HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE HRG ON IMPACTS OF A FULL-YEAR CR, January 2022

The Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee held a virtual hearing on January 12, 2022 to hear from leaders of DOD’s military services (Space Force, Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps) and the DOD Comptroller on the impact on national security if Congress is unable to pass the FY2022 defense appropriations bill.

No FY2022 appropriations bills had cleared Congress at the time of the hearing. The government is operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires on February 18, 2022 and there is concern that agreement will not be reached by then, either. If no appropriations bills pass for FY2022, DOD and all other government agencies will be stuck at their FY2021 funding levels and new programs cannot start and old ones cannot end.

Gen. Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, testified on behalf of the U.S. Space Force.

SpacePolicyOnline.com summarized his testimony in an article posted on January 12, 2022: Raymond Warns of Dire Consequences of a Full-Year CR.