Sec. 306. Codification of Office of Management and Budget criteria
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The Secretary of Defense shall implement the following criteria in requests for overseas contingency operations: For theater of operations for non-classified war overseas contingency operations funding, the geographic areas in which combat or direct combat support operations occur are: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, the Horn of Africa, Persian Gulf and Gulf nations, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, and other countries on a case-by-case basis.
Permitted Inclusions in the Overseas Contingency Operation Budget: Major Equipment: Replacement of losses that have occurred but only for items not already programmed for replacement in the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), but not including accelerations, which must be made in the base budget. Replacement or repair to original capability (to upgraded capability if that is currently available) of equipment returning from theater. The replacement may be a similar end item if the original item is no longer in production.
Incremental cost of non-war related upgrades, if made, should be included in the base. Purchase of specialized, theater-specific equipment. Funding for major equipment must be obligated within 12 months. Ground Equipment Replacement: For combat losses and returning equipment that is not economical to repair, the replacement of equipment may be given to coalition partners, if consistent with approved policy. In-theater stocks above customary equipping levels on a case-by-case basis.
Equipment Modifications: Operationally required modifications to equipment used in theater or in direct support of combat operations and that is not already programmed in FYDP. Funding for equipment modifications must be able to be obligated in 12 months. Munitions: Replenishment of munitions expended in combat operations in theater. Training ammunition for theater-unique training events. While forecasted expenditures are not permitted, a case-by-case assessment for munitions where existing stocks are insufficient to sustain theater combat operations.
Aircraft Replacement: Combat losses by accident that occur in the theater of operations. Combat losses by enemy action that occur in the theater of operations. Military Construction: Facilities and infrastructure in the theater of operations in direct support of combat operations. The level of construction should be the minimum to meet operational requirements. At non-enduring locations, facilities and infrastructure for temporary use. At enduring locations, facilities and infrastructure for temporary use.
At enduring locations, construction requirements must be tied to surge operations or major changes in operational requirements and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Research and development projects for combat operations in these specific theaters that can be delivered in 12 months. Operations: Direct war costs: Transport of personnel, equipment, and supplies to, from and within the theater of operations. Deployment-specific training and preparation for units and personnel (military and civilian) to assume their directed missions as defined in the orders for deployment into the theater of operations.
Within the theater, the incremental costs above the funding programmed in the base budget to: Support commanders in the conduct of their directed missions (to include Emergency Response Programs). Build and maintain temporary facilities. Provide food, fuel, supplies, contracted services and other support. Cover the operational costs of coalition partners supporting U.S. military missions, as mutually agreed. Indirect war costs incurred outside the theater of operations will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Health: Short-term care directly related to combat. Infrastructure that is only to be used during the current conflict. Personnel: Incremental special pays and allowances for servicemembers and civilians deployed to a combat zone. Incremental pay, special pays and allowances for Reserve Component personnel mobilized to support war missions. Special Operations Command: Operations that meet the criteria in this guidance. Equipment that meets the criteria in this guidance. Prepositioned supplies and equipment for resetting in-theater stocks of supplies and equipment to pre-war levels.
Security force funding to train, equip, and sustain Iraqi and Afghan military and police forces. Fuel: War fuel costs and funding to ensure that logistical support to combat operations is not degraded due to cash losses in the Department of Defense’s baseline fuel program. Enough of any base fuel shortfall attributable to fuel price increases to maintain sufficient on-hand cash for the Defense Working Capital Funds to cover seven days disbursements. Excluded items from Overseas Contingency Funding that must be funded from the base budget:
Training vehicles, aircraft, ammunition, and simulators, but not training base stocks of specialized, theater-specific equipment that is required to support combat operations in the theater of operations, and support to deployment-specific training described above. Acceleration of equipment service life extension programs already in the Future Years Defense Plan. Base Realignment and Closure projects. Family support initiatives: Construction of childcare facilities. Funding for private-public partnerships to expand military families’ access to childcare.
Support for servicemembers’ spouses' professional development. Programs to maintain industrial base capacity including war-stoppers . Personnel: Recruiting and retention bonuses to maintain end-strength. Basic Pay and the Basic allowances for Housing and Subsistence for permanently authorized end strength. Individual augmentees on a case-by-case basis. Support for the personnel, operations, or the construction or maintenance of facilities at United States Offices of Security Cooperation in theater.
Costs for reconfiguring prepositioned supplies and equipment or for maintaining them. Items proposed for increases in reprogrammings or as payback for prior reprogrammings must meet the criteria above.