Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches - Background and Options for Congress

Abstract

Some observers have proposed procuring Navy ships using incremental funding or advance appropriations rather than the traditional full funding approach that has been used to procure most Navy ships Supporters believe these alternative funding approaches could increase stability in Navy shipbuilding plans and perhaps increase the nm%ber of Navy ships that could be built for a given total amount of ship- procurement funding. The issue for the 109th Congress is whether to maintain or change current practices for finding Navy ship procurement. Congress' decision could be significant because the full finding policy relates to Congress' power ofthe purse and its responsibility for conducting oversight of defense programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2005
Accession Number
ADA472919

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Assault Ships
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Attack Submarines
  • Boats
  • Congress
  • Governments
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Propulsion
  • Procurement
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Uss Jimmy Carter

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security