1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i FY2022 NDAA: Presidents Budget Request Updated January 11, 2022 The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) typically authorizes discretionary funding for nearly all Department of Defense (DOD) programs, national
2、security programs of the Department of Energy, and certain other defense-related activities. While the NDAA does not appropriate funding (i.e., provide budget authority), the legislation establishes or continues defense programs, projects, or activities, and provides guidance on how appropriated fun
3、ds are to be used in carrying out those efforts. (The statutory requirement for annual authorization of appropriations for defense programs is codified at 10 U.S.C. 114.) The FY2022 Presidents budget requested more than $6 trillion in discretionary and mandatory funding, of which $768.3 billion (12.
4、4%) was for activities within the national defense budget function. The latter was $14.3 billion (1.9%) more than the FY2021 level, excluding funds provided by the Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 117-31). National defense is one of 20 major functions used by the Office