FY 2022 Budget

New Defense Bill Saves 2 Cruisers, Approves 13 Battle Force Ships; Adds 12 Super Hornets

Guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG-73) transits the Strait of Hormuz, Feb. 8, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

Congressional authorizers are approving 13 battle force ships and saving two of the seven aging Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers the Navy tried to decommission, according to a draft of the National Defense Authorization Act.

An agreement reached by the House and Senate armed services committees authorizes 13 battle force ships, an increase of five ships from the eight the Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/07/new-defense-bill-saves-2-cruisers-approves-13-battle-force-ships-adds-12-super-hornets

Biden Signs Continuing Resolution; Navy Mum on Effects to Service

President Joe Biden signed a stopgap funding bill on Friday that will keep the government open into next year, as lawmakers continue work on the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bills.

The House and Senate on Thursday each passed a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through Feb. 18, 2022. The legislation is the second CR for FY 2022. The CR the government is currently operating under expires at midnight tonight.

The Navy in a Friday statement said it is evaluating how the new CR...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/03/biden-signs-continuing-resolution-navy-quiet-on-effects

Overview of Department of Defense Budget Process

The following is the Nov. 12, 2021, Congressional Research Service report, The Department of Defense (DOD) Budget: An Orientation.

From the report

This report presents a concise but comprehensive description of the Department of Defense (DOD) budget, outlining the agency’s major activities as identified in its annual funding request.

Because of DOD’s size and the scope and scale of its activities, a baseline of information about the agency may be of use to Members of Congress whose focus is on...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/16/overview-of-department-of-defense-budget-process

Navy Downplays Effects of Continuing Resolution, No Waivers Sent to Capitol Hill

NASA Photo

The Navy has downplayed the effects of the current nine-week stopgap spending measure that freezes its spending levels and the service has not submitted a list of waivers to Congress, USNI News has learned.

The Navy has not sent over a list of anomalies, or waivers, to Capitol Hill, defense and legislative officials confirmed to USNI News this week. Last year the Navy had to seek a waiver for the Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine program, the service’s top acquisition...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/05/navy-downplays-effects-of-continuing-resolution-no-waivers-sent-to-capitol-hill

Navy Plans to Cut 1,000 Civilian Jobs, Close U.S. Base Libraries in $280M Cost Savings Drive

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) returns to its homeport of Norfolk, Va. after being sent to sea to avoid the effects of Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 5, 2019. US Navy PhotoR

The Navy will cut about 1,000 civilian jobs in the U.S. and reduce base services across the country as part of a budget move to reduce costs on domestic bases, according to a message from the head of Navy Installations Command (CNIC) reviewed by USNI News.

“Based on current projections, CNIC will be forced to curtail the level...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/22/navy-plans-to-cut-1000-civilian-jobs-close-u-s-base-libraries-in-280m-cost-savings-drive

Navy Will Cut 500 Civilian East Coast Jobs in ‘Drastic Action’ to Cut $66M

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard on July 7 for an Extended Carrier Incremental Availability. US Navy Photo

Five hundred Navy civilian employees on the East Coast will be cut and port operations will be restricted to a daylight Monday to Friday schedule to meet Navy Region Mid-Atlantic’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget goal.

Three hundred Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic and 200 Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (CRMA) civilians will be cut as part of an...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/21/navy-will-cut-500-civilian-east-coast-jobs-in-drastic-action-to-cut-66m

HASC Chairman Sees Future for Aircraft Carriers, Questions Cost

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee, is briefed on the capabilities of the F-35A Lightning II during his visit at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 10, 2019. The congressman learned about several aspects of the 56th Fighter Wing F-35 pilot training and how the wing works to enhance lethality and readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jensen Stidham)

Questioning the $12 billion price tag of new aircraft carriers, the chairman of the House Armed Services...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/31/hasc-chairman-sees-future-for-aircraft-carriers-questions-cost

HASC Seapower Mark Adds Second Destroyer, Paves Way For Cruiser Decommissionings

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding on June 5, 2021. HII Photo

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s mark of the annual defense policy bill authorizes a second destroyer in the Navy’s shipbuilding budget and paves the way for the service to retire several aging guided-missile cruisers.

The subcommittee’s mark of the Fiscal Year 2022 defense policy bill, released Tuesday, authorizes eight battle...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/27/hasc-seapower-mark-adds-second-destroyer-paves-way-for-cruiser-decommissionings

SASC’s FY 22 Defense Bill Boosts DoD Topline by $25B; Adds 2nd Destroyer, More Navy F-35Cs

USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) at Bath Iron Works

THE PENTAGON – The Senate Armed Services Committee Fiscal Year 2022 authorization bill adds an additional destroyer, a Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport and five more F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters for the Navy, according to a summary of the markup issued on Thursday by the SASC.

The additions are part of a $740.3 billion authorization bill that’s $25 billion more than the Pentagon’s initial budget request from late May.

The bill...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/22/sascs-fy-22-defense-bill-boosts-dod-topline-by-25b-adds-2nd-destroyer-more-navy-f-35cs

House Bill Cuts Money for Navy Nuke Cruise Missile, Saves 3 LCS from Decommissioning  

Three littoral combat ships in various stages of construction at Marinette, Wisconsin during July 2015. The Navy is seeking to decommission USS Detroit (LCS-7), at right, and USS Little Rock (LCS-9), in the background. The ships were commissioned only in 2016 and 2017, respectively. USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), commissioned in 2015, is to remain in service. Christopher P. Cavas Photo used with permission

House appropriators are cutting development money for the Navy’s ship-launched nuclear cruise...

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/29/house-bill-cuts-money-for-navy-nuke-cruise-missile-saves-3-lcs-from-decommissioning

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