Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016
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Highlights:
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 provides FY2016 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities, including appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)/ Global War on Terrorism.
The bill does not include funding for military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and nuclear warheads, which are all considered in other appropriations bills. The bill increases total funding for DOD compared to FY2015 levels. The bill also includes increases for Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.
Compared to FY2015 levels, the bill decreases base funding for Military Personnel; Revolving and Management Funds; and other DOD Programs, including the Defense Health Program, Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, and Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities.
The bill provides additional OCO funding for many accounts, including Military Personnel; Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation. OCO funding is not subject to discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement procedures.
The bill provides funding to increase basic pay for all military personnel by 2.3%. Full Summary:
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016
Provides FY2016 appropriations for most military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD).
TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL
Provides appropriations for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the military departments), and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force.
TITLE II--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Provides appropriations for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for the military departments, other agencies of the DOD, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guard.
Provides appropriations for: (1) the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (2) Environmental Restoration for the military departments, DOD, and at Formerly Used Defense Sites; (3) Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid; (4) the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account; and (5) the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.
TITLE III--PROCUREMENT
Provides appropriations for Procurement by the military departments, including for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and for shipbuilding and conversion by the Navy.
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Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on June 11, 2015. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
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RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN (R-NJ) introduced it on June 5, 2015. No cosponsors are recorded.
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It was introduced on June 5, 2015, 4115 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3962 days ago, on November 5, 2015.
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Vote history
- HouseMotion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7779)
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action