Defense: FY2013 Authorization and Appropriations
Abstract
President Obama s $613.9 billion FY2013 budget request for the Department of Defense (DOD) is $31.8 billion less than was appropriated for the agency in FY2012. The end of U.S. combat in Iraq and the declining tempo of operations in Afghanistan account for the bulk of the overall reduction: The budget request for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) DOD activities in those two countries is $88.5 billion, which is $26.6 billion less than was provided for those operations in FY2012. However, the Administration s $525.4 billion request for DOD s so-called base budget funds for all DOD activities other than OCO is $5.2 billion less than was provided for FY2012 and $45.3 billion less than the FY2013 base budget the Administration had projected a year earlier, in February of 2011. The proposed reduction in the base budget and planned reductions of more than $50 billion per year through FY2021, compared with the FY2011 projection reflects the Administration s effort to reduce federal spending as required by the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011, enacted on August 2, 2011 (P.L. 112-25). All told, the Obama Administration s current projection would reduce DOD budgets by $486.9 billion over a 10-year period (FY2012- FY2021), compared with its February 2011 plan. (See FY2013 Defense Budget Overview. ) According to the Administration, the FY2013 DOD budget request is consistent with the initial spending caps set by the BCA. However, both H.R. 4310, the version of the FY2013 National Defense Authorization passed by the House on May 18, 2012, and H.R. 5856, the companion DOD appropriations bill for FY2013, reported by the House Appropriations Committee on May 25, 2012, would exceed the Administration request by $3.7 billion in the case of the authorization bill and by $3.1 billion in the case of the appropriation bill.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 05, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA584835
Entities
People
- Daniel H. Else
- Pat Towell
Organizations
- Library of Congress