1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i FY2020 Defense Budget Request: An Overview Brendan W. McGarry Analyst in US Defense Budget Christopher T. Mann Analyst in Defense Policy and Trade Updated March 26, 2019 The Presidents FY2020 budget request includes $761.8
2、 billion in budget authority for national defense, a major function of the federal budget that includes funding primarily for Department of Defense (DOD) programs but also for defense-related activities administered by other federal agencies, including the Department of Energy. National defense is o
3、ne 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 notation 050) comprises three subfunctions: DODMilitary (051); atomic energy defense
4、 activities primarily of the Department of Energy (053); and other defense-related activities (054), such as FBI counterintelligence activities. National Defense Budget The $761.8 billion national defense budget request includes $750 billion in discretionary budget authority and $11.8 billion in man