Defense Budget and Financial Management

Yesterday, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved (23-3) its version of the FY2017 Defense Authorization bill. The bill authorizes force levels, programs, and policies (including military pay raises) for DoD budgets and the programs and policies for the Department of Energy (DoE) nuclear weapons program.  Appropriations bills provide actual funding. SASC Chair Sen, John [...]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) today approved (60-2) the FY2017 Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 4909). The HASC bill authorizes $543.4 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Energy (DoE) nuclear weapons program. The authorized amount for the base DoD budget would be $523.6 billion, essentially the same as the president's request. HASC [...]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will begin to mark up the FY2017 Defense Authorization bill on Wednesday, April 20. The HASC markup schedule calls for three subcommittees to mark up on Wednesday April 20: the Military Personnel Subcommittee (11:30 AM); the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee (1:30 PM) and the Seapower and Projection [...]

The budget resolution reported out by the House Budget Committee (HBC) on a 20-16 vote would cut the federal deficit by almost $7 trillion over the next 10 years and reach a balanced budget in FY2026, according to the committee. HBC Chairman Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) said the plan would balance the budget through commonsense reforms [...]

Last week, the House Appropriations Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (HAC-MilCon/VA) approved FY2017 funding for Military Construction (included in the total Department of Defense (DoD) budget request) and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill now goes to the full appropriations committee for consideration. The MilCon/VA bill is the first FY2017 appropriations bill to advance in [...]

A bill introduced in the House would improve efficiency in the hiring process at military bases, according to its sponsors Rep, Steve Russell (R-OK) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK). The Department of Defense Workforce Flexibility Act of 2016 (H.R. 4687) would allow “temporary employees within the U.S. Department of Defense to more easily apply for vacant, permanent [...]