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, including border security measures; and $7.1 billion is for international affairs. On April 28, the White House announced that it was requesting $1.5 billion in additional funding for swine flu preparedness, including funds for antiviral medication stockpiles and vaccine development. The Administration's new request for defense and foreign affairs is in addition to $70 billion in FY2009 supplemental funding that Congress approved in June, 2008. P.L. 110-252, which was signed into law on June 30, included 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 supplemental FY2009 funds for foreign affairs. Amounts for defense in the bridge fund and in the regular FY2009 defense appropriations act (P.L. 110-329, Division C) were expected to be sufficient to finance Army and Marine Corps operations through June of this year. If approved, 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 to a reduction in the amount requested for weapons procurement, which falls from $64 billion in FY2008 to $28 billion in FY2009. A large part of the decline in procurement is due to a substantial cut in acquisition of Mine Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles, which were purchased in very large numbers in FY2008.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 05, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA501080
Entities
People
- Curt Tarnoff
- K. A. Kronstadt
- Kennon H. Nakamura
- Rhoda Margesson
- Sarah A. Lister
- Stephen Daggett
- Susan B. Epstein
Organizations
- Library of Congress