As noted previously, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2022 Defense spending bill earlier this week. The detailed report for the bill is available here.
At this point, for the most part, the bill would fund basic and applied research programs at levels below the current level. The committee-approved bill would fund basic (“6.1”) and applied (“6.2”) research programs in the following manner:
- Overall 6.1 research: $2.44 billion, a decrease of $230.0 million (8.6%)
- Overall 6.2 research: $5.92 billion, a decrease of $521.8 million (8.1%)
Army
- 6.1: $535.7 million, a decrease of $55.8 million (9.4%)
- 6.2: $1.15 billion, a decrease of $375.1 million (24.6%)
Navy
- 6.1: $632.3 million, a decrease of $21.6 million (3.3%)
- 6.2: $1.08 billion, a decrease of $101.0 million (8.5%)
Air Force
- 6.1: $490.7 million, a decrease of $46.6 million (8.7%)
- 6.2: $1.41 billion, a decrease of $150.6 million (9.6%)
Defense-wide
- 6.1: $782.7 million, a decrease of $106.0 million (11.9%)
- 6.2: $2.09 billion, an increase of $131.0 million (6.7%)
DARPA (Total)
- $3.48 billion, a decrease of $16.8 million (0.5%)
Historically, the Senate has been more generous with respect to DOD Science and Technology programs. We will continue to provide updates on the Defense funding bill as the process moves forward.