House Appropriations Committee, Republicans

1 NEWS House Appropriations Committee, Republicans Ranking Member Jerry Lewis

Website address: http://republicans.appropriations.house.gov Updated May 11, 2009 Contact: Jennifer Hing, (202) 226-7007

Fact Sheet – FY 2009 War Supplemental Summary

Overall, this legislation reflects a bi-partisan effort to provide necessary war funding and essential support for our men and women in uniform, without arbitrary benchmarks or timetables that would tie the hands of our military commanders. While there is still room for improvement in the legislation, passing this funding quickly and getting it to our military leaders is a priority.

The FY 2009 War Supplemental contains a total of $96.7 billion, which is $11.8 billion above President Obama’s request. The Department of Defense receives the bulk of the funding at $84.5 billion, international and “Global War on Terror” related programs within various other agencies receive $10 billion, and other domestic programs – including those related to pandemic flu preparedness – receive $2.2 billion.

One primary concern with the supplemental is the significantly smaller increase in funding for defense compared to increases other federal agencies and programs will likely receive this year. In fact, defense emergency supplemental funding for FY 2009 would see a 20% reduction from last year’s supplemental levels. While some of this reduction can be attributed to a draw down in activity in Iraq, the Obama Administration has simultaneously announced a new, comprehensive military focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan, making adequate defense funding essential. At the same time, the supplemental contains a huge increase for international programs and assistance – 63% above the FY 2008 supplemental level. And – according to the Democrats’ budget resolution – domestic discretionary spending will increase 9% and international programs will receive yet another 33% increase in the upcoming FY 2010 Appropriations bills, while defense is only set to receive a 4% increase.

Any future unnecessary cuts to defense spending in order to provide large funding increases in non-defense programs would indicate a troubling trend – one which Committee Republicans will not support.

The following table compares the Obama Administration supplemental request with the Committee’s proposal:

FY 2009 Pending House House Cmte WAR SUPPLEMENTAL Request Committee Reported Reported Compared to Proposal Request 2

GWOT Related or International Spending

DEFENSE (Including MIL CON) Military Personnel 16,658,269 18,678,314 2,020,045 Operations and Maintenance (Includes Pakistan 35,859,917 35,105,313 (754,604) Counterinsurgency Capability Fund) Procurement 21,862,372 27,888,559 6,026,187 RDTE 809,897 721,930 (87,967) Revolving and Mgmt Funds 846,726 846,726 - Other Defense Programs (Defense Health and 1,067,046 1,250,546 183,500 Counternarcotics)

Military Construction 2,294,532 3,200,000 905,468 Subtotal, Defense Spending 79,398,759 87,691,388 8,292,629 Offsets: Across the Board Cut (emergency funds) - - Rescissions (FY09 base funds) (3,562,400) (3,191,500) 370,900 Rescission (emergency funds) - - Net Total, Defense 75,836,359 84,499,888 8,663,529 STATE FOREIGN OPERATIONS 6,848,144 9,470,466 2,622,322 AGRICULTURE 300,000 500,000 200,000 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE 47,075 17,075 (30,000) ENERGY AND WATER 89,500 55,000 (34,500) TOTAL, GWOT AND INTERNATIONAL 83,121,078 94,542,429 11,421,351 SPENDING

DOMESTIC SPENDING AGRICULTURE - - - COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE - - - ENERGY AND WATER - - - FINANCIAL SERVICES 1,502,936 2,936 (1,500,000) HOMELAND SECURITY - - - INTERIOR 250,000 250,000 - LABOR-HHS - 1,850,000 1,850,000 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 71,606 71,606 - 3

MIL CON-VA (Veterans) - - - TRANSPO-HUD - - - TOTAL, DOMESTIC SPENDING 1,824,542 2,174,542 350,000

GRAND TOTAL, ALL SPENDING 84,945,620 96,716,971 11,771,351