FOR THE RECORD


CONGRESSIONAL UPDATE


FY13 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT President Barack Obama signed the $641 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (NDAA) into law on Jan. 2. Te bill, HR. 4310, authorizes $552 billion for the defense base budget and $88.5 billion for Overseas Contin- gency Operations—in all, $1.7 billion more than the President requested.


Te NDAA determines responsibility for defense, establishes funding levels, and sets the policies whereby defense money can be spent. After the House and Sen- ate reconciled differences between their respective versions of the bill, the House approved the resulting conference report Dec. 20 by a 315-107 vote; the Senate approved it the next day, 81-14.


Te final legislation emerged from a


NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 (SOURCE: Government Printing Office)


conference committee that worked out compromises not just on funding levels, but also on provisions relating to terror- ist detainees, restrictions on the military’s construction of a biofuels refinery, plans for an East Coast missile defense shield, and policies regarding social issues.


FUNDING FOR ARMY PROGRAMS Te bill


assures Army leaders of funding for key pro-


grams, including the authorization of a five-year multiyear procurement contract


for the Army CH-47 Chinook heli-


copter beginning in FY13. In addition, the legislation fully supports the $1.4 billion budget request for the CH-47 Chi- nook procurement and funding for the following programs:


 $639.9 million for Ground Combat Vehicle development.  $373.9 million (research and procurement) for continued development and prototyping of the next-generation Paladin self-propelled artillery system.


 $318 million to procure 58 Stryker vehicles specially designed 204 Army AL&T Magazine January–March 2013


Te legislation denies funding for the multinational Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), a joint venture by the United States, Italy, and Germany to develop a replacement for the Patriot defense program. Army leaders had decided to kill the program after next year.


According to a fact sheet released Dec. 18 by the House Armed Services Committee, the bill meets the goals of “… providing resources to meet the threats America faces; keeping faith with


and built to detect nuclear, chemical, and biological agents.  $1.3 billion for UH-60 Black Hawk procurement.  $272 million for UH-72A Light Utility Helicopter procurement.  $984.9 million for remanufactured and new-production Apache Block III attack helicopters.  $103.3 million for Nett Warrior procurement.  $116 million for research, develop- ment, test, and evaluation for elements of the Joint Tactical Radio System. But the bill authorizes only $366.3 mil- lion of $556.3 million requested for procurement of radios (a reduction of $190 million), due to Manpack radio contract delays.


Te bill adds funding for the following programs:


 $136 million for upgrades to the M1 Abrams tank to mitigate risk to the


armored vehicle industrial base.


 $140 million to accelerate M2 Bradley armored fighting vehi- cle upgrades and modifications, also to help mitigate risk to the armored vehicle industrial base.


 $62 million for additional M88A2 Advanced Recovery Vehi- cles to mitigate the risk of the suspension of armored vehicle production through FY13.


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