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. The budget includes no funding to continue production of the C-17 cargo plane or to continue development of the F-136 alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, two programs Congress has funded in recent years over the objections of the Bush and Obama Administrations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 23, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA559723
Entities
People
- Pat Towell
Organizations
- Library of Congress