1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov May 22, 2018FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act: An Overview of H.R. 5515, as ReportedThe FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act approved by the House Armed Services Committee in the early hours of May 10, 2018, is closely aligned to President Trumps FY2019 D
2、OD budget request. The bill (H.R. 5515) would authorize discretionary appropriations totaling $708.1 billion for national defense-related activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other federal agencies. As reported by the House committee, H.R. 5515 would authorize $16.0 billion more than th
3、e $692.1 billion authorized by the FY2018 NDAA (P.L. 115-91) and $1.2 million less than the Administration requested for national defense-related programs. (See Table 1.) Of the total that the FY2019 bill would authorize, $639.1 billion is identified as funding so-called base budget activities: acti
4、vities that DOD and other national defense-related agencies would pursue even if U.S. forces were not engaged in operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. The bill also would authorize additional DOD appropriations totaling $69.0 billionto be designated as funding for Overseas Contingenc