National Defense Authorization Act

This article is on all generic National Defense Authorization Acts. For the bill debated in the House in May 2014, see Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (H.R. 4435; 113th Congress).

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a United States federal law specifying the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense. Each year's act also includes other provisions. The U.S. Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills: the National Defense Authorization Act and defense appropriations bills. The authorization bill determines the agencies responsible for defense, establishes funding levels, and sets the policies under which money will be spent.[1]

Recent legislation

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 3304; 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.[2] On December 26, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the bill into law.[3] This was the 53rd consecutive year that a National Defense Authorization Act has been passed.[2]

The Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (H.R. 4435; 113th Congress) 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.[4] The Committee spent 12 hours debating the bill and voting on hundreds of different amendments before voting to pass it.[5]

Notable or controversial NDAA legislation

See also

References

  1. "www.crs.gov/pages/Reports". Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Bennett, John T. (20 December 2013). "With Just Days to Spare, Senate Extends NDAA Streak". DefenseNews. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. "Statement by the President on H.R. 3304". White House Office of the Press Secretary. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. "H.R. 4435 - All Actions". United States Congress. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. Medici, Andy (15 May 2014). "11 things you probably didn't know were in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015". Federal Times. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  6. Zachary Bell (December 19, 2012). "NDAA's indefinite detention without trial returns". Salon.

Further reading

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.