{"id":49451,"date":"2023-06-28T16:13:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/28\/house-bill-calls-for-test-of-space-force-budget-flexibility\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:46:28","slug":"house-bill-calls-for-test-of-space-force-budget-flexibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2023\/06\/28\/house-bill-calls-for-test-of-space-force-budget-flexibility\/","title":{"rendered":"House bill calls for test of Space Force budget flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 House appropriators want the Space Force to try out a new budgeting approach that could give the service more flexibility to shift funding as needs change and threats arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Appropriations Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/AP\/AP00\/20230622\/116151\/HMKP-118-AP00-20230622-SD002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">fiscal 2024 defense spending bill includes a provision<\/a> directing the service to submit a supplementary exhibit next year that consolidates budget lines for each of its programs into mission-area portfolios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers expect the move would give greater insight into how the service\u2019s capabilities align with the National Defense Strategy and give the Space Force flexibility to move funding around within those portfolios. The measure would be a trial for the fiscal 2025 budget cycle but could be continued and expanded across the Department of Defense in future years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe committee recognizes there may be potential benefits to an approach that more directly connects national security strategy and goals to the Department\u2019s budget priorities, program plans, and ultimately to capabilities,\u201d the committee said in a report accompanying its bill. \u201cSuch an approach may also bring greater transparency and accuracy to the true total cost and resources needed to accomplish mission goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The provision echoes proposals from former and current DoD officials, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/05\/21\/space-force-lays-out-acquisitions-reforms-in-new-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">including the Space Force<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the creation of the service in 2019, Space Force leaders<a href=\"https:\/\/acqnotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alternative-Acquisition-System-for-the-US-Space-Force.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> submitted a report to Congress<\/a> detailing recommended reforms to the acquisition system. Chief among those proposals was to consolidate budget items based on mission areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe primary benefits are enabling rapid responses to emergent threats in the year of execution that drive a need for realignment of funds and increase overall space purchasing power,\u201d the Space Force said in the 2020 report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Atlantic Council commission of defense experts, convened to consider how the department can better integrate new technology into its arsenal, included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Commission-on-Defense-Innovation-Adoption-Interim-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a similar recommendation in an interim report released in April.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/04\/12\/pentagon-should-expand-defense-innovation-units-role-experts-say\/\" 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