An Analysis of the Obama Administration's Final Future Years Defense Program
Abstract
In most years, the Administration develops a five-year defense plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. That multiyear plan encompasses the Department of Defense's (DoD's) expectations for its normal, peacetime activities. This report describes the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the Obama Administrations 2017 defense plan, which was issued in April 2016 and spanned the period from 2017 through 2021. Because decisions made now can have longer-term consequences, CBO has projected the costs of that plan through 2032. The Trump Administration has indicated its intention to substantially change those plans - for example, to increase the size of the military and to reevaluate plans for the procurement of several major weapon systems. The findings of this analysis can serve as a basis for assessing the scope, magnitude, and long-term budgetary implications of proposed policy changes. In February 2016, DoD estimated that its plans for fiscal year 2017 would cost $583 billion. That total included $530 billion for base-budget activities (such as day-to-day military and civilian operations and developing and procuring weapon systems) and $54 billion for overseas contingency operations (OCO; mostly for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Levant). President Obama's proposed budget included that same total amount - but allocated $525 billion for DoD's base budget and$59 billion for OCO to comply with funding caps in the Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1134482
Entities
People
- David Arthur
- Mathew Woodward
Organizations
- Congressional Budget Office