{"id":66390,"date":"2024-03-21T19:58:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/21\/defense-spending-bill-has-some-ukraine-aid-multiyear-munitions-buys\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:52:57","slug":"defense-spending-bill-has-some-ukraine-aid-multiyear-munitions-buys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2024\/03\/21\/defense-spending-bill-has-some-ukraine-aid-multiyear-munitions-buys\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense spending bill has some Ukraine aid, multiyear munitions buys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House and Senate on Thursday released the compromise text of their fiscal 2024 defense spending bill, nearly halfway through the fiscal year that began in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress is expected to begin votes on the $825 billion defense spending bill on Friday; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/03\/01\/congress-passes-fourth-stopgap-funding-bill-as-1-sequester-looms\/#:~:text=Congress%20on%20Thursday%20passed%20its,pass%20a%20full%20FY24%20budget.\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon funding via a stopgap measure is slated to expire<\/a> at the end of that same day. The bipartisan bill adheres to the spending caps imposed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/03\/12\/republican-hawks-denounce-defense-budget-caps-from-debt-ceiling-deal\/#:~:text=The%20debt%20ceiling%20caps%20allow,to%20the%20Consumer%20Price%20Index.\" target=\"_blank\">last year\u2019s debt ceiling deal<\/a>. It funds the procurement of eight battle ships and dozens of new aircraft, provides a small amount of Ukraine military aid and offers multiyear procurement for six critical munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, I have prioritized five areas that are reflected in this act: countering China and staying ahead of our adversaries; prioritizing innovation of military superiority, achieving a more efficient and effective Pentagon; enhancing the military\u2019s role in countering efforts and supporting our servicemembers and their families,\u201d Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill includes $33.5 billion to build eight ships and allocates funds for 86 F-35 and 24 F-15 EX fighter jets as well as 15 KC-46A tankers. There\u2019s also a combined $2.1 billion for the Army\u2019s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon and the Navy\u2019s Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapons system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill retains $300 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the Pentagon to place contracts for equipment to send Kyiv. House Republican leaders had initially removed the $300 million in Ukraine aid amid opposition from the right flank of their caucus when they narrowly passed their version of the defense spending bill 218-210 in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even with the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds back in the bill, the $300 million is far less than the $60 billion in security and economic support for Kyiv provided in the Senate\u2019s foreign aid bill. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/02\/13\/senate-passes-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-amid-trump-fueled-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate passed the aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan 70-29<\/a> in February but House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has so far refused to put it on the floor amid opposition from former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, the compromise defense spending bill includes funding for multiyear contracts to procure six critical munitions: the Naval Strike Missile, the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3, the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiyear contracts are usually reserved for big-ticket purchases like ships and aircraft, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/09\/25\/gop-dems-clash-on-multiyear-munitions-buys-as-shutdown-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Pentagon hopes using them for munitions will ensure demand stability <\/a>to encourage defense contractors to ramp up production capacity. Defense appropriators granted the Pentagon\u2019s request to use multiyear contracts for all but one munition: the Standard Missile-6. The defense-industrial base has struggled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2022\/05\/02\/bidens-javelin-factory-tour-spotlights-struggle-to-backfill-ukraine-munitions\/\">quickly replenish the billions of dollars worth of munitions drawn down from U.S. stockpiles for Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/12\/14\/congress-passed-the-fy24-defense-policy-bill-heres-whats-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\">FY24 defense policy bill, which Congress passed in December<\/a>, authorizes multiyear contracts for six additional munitions outside the Pentagon\u2019s request. But the FY24 defense spending bill does not fund those additional multiyear contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">War <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/04\/27\/china-focused-panel-preps-proposals-to-rapidly-arm-taiwan\/\">games hosted by the House China Committee in April <\/a>found the U.S. would rapidly run out of munitions \u2014 including the SM-6, Naval Strike Missile and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile \u2014 in a war with Beijing in the Pacific. That committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/05\/24\/china-committee-wants-congress-to-establish-a-taiwan-weapons-stockpile\/\">endorsed multiyear munitions buys as part of a series of 10 bipartisan recommendations on Taiwan<\/a> it drafted in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the bill provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/2024\/03\/21\/defense-innovation-unit-would-get-major-funding-boost-in-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">an $800 million boost to the Pentagon\u2019s Defense Innovation Unit<\/a>, for a total budget of $983 million in FY24. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/03\/21\/replicator-gets-200-million-in-newly-released-defense-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">provides $200 million for Replicator<\/a>, the Pentagon\u2019s effort to buy and field thousands of drones by next August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/02\/09\/republicans-aim-at-pentagon-civilian-workforce-to-curb-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\">cuts funding for the Defense Department civilian workforce<\/a> by $1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise bill eliminates many of the amendments Republicans introduced when they passed their version of the bill in September. That includes an amendment from Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., that would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/09\/27\/secdef-austins-salary-cut-to-1-under-gop-budget-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">reduced Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u2019s salary to $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also drops a priority a proposal championed by Calvert that would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/06\/16\/republican-defense-bill-would-move-mexico-under-us-southern-command\/#:~:text=The%20%24826%20billion%20Pentagon%20funding,after%20the%20bill%20becomes%20law.\" target=\"_blank\">moved Mexico from U.S. Northern Command to Southern Command<\/a>. Calvert argued last year this would \u201cprioritize combatting the trafficking of fentanyl by Mexican drug cartels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Mexico will remain in Northern Command, the bill includes a $50 million increase to counter illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress released the text of the $825 billion FY24 defense spending bill, which includes some Ukraine aid and funding for multiyear munitions 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