Navy will be forced to make costly adjustments if spending legislation isn't passed soon, comptroller warns

By Nick Wilson / January 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
If Congress doesn't pass fiscal year 2024 spending legislation soon, the Navy will have to "start taking actions" to adjust for funding misalignments that could amount to almost $30 billion if the current continuing resolution stretches to a full year, the service's comptroller warned today. “The top-level message is it's a $26 billion hit for us of misaligned funds if we're under a full-year CR,” Navy Comptroller Russell Rumbaugh said during a Software in Defense Coalition virtual event, adding that...

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