Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2009 Future Years Defense Program
Abstract
Decisions about national defense that are made today -- whether they involve weapon systems, military compensation, or numbers of personnel -- can have long-lasting effects on the composition of the nation's armed forces and the budgetary resources needed to support them. Over the past six years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has published a series of reports about its projections of the resources that might be needed over the long term to carry out the Bush Administration's plans as expressed in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). The FYDP is prepared by the Department of Defense (DoD) for each fiscal year and submitted to the Congress as part of the President's budget request. This paper, like CBO's previous reports, provides long-term projections (in this case, through 2026) of the costs of DoD's current plans -- that is, the plans contained in the 2009 FYDP, which specifically addresses fiscal years 2009 through 2013. The 2009 FYDP was transmitted in April 2008, and it reflects changes to the department's programs and priorities since February 2007. The 2009 FYDP and CBO's projections of its long-term implications exclude potential future supplemental or emergency appropriations; CBO's projections include additional appropriations that have already been enacted.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA493418
Entities
People
- Adam Talaber
- Allison Percy
- Daniel Frisk
- David Arthur
- David Newman
- Dawn S. Regan
- Elizabeth Bass
- Eric J. Labs
- Frances Lussier
- Jason Wheelock
- Kate Kelley
- Kevin Eveker
- Matthew Schmit
- Michael Bennett
- Raymond Hall
Organizations
- Congressional Budget Office