$696.0 billion in Discretionary Spending $627.2 billion: Base Funding $68.7 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations Increase of $2.1 billion from FY 2020 and $2.1 billion below the administration request Military Personnel: $154.2 billion, a decrease of $907.6 million from request Operation and Maintenance: $251.6 billion, a decrease of $3.2 billion from request Procurement: $139.2 billion, an increase of $3.2 billion from […]
Select Comparisons Between House and Senate FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Bills
Topline Funding House Authorized Senate Authorized Total Funding $740.5 billion (includes $0.5 billion in defense related activities) $740.5 billion DoD Base Funding $635.5 billion $636.4 billion DoE Base Funding $26.6 billion $25.9 billion Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Funding $69 billion $69 billion Defense Funding Outside of Armed Services Jurisdiction $8.9 billion $9.1 billion Nuclear and Related Weapons […]
Defense Contractors’ Coronavirus Graft
By Jessica Budlong, Policy Intern At a time when almost 18 million Americans are unemployed, and 28 million are at risk of losing a roof over their heads, Congress may vote to pad the bank accounts of the already well-funded defense industry. The current National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is set to spend $740 billion on defense, and the […]
FY 2021 Defense Appropriations Bill from House Appropriations Committee
Approved by the full Appropriations Committee on July 14 by a 30-22 vote. $694.6 billion in discretionary spending $626 billion: Base funding $68 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations Increase of $1.3 billion above the FY 2020 enacted level; $3.7 billion below the President’s request (Reminder: there is additional 050 defense funding in the Energy and Water and […]
Summary: Fiscal Year 2021 House National Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 6395)
$731.6 billion: Fiscal Year 2021 Discretionary Topline* $635.5 billion: Department of Defense discretionary base $ 26.6 billion: Department of Energy discretionary base $ 69.0 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) $ 0.5 billion: Defense-Related Activities** $662.6 billion: Fiscal Year 2021 Base Budget NDAA Topline *Does not include $8.9 billion in national defense authorizations outside of HASC jurisdiction **Does […]