1、 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments 1667 K Street NW,Suite 900,Washington DC 20006 Thinking Smarter About Defense www.CSBAonline.org|202-331-7990|Fax 202-331-8019 NOVEMBER 2011 FIVE FACTS ABOUT DEFENSE AND SEQUESTRATION By Todd Harrison 1.Defense Funding Under Sequestration Would Fall to
2、 FY 2007 Levels Under sequestration,the base DoD budget would fall to roughly$472 billion in FY 2013.This would bring the budget back to approximately the same level of funding as FY 2007,adjusting for inflation.Funding would fall by about 11 percent in real terms from FY 2012 to FY 2013 and only gr
3、ow with inflation for the rest of the decade.1 The budget caps under sequestration are designed so that money can be moved among accounts within the budget cap,meaning cuts to DoD could be slightly more or less if other agencies under the 050 budget function,such as the National Nuclear Security Age
4、ncy,are cut more or less.However,money cannot be moved between years under the budget caps.Thus,DoD cannot backload the cuts to allow for a more gradual decline in FY 2013.2.War Funding Is Exempt from Budget Caps The Budget Control Act specifically exempts war-related funding from sequestration.This
