{"id":53710,"date":"2018-03-05T23:18:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/05\/senators-seek-budget-flexibility-for-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:47:08","slug":"senators-seek-budget-flexibility-for-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/03\/05\/senators-seek-budget-flexibility-for-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators seek budget flexibility for Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A bipartisan group of senators with authority over military readiness are urging Senate appropriators to grant flexibility in spending its large, but late, budget boost for 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seven senators on the Senate Armed Services\u2019 readiness subpanel have asked the leaders of the Senate Appropriations subpanel to consider changes, arguing Congress\u2019s tardy budgeting has unfairly penalized the Pentagon in a March 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inhofe.senate.gov\/download\/?id=E9ECAB4E-094E-4D2B-9D39-3BDB372913ED&amp;download=1\">letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal is roughly in line with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2018\/02\/21\/let-pentagon-carry-over-fy18-budget-boost-so-money-isnt-wasted-key-lawmaker-says\/\">proposal<\/a> from the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/02\/14\/military-leaders-are-asking-congress-to-spend-some-of-this-years-money-next-year\/\">others<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecent budget caps and numerous continuing resolutions have placed a considerable strain on the Department of Defense,\u201d the senators wrote in a letter. \u201cThe recent National Security and Defense Strategies, the FY19 President\u2019s Budget and Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 are significant steps in the right direction to restore readiness, eliminate maintenance backlogs, and modernize equipment for the Department of Defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senators propose waiving the one-year limitation for operation and maintenance accounts and the so-called \u201c80\/20 Rule.\u201d Under the latter, no more than 20 percent of one-year appropriations may be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEither of these two exceptions will ensure that service secretaries will have the flexibility to obligate funds in an efficient manner to restore readiness and execute the National Security and Defense Strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter, to the lead Senate appropriators for defense \u2014 Sens. 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