Изображения страниц
PDF
EPUB
[blocks in formation]

9

TITLE II-RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST,

AND EVALUATION

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 201. (a) Funds are hereby authorized to be appro

10 priated for fiscal year 1982 for the use of the Armed Forces 11 of the United States for research, development, test, and 12 evaluation, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows:

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

For the Army, $3,905,200,000.

For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $6,086,371,000.

For the Air Force, $9,398,100,000.

For the Defense agencies, $1,934,400,000, of

which $53,000,000 is authorized for the activities of

the Director of Test and Evaluation, Defense.

(b) In addition to the funds authorized to be appropri21 ated in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated 22 for fiscal year 1982, such additional sums as may be neces23 sary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other em24 ployee benefits authorized by law for civilian employees of

6

1 the Department of Defense whose compensation is provided 2 for by funds authorized to be appropriated in such subsection.

3 REPEAL Of requiremeNT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON INDE

4

5

6

PENDENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND BID

AND PROPOSAL COSTS

SEC. 202. Section 203 of Public Law 91-441 (84 Stat.

7 906; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended

8

[blocks in formation]

(1) by striking out subsection (c); and

(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection

R.D.T. & E. OVERVIEW BRIEFING BY STAFF

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE On Armed SERVICES,

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE,

Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 11, 1981.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:40 a.m., in room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Melvin Price (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

The CHAIRMAN. The subcommittee will come to order.

As I indicated to you in my letter of March 2, 1981, the subcommittee will begin its review of the fiscal year 1982 Department of Defense budget request for research, development, test and evaluation tomorrow.

Mr. Dickinson and I thought it would be a good idea prior to our formal hearings to get together with the staff to review the R. & D. process and to highlight some of the issues that will come before the R. & D. Subcommittee this year. I believe this will be especially helpful since we have 10 new members on the subcommittee. Almost every new member on the committee went on our subcommittee.

I stated in my letter of February 18, 1981 that the review of the R.D.T. & E. budget request is extremely complex since it is made up of nearly 3,200 projects and programs representing a very broad spectrum of technology. The R. & D. budget request is perhaps one of the most challenging tasks in our long list of congressional duties. For someone with a background in engineering or science, the task is at the very least difficult-difficult because the R. & D. program includes such complicated areas as computer sciences, medical research, and radiation technology, to name just a few. For those of us without academic training or experience in the sciences, the difficulty is compounded; yet, through our combined efforts and good judgment, this subcommittee has over the years approved what most defense experts have considered to be effective and efficient R.D.T. & E. programs.

I know that the subcommittee enjoys the reputation of being one of the hardest working and competent subcommittees on Capitol Hill. With your assistance, I am confident that we can maintain our high standard and reputation.

Research and development is paramount to a strong defense posture. The R. & D. that we approve today will determine which weapon systems will be deployed throughout the remainder of this century, and, in fact, during the first quarter of the next century. Important as it is, R. & D. must be accompanied by a sound acquisition strategy that will allow us to translate technology into operationally effective hardware in a timely way.

Yesterday, Secretary Weinberger advised us of his serious concern over our poor defense acquisition strategy and related that he has assigned Deputy Secretary Carlucci to head a panel to improve defense procurement.

When we look at the Soviet inventory of military equipment and their enormous expenditures for defense, we find that we can no longer tolerate the "start, delay, stop, start again" process that Mr. Ichord so appropriately described last year.

So we have a challenging and complicated task before us this year, and I am confident that our combined efforts will get our defense program back in the right direction.

I have asked the staff this morning to address the R. & D. process, to highlight potential issues for fiscal year 1982, and to offer their perspective on ways to improve the acquisition strategy. This morning we will proceed in an informal manner, and I encourage the members to ask questions and develop issues in our preparation for the formal hearings. I want to emphasize that this is a briefing that I hope will develop into an exchange of ideas. Before proceeding with the staff, I would like to recognize Mr. Dickinson.

Mr. DICKINSON. Mr. Chairman, thank you.

As you have stated, we have discussed this, and we have done this in the past, in order for the newer members on the committee to have a full appreciation of the scope of the job ahead of us and some of the problems we have had our staff brief us as to anticipated problems, the weapon systems that we are to deal with, give a little history also of some of the acronyms that are bandied about so easily. I would hope that, if they haven't already done it, the staff would make hard copies available of some of those common acronyms so that we can have a handy reference.

I take pride on being on this committee because I know in conferences with the Senate we are effective because we know the facts and we can justify our position more often than does the Senate, and when we go to conference our success has really been due in large part to the staff and to the members doing hard work in subcommittee.

So, as the chairman has pointed out, the important weapon systems of the future are born here; some are killed here. The services have a very high regard for this subcommittee, and this is a prestigious subcommittee that I take pride in serving on.

I can't commend too highly the staff, who are dedicated, and who are nonpartisan. They are very responsive when anybody has a problem.

Mr. Chairman, I thank you for setting this meeting up. I think it's very beneficial.

Without anything further, I would like to get on with it.

Let me just say, by way of background, this committee has grown. In the past we have tried to adhere to the 5-minute rule without a timer and everybody has been cooperative. Due to the number that we have now and the size of the subcommittee having grown, perhaps we'll have to get strict. But I would hope that the members would just be considerate and that the Chair won't have to invoke the 5-minute rule which is in effect, but to give some flexibility and latitude to the members as we have in the past, and

« ПредыдущаяПродолжить »