Military Funding for Southwest Border Barriers

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD, or the Department) has played a prominent role in the Trump Administration's border security strategy because of controversies related to $13.3 billion in defense funding it has sought to use for border barrier construction projects not otherwise authorized by Congress. These defense funds would comprise a complex mix of DOD program savings and unobligated military construction funds from past years ($6.1 billion), as well as a request for new appropriations in FY2020 ($7.2 billion). An additional $2 billion in non-DOD appropriations are often cited as part of the Administration's overall border funding plan. These include $1.375 billion in previously enacted FY2019 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations, and $601 million in contributions from a Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF) that manages seized assets. Altogether, these defense and non-defense funds would total $15.3 billion, of which 87 percent would be DOD funds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 27, 2019
Accession Number
AD1169643

Entities

People

  • Christopher T. Mann

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Border Security
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Financial Management
  • Government Procurement
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Administration
  • United States

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