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Military Affairs in Congress - 2000

Hearings

Adequacy of the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request to Meet Readiness Needs
February 29, 2000 - House Military Readiness Subcommittee

Navy shipbuilding programs
29 February 2000 -- House Military Procurement Subcommittee

• Hearing Transcript
• Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter
• Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher - Deputy CNO (Resources, Warfare Requirements & Assessments)
• Vice Adm. Charles W. Moore - Commander, Fifth Fleet
• Vice Adm. Dennis W. McGinn - Commander, Third Fleet
• Mr. Ronald O'Rourke - Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research Service
• Ms. Cindy Brown - President, American Shipbuilding Association
• Dr. Lawrence J. Cavaiola - Vice President for Strategic & Business Development, Litton Ship Systems
• Mr. John Welch - Senior Vice President, General Dynamics
• Mr. William Fricks - President & CEO, Newport News Shipbuilding

Tactical aviation issues
March 22, 2000 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• H. Lee Buchanan III Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Development and Acquisition
• Lawrence J. Delaney Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Acquisition and Management
• Philip E. Coyle III Director Operational Test and Evaluation

Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Acquisition Reform: Will it Fly?
May 10, 2000 - House Government Reform National Security Subcommittee

• Statement of Chairman Shays
• Mr. Louis J. Rodrigues Director National Security and International Affairs Division U.S. General Accounting Office
• Mr. Stan Z. Soloway Deputy Secretary of Defense - Acquisition Reform Department of Defense
• Major General Raymond Huot U.S. Air Force – Acquisition Programs Department of Defense
• Dr. Thomas L. McNaugher Deputy Director Arroyo Center RAND
• Mr. Rodney Larkins Business Development Manager 3M Corporation
• Dr. Wesley Harris Professor Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

F-22 Cost Controls: Will Production Cost Savings Materialize?
June 15, 2000 - House Government Reform National Security Subcommittee

• Statement of Chairman Shays
• Statement of Representative Barr
• Statement of Representative Chenoweth-Hage
• Mr. Allen Li U.S. General Accounting Office
• Mrs. Darleen A. Druyun Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force – Acquisition Management
• Mr. Joseph T. Kammerer Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Cost and Economics
• Dr. George Schneiter Director of Strategic and Tactical Systems Department of Defense

Submarine Force Structure and Modernization
27 June 2000 - House Armed Services Military Procurement Subcommittee

• Duncan Hunter, Chairman
• Rear Adm.Malcolm I Fages, USN, Director, Submarine Warfare Division Office of the Chief Of Naval Operations (N87) and Rear Adm. J. P. Davis, USN, Program Executive Office for Submarines
• Rear Adm. Albert H. Konetzni, USN, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
• Rear Adm. John B. Padgett III, USN, Commander, Submarine Group Two and Commander, Navy Region Northeast
• Ronald O'Rourke, Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research Service

RECENT ATTACK IN YEMEN ON THE USS COLE
October 19, 2000 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Ret. Former Commander-in-Chief U.S. Central Command

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

• NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
• REPORT OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY

• NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
• NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
• REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

• NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
• CONFERENCE REPORT

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

• DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 - H.R.4576
• REPORT OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS - House Rpt. 106-644

• DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 - S.2593
• REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS - Senate Rpt. 106-298

• DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 - H.R.4576
• CONFERENCE REPORT House Rpt. 106-754

Other Material

Congressional Budget Office

• Budget Options for National Defense, March 2000
• Budgeting for Defense September 2000
• BUDGETING FOR NAVAL FORCES: STRUCTURING TOMORROW'S NAVY AT TODAY'S FUNDING LEVEL October 2000

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