Money is appropriated for Indo-Pacific operations, bases and space programs
What the document says“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
The section appropriates thirty-two sums to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029: $365,000,000, $53,000,000, $47,000,000 and $90,000,000 for Army, Special Operations Command, Marine Corps and Air Force exercises and operations in the Western Pacific; $532,600,000 for a Pacific Air Force biennial exercise; $19,000,000 for naval small craft; $35,000,000 for additive manufacturing west of the international dateline; $450,000,000 for airfields and $1,100,000,000 for other infrastructure in the command's area; $124,000,000 for mission networks; $100,000,000 for Air Force pre-position base kits; $115,000,000 for existing Arctic infrastructure; $90,000,000 for non-kinetic capabilities; $20,000,000 for command exercises; $143,000,000 for anti-submarine sonar arrays; $30,000,000 each for surveillance and reconnaissance for Africa Command and Indo-Pacific Command; $500,000,000 and $10,000,000 for economic competition effects and workforce; $1,000,000,000 for offensive cyber operations; $500,000,000 for personnel and operations costs; $300,000,000 for mesh network communications; $850,000,000 to replenish military articles; $200,000,000 for the Guam Defense System; $68,000,000 for Space Force facilities; $150,000,000 for ground moving target indicator satellites; $528,000,000 for the DARC and SILENTBARKER space situational awareness programs; $80,000,000 for the Navy Operational Support Division; $1,000,000,000 for the X-37B spacecraft program; $3,650,000,000 for military satellites and their protection; $125,000,000 for military space communications; and $350,000,000 for military space command and control.
What the document actually says“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”
Money is set aside for the defense department. It is on top of what it already has. It is for fiscal year 2025 and can be spent through September 30, 2029.
Thirty-two sums are named. Many pay for drills and bases in the Pacific. Others pay for cyber work and for satellites.
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