Colonel Dave Waldron OUSD Comptroller/BAA

May 2018

The 115th Congress and the DoD Budget

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DoD Organizational Structure

Cyber Command

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OSD Organizational Structure

Lead organizations for Congressional engagement

USD (Acquisition & Sustainment)

USD (Research & Engineering)

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OUSD(C) Organizational Structure

USAF O-6: USD(C), USD(I), IC, ISR, DCMO, CAPE, CIO, USAF

USN O-6: USD(AT&L), DCMA, RDTE/PROC, MDA, DLA, Navy

USA O-6: USD(P&R), DHP, VA, O&M, MilPers, DWCF, Army

USARNG O-6: ASD(I&E), MILCON, ASD(NBC), ARNG

USAFR O-6: USD(P), DSCA, OCO, 1206/1207/1208, DoS

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The FY 2019 Budget: Key Points

Delivered Feb 12, 2018 http://comptroller.defense.gov/Budget-Materials/

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Fact Sheet: FY 2019 President’s Budget

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Compete,  Deter,  Win

FY 2019 President’s Budget: $716B National Defense Strategy-driven budget represents 5% real growth over the FY18 President’s Budget (PB) request. Dynamic Force Employment: ¬ Increases Army, Navy, and Air Force end strength by 25,900 over FY 2018 PB ¬ Invests in facilities such as hangars, training ranges, and airfields

Keeps Faith with Service Members and Families: ¬ 2.6% military pay raise – largest increase in 9 years ¬ $50.6B for military health care ¬ $8.3B for family support – commissary, DoDEA schools, child care and youth programs, MWR, etc.

Allies and Partners: ¬ European Deterrence Initiative – $6.5 billion (37%) over FY18 PB ¬ Operation FREEDOM’S SENTINEL in Afghanistan – $48.9 billion ¬ Operation INHERENT RESOLVE in Iraq and Syria – $15.3 billion ¬ C-ISIS Train and Equip – $1.4 billion

Reform Business Processes: Multi-year effort to use shared, centralized services throughout DoD to implement best practices, maximizing effectiveness in: ¬ Business Operations ¬ IT Consolidation ¬ Logistics and Supply Chain ¬ Healthcare

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Fact Sheet: FY 2019 President’s Budget

Builds Capacity & Lethality: Ø  375 aircraft ($52.9B):

o  77 F-35s o  15 KC-46s o  24 F/A-18E/Fs o  60 AH-64E Apaches

Ø  10 Combat Ships ($29.4B): o  2 VA Class Submarines o  3 DDG-51 Destroyers o  1 LCS

Ø  Missile defense ($12.0B) o  Aegis BMD on 43 ships o  GBMD (4 interceptors/10 silos) o  THAAD (82 missiles) o  PAC-3 (240 missiles)

Ø  Nuclear triad modernization ($15.1B) o  Columbia Class Submarine o  B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber o  LRSO o  GBSD

Ø  Ground Systems ($15.9B): o  JLTV (5K+ vehicles) o  M-1 Abrams Mods/Upgrades

Ø  Space ($9.3B) o  EELV (5 launch vehicles) o  GPS o  SBIR

Ø  Preferred Munitions ($4.5B) o  GMLRS (9,733 rockets) o  Hellfire (7,045 missiles) o  JDAM (43,594 bombs) o  SDB I&II (8,086 bombs)

Ø  S&T Innovation ($13.7B)

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Member of Congress: Day in the Life

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* Adjust for election year…

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n  Majority rule and speed n  Average age: 57 years n  Average length of service:

9.1 years (4.6 terms) n  Longest consecutive

service: Rep Don Young (R-AK), March 1973

n  Military experience: 78 n  On few committees

House of Representatives

435 Members (GOP 235, Dem 193)

* 6 non-voting members

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Senate

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100 Members (GOP 51, Dem 47, Ind 2)

n  Consensus & methodical n  Average Age: 62 years n  Average length of service:

10.2 years (1.7 terms) n  Longest consecutive

service: Patrick Leahy (D-VT), January 1975

n  Military experience: 18 n  On numerous committees

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Congressional Defense Committees

n  Four CDCs provide oversight of DoD

n  Authorizers: House & Senate Armed Services Committees (HASC/SASC) n  Primary focus: Policy & Confirmations (Senate) n  HASC/SASC mark up the President’s Budget Request n  Result = National Defense Authorization Act

n  Appropriators: House & Senate Appropriations Defense (HAC-D, SAC-D) and MILCON-VA Subcommittees n  Primary focus: Appropriation of dollars (obs / expenditures) n  HAC-D/SAC-D mark up the President’s Budget Request n  Result = Defense and MILCON-VA Appropriations Bills

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RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE KEY – PARTICULARLY WITH CDCS

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Congressional Defense Committees

HASC

Thornberry (TX) Smith (WA)

SASC

McCain (AZ) Reed (RI)

HAC-D

Visclosky (IN) Granger (TX)

SAC-D

Shelby (AL) Durbin (IL) (last term)

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Congressional Staff

n  Personal Staff n  Each individual Member office varies in staffing n  Chief of Staff, Legislative Director (LD), Military Legislative

Assistant (MLA), Legislative Correspondent (LC), etc. n  Promote Member (Constituent) interests

n  Professional Staff n  Work for the Committee leadership n  Professional Staff Members (PSMs) work portfolios which

divide up the Committee’s work n  Promote “Good Government”, Chairman’s interests,

Committee Members’ interests, and fact-of-life issues n  Compare PSMs: HASC Majority – 43; HAC-D Majority – 10 n  PSMs write and finalize the bill language

Defense Appropriations Annual Timeline / Milestones

DoD Timeline

Congress Approps Timeline

Commi%ee  Staff  Budget  Review  /  Hearing  /  Mark  prep  

Likelihood  of  con?nuing  resolu?on(s)  /  annual  appropria?ons    not  enacted  

Appropria?ons  Commi%ees  wrap  up  Conference  if  needed  

OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR  

APR   MAY   JUN   JUL   AUG   SEPT  

Q1 – Q2

Q3 – Q4

DoD Timeline

CongressApprops Timeline

HAC-­‐D  Markups  Commi%ee  Staff  Budget  Review  /  Hearing  /          

Mark  prep  August  Recess  

Conference  report  floor  votes  /  enactment                  (or  CR)  

HAC  Markups   House  Floor  Conf.  

Posture  Hearings  HAC  SAP  

Appeals/Briefs  

Con?nuing  Informal  /  Formal  Engagement  

SAC  SAP  Heartburn  Le%er  

SAC-­‐D  Markups   SAC  Markups   Senate  Floor  

Begin  Informal  /  Formal  Engagement  

Approps  Hearings  Budget  Rollout  Budget  Build  /  OSD  Budget  Review  RMDs/PBDs  

New  Fiscal  Year  

Today Election Year

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Current State of Play

n  The FY18 Omnibus appropriated $700M for National Defense

n  DoD saw increase of 10% over the FY17 appropriation

n  FY18 is a mid-term election year

n  Short timeline to work, committees rush to markup

n  Bipartisan Budget Act is good for FY18 & FY19, however:

n  Still need to eliminate sequestration

n  Still need on-time appropriations; CRs do real damage

n  The Trump factor

n  North-South Korea relations

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Why this matters to you n  535 members - Periodic outreach and trust matter

n  CODELs and STAFFDELs, which should be more important to you?

n  Don’t forget the congressional lens on your programs

n  The Appropriation vs Report/Explanatory Statement

n  “Earmark” vs “Add”

n  Resources: n  Thomas.gov n  Rules.house.gov n  whs.mil.campusguides.com/dodappropriationslaws

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Questions

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