FY2009 Spring Supplemental Appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations
Abstract
On April 9, 2009, the White House sent Congress a request for $83.4 billion in supplemental appropriations for defense, foreign affairs, domestic fire fighting, and other purposes for the remainder of FY2009. Of the total, $75.5 billion is for Department of Defense and intelligence activities related to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; $3.7 billion, offset by $3.4 billion of rescissions, is for other defense programs; and $7.1 billion is for international affairs. These amounts are being requested in addition to $70 billion in FY2009 supplemental funding for defense and foreign affairs that Congress approved in June, 2008. In P.L. 110-252 (H.R. 2462), which was signed into law on June 30, Congress provided a supplemental defense "bridge fund" of $65.9 billion to cover the costs of military operations through the first several months of FY2009 and also appropriated $4.0 billion in emergency supplemental FY2009 funds for foreign affairs. Amounts for defense in the bridge fund and in the regular FY2009 defense appropriations act (P.L. 110-161, H.R. 2764) were expected to be sufficient to finance Army and Marine Corps operations through June of this year. In testimony before the House Budget Committee on March 18, 2009, DoD Comptroller Robert Hale urged Congress to approve supplemental funding before the Memorial Day recess to avoid financial disruptions. The new request, together with the enacted $65.9 billion bridge fund, will bring total supplemental defense funding for FY2009 to $145 billion. This amount is significantly less than the $170 billion that Congress provided in FY2007 and the $187 billion in FY2008. The change is due almost entirely to a reduction in the amount requested for weapons procurement, which falls from $64 billion in FY2008 to $28 billion in FY2009. In preliminary statements about the defense supplemental, Representative Murtha and Senator Inouye both announced plans to add significant amounts to the request for major weapon systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 17, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA501079
Entities
People
- Curt Tarnoff
- Kennon H. Nakamura
- Rhoda Margesson
- Stephen Daggett
- Susan B. Epstein
Organizations
- Library of Congress