1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov July 27, 2018FY2019 Defense Appropriations Bill: An Overview of S. 3159, as ReportedThe FY2019 Defense Appropriations Bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 28 would appropriate $668 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD). This amount exclud
2、es appropriations for military facility construction and family housing, which are provided in a separate appropriations bill. As reported by the committee, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 (S. 3159) would appropriate $16.1 billion more than the amount enacted in the FY2018 bill (D
3、ivision C of P.L. 115-141) and other appropriations (an increase of approximately 2.5%), and $0.4 billion less than the Administration requested for such programs in FY2019 (see Table 1). S. 3159 would appropriate $600.1 billion for DODs base budgetactivities the department would pursue even if U.S.
4、 forces were not engaged in operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere. The bill would appropriate $67.9 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) to cover the incremental cost of ongoing operations in the Middle East and elsewhere, as well as other requirements. The bill would ap
