1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov May 9, 2018The FY2019 Defense Budget Request: An OverviewThe Presidents FY2019 budget request includes $726.8 billion for national defense, a major function of the federal budget that includes funding primarily for Department of Defense (DOD) programs but also for def
2、ense-related activities administered by other federal agencies. National defense is one of 20 major functions used by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to organize budget dataand the largest in terms of discretionary spending. The national defense budget function (identified by the numerical
3、 notation 050) comprises three subfunctions: DODMilitary (051); atomic energy defense activities primarily of the Department of Energy (DOE) (053); and other defense-related activities (054), such as Federal Bureau of Investigation counterintelligence activities. National Defense Budget The $726.8 b
4、illion national defense budget request includes $716.0 billion in discretionary spending and $10.8 billion in mandatory spending (see Figure 1). The discretionary spending is, for the most part, provided by the annual appropriations bill drafted by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The