1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov April 5, 2018FY2018 Defense Appropriations Act: An OverviewThe FY2018 defense appropriations bill, Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (H.R. 1625; P.L. 115-141), appropriates $647 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD). This amounts to an in
2、crease of $61 billion (about 10%) over the enacted FY2017 level and an increase of $24 billion over the Presidents FY2018 budget request for such activities. H.R. 1625 is commonly referred to as an omnibus appropriation, a legislative vehicle comprised of several annual appropriations bills that fun
3、d the federal government. The House passed H.R. 1625 on March 22, 2018. The Senate passed the bill in the early hours of March 23, 2018, and the President signed it later that day. Since October 1, 2017, the start of FY2018, Congress had passed five continuing resolutions to keep the government runn
4、ing at approximately the FY2017 funding level. H.R. 1625 conforms to the spending limits (or caps) on defense and non-defense spending established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25) and amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA of 2018; P.L. 115-123). DOD Appropriations Div
