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The Air Force memo, obtained by Defense News, noted the shortfall is \u201cdriven by higher than projected personnel costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon customarily addresses these shortfalls by bundling reprogramming requests that move funds from accounts with surpluses to accounts with deficits. Top lawmakers on the armed services and appropriations committees in each chamber must then sign off on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department submitted its reprogramming request to preserve airmen\u2019s compensation<b> <\/b>in May<b>. <\/b>The Senate Armed Services Committee and both appropriations panels had already signed off on it, but Rogers did not do so until this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe committee has approved reprogramming requests related to military personnel and continues to review additional reprogramming requests from the Department of Defense,\u201d Rogers\u2019 spokeswoman, Justine Sanders, said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the May reprogramming request contained several other, non-personnel-related reprogramming requests, including $150 million in modernization funds for the Puget Sound shipyard in Washington state. Rogers and other committee leaders can approve the reprogramming items piecemeal, and it\u2019s unclear whether he\u2019ll approve projects that don\u2019t affect troop compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further complicating matters, the Pentagon submitted another, larger reprogramming request June 30. The Pentagon usually submits a bundle of reprogramming requests every year on this date; the document can take weeks to review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress typically approves the request in September just before the end of the fiscal year. Both the House and Senate Armed Services committees are still reviewing the June 30 request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 64-page June 30 request, <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/reprogramming-request-june-302\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=7\/17\/23%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM&#038;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined\">posted online by Punchbowl News<\/a>, includes numerous budget reprogramming items pending approval. That includes more Puget Sound modernization funds, specifically $132 million for dry docks \u201cto mitigate the risk of seismic activity while nuclear vessels are under maintenance in those facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Rogers has made it clear he will not hold requests affecting compensation, it remains to be seen which of the hundreds of other reprogramming items \u2014 if any \u2014 he will approve from the May and June requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alabama and Colorado congressional delegations are engaged in an increasingly acrimonious fight over the Space Command basing decision amid the Air Force\u2019s refusal to make an expeditious decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, during the final days of the Trump administration,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/02\/21\/defense-department-inspector-general-reviews-trump-relocation-of-space-command\/\"> the Air Force announced Huntsville, Alabama \u2014 the site of the Army\u2019s Redstone Arsenal and home to the Missile Defense Agency \u2014 would serve as the new location for Space Command headquarters<\/a>, moving it from its provisional location in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision infuriated Colorado\u2019s congressional delegation, who asked the Air Force to review the decision. Several Colorado Democrats argued it was an act of political retaliation because President Joe Biden won the swing state in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has yet to make a final decision despite the two-year review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., released a statement last week saying Rogers\u2019 hold on \u201croutinely allocating funds is dangerous and harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Alabama delegation is holding our military service members hostage,\u201d said Hickenlooper. \u201cThey are risking our national security to get what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Colorado delegation is finding itself outgunned on the congressional Armed Services and appropriations committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republican Doug Lamborn, who represents the Colorado Springs district where the temporary Space Command facility is located, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/06\/22\/colorado-and-alabama-republicans-feud-over-space-command-legislation\/\">failed to undo a provision on the issue from Rogers<\/a> when the Armed Services Committee considered the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/06\/13\/houses-draft-defense-bill-pressures-pentagon-on-space-command-hq\/\">provision halts military construction on the temporary Space Command headquarters in Colorado Springs<\/a> until Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall submits a report justifying its final location. 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