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Read. Follow. Verify.House Subcommittee Hearing on 2022 Nuclear Defense Budget
Record date · January 1, 2022
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What This Bill Does
The House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a hearing to review the Department of Defense's 2022 budget request for nuclear forces and atomic energy defense activities. Officials from the Department of Defense, the Navy, the Air Force, and the National Nuclear Security Administration testified on the status of nuclear modernization programs.
This hearing sets the stage for how the U.S. allocates funding for its and atomic defense programs, which directly impacts long-term military readiness and federal spending priorities for the 2022 fiscal year.
Who It Affects
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Department of Defense
The agency is responsible for executing the budget and programs discussed in the hearing.
National Nuclear Security Administration
The agency manages the atomic energy defense activities and nuclear modernization programs under review.
Key Facts
- The hearing focused on the Fiscal Year 2022 budget request for nuclear forces and atomic energy defense activities.
- The subcommittee reviewed the status of the nuclear triad and ongoing nuclear modernization programs.
- Ranking Member Turner expressed concern regarding the impact of a potential continuing resolution (CR) on nuclear modernization efforts.
- Ranking Member Turner proposed changing the federal fiscal year to align with the calendar year to provide more time for defense planning.
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- Ranking Member Turner stated that the President's budget request does not keep pace with inflation relative to the modernization efforts of adversaries including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
- The hearing was held on June 10, 2021, via Webex.
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Fiscal Year Alignment Proposal
Ranking Member Turner proposed a structural change to federal budgeting by aligning the fiscal year with the calendar year to improve defense planning efficiency.
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