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House OKs amendment to block Joint Forces Command closure
The House on Friday approved an amendment aimed at blocking the Pentagon from shuttering U.S. Joint Forces Command.
The amendment, offered by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), would prohibit the
Defense Department from spending funds in a 2011 defense appropriations
measure the House is considering to close the Norfolk, Va.-based
command.
Pentagon officials want to close Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) as part of
their broader internal cost-cutting effort that produced over $150
billion in savings.
Virginia lawmakers and others in Congress say the closure would
eliminate crucial functions, like doctrine development and joint
training. Defense officials say essential functions and offices will be
maintained and shifted to other Defense Department entities.
The amendment, which passed by voice vote, "does not prevent the closure
of JFCOM but delays it until Congress can hold hearings on the future
of jointness under the realigned command structure," according to a
Forbes statement released late Friday.
“None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to take any
action to effect or implement the disestablishment, closure, or
realignment of the United States Joint Forces Command," states the
amendment.
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