FY-14 Omnibus Would Hold Modernization Funding Near Current Overall Level

摘要

The fiscal year 2014 omnibus spending bill proposed by House and Senate appropriators this week would allocate $155.8 billion for military modernization, holding spending 1.5 percent below the $158 billion on weapon systems development and procurement in the Pentagon's post-sequester fiscal year 2013 budget. The bill, unveiled by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY), would allocate $92.8 billion for weapons procurement and $62.9 billion for research and development as part of a larger Pentagon spending package included in a government-wide funding bill.