Defense: FY2014 Authorization and Appropriations
Abstract
President Obama s FY2014 base budget request of $552.0 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Defense (DOD) and defense-related programs of other agencies (excluding war costs), exceeds by $53.9 billion the legally binding cap on defense funding for FY2014 that was enacted in 2011 as part of the Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25). Unless the Budget Control Act (BCA) is amended, either Congress will have to cut the Administration s National Defense request by $53.9 billion (about 9.8%) to meet the BCA cap of $498.1 billion, or else the BCA law will reduce the appropriation to the level set by the cap through a process of sequestration, beginning in January 2014.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 16, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA604129
Entities
People
- Amy Belasco
- Pat Towell
Organizations
- Library of Congress