Congress has given the Defense Department the authority to realign around $2.3 billion in various unspent appropriations toward priority weapons programs like systems to counter small, unmanned drones as well as toward "must-pay bills" brought on by "inflationary pressure," according to a Pentagon "omnibus" budgetary reprogramming document . The omnibus reprogramming request was first sent to Congress in late June and totaled nearly $3 billion. Most of the reprogramming request has been approved, including $570 million to cover “higher than...
