Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

United States.

Fiscal policy.

United States--Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (70 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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text file

PDF

Summary:

Discusses limits placed on FY2012-FY2021 defense spending by P.L. 112-25, the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA), which provided for an increase in the statutory limit on the public debt, in conjunction with a variety of measures to reduce the budget deficit. Examines adaption and transition to BCA spending limits, BCA spending path and the FY2016 budget request, FY2016 budget resolution and BCA caps, BCA revised caps in historical perspective, different types of savings, DOD plan for complying with BCA limits, and related uncertainties facing DOD. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Defense Spending and the Budget Control Act Limits

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