DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1972 MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1971 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., in room S-126, the Capitol, Hon. Allen J. Ellender (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Ellender, Pastore, Mansfield, Young, Allott, Hruska, Cotton, Case, and Symington. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATEMENTS OF: HON. MELVIN R. LAIRD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ADM. THOMAS H. MOORER, USN, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ACCOMPANIED BY: ROBERT C. MOOT, ASSISTANT (COMPTROLLER) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RICHARD G. CAPEN, JR., ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS) CAPT. ANDREW J. VALENTINE, JAGC-USN, LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN, JCS SUBCOMMITTEE PROCEDURE Chairman ELLENDER. The subcommittee will please come to order. This morning we are pleased to have the Honorable Melvin R. Laird, the Secretary of Defense, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to discuss the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 1972. I want to say in passing that I regret that we were unable to hear testimony from these gentlemen in the proper order. As a rule, we generally have the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff first, and then the others. But in order to save time and get this appropriation out as soon as possible, the committee decided to hold hearings earlier. BUDGET REQUEST For fiscal year 1972 the Department of Defense is requesting $71.6 billion for the programs and activities funded from appropriations included in the regular Department of Defense appropriation bill that will be considered by this subcommittee. 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-Continued |