APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1966 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 9221 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 51-292 PART 2 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1965 SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia, Chairman CARL HAYDEN, Arizona LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts EX OFFICIO MEMBERS FROM ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE HARRY F. BYRD, Virginia STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri FRANCIS S. HEWITT, Clerk to Subcommittee JOSEPH L. BORDA, Minority Counsel II UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1965 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1224, New Senate Office Building, Hon. John Stennis presiding. Present: Senators Stennis, Chairman Hayden, Robertson, Monroney, Symington, Saltonstall, Young, and Thurmond. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATEMENT OF SENATOR STENNIS Senator STENNIS. Gentlemen, the subcommittee will please come to order. I have a brief statement which I wish to make, following which I shall make an additional statement in connection with some work the Preparedness Subcommittee has been doing. It will speak for itself but it is tied to this appropriation bill and these hearings. JOINT HEARINGS OF SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE Senator Russell asked me to resume the hearings of this subcommittee which were started last February jointly with the Armed Services Committee on those budget requests requiring annual authorization. At that time we heard perhaps over half of the testimony necessary to the consideration of this bill. This, then, is a resumption of those hearings. Senator Russell may be here today, or he may not be. He told me that, if possible, he would be present. At the earlier hearings we covered most of the items which make up the hardware; that is, the procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels and various research and development programs of the Department. During these present hearings we shall consider the requests for personnel, operation and maintenance, and for procurement items which do not require annual authorization. Also, we shall consider the request for the emergency fund. 1966 BUDGET ESSENTIALLY FOR PEACETIME ACTIVITIES The fiscal year 1966 military budget, on which this bill is based, was developed in the summer and fall of 1964 and finalized by last December. It is essentially a peacetime budget. It does not take into account or fund for the large demands on military resources and assets which have resulted from our greatly increased involvement in Vietnam. Since this budget was put together, the price of the war there has gone up and up in every respect-in men, in equipment, and in money. Barring a completely unexpected development, it will continue to do so in months to come. AUTHORIZATION ACT I shall include in the record at this time a copy of Public Law 89–37, and a tabulation giving the details of the authorization requested, the authorization granted, and the changes made therein. (The statute and tabulation follow :) PUBLIC LAW 89-37 89TH CONGRESS, S. 800 June 11, 1965 AN ACT To authorize appropriations during fiscal year 1966 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels, and research, development, test, and evaluation, for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-PROCUREMENT SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during fiscal year 1966 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: AIRCRAFT For aircraft: For the Army, $344,500,000; for the Navy and the Marine Corps, $1,915,800,000; for the Air Force, $3,550,200,000. MISSILES For missiles: For the Army, $253,700,000; for the Navy, $364,000,000; for the Marine Corps, $13,000,000; for the Air Force, $796,100,000. NAVAL VESSELS For naval vessels: For the Navy, $1,721,000,000, of which amount $133,600,000 is authorized only for the construction of two nuclear powered submarines and $150,500,000 is authorized only for the construction of a nuclear powered guided missile frigate. TITLE II-RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION SEC. 201. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during fiscal year 1966 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for research, development, test, and evaluation, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: For the Army, $1,406,400,000; For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $1,439,200,000; For the Air Force, $3,103.900,000, of which amount $150,000,000 is authorized only for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory and $7,000,000 is authorized only for the development of an advanced manned strategic aircraft; For Defense agencies, $495,000,000. TITLE III-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 301. Outstanding tonnage balances remaining in law for construction of Navy ships are hereby repealed. SEC. 302. The distribution of the assignments and contracts for construction of warships and escort vessels for which appropriations are authorized by this |