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Staff Contact: Brad Watson (x69719) August 3, 2007

**Appropriations Policy Brief**

**H.R. 3222 --- Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2008**

[**Earmarks:**]{.underline}

A list of earmarks are included as part of the [Committee
Report](http://www.rules.house.gov/110/text/110_hr3222_rept.pdf).

**[Items of Note]{.underline}:**

**Operations and Maintenance:** Provides \$137.1 billion for Operations
and Maintenance---an increase of \$9.8 billion or 7.7 percent compared
to FY 2007. While this is an increase over last year, it is actually
\$5.7 billion or 4.0 percent less than the President's request.

The Budget Committee Republicans note that: "By failing to meet this
request, the bill underfunds the O&M accounts with the expectation that
these funds will be restored in a supplemental. This gimmick is
disruptive to the Defense Department's planning and its execution of
operations."

Overall, H.R. 3222 is under the President's request by \$3.5 billion.
This lower spending total allowed the Appropriations Committee to
provide \$3.5 billion in more spending for the other eleven
appropriations bills than the Committee would have had if the bill
matched the President's request. Consequently, to the extent items are
under-funded in this bill that will be funded by more spending through a
later supplemental, the spending below the President's request in this
bill serves to make room for *more spending* in the other eleven bills.

**F/A-22 Sales:** Prohibits funds from being used to approve or license
the sale of the F/A-22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign
government.

**Permanent Bases/ Control of Oil in Iraq:** Prohibits funds from being
used to establish any military instillation or base for the purpose of
providing for the permanent stationing of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq.
Also, the bill prohibits funds from being used to "exercise United
States control over any oil resource in Iraq." This language is
substantively the same as H.R. 2929, which passed the House on July 25.
For more analysis on this issue, see the RSC Legislative Bulletin for
[H.R.
2929](http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/doc/LB_072507_IraqPermBases.doc).

**Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan:** The President's
budget requested \$147 billion in emergency spending for operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq in FY 2008. H.R. 3222 does not include money for
this request, leaving it to a future supplemental.

The 2007 DOD bill included \$70 billion for a Contingency Operations
Defense Fund as a down payment on future war supplemental spending.

**Missile Defense:** Provides \$9.4 billion for missile defense
programs, a decrease of \$883 million or 9.4 percent from last year.

**[Funding Summaries]{.underline}:**

*Dollars in Thousands*

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                                                                             **FY 2007**   **FY 2008**   **FY 2008**   **Cmte Vs.** **Cmte Vs.**  **Cmte   **Cmte Vs.**
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                                                                             **Enacted**   **Request**   **Cmte**      **FY 2007**  **Request**   **FY     **Request**
                                                                                                                                                  2007**   

  Military Personnel, Total\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\.....        99,862,877    105,403,698   105,017,776   5,154,899    -385,922      5.2%     -0.4%

  Operations and Maintenance, Total\...\...\...\...\....                     127,288,807   142,854,017   137,135,127   9,846,320    -5,718,890    7.7%     -4.0%

  Procurement, Total\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\.....   80,910,756    99,623,010    99,608,169    18,697,413   -14,841       23.1%    0.0%

  Research, Develop., Test & Evaluation, Total                               75,721,604    75,117,194    76,231,440    509,836      1,114,246     0.7%     1.5%

  Revolving and Management Funds\...\...\...\...\...\....                    2,436,430     2,453,840     3,841,840     1,405,410    1,388,000     57.7%    54.5%

  Chemical                                                                   1,277,304     1,455,724     1,455,724     178,420      0             14.0%    0.0%
  Agents\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...                                                                                       

  Drug                                                                       23,688,233    25,749,665    26,098,675    2,410,442    349,010       10.2%    1.4%
  Interdiction\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...                                                                                 

  Related Agencies (intelligence, etc.)\...\...\...\...\....                 878,011       967,876       945,776       67,765       -22,100       7.7%     -2.3%
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