Defense: FY2015 Authorization and Appropriations

In contrast with the debate over the FY2014 defense budget, congressional action on the FY2015 Department of Defense (DOD) budget request was not complicated by disputes over the total amount at issue. President Obama’s FY2015 DOD budget request, the versions of the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) drafted by the Armed Services Committees of both the House and the Senate, and the versions of the FY2015 DOD appropriations bill drafted by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees all were consistent with the binding cap on defense spending in FY2015 that had been established by the Balanced Budget Act of 2013 (P.L. 113-67).