President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget requests $740.5 billion for annual defense budget authority, a total that includes Department of Defense, Department of Energy nuclear weapons plans and a few other programs. Depending on which budget numbers one uses, that is a small increase of about $2.5 billion from the Fiscal Year 2020 budget […]
National Security Appropriations Minibus for Fiscal Year 2020, H.R. 1158
Note: The bill contains four appropriations bills, called a “Minibus,” wrapped into one measure: Defense, Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services and General Government, and Homeland Security spending bills. Some highlights of the defense appropriations bill: Total funding $622.7 billion in base funding, an increase of $16.2 billion above the fiscal year 2019 enacted level and $88.7 billion […]
Summary: House-Senate Conference Agreement on FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Bill (S.1790)
The NDAA as agreed upon by the House and Senate conference committee passed in the House December 11 by a vote of 377-48. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week, and this page will be updated accordingly. TOPLINE FUNDING […]
Summary: FY 2020 Senate National Defense Authorization Bill (HR 1790)
Top Line Funding Totals Total funding: $750 billion (House Armed Services Committee level: $733 billion) $642.5 billion: Department of Defense discretionary base $23.3 billion: Department of Energy discretionary base $75.9 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations $8.4 billion: Other defense-related activities Select Nuclear and Related Weapons Programs A. Ohio Replacement Strategic Submarine (Columbia Class) $1.8 billion: […]
Summary: FY 2020 House Defense Appropriations Bill (HR. 2968)
Top Line A. Total Appropriations Total discretionary funding: $690.2 billion (an increase of $15.8 billion from FY 2019; a decrease of $8 billion from the request) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $68.1 billion (included in $690.2 billion), a reduction of $96.2 billion from the request Note: This total, plus funds in a separate Department of Energy […]


