{"id":12548,"date":"2020-04-16T04:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/16\/thornberry-wants-6-billion-this-year-to-launch-counter-china-fund\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:32:42","slug":"thornberry-wants-6-billion-this-year-to-launch-counter-china-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2020\/04\/16\/thornberry-wants-6-billion-this-year-to-launch-counter-china-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Thornberry wants $6 billion this year to launch counter-China fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee will release a proposal Thursday to formally create a new fund to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/reagan-defense-forum\/2019\/12\/11\/adm-davidson-indo-pacific-commander-were-not-asking-people-to-choose-between-us-and-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">counter Chinese actions<\/a> in the Pacific, Defense News has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, is calling for the creation of an Indo-Pacific Deterrence Initiative (IPDI), with a $6.09 billion invest in fiscal year 2021. The fund would be based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/2020\/02\/10\/european-defense-initiative-funding-drops-in-defense-budget-request\/\" target=\"_blank\">European Deterrence Initiative<\/a>, a special DoD fund for projects focused on deterring Russia that was set up in the wake of the annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Indo-Pacific has been called our highest priority theater and I believe that is true. It is time to put our money where our mouth is,&#8221; Thornberry told Defense News. &#8220;This effort consolidates and funds the policies, infrastructure, and platforms needed to reassure our allies and partners while we deter China. It also serves as a benchmark against which we can judge our efforts in the region. We may not be able to get this all done this year, but it is vital that we make a start.\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\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/04\/02\/inside-us-indo-pacific-commands-20-billion-wish-list-to-deter-china-and-why-congress-may-approve-it\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guam_carrier.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\">Inside US Indo-Pacific Command\u2019s $20 billion wish list to deter China \u2014 and why Congress may approve it<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A $1.6 billion defensive ring around Guam. Millions in new military funding for partner nations. A billion dollars for increased stockpiles of long-range weapons. These are just some of the investments on a wish list quietly submitted to Congress.<\/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\">For several years, members of Congress have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/05\/15\/lawmakers-seek-75-billion-to-counter-chinas-rise\/\" target=_blank>questioned if some form of EDI is needed in the pacific<\/a>. Action was taken in the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act, with language in Section 1253 requiring INDOPACOM to deliver by mid-March of this year a report detailing what the combatant command needs to fulfill the National Defense Strategy and maintain an edge over China. The hope among supporters was that the list would provide the core of a PDI requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Defense News reported April 2, INDOPACOM head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/04\/23\/incoming-us-pacific-command-chief-wants-to-increase-presence-near-china-isr-capabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adm. Phil Davidson<\/a> came back to the Hill with a $20 billion wish list covering FY21-FY26, with $1.6 billion requested specifically for FY21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thornberry\u2019s request for FY21 is obviously significantly higher than Davidson\u2019s ask for the same fiscal year, but a Congressional staffer added that Thornberry, who is retiring come January, is realistic that the whole $6 billion request is unlikely to survive the coming budget fights. The goal, the staffer said, is to get something through that creates the IDPI account, in hopes it can grow moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On that front, Thornberry is likely to find at least some bipartisan support. In a March 24 letter to Davidson, Rep. Adam Smith, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, stated that he intends \u201cto identify funding for an Indo-Pacific Reassurance Initiative in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.\u201d (The EDI was initially branded the European Reassurance Initiative under the Obama administration.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Section 2153 report helped inform Thornberry\u2019s request, the staffer said that work was already underway on the congressman\u2019s proposal by the time the report arrived. However, the report\u2019s influence can be seen in how the Thornberry plan breaks down into five categories also similar to those laid out by Davidson, as well as in a number of crossover requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><b>Increased presence and joint force lethality ($1 billion):<\/b><\/i> The Thornberry proposal would authorize funding for a \u201cpermanent and persistent land-based integrated air and missile defense system and associated weapons delivery system on Guam,\u201d which Davidson described in the Section 1253 report as his highest priority, one that would cost $1.67 billion over the six year period. (The Thornberry proposal summary viewed by Defense News does not contain breakdowns for individual budget items.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the Thornberry proposal would fund a homeland defense radar in Hawaii, another key Davidson request; increase funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2019\/03\/18\/us-india-collaborating-on-air-launched-drone\/\" target=\"_blank\">intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance<\/a> capability in the region; maintain rotational forces in the region, including a rotational bomber presence; invest more in underseas warfare capability, and develop long-range precision \u201c develop long-range precision fires systems with a plan to posture the systems throughout the Indo- Pacific region.\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\/pentagon\/2019\/08\/27\/esper-calls-for-new-basing-investments-in-the-pacific\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19190771675641.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\">Esper calls for new basing investments in the Pacific<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Esper, speaking at the Naval War College, called the Indo-Pacific theater \u201cour priority theater,\u201d as the department continues its shift towards an era of great power competition.<\/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\"><i><b>Prepositioning and logistics ($1.5 billion)<\/b><\/i><i>:<\/i> In his Section 1253 report, Davidson wrote that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/singapore-airshow\/2020\/02\/11\/the-us-air-force-has-unconventional-plans-to-win-a-war-in-the-asia-pacific\/\" target=_blank>new prepositioning strategies<\/a> are needed, as \u201cIt is not strategically prudent, nor operationally viable to physically concentrate on large, close-in bases that are highly vulnerable to a potential adversary\u2019s strike capability\u2026Forward-based, rotational joint forces are the most credible way to demonstrate U.S. commitment and resolve to potential adversaries, while simultaneously assuring allies and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along those lines, the Thornberry proposal would authorize funding for \u201ccontingency regional based clusters prepositioning kits; ship prepositioning and surge capacity; munitions stocks and storage; a movement coordination center to facilitate air and ship transport; and prepositioned forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><b>Improved infrastructure ($2.1 billion):<\/b><\/i> Thornberry wants this pot of money for military construction and the acquisition of land along with funding to support the \u201cplanning and design of emergent posture requirements for the Indo-Pacific theater.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Included in this pot of money is $10 million for strategic construction planning and design assessments for places that the U.S. currently does not have a footprint in, but likely will need to consider investing in for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><b>Strengthen allies and partners ($350 million):<\/b><\/i> Thornberry wants to increase overall capacity and capabilities of allies and partners in the region, including a new program to \u201cmodernize communications architecture and systems with allies and partners;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/home\/2015\/05\/30\/carter-announces-425m-in-pacific-partnership-funding\/\" target=_blank>increasing multilateral partnerships<\/a> built around counter-terrorism efforts; increase the use of the National Guard State Partnership Program with countries in the region; help fund security cooperation efforts, including the Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative; and fund the Pacific Partnership program, an \u201cannual multilateral humanitarian and civic assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><b>Training and exercises ($1 billion)<\/b><\/i><b>: <\/b>This funding would increase joint training and exercise between INDOPACOM and its allies and partners overall, including the funding of both joint division level and service-level training and exercise programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, it would also require DoD to create a plan for the integration of \u201call major test and training ranges in the Indo-Pacific Command area of operations to support future joint training and exercises and test operational capabilities and weapons systems to include space and cyber activities.\u201d That test range integration was also a feature of Davidson\u2019s request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee will seek $6 billion for an Indo-Pacific Deterrence 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