{"id":45842,"date":"2021-10-18T20:34:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T20:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/18\/senate-appropriators-back-5-percent-boost-in-defense-spending-for-fy22\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:25:04","slug":"senate-appropriators-back-5-percent-boost-in-defense-spending-for-fy22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2021\/10\/18\/senate-appropriators-back-5-percent-boost-in-defense-spending-for-fy22\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate appropriators back 5 percent boost in defense spending for FY22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate appropriators on Monday unveiled plans for about $24 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/09\/23\/plans-for-bigger-defense-budget-get-boost-after-house-authorization-bill-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\">extra military spending<\/a> this fiscal year above the president\u2019s budget request, the latest blow for progressive lawmakers who hoped to significantly curb defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move amounts to a 5 percent increase in defense spending for fiscal 2022 over last year, and brings the appropriations bill in line with planned spending outlined in the House and Senate drafts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/09\/02\/defense-spending-increase-afghanistan-withdrawal-dominate-debate-over-defense-policy-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\">annual defense authorization bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee\u2019s defense panel, said in a statement the proposed funding bill \u201cstrengthens our military and ensures the brave men and women that protect this country have the resources they need to keep Americans safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/09\/24\/plans-for-bigger-defense-budget-get-boost-after-house-authorization-bill-vote\/\" 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=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20182099560895.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\">Plans for bigger defense budget get boost after House authorization bill vote<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The $740 billion defense authorization bill draft now awaits compromise work with the Senate, with a goal of final passage later this year.<\/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\">Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said he hopes to pass the measure and the 11 other federal agency budget bills by Dec. 3, when the current budget extension is scheduled to expire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spending bill includes money for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/06\/29\/house-panel-backs-27-percent-pay-raise-for-troops-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">2.7 percent pay raise<\/a> for all service members starting in January, $2.5 billion in investments in the Pacific region to counter Chinese military moves, and $4.3 billion for readiness and operational shortfalls across the services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time in more than a decade, the bill does not contain any funding for overseas contingency operations, with the end of the U.S. military deployment in Afghanistan earlier this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About $3.3 billion requested by the White House to support Afghan security forces were reassigned to other priorities. They included $1.6 billion for facilities sustainment and modernization, $1.3 billion for better infrastructure to develop next-generation weapons, and almost $1.5 billion to upgrade and replace National Guard equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the budget bills\u2019 unveiling, Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., blasted the proposals and said Democratic leaders need instead \u201ca top-line agreement that does not shortchange our nation\u2019s defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the panel\u2019s proposed spending total falls in line with plans already supported by Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee and in the House, where last month a coalition of conservatives and moderate Republicans overrode plans for less defense spending as part of the annual defense authorization bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials have argued that after years of significant plus-ups to the defense budget under President Donald Trump, the extra military money is not needed. But they have also focused more on ensuring that other nondefense agencies see their own funding boosts in the budget plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/10\/04\/a-debt-limit-default-looms-heres-why-the-pentagon-should-be-concerned\/\" 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=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-620625264.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\">A debt limit default looms. 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