FY17 Defense Appropriations Bill Heads to House Floor

The House Appropriations committee released an FY17 defense appropriations conference report this week, which will be consider on the House floor next week. The bill could become the vehicle for all of the remaining FY17 spending bills given the lack of floor time before April 28 when the current continuing resolution expires.

The $577.9B bill boosts funding for the Department of Defense by $5.2B over FY16 enacted levels and is $1.6B over what former President Obama requested for FY16. The bill includes $516.1B in base discretionary funding and $61.8B in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)/Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) funding.

FY17 Defense Appropriations Bill Text:

https://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/03.02.17_defense_-_fy_2017_appropriations_bill.pdf

FY17 Defense Appropriations Explanatory Statement:

https://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/03.02.17_defense_-_fy_2017_appropriations_bill_-_explanatory_statement.pdf

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