How Long Can the Defense Department Finance FY2008 Operations in Advance of Supplemental Appropriations?
Abstract
The Department of Defense is currently financing both day-to-day peacetime activities and overseas military operations in Iraq and elsewhere with funds appropriated in the regular FY2008 Defense Appropriations Act, P.L. 110-116, which provides $460 billion for the Defense Department to cover the costs of baseline, non-war-related programs in FY2008. The Administration has also requested $189.3 billion in FY2008 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense to cover war-related costs. Congress has approved $16.8 billion of that amount, all for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The remainder has been held up pending debate over Iraq policy, though Congress may provide some additional temporary finding. In the absence of supplemental appropriations, the Defense Department has said that money for Army operations will run out the end of February and for the Marine Corps in March, even after a transfer of $4.1 billion from other accounts to sustain Army operations. On November 15, Secretary of Defense Gates announced plans to "cease operations at all Army bases by mid-February next year." This would result, he said, in furloughs of 100,000 civilian and another 100,000 contractor personnel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 19, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA475069
Entities
People
- Amy Belasco
- Pat Towell
- Stephen Daggett
Organizations
- Library of Congress