Senate bill would authorize extra $1.4 billion for Army procurement

摘要

The Senate Armed Services Committee's proposed fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill would authorize $22.7 billion in Army procurement funding, a $1.4 billion increase over the service's budget request. The committee's chairman and ranking member announced today that they had filed the bill for consideration on the Senate floor. Previously, the committee had released a summary of the bill without specific funding levels or report language. Wheeled and tracked combat vehicles would receive the largest share of the increase, with $4.5 billion in funding under the bill, compared to $3.9 billion in the budget request, which cut funding for legacy combat vehicles to protect modernization funding. The M1 Abrams main battle tank would receive $369 million in extra funding under the bill, for a total of $ 1.4 billion. Additional funding would accelerate fielding of the newest version of the tank, the M1A2 SEPv3, to the Army National Guard.