Order Code 98-756 C
CRS Report for Congress
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Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills:
FY1970-FY2007
Updated October 26, 2006
Thomas Coipuram Jr.
Information Research Specialist
Knowledge Services Group
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills:
FY1970-FY2007
Summary
The passage of the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and
appropriations bills through Congress often does not follow the course laid out in
textbooks on legislative procedure. Tracking DOD authorization or appropriation
bills can often be confusing and time-consuming; this has been particularly true in
recent years, when continuing resolutions (CRs) containing the DOD and other
appropriation bills have been passed in lieu of the 12 regular appropriations bills for
the entire U.S. government.
This report is a research aid, which lists the DOD authorization bills (Table 1)
and appropriations bills (Table 2) for FY1970-FY2007. This report includes all the
pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process:
bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and
vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes,
vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers. Table 3 shows
real growth or decline in national defense funding for FY1940-FY2009. Table 4
gives a more detailed picture of both regular and supplemental defense appropriations
from the 103rd Congress to the 109th Congress, first session (FY1993-FY2005). Table
5
shows the President’s DOD appropriations budget requests for FY1950-FY2005
vs. final amount enacted. Finally, key definitions are included. This report will be
updated as legislative activity warrants.

Contents
The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
List of Tables
Table 1. Authorization Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 2. Appropriation Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 3. Real Growth/Decline in National Defense Funding,
FY1940-FY2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 4. National Defense Appropriations Since FY1993- FY2005 . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 5. Congressional Action on Annual Department of Defense
Appropriations Requests, FY1950-FY2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Defense Authorization and Appropriations
Bills: FY1970-FY2007
The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process
Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills: the
defense authorization and defense appropriations bills. Tables 1 and 2 present the
Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills. The
authorization bill establishes the agencies responsible for defense and sets the
policies under which money will be spent: it authorizes the money to be spent. The
appropriations bill actually appropriates the money.
Ideally, the authorization-appropriations process should proceed in an orderly
sequence with each step of the process generating a part of the paper trail. All of
these steps should be documented in the Congressional Record as well as in many
other official documents of Congress, in private publications such as Congressional
Quarterly Weekly Report
and United States Code Congressional and Administrative
News (USCCAN)
, and on the Internet [http://thomas.loc.gov/].
In the simplest case, the process begins with the President’s submitting his
proposal (initially formulated by DOD and formally submitted by the President
through the White House Office of Management and Budget) to the defense
authorizing and appropriations committees.
Then, for example, for the defense authorization bill, hearings are held by the
appropriate House committees and subcommittees. The bill is marked up and an
authorization bill is reported out, usually with a written, numbered report. This bill
is debated in the House, amended or not as the case may be, and passed by the House
with the vote noted in the Congressional Record. In the simplest situation, this bill
would then be sent to the Senate, debated, and passed. However, the Senate can
amend the House bill or report out its own bill, debate, amend, and pass it.
If each chamber passes its own version, the stage is set for a conference
committee to harmonize the two versions. This usually results in a printed
conference report, which is then voted on by each chamber to complete congressional
action on the bill, which then is sent to the President for his consideration.
Ideally, after the authorization bill is passed, the appropriations bill goes through
this same process. Although conceptually a sequential process, authorization and
appropriations bills can be considered at the same time or even passed in reverse
order.

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Other patterns also emerge. For instance, the Senate can report out a bill, then
substitute the text of the Senate bill for the text of the bill passed by the House while
retaining the House bill number. The House can also use this procedure. A Senate
or House bill can also have part of the other chamber’s bill inserted into it, or can be
so heavily amended that it is unclear whether it is the Senate or House bill that is
really being passed.
Other circumstances can also occur, which make it hard to track a bill and its
contents. Bills are sometimes reported out without reports. Instead of recorded
votes, in which each Member is recorded as voting for or against the bill, voice votes
can be taken, in which no individual Member’s vote can be identified. Bills can be
approved by unanimous consent even though they may contain thousands of separate
provisions, thus making it impossible to say for sure if a Member really supported a
particular provision. Senate bills can be reported out before House bills. An
appropriations bill can be passed before an authorization bill.
Sometimes, after the September 30 fiscal year deadline has passed and work has
not been completed on the regular appropriations bills, Congress passes a continuing
resolution (CR) instead of some or all of the 12 separate bills that fund the operations
of the government. The CR can be temporary or permanent. Each year is unique,
and it is rare that the “usual” pattern is followed.
There are several types of votes: voice votes, teller votes, division votes, and
unanimous consent votes, but only when there is a recorded vote will there be a vote
number and vote tally in the Congressional Record. The section below is based on
“Methods of Voting in the House and Senate: Putting Members’ Positions on the
Record,” from Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to Congress, 4th ed. (1991), pp. 430-
431.
Methods of Voting
! Division vote — those in favor or opposed stand, and the chair takes
a head count: only vote totals are announced and there is no record
of how individual Members voted.
! Recorded vote — Members vote electronically, each recorded vote
is given a sequential number and vote totals plus how each Member
voted are recorded in the Congressional Record.
! Teller vote — an older method in which Members were counted as
they passed between chair appointed tellers for the “ayes” and
“noes”; only vote totals announced and no record of how individual
Members voted.
! Unanimous consent vote — usually reserved for non-controversial
legislation.
! Voice vote — the presiding officer calls for the “ayes” and then the
“noes,” Members shout in chorus on one side or the other, and the
chair decides the result.

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Table 1. Authorization Bills
Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1970
14000
91-522
Sa 10/3/69
91-607
2546
91-290
9/18/69
91-607
91-121
9/26/69
# 200
11/5/69
7/3/69
# 95
11/6/69
11/19/69
(y311-n44)
(vv)
(y81-n5)
# 141
(y58-n9)
1971
17123
91-1022
5/6/70
91-1473

91-1016
9/1/70
91-1473
91-441
4/24/70
# 104
# 320
7/14/70
# 282
10/1/70
10/7/70
(y326-n69)
9/29/70
(y84-n5)
(vv)
(y341-n11)
1972
8687
92-232
6/17/71
92-618

92-359
10/6/71
92-618
92-156
5/26/71
# 146
11/10/71
9/7/71
# 257
11/11/71
11/17/71
(y332-n58)
(vv)
(y82-n4)
# 309
(y65-n19)
1973
15495
92-1149
6/27/72
92-1388

92-962b
S 8/2/72
92-1388
92-436
6/19/72
# 235
9/13/72
6/29/72
# 341
9/15/72
9/26/72
(y334-n59)
# 361
(y92-n5)
# 433
(y336-n43)
(y73-n5)

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1974
9286
93-383
7/31/73
93-588

93-385
10/1/73
93-588
93-155
7/18/73
# 411
10/31/73
9/6/73
# 448
11/5/73
11/16/3
(y367-n37)
(vv)
(y91-n7)
# 476
(y69-n12)
1975
14592
93-1035
5/22/74
93-1212
3000
93-884
Hc 6/11/74
93-1212
93-365
5/10/74
# 242
7/29/74
5/29/74
# 248
7/30/74
8/5/74
(y358-n37)
# 412
(y84-n6)
# 333
(y305-n38)
(y88-n8)
1976
6674
94-199
5/20/75
94-413
920
94-146
Hd 6/6/75
94-413
5/10/75
# 235
7/30/75
5/19/75
# 214
8/1/75
(y332-n64)
# 454
(y77-n6)
# 374
(y348- n60)
(y42 n-48)
94-488

94-488
9/24/75
9/26/75
94-106
(vv)
# 424
10/7/75
(y63-n7)
1977
12438
94-967
4/9/76
94-1305

94-878
5/26/76
94-1305
94-361
3/26/76
# 187
6/30/76
5/14/76
# 200
7/1/76
7/14/76
(y298-n52)
# 493
(y76-n2)
# 375
(y339-n66)
(y78-n12)

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1978
5970
95-194
4/25/77
95-446

95-282
5/17/77
95-446
95-79
4/7/77
# 151
7/13/77
6/21/77
# 144
7/14/77
7/30/77
(y347-n43)
# 409
(y90-n3)
(vv)
(y350-n40)
1979
10929
95-1118
5/24/78
95-1402
2571
95-826
He 7/11/78
95-1402
VETO
5/6/78
# 372
8/4/78
5/15/78
# 203
8/4/78
8/17/78
(y319-n67)
(vv)
(y87-n2)
(vv)
14042
95-1573
Sf 10/4/78
g
3486
95-1197
S 9/26/78
g
95-485
9/15/78
# 872
9/15/78
# 406
10/20/78
(y367-n22)
(y89-n3)
1980
4040
96-166
Sh 9/14/79
96-546
428
96-197
S 6/13/79
96-546
96-107
5/15/79
# 472
10/26/79
5/31/79
# 127
10/24/79
11/9/79
(y282-n46)
# 610
(y89-n7)
(vv)
(y300-n26)
1981
6974
96-916
5/21/80
96-1222

96-826
7/2/80
96-1222
96-342
4/30/80
# 250
8/26/80
6/20/80
# 295
8/26/80
9/8/80
(y338-n62)
# 489
(y84-n3)
# 384
(y360-n49)
(y78-n2)

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1982
3519
97-71, pt. 1i
Sj
97-311
815
97-58
5/14/81
97-311
97-86
5/19/81
7/16/81
11/17/81
5/6/81
# 119
11/5/81
12/1/81
# 140
# 309
(y92-n1)
(vv)
(y354-n63)
(y335-n61)
1983
6030
97-482
Sk
97-749
2248
97-330
5/13/82
97-749
97-252
4/13/82
7/29/82
8/18/82
4/13/82
# 120
8/17/82
9/8/82
# 232
# 297
(y84-n8)
# 331
(y290-n73)
(y251-n148)
(y77-n21)
1984
2969
98-107
Sl 7/29/83
98-352
675
98-174
7/26/83
98-352
98-94
5/11/83
# 275
9/15/83
7/5/83
# 221
9/13/83
9/24/83
(y305-n114)
# 339
(y83-n15)
# 244
(y266-n152)
(y83-n8)
1985
5167
98-691
5/31/84
98-1080
2723
98-500
Hm 6/20/84
98-1080
98-525
4/19/84
# 204
9/26/84
5/31/84
# 152
9/27/84
10/19/84
(y298-n98)
(vv)
(y82-n6)
(vv)
1986
1872
99-81
Sn 6/27/85
99-235
1160
No Report
6/5/85
99-235
99-145
5/10/85
(vv)
10/29/85
5/16/85
# 106
7/30/85
11/8/85
(vv)
(y92-n3)
# 167
(y94-n5)

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1987
4428
99-718
So 9/18/86
99-1001
2638
99-331
8/9/86
98-1001
99-661
7/25/86
# 358
10/15/86
S 7/8/86
#207
10/15/86
11/14/86
(y255-n152)
# 467
(y86-n3)
(vv)
(y283-n128)
1988
1748
100-58
5/20/87
100-466
1174
100-57
Sp 10/2/87
100-466
100-180
4/15/87
# 141
11/18/87
S 5/8/87
# 300
11/19/87
12/4/87
(y239-n177)
# 440
(y56-n42)
# 384
(y264-n158)
(y86-n9)
1989
4264
100-563
5/11/88
100-753
2355
100-326
Hq 5/27/88
100-753
VETO
4/5/88
# 126
7/14/88
5/4/88
(vv)
7/14/88
8/3/88
(y252-n172)
# 233
# 252
(y229-n83)
(y64-n30)
4481r
100-735s
7/12/88
100-989
2749
8/11/88
H 9/15/88
100-989
100-456
6/28/88
(vv)
9/28/88
(vv)
(vv)
9/28/88
9/29/88
# 359
# 340
(y369-n48)
(y91-n4)
1990
2461
101-121
7/27/89
101-331
1352
101-81
Ht 8/2/89
101-331
101-189
7/1/89
# 185
11/9/89
7/19/89
# 161
11/15/89
11/29/89
(y261-n162)
# 343
(y95-n4)
# 299
(y236-n172)
(y91-n8)

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1991
4739
101-665
9/19/90
101-923
2884
101-384
Hu 8/4/90
101-923
101-510
8/3/90
# 352
10/24/90
7/20/90
# 227
10/26/90
11/5/90
(y56-n155)
# 517
(y79-n16)
# 320
(y271-n156)
(y80-n17)
1992
2100
102-60
5/22/91
102-311
1507
102-113
Hv 8/2/91
102-311
102-190
5/13/91
# 110
11/18/91
H 7/19/91
(vv)
11/22/91
12/5/91
(y268-n161)
# 400
# 265
(y329-n82)
(y79-n15)
1993
5006
102-527
6/5/92
102-966
3114
102-352
Hw 9/19/92
102-966
102-484
5/19/92
# 172
10/3/92
7/31/92
(vv)
10/5/92
10/23/92
(y198-n168)
# 461
(vv)
(y304-n100)
1994
2401
103-200
9/29/93
103-357
1298
103-112
Hx 9/4/93
103-357
103-160
7/30/93
# 474
11/15/93
7/27/93
# 265
11/17/93
11/30/93
(y268-n162)
# 565
(y92-n7)
# 380
(y273-n135)
(y77-n22)
1995
4301
103-499
6/9/94
103-701
2182
103-282
7/1/94z
103-701
103-337
5/10/94
# 226
Sy 8/17/94
6/14/94
(vv)
9/13/94
10/5/94
(y260-n158)
# 404
# 297
(y280-n137)
(y80-n18)

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1996
1530
104-131
6/15/95
104-406
1026
104-112
H 9/6/95
104-406
VETO
6/1/95
# 385
12/15/95
7/12/95
# 399
12/19/95
12/28/95
(y300-n126)
# 865
(y64-n34)
# 608
(y267-n149)
(y51-n43)
S 1/5/96
104-450
1124aa
No Report
9/6/95
104-450
104-106
(vv)
1/24/96
8/7/95
(vv)bb
1/26/96
2/10/96
# 16
# 5
(y287-n129)
(y56-n34)
1997
3230
104-563
5/15/96
104-724
1745
104-261
Hcc 7/10/96
104-724
104-201
5/7/96
# 174
8/1/96
5/13/96
# 187
9/10/96
9/23/96
(y272-n153)
# 397
(y68-n31)
# 279
(y285-n132)
(y73-n26)
1998
1119
105-132
6/25/97
105-340
936
No Report
Hdd 7/11/97
105-340
105-85
6/16/97
# 236
10/28/97
6/18/97
# 173
11/6/97
11/18/97
(y304-n120)
# 534
(y94-n4)
# 296
(y268-n123)
(y90-n10)
1999
3616
105-532
5/21/98
105-736
2057
No Report
Hee 6/25/98
105-736
105-261
5/12/98
# 183
9/24/98
5/11/98
# 181
10/1/98
10/17/98
(y357-n60)
# 458
(y88-n4)
# 293
(y373-n50)
(y96-n2)

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
2000
1401
106-162
Sff 6/14/99
106-301
1059
106-50
5/27/99
106-301
106-65
5/24/99
(uc)
9/15/99
5/17/99
# 154
9/22/99
10/5/99
# 424
(y92-n3)
# 284
(y375-n45)
(y93-n5)
2001
4205
106-616
5/18/00
106-945
2549
106-292
Hgg
106-945
106-398
5/12/00
# 208
10/11/00
5/12/00
7/13/00
10/12/00
10/30/00
(y353-n63)
# 522
# 179
# 275
(y382-n31)
(y97-n3)
(y90-n3)
2002
2586
107-194
Shh
107-333
1438
No Report
10/2/01
107-333
107-107
9/4/01
10/17/01
12/13/01
9/19/01
# 290
12/13/01
12/28/01
(uc)
# 496
(y99-n0)
# 369
(y382-n40)
(y96-n2)
2003
4546
107-436
5/10/02
107-772
2514
107-151
Hii
107-772
107-314
5/3/02
# 158
11/12/02
5/15/02
6/27/02
11/13/03
12/2/02
y359-n58
VV
UC
VV

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Authorization — House
Authorization — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
2004
1588
108-106
5/22/03
108-354
1050
108-46
Hjj
108-354
108-136
5/16/03
#221
11/7/03
5/13/03
6/4/03
11/12/03
11/24/03
(y361-n68)
# 617
VV
#447
(y362-n40, 2
(y95-n3)
present)
2005
4200
108-491
5/20/04
108-767
2400
108-260
Hkk
108-767
108-375
5/14/04
#206
10/9/04
5/11/04
6/23/04
10/9/04
10/28/04
(y391-n34)
# 528
UC
UC
(y359-n14)
2006
1815
109-89
5/25/05
109-360
1042
109-69
Hll
109-360
109-163
5/20/05
#222
12/19/05
5/17/05
11/15/05
12/21/05
1/6/06
(y390-n39)
#665
#326
VV
(y98-n0)
2007
5122
109-452
5/11/06
109-702
2766
109-254
Hmm
109-702
109-364
5/5/06
#145
9/29/06
5/9/06
6/22/06
9/30/06
10/17/06
(y396-n31)
#510
#186
uc
(y398-n23)
(y96-n0)
Abbreviations and Symbols:
H indicates that the Senate passed a bill with a House resolution number,
S indicates that the House passed a bill with a Senate resolution number; 1

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( — ) dashes mean no original Senate bill, House bill number used;
vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote.
Notes:
a.
After passing H.R. 14000 by recorded vote # 200, the House passed S. 2546 by voice vote and laid H.R. 14000 on the table.
b.
Senate reported out a substitute bill for H.R. 15495 as passed the House.
c.
Senate substituted text of S. 3000, then passed H.R. 14592 in lieu.
d.
Senate passed H.R. 6674 in lieu of S. 920.
e.
Senate passed H.R. 10929 in lieu of S. 2571.
f.
House passed S. 3486 amended in lieu of H.R. 14042.
g.
Senate agreed to House amendments. No conference was held.
h.
House passed H.R. 4040, laid it on the table by voice vote, then passed S. 428 in lieu by voice vote.
i.
H.R. 3519 had a three-part report; this date is for the earliest report.
j.
House passed S. 815 in lieu of H.R. 3519.
k.
House laid H.R. 6030 on the table and passed S. 2248 in lieu.
l.
House inserted text of H.R. 2969 into S. 675, then passed it by voice vote.
m.
Senate substituted text of S. 2723, then passed H.R. 5167.
n.
House passed S. 1160, amended, in lieu of H.R. 1872.
o.
House inserted text of H.R. 4428, then passed S. 2638.
p.
Senate inserted text of S. 1174, then passed H.R. 1748.
q.
Senate folded text of S. 2355 into H.R. 4264, then passed it.
r.
After the initial bill was vetoed, an amended version was added to an existing bill on military base closures — H.R. 4481.
s.
H.R. 4481 had a four-part report; the date is that of the earliest report.
t.
Senate inserted text of S. 1352, then passed H.R. 2461.
u.
Senate inserted text of S. 2884, then passed H.R. 4739.
v.
Senate inserted text of S. 1507, then passed H.R. 2100.
w.
Senate inserted text of S. 3114, then passed H.R. 5006.
x.
Senate inserted text of S. 1298, then passed H.R. 2401.
y.
House passed S. 2182 by voice vote on 7/25/94 after substituting the text of H.R. 4301 as passed the House.
z.
Senate inserted text of S. 2182, then passed H.R. 4301.
aa.
After veto of H.R. 1530 and failure to override, an amended conference report on S. 1124 was passed. The President signed P.L. 104-106 on 2/10/96.
bb. Senate struck all but the enacting clause and substituted division A of S. 1026.

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cc. Senate substituted text of S. 1745, then passed H.R. 3230.
dd. Senate passed S. 936, inserted text of S. 936 into H.R. 1119, then passed H.R. 1119 by voice vote.
ee.
Senate passed S. 2057 by roll call vote # 181 on 6/25/98, then struck all but the enacting clause of H.R. 3616, inserted the text of S. 2057, then passed H.R. 3616 on 6/25/98
by unanimous consent.
ff.
House passed H.R. 1401 on 6/10/99 by roll call vote # 191, 365-58, then the bill was laid on the table. Subsequently, on 6/14/00 the House struck all but the enacting clause
of S. 1059, substituted the text of H.R. 1401, and passed S.1059 without objection.
gg. Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.2549 amended, then passed H.R. 4205 in lieu of S. 2549 with an amendment. H.R. 4205
enacted into law the text of H.R. 5408 as introduced on 10/6/00.
hh.
House struck all after the enacting clause, substituted the text of H.R. 2586 which had passed the House on 9/28 by a vote of y398-n17 (#359) and passed S. 1438 (which
replaced S.1416, which had been reported out with Report 107-62 on 9/12) without objection.
ii.
Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted text of S. 2514 as amended and passed by the Senate on 6/27 by a vote of y97-n2 ( # 165), and passed H.R.
4546.
jj.
Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S. 1050 which had passed the Senate on 5/22 by a vote of y98-n1 (#194), and passed H.R. 1588.
kk. Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S. 2400 which had passed the Senate on 6/23/04 by a vote of y 97-n0 (#146), and passed H.R. 2400.
ll.
Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S. 1042 which had passed the Senate on 11/15/05 by a vote of y 98-n0 (#326), and passed H.R. 1815.
mm. Senate incorporated S. 2766 in H.R. 5122 as an amendment.

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Table 2. Appropriation Bills
Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1970
15090
91-698
12/8/69
91-766

91-607
12/15/69
91-766
91-171
12/3/69
# 306
12/18/69
12/12/69
# 241
12/18/69
12/29/69
(y330-n33)
(vv)
(y85-n4)
(vv)
1971
19590
91-1570
10/8/70
91-1799a

91-1392
12/8/70
91-1799
91-668
10/6/70
# 338
12/29/70
12/3/70
# 417
12/29/70
1/11/71
(y274-n31)
# 452
(y89-n0)
# 457
(y234-n18)
(y70-n2)
1972
11731
92-666
11/17/71
92-754

92-498
11/23/71
92-754
92-204
11/11/71
# 402
12/15/71
11/18/71
# 396
12/15/71
12/18/71
(y343-n51)
# 466
(y80-n5)
(vv)
(y293-n39)
1973
16593
92-1389
9/14/72
92-1566

92-1243
10/2/72
92-1566
92-570
9/11/72
# 368
10/12/72
9/29/72
# 496
10/13/72
10/26/72
(y322-n41)
# 434
(y70-n5)
(vv)
(y316-n42)

CRS-15
Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1974
11575
93-662
11/30/73
93-741

93-617
12/13/73
93-741
93-238
11/26/73
# 610
12/20/73
12/12/73
# 581
12/20/73
½/74
(y336-n23)
# 712
(y89-n2)
(vv)
(y336-n32)
1975
16243
93-1255
8/6/74
93-1363

93-1104
8/21/74
93-1363
93-437
8/1/74
# 455
7/23/74
8/16/74
# 376
9/24/74
10/8/74
(y350-n43)
# 534
(y86-n5)
(vv)
(y293-n59)
1976
9861
94-517
10/2/75
94-710

94-446
11/18/75
94-710
9/25/75
# 575
12/12/75
11/6/75
# 505
12/17/75
(y353-n61)
# 777
(y87-n7)
# 602
(y314-n57)
(y87-n9)
1/27/76b
# 21
94-212
(y323-n99)
2/9/76
1977
14262
94-1231
6/17/76
94-1475

94-1046
8/9/76
94-1475
94-419
6/8/76
# 401
9/9/76
7/22/76
# 511
9/13/76
9/22/76
(y331-n53)
# 702
(y82-n6)
(vv)
(y323-n45)

CRS-16
Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1978
7933
95-451
6/30/77
95-565

95-325
7/19/77
95-565
95-111
6/21/77
# 402
9/8/77
7/1/77
# 308
9/9/77
9/21/77
(y333-n54)
# 516
(y91-n2)
(vv)
(y361-n36)
1979
13635
95-1398
8/9/78
95-1764

95-1264
10/5/78
95-1764
95-457
7/27/78
# 665
10/12/78
10/2/78
# 445
10/12/78
10/13/78
(y339-n60)
(vv)
(y86-n3)
# 487
(y77-n3)
1980
5359
96-450
9/28/79
96-696

96-393
11/9/79
96-696
96-154
9/20/79
# 522
12/12/79
11/1/79
# 401
12/13/79
12/21/79
(y305-n49)
(vv)
(y73-n3)
(vv)
1981
8105
96-1317
9/16/80
96-1528

96-1020
11/21/80
96-1528
96-527
9/11/80
# 549
12/4/80
11/19/80
# 483
12/5/80
12/15/80
(y351-n42)
# 673
(y73-n1)
# 510
(y321-n36)
(y73-n1)
1982
4995
97-333
11/18/81
97-410
1857
97-273
H 12/4/81
97-410
97-114
11/16/81
# 320
12/15/81
11/17/81
# 456
12/15/81
12/29/81
(y335-n61)
# 363
(y84-n5)
# 489
(y334-n84)
(y93-n4)

CRS-17
Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1983
7355
97-943
12/8/82
2951
97-580
12/2/82
# 425
9/23/82
(y346-n68)
H.J.Res.
97-959
12/14/82
97-980
No Report
12/19/82
97-980
97-377
631c
12/10/82
# 451
12/20/82
12/15/82
# 455
12/20/82
12/21/82
(y204-n200)
(y232-n54)
(y63-n31)
# 459
(dv)
(y55-n41)
1984
4185
98-427
11/2/83
98-567
2039
98-292
Hd 11/8/83
98-567
98-212
10/20/83
# 443
11/18/83
11/1/83
# 344
11/18/83
12/8/83
(y328-n97)
# 531
(y86-n6)
# 380
(y311-n99)
(y75-n6)
1985
6329
98-1086
3026
96-636
9/26/84
9/26/84
H.J.Res.
98-1030
9/25/84f
98-1159
98-1159
10/4/84
98-1159
98-473
648e
9/17/84
# 421
10/10/84
9/27/84
(vv)
10/11/84
10/12/84
(y316-n91)
(dv)
# 287
(y252-n60)
(y78-n11)
1986
3629
99-332
10/30/85

99-176
10/24/8
# 379
11/6/85
(y359-n67)

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Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
H.J.Res.
99-403
12/4/85
99-450
No Report
12/10/85
99-450
99-190
465c
11/21/85
# 427
12/19/85
12/5/85
(vv)
12/19/95
12/19/85
(y212-n208)
# 476
(vv)
(y261-n137)
1987
5438
99-793
2827
99-446
8/14/86
9/17/86
H.J.Res.
9/25/86
99-1005
99-500
10/3/86
99-1005
99-59141
738c
# 417
10/15/86
9/29/86
# 330
10/17/86
10/30/86
(y201-n200)
# 472
(y82-n13)
(vv)
(y235-n172)
1988
3576
100-410
1923
100-235
10/28/87
12/4/87
H.J.Res.
100-415
12/3/87
104-498

100-238
12/11/87
100-498
100-202
395b
10/29/87
# 458
12/22/87
12/8/87
# 414
12/22/87
12/22/87
(y248-n170)
# 510
(y72-n21)
# 420
(y209-n208)
(y59-n30)
1989
4781
100-681
6/21/88
100-1002

100-402
H 8/11/88
100-1002
100-463
6/10/88
# 193
9/30/88
H 6/24/88
# 308
9/30/88
10/1/88
(y360-n53)
# 372
(y90-n4)
(vv)
(y327-n77)

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Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1990
3072
101-208
8/4/89
101-345

101-132
9/29/89
101-345
101-165
8/1/89
# 218
11/15/89
9/14/89
# 217
11/17/89
11/21/89
(y312-n105)
(vv)
(y96-n2)
(vv)
1991
5803
101-822
10/12/90
101-938
3189
101-521
Hh
101-938
101-511
10/10/90
# 455
10/25/90
10/11/90
10/16/90
10/26/90
11/5/90
(y322-n97)
(vv)
# 273
# 319
(y79-n16)
(y80-n17)
1992
2521
102-95
6/7/91
102-328

102-154
9/26/91
102-328
102-172
6/4/91
# 145
11/20/91
9/20/91
(vv)
11/23/91
11/26/91
(y273-n105)
(vv)
# 272
(y66-n29)
1993
5504
102-627
7/2/92
102-1015

102-408
9/23/92
102-1015
102-396
6/29/92
# 266
10/5/92
9/17/92
# 229
10/5/92
10/6/92
(y328-n94)
(vv)
(y86-n10)
(vv)
1994
3116
103-254
9/30/93
103-339

103-153
10/21/93
103-339
103-139
9/22/93
# 480
11/10/93
10/4/93
(vv)
11/10/93
11/11/93
(y325-n102)
(vv)
# 368
(y88-n9)

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Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1995
4650
103-562
6/29/94
103-747

103-321
8/11/94
103-747
103-335
6/27/94
# 313
9/29/94
7/29/94
# 282
9/29/94
9/30/94
(y330-n91)
# 446
(y86-n14)
(vv)
(y327-n86)
1996
2126
140-208
9/7/95
104-261
1087
104-124
Hi 9/5/95
7/27/95
# 646
9/29/95
7/28/95
# 397
(y294-n125)
# 700
(y62-n35)
(y151-n267)
104-344

104-344
104-61j
11/16/95
11/16/95
12/1/95
# 806
# 579
(y270-n158)
(y59-n39)
1997
3610
104-617
6/13/96
104-863
1894
104-286
Hk 7/18/96
104-863
104-208
6/11/96
# 247
9/28/96
6/20/96
# 200
9/30/96
9/30/96
(y278-n126)
# 455
(y72-n27)
(vv)
(y370-n37)
1998
2266
105-206
7/29/97
105-265
1005
105-45
Hl 7/15/97
105-265
105-56m
7/25/97
# 338
9/25/97
7/10/97
# 176
9/25/97
10/8/97
(y322-n105)
# 442
(y94-n4)
# 258
(y356-n65)
(y93-n5)

CRS-21
Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
1999
4103
105-591
6/24/98
105-746
2132
105-200
Hn 7/30/98
105-746
105-262
6/22/98
# 266
9/28/98
6/4/98
# 252
9/29/98
10/17/98
(y358-n61)
# 471
(y97-n2)
# 291
(y369-n43)
(y94-n2)
2000
2561
106-244
7/22/99
106-371
1122
106-53
Ho 7/28/99
106-371
106-79
7/20/99
# 334
10/13/99
5/25/99
(uc)
10/14/99
10/25/99
(y379-n45)
# 494
# 326
(y372-n55)
(y87-n11)
2001
4576
106-644
6/7/00
106-754
2593
106-298
Hp 6/13/00
106-754
106-259
6/1/00
# 241
7/19/00
5/18/00
# 127
7/27/00
8/9/00
(y367-n58)
# 413
(y95-n3)
# 230
(y367-n58)
(y91-n9)
2002
3338
107-298
11/28/01
107-350

Hq
12/7/01
107-350
107-117
11/19/01
# 458
12/20/01
107-109
(vv)
12/20/01
1/10/02
(y406-n20)
# 510
12/4/01
#380
(y408-n6)
(y94-n2)
2003
5010
107-532
6/27/02
107-732

108-213
Hr 8/1/02
107-732
107-248
6/25/02
#270
10/10/02
7/18/03
#204
10/16/02
10/23/02
(y413-n18)
#457
(y95-n3)
#239
(y409-n14)
(y93-n1)
2004
2658
108-187
7/8/03
108-283
1582
108-87
Hs 7/17/03
108-283
108-87
7/2/03
#335
9/24/03
7/9/03
#290
9/25/03
9/30/03
(y399-n19)
#513
(y95-n0)
#364
(y407-n15)
(y95-n0)

CRS-22
Appropriations — House
Appropriations — Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Report #
Passed
Report #
Passed
Public Law
FY
H.R.
Vote #
S.
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Date Reported
Vote #
Signed
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
2005
4613
108-553
6/22/04
108-622
2559
108-284
Ht
108-622
108-287
6/18/04
#284
7/22/04
6/22/04
6/24/04
7/22/04
8/5/04
(y403-n17)
#418
#149
#163
(y410-n12)
(y98-n0)
(y96-n0)
2006
2863
109-119
6/20/05
109-359

109-141
10/7/05
109-359
109-148
6/10/05
#287
12/19/05
9/29/05
#254
12/21/2005
12/30/05
(y398-n19)
#669
(y97-n0)
#366
(y308-n106)
(y93-n0)
2007
5631
109-504
6/20/06
109-676

109-292
9/7/06
109-676
109-289
6/16/06
#305
9/26/06
7/25/06
#239
9/29/06
9/29/06
(y407-n19)
#486
(y98-n0)
#261
(y394-n22)
(y100-n0)
Abbreviations and Symbols:
H indicates that the Senate passed a bill with a House resolution number,
S indicates that the House passed a bill with a Senate resolution number;
( — ) dashes mean no original Senate bill, House bill number used;
vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote.
Notes:
a.
Vote on second conference report. First conference report (91-1759) passed by the House 328-30 but tabled in the Senate.
b.
House agreed to Tunney amendment banning any funding for activities in Angola, thus clearing this bill to be sent to the President.
c.
A continuing resolution, which was passed instead of the normal DOD appropriations bill.
d.
Senate incorporated text of S. 2039 into H.R. 4185, then passed it.
e.
Both House and Senate bills were incorporated into this continuing resolution, which was passed instead of the normal DOD appropriations bill.
f.
House inserted texts of H.R. 3678, H.R. 5119, and H.R. 5913.
g.
Updated version of P.L. 99-500.
h.
Senate passed S. 3189 on 10/15/90, then vitiated this action on 10/16/90, and passed H.R. 5803 in lieu.
i.
Senate passed S. 1087, amended by recorded vote # 397 on 9/5/95, then passed H.R. 2126 in lieu on 9/8/95 by voice vote.
j.
The President allowed H.R. 2126 to become law without his signature.

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k.
Senate substituted the text of S. 1894, then passed H.R. 3610.
l.
Senate passed S. 1005, amended by vote # 176 on 7/15/97, then inserted text of S. 1005 into H.R. 2266, and passed it in lieu on 7/29/97 by voice vote.
m.
President Clinton used his line item veto power to veto several items in this law.
n.
Senate passed H.R. 4103 in lieu of S. 2132.
o.
On 7/28/99 the Senate vitiated previous passage of its own defense appropriations bill (S. 1122, 6/8/99, vote # 158, 93-4), and passed H.R. 2561 after striking all but the
enacting clause and inserting the text of S. 1122.
p.
On 6/18/00 the Senate struck all but the enacting clause of H.R. 4576 and substituted the language of S. 2593, and on 6/13/00 the Senate passed H.R. 4576 amended.
q.
Reported out with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
r.
On 7/18 the committee on appropriations reported an amendment in the nature of a substitute with written report 107-213, which was passed as amended by unanimous
consent on 8/1, then substituted for the text of H.R. 5010 which was then passed on 8/1 by a vote of y95-n3 (#204).
s.
Senate passed H.R. 2658 as amended.
t.
Senate struck all but the enacting clause and substituted the text of S. 2559, then passed H.R. 4613.

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Definitions1
! Appropriation — One form of budget authority provided by
Congress permitting federal agencies to incur obligations and to
make payments out of the Treasury for specific purposes.
Appropriated funds must be spent for purposes specifically
designated by Congress but are not necessarily spent in the year in
which they are provided.
! Authorization — Establishes or maintains a government program
or agency by defining its scope. May set a specific limit on how
much Congress can appropriate for that program. Authorizing
legislation is normally a prerequisite for appropriation. An
authorization does not make money available.
! Continuing Resolution — Legislation enacted by Congress to
provide budget authority for Federal agencies and programs in lieu
of regular appropriations acts. CRs may be temporary (providing
only stop-gap funding until passage of regular appropriations acts)
or full-year (substituting for one or more regular appropriations
acts).
! Supplemental Appropriation — An act appropriating funds in
addition to what is provided in a regular annual appropriation act.
Military and DOD civilian pay raises are often funded in
supplemental appropriation acts.
1 This section taken from CRS Report RL30002, A Defense Budget Primer, by Mary T.
Tyszkiewicz and Stephen Daggett.

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Table 3. Real Growth/Decline in National Defense Funding,
FY1940-FY2009
(dollars in billions)
Budget Authority
Outlays
Fiscal
Constant
Real
Constant
Real
Current
Current
Year
FY2005
Growth/
FY2005
Growth/
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Decline
Dollars
Decline
1940
1.7
30.0
1941
6.4
97.9
226.8%
1942
25.7
329.7
236.7%
1943
66.7
806.5
144.6%
1944
79.1
1,055.0
30.8%
1945
39.2
740.8
83.0
1,202.4
14.0%
1946
44.0
637.7
-13.9%
42.7
647.7
-46.1%
1947
9.0
138.4
-78.3%
12.8
182.7
-71.8%
1948
9.5
122.5
-11.5%
9.1
125.2
-31.5%
1949
10.9
149.0
21.6%
13.2
173.5
38.5%
1950
16.5
187.2
25.6%
13.7
170.3
-1.9%
1951
57.8
488.8
161.1%
23.6
261.0
53.3%
1952
67.5
594.3
21.6%
46.1
451.0
72.8%
1953
56.9
522.8
-12.0%
52.8
497.7
10.4%
1954
38.7
383.5
-26.7%
49.3
473.3
-4.9%
1955
32.9
326.7
-14.8%
42.7
408.1
-13.8%
1956
35.0
325.1
-0.5%
42.5
385.5
-5.5%
1957
39.4
348.8
7.3%
45.4
390.6
1.3%
1958
40.1
335.8
-3.7%
46.8
380.9
-2.5%
1959
45.1
352.8
5.1%
49.0
380.0
-0.3%
1960
44.3
340.8
-3.4%
48.1
370.8
-2.4%
1961
45.1
344.5
1.1%
49.6
369.9
-0.2%
1962
50.2
376.6
9.3%
52.3
390.9
5.7%
1963
52.1
382.6
1.6%
53.4
395.3
1.1%
1964
51.6
365.7
-4.4%
54.8
391.1
-1.0%
1965
50.6
350.6
-4.1%
50.6
359.0
-8.2%
1966
64.4
405.6
15.7%
58.1
383.1
6.7%
1967
73.1
442.8
9.2%
71.4
441.9
15.4%
1968
77.2
450.8
1.8%
81.9
480.8
8.8%
1969
78.5
440.8
-2.2%
82.5
469.5
-2.3%
1970
75.3
401.0
-9.0%
81.7
436.2
-7.1%
1971
72.7
365.7
-8.8%
78.9
398.1
-8.7%
1972
76.4
351.6
-3.9%
79.2
369.3
-7.2%
1973
79.1
335.6
-4.6%
76.7
336.9
-8.8%
1974
81.5
318.2
-5.2%
79.3
322.4
-4.3%

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Budget Authority
Outlays
Fiscal
Constant
Real
Constant
Real
Current
Current
Year
FY2005
Growth/
FY2005
Growth/
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Decline
Dollars
Decline
1975
86.2
307.6
-3.3%
86.5
315.0
-2.3%
1976
97.3
321.6
4.6%
89.6
305.1
-3.1%
1977
110.2
334.5
4.0%
97.2
307.4
0.8%
1978
117.2
329.8
-1.4%
104.5
307.5
0.0%
1979
126.5
328.1
-0.5%
116.3
316.9
3.1%
1980
143.9
333.6
1.7%
134.0
324.9
2.5%
1981
180.0
370.8
11.1%
157.5
339.5
4.5%
1982
216.5
410.0
10.6%
185.3
362.6
6.8%
1983
245.0
442.7
8.0%
209.9
391.0
7.8%
1984
265.2
462.5
4.5%
227.4
406.7
4.0%
1985
294.7
493.9
6.8%
252.7
433.2
6.5%
1986
289.1
474.9
-3.8%
273.4
455.1
5.0%
1987
287.4
460.2
-3.1%
282.0
456.5
0.3%
1988
292.0
451.3
-1.9%
290.4
454.8
-0.4%
1989
299.6
445.5
-1.3%
303.6
456.0
0.3%
1990
301.2
435.2
-2.3%
297.9
435.3
-4.5%
1991
296.2
411.5
-5.4%
296.7
417.1
-4.2%
1992
287.7
390.8
-5.0%
286.1
389.0
-6.7%
1993
281.1
374.2
-4.2%
283.9
376.1
-3.3%
1994
263.3
343.2
-8.3%
278.9
360.8
-4.1%
1995
266.4
340.0
-0.9%
271.0
345.0
-4.4%
1996
266.2
332.5
-2.2%
265.2
331.0
-4.1%
1997
270.4
330.3
-0.7%
270.4
328.9
-0.6%
1998
271.3
323.1
-2.2%
268.4
318.9
-3.0%
1999
292.3
339.5
5.1%
274.9
320.3
0.4%
2000
304.1
344.2
1.4%
294.5
333.5
4.1%
2001
335.5
368.9
7.2%
305.5
335.6
0.6%
2002
362.1
387.6
5.1%
348.6
372.3
10.9%
2003
456.2
476.0
22.8%
404.9
422.5
13.5%
2004
460.5
469.7
-1.3%
453.7
462.1
9.4%
2005
423.1
423.1
-9.9%
450.6
450.6
-2.5%
2006
444.0
433.7
2.5%
436.1
431.3
-5.3%
2007
464.8
443.0
2.1%
447.1
427.9
0.1%
2008
485.8
451.5
1.9%
467.1
435.7
1.9%
2009
508.2
460.5
2.0%
487.2
443.2
1.7%
Source: Table prepared by Stephen Daggett, CRS Specialist in National Defense, based on DOD
data.
Notes: Excludes Desert Shield/Desert Storm costs and receipts. FY2005-FY2009, Administration
February 2004 request.

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Table 4. National Defense Appropriations
Since FY1993- FY2005
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
Request
Enacted
Difference
FY1993
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
258,618
253,038
-5,580
MilCon Appropriations
10,316
8,394
-1,922
Energy Appropriations
12,132
12,042
-90
Other Appropriations
701
1,168
467
Offsetting Receipts
-793
-793
Total, Regular Appropriations
280,974
273,849
-7,125
H.R. 1335, P.L. 103-24, 4/23/93
Supplemental Appropriations
1
-1
H.R. 2118, P.L. 103-50, 7/2/93
Supplemental Appropriations
5
1,440
1,435
Offsetting Rescissions
-1,107
-1,107
Total, Supplemental Appropriations
5
333
328
FY1994
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
241,871
240,577
-1,294
MilCon Appropriations
9,594
10,011
417
Energy Appropriations
11,536
10,877
-659
Other Appropriations
992
741
-251
Offsetting Receipts
-631
-716
-85
Total, Regular Appropriations
263,363
261,491
-1,872
H.R. 3759, P.L. 103-424, 2/12/94
Supplemental Appropriations
1,198
1,198
Offsetting Rescissions
-907
-852
55
Total, Supplemental Appropriations
292
347
55
FY1995
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
244,777
243,466
-1,311
MilCon Appropriations
8,356
8,850
494
Energy Appropriations
10,598
10,334
-264
Other Appropriations
624
456
-168
Offsetting Receipts
-690
-690
Total, Regular Appropriations
263,665
262,416
-1,249
H.R. 889, P.L. 104-6, 4/10/95
Supplemental Appropriations
2,207
2,710
503
Offsetting Rescissions
-703
-2,332
-1,629
Total, Supplemental Appropriations
1,504
349
-1,155

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Request
Enacted
Difference
FY1996
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
236,344
243,251
6,907
MilCon Appropriations
10,698
11,177
479
Energy Appropriations
11,116
10,656
-459
Other Appropriations
255
258
3
Offsetting Receipts
-920
-920
Total, Regular Appropriations
257,493
264,423
6,930
H.R. 3019, P.L. 104-134, 4/26/96
Supplemental Appropriations
620
962
342
Offsetting Rescissions
-960
-1,032
-72
Total, Supplemental Appropriations
-340
-70
270
FY1997
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
234,678
243,947
9,268
MilCon Appropriations
9,132
9,982
850
Energy Appropriations
11,066
11,352
286
Other Appropriations
461
359
-102
Offsetting Receipts
-975
-978
-3
Total, Regular Appropriations
254,363
264,662
10,300
H.R. 1871, P.L. 105-18, 6/12/97
Supplemental Appropriations
2,098
1,929
-169
Offsetting Rescissionsa
-4,872
-1,930
2,942
Total, Supplemental Appropriations
-2,774
0
2,774
FY1998
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
243,924
247,709
3,785
MilCon Appropriations
8,383
9,183
800
Energy Appropriations
13,615
11,540
-2,075
Other Appropriations
686
726
40
Offsetting Receipts
-1,000
-1,169
-169
Total, Regular Appropriations
265,608
267,989
2,381
H.R. 3579, P.L. 105-174, 5/1/98
Supplemental Appropriations
2,021
2,860
839
Offsetting Rescissions
Total, Supplemental Appropriations
2,021
2,860
839
FY1999
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
250,999
250,511
-488
MilCon Appropriations
7,784
8,450
666
Energy Appropriations
12,158
11,879
-279
Other Appropriations
776
817
41
Offsetting Receipts
-1,271
-1,266
5
Total, Regular Appropriations
270,446
270,390
-55
H.R. 4328, P.L. 105-277, 10/20/98
Supplemental Appropriations
8,281
8,281
H.R. 1664/H.R. 1141, P.L. 106-31, 5/18/99
Supplemental
Appropriationsb
5,376
10,895
5,519

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Request
Enacted
Difference
FY2000
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriationsc
263,266
267,795
4,529
MilCon Appropriationsd
5,438
8,374
2,936
Energy Appropriations
12,281
12,033
-248
Other Appropriations
865
849
-16
Offsetting Receipts
-1,406
-1,506
-100
Omnibus Appropriations 0.38% Cut
-1,006
-1,006
Total, Regular Appropriations
280,444
286,540
6,095
H.R. 4425, P.L. 106-246, 7/13/00
Supplemental Appropriations
2,288
6,757
4,469
H.R. 4576, P.L. 106-259, 8/9/00e
Supplemental Appropriations
1,779
1,779
FY2001
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
284,501
287,806
3,305
MilCon Appropriations
8,034
8,834
800
Energy Appropriations
13,084
13,657
573
Other Appropriations
896
1,132
236
Offsetting Receipts
-1,202
-1,230
-28
Omnibus Appropriations Supplementals
296
296
Omnibus Appropriations 0.22% Cut
-521
-521
Total, Regular Appropriations
305,313
309,974
4,661
H.R. 2216, P.L. 107-20, 7/24/01
Supplemental Appropriations
5,841
5,834
-7
H.R. 2888, P.L. 107-38, 9/18/01
Supplemental Appropriationsf
14,041
14,041
FY2002
Regular Appropriations
DOD Appropriations
319,547
317,624
-1,923
MilCon Appropriations
9,971
10,500
529
Energy Appropriations
13,514
14,697
1,183
Other Appropriations
943
1,150
207
Offsetting Receipts/Mandatories
-540
-542
-2
Total, Regular Appropriations
343,435
343,429
-6
H.R. 3338, P.L. 107-117, 1/10/02g
7,467
3,867
-3,600
H.R. 4775, P.L. 107-206, 8/2/2002
Supplemental Appropriationsh
14,022
13,983
-39
Offsetting Rescissions
-613
-613
Total, Supplemental Appropriations
14,022
13,370
-652

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Request
Enacted
Difference
FY2003
DOD Appropriations
366,672
355,107
-11,564
MilCon Appropriations
9,664
10,499
835
Energy Appropriations
15,860
15,898
38
Other Appropriations
1,472
1,482
10
Offsetting Receipts/Mandatories
-831
-959
-128
Total, Regular Appropriations
392,837
382,027
-10,809
H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-7, 2/20/2003
DOD Appropriations
10,000
10,000
H.R. 1559, P.L. 108-11, 4/12/2003
Supplemental Appropriations
62,587
62,583
-4
FY2004
DOD Appropriations
372,346
368,712
-3,635
MilCon Appropriations
9,117
9,316
199
Omnibus Appropriations
-1,800
-1,800
Energy Appropriations
16,655
16,417
-238
Other Appropriations
2,360
2,447
87
Offsetting Receipts/Mandatoriesi
-3
3,502
3,505
Total, Regular Appropriations
400,476
398,594
-1,882
H.R. 2673, P.L. 108-199, 1/23/2004
Consolidated Appropriations Rescission
-1,800
-1,800
H.R. 3289/S. 1689, P.L. 108-106, 11/6/03
Supplemental Appropriations
65,560
65,251
-309
H.R. 4613, P.L. 108-287j
Defense Emergency Appropriations
25,000
25,000
Reappropriation of FY2004 Funds
1,800
1,800
In FY2005 bill charged to FY2004
500
500
FY2005
DOD Appropriations
392,824
390,870
-1,954
MilCon Appropriations
9,553
10,003
450
Energy Appropriations
16,722
17,220
498
Other Appropriations
1,697
1,697
Offsetting Receipts/Mandatories
1,360
1,360
Total, Regular Appropriations
422,157
421,151
1,007
H.R. 4837, P.L. 108-324 /k/
Hurricane Emergency Supplemental
921
909
909
H.R. 1268, P.L. 109-13
Defense Supplemental Appropriations
74,980
75,888
42,384
TOTAL
3,864,864
3,907,248
42,384
Source: Table prepared by Stephen Daggett, CRS Specialist in National Defense, based on DOD
data.
Notes: Detailed FY2006 Appropriations figures not yet available from DoD.
a. Administration rescissions request includes $4.8 billion in authority for the Secretary of Defense
to make cuts in previously appropriated funds up to that amount.

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b. Of the enacted amount, $1,838 million was for pay and benefit improvements beginning in FY2000.
Senate considered only the conference report.
c. Total enacted includes $7,200 million in emergency appropriations.
d. Request also proposed $3,061 million of advance FY2001 appropriations.
e. Supplemental FY2000 appropriations provided in the regular FY2001 defense appropriations bill.
f. The bill appropriated $40 billion for counter-terrorism, reconstruction etc., of which $20 billion was
available when released by the President and another $20 billion required subsequent approval
in a later appropriations act. The total shown here is the amount of the initial $20 billion made
available for defense programs, which CBO is scoring as FY2001 funding.
g. Amount of the second $20 billion for counter-terrorism, etc., provided for national defense
programs in the emergency supplemental appropriations bill attached to the regular defense
appropriations bill, which CBO scored as FY2002 funding.
h. Congress appropriated $14,381.6 million for defense (including military construction), but $1,011.9
billion was provided as contingent emergency appropriations, which the President did not
designate as an emergency.
i. Enacted total includes $3,613 million in mandatory spending for Boeing 767 leases included in the
FY2004 National Defense Authorization Act.
j. FY2004 funds provided in a separate title of the regular FY2005 Defense Appropriations Act.
k. Hurricane Emergency Supplemental appropriations were provided in a separate title in the FY2005
Military Construction Appropriations bill.

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Table 5. Congressional Action on Annual Department of
Defense Appropriations Requests, FY1950-FY2005
(new budget authority in millions of current year dollars)
Change
Fiscal
Request
House
Senate
Enacted
from
Year
Request
1950
13,321
13,376
13,268
12,766
-555
1951
13,038
12,849
12,955
12,955
-83
1952
55,944
54,424
58,081
55,226
-718
1953
49,036
43,889
44,094
44,302
-4,734
1954
33,639
34,353
34,431
34,291
652
1955
29,842
28,650
29,138
28,766
-1,076
1956
32,205
31,460
31,855
31,855
-350
1957
34,148
33,635
34,784
34,657
509
1958
36,193
33,563
34,392
33,760
-2,433
1959
38,787
38,410
40,043
39,603
816
1960
39,248
38,848
39,594
39,228
-20
1961
49,355
39,338
40,515
39,997
-9,358
1962
42,942
42,711
46,848
46,663
3,720
1963
47,907
47,839
48,429
48,136
229
1964
49,104
47,082
47,340
47,220
-1,884
1965
47,471
46,759
46,774
46,752
-719
1966
46,852
45,067
46,756
46,766
-86
1967
57,664
58,616
58,190
58,067
403
1968
71,584
70,295
70,132
69,937
-1,647
1969
77,074
72,240
71,887
71,870
-5,204
1970
75,278
69,960
60,323
69,641
-5,638
1971
68,746
66,807
66,417
66,596
-2,150
1972
73,544
71,048
70,349
70,518
-3,025
1973
79,600
74,576
74,572
74,373
-5,227
1974
77,240
74,091
73,254
73,704
-3,536
1975
87,057
82,984
81,584
82,096
-4,961
1976
97,858
90,219
90,722
90,467
-7,391
19TQ
23,118
21,675
21,850
21,861
-1,257
1977
107,964
105,397
104,014
104,344
-3,621
1978
113,877
110,082
109,805
111,184
-2,693
1979
119,300
119,019
116,423
117,256
-2,045
1980
132,321
129,524
131,661
130,981
-1,339
1981
154,496
157,211
160,848
159,739
5,242
1982
200,878
197,443
208,676
199,691
-1,187
1983
249,550
230,216
233,389
231,496
-18,054
1984
260,840
246,505
252,101
248,852
-11,988

CRS-33
Change
Fiscal
Request
House
Senate
Enacted
from
Year
Request
1985
292,101
268,172
277,989
274,278
-17,823
1986
303,830
268,727
282,584
281,038
-22,792
1987
298,883
264,957
276,883
273,801
-25,082
1988
291,216
268,131
277,886
278,825
-12,391
1989
283,159
282,603
282,572
282,412
-747
1990
288,237
286,476
288,217
286,025
-2,211
1991
287,283
267,824
268,378
268,188
-19,095
1992
270,936
270,566
270,258
269,911
-1,025
1993
261,134
251,867
250,686
253,789
-7,345
1994
241,082
239,602
239,178
240,570
-512
1995
244,450
243,573
243,628
243,628
-822
1996
236,344
243,998
242,684
243,251
6,907
1997
234,678
245,217
244,897
243,947
9,268
1998
243,924
248,335
247,185
247,709
3,785
1999
250,999
250,727
250,519
258,097
7,098
2000
263,266
268,662
264,693
267,795
4,529
2001
284,501
288,513
287,631
287,806
3,305
2002
319,547
317,624
317,623
317,624
-1,923
2003
366,672
354,713
355,406
355,107
-11,564
2004
372,346
369,190
369,165
368,712
-3,635
2005
392,824
391,170
384,012
390,870
-1,954
Sources: Table prepared by Stephen Daggett, CRS Specialist in National Defense, based on DOD
data: for FY1950-74, DOD FAD Table 809, issued Oct. 21, 1974; for FY1975-82, and FY1989-2005,
annual Appropriations Committee conference reports; for FY1983-88, DOD Comptroller, annual
reports on congressional action on appropriations requests (FAD-28 tables).
Notes: Amounts are for the basic DOD appropriations bill only. Amounts exclude military
construction (including family housing), military assistance program, and, except for FY1999,
supplemental appropriations. Before the mid-1980s, supplemental appropriations were provided
annually for pay raises and sometimes included substantial amounts for contingencies. In the FY1951
budget, Congress provided $32.8 billion in supplemental appropriations mainly for Korean War costs.
Congress also provided supplemental appropriations of $12.0 billion in FY1966 and $12.2 billion in
FY1967, mainly for Vietnam War costs. Supplemental amounts in other years ranged from zero in
FY1953, FY1954, FY1955, and FY1957 to $4.8 billion in FY1974. Total for FY1999 includes
$7,586 million in supplemental appropriations for DOD programs normally provided in the regular
Defense Appropriations bill. FY2005 level does not include emergency appropriations of $26,339
million.
Detailed FY2006 Appropriations figures not yet available from DOD.