Both the House and Senate have now passed versions of the FY 2005 Department
of Defense Appropriations bill. Under the House bill, H.R. 4613, total
funding for the science and technology program categories (6.1, 6.2,
and 6.3) would increase by 5.7% over the current budget to $12.8 billion.
In the Senate bill, S. 2559, total funding for the three program
categories would increase by 0.9% to $12.2 billion.
The Bush Administration's FY 2005 request for these S&T programs
was $10.5 billion, which would have reduced funding by $1.6 billion
or 13.2%.
Total S&T funding is 3.1% of the total proposed DOD budget in the
House bill and 2.9% in the Senate bill. The Quadrennial Defense Review
recommended that defense S&T be allocated 3.0% of the defense budget.
The following recommended FY 2005 program funding levels were taken
from House Report 108-553 and Senate Report 108-284 which accompanied
the appropriations bills. (To make comparisons between the House and
Senate bills easier, this FYI is based on FYI #83 which summarized the
recommended funding levels in the House bill.)
AGGREGATE 6.1 (basic research) funding (i.e., the total of all
6.1 amounts below) would increase from $1,403 million to $1,486 million,
an increase of $83 million or 5.9% in the House bill. In the Senate
bill, funding would increase to $1,479 million, an increase of $76
million or 5.4%.
AGGREGATE 6.2 (applied research) funding would increase from
$4,424 million to $4,651 million, an increase of $227 million or 5.1%
in the House bill. In the Senate bill, funding would increase
to $4,564 million, an increase of $140 million or 3.2%.
AGGREGATE 6.3 (advanced technology development) funding would
increase from $6,254 million to $6,637 million, an increase of $383
million or 6.1% in the House bill. In the Senate bill, funding
would decline to $6,152 million, a decline of $102 million or 1.6%.
TOTAL AGGREGATE 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 funding would increase from
$12,081 million to $12,774 million, an increase of $693 million or 5.7%
in the House bill. In the Senate bill, funding would increase
to $12,195 million, an increase of $114 million or 0.9%.
ARMY 6.1 funding would increase from $381 million to $385 million,
an increase of $4 million or 1.1% in the House bill. In the Senate
bill, funding would decline to $380 million, a decline of $1 million
or 0.3%.
ARMY 6.2 funding would decline from $1,040 million to $1,014
million, a decline of $26 million or 2.5% in the House bill. In the
Senate bill, funding would decline to $1,013 million, a decline
of $27 million or 2.6%.
ARMY 6.3 funding would increase from $1,205 million to $1,317
million, an increase of $112 million or 9.3% in the House bill. In
the Senate bill, funding would decline to $1,202 million, a decline
of $3 million or 0.3%.
TOTAL ARMY 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 funding would increase from $2,626
million to $2,716 million, an increase of $90 million or 3.4% in the
House bill. In the Senate bill, funding would decline to $2,595
million, a decline of $31 million or 1.2%.
NAVY 6.1 funding would increase from $484 million to $498 million,
an increase of $14 million or 2.9% in the House bill. In the Senate
bill, funding would increase to $488 million, an increase of $4
million or 0.8%
NAVY 6.2 funding would increase from $724 million to $726 million,
an increase of $2 million or 0.3% in the House bill. In the Senate
bill, funding would increase to $778 million, an increase of $54
million or 7.5%.
NAVY 6.3 funding would decline from $1,009 million to $914 million,
a decline of $95 million or 9.4% in the House bill. In the Senate
bill, funding would decline to $857 million, a decline of $152 million
or 15.1%.
TOTAL NAVY 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 funding would decline from $2,217
million to $2,138 million, a decline of $79 million or 3.6% in the House
bill. In the Senate bill, funding would decline to $2,123, a
decline of $94 million or 4.2%.
AIR FORCE 6.1 funding would increase from $331 million to $358
million, an increase of $27 million or 8.2% in the House bill. In
the Senate bill, funding would increase to $380 million, an increase
of $49 million or 14.8%.
AIR FORCE 6.2 funding would increase from $897 million to $928
million, an increase of $31 million or 3.5% in the House bill. In
the Senate bill, funding would decline to $881 million, a decline
of $16 million or 1.8%.
AIR FORCE 6.3 funding would decline from $1,093 million to $958
million, a decline of $135 million or 12.4% in the House bill. In
the Senate bill, funding would decline to $953 million, a decline
of $140 million or 12.8%.
TOTAL AIR FORCE 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 funding would decline from $2,321
million to $2,244 million, a decline of $77 million or 3.3% in the House
bill. In the Senate bill, funding would decline to $2,214 million,
a decline of $107 million or 4.6%.
DEFENSE WIDE (DARPA, etc.- not DOD total) 6.1 funding
would increase from $207 million to $245 million, an increase of $38
million or 18.4% in the House bill. In the Senate bill, funding
would increase to $231 million, an increase of $24 million or 11.6%.
DEFENSE WIDE 6.2 funding would increase from $1,763 million to
$1,983 million, an increase of $220 million or 12.5% in the House bill.
In the Senate bill, funding would increase to $1,892 million,
an increase of $129 million or 7.3%.
DEFENSE WIDE 6.3 funding would increase from $2,947 million to
$3,448 million, an increase of $501 million or 17.0% in the House bill.
In the Senate bill, funding would increase to $3,140 million,
an increase of $193 million or 6.6%.
TOTAL DEFENSE WIDE 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 funding would increase from
$4,917 million to $5,676 million, an increase of $759 million or 15.4%
in the House bill. In the Senate bill, funding would increase
to $5,263 million, an increase of $346 million or 7.0%.
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