FY2021 Military Construction Appropriations: An Overview of Division J of P.L. 116-260
Abstract
On December 27, 2020, then-President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L.116-260), which included as Division J the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021. Division J provided funding to support the Department of Defenses (DOD) military installations and housing portfolio. (For more on Veterans Affairs appropriations, see CRS Report R46459,Department of Veterans Affairs FY2021 Appropriations, by Sidath Viranga Panangala, Jared S. Sussman, and Heather M. Salazar.)Division J provided $8.41 billion in discretionary budget authority for DOD military construction (MILCON)projects, family housing programs, and other activities. That figure includes funding for the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). Excluding onetime natural disaster relief provided in FY2020 for projects to replace or rebuild infrastructure damaged by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, flooding and earthquakes, theFY2021 enacted level reflects a decrease of $3.55 billion(30%) from the FY2020 enacted level. The FY2021 enacted level is $0.25 billion (3%) more than the Presidents budget request (see Table 1 below; for a historical funding perspective, see Figure 1 on the next page).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 26, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1148083
Entities
People
- Brendan W. Mcgarry
- G. J. Herrera
Organizations
- Library of Congress