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PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL

The recommended program includes approximately $4,899.4 million for the budget activity entitled, "Pay and Allowances of Enlisted Personnel." This activity provides for the basic pay, incentive pay, and special and proficiency pay of enlisted personnel; their reenlistment bonus; the basic allowance for quarters; overseas station allowances; clothing allowance; family separation allowance; separation payments; and the employer's contribution to the social security tax.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CADETS

The recommended program includes approximately $10 million for the activity entitled, "Pay and Allowances of Cadets." This activity provides for the statutory rate of cadet pay, payments for the commuted value of rations, employer's contribution to the social security tax, and the clothing and equipment advance. The estimated average strength of the cadet corps for 1970 is 3,656. Public Law 88-276 increased the authorized strength of the Military Academy from 2,529 to 4,417. The expansion plan has been based on a gradual increase of from 200 to 300 each year. As now planned, the authorized strength will be reached with the class entering on July 1, 1972; however, if unexpected construction delays are encountered, it may become necessary to stretch out the buildup.

SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL

The recommended program includes approximately $685.8 million for the budget activity entitled, "Subsistence for Enlisted Personnel." This activity provides funds for the feeding of enlisted personnel and includes payment of the commuted value of the ration to enlisted personnel not in a travel status, when authorized to mess separately, when on leave, or whose duties require their absence from duty for one or more meals. The daily ration costs for fiscal year 1969 average $1.33 in the continental United States and $1.42 overseas as compared with $1.26 and $1.35 respectively for 1968. Also included in the activity are subsistence in messes, cross-service feeding by other departments, emergency and operational rations and payment for meals furnished under contract as commercial facilities.

PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL

The recommended program includes approximately $646.2 million for the budget activity entitled, "Permanent Change of Station Travel." This activity provides for expenses incident to permanent change of station travel of military personnel as individuals or as an organizational unit. It includes transportation by land, air, or water, whether by the Military Air Command or the Military Sea Transport Service, privately owned vehicle or commercial carrier; per diem allowances as prescribed while in a travel status; travel of dependents and transportation of household goods, port handling charges, dislocation allowances, nontemporary storage of household goods, and expenses and allowances incident to separation travel.

OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS

The recommended program includes approximately $67.6 million for the budget activity entitled "Other Military Personnel Costs." This

activity provides for payment of expenses incident to the apprehension of military deserters, absentees and escaped military prisoners; interest on enlisted personnel savings deposits; death gratuities; and extra hazard premium of the servicemen's group life insurance.

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1 Includes amounts warranted by Treasury Department pursuant to Public Law 91-31.

The committee recommends an appropriation of $4,368,400,000. This is a reduction of $140,100,000 from the revised budget estimate and a reduction of $1,600,000 from the House allowance. It is a $86,800,000 reduction from the appropriation for fiscal year 1969.

Reductions made by the House and recommended by the committee are as follows:

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The reduction of $1,600,000 recommended by the committee over the amounts reduced by the House was a House increase of the same amount to cover increases in the cost of subsistence. In view of the fact that there are many areas involving cost increases that have not been funded, it was not deemed necessary to provide this small increase in an appropriation of this magnitude.

This appropriation provides for the pay and allowances of officers, enlisted personnel, and midshipmen; the subsistence of enlisted personnel; permanent change of station travel; and other military personnel costs of the active Navy Forces and midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy.

A comparison of the year end strengths for fiscal year 1968, 1969, and the plans for fiscal year 1970 is set forth in the following table:

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PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

The budget programs and activities included in this appropriation are discussed below.

The sums referred to are intended to reflect the magnitude of the various activities and programs and are not to be considered as specific recommendations.

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The recommended program includes approximately $1,005.4 million for the budget activity entitled, "Pay and Allowances of Officers." This activity provides for the basic, incentive, and special pay of officers; basic allowances for quarters and subsistence; overseas station allowance; uniform allowances; family separation allowances; separation payments: and the employer's contribution to the social security tax.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL

The recommended program includes approximately $2,777.2 million for the budget activity entitled, "Pay and Allowances of Enlisted Personnel." This activity provides for the basic, incentive, special, and proficiency pay of enlisted personnel; the reenlistment bonus; the basic allowance for quarters; the overseas station allowance; clothing allowances; family separation allowances; separation payments; and the employer's contribution to the social security tax.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CADETS

The recommended program includes approximately $11.2 million for the budget activity entitled, "Pay and Allowances of Cadets." This activity provides for the basic pay, subsistence, and the employer's social security tax contribution for midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy. The average midshipmen strength for fiscal year 1970 is estimated to be 4,161, the authorized total. The graduating class of 1970 is estimated at 924, with 820 to be commissioned in the Navy. There are no current plans to increase the rate of enrollment at the Academy.

SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL

The recommended program includes approximately $289.2 million for the budget activity entitled, "Subsistence of Enlisted Personnel." This activity provides for payment of authorized basic allowances for subsistence to enlisted personnel, for rations furnished eligible naval personnel when they do not receive a cash allowance for subsistence, and inactive retired and Fleet Reserve enlisted personnel

when under treatment in Federal hospitals. Current daily ration rates are $1.32 when ashore in the United States, $1.42 when ashore overseas, and $1.32 when afloat. The activity also provides for a program ("ration dense") to introduce improved space saving foods, the replacement of emergency rations, changes in afloat inventory, the rotation of operational rations, submarine augmentation, Operation Deep Freeze and losses of material.

PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION TRAVEL

The recommended program includes approximately $265.5 million for the budget activity entitled, "Permanent Change of Station Travel." This activity provides funds for the transportation of personnel to first duty station; transfer of personnel within the Navy and separation travel of personnel. Provision is also made for the transportation of dependents of military personnel, household effects, and automobiles, and payment of the dislocation allowance as dictated by permanent change of station assignments or by changes in the home port of ships and permanent duty station of units.

OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL COSTS

The recommended program includes approximately $25.1 million for the budget activity entitled, "Other Military Personnel Costs." This activity provides funds to pay the costs of apprehension of military deserters, absentees, and excaped military prisoners; for interest earned on savings deposits made by military personnel; for death gratuities paid to beneficiaries of military personnel; and for the extra hazard cost of servicemen's group life insurance.

UNALLOCATED REDUCTION

$5.2 million of the recommended reduction has not been allocated to the various budget activities.

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1 Includes amounts warranted by Treasury Department pursuant to Public Law 91-31.

The committee recommends concurrence in the House allowance of $1,518,000,000 for this appropriation. This is a reduction of $59,000,000 from the revised budget estimate and a reduction of $16,734,204 from the appropriation for fiscal year 1969.

Reductions recommended by the committee are as follows:

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This appropriation provides for the pay and allowances of officers and enlisted personnel; the subsistence of enlisted personnel; permanent change of station travel; and other military personnel costs. A comparison of the year-end strengths for fiscal year 1968, 1969 and the plans for fiscal year 1970 is set forth in the following table:

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The budget programs and activities included in the appropriation are discussed below.

The sums referred to are intended to reflect the magnitude of the various activities and programs and are not to be considered as specific recommendations.

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The recommended program includes approximately $277.5 million for the budget activity entitled, "Pay and allowances of officers." This activity provides for the basic pay, incentive and special pay, basic allowance for quarters and subsistence, overseas station allowance, uniform and family separation allowances, separation payments and the government's contribution to the Social Security tax.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL

The recommended program includes approximately $984.1 million for the budget activity entitled, "Pay and allowances of enlisted Personnel." This activity provides for the basic pay, incentive pay, special and proficiency pay of enlisted personnel; their reenlistment bonus; the basic allowance for quarters; oversea station allowances; clothing allowance; family separation allowance; separation payments, and the employer's contribution to the Social Security tax.

SUBSISTENCE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL

The recommended program includes approximately $134.1 million for the budget activity entitled, "Subsistence of Enlisted Personnel." This activity provides funds for the food requirement for the planned enlisted Marine Corps strength, either in cash payments to individual personnel or in kind. Payments include commuted rations when

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