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and keeping the Navy on track to reach 304 ships by FY
2020. In FY 2016, the Navy will buy nine new ships, includ-
ing two Arleigh Burke destroyers, two Virginia-class subma-
rines, three littoral combat ships, as well as the frst next-
generation logistics feet resupply ship, the T-AO(X).
Full funding for the procurement of a dock landing ship
(LPD-28), which Congress provided partial funds for in the
FY 2015 budget, would be included.
Operations and maintenance would receive $50.4 bil-
lion, and research and development would receive $17.9
billion.
NOAA
NOAA's FY 2016 budget proposal amounts to about $6
billion and supports its priorities of providing information
and services to make communities and economies more re-
silient; evolving NOAA's National Weather Service; invest-
ing in observational infrastructure; and achieving organiza-
tional excellence.
U
.S. President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fscal
year (FY) 2016 seeks to bring "middle-class economics
into the 21st century," with the goals of strengthening the
American middle class and investing in sustainable growth.
The budget would reduce the defcit by $1.8 trillion, which
is below 3 percent of GDP, primarily from reforms to health
programs, the tax code and immigration.
The administration emphasizes "replacing mindless aus-
terity with smart reforms," proposing to end sequestration in
2016, fully reversing it for domestic priorities, matched by
equal dollar increases for defense funding.
The following are the ocean-related portions of the FY
2016 budget proposal.
Navy
Of the proposed $534.3 billion defense budget, the U.S.
Department of the Navy's budget would be $161.0 billion.
The Navy requested $44.4 billion for procurement, fo-
cusing on providing stability in the shipbuilding account
US Government
Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
A mountainous coast along Kodiak Island, Alaska.
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Credit:
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Wetzler)