Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Analysis of the Pentagon's Fiscal Year 2006 Supplemental Funding Request

by Christopher Hellman [contact information]

March 6, 2006

On February 16, the Bush Administration submitted to Congress its Fiscal Year 2006 supplemental spending request to cover the costs of ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Congressional leaders are reportedly hoping to pass this funding prior to the April recess.

The request is actually two separate submissions: $19.8 billion for Hurricane Katrina Relief and $74.5 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Almost $68 billion of the latter funding is for the Department of Defense, as well as over $1.8 billion of the hurricane relief funding.

According to an analysis by the House Budget Committee's Democratic staff, this additional $68 billion for military operations would bring the total amount allocated to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to over $445 billion since September 11, 2001.

2006 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE WAR ON TERRORISM

Total Request - $74.2 billion * (in addition to the $50 billion already appropriated as part of the FY 2006 Defense Appropriations Act)

Department of Defense - $67.9 billion

Intelligence and Classified Programs - $2.9 billion

International Functions - $4.2 billion - including the Department of State

Other Agencies - $16 million - including the Departments of Justice and the Treasury for counter-terrorism efforts and assistance to the new Iraqi government.

Total FY'06 Defense Department Budget (annual and supplementals) - $560 billion

* NOTE: This request does not reflect the additional $50 billion "placeholder" funding for Fiscal Year 2007 included in the Pentagon's FY'07 budget request.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FY 2006 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

[Note: "Title IX" refers to the $50 billion in FY'06 supplemental funding for the military already approved by Congress as part of the Fiscal Year 2006 Defense Appropriations act.]

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) - $2,053.7 million. Funding supports a wide range of programs to protect U.S. and Coalition forces from IEDs, including equipment to detect and dispose of IEDs, provide physical force protection, and specialized training. The request includes funding for a classified capability for detection of IEDs by two additional "Compass Call" aircraft ($389.9 million), robotic equipment to detect and clear IEDs and Unexploded Explosive Ordnance ($23.6 million), and construction of special supply routes in various locations in Iraq that will bypass certain high-threat urban areas ($167.0 million).

Body Armor/Protective Gear - $1,040.3 million. The request includes $538.5 million for soldiers' body armor for members of the active services, National Guard and Reserve, and $501.8 million for additional protective gear. This is in addition to $702.3 million for body armor and protective gear included in Title IX, and $54.2 million for body armor funded through the regular FY'06 annual defense budget.

High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) - $1,962.6 million. Funding supports purchase of additional and replacement vehicles,
refurbishment and upkeep on existing vehicles, and up-armoring of vehicles. The request includes the purchase of over 3,150 new HMMWVs, or
"Humvees," (the exact figure is not given), and $931.9 million for maintenance. This $1.9 million request is in addition to $633.5 million already allocated under Title IX.

Aircraft Procurement - $1,079.0 million. Funding supports purchasing new and replacement aircraft and additional spare parts. The request includes the purchase of three C-130J aircraft ($216.0 million), nine Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ($53.0 million), 16"Apache" helicopters ($500.0 million) and four UH-1Y helicopters ($271.3 million).

Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) - $423.0 million. CERP provides military field commanders with cash resources to fund
urgent humanitarian and reconstruction assistance.

Army Modular Forces Initiative - $3,400.0 million. The Army's modularity program is part of its efforts to transform itself into a more rapidly deployable force. This program focuses on the efforts to develop 70 Brigade Combat Teams, 42 in the active Army and 28 in the National Guard. This funding is in addition to $1.6 billion already allocated to the program in under Title IX.

Breakdown of the Pentagon's FY 2006 Supplemental Funding Request for Combat Operations

TABLE 1. PERSONNEL $9,593.3 million

Service	Millions of Dollars
Army	6,506.2
Navy	761.7
Marine Corps	834.1
Air Force	1,145.4
Army Reserve	126.1
Navy Reserve	110.4
Marine Corps Reserve	10.3
Air Force Reserve	1.9
Army National Guard	96.0
Air National Guard	1.2
TABLE NOTES * All numbers in millions

TABLE 2. OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE $32,735.8 million

	Millions of Dollars
Army	18,050.30
Navy	2,793.60
Marine Corps	1,622.90
Air Force	6,088.20
Army Reserve	100.1
Navy Reserve	236.5
Marine Corps Reserve	55.6
Air Force Reserve	18.6
Army National Guard	178.6
Air National Guard	30.4
Defense-Wide	3,559.90
Inspector General	1.1
TABLE NOTES * All numbers in millions

TABLE 3. PROCUREMENT $16,397.2 million

	Millions of Dollars
Army	10,363.10
Weapons & Tracked Combat Vehicles	1,133.30
Aircraft	533.2
Missiles	203.3
Ammunition	829.6
Other Procurement	7,663.70
Navy	866.2
Aircraft	271.3
Weapons	95.9
Ammunition, Navy & Marine Corps	331
Other Procurement	168
Air Force	1,935.90
Aircraft	389.9
Ammunition	29
Other Procurement	1,517.00
Marine Corps	2,900.60
Defense-Wide	331.4
RDT&E	782
Army	429
Navy	140
Air Force	67.1
Defense-Wide	145.9
Military Construction	484.7
Army	413.4
Air Force	36.1
Defense-Wide	35.2
Defense Working Capital Fund	516.7
Other	7,347.20
Iraq Freedom Fund (IFF)	100
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund	2,197.80
Iraq Security Forces Fund	3,703.00
Drug Interdiction & Counter-Drug	192.8
Defense Health Program	1,153.60
Total	67,856.90
TABLE NOTES * All numbers in millions

DOD PORTION OF FY 2006 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR HURRICANE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

The Pentagon estimates that it will need an additional $1.8 billion to cover the costs of responding to and recovering from the effects of hurricanes in the Gulf region in 2005 for the period of June 2006 through the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30). This funding is in addition to $7.7 billion already allocated to the Defense Department for costs incurred in FY 2005 and the first part of FY 2006.

TABLE 4. DOD's HURRICANE RELIEF AND RESPONSE FUNDING REQUEST 1,809.50 million

	Millions of Dollars
Personnel	69.0
Army	2.1
Navy	22
Marine Corps	4
Air Force	21.6
Army Reserve	4.1
Navy Reserve	10.2
Air Force Reserve	0.1
Marine Corps Reserve	2.2
Army National Guard	0.3
Air National Guard	1.4
Operations & Maintenance	123.7
Navy	29.9
Air Force	37.4
Navy Reserve	12.8
Air Force Reserve	1.3
Army National Guard	42.3
Procurement	1,137.30
Army	9.8
Ammunition	0.7
Other Procurement	9.1
Navy	1,111.70
Shipbuilding and Conversion	1,025.20
Aircraft	0.6
Ammunition, Navy & Marine Corps	0.9
Other Procurement	85
Air Force	13
Aircraft	13
Defense-Wide	2.8
National Defense Sealift Fund	10
RDT&E	19
Navy	12
Air Force	6.3
Defense-Wide	0.7
Military Construction	404.8
Army National Guard	210.1
Navy	53.4
Naval Reserve	24.3
Air Force	111.2
Air National Guard	5.8
Other Defense-Wide	45.6
Defense Health Program	33.9
Defense Working Capital Fund	1.2
Surcharge Collections, Sales of Commissary Stores	10.5
Total	1,809.50
TABLE NOTES * All numbers in millions SOURCES Transmission letters to Congress from the White House and the Office of Management and Budget, February 16, 2006, "Department of Defense FY 2006 Supplemental Request for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)," February 2006, and "Department of Defense FY 2006 Supplemental Request for Hurricane Katrina and Other Hurricanes of the 2005 Season," February 2006.