National Defense Authorization Act

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is any of a series of United States federal laws specifying the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense. The first NDAA was passed in 1961. The U.S. Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills: the National Defense Authorization Act and defense appropriations bills. The authorization bill is the jurisdiction of the Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee and determines the agencies responsible for defense, establishes recommended funding levels, and sets the policies under which money will be spent. The appropriations bill provides funds.

Secret law in the form of classified addenda have been usually been included in NDAAs, intelligence authorization acts (IAAs), and Department of Defense appropriations acts (DODAAs) since the 1970s.

The passage of a Defense Authorization Act is often used by Congress to honor a senior congress member or other individual. For example, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 is known as the "Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001" in honor of Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina, who had died earlier that year.United States Government Publishing Office, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, Section 1, accessed 24 December 2022

Legislation from 1981 to present

Year Short or popular title Public law Statute compilation Description 1981 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 1982 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 1983 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 1984 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 COMPS-483 (details) 1985 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 COMPS-13734 (details) 1986 Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 COMPS-10454 (details) 1987 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 COMPS-1483 (details) 1988 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 COMPS-10572 (details) 1989 National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 COMPS-634 (details) 1990 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 COMPS-10634 (details) 1991 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 COMPS-10716 (details) 1992 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 COMPS-10656 (details) 1993 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 COMPS-10665 (details) Also named as Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992. 1994 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 COMPS-10823 (details) 1995 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 COMPS-10826 (details) 1996 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 COMPS-10709 (details) Includes the Clinger–Cohen Act, containing the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 and Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996. 1997 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 COMPS-10712 (details) 1998 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 COMPS-10714 (details) 1999 Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 COMPS-10715 (details) 2000 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 COMPS-10423 (details) 2001 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 COMPS-10420 (details) 2002 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 COMPS-10411 (details) 2003 Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 COMPS-10410 (details) 2004 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 COMPS-10407 (details) 2005 Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 COMPS-10404 (details) 2006 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 COMPS-10388 (details) 2007 John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 COMPS-10387 (details) Formally named after John Warner, a U.S. war veteran, long-term Senator, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, and Secretary of the Navy from Virginia. 2008 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 COMPS-10386 (details) 2009 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 COMPS-11478 (details) "Expresses the sense of Congress that the Honorable Duncan Hunter, Representative from California, has discharged his official duties with integrity and distinction, has served the House of Representatives and the American people selflessly, and deserves the sincere gratitude of Congress and the Nation".Congress.gov, Summary: S.3001 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) , accessed 8 February 2021 Title 8, Subtitle G: Governmentwide Acquisition Improvements, is known as the "Clean Contracting Act",Wifcon.com, Bill Summary: The Clean Contracting Act , accessed 8 February 2021 and focused on improvements to government procurement such as limiting the term of non-competitive contracts to one year (section 862) and prohibiting excessive use by contractors of sub-contractors or "tiers of sub-contractors" (section 866). 2010 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 COMPS-11477 (details) Contains important hate crimes legislation. 2011 Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 COMPS-11476 (details) Formally named after Ike Skelton, a long-term Congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from Missouri. 2012 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 COMPS-10045 (details) Contains several controversial sections, the chief being §§ 1021–1022, which affirm provisions authorizing the indefinite military detention of civilians, including U.S. citizens, without habeas corpus or due process, contained in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), . 2013 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 COMPS-10359 (details) 2014 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 COMPS-11141 (details) A United States federal law that specified the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2014. The law authorized the DOD to spend $607 billion in Fiscal Year 2014. On December 26, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the bill into law. This was the 53rd consecutive year that a National Defense Authorization Act has been passed. 2015 Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 COMPS-11977 (details) One of the proposed NDAA bills for fiscal year 2015. On May 8, 2014, the House Armed Services Committee ordered the bill reported (amended) by a vote of 61-0. The Committee spent 12 hours debating the bill and voting on hundreds of different amendments before voting to pass it. 2016 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 COMPS-11831 (details) 2017 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 COMPS-13740 (details) 2018 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 COMPS-13932 (details) 2019 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 COMPS-15483 (details) Formally named after John S. McCain III, a U.S. war veteran, prisoner of war, long-term Senator, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and 2008 Republican Presidential Nominee. 2020 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 COMPS-15772 (details) Formally established the United States Space Force as an independent branch of the Armed Forces. 2021 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 COMPS-16736 (details) Formally named after William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry, a long-term Congressman, and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee. 2022 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 COMPS-16861 (details) 2023 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 COMPS-17475 (details) Named after James M. Inhofe, a long-term Senator, and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. 2024 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 COMPS-17632 (details) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 COMPS-18280 (details) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 COMPS-18412 (details) 2027 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

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