as reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee (Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY22 Request; numbers may not add due to rounding) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) Allocation FY21 Enacted FY22 Request SASC Authorization DoD Discretionary Base $635.5 billion $715 billion $740.3 billion DoE Discretionary Base $26.6 billion $27.9 […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4350) as Passed
As passed by the House of Representatives (Table numbers in parentheses are increases or decreases from the FY22 Request) Total National Defense Discretionary Spending (050) Allocation FY21 Enacted FY22 Request HASC Authorization DoD Discretionary Base $635.5 billion $715 billion $739.5 billion DoE Discretionary Base $26.6 billion $27.9 billion $28.2 billion Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)* $69 billion […]
Biden’s nuclear agenda in trouble as Pentagon hawks attack
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in a POLITICO article about the recent ouster of Biden ally Leonor Tomero, who questioned the status quo on nuclear weapons. “Department of Defense insiders wanted nothing to do with anyone who wanted to carry forth Joe Biden’s views on nuclear modernization,” said former Rep. John Tierney, executive director […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4350)
as reported by the House Armed Services Committee Total National Defense Discretionary Spending Request (050) Allocation FY21 Enacted FY22 Request HASC Authorization DoD Discretionary Base $635.5 billion $715 billion $739.5 billion DoE Discretionary Base $26.6 billion $27.9 billion $28.2 billion Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)* $69 billion n/a n/a Defense-Related Activities $0.5 billion $0.4 billion $0.4 billion […]
Biden Defense Request Compared to Previous Annual Budgets
By Daniel Wirls, Professor of Politics, UC Santa Cruz The Biden National Defense budget presented to Congress in late January 2021 is a modest increase from the previous year but among the highest in the last 70 years in constant dollars adjusted for inflation – despite the effective end to the forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is higher […]