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handle is hein.crs/govbbmt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L Congressional Research Service h~I fo rg the legeslative debate s nce 1914 0 October 23, 2019 FY2020 Defense Appropriations: Selected Issues Raised by H.R. 2740 (Div. C) and S. 2474 House and Senate negotiators trying to draft a compromise version of the FY2020 Defense Appropriations Act likely will have to deal with elements of the House-passed bill (H.R. 2740, Division C) that challenge some of the Trump Administration's signature policies. Among these are provisions to block construction of a barrier along the U.S. border with Mexico and provisions that would slow or block some parts of the planned modernization of the U.S. strategic arsenal. Those are among several aspects of the House bill cited by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as potential grounds for a veto in a Statement of Administration Policy issued on June 11, 2019. The House passed its version of the FY2020 Defense Appropriations bill on June 19, 2019 as part of a Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2740, Division C). In contrast to the House, the Senate has not yet passed any appropriations bills. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its version of the FY2020 Defense Appropriations Act (S. 2474) on September 12, 2019. One potential obstacle to agreement may have been set aside on August 2, 2019, with enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-37), which set a new statutory cap on discretionary defense spending for base budget activities in FY2020. The Department of Defense (DOD) base budget funds routine activities not associated with ongoing military deployments, which are designated as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). In order to comply with the lower limits on base budget defense spending that were in place at the time the FY2020 budget was released, the Administration had designated as OCO funding $98 billion intended to fund base budget activities, seeking to exempt those funds from the spending cap. Table I. FY2020 Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 2968, S. 2474) (amounts in millions of dollars of discretionary budget authority) FY2020 House Senate Request passed H.R. 2968 Committee FY2020 adjusted (incorporated into reported Appropriations Title Request (see table note) H.R. 2740) S. 2474 Military Personnel Operation and Maintenance Procurement R&D Revolving and Management\ Funds Defense Health Program and other DOD Programs Related Agencies General provisions Subtotal: Base Budget Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Disaster Relief Grand Total 143,476.5 123,944.6 118,923.1 102,647.5 1,426.2 35,147.1 1,072.0 526,637.0 163,980.5 690,617.6 143,476.5 207,661.7 132,378.1 103,395.5 1,426.2 35,147.1 1,072.0 624,557.1 66,060.5 690,617.6 141,621.6 206,673.5 130,544.8 100,455.4 1,426.2 35,641.8 1,072.0 -2,698.2 142,983.8 200,610.1 132,837.2 104,282.1 1,580.2 35,728.7 1,053.4 -3,904.3 614,737.1 615,171.2 68,079.0 70,665.0 1,710.2 682,816.2 687,546.5 Sources: H.Rept. 116-84, House Appropriations Committee report to accompany H.R. 2968 and S.Rept. 116-103, Senate Appropriations Committee report to accompany S. 2474. Notes: In order to comply with the cap on discretionary appropriations for the FY2020 DOD base budget, the Trump Administration included in its FY2020 DOD request for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), $98.0 billion for base budget activities. In Table I, the FY2020 Request column presents the Administration's budget request as submitted to Congress. However, the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees of both the House and Senate chose, instead, to designate the funds in question as part of the DOD base budget. To facilitate comparisons between the Administration request and the actions of the House and the Senate committee, the FY2020 Request Adjusted column presents the Administration's request with funds intended for the base budget included in the appropriate base budget title. https:!crsreports~cong --sg

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