Army Congressional Budget Liaison Office SAFM-BUL September 2009

2. The Constitution Just a reminder� Not that you don�t know, but in the heat of battle in this building, sometimes people lose sight of the fact Congress does provide the dollars and they have a constitutional oversight responsibility with regard to how we spend� Just a reminder� Not that you don�t know, but in the heat of battle in this building, sometimes people lose sight of the fact Congress does provide the dollars and they have a constitutional oversight responsibility with regard to how we spend�

3. We have an inside the building role and an outside the building role. Our Liaison officers are responsible to build relationships with and know their Members and staffers on the Approps Committees so that when we need to take our message to the Hill, we know who to contact. We are responsible to know the Army�s priorities and programs and provide that information to the right staffers so we get full funding. At the end of the day, it�s about fully funding the President�s budget request -- both base budget and supplementals.We have an inside the building role and an outside the building role. Our Liaison officers are responsible to build relationships with and know their Members and staffers on the Approps Committees so that when we need to take our message to the Hill, we know who to contact. We are responsible to know the Army�s priorities and programs and provide that information to the right staffers so we get full funding. At the end of the day, it�s about fully funding the President�s budget request -- both base budget and supplementals.

4. This shows the process of getting an appropriation broken out along Congress� timeline � and in more detail, showing the roles of the different Congressional Defense Committees. This is the process, but it rarely happens either in this order or according to this timeline�. This year especially (PB09) was unusual in that there was no Authorization or Appropriation Conference.This shows the process of getting an appropriation broken out along Congress� timeline � and in more detail, showing the roles of the different Congressional Defense Committees. This is the process, but it rarely happens either in this order or according to this timeline�. This year especially (PB09) was unusual in that there was no Authorization or Appropriation Conference.

5. Every year, Congress passes a Defense Authorization Bill and a Defense Appropriations Bill. This quote is from a book, later made into a movie, about Congressman Charlie Wilson, who in the1970�s was able, from his Membership on the House Appropriations Committee, to get money to the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan, providing them with the resources (shoulder fired surface-to-air capability) that ultimately led to their defeat of the Soviet Union. Very colorful � but the point is, none of those dollars was authorized, it was all under the radar appropriations that provided those dollars � highlighting the difference between Appropriations and Authorizations. * The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sets priorities for the Department of Defense through legislative changes to Title 10 and establishes fundamental defense policies such as Service end strength, military pay raises, and procurement quantities. Additionally, the NDAA authorizes individual military construction projects. The Appropriations Acts establishes funds with the Treasury to carry out the programs requested by the President and approved by the Congress. In cases, such as FCS, where the NDAA reduced a program while the Appropriations Act funded at a higher level (amount appropriated is greater than the amount authorized) current DoD budget policy is to spend the amounts appropriated. Within the ARSTAF, OCLL is the liaison to the Authorization Committees HASC and SASC. We � SAFM-BUL are the liaison to the Appropriations Committees � HAC-D/M and SAC-D/M.Every year, Congress passes a Defense Authorization Bill and a Defense Appropriations Bill. This quote is from a book, later made into a movie, about Congressman Charlie Wilson, who in the1970�s was able, from his Membership on the House Appropriations Committee, to get money to the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan, providing them with the resources (shoulder fired surface-to-air capability) that ultimately led to their defeat of the Soviet Union. Very colorful � but the point is, none of those dollars was authorized, it was all under the radar appropriations that provided those dollars � highlighting the difference between Appropriations and Authorizations. * The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sets priorities for the Department of Defense through legislative changes to Title 10 and establishes fundamental defense policies such as Service end strength, military pay raises, and procurement quantities. Additionally, the NDAA authorizes individual military construction projects. The Appropriations Acts establishes funds with the Treasury to carry out the programs requested by the President and approved by the Congress. In cases, such as FCS, where the NDAA reduced a program while the Appropriations Act funded at a higher level (amount appropriated is greater than the amount authorized) current DoD budget policy is to spend the amounts appropriated. Within the ARSTAF, OCLL is the liaison to the Authorization Committees HASC and SASC. We � SAFM-BUL are the liaison to the Appropriations Committees � HAC-D/M and SAC-D/M.

6. The House and Senate Approprs committees each have 13 subcommittees, each responsible to fund a different agency of the Executive Branch and the Congress itself (Legislative Branch). We liaison with the Defense and MILCON/VA subcommittees � HAC-D, SAC-D, HAC-M, SAC-M because they produce the Defense Appropriation Bill and MILCON Appropriation each year. Another point this slide brings out is, we are concerned with the Defense and MILCON Approps, but there are other agencies. You may have heard about continuing resolutions � this year, Congress passed the Defense, MILCON/VA, and Homeland Security Appropriations bills and included them within an Omnibus continuing resolution. So the other agencies of the Federal Government are under a continuing resolution � operating for the most part at FY08 levels with no new start programs and no pay raises � until Congress passes a bill. 302(b) allocations for FY09.The House and Senate Approprs committees each have 13 subcommittees, each responsible to fund a different agency of the Executive Branch and the Congress itself (Legislative Branch). We liaison with the Defense and MILCON/VA subcommittees � HAC-D, SAC-D, HAC-M, SAC-M because they produce the Defense Appropriation Bill and MILCON Appropriation each year. Another point this slide brings out is, we are concerned with the Defense and MILCON Approps, but there are other agencies. You may have heard about continuing resolutions � this year, Congress passed the Defense, MILCON/VA, and Homeland Security Appropriations bills and included them within an Omnibus continuing resolution. So the other agencies of the Federal Government are under a continuing resolution � operating for the most part at FY08 levels with no new start programs and no pay raises � until Congress passes a bill. 302(b) allocations for FY09.