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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 17. Oktober 2006 / Time Line October 17, 2006
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10/17/2006
President Signs 2007 Defense Authorization Act
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2006 - The fiscal 2007 National Defense
Authorization Act provides more than $530 billion to maintain the
military in the shape it must be to win the war on terror.
President Bush signed the bill, officially called the John Warner
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, during a
small ceremony in the Oval Office this morning. Warner is
Virginia's senior senator and the chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Committee.
The act provides $462.8 billion in budget authority for the
department. Senate and House conferees added the $70 billion
defense supplemental budget request to the act, so overall, the act
authorizes $532.8 billion for fiscal 2007.
The $70 billion supplemental provision covers the cost of ongoing
operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa, as well as
other expenses affiliated with the war on terrorism. The
supplemental funding also provides $23.8 billion to help "reset"
Army and Marine Corps equipment, which is wearing out faster than
originally planned because of the war.
The supplemental measure further provides $2.1 billion for the
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Task Force, $1.7 billion to train
and equip Iraqi security forces and $1.5 billion to help train and
equip Afghan security forces.
The authorization act provides a 2.2 percent pay raise for American
servicemembers, effective Jan. 1. It continues the Army at its
end-strength of 512,400 and raises the Marine Corps end-strength to
180,000. The Army National Guard end strength is set at
350,000.
The act authorizes the expansion of eligibility for the Tricare
health care program to all members of the Selected Reserve while in
a non-active-duty status and their families. Payment is set at 28
percent of the premium amount established by DoD. The act also
prohibits any increase in Tricare Prime and Tricare Select Reserve
in fiscal 2007.
The act authorizes $36.6 billion for operations and maintenance
costs, including $700 million for body armor and $149.5 million for
ammunition.
The act authorizes construction of seven warships, including the
next-generation destroyer and the amphibious assault replacement
ship. The act also provides $794 million in advance procurement
authority for the next generation aircraft carrier, the CVN-21.
The act sets aside $4.4 billion for 22 C-17 Globemaster III
airlifters, $1.4 billion for procurement of 14 Marine V-22 Osprey
tilt-rotor aircraft and $1.5 billion for 43 MH-60R/S
helicopters.
The act authorizes $841 million for 122 Stryker combat vehicles,
including $41.5 million to replace combat losses. The act also
provides $1.4 billion for 20 F/A-22 Raptor fighters and reduced
funding for the F-35 Lightning II fighter due to schedule
delays.
10/17/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States
Department of Defense
Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Schenectady, N.Y., is being awarded a
$267,536,374 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for naval nuclear
propulsion components. Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pa.
(52 percent) and Schenectady, N.Y. (48 percent). Contract funds
will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract
was not competitively procured. No work completion date or
additional information is provided on Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program contracts. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy
Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-07-C-2101).
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