Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits

Belasco, Amy

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Defense policy;    Defense economics;    Congress and military policy;    Defense budgets;   

RP-ID  :  R44039
RP-ID  :  R44039_2015Jun03

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Budget Control Act, which sets limits on defense spending between FY2012 and FY2021. The current debate in Congress has centered on whether to adjust the BCA defense caps upward; move base budget spending to accounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) that are not subject to spending limits; reduce the defense spending in the Administration's request to comply with BCA revised caps; or use some combination of these approaches, all in order to avoid a sequester.