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S. 1519, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 1 (August 3, 2017)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST   ESTIMATE

                                                                   August 3, 2017


                                    S. 1519
         National  Defense  Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

       As reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on July 10, 2017


SUMMARY

S. 1519 would authorize appropriations totaling an estimated $693 billion for the military
functions of the Department of Defense (DoD), for certain activities of the Department of
Energy, and for other purposes. In addition, the bill would prescribe personnel strengths for
each active-duty and selected-reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces. CBO
estimates that appropriation of the authorized amounts would result in outlays of
$672 billion over the 2018-2022 period.

If the total amount authorized for 2018 was appropriated, $632.1 billion would count
against that year's defense cap set in the Budget Control Act (BCA), as amended;
$0.2 billion would count against the nondefense cap for 2018; and $60.2 billion designated
for overseas contingency operations would not be constrained by caps.

The bill also contains provisions that would affect the costs of defense programs funded
through discretionary appropriations in 2019 and future years. Those provisions mainly
would affect force structure, compensation and benefits, the military health system, and
various procurement programs. CBO has analyzed the costs of a select number of those
provisions and estimates that they would, on a net basis, increase the cost of those
programs relative to current law by about $62 billion over the 2019-2022 period. The net
costs of those provisions in 2019 and beyond are not included in the total amount of outlays
mentioned above because funding for those activities would be covered by specific
authorizations in future years.

In addition, CBO estimates that enacting S. 1519 would increase direct spending by
$621 million over the 2018-2027 period. That change would comprise a net increase in
on-budget direct spending of $526 million and increase in off-budget direct spending of
$95 million over that same period. Enacting the bill would have an insignificant effect on
revenues. Because enacting S. 1519 would affect direct spending and revenues,
pay-as-you-go procedures apply.

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