Fiscal Year 2021 Program Funding
Updated November 13, 2020
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On February 11, 2020, the White House released the President's Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal. This page lists the FY 2021 funding amounts requested for each element of the nation's GPS program.
Each line item below provides external links to original source documents, including bills, report language, and agency budget justifications submitted to Congress.
This page highlights legislative provisions in the funding bills for information only. The executive branch does not endorse any pending legislation except where explicitly noted.
Defense Appropriations
BILL
Starting in FY 2021, the Department of Defense (DOD) is requesting funds for the GPS program through the U.S. Space Force instead of the Air Force.
Bill Status
House Subcommittee |
House Committee |
House Floor |
House-Senate Conference Committee |
House Floor |
President |
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7/8/2020 H.R. 7617 |
7/14/2020 H.R. 7617 |
7/31/2020 H.R. 7617 |
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Senate Subcommittee |
Senate Committee |
Senate Floor |
Ongoing | Senate Floor |
|
Skipped | Skipped | Skipped |
Funding Marks
Program Line Item |
President's Budget Request |
House Mark |
Senate Mark |
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Procurement: GPS III Follow-On Satellites Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 6, "GPS03C / GPS III Follow On" View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$627.796M | $622.796M (−$5M vs request) View PDF (11 MB) |
$583.796M (−$44M vs request) View PDF (800 KB) |
Procurement: GPS III Satellites Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 7, "GPSIII / GPS III Space Segment" View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$20.122M | $20.122M View PDF (11 MB) |
$20.122M View PDF (800 KB) |
Procurement: Space Mods Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 17, "SPCMOD / Space Mods Space","NAVSTAR GPS-OCS COTS UPGRADE" (NOTE: Figures here only reflect GPS elements of the $96.551 million line item) View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$13.887M | Unclear View PDF (11 MB) |
Unclear View PDF (800 KB) |
Procurement: Initial Spares/Repair Parts Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 19, "SSPARE / Initial Spares/Repair Parts", "NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (Control Segment)" (NOTE: Figures here only reflect GPS elements of the $1.272 million line item) View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$0.436M | $0.436M View PDF (11 MB) |
$0.436M View PDF (800 KB) |
Development: GPS III RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 33 / "PE 1203265SF / GPS III Space Segment" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$10.777M | $10.777M View PDF (11 MB) |
$10.777M View PDF (800 KB) |
Development: GPS III Follow-On Satellites RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 12 / "PE 1203269SF / GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF)" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$263.496M | $258.496M (−$5M vs request) View PDF (11 MB) |
$285.496M (+$22M vs request) View PDF (800 KB) |
Development: Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and GPS Enterprise Integrator RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 37 / "PE 1206423SF / Global Positioning System III - Operational Control Segment" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$481.999M | $481.999M View PDF (11 MB) |
$409.399M (−$72.6M vs request) View PDF (800 KB) |
Development: Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 2 / "PE 1203164SF / NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (User Equipment) (SPACE)" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$390.704M | $380.704M (−$10M vs request) View PDF (11 MB) |
$380.704M (−$10M vs request) View PDF (800 KB) |
TOTAL | $1.809217B | $1.789217B (−$20M vs request) |
$1.704617B (−$104.6M vs request) |
- The House decrease for GPS IIIF procurement includes this note: "Unjustified increase". The Senate decrease includes this note: "Maintain program affordability: Excess to need". See table for sources.
- The House decrease for GPS IIIF development includes this note: "Inadequate justification". The Senate increase includes this note: "Improving funds management: Prior year carryover. Program increase: Navigation Technology Satellite–3 (NTS–3) Payload and Launch". See table for sources.
- The Senate decrease for OCX includes this note: "Maintain program affordability: OCX Block 3F early to need". See table for source.
- The House decrease for MGUE development includes this note: "Inadequate justification". The Senate decrease includes this note: "Improving funds management: Prior year carryover—Maritime/ground card integration". See table for sources.
Transportation Appropriations
BILL
The President's budget request does not designate a specific level of DOT funding to cover civil requirements in the DOD GPS program.
Bill Status
House Subcommittee |
House Committee |
House Floor |
House-Senate Conference Committee |
House Floor |
President |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/8/2020 H.R. 7616 |
7/14/2020 H.R. 7616 |
7/31/2020 H.R. 7617 |
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Senate Subcommittee |
Senate Committee |
Senate Floor |
Ongoing | Senate Floor |
|
Skipped | Skipped | Skipped |
Funding Marks
Program Line Item |
President's Budget Request |
HOUSE MARK |
SENATE MARK |
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Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for GPS FAA Facilities & Equipment, Activity 2, Budget Item 2D02, "Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for GPS" View justification (4.2 MB PDF) |
$83.9M | $83.9M View PDF (2 MB) |
$83.9M View PDF (422 KB) |
GPS Backup and Complementary PNT
- The House report includes the following direction regarding DOT's field demonstration of GPS backup and complementary PNT services: "The Committee directs the Department to brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the results of the field demonstration and the Department's recommendations no later than 30 days after the recommendations have been finalized. This briefing should include estimates on the funding necessary to carry out the Department's recommendations. Further, the Committee provides $5,000,000 to assist the Department in carrying out its recommendations." View PDF (2 MB)
- The Senate explanatory statement states, "The Committee supports the Department's efforts to implement the National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) and awaits the Department's recommendations from the recent demonstration. The Committee is aware that the Department has six staff positions for this work and encourages the office to fill current vacancies to ensure adequate staffing to fulfill the requirements of this initiative. Within the funds provided, the Committee directs the Secretary to dedicate $2,000,000 to support implementation of the Department's recommendations." View PDF (422 KB)
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Defense Authorization
BILL
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 includes policy and funding guidance for the GPS program. It does not expend funds from the U.S. Treasury.
Bill Status
House Subcommittee |
House Committee |
House Floor |
House-Senate Conference Committee |
House Floor |
President |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/24/2020 H.R. 6395 |
7/1/2020 H.R. 6395 |
7/21/2020 H.R. 6395 |
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Senate Subcommittee |
Senate Committee |
Senate Floor |
Ongoing | Senate Floor |
|
6/8/2020 S. 4049 |
6/23/2020 S. 4049 |
7/23/2020 S. 4049 |
Funding Marks
Program Line Item |
President's Budget Request |
House Mark |
Senate Mark |
---|---|---|---|
Procurement: GPS III Follow-On Satellites Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 6, "GPS03C / GPS III Follow On" View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$627.796M | $612.796M (−$15M vs request) View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$627.796M View PDF (1.6 MB) |
Procurement: GPS III Satellites Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 7, "GPSIII / GPS III Space Segment" View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$20.122M | $20.122M View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$20.122M View PDF (1.6 MB) |
Procurement: Space Mods Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 17, "SPCMOD / Space Mods Space","NAVSTAR GPS-OCS COTS UPGRADE" (NOTE: Figures here only reflect GPS elements of the $96.551 million line item) View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$13.887M | Unclear View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$13.887M View PDF (1.6 MB) |
Procurement: Initial Spares/Repair Parts Procurement, Space Force, Line Item 19, "SSPARE / Initial Spares/Repair Parts", "NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (Control Segment)" (NOTE: Figures here only reflect GPS elements of the $1.272 million line item) View justification (4.3 MB PDF) |
$0.436M | $0.436M View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$0.436M View PDF (1.6 MB) |
Development: GPS III RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 33 / "PE 1203265SF / GPS III Space Segment" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$10.777M | $10.777M View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$10.777M View PDF (1.6 MB) |
Development: GPS III Follow-On Satellites RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 12 / "PE 1203269SF / GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF)" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$263.496M | $253.496M (−$10M vs request) View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$263.496M View PDF (1.6 MB) |
Development: Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and GPS Enterprise Integrator RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 37 / "PE 1206423SF / Global Positioning System III - Operational Control Segment" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$481.999M | $471.999M (−$10M vs request) View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$416.999M (−$65M vs request) View PDF (1.6 MB) |
Development: Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) RDT&E, Space Force, Line Item No. 2 / "PE 1203164SF / NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (User Equipment) (SPACE)" View justification (4.4 MB PDF) |
$390.704M | $390.704M View PDF (3.4 MB) |
$370.704M (−$20M vs request) View PDF (1.6 MB) |
TOTAL | $1.809217B | $1.789217B (−$20M vs request) |
$1.724.217B (−$85M vs request) |
- The House decrease for GPS IIIF procurement includes this note: "Unjustified growth". See table for source.
- The House decrease for GPS IIIF development includes this note: "Execution lagging." See table for source.
- The House decrease for OCX development includes these notes: "Program decrease" and "Unjustified growth". The Senate decrease includes this note: "Funds available prioritized to other space missions". See table for sources.
- The Senate decrease for MGUE includes this note: "The committee understands that the modernized Global Positioning System user equipment program for the Space Force has slipped by over a year and that more delays are possible." View PDF (1.6 MB)
Harmful Interference to GPS
- Section 234 of the Senate bill would require the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct an independent technical review of the Order and Authorization adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 19, 2020 (FCC 20–48). The independent technical review would include a comparison of the two different approaches used for evaluation of potential harmful interference. The provision also would require the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to submit a report on the independent technical review. View PDF (3 MB)
- Section 1083 of the Senate bill would prohibit any funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2021 from being used by the Secretary of Defense to comply with the Order and Authorization adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC 20-48) until the Secretary submits to the Congress an estimate of the covered costs and eligible reimbursable costs associated with interference with the Global Positioning System (GPS) resulting from the Order. The provision would require that the Secretary certify that the estimate is accurate with a high degree of certainty. View PDF (3 MB)
- Section 1609 of the House bill would prohibit funding for the Department of Defense to retrofit any Global Positioning System device or system to mitigate interference from commercial terrestrial operations using certain megahertz bands, with some exceptions. View PDF (5.8 MB)
- Section 1608 of the House bill would prohibit the Secretary of Defense from contracting with an entity that engages in commercial terrestrial operations using specified bands until certification is made that the activity would not cause harmful interference to the Department's Global Positioning System. View PDF (5.8 MB)
PNT Resilience and GPS Backup
- Section 1601 of the Senate bill would require the Secretary of Defense to: (1) Prioritize mission elements, platforms, and weapon systems that require position, navigation, and timing (PNT) and are critical to operations; (2) Mature, test, and produce sufficient quantities of equipment that can generate or process available resilient alternative PNT signals to equip the prioritized force elements; and (3) Integrate and deploy such equipment into the prioritized operational systems, platforms, and weapons. In addition, the provision would require the Secretary, not later than January 1, 2021, to submit a plan to the congressional defense committees for achieving these goals, including budget requirements, and to begin implementation in fiscal year 2021. The bill further directs the Secretary of Defense to coordinate with the National Security Council, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, and other appropriate departments and agencies to encourage civilian and commercial adoption of Department of Defense-developed technologies and capabilities for resilient alternative PNT to back up the Global Positioning System. View PDF (3 MB)
- Section 1607 of the House bill would limit the obligation or expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2021 to not more than 80 percent for increment 2 of the acquisition of military Global Positioning System user equipment terminals until the Secretary of Defense provides a certification that the Secretary of the Air Force is carrying out the program required under section 1607 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92), which mandated that the Secretary establish a program to prototype an Mcode based, multi-global navigation satellite system receiver that is capable of receiving covered signals to increase the resilience and capability of military position, navigation, and timing equipment and to deter the likelihood of attack on the worldwide Global Positioning System by reducing the benefits of such an attack. This section would also limit the obligation or expenditure of funds until the Secretary of Defense provides a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on how such a program is being implemented. View PDF (5.8 MB)
- The House report "directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2021 containing an assessment of the Department's ability to conduct all-weather, day-night flight operations in GPS-denied environments at military airfields overseas." View PDF (3.4 MB)
- The House report "directs the Secretaries of Defense, Transportation, and Homeland Security to provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees by January 31, 2021, on the implementation of an operational backup system required under NTSRA." NTRSA is the National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018. View PDF (3.4 MB)