The $773 billion budget
request
includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than
$40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships,
and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting
vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and
more than $3
billion
to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation
resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0
billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the
FY 2022 enacted amount.
Continuing the work we began in previous years, the Readiness mark
addresses vulnerabilities in installation resiliency and energy
resiliency, both in response to climate change and in ensuring that
our forces can accomplish their missions even in the event of power
disruption, either natural or man-made.
The committee commends the Department of Defense for pursuing policies
to increase energy resilience, and to reduce the carbon emissions of
installation and operational energy to reduce climate risks. However,
the committee is concerned that the Department may not be fully
considering all carbon-free energy technologies, nor is it fully
assessing the ability of carbon-free emitting energy technologies to
meet the reliability, resilience, and performance requirements for
installations and operations, especially for action strategies that do
not maximize the achievement of both mission objectives and climate
goals.
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit
a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than June
1, 2023. The report shall include at a minimum the following:
(1) an evaluation of the reliability, resilience, and performance
characteristics of all existing and emerging carbon-free energy
technologies, including grid-scale and micro-advanced nuclear energy;
(2) assesses whether carbon-free energy technologies are currently
capable, if deployed, of meeting the reliability, resilience, and
performance requirements for all agency energy uses at domestic
installations for critical missions; and
(3) an assessment of emerging carbon-free energy technologies in
research and development that could enhance energy resilience at
domestic installations.
The committee commends the military departments on the use of energy
savings performance contracts to improve energy resilience, decrease
energy costs, and increase readiness at military installations. The
committee notes that installation commanders and base personnel
identify energy saving initiatives on their energy conservation
measures list and that these projects could in turn become part of an
energy savings performance contract. The committee is concerned that
without a mechanism for sharing the contents of the energy
conservation measures list with energy service companies, the
Department of Defense is not able to utilize energy savings
performance contracts to the fullest extent possible.
Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment to initiate a study and submit a report to
the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2023, on potential
methods of securely sharing installation energy conservation measures
requirements lists with existing Department energy services companies.
Michele J. Sison, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State
The President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request includes $60.4
billion
for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), $1.9 billion or 3 percent above the Fiscal Year
2022 Request, and $7.4 billion or 14 percent above FY
2021 enacted levels.
The Request has $2.3 billion to support U.S. leadership in addressing
the existential climate crisis through diplomacy; scaled-up
international climate programs that accelerate the global energy
transition to net zero by 2050; support to developing countries to
enhance climate resilience; and the prioritization of climate adaptation
and sustainability principles in Department and
USAID domestic and overseas facilities. This
total includes over $1.6 billion for direct programming for climate
mitigation and adaptation and over $650 million for the mainstreaming of
climate considerations across development programs.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
International Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact Subcommittee
The Department of Defense $773 billion budget
request
includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than
$40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships,
and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting
vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and
more than $3
billion
to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation
resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0
billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the
FY 2022 enacted amount.
The Department of Defense $773 billion budget
request
includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than
$40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships,
and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting
vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and
more than $3
billion
to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation
resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0
billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the
FY 2022 enacted amount.
The Budget also includes nearly $1.8
billion
to support a free and open, connected, secure, and resilient Indo-
Pacific Region and the Indo-Pacific Strategy, and $400 million for the
Countering the People’s Republic of China Malign Influence Fund.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation Subcommittee
The Department of Defense $773 billion budget
request
includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than
$40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships,
and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting
vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and
more than $3
billion
to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation
resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0
billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the
FY 2022 enacted amount.
House Armed Services Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems Subcommittee
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee
hearing on
Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 10 a.m. ET to consider the following
Presidential nominations:
Nominees:
Robin Hutcheson to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (PN1944)
Dr. Michael C. Morgan to be Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Observation and Prediction, Department of Commerce (PN1674)
Sean Burton to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (PN1535)
Dr. Michael Morgan is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and associate
chair of its undergraduate program. He served on the American
Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Board on Women and Minorities and on the
AMS Scientific and Technological Activities
Commission. Dr. Morgan has served on the World Meteorological
Organization World Weather Research Program’s Science Steering Committee
and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the American
Institute of Physics. Dr. Morgan was an
AMS/UCAR Congressional Science Fellow in
Senator Ben Cardin’s office working as a senior legislative aid on
energy and environment issues. Previously, Dr. Morgan was Division
Director for the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences at the
National Science Foundation.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee