Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Defense Funding Bill

On June 4, the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed S. 2132, the Defense Appropriations bill for FY 1999. Details are provided below of the Senate committee’s recommendations for the funding categories 6.1 (Basic Research), 6.2 (Applied Research), and 6.3 (Advanced Technology Development.) For Basic Research, the committee would provide funding equal to the Administration’s request for the Navy and the Air Force, less than the request for the Army, and more than the request for Defense-wide programs (including DARPA and the Ballistic Missile Defense Office.) Applied Research within the services would receive more than the request, and Defense-wide Applied Research would receive the requested amount. In all cases, Advanced Technology Development would be funded at levels greater than the request.

Service/ FY 1998 FY 1999 Senate

Category Approp. Request bill

(In millions)

ARMY

Basic Research $180.6 200.8 189.5

Applied Research 654.1 511.3 554.5

Advanced Techno- 657.5 483.6 541.8

logy Development

NAVY

Basic Research 338.7 362.7 362.7

Applied Research 493.6 524.7 557.0

Advanced Techno- 514.8 460.7 521.5

logy Development

AIR FORCE

Basic Research 196.3 209.4 209.4

Applied Research 567.8 582.0 588.0

Advanced Techno- 425.8 379.3 458.3

logy Development

DEFENSE-WIDE

Basic Research 326.2 338.4 346.4

Applied Research 1,280.6 1,401.8 1,401.9

Advanced Techno- 2,164.2 1,720.6 1,859.4

logy Development

Also on June 4, the House National Security Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its version of the DOD funding bill. No date has yet been scheduled for the full House Appropriations Committee to take it up. Details of the House bill will be provided in a future FYI when they are known.