Long-Term Implications of the 2020 Future Years Defense Program
Abstract
In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) produces a five-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), that is associated with the budget it submits to the Congress. This report describes the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the 2020 FYDP, which was issued in March 2019, and summarizes DoD's expectations about the costs of its plans from 2020 through 2024. Because decisions made in the near term can have consequences for the defense budget in the longer term, CBO projected the costs of the 2020 plan through 2034.In previous assessments of the long-term implications of DoD's plans, CBO focused on the department's base budget, which is intended to fund normal, peacetime activities, such as day-to-day military and civilian operations and the development and procurement of weapon systems. However, this year, CBO has changed its approach to also include all funding designated for overseas contingency operations (OCO) - a funding category intended for temporary, war-related activities, such as operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere. CBO modified its approach because about 85 percent of OCO funding requested by DoD for 2020 and 2021 supports base-budget and other "enduring" activities (for example, military missions that are now part of the United States' long-term global presence).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1134848
Entities
People
- David Arthur
- F. M. Woodward
Organizations
- Congressional Budget Office