It is nothing. For example, it is the equivalent of me budgeting for a single cup of coffee for the entire year. The administrative costs of removing that expense would dwarf the expense itself, and could actually result in significantly negative ROI when accounting for opportunity cost (hundreds, if not thousands of alternative opportunities to save more money are being ignored while leadership focuses on this one).
Leadership isn't interested in cutting military funding generally, so there is no opportunity cost here. I very much doubt there are administrative costs that exceed $15.5 million, certainly not for the next several years. Maybe if democrats decide to turn it into a political football for reasons that make sense only to the liberal mind.
