Defense Authorization and Appropriations
Bills: FY1970-FY2010
Mari-Jana "M-J" Oboroceanu
Information Research Specialist
February 17, 2010
Congressional Research Service
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Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2010
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-FY2010. 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. Key definitions are also included. This report will be updated as legislative activity
warrants.
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Contents
The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process ......................................................................... 1
Methods of Voting....................................................................................................................... 2
Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 18
Tables
Table 1. Authorization Bills......................................................................................................... 3
Table 2. Appropriation Bills ...................................................................................................... 11
Contacts
Author Contact Information ...................................................................................................... 18
Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................... 18
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The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process
Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills: the defense
authorization and defense appropriations bills. Table 1 and Table 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.
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)
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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
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays) Senate
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1970
H.R. 14000
91-522
Sa 10/3/69
91-607
S. 2546
91-290
9/18/69
91-607
P.L. 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
H.R. 17123
91-1022
5/6/70
91-1473
— 91-1016
9/1/70
91-1473
P.L. 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
H.R. 8687
92-232
6/17/71
92-618
— 92-359
10/6/71
92-618
P.L. 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
H.R. 15495
92-1149
6/27/72
92-1388
— 92-962b
S 8/2/72
92-1388
P.L. 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)
1974
H.R. 9286
93-383
7/31/73
93-588
— 93-385
10/1/73
93-588
P.L. 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
H.R. 14592
93-1035
5/22/74
93-1212
S. 3000
93-884
Hc 6/11/74
93-1212
P.L. 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
H.R. 6674
94-199
5/20/75
94-413
S. 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)
CRS-3
Authorization—House
Authorization—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
94-488
—
94-488
P.L. 94-106
9/24/75
9/26/75
10/7/75
(vv)
# 424
(y63-n7)
1977
H.R. 12438
94-967
4/9/76
94-1305
— 94-878
5/26/76
94-1305
P.L. 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)
1978
H.R. 5970
95-194
4/25/77
95-446
— 95-282
5/17/77
95-446
P.L. 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
H.R. 10929
95-1118
5/24/78
95-1402
S. 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)
H.R. 14042
95-1573
Sf 10/4/78
g S.
3486
95-1197
S 9/26/78
g P.L.
95-485
9/15/78
# 872
9/15/78
# 406
10/20/78
(y367-n22)
(y89-n3)
1980
H.R. 4040
96-166
Sh 9/14/79
96-546
S. 428
96-197
S 6/13/79
96-546
P.L. 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
H.R. 6974
96-916
5/21/80
96-1222
— 96-826
7/2/80
96-1222
P.L. 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)
1982
H.R. 3519
97-71, pt. 1i
Sj
97-311
S. 815
97-58
5/14/81
97-311
P.L. 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)
CRS-4
Authorization—House
Authorization—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1983
H.R. 6030
97-482
Sk
97-749
S. 2248
97-330
5/13/82
97-749
P.L. 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
H.R. 2969
98-107
Sl 7/29/83
98-352
S. 675
98-174
7/26/83
98-352
P.L. 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
H.R. 5167
98-691
5/31/84
98-1080
S. 2723
98-500
Hm 6/20/84
98-1080
P.L. 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
H.R. 1872
99-81
Sn 6/27/85
99-235
S. 1160
No Report
6/5/85
99-235
P.L. 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)
1987
H.R. 4428
99-718
So 9/18/86
99-1001
S. 2638
99-331
8/9/86
98-1001
P.L. 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
H.R. 1748
100-58
5/20/87
100-466
S. 1174
100-57
Sp 10/2/87
100-466
P.L. 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
H.R. 4264
100-563
5/11/88
100-753
S. 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)
H.R. 4481r 100-735s
7/12/88
100-989
S. 2749
8/11/88
H 9/15/88
100-989
P.L. 100-456
6/28/88
(vv)
9/28/88
(vv)
(vv)
9/28/88
9/29/88
# 359
# 340
(y369-n48)
(y91-n4)
CRS-5
Authorization—House
Authorization—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1990
H.R. 2461
101-121
7/27/89
101-331
S. 1352
101-81
Ht 8/2/89
101-331
P.L. 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)
1991
H.R. 4739
101-665
9/19/90
101-923
S. 2884
101-384
Hu 8/4/90
101-923
P.L. 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
H.R. 2100
102-60
5/22/91
102-311
S. 1507
102-113
Hv 8/2/91
102-311
P.L. 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
H.R. 5006
102-527
6/5/92
102-966
S. 3114
102-352
Hw 9/19/92
102-966
P.L. 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
H.R. 2401
103-200
9/29/93
103-357
S. 1298
103-112
Hx 9/4/93
103-357
P.L. 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
H.R. 4301
103-499
6/9/94
103-701
S. 2182
103-282
7/1/94z
103-701
P.L. 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)
1996
H.R. 1530
104-131
6/15/95
104-406
S. 1026
104-112
H 9/6/95
104-406
VETO 12/28/95
6/1/95
# 385
12/15/95
7/12/95
# 399
12/19/95
(y300-n126)
# 865
(y64-n34)
# 608
(y267-n149)
(y51-n43)
S 1/5/96
104-450
S. 1124aa No
Report 9/6/95
104-450
P.L. 104-106
(vv)
1/24/96
8/7/95
(vv)bb
1/26/96
2/10/96
# 16
# 5
(y287-n129)
(y56-n34)
CRS-6
Authorization—House
Authorization—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1997
H.R. 3230
104-563
5/15/96
104-724
S. 1745
104-261
Hcc 7/10/96
104-724
P.L. 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
H.R. 1119
105-132
6/25/97
105-340
S. 936
No Report
Hdd 7/11/97
105-340
P.L. 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
H.R. 3616
105-532
5/21/98
105-736
S. 2057
No Report
Hee 6/25/98
105-736
P.L. 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)
2000
H.R. 1401
106-162
Sff 6/14/99
106-301
S. 1059
106-50
5/27/99
106-301
P.L. 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
H.R. 4205
106-616
5/18/00
106-945
S. 2549
106-292
Hgg
106-945
P.L. 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
H.R. 2586
107-194
Shh
107-333
S. 1438
No Report
10/2/01
107-333
P.L. 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
H.R. 4546
107-436
5/10/02
107-772
S. 2514
107-151
Hii
107-772
P.L. 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
2004
H.R. 1588
108-106
5/22/03
108-354
S. 1050
108-46
Hjj
108-354
P.L. 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)
CRS-7
Authorization—House
Authorization—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
2005
H.R. 4200
108-491
5/20/04
108-767
S. 2400
108-260
Hkk
108-767
P.L. 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
H.R. 1815
109-89
5/25/05
109-360
S. 1042
109-69
Hll
109-360
P.L. 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
H.R. 5122
109-452
5/11/06
109-702
S. 2766
109-254
Hmm
109-702
P.L. 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)
2008
H.R. 1585nn
110-146 (Pt. I)
5/17/07
110-447
S. 1547
110-77 (1st Rpt)oo
10/1/07
110-447
VETO
5/11/07
#373
12/12/07
6/5/07
#359
12/12/07
12/28/07
110-146 (Pt. II)
(y397-n27)
#1151
110-125 (2nd
(y92-n3)
#433
5/14/07
(y370-n49)
Rpt)oo
(y90-n3)
6/29/07
H.R. 4986
1/16/08
1/22/08
P.L.
110-181
#11
#1
1/28/08
(y369-n46)
(y91-n3)
2009
H.R. 5658
110-652
5/22/08
No Official
S. 3001
110-335
9/17/08
No Official
P.L. 110-417
5/16/08
#365
Conf. Rept.pp
5/12/08
#201
Conf. Rept pp
10/14/08
110-652 (Pt. II)
(y384-n23)
(y88-n8)
5/20/08
2010
H.R.2647 111-166
6/25/09
111-288
S. 1390
111-35
7/23/09
111-288
P.L. 111-84
6/18/09
#460
10/8/2009
7/2/09
#242
10/22/09
10/28/09
111-166 (Pt. II)
(y389-n22, 1
#770
(y87-n7)
#327
6/23/09
present)
(y281-n146)
(y68-n29)
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;
CRS-8
(—) 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.
CRS-9
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 al but the enacting clause and substituted division A of S. 1026.
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 cal vote # 181 on 6/25/98, then struck al 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 al but the enacting
clause of S. 1059, substituted the text of H.R. 1401, and passed S. 1059 without objection.
gg. Senate struck al 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 al 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 al 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 al 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 al 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 al 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.
nn. H.R. 1585/S. 1547 passed both the House and the Senate and was presented to the President on 12/19/07. However, the President vetoed the bill on 12/28/07. The
National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008, passed under a new bill, H.R. 4986, which became P.L. 110-181 on 1/28/08.
oo. 1st Report issued by the Committee on Armed Services; 2nd Report issued by the Select Committee on Intelligence.
pp. In lieu of a conference report, House took up S. 3002 as passed by the Senate and approved it with amendment on 9/24/08 by a vote of 392-39 (under suspension of
the rules with a 2/3 vote required). Senate agreed to House amendment to the bill on 9/27/08 by unanimous consent, clearing the measure for the president. Though
there was no official conference report the House released a report on its amended version of S. 3001 as a committee print labeled HASC (House Armed Services
Committee) No. 10 dated September 2008.
CRS-10
Table 2. Appropriation Bills
Appropriations—House
Appropriations—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays) Senate
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1970
H.R. 15090
91-698
12/8/69
91-766
— 91-607
12/15/69
91-766
P.L. 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
H.R. 19590
91-1570
10/8/70
91-1799a
— 91-1392
12/8/70
91-1799
P.L. 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
H.R. 11731
92-666
11/17/71
92-754
— 92-498
11/23/71
92-754
P.L. 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
H.R. 16593
92-1389
9/14/72
92-1566
— 92-1243
10/2/72
92-1566
P.L. 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)
1974
H.R. 11575
93-662
11/30/73
93-741
— 93-617
12/13/73
93-741
P.L. 93-238
11/26/73
# 610
12/20/73
12/12/73
# 581
12/20/73
1/2/74
(y336-n23)
# 712
(y89-n2)
(vv)
(y336-n32)
1975
H.R. 16243
93-1255
8/6/74
93-1363
— 93-1104
8/21/74
93-1363
P.L. 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
H.R. 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
P.L.
94-212
# 21
2/9/76
(y323-n99)
CRS-11
Appropriations—House
Appropriations—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1977
H.R. 14262
94-1231
6/17/76
94-1475
— 94-1046
8/9/76
94-1475
P.L. 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)
1978
H.R. 7933
95-451
6/30/77
95-565
— 95-325
7/19/77
95-565
P.L. 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
H.R. 13635
95-1398
8/9/78
95-1764
— 95-1264
10/5/78
95-1764
P.L. 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
H.R. 5359
96-450
9/28/79
96-696
— 96-393
11/9/79
96-696
P.L. 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
H.R. 8105
96-1317
9/16/80
96-1528
— 96-1020
11/21/80
96-1528
P.L. 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
H.R. 4995
97-333
11/18/81
97-410
S. 1857
97-273
H 12/4/81
97-410
P.L. 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)
1983
H.R. 7355
97-943
12/8/82
S.
2951
97-580
12/2/82
# 425
9/23/82
(y346-n68)
H.J.Res. 631c 97-959 12/14/82
97-980
No
Report
12/19/82
97-980
P.L. 97-377
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)
CRS-12
Appropriations—House
Appropriations—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1984
H.R. 4185
98-427
11/2/83
98-567
S. 2039
98-292
Hd 11/8/83
98-567
P.L. 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
H.R. 6329
98-1086 9/26/84
S. 3026
96-636
9/26/84
H.J.Res. 648e 98-1030 9/25/84f
98-1159
98-1159
10/4/84
98-1159
P.L. 98-473
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
H.R. 3629
99-332
10/30/85
—
99-176
10/24/8
# 379
11/6/85
(y359-n67)
H.J.Res. 465c 99-403 12/4/85
99-450
No
Report
12/10/85
99-450
P.L. 99-190
11/21/85
# 427
12/19/85
12/5/85
(vv)
12/19/95
12/19/85
(y212-n208)
# 476
(vv)
(y261-n137)
1987
H.R. 5438
99-793
S. 2827
99-446
8/14/86
9/17/86
H.J.Res. 738c 9/25/86
99-1005
99-500
10/3/86
99-1005
P.L. 99-591g
# 417
10/15/86
9/29/86
# 330
10/17/86
10/30/86
(y201-n200)
# 472
(y82-n13)
(vv)
(y235-n172)
1988
H.R. 3576
100-410
S. 1923
100-235
10/28/87
12/4/87
H.J.Res. 395b 100-415 12/3/87
104-498
— 100-238
12/11/87
100-498
P.L. 100-202
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)
CRS-13
Appropriations—House
Appropriations—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
1989
H.R. 4781
100-681
6/21/88
100-1002
— 100-402
H 8/11/88
100-1002
P.L. 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)
1990
H.R. 3072
101-208
8/4/89
101-345
— 101-132
9/29/89
101-345
P.L. 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
H.R. 5803
101-822
10/12/90
101-938
S. 3189
101-521
Hh
101-938
P.L. 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
H.R. 2521
102-95
6/7/91
102-328
— 102-154
9/26/91
102-328
P.L. 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
H.R. 5504
102-627
7/2/92
102-1015
— 102-408
9/23/92
102-1015
P.L. 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
H.R. 3116
103-254
9/30/93
103-339
— 103-153
10/21/93
103-339
P.L. 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)
1995
H.R. 4650
103-562
6/29/94
103-747
— 103-321
8/11/94
103-747
P.L. 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
H.R. 2126
140-208
9/7/95
104-261
S. 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)
CRS-14
Appropriations—House
Appropriations—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
104-344 —
104-344
P.L. 104-61j
11/16/95
11/16/95
12/1/95
# 806
# 579
(y270-n158)
(y59-n39)
1997
H.R. 3610
104-617
6/13/96
104-863
S. 1894
104-286
Hk 7/18/96
104-863
P.L. 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
H.R. 2266
105-206
7/29/97
105-265
S. 1005
105-45
Hl 7/15/97
105-265
P.L. 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)
1999
H.R. 4103
105-591
6/24/98
105-746
S. 2132
105-200
Hn 7/30/98
105-746
P.L. 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
H.R. 2561
106-244
7/22/99
106-371
S. 1122
106-53
Ho 7/28/99
106-371
P.L. 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
H.R. 4576
106-644
6/7/00
106-754
S. 2593
106-298
Hp 6/13/00
106-754
P.L. 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
H.R. 3338
107-298
11/28/01
107-350
—
Hq
12/7/01
107-350
P.L. 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
H.R. 5010
107-532
6/27/02
107-732
— 108-213
Hr 8/1/02
107-732
P.L. 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)
CRS-15
Appropriations—House
Appropriations—Senate
Laws
Conf. Rept. #
Conf. Rept. #
Passed
Passed
Passed
Passed
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Report #
Vote #
Vote #
Public Law
FY House
Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Senate Bill
Date Reported
(yeas-nays)
(yeas-nays)
Signed
2004
H.R. 2658
108-187
7/8/03
108-283
S. 1382
108-87
Hs 7/17/03
108-283
P.L. 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)
2005
H.R. 4613
108-553
6/22/04
108-622
S. 2559
108-284
Ht
108-622
P.L. 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
H.R. 2863
109-119
6/20/05
109-359
— 109-141
10/7/05
109-359
P.L. 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
H.R. 5631
109-504
6/20/06
109-676
— 109-292
9/7/06
109-676
P.L. 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)
2008
H.R. 3222
110-279
8/5/07
110-434 11/8/07
— 110-155
10/3/07
110-410
P.L. 110-116
7/30/07
#846
#1064
9/14/07
vv
11/8/07
11/13/07
(y395-n13)
(y400-n15)
vv
2009
H.R. 2638
110-181
6/15/07
(No Conf.
—
(No Senate rpt.)
7/26/07
(No Conf.
P.L. 110-329
6/8/07
#491
Reptu)
#282
Reptu)
9/30/08
(y268-n150)
9/24/08
(y89-n4)
9/27/08
#632
#208
(y370-n58)
(y78-n12)
2010
H.R. 3326
111-230
7/30/09
(No Conf.
— 111-74
10/6/09
(No Conf.
P.L. 111-118
7/24/09
#675
Reptv)
9/10/09
#315
Reptv)
12/19/09
(y400-n30)
12/16/09
(y93-n7)
12/19/09
#985
#384
(y395-n34)
(y88-n10)
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;
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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. 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 al owed H.R. 2126 to become law without his signature.
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 al but the
enacting clause and inserting the text of S. 1122.
p. On 6/18/00 the Senate struck al 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 al but the enacting clause and substituted the text of S. 2559, then passed H.R. 4613.
u. In lieu of a conference report, the House took up the Senate-passed version of the bill on 9/24/08 and agreed to the bill with amendment by a vote of 320-58 with 1
present. The Senate took up the House amended version of the bill and agreed to it on 9/27/08 by a vote of 78-12, clearing the measure for the President.
v. In lieu of a conference report on the FY2010 defense appropriations bill, House and Senate negotiators agreed on an amendment to the Senate-passed version of H.R.
3326 that would appropriate $497.7 billion for the DOD base budget and $128.2 billion for war costs. The House passed that compromise version of the bill
December 16 (395-34); the Senate passed it December 19 (88-10).
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Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2010
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.
Author Contact Information
Mari-Jana "M-J" Oboroceanu
Information Research Specialist
moboroceanu@crs.loc.gov, 7-6329
Acknowledgments
This report was initially authored by Thomas Coipuram Jr. who no longer covers this issue. The author
wishes to acknowledge Allison Snell, presidential management fellow, for her contribution to this report.
1 This section taken from CRS Report RL30002, A Defense Budget Primer, by Mary T. Tyszkiewicz and Stephen
Daggett.
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