The Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1971, included appropriations totaling $66.6 billion for these programs and activities, and there are pending supplemental estimates for fiscal year 1971 totaling $2.8 billion for increases in military and civilian pay, for an adjusted fiscal year 1971 total of $69.4 billion. Therefore, the fiscal year 1972 requests to be considered by the subcommittee represent an increase of $2.2 billion over the adjusted total for fiscal year 1971. I want to call attention to the fact that the fiscal 1972 budget estimates totaling $71.6 billion do not include funds for the civilian and military pay increases that became effective on January 1, 1971. It is my understanding that supplemental requests of approximately $1.6 billion will be submitted for these pay increases.

The $71.6 billion to be considered by the subcommittee that is now before us includes

For the Army, $20.7 billion,

For the Navy and Marine Corps, $22.9 billion,

For the Air Force, $22.5 billion,

For the Department of Defense and defense agencies; $1.9 billion, and

For retired pay, $3.7 billion.

1971 APPROPRIATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL AND 1972 BUDGET REQUEST

I will include in the record at this point a tabulation giving the fiscal year 1971 appropriation, the pending supplemental request, and the budget estimate for fiscal year 1972 for each appropriation included in the bill. I have instructed the staff to update this tabulation as the bill moves along toward enactment.

(The table follows:)

TABLE NO. 1. (REVISED AUGUST 1)-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL, FISCAL YEAR 1972

TABLE NO. 1. (REVISED AUGUST 1)-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL, FISCAL YEAR 1972-Continued

Total, Department of Defense appropriations bill.

66,598, 937, 000 2,647, 764,000 69, 246, 701, 000 71, 648, 236, 000 1,566, 798, 000

34, 225, 000

111, 000, 000

73, 360, 259, 000

1 Includes $3,000,000 additional for the Navy's surface effect ship program included in the Supplemental Appropriation Act 1971.

2 $13,000,000 to be derived by transfer.

ADVANCE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Chairman ELLENDER. As has been the past custom and in the interest of saving time, I have asked the staff to prepare pertinent questions related to the budget and to submit them to the Department of Defense for proper response. Senator Young has also submitted similar questions for reply by the Department. These questions and answers will be found in the record at appropriate places.

PRESENTATION FORMAT

Mr. Secretary, I note that your statement includes 258 pages. I assume you will submit the entire statement for the record and highlight it for the committee. However, I think it would be desirable if you would read your requests dealing with the Safeguard ABM system and our commitments to NATO.

Admiral Moorer, you briefed the subcommittee on the military situation in Southeast Asia on March 2. However, I wish you would take a few minutes today to bring us up-to-date, especially on the current operations in Laos and Cambodia.

AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION AND EARLY ENACTMENT OF APPROPRIATION BILL

Mr. Secretary, I want to assure you that the members of this subcommittee are aware of the problems caused by the late enactment of this bill during the last fiscal year. I am hopeful that we will be able to have the authorizations enacted as soon as possible, because last year, as I recall, a good deal of the delay was caused by delay in the authorization bills.

This year I hope we shall all be able to work together in both the authorization stage and the appropriation procedure in order to provide the funds much earlier. That is my hope. As soon as we receive a bill from the House of Representatives, I can assure you that this committee will conclude its deliberations and report this bill to the Senate. I would even hope to have it within a few weeks after we receive it from the House.

That is about the best we can do. I can assure you that we will do our best to have it enacted at the earliest opportunity.

REPROGRAMING PROCEDURES

Secretary LAIRD. Mr. Chairman, that is the best news we have had for a long time. This is most important for proper management of the Department of Defense. I realize the difficulties that were encountered in the last session of Congress. But, as you know, we did not get our appropriations until the 11th day of January. With the Congress not coming back into session until the latter part of January, this has caused certain problems as far as our reprograming procedures are concerned.

There has been less reprograming so far in the current fiscal year than there was in the last fiscal year. We were unable, because of the lateness in the authorization and the appropriation process to submit