{"id":27834,"date":"2021-06-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/03\/lawmakers-champion-china-deterrence-fund-but-not-bidens-version\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:20:24","slug":"lawmakers-champion-china-deterrence-fund-but-not-bidens-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/06\/03\/lawmakers-champion-china-deterrence-fund-but-not-bidens-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers champion China deterrence fund, but not Biden\u2019s version"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Fifteen House lawmakers are calling on appropriators to fully fund a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/03\/02\/eyeing-china-indo-pacific-command-seeks-27-billion-deterrence-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\">$4.7 billion request<\/a> for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative amid criticism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/05\/28\/eyeing-china-biden-defense-budget-boosts-research-and-cuts-procurement\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Joe Biden\u2019s new defense budget submission <\/a>has missed the mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Led by Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., the bipartisan group wants to meet a list of requirements the previous chief of Indo-Pacific Command, then-Adm. Philip Davidson, submitted to Congress in March. Biden\u2019s 2022 budget, released Friday, contains $5.1 billion for PDI, but it\u2019s a departure from the needs in Davidson\u2019s Sec. 1251 report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUSINDOPACOM has an urgent requirement for a more lethal, hardened, and dispersed American military posture in the Indo-Pacific region,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in a letter to House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Betty McCollum, D-Minn., and ranking member Ken Calvert, R-Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn this unique budget cycle, while we are still awaiting full details on where these new starts and existing programs will be located at the program, project, and activity level, we express our strong support for the full funding of $4.68 billion of collective initiatives outlined by [INDOPACOM].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notable signatories include House Seapower Subcommittee chairman, Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., and ranking member, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., as well as House Armed Services Committee Democratic Reps. Elaine Luria and Elissa Slotkin, and Republican Reps. Mike Turner and Matt Gaetz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawmakers highlight INDOPACOM\u2019s top priority, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/03\/09\/guam-is-a-target-today-pacific-chief-pitches-aegis-ashore-to-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\">missile defense system <\/a>to protect Guam, for which the Biden budget offers half the $350 million INDOPACOM proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also emphasize funding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2020\/08\/07\/support-to-pursue-hawaii-based-missile-defense-radar-continues-after-dod-drops-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Homeland Defense Radar \u2013 Hawaii,<\/a> a $1.9 billion project omitted from the Missile Agency\u2019s latest budget request. The agency is reportedly seeking public feedback on potential sites for the array, meant to quickly identify missile threats to Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/03\/05\/indopacom-head-defends-pacific-fund-pricetag\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TR-Guam.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Davidson defends $27B price tag for Pacific fund<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Reinforcing Guam will free up needed assets elsewhere, Adm. Philip Davidson argued Thursday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the budget was released, lead Pentagon budget official Anne McAndrew said the request contains a range of spending for the Indo-Pacific and that the PDI subsection reflects \u201cinvestments especially important to developing the robust capability required to maintain deterrence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lion\u2019s share, or $4.9 billion, funds \u201cjoint force lethality,\u201d with $150 million for exercises, experimentation and innovation, and $23 million for force design and posture. The account covers increased investments in the Tomahawk and Standard Missile 6; land-based conventional fires exceeding the 500 km-limit of the defunct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/08\/06\/new-pentagon-chief-reveals-plans-for-pacific-based-missiles-is-capitol-hill-on-board\/\">Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty<\/a>, and hypersonic weapons like the Navy\u2019s Conventional Prompt Strike capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just ahead of Biden\u2019s budget announcement, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and his House counterpart, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said in a statement that the Biden PDI submission had \u201centirely missed the point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2021\/06\/02\/congress-should-rewrite-the-pentagons-pacific-deterrence-budget-request\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense News op-ed Wednesday<\/a>, a former lead adviser to SASC Republicans on the development of the PDI, Dustin Walker, argued that Congress established it specifically to invest in and track joint and enabling capabilities for the Pacific, but most of Biden\u2019s PDI goes toward big-ticket procurement items, like the F-35 program and Navy vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongress should remove platform-centric investments from PDI,\u201d Walker says. \u201cShipbuilding and F-35 upgrades are important investments that should be funded elsewhere in the budget, not in PDI.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 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