 COLUMBIA, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--Corporate Office Properties Trust COPT or the Company NYSE: OFC reports that on January 1, 2021, the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act became law. The appropriation provides the Department of Defense DOD with a base budget before military construction and overseas contingency operations of 629 billion, which is a 1 increase over fiscal year 2020s budget and represents 4 compound annual growth since and including the fiscal 2017 