758,000 for pay, allowances, and other personnel costs for Active, Reserve, and Guard troops activated for duty in Afghanistan and other contingency operations. This recommendation includes funding for subsistence, permanent change of station travel, and special pays including imminent danger pay, family separation allowance, and hardship duty pay. Military Personnel, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $3,259,970,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,828,441,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,828,441,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,828,441,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 5 Basic Pay 270,743 270,743 .............. 10 Retired Pay 62,271 62,271 .............. Accrual 25 Basic Allowance 86,053 86,053 .............. for Housing 30 Basic Allowance 10,586 10,586 .............. for Subsistence 35 Incentive Pays 2,140 2,140 .............. 40 Special Pays 15,613 15,613 .............. 45 Allowances 10,486 10,486 .............. 50 Separation Pay 3,858 3,858 .............. 55 Social Security 20,712 20,712 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 482,462 482,462 .............. ================================================= BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 460,476 460,476 .............. 65 Retired Pay 105,909 105,909 .............. Accrual 80 Basic Allowance 217,370 217,370 .............. for Housing 85 Incentive Pays 1,071 1,071 .............. 90 Special Pays 60,785 60,785 .............. 95 Allowances 44,077 44,077 .............. 100 Separation Pay 7,500 7,500 .............. 105 Social Security 35,226 35,226 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 932,414 932,414 .............. ================================================= BA 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 115 Basic Allowance 87,006 87,006 .............. for Subsistence 120 Subsistence-In- 171,697 171,697 .............. Kind ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 258,703 258,703 .............. ================================================= BA 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL 135 Operational 30,212 30,212 .............. Travel 140 Rotational 17,757 17,757 .............. Travel ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 47,969 47,969 .............. ================================================= BA 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS 175 Interest on 1,858 1,858 .............. Uniformed Services Savings 180 Death Gratuities 3,800 3,800 .............. 185 Unemployment 92,209 92,209 .............. Benefits 216 SGLI Extra 6,223 6,223 .............. Hazard Payments 219 Traumatic Injury 2,803 2,803 .............. Protection Coverage [T- SGLI] ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 106,893 106,893 .............. ================================================= Total, 1,828,441 1,828,441 .............. Military Personnel , Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $332,166,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 251,011,000 Committee recommendation................................ 251,011,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $251,011,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 5 Basic Pay 39,310 39,310 .............. 10 Retired Pay 9,041 9,041 .............. Accrual 25 Basic Allowance 13,069 13,069 .............. for Housing 30 Basic Allowance 1,456 1,456 .............. for Subsistence 35 Incentive Pays 486 486 .............. 40 Special Pays 2,881 2,881 .............. 45 Allowances 6,512 6,512 .............. 55 Social Security 3,016 3,016 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 75,771 75,771 .............. ================================================= BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 49,797 49,797 .............. 65 Retired Pay 11,453 11,453 .............. Accrual 80 Basic Allowance 24,160 24,160 .............. for Housing 85 Incentive Pays 150 150 .............. 90 Special Pays 4,901 4,901 .............. 95 Allowances 14,345 14,345 .............. 105 Social Security 3,807 3,807 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 108,613 108,613 .............. ================================================= BA 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 115 Basic Allowance 5,832 5,832 .............. for Subsistence 120 Subsistence-In- 23,482 23,482 .............. Kind ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 29,314 29,314 .............. ================================================= BA 5: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL 125 Accession Travel 2,051 2,051 .............. 135 Operational 4,702 4,702 .............. Travel 140 Rotational 13,052 13,052 .............. Travel 145 Separation 519 519 .............. Travel ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 20,324 20,324 .............. ================================================= BA 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS 180 Death Gratuities 500 500 .............. 185 Unemployment 9,948 9,948 .............. Benefits 216 SGLI Extra 6,541 6,541 .............. Hazard Payments ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 16,989 16,989 .............. ================================================= Total, 251,011 251,011 .............. Military Personnel , Navy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $403,311,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 171,079,000 Committee recommendation................................ 171,079,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $171,079,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 5 Basic Pay 33,349 33,349 .............. 10 Retired Pay 7,670 7,670 .............. Accrual 25 Basic Allowance 11,320 11,320 .............. for Housing 30 Basic Allowance 1,176 1,176 .............. for Subsistence 35 Incentive Pays 343 343 .............. 40 Special Pays 2,408 2,408 .............. 45 Allowances 1,745 1,745 .............. 50 Separation Pay 954 954 .............. 55 Social Security 2,551 2,551 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 61,516 61,516 .............. ================================================= BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 19,331 19,331 .............. 65 Retired Pay 4,446 4,446 .............. Accrual 80 Basic Allowance 11,007 11,007 .............. for Housing 85 Incentive Pays 12 12 .............. 90 Special Pays 13,115 13,115 .............. 95 Allowances 7,072 7,072 .............. 100 Separation Pay 45,374 45,374 .............. 105 Social Security 1,479 1,479 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 101,836 101,836 .............. ================================================= BA 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 115 Basic Allowance 2,440 2,440 .............. for Subsistence ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 2,440 2,440 .............. ================================================= BA 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS 175 Interest on 280 280 .............. Uniformed Services Savings 180 Death Gratuities 300 300 .............. 185 Unemployment 1,540 1,540 .............. Benefits 216 SGLI Extra 3,167 3,167 .............. Hazard Payments ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 5,287 5,287 .............. ================================================= Total, 171,079 171,079 .............. Military Personnel , Marine Corps ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Military Personnel, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $728,334,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 726,126,000 Committee recommendation................................ 726,126,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $726,126,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF OFFICERS 5 Basic Pay 105,498 105,498 .............. 10 Retired Pay 24,265 24,265 .............. Accrual 25 Basic Allowance 32,922 32,922 .............. for Housing 30 Basic Allowance 3,832 3,832 .............. for Subsistence 40 Special Pays 7,559 7,559 .............. 45 Allowances 7,910 7,910 .............. 55 Social Security 8,071 8,071 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 190,057 190,057 .............. ================================================= BA 2: PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 60 Basic Pay 196,552 196,552 .............. 65 Retired Pay 45,207 45,207 .............. Accrual 80 Basic Allowance 83,389 83,389 .............. for Housing 90 Special Pays 27,835 27,835 .............. 95 Allowances 25,901 25,901 .............. 105 Social Security 15,036 15,036 .............. Tax ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 393,920 393,920 .............. ================================================= BA 4: SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 115 Basic Allowance 22,231 22,231 .............. for Subsistence 120 Subsistence-In- 84,711 84,711 .............. Kind ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 106,942 106,942 .............. ================================================= BA 6: OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS 180 Death Gratuities 1,000 1,000 .............. 185 Unemployment 24,143 24,143 .............. Benefits 216 SGLI Extra 10,064 10,064 .............. Hazard Payments ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 35,207 35,207 .............. ================================================= Total, 726,126 726,126 .............. Military Personnel , Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $24,990,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 24,462,000 Committee recommendation................................ 24,462,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,462,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: ARMY RESERVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT 10 Pay Group A 13,300 13,300 .............. Training (15 Days & Drills 24/48) 80 Special Training 11,162 11,162 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 24,462 24,462 .............. ================================================= Total 24,462 24,462 .............. Reserve Personnel , Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $13,953,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 12,693,000 Committee recommendation................................ 12,693,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,693,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: NAVY RESERVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT 80 Special Training 12,350 12,350 .............. 90 Administration 343 343 .............. and Support ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 12,693 12,693 .............. ================================================= Total, 12,693 12,693 .............. Reserve Personnel , Navy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $5,069,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,393,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,393,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,393,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: MARINE CORPS RESERVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT 80 Special Training 3,350 3,350 .............. 90 Administration 43 43 .............. and Support ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 3,393 3,393 .............. ================================================= Total, 3,393 3,393 .............. Reserve Personnel , Marine Corps ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reserve Personnel, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $19,175,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 18,710,000 Committee recommendation................................ 18,710,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,710,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: AIR FORCE RESERVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT 80 Special Training 18,710 18,710 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 18,710 18,710 .............. ================================================= Total, 18,710 18,710 .............. Reserve Personnel , Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard Personnel, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $174,778,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 166,015,000 Committee recommendation................................ 166,015,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $166,015,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING AND SUPPORT 10 Pay Group A 34,199 34,199 .............. Training (15 Days & Drills 24/48) 70 School Training 2,780 2,780 .............. 80 Special Training 119,247 119,247 .............. 90 Administration 9,789 9,789 .............. and Support ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 166,015 166,015 .............. ================================================= Total, 166,015 166,015 .............. National Guard Personnel , Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard Personnel, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $4,894,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 2,828,000 Committee recommendation................................ 2,828,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,828,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BA 1: AIR NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING AND SUPPORT 80 Special Training 2,828 2,828 .............. ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 2,828 2,828 .............. ================================================= National 2,828 2,828 .............. Guard Personnel , Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE The Committee recommends $74,635,645,000 for the operation and maintenance accounts. These funds are available to fund overseas deployments and other activities by the services and Special Operations Forces to include financing flying hours, ship steaming days, ground operations, special airlift missions, increased ship and aircraft maintenance, logistics support, fuel purchases, base support, civilian personnel, personnel support costs, overseas transportation, communications support, facility management, and other operation and maintenance requirements. Operation and Maintenance, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $18,108,656,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 11,382,750,000 Committee recommendation................................ 18,930,336,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $18,930,336,000. This is $7,547,586,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 111 Maneuver Units 257,900 1,352,329 +1,094,429 Authorizatio .............. .............. +1,094,429 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 114 Theater Level 1,110,836 1,804,136 +693,300 Assets Authorizatio .............. .............. +693,300 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 115 Land Forces 261,943 1,316,265 +1,054,322 Operations Support Authorizatio .............. .............. +1,054,322 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 116 Avaition Assets 22,160 1,568,289 +1,546,129 Authorizatio .............. .............. +1,546,129 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 121 Force Readiness 1,119,201 4,257,807 +3,138,606 Operations Support Authorizatio .............. .............. +3,138,606 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 122 Land Forces 117,881 117,881 .............. Systems Readiness 131 Base Operations 50,000 50,000 .............. Support 135 Additional 4,500,666 4,526,466 +25,800 Activities Transfer .............. .............. +25,800 from Syria Train and Equip Fund 136 Commander's 10,000 5,000 -5,000 Emergency Response Program Improving .............. .............. -5,000 funds management: Excess to need 137 Reset 1,834,777 1,834,777 .............. 212 Army 40,000 40,000 .............. Prepositioned Stocks 421 Servicewide 529,891 529,891 .............. Transportation 424 Ammunition 5,033 5,033 .............. Management 434 Other Personnel 100,480 100,480 .............. Support 437 Real Estate 154,350 154,350 .............. Management 999 Classified 1,267,632 1,267,632 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------- Total, 11,382,750 18,930,336 +7,547,586 Operation and Maintenan ce, Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commanders Emergency Response Program.--The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the Commanders Emergency Response Program [CERP] in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2016. The Committee directs the Army to submit monthly commitment, obligation, and expenditure data for CERP to the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after each month. The Committee includes language in section 9005 that requires all CERP projects executed under this authority shall be small scale, and shall not exceed $2,000,000 in cost (including any ancillary or related elements in connection with such project). Operation and Maintenance, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $6,253,819,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 5,131,588,000 Committee recommendation................................ 21,008,396,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,008,396,000. This is $15,876,808,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1A1A Mission And 358,417 5,302,082 +4,943,665 Other Flight Operations Authorizatio .............. .............. +4,940,365 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA Authorizatio .............. .............. +3,300 n adjustment: Readiness increase 1A3A Aviation 110 110 .............. Technical Data & Engineering Services 1A4A Air Operations 4,513 4,513 .............. And Safety Support 1A4N Air Systems 126,501 126,501 .............. Support 1A5A Aircraft Depot 75,897 990,433 +914,536 Maintenance Authorizatio .............. .............. +897,536 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA Authorizatio .............. .............. +17,000 n adjustment: Readiness increase 1A6A Aviation Depot 2,770 2,770 .............. Operations Support 1A9A Aviation 34,101 34,101 .............. Logistics 1B1B Mission And 1,184,878 5,402,536 +4,217,658 Other Ship Operations Authorizatio .............. .............. +4,217,658 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 1B2B Ship Operations 16,663 16,663 .............. Support & Training 1B4B Ship Depot 1,922,829 7,883,780 +5,960,951 Maintenance Authorizatio .............. .............. +5,960,951 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 1C1C Combat 33,577 33,577 .............. Communications 1C4C Warfare Tactics 26,454 26,454 .............. 1C5C Operational 22,305 22,305 .............. Meteorology And Oceanography 1C6C Combat Support 513,969 513,969 .............. Forces 1C7C Equipment 10,007 10,007 .............. Maintenance 1D3D In-Service 60,865 60,865 .............. Weapons Systems Support 1D4D Weapons 275,231 275,231 .............. Maintenance BSM1 Facilities 7,819 7,819 .............. Sustainment, Restoration And Modernization BSS1 Base Operating 61,422 61,422 .............. Support 2C1H Expeditionary 5,307 5,307 .............. Health Service Systems 2C3H Coast Guard 160,002 .............. -160,002 Support Coast Guard .............. .............. -160,002 funded in Department of Homeland Security bill 3B1K Specialized 44,845 44,845 .............. Skill Training 4A1M Administration 2,513 2,513 .............. 4A2M External 500 500 .............. Relations 4A4M Military 5,309 5,309 .............. Manpower And Personnel Management 4A5M Other Personnel 1,469 1,469 .............. Support 4B1N Servicewide 156,671 156,671 .............. Transportation 4B3N Acquisition And 8,834 8,834 .............. Program Management 4C1P Naval 1,490 1,490 .............. Investigative Service 9999 Classified 6,320 6,320 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------- Total, 5,131,588 21,008,396 +15,876,808 Operation and Maintenan ce, Navy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,850,984,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 952,534,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,879,613,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,879,613,000. This is $927,079,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1A1A Operational 353,133 1,280,212 +927,079 Forces Authorizatio .............. .............. +927,079 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 1A2A Field Logistics 259,676 259,676 .............. 1A3A Depot 240,000 240,000 .............. Maintenance BSS1 Base Operating 16,026 16,026 .............. Support 3B4D Training Support 37,862 37,862 .............. 4A3G Servicewide 43,767 43,767 .............. Transportation 999 Classified 2,070 2,070 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------- Total, 952,534 1,879,613 +927,079 Operation and Maintenan ce, Marine Corps ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $10,076,383,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 9,090,013,000 Committee recommendation................................ 21,161,888,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,161,888,000. This is $12,071,875,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 011A Primary Combat 1,505,738 3,581,350 +2,075,612 Forces Transfer .............. .............. +15,000 from Syria Train and Equip Fund Authorizatio .............. .............. +2,060,612 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 011C Combat 914,973 2,771,588 +1,856,615 Enhancement Forces Authorizatio .............. .............. +1,852,315 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA Authorizatio .............. .............. +4,300 n adjustment: Readiness increase 011D Air Operations 31,978 31,978 .............. Training 011M Depot 1,192,765 7,689,892 +6,497,127 Maintenance Authorizatio .............. .............. +6,497,127 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 011R Facilities 85,625 85,625 .............. Sustainment, Restoration & Modernization 011Z Base Operating 917,269 917,269 .............. Support 012A Global C3I And 30,219 30,219 .............. Early Warning 012C Other Combat Ops 174,734 174,734 .............. Spt Programs 013A Launch 869 869 .............. Facilities 013C Space Control 5,008 5,008 .............. Systems 015A Combatant 100,190 100,190 .............. Commanders Direct Mission Support 999 Classified 22,893 22,893 .............. Programs 021A Airlift 2,995,703 3,010,703 +15,000 Operations Transfer .............. .............. +15,000 from Syria Train and Equip Fund 021D Mobilization 108,163 108,163 .............. Preparedness 021M Depot 511,059 2,128,630 +1,617,571 Maintenance Authorizatio .............. .............. +1,617,571 n adjustment: Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA 021Z Base Support 4,642 4,642 .............. 031A Officer 92 92 .............. Acquisition 031Z Base Support .............. 12,750 +12,750 Transfer .............. .............. +12,750 from Syria Train and Equip Fund 032A Specialized 11,986 11,986 .............. Skill Training 041A Logistics 86,716 86,716 .............. Operations 041Z Base Support 3,836 3,836 .............. 042B Servicewide 165,348 165,348 .............. Communications 042G Other 204,683 201,883 -2,800 Servicewide Activities Improving .............. .............. -2,800 funds management: Unjustified growth for Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq 044A International 61 61 .............. Support 999 Classified 15,463 15,463 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------- Total, 9,090,013 21,161,888 +12,071,875 Operation and Maintenan ce, Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Appropriations, 2015.................................... $6,211,025,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 5,805,633,000 Committee recommendation................................ 6,850,097,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,850,097,000. This is $1,044,464,000 above the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joint Chiefs of 9,900 9,900 .............. Staff Special 2,345,835 2,345,835 .............. Operations Command Defense 18,474 18,474 .............. Contract Audit Agency Defense 29,579 29,579 .............. Information Systems Agency Defense Legal 110,000 110,000 .............. Services Agency Defense Media 5,960 5,960 .............. Activity Department Of 73,000 73,000 .............. Defense Education Activity Defense 1,677,000 2,577,000 +900,000 Security Cooperation Agency Authorizati .............. .............. -100,000 on adjustment : Coalition Support Funds Transfer .............. .............. +1,000,000 Build the Capacity of Foreign Security Forces from Counterter rorism Partnershi ps Fund, Overseas Contingenc y Operations Office Of The 106,709 106,709 .............. Secretary Of Defense Washington 2,102 2,102 .............. Headquarters Services Classified 1,427,074 1,427,074 .............. Programs UNDIST Transfer Joint .............. 144,464 +144,464 Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization [JIEDDO]: Staff and Infrastructure costs from the JIEDDO request ------------------------------------------------- Total, 5,805,633 6,850,097 +1,044,464 Operatio n and Maintena nce, Defense- Wide ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ukraine.--The Committee includes a provision that recommends $300,000,000 for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to aid Ukraine as it confronts aggression from anti- government forces within its borders. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a quarterly report on the obligation of these funds. Additionally, the Committee notes that the U.S. military has begun bilateral training programs with elements of the Ukrainian military and security forces. The Committee encourages the Department of Defense and Commander, European Command, to include assistance on psychological health and related support programs as part of future training engagements. The Department of Defense has become a leader in research in these areas, and should accelerate sharing of its best practices with our partner nations. Countering Violent Extremism Online.--The Committee recognizes that the United States' strategy to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] must include a campaign to counter digital media to degrade and defeat ISIL's social media propaganda and recruitment networks. This effort must include the empowering of moderate local voices and other messaging to challenge ISIL through a coordinated and integrated government-wide strategy. The Committee encourages the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of State, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and other appropriate public and private sector stakeholders, to develop and implement such a coordinated messaging plan to counter propaganda and recruitment media disseminated by ISIL and associated violent extremist groups. European Reassurance Initiative.--The President's budget request includes $789,300,000 in various appropriation accounts for European Reassurance Initiative [ERI] efforts in fiscal year 2016. The Committee strongly supports these initiatives to strengthen security cooperation with our allies and partners in light of continuing Russian aggression against Ukraine and the growing potential for provocation elsewhere in Europe. The Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to prioritize ERI activities to bolster cooperation with our North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies and reflect changing conditions on the ground. In addition, the Committee recommends continued cooperation with and support for Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, particularly for the Air Policing mission that ensures the sovereignty of Baltic airspace, at funding levels consistent with requirements identified by the Commander, European Command in consultation with our Baltic partners. Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $41,532,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 24,559,000 Committee recommendation................................ 24,559,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,559,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 113 Echelons Above 2,442 2,442 .............. Brigade 115 Land Forces 813 813 .............. Operations Support 121 Force Readiness 779 779 .............. Operations Support 131 Base Operations 20,525 20,525 .............. Support ------------------------------------------------- Total, 24,559 24,559 .............. Operation and Maintenan ce, Army Reserve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $45,876,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 31,643,000 Committee recommendation................................ 31,643,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,643,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1A1A Mission And 4,033 4,033 .............. Other Flight Operations 1A3A Intermediate 60 60 .............. Maintenance 1A5A Aircraft Depot 20,300 20,300 .............. Maintenance 1C6C Combat Support 7,250 7,250 .............. Forces ------------------------------------------------- Total, 31,643 31,643 .............. Operation and Maintenan ce, Navy Reserve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $10,540,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,455,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,455,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,455,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1A1A Operational 2,500 2,500 .............. Forces BSS1 Base Operating 955 955 .............. Support ------------------------------------------------- Total, 3,455 3,455 .............. Operation and Maintenan ce, Marine Corps Reserve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve Appropriations, 2015.................................... $77,794,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 58,106,000 Committee recommendation................................ 58,106,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $58,106,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 011M Depot 51,086 51,086 .............. Maintenance 011Z Base Operating 7,020 7,020 .............. Support ------------------------------------------------- Total, 58,106 58,106 .............. Operation and Maintenan ce, Air Force Reserve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard Appropriations, 2015.................................... $77,661,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 60,845,000 Committee recommendation................................ 60,845,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $60,845,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 111 Maneuver Units 1,984 1,984 .............. 113 Echelons Above 4,671 4,671 .............. Brigade 116 Avaition Assets 15,980 15,980 .............. 121 Force Readiness 12,867 12,867 .............. Operations Support 131 Base Operations 23,134 23,134 .............. Support 133 Management and 1,426 1,426 .............. Operational Headquarters 432 Servicewide 783 783 .............. Communications ------------------------------------------------- Total, 60,845 60,845 .............. Operation and Maintenan ce, Army National Guard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard Appropriations, 2015.................................... $22,600,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 19,900,000 Committee recommendation................................ 19,900,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,900,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 011G Mission Support 19,900 19,900 .............. ------------------------------------------------- Total, 19,900 19,900 .............. Operation and Maintenan ce, Air National Guard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,300,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 2,100,000,000 Committee recommendation................................................ The Committee recommends no funding for the Counterterrrorism Partnerships Fund. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Counterterrorism 2,100,000 .............. -2,100,000 Partnerships Fund Maintain .............. .............. -1,100,000 Program Affordabili ty: Program decrease Transfer .............. .............. -1,000,000 Build the Capacity of Foreign Security Forces to Operation and Maintenance , Defense- wide, DSCA, Overseas Contingency Operations ------------------------------------------------- Total, 2,100,000 .............. -2,100,000 Counterte rrorism Partnersh ips Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund.--The Overseas Contingency Operations budget request includes $2,100,000,000 for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund [CTPF], an increase of $1,300,000,000 over the amount appropriated for non-Syria CTPF activities in fiscal year 2015. The Committee remains supportive of increased engagement with partner nations to address terrorist threats in the Middle East and Africa; however, the Committee is concerned about the Department's ability to wisely execute $2,900,000,000 of CTPF funds in fiscal years 2015 through 2017 in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars provided for other capacity building programs. Moreover, the Committee is concerned about effective oversight of the CTPF to ensure that activities are not duplicative and that there is an appropriate accounting of weapons and training provided. Therefore, the Committee recommendation reduces the request for CTPF by $1,100,000,000. Additionally, the Committee recommends transferring the remaining $1,000,000,000 to the Title IX Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide account to be used under the authorities provided in Section 2282 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3314). The Committee understands that the Department is required to transfer CTPF funding to the Operation and Maintenance accounts for execution and intends to use Section 2282 authority for the provision of assistance to partner nations using transferred CTPF funds. The Committee believes that consolidating these efforts would enable better Congressional oversight of the majority of building partner capacity activities. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Appropriations, 2015.................................... $4,109,333,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,762,257,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,360,357,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,360,357,000. This is $401,900,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sustainment 2,214,899 1,962,999 -251,900 Improving .............. .............. -58,900 funds management: Unjustified growth, incentive payments Improving .............. .............. -95,000 funds management: Early to need, non- aircraft sustainment Improving .............. .............. -20,000 funds management: Unjustified growth, ANA facilities sustainment Improving .............. .............. -78,000 funds management: Fuel savings Equipment and 182,751 182,751 .............. Transportation Training and 281,555 281,555 .............. Operations ------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, 2,679,205 2,427,305 -251,900 Ministry of Defense ================================================= Sustainment 901,137 751,137 -150,000 Maintain .............. .............. -118,000 program affordabili ty: Maintain level of effort Improving .............. .............. -32,000 funds management: Fuel savings Equipment and 116,573 116,573 .............. Transportation Training and 65,342 65,342 .............. Operations ------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, 1,083,052 933,052 -150,000 Ministry of Interior ================================================= Total, 3,762,257 3,360,357 -401,900 Afghanist an Security Forces Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,618,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 715,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 715,000,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $715,000,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND Appropriations, 2015.................................................... Budget estimate, 2016................................... $600,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 531,450,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $531,450,000. This is $68,550,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syria Train and 600,000 531,450 -68,550 Equip Fund Transfer to .............. .............. -42,750 Operation and Maintenance , Air Force Transfer to .............. .............. -25,800 Operation and Maintenance , Army ------------------------------------------------- Total, 600,000 531,450 -68,550 Syria Train and Equip Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROCUREMENT The Committee recommends $7,688,599,000 for the procurement accounts. The overseas contingency operations funding supports our forces engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom and other contingency operations. The Committee recommends funding to replace combat losses and equipment left behind in theater, augment and upgrade equipment for deploying units, sustain munitions and other war consumables, and reset the units returning home to an equipment-ready status. Funding adjustments have been made in instances where the requirement was poorly defined, funding was requested ahead of need or program execution has been delayed. Aircraft Procurement, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $196,200,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 164,987,000 Committee recommendation................................ 158,087,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $158,087,000. This is $6,900,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Aerial Common 99,500 92,600 -6,900 Sensor [ACS] MIP Restoring .............. .............. -6,900 acquisition accountabil ity: Unjustified request 4 MQ-1 UAV 16,537 16,537 .............. 16 MQ-1 Payload MIP 8,700 8,700 .............. 23 ARL SEMA Mods 32,000 32,000 .............. MIP 31 RQ-7 UAV MODS 8,250 8,250 .............. ------------------------------------------------- Total, 164,987 158,087 -6,900 Aircraft Procureme nt, Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Missile Procurement, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $32,136,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 37,260,000 Committee recommendation................................ 37,260,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $37,260,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Hellfire Sys 37,260 37,260 .............. Summary ------------------------------------------------- Total, 37,260 37,260 .............. Missile Procureme nt, Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $5,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 26,030,000 Committee recommendation................................ 26,030,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,030,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 Mortar Systems 7,030 7,030 .............. 21 Common Remotely 19,000 19,000 .............. Operated Weapons Systems ------------------------------------------------- Total, 26,030 26,030 .............. Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procurement of Ammunition, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $140,905,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 192,040,000 Committee recommendation................................ 192,040,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $192,040,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 CTG, .50 Cal, 4,000 4,000 .............. All Types 8 60MM Mortar, All 11,700 11,700 .............. Types 9 81MM Mortar, All 4,000 4,000 .............. Types 10 120MM Mortar, 7,000 7,000 .............. ALL TYPES 12 Artillery 5,000 5,000 .............. Cartridges, 75MM & 105MM, All Types 13 Artillery 10,000 10,000 .............. Projectile, 155MM, All Types 15 Artillery 2,000 2,000 .............. Propellants, Fuzes and Primers, All 17 Rocket, Hydra 136,340 136,340 .............. 70, All Types 19 Demolition 4,000 4,000 .............. Munitions, All Types 21 Signals, All 8,000 8,000 .............. Types ------------------------------------------------- Total, 192,040 192,040 .............. Procureme nt of Ammunitio n, Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Procurement, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $773,583,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,205,596,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,205,596,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,205,596,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Family of Medium 243,998 243,998 .............. Tactical Veh [FMTV] 9 Hvy Expanded 223,276 223,276 .............. Mobile Tactical Truck Ext Serv 11 Modification of 130,000 130,000 .............. In Svc Equip 12 Mine-Resistant 393,100 393,100 .............. Ambush- Protected [MRAP] Mods 21 Transportable 5,724 5,724 .............. Tactical Command Communications 51 Installation 29,500 29,500 .............. Info Infrastructure Mod Program 57 DCGS-A (MIP) 54,140 54,140 .............. 59 Trojan (MIP) 6,542 6,542 .............. 61 CI HUMINT Auto 3,860 3,860 .............. Reprting and Coll [CHARCS] 68 Family Of 14,847 14,847 .............. Persistent Surveillance Capabilitie 69 Counterintellige 19,535 19,535 .............. nce/Security Countermeasures 84 Computer 2,601 2,601 .............. Ballistics: LHMBC XM32 87 Fire Support C2 48 48 .............. Family 94 Maneuver Control 252 252 .............. System [MCS] 101 Automated Data 652 652 .............. Processing Equip 111 Base Defense 4,035 4,035 .............. Systems [BDS] 131 Force Provider 53,800 53,800 .............. 133 Cargo Aerial Del 700 700 .............. & Personnel Parachute System 159 Family of 10,486 10,486 .............. Forklifts 169 Rapid Equipping 8,500 8,500 .............. Soldier Support Equipment ------------------------------------------------- Total, 1,205,596 1,205,596 .............. Other Procureme nt, Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aircraft Procurement, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $243,359,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 217,394,000 Committee recommendation................................ 217,394,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $217,394,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26 STUASL0 UAV 55,000 55,000 .............. 30 AV-8 Series 41,365 41,365 .............. 32 F-18 Series 8,000 8,000 .............. 37 EP-3 Series 6,300 6,300 .............. 47 Special Project 14,198 14,198 .............. Aircraft 51 Common ECM 72,700 72,700 .............. Equipment 52 Common Avionics 13,988 13,988 .............. Changes 59 V-22 (Tilt/Rotor 4,900 4,900 .............. ACFT) Osprey 65 Aircraft 943 943 .............. Industrial Facilities ------------------------------------------------- Total, 217,394 217,394 .............. Aircraft Procureme nt, Navy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weapons Procurement, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $66,785,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,344,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,344,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,344,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Laser Maverick 3,344 3,344 .............. ------------------------------------------------- Total, 3,344 3,344 .............. Weapons Procureme nt, Navy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $154,519,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 136,930,000 Committee recommendation................................ 136,930,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $136,930,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 General Purpose 9,715 9,715 .............. Bombs 2 Airborne 11,108 11,108 .............. Rockets, All Types 3 Machine Gun 3,603 3,603 .............. Ammunition 6 Air Expendable 11,982 11,982 .............. Countermeasures 11 Other Ship Gun 4,674 4,674 .............. Ammunition 12 Small Arms & 3,456 3,456 .............. Landing Party Ammo 13 Pyrotechnic and 1,989 1,989 .............. Demolition 14 Ammunition Less 4,674 4,674 .............. Than $5 Million 20 120mm, All Types 10,719 10,719 .............. 23 Rockets, All 3,993 3,993 .............. Types 24 Artillery, All 67,200 67,200 .............. Types 25 Demolition 518 518 .............. Munitions, All Types 26 Fuze, All Types 3,299 3,299 .............. ------------------------------------------------- Total, 136,930 136,930 .............. Procureme nt of Ammunitio n, Navy and Marine Corps ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Procurement, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $123,710,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 12,186,000 Committee recommendation................................ 12,186,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,186,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 135 Passenger 186 186 .............. Carrying Vehicles Classified 12,000 12,000 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------- Total, Other 12,186 12,186 .............. Procurement , Navy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procurement, Marine Corps Appropriations, 2015.................................... $65,589,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 48,934,000 Committee recommendation................................ 48,934,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $48,934,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Javelin 7,679 7,679 .............. 13 Modification 10,311 10,311 .............. Kits 14 Unit Operations 8,221 8,221 .............. Center 18 Modification 3,600 3,600 .............. Kits 19 Items Under $5 8,693 8,693 .............. Million (Comm & Elec) 27 RQ-11 UAV 3,430 3,430 .............. 52 Physical 7,000 7,000 .............. Security Equipment ------------------------------------------------- Total, 48,934 48,934 .............. Procureme nt, Marine Corps ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aircraft Procurement, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $481,019,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 128,900,000 Committee recommendation................................ 128,900,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $128,900,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 MQ-9 13,500 13,500 .............. 44 C-130 1,410 1,410 .............. 56 H-60 39,300 39,300 .............. 58 HC/MC-130 5,690 5,690 .............. Modifications 61 MQ-9 Mods 69,000 6,900 .............. ------------------------------------------------- Total, 128,900 128,900 .............. Aircraft Procureme nt, Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Missile Procurement, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $136,189,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 289,142,000 Committee recommendation................................ 289,142,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $289,142,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Predator 280,902 280,902 .............. Hellfire Missile 7 Small Diameter 2,520 2,520 .............. Bomb 10 AGM-65D Maverick 5,720 5,720 .............. ------------------------------------------------- Total, 289,142 289,142 .............. Missile Procureme nt, Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $219,785,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 228,874,000 Committee recommendation................................ 228,874,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $228,874,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 Cartridges 8,371 8,371 .............. 4 General Purpose 17,031 17,031 .............. Bombs 6 Joint Direct 184,412 184,412 .............. Attack Munition 12 Flares 11,064 11,064 .............. 13 Fuzes 7,996 7,996 .............. ------------------------------------------------- Total, 228,874 228,874 .............. Procureme nt of Ammunitio n, Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Procurement, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $3,607,526,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 3,859,964,000 Committee recommendation................................ 3,829,964,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,829,964,000. This is $30,000,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25 General 3,953 3,953 .............. Information Technology 27 Mobility Command 2,000 2,000 .............. and Control 42 USCENTCOM 10,000 10,000 .............. 52 Tactical C-E 4,065 4,065 .............. Equipment 56 Base Comm 15,400 15,400 .............. Infrastructure 58 Night Vision 3,580 3,580 .............. Goggles 59 Items Less Than 3,407 3,407 .............. $5 Million 62 Engineering and 46,790 46,790 .............. EOD Equipment 64 Mobility 400 400 .............. Equipment 65 Items Less Than 9,800 9,800 .............. $5 Million 71 Defense Space 28,070 28,070 .............. Reconnaissance Prog. 71A Classified 3,732,499 3,702,499 -30,000 Programs Classified .............. .............. -30,000 program adjustment ------------------------------------------------- Total, 3,859,964 3,829,964 -30,000 Other Procureme nt, Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procurement, Defense-Wide Appropriations, 2015.................................... $250,386,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 212,418,000 Committee recommendation................................ 173,918,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $173,918,000. This is $38,500,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Teleport Program 1,940 1,940 .............. 40A Classified 35,482 35,482 .............. Programs 41 MC-12 5,000 5,000 .............. 56 Ordnance Items 35,299 35,299 .............. <$5M 61 Special Programs 15,160 15,160 .............. 63 Warrior Systems 15,000 15,000 .............. <$5M 68 Operational 104,537 66,037 -38,500 Enhancements Classified .............. .............. -38,500 program adjustment ------------------------------------------------- Total, 212,418 173,918 -38,500 Procureme nt, Defense- Wide ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Guard and Reserve Equipment Appropriations, 2015.................................... $1,200,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................................... Committee recommendation................................ 1,000,000,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,000,000,000. This is $1,000,000,000 above the budget estimate. The appropriation includes direction for each Reserve and National Guard component commander to submit to the congressional defense committees a detailed assessment of that component's modernization priorities, not later than 30 days after enactment of this act. committee recommended program The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT RESERVE EQUIPMENT: ARMY RESERVE: Miscellaneous Equipment................................. .............. 140,000 +140,000 NAVY RESERVE: Miscellaneous Equipment................................. .............. 50,000 +50,000 MARINE CORPS RESERVE: Miscellaneous Equipment................................. .............. 10,000 +10,000 AIR FORCE RESERVE: Miscellaneous Equipment................................. .............. 140,000 +140,000 ----------------------------------------------- TOTAL, RESERVE EQUIPMENT.............................. .............. 340,000 +340,000 NATIONAL GUARD EQUIPMENT: ARMY NATIONAL GUARD: Miscellaneous Equipment................................. .............. 330,000 +330,000 AIR NATIONAL GUARD: Miscellaneous Equipment................................. .............. 330,000 +330,000 ----------------------------------------------- TOTAL, NATIONAL GUARD EQUIPMENT....................... .............. 660,000 +660,000 =============================================== TOTAL, NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT........... .............. 1,000,000 +1,000,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- High-Priority Items.--The Committee directs that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment account shall be executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve components with priority consideration given to the following items: HMMWV Ambulances, Data Links for Ground Vehicles, Upgrades for First Responder Tactical Radios, Acoustic Hailing Devices, Small Arms Simulation Training Systems, Crashworthy Auxiliary Fuel Systems, Laser Protective Eyewear, Helmet-Incorporated Facial Protection, Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion, Semi- Permanent Humidity Controlled Shelters, Counter Mortar Radar Systems, Advanced Electronically Scanned Array Radars for F-16, Digital Radar Warning Receivers for F-16 and C-130, and Engine Upgrades for C-130 including Modular Blade Technology and In- Flight Propeller Balancing Systems. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION The Committee recommends $191,434,000 for research, development, test and evaluation. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army Appropriations, 2015.................................... $2,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 1,500,000 Committee recommendation................................ 1,500,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,500,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60 Soldier Support 1,500 1,500 .............. and Survivability ------------------------------------------------- Total, 1,500 1,500 .............. Research, Development , Test and Evaluation, Army ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy Appropriations, 2015.................................... $36,020,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 35,747,000 Committee recommendation................................ 35,747,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,747,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Classified 35,747 35,747 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force Appropriations, 2015.................................... $14,706,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 17,100,000 Committee recommendation................................ 17,100,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,100,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 133 Joint Counter 300 300 .............. RCIED Electronic Warfare Classified 16,800 16,800 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------- Total, 17,100 17,100 .............. Research, Developme nt, Test and Evaluatio n, Air Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide Appropriations, 2015.................................... $174,647,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 137,087,000 Committee recommendation................................ 137,087,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $137,087,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Classified 137,087 137,087 .............. Programs ------------------------------------------------- Total, 137,087 137,087 .............. Research, Developme nt, Test and Evaluatio n, Defense- Wide ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS Defense Working Capital Funds Appropriations, 2015.................................... $91,350,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 88,850,000 Committee recommendation................................ 88,850,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $88,850,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the programs recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transportation 2,500 2,500 .............. of Fallen Heroes ------------------------------------------------- Total, 2,500 2,500 .............. Defense Working Capital Fund, Air Force ================================================= Defense 86,350 86,350 .............. Logistics Agency ------------------------------------------------- Total, 86,350 86,350 .............. Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense- wide ================================================= Grand 88,850 88,850 .............. Total, Defense Working Capital Funds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS Defense Health Program Appropriations, 2015.................................... $300,531,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 272,704,000 Committee recommendation................................ 272,704,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $272,704,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Operation and .............. .............. .............. Maintenance In-House Care 65,149 65,149 .............. Private Sector 192,210 192,210 .............. Care Consolidated 9,460 9,460 .............. Health Care Education and 5,885 5,885 .............. Training ------------------------------------------------- Total, 272,704 272,704 .............. Defense Health Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense Appropriations, 2015.................................... $205,000,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 186,000,000 Committee recommendation................................ 186,000,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $186,000,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund Appropriations, 2015.................................... $444,464,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 493,271,000 Committee recommendation................................ 290,000,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $290,000,000. This is $203,271,000 below the budget estimate. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROGRAM The following table details the program recommended by the Committee: [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Line Item 2016 budget Committee budget estimate recommendation estimate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Network Attack 219,550 204,550 -15,000 Restoring .............. .............. -15,000 acquisition accountabil ity: Unjustified request 2 JIEDDO Device 77,600 77,600 .............. Defeat 3 Force Training 7,850 7,850 .............. 4 Staff and 188,271 .............. -188,271 Infrastructure Maintain .............. .............. -43,807 program affordabili ty: Maintain same level of infrastruct ure as previous year Transfer .............. .............. -144,464 JIEDDO OCO: Staff and Infrastruct ure to OMDW OCO ------------------------------------------------- Total, 493,271 290,000 -203,271 JIEDDO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization [JIEDDO].--The fiscal year 2016 President's budget request includes $493,271,000 in Overseas Contingency Operations [OCO] funding. To preserve the essential joint capabilities of JIEDDO and eliminate any duplication with service capabilities, the Committee recommends transferring $144,464,000 to the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide OCO account. Office of the Inspector General Appropriations, 2015.................................... $10,623,000 Budget estimate, 2016................................... 10,262,000 Committee recommendation................................ 10,262,000 The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,262,000. This is equal to the budget estimate. GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE Sec. 9001. OCO Designation.--Inserts a new provision which requires the President to designate all of the Overseas Contingency Operation/Global War on Terrorism funds provided by this act before any of the funds are available for obligation. Sec. 9002. Funds in Addition to Base.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9003. Special Transfer Authority.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9004. Supervision and Administration Costs.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9005. Vehicle Procurement.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9006. Commander's Emergency Response Program.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9007. Coalition Lift and Sustainment.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9008. Permanent Military Installations.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9009. U.N. Convention Against Torture.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9010. Afghanistan Resource Oversight Council.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9011. Investment Unit Cost.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9012. Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq.--Retains and modifies a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9013. Syria War Powers Contravention.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9014. Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.--Inserts a new provision which provides assistance and sustainment to the military and national security forces of Ukraine. Sec. 9015. C-130 Cargo Aircraft Transfers.--Retains a provision carried in previous years. Sec. 9016. Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund.--Inserts a new provision regarding the availability of funds for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund. Sec. 9017. Inserts a new provision expressing the Sense of the Senate on the Authorization for Use of Military Force. COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment to the House bill ``which proposes an item of appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session.'' The Committee recommends funding for the following accounts which currently lack authorization for fiscal year 2016: Military Personnel, Army Military Personnel, Navy Military Personnel, Marine Corps Military Personnel, Air Force Reserve Personnel, Army Reserve Personnel, Navy Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps Reserve Personnel, Air Force National Guard Personnel, Army National Guard Personnel, Air Force Operation and Maintenance, Army Operation and Maintenance, Navy Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Environmental Restoration, Army Environmental Restoration, Navy Environmental Restoration, Air Force Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid Cooperative Threat Reduction Account Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Iraq Train and Equip Fund Syria Train and Equip Fund Aircraft Procurement, Army Missile Procurement, Army Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army Procurement of Ammunition, Army Other Procurement, Army Aircraft Procurement, Navy Weapons Procurement, Navy Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy Carrier Replacement Program Carrier Replacement Program [AP] Virginia Class Submarine Virginia Class Submarine [AP] CVN Refueling Overhauls CVN Refueling Overhauls [AP] DDG-1000 Program DDG-51 Destroyer Littoral Combat Ship LPD-17 Afloat Forward Staging Base [AP] LHA Replacement [AP] LX(R) [AP] Joint High Speed Vessel TAO Fleet Oiler T-ATS(X) Fleet Tug LCU Replacement Moored Training ship [AP] Outfitting, Post Delivery, Conversions and First Destination Transportation Ship to Shore Connector Service Craft LCAC Service Life Extension Program YP Craft Maintenance/ROH/SLEP Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs Other Procurement, Navy Procurement, Marine Corps Aircraft Procurement, Air Force Missile Procurement, Air Force Space Procurement, Air Force Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force Other Procurement, Air Force Procurement, Defense-Wide National Guard and Reserve Equipment Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Defense Working Capital Funds National Defense Sealift Fund Defense Health Program Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund Office of the Inspector General Intelligence Community Management Account COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 11, 2015, the Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, provided, that the bill be subject to amendment and that the bill be consistent with its budget allocation, by a recorded vote of 27-3, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows: Yeas Nays Chairman Cochran Mrs. Murray Mr. McConnell Mr. Reed Mr. Shelby Mr. Tester Mr. Alexander Ms. Collins Ms. Murkowski Mr. Graham Mr. Kirk Mr. Blunt Mr. Moran Mr. Hoeven Mr. Boozman Mrs. Capito Mr. Cassidy Mr. Lankford Mr. Daines Ms. Mikulski Mr. Leahy Mrs. Feinstein Mr. Durbin Mr. Udall Mrs. Shaheen Mr. Merkley Mr. Coons Mr. Schatz Ms. Baldwin Mr. Murphy COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by the Committee.'' The Committee bill as recommended contains no such provisions. BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS AMENDED [In millions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget authority Outlays ------------------------------------------------------- Committee Amount in Committee Amount in allocation bill allocation bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comparison of amounts in the bill with the subcommittee allocation for 2016: Subcommittee on Defense: Mandatory........................................... 514 514 514 514 Discretionary....................................... 489,131 489,131 509,550 509,521 Security........................................ 488,995 488,995 NA NA Nonsecurity..................................... 136 136 NA NA Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 86,869 86,868 45,626 48,859 Terrorism.......................................... Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation: 2016................................................ ............ ............ ............ 354,722 2017................................................ ............ ............ ............ 127,729 2018................................................ ............ ............ ............ 49,791 2019................................................ ............ ............ ............ 23,592 2020 and future years............................... ............ ............ ............ 17,399 Financial assistance to State and local governments forP NA ............ NA ............ 2016................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. \2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. NA: Not applicable. NOTE.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for overseas contingency operations and in accordance with section 3102(f) of the conference report on the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 (S. Con. Res. 11), the Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will provide a revised 302(a) allocation for the Committee on Appropriations for overseas contingency operations reflecting an upward adjustment in outlays. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 [In thousands of dollars] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senate Committee recommendation compared with (+ or -) Item 2015 Budget estimate Committee ----------------------------------- appropriation recommendation 2015 appropriation Budget estimate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE I MILITARY PERSONNEL Military personnel, Army...................................... 41,116,129 41,130,748 41,038,287 -77,842 -92,461 Military personnel, Navy...................................... 27,453,200 28,262,396 27,983,432 +530,232 -278,964 Military personnel, Marine Corps.............................. 12,828,931 13,125,349 12,953,400 +124,469 -171,949 Military personnel, Air Force................................. 27,376,462 27,969,322 27,756,536 +380,074 -212,786 Reserve personnel, Army....................................... 4,317,859 4,550,974 4,418,714 +100,855 -132,260 Reserve personnel, Navy....................................... 1,835,924 1,884,991 1,849,541 +13,617 -35,450 Reserve personnel, Marine Corps............................... 660,424 706,481 697,839 +37,415 -8,642 Reserve personnel, Air Force.................................. 1,653,148 1,696,283 1,676,551 +23,403 -19,732 National Guard personnel, Army................................ 7,643,832 7,942,132 7,862,122 +218,290 -80,010 National Guard personnel, Air Force........................... 3,118,709 3,222,551 3,205,691 +86,982 -16,860 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title I, Military personnel...................... 128,004,618 130,491,227 129,442,113 +1,437,495 -1,049,114 ========================================================================================= TITLE II OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Operation and maintenance, Army............................... 31,961,920 35,107,546 27,285,099 -4,676,821 -7,822,447 Operation and maintenance, Navy............................... 37,590,854 42,200,756 25,933,099 -11,657,755 -16,267,657 Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps....................... 5,610,063 6,228,782 5,277,785 -332,278 -950,997 Operation and maintenance, Air Force.......................... 34,539,965 38,191,929 26,144,988 -8,394,977 -12,046,941 Operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide....................... 30,824,752 32,440,843 32,124,431 +1,299,679 -316,412 Operation and maintenance, Army Reserve....................... 2,513,393 2,665,792 2,679,992 +166,599 +14,200 Operation and maintenance, Navy Reserve....................... 1,021,200 1,001,758 998,758 -22,442 -3,000 Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve............... 270,846 277,036 277,036 +6,190 ................ Operation and maintenance, Air Force Reserve.................. 3,026,342 3,064,257 3,056,357 +30,015 -7,900 Operation and maintenance, Army National Guard................ 6,175,951 6,717,977 6,746,302 +570,351 +28,325 Operation and maintenance, Air National Guard................. 6,408,558 6,956,210 6,951,010 +542,452 -5,200 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces........... 13,723 14,078 14,078 +355 ................ Environmental restoration, Army............................... 201,560 234,829 234,829 +33,269 ................ Environmental restoration, Navy............................... 277,294 292,453 292,453 +15,159 ................ Environmental restoration, Air Force.......................... 408,716 368,131 368,131 -40,585 ................ Environmental restoration, Defense-Wide....................... 8,547 8,232 8,232 -315 ................ Environmental restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites........ 250,853 203,717 233,717 -17,136 +30,000 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid................ 103,000 100,266 100,266 -2,734 ................ Cooperative Threat Reduction Account.......................... 365,108 358,496 358,496 -6,612 ................ Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.. 83,034 84,140 84,140 +1,106 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title II, Operation and maintenance.............. 161,655,679 176,517,228 139,169,199 -22,486,480 -37,348,029 ========================================================================================= TITLE III PROCUREMENT Aircraft procurement, Army.................................... 5,216,225 5,689,357 5,465,751 +249,526 -223,606 Missile procurement, Army..................................... 1,208,692 1,419,957 1,667,167 +458,475 +247,210 Procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, Army...... 1,722,136 1,887,073 1,914,446 +192,310 +27,373 Procurement of ammunition, Army............................... 1,015,477 1,233,378 1,247,426 +231,949 +14,048 Other procurement, Army....................................... 4,747,523 5,899,028 5,648,874 +901,351 -250,154 Aircraft procurement, Navy.................................... 14,758,035 16,126,405 17,392,174 +2,634,139 +1,265,769 Weapons procurement, Navy..................................... 3,137,257 3,154,154 3,172,822 +35,565 +18,668 Procurement of ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps.............. 674,100 723,741 728,741 +54,641 +5,000 Shipbuilding and conversion, Navy............................. 15,954,379 16,597,457 18,176,362 +2,221,983 +1,578,905 Other procurement, Navy....................................... 5,846,558 6,614,715 6,329,750 +483,192 -284,965 Procurement, Marine Corps..................................... 935,209 1,131,418 1,239,618 +304,409 +108,200 Aircraft procurement, Air Force............................... 12,067,703 15,657,769 15,890,661 +3,822,958 +232,892 Missile procurement, Air Force................................ 4,629,662 2,987,045 2,965,869 -1,663,793 -21,176 Space procurement, Air Force.................................. ................ 2,584,061 2,891,159 +2,891,159 +307,098 Procurement of ammunition, Air Force.......................... 659,909 1,758,843 1,797,343 +1,137,434 +38,500 Other procurement, Air Force.................................. 16,781,266 18,272,438 17,997,359 +1,216,093 -275,079 Procurement, Defense-Wide..................................... 4,429,303 5,130,853 5,211,532 +782,229 +80,679 Defense Production Act purchases.............................. 51,638 46,680 76,680 +25,042 +30,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title III, Procurement........................... 93,835,072 106,914,372 109,813,734 +15,978,662 +2,899,362 ========================================================================================= TITLE IV RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION Research, development, test and evaluation, Army.............. 6,675,565 6,924,959 7,096,935 +421,370 +171,976 Research, development, test and evaluation, Navy.............. 15,958,460 17,885,916 18,236,645 +2,278,185 +350,729 Research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force......... 23,643,983 26,473,669 25,874,116 +2,230,133 -599,553 Research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-Wide...... 17,225,889 18,329,861 18,926,433 +1,700,544 +596,572 Operational test and evaluation, Defense...................... 209,378 170,558 190,558 -18,820 +20,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title IV, Research, development, test and 63,713,275 69,784,963 70,324,687 +6,611,412 +539,724 evaluation............................................. ========================================================================================= TITLE V REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS Defense Working Capital Funds................................. 1,649,468 1,312,568 1,779,568 +130,100 +467,000 National Defense Sealift Fund................................. 485,012 474,164 474,164 -10,848 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title V, Revolving and Management Funds.......... 2,134,480 1,786,732 2,253,732 +119,252 +467,000 ========================================================================================= TITLE VI OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS Defense Health Program: Operation and maintenance................................. 30,030,650 30,889,940 30,103,891 +73,241 -786,049 Procurement............................................... 308,413 373,287 365,390 +56,977 -7,897 Research, development, test and evaluation................ 1,730,709 980,101 1,798,633 +67,924 +818,532 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Defense Health Program\1\\3\..................... 32,069,772 32,243,328 32,267,914 +198,142 +24,586 ========================================================================================= Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense: Operation and maintenance................................. 196,128 139,098 118,198 -77,930 -20,900 Procurement............................................... 10,227 2,281 2,281 -7,946 ................ Research, development, test and evaluation................ 595,913 579,342 579,342 -16,571 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Chemical Agents\2\............................... 802,268 720,721 699,821 -102,447 -20,900 ========================================================================================= Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense........ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ Counter-narcotics support................................. 669,631 739,009 681,109 +11,478 -57,900 Drug demand reduction program............................. 105,591 111,589 119,589 +13,998 +8,000 National Guard counter-drug program....................... 175,465 ................ 192,900 +17,435 +192,900 National Guard counter-drug schools....................... ................ ................ 20,000 +20,000 +20,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, 950,687 850,598 1,013,598 +62,911 +163,000 Defense\4\............................................. ========================================================================================= Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund........................... ................ 99,701 ................ ................ -99,701 Support for International Sporting Competitions\1\............ 10,000 ................ ................ -10,000 ................ Office of the Inspector General\1\............................ 311,830 316,159 312,559 +729 -3,600 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title VI, Other Department of Defense Programs... 34,144,557 34,230,507 34,293,892 +149,335 +63,385 ========================================================================================= TITLE VII RELATED AGENCIES Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System 514,000 514,000 514,000 ................ ................ Fund......................................................... Intelligence Community Management Account [ICMA].............. 507,600 530,023 513,923 +6,323 -16,100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title VII, Related agencies...................... 1,021,600 1,044,023 1,027,923 +6,323 -16,100 ========================================================================================= TITLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS Additional transfer authority (Sec. 8005)..................... (4,500,000) (5,500,000) (5,000,000) (+500,000) (-500,000) Operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide....................... 175,000 ................ ................ -175,000 ................ FFRDC (Sec. 8023)............................................. -40,000 ................ -65,000 -25,000 -65,000 Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery (Sec. 8028).... ................ 1,000 1,000 +1,000 ................ Rescissions (Sec. 8040)....................................... -1,228,020 ................ -1,279,038 -51,018 -1,279,038 National grants (Sec. 8046)................................... 44,000 ................ 20,000 -24,000 +20,000 O&M, Defense-wide transfer authority (Sec. 8050).............. (30,000) (30,000) (30,000) ................ ................ Global Security Contingency Fund (O&M, Defense-wide transfer). (200,000) ................ ................ (-200,000) ................ Fisher House Foundation....................................... 4,000 ................ ................ -4,000 ................ Revised econonmic assumptions (Sec. 8074)..................... -386,268 ................ -1,201,800 -815,532 -1,201,800 Fisher House O&M Army Navy Air Force transfer authority (Sec. (11,000) (11,000) (11,000) ................ ................ 8098)........................................................ Defense Health O&M transfer authority (Sec. 8094)............. (146,857) (121,000) (121,000) (-25,857) ................ Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund........... 540,000 ................ ................ -540,000 ................ Revised fuel costs (Sec. 8107)................................ ................ ................ -827,000 -827,000 -827,000 John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust (1,000) (1,000) (1,000) ................ ................ Fund (O&M, Navy transfer authority) P(Sec. 8103)............. Basic allowance for housing................................... 88,000 ................ ................ -88,000 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title VIII, General Provisions................... -803,288 1,000 -3,351,838 -2,548,550 -3,352,838 ========================================================================================= TITLE IX OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS [OCO] Military Personnel Military personnel, Army (OCO)................................ 3,259,970 1,828,441 1,828,441 -1,431,529 ................ Military personnel, Navy (OCO)................................ 332,166 251,011 251,011 -81,155 ................ Military personnel, Marine Corps (OCO)........................ 403,311 171,079 171,079 -232,232 ................ Military personnel, Air Force (OCO)........................... 728,334 726,126 726,126 -2,208 ................ Reserve personnel, Army (OCO)................................. 24,990 24,462 24,462 -528 ................ Reserve personnel, Navy (OCO)................................. 13,953 12,693 12,693 -1,260 ................ Reserve personnel, Marine Corps (OCO)......................... 5,069 3,393 3,393 -1,676 ................ Reserve personnel, Air Force (OCO)............................ 19,175 18,710 18,710 -465 ................ National Guard personnel, Army (OCO).......................... 174,778 166,015 166,015 -8,763 ................ National Guard personnel, Air Force (OCO)..................... 4,894 2,828 2,828 -2,066 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Military Personnel............................... 4,966,640 3,204,758 3,204,758 -1,761,882 ................ ========================================================================================= Operation and Maintenance Operation and maintenance, Army (OCO)......................... 18,108,656 11,382,750 18,930,336 +821,680 +7,547,586 Operation and maintenance, Navy (OCO)......................... 6,253,819 5,131,588 21,008,396 +14,754,577 +15,876,808 Coast Guard (by transfer) (OCO)........................... ................ (160,002) ................ ................ (-160,002) Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps (OCO)................. 1,850,984 952,534 1,879,613 +28,629 +927,079 Operation and maintenance, Air Force (OCO).................... 10,076,383 9,090,013 21,161,888 +11,085,505 +12,071,875 Operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide (OCO)................. 6,211,025 5,805,633 6,850,097 +639,072 +1,044,464 Coalition support funds (OCO)............................. (1,260,000) (1,260,000) (1,160,000) (-100,000) (-100,000) Operation and maintenance, Army Reserve (OCO)................. 41,532 24,559 24,559 -16,973 ................ Operation and maintenance, Navy Reserve (OCO)................. 45,876 31,643 31,643 -14,233 ................ Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve (OCO)......... 10,540 3,455 3,455 -7,085 ................ Operation and maintenance, Air Force Reserve (OCO)............ 77,794 58,106 58,106 -19,688 ................ Operation and maintenance, Army National Guard (OCO).......... 77,661 60,845 60,845 -16,816 ................ Operation and maintenance, Air National Guard (OCO)........... 22,600 19,900 19,900 -2,700 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal, Operation and maintenance..................... 42,776,870 32,561,026 70,028,838 +27,251,968 +37,467,812 Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund (OCO)...................... 1,300,000 2,100,000 ................ -1,300,000 -2,100,000 European Reassurance Initiative (OCO)......................... 175,000 ................ ................ -175,000 ................ Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (OCO)........................ 4,109,333 3,762,257 3,360,357 -748,976 -401,900 Iraq Train and Equip Fund (OCO)............................... 1,618,000 715,000 715,000 -903,000 ................ Syria Train and Equip Fund (OCO).............................. ................ 600,000 531,450 +531,450 -68,550 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Operation and maintenance........................ 49,979,203 39,738,283 74,635,645 +24,656,442 +34,897,362 ========================================================================================= Procurement Aircraft procurement, Army (OCO).............................. 196,200 164,987 158,087 -38,113 -6,900 Missile procurement, Army (OCO)............................... 32,136 37,260 37,260 +5,124 ................ Procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, Army (OCO) 5,000 26,030 26,030 +21,030 ................ Procurement of ammunition, Army (OCO)......................... 140,905 192,040 192,040 +51,135 ................ Other procurement, Army (OCO)................................. 773,583 1,205,596 1,205,596 +432,013 ................ Aircraft procurement, Navy (OCO).............................. 243,359 217,394 217,394 -25,965 ................ Weapons procurement, Navy (OCO)............................... 66,785 3,344 3,344 -63,441 ................ Procurement of ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps (OCO)........ 154,519 136,930 136,930 -17,589 ................ Other procurement, Navy (OCO)................................. 123,710 12,186 12,186 -111,524 ................ Procurement, Marine Corps (OCO)............................... 65,589 48,934 48,934 -16,655 ................ Aircraft procurement, Air Force (OCO)......................... 481,019 128,900 128,900 -352,119 ................ Missile procurement, Air Force (OCO).......................... 136,189 289,142 289,142 +152,953 ................ Procurement of ammunition, Air Force (OCO).................... 219,785 228,874 228,874 +9,089 ................ Other procurement, Air Force (OCO)............................ 3,607,526 3,859,964 3,829,964 +222,438 -30,000 Procurement, Defense-Wide (OCO)............................... 250,386 212,418 173,918 -76,468 -38,500 National Guard and Reserve equipment (OCO).................... 1,200,000 ................ 1,000,000 -200,000 +1,000,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Procurement...................................... 7,696,691 6,763,999 7,688,599 -8,092 +924,600 ========================================================================================= Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Research, development, test and evaluation, Army (OCO)........ 2,000 1,500 1,500 -500 ................ Research, development, test and evaluation, Navy (OCO)........ 36,020 35,747 35,747 -273 ................ Research, development, test and evaluation, Air Force (OCO)... 14,706 17,100 17,100 +2,394 ................ Research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-Wide (OCO) 174,647 137,087 137,087 -37,560 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Research, development, test and evaluation....... 227,373 191,434 191,434 -35,939 ................ ========================================================================================= Revolving and Management Funds Defense Working Capital Funds (OCO)........................... 91,350 88,850 88,850 -2,500 ................ Other Department of Defense Programs Defense Health Program: Operation and maintenance (OCO)........................... 300,531 272,704 272,704 -27,827 ................ Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense (OCO).. 205,000 186,000 186,000 -19,000 ................ Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund (OCO)........... 444,464 493,271 290,000 -154,464 -203,271 Office of the Inspector General (OCO)......................... 10,623 10,262 10,262 -361 ................ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Other Department of Defense programs............. 960,618 962,237 758,966 -201,652 -203,271 ========================================================================================= TITLE IX General Provisions Additional transfer authority (OCO) (Sec. 9003)............... (3,500,000) (3,500,000) (3,500,000) ................ ................ Rescissions (OCO)............................................. -1,236,580 ................ ................ +1,236,580 ................ Unexploded ordnance (OCO)..................................... 250,000 ................ ................ -250,000 ................ Readiness (OCO)............................................... 1,000,000 ................ ................ -1,000,000 ................ Ukraine security assistance initiative (OCO) (Sec. 9014)...... ................ ................ 300,000 +300,000 +300,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, General Provisions............................... 13,420 ................ 300,000 +286,580 +300,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title IX......................................... 63,935,295 50,949,561 86,868,252 +22,932,957 +35,918,691 ========================================================================================= TITLE X EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Procurement, Defense-Wide (emergency)......................... 17,000 ................ ................ -17,000 ................ Research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-Wide 95,000 ................ ................ -95,000 ................ (emergency).................................................. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Title X.......................................... 112,000 ................ ................ -112,000 ................ ========================================================================================= Grand Total............................................. 547,753,288 571,719,613 569,841,694 +22,088,406 -1,877,919 Appropriations...................................... (484,934,013) (520,770,052) (484,252,480) (-681,533) (-36,517,572) Emergency appropriations............................ (112,000) ................ ................ (-112,000) ................ Overseas contingency operations (OCO)............... (65,171,875) (50,949,561) (86,868,252) (+21,696,377) (+35,918,691) Rescissions......................................... (-1,228,020) ................ (-1,279,038) (-51,018) (-1,279,038) Rescissions (OCO)................................... (-1,236,580) ................ ................ (+1,236,580) ................ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\Included in Budget under Operation and Maintenance. \2\Included in Budget under Procurement. \3\Budget request assumes enactment of DOD's pharmacy/Consolidated Health Plan proposals. \4\Budget request does not break out total recommended in bill language. [all]