Defense: FY2011 Authorization and Appropriations
Abstract
The President's FY2011 budget request, released February 1, 2010, included $733.3 billion in new budget authority for national defense. In addition to $548.9 billion for the regular (non-war) operations of the Department of Defense (DOD), the request included $159.3 billion for ongoing military operations, primarily funding the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, bringing the total DOD request for FY2011 to $708.3 billion. The balance of the national defense request amounts to $25.1 billion for defense-related activities by agencies other than DOD. The President also requested supplemental appropriations for FY2010 totaling $33.6 billion. This included $33.0 billion for war costs and $655 million to pay DOD's share of the cost of humanitarian relief operations in Haiti, struck on January 12, 2010, by a devastating earthquake. The $548.9 billion requested for DOD's so-called "base budget" - that is, all activities other than war costs - is $18.2 billion higher than the amount appropriated for DOD non-war costs in FY2010. By DOD's estimate, this 3.4% increase would amount to a "real" increase of 1.8% in "purchasing power, after taking into account the cost of inflation. The budget request would continue the Administration's policy of increasing the share of DOD's budget invested in capabilities for counterinsurgency and other unconventional types of combat, including helicopters, special operations forces, and unmanned vehicles.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 17, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA535978
Entities
People
- Pat Towell
Organizations
- Library of Congress