Long-Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program
Abstract
In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) provides a five-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. Because decisions made in the near term can have consequences for the defense budget well beyond that period, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) regularly examines DoD s FYDP and projects its budgetary impact over several decades. For this analysis, CBO used the FYDP provided to the Congress in March 2012, which covers fiscal years 2013 to 2017; CBO s projections span the years 2013 to 2030. In February 2012, DoD requested appropriations for 2013 totaling almost $615 billion. Of that amount, about $526 billion was to fund the base programs that constitute the department s normal activities, such as the development and procurement of weapon systems and the day-to-day operations of the military and civilian workforce. The remaining roughly $88 billion was requested to pay for what are termed overseas contingency operations the war in Afghanistan and other nonroutine military activities elsewhere.1 The FYDP describes the department s plan for its normal activities and therefore generally corresponds to the base budget.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA563965
Entities
Organizations
- Congressional Budget Office