	Most Recent Developments

Soon after the 111 th Congress convened, it began drafting H.R. On January 28, the House passed a version of the bill which would have provided, in Title III, $4.9 billion for accounts funded by the regular FY2009 DOD appropriations provided by Division D of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act for FY2009, generally referred to as the "continuing resolution," which President George W. Bush signed into law on September 30, 2008. The House version of the economic stimulus bill also provided in Title X of the economic stimulus bill $6.0 billion for accounts funded by the regular military construction appropriations provided by Division E of the continuing resolution. 1 on February 10, which would have provided an additional $3.7 billion for DOD accounts other than military construction in FY2009 and 3.4 billion for military construction. Provisions of H.R. That bill provided $477.6 billion in discretionary defense appropriations for the so-called "base budget" of the Department of Defense, that is, for regular operations other than combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a related action, the President signed into law on October 14, 2008 the FY2009 defense authorization bill ( S. 3001 ) authorizing $611.1 billion for national defense, including $68.6 billion for war-related programs (see Table A-1 in the Appendix to this report). The House had passed its version of the FY2009 defense authorization bill ( H.R. It also authorized the appropriation of $612.5 billion in new budget authority for national security programs, including $542.5 billion for the base budget and an additional $70 billion allowance for war-related costs. On September 24, the House passed the compromise version of the authorization bill as an amended version of the Senate-passed S. 3001 . Economic Stimulus Funding, DOD

H.R. 1 , the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the "economic stimulus," added $4.6 billion to DOD accounts funded in the regular FY2009 defense appropriations bill enacted September 30, 2008 as Division D of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act for FY2009. The total national defense request also included $16.1 billion for nuclear weapons and other defense-related programs of the Department of Energy and $5.2 billion for the defense-related activities of other agencies. Congress incorporated action on the FY2009 war costs request into H.R. The Senate passed the compromise version September 27 and the President signed in October 14 ( P.L. 110-417 ). FY2009 Defense Authorization: Highlights of the Senate Bill

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved S. 3001 , the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2009, on April 30 and reported the bill to the Senate on May 12 ( S.Rept. The Senate passed the bill September 17 by a vote of 88-8. The bill authorizes a total of $612.5 billion in new budget authority, including $542.5 billion for the base budget and a $70 billion placeholder allowance for war-related costs. 5658 . FY2009 Defense Appropriations Bill: House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Markups

The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its version of the FY2009 Defense Appropriations Bill on July 30, recommending a total of $477.6 billion, $4 billion less than the President requested for that bill. The Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its version of the appropriations Bill on September 10, also recommending $477.6 billion. Neither chamber held full committee markups of a FY2009 defense appropriations bill, and neither chamber considered a bill on the floor. The Senate passed the bill September 27 by a vote of 78-12 and the President signed it September 30 ( P.L. 110-329 ). The subcommittee bill denied the $2.5 billion requested for a third ship of the DDG-1000 class of destroyers, but this action was revised in the final version of the appropriations bill.
Soon after the 111th Congress convened, it began drafting H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, generally referred to as the "economic stimulus" bill. This bill added a total of $8.5 billion to amount previously appropriated for DOD in FY2009. Of the additional funds provided by H.R. 1, $4.6 billion was for accounts funded by the regular FY2009 DOD appropriations provided by Division D of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act for FY2009, generally referred to as the "continuing resolution," which President George W. Bush signed into law on Sept. 30, 2008. The economic stimulus bill also provided an additional $2.9 billion for accounts funded by the regular military construction appropriations provided by Division E of the continuing resolution. Congress' disposition of FY2009 funding for DOD in H.R. 1 (other than funding for military construction) is discussed in this report on pp. 3-5, below. The balance of the report discusses the President's regular DOD budget request for FY2009 and Congress' disposition of that request in the regular defense authorization and appropriations legislation.
The President's FY2009 budget request, released February 4, 2008, included $611.1 billion in new budget authority for national defense. This total included $515.4 billion in discretionary budget authority for the base budget of the Department of Defense (DOD)—i.e., activities not associated with operations in Iraq and Afghanistan—$2.9 billion in mandatory spending for the DOD base budget, and $22.8 billion for defense costs of the Department of Energy and other agencies. It also included a placeholder of $70 billion for war costs in the first part of FY2009.
On April 30, the Senate Armed Services Committee marked up its version of the FY2009 defense authorization bill (S. 3001), authorizing the appropriation of $612.5 billion in new budget authority, including $542.5 billion for the baseline budget and a $70 billion allowance for war-related costs. On September 17, the Senate passed the authorization bill by a vote of 88-8.
The House passed its version of the defense authorization bill (H.R. 5658) on May 22, authorizing $612.5 billion for national defense, including $70 billion for war-related costs. The bill denied authorization of the $2.5 billion requested for a third destroyer of the DDG-1000 class, allocating those funds instead to buy several other ships. A compromise between the House and Senate bills authorizing $611.1 billion, worked out informally, was passed by the House September 24 as an amended version of the Senate-passed S. 3001 by a vote of 392-39. The Senate passed the bill September 27 by voice vote and the President signed it on October 14 (P.L. 110-417). The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its version of the FY2009 Defense Appropriations Bill on July 30, recommending a total of $477.6 billion, $4 billion less than the President requested for that bill. The Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its version of the appropriations bill on September 10, also recommending $477.6 billion. Neither chamber held full committee markups of a FY2009 defense appropriations bill, and neither chamber considered a bill on the floor. Instead, a compromise version of the subcommittee bills was incorporated into H.R. 2638, the FY2009 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act. The bill included $477.6 billion in regular FY2009 defense appropriations and $25.0 billion in military construction appropriations. The House passed the compromise bill September 24 (370-58). The Senate passed the bill September 27 (78-12), and the President signed it September 30 (P.L. 110-329).