for Use of Military Force (AUMF), . National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (; NDAA 2014) was a United States federal law that specified the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2014. The law authorized the DOD to spend $607 billion in Fiscal Year 2014. On December 26, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the bill into law. This was the 53rd consecutive year that a National Defense Authorization Act has been passed. The Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 was one of the proposed NDAA bills for fiscal year 2015. On May 8, 2014, the House Armed Services Committee ordered the bill reported (amended) by a vote of 61-0. The Committee spent 12 hours debating the bill and voting on hundreds of different amendments before voting to pass it. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, this NDAA is formally named after John S. McCain III, a U.S. war veteran, prisoner of war, long-term Senator, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and 2008 Republican Presidential Nominee. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, this NDAA formally established the United States Space Force as an independent branch of the Armed Forces. William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, this NDAA is formally named after William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry, a long-term Congressman, and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, named after James M. Inhofe, a long-term Senator, and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. See also Clinger–Cohen Act, part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 McCarran Internal Security Act References Further reading Christophe Paulussen, The US NDAA and its Controversial Counter-Terrorism Provisions (International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague, 2012) External links National Defense Authorization Acts for 1996 to 2016 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, from GovTrack.us National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, from the Congressional Budget Office National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year