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The National Defense Authorization Act is an annual bill proposed in the United States Congress that redefines the United States military budget for the following fiscal year. [2] [3] Each chamber of Congress introduced a version of the NDAA: H.R. 2670 in the House and S. 2226 in the Senate.
The U.S. Space Force is organized as a military service branch within the Department of the Air Force. The Act (Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXVI, § 7602(a)) amended the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to grant federal government employees up to 12 weeks of paid time off for the birth, adoption, or foster of a new child. [ 8 ]
Military budget of China, USSR, Russia and US in constant 2021 US$ billions Military spending as a percent of federal government revenue. The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures.
The $740.5 billion bill authorizes $636.4 billion for the Pentagon's base budget, $25.9 billion for national security programs within the Department of Energy, and $69 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations account, a war fund that is not subject to budget caps. [7] As an authorization bill, these amounts are non-binding.
S. 1867 : AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense [1] from Reuters.com [2] pdf of the 112-page ruling from United States District Court Southern District of New York
The House bill, HR 4366, with a $155.7 billion appropriation, [1] was passed by the House on July 27, 2023. President Biden threatened to veto the bill a few days before passage, because it did not include diversity, equity and inclusion funding, and other priorities. [2] A matching Senate bill, S.2127, was introduced to the Senate on June 22. [3]
An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities. [1] Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year.
The full title is An Act to Authorize Appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. This law has been assigned the number PL 112–239.