To download a PDF version, click here. A. Treaties: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty House: Sections 1243 and 1244: Authorizes $25 million to establish a program of record to develop a conventional road-mobile ground-launched cruise missile system that, if tested or deployed, would violate the INF Treaty. Senate: Section 1635: Authorizes $65 million to establish […]
Fiscal Year 2018 House Defense Appropriations Bill
For a printable PDF version, click here. The total funding for the Pentagon in FY 2018 is $658.1 billion, including $584.2 billion for base discretionary funding subject to budget caps ($68.1 billion above FY 2017 levels and $18.4 billion above the FY 2018 request) and a total of $73.9 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations […]
Keeping Watch: Flawed Senate Bill to Expand National Missile Defense
As the pieces come together for a 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), it is important to watch for efforts to incorporate harmful policy changes. The process of assembling and passing an NDAA is exhausting, and there will be great incentive to finish even a version that contains deeply flawed minor provisions. One such potential […]
FY 2018 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
Click here for a PDF version of the briefing book. The Fiscal Year 2018 Budget in Context Introduction President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget requests $574.5 billion for the Defense Department’s annual “base” discretionary budget, which is $58.4 billion higher than FY 17 levels, and $50.6 billion above last year’s request from President Obama. This […]
FY 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Click here for a printable PDF version. This week, Congress will consider the Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill negotiated laboriously over many months by House and Senate leadership and by Republicans and Democrats on both Appropriations Committees. The bill is expected to pass easily this week with support from Members of Congress from both […]
