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Letter to the Honorable Carl Levin: Estimated Cost of the Administration's Proposal to Increase the Army's and the Marine Corp's Personnel Levels [i] (April 2007)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10032 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Peter R. Orszag, Director U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 April 16, 2007 Honorable Carl Levin Chairman Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: At your request, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated the potential cost of the Administration's proposal to increase the number of active-duty military personnel in the Army and the Marine Corps. Relative to long-term personnel levels recommended in the most recent Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the plan would increase the size of the active-duty Army by 65,000 personnel and the Marine Corps by 27,000 personnel. The Administration is also recommending a combined increase of 9,200 Army Reserve and National Guard personnel and is planning to reallocate additional military personnel from overhead functions to the operational force. CBO estimates that implementing the Administration's plan would cost about $108 billion more, over the 2007-2013 period, than maintaining the force levels recommended in the QDR. Relative to personnel levels authorized by the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364), the proposed personnel increases are smaller, representing an additional 35,000 personnel for the Army and 22,000 for the Marine Corps. The increase for the Army Reserve and National Guard would be larger, representing an increase of about 14,200 personnel. When compared with the personnel levels authorized by that law, the Administration's plan would cost about $65 billion over the 2007-2013 period, CBO estimates. The attached report provides additional detail on CBO's analysis. The CBO staff contacts for this analysis are Matt Schmit (military personnel), Jason Wheelock (operation and maintenance, procurement), and David Newman (military construction and family housing). Sincerely, Peter R. Orszag Attachment Identical letter sent to the Honorable John McCain.

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