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handle is hein.crs/govbgxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 01;0i E.$~ & January 8, 2020 FY2020 Military Construction Appropriations: An Overview of P.L. 116-94 (Division F) On December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1865; P.L. 116-94) a package of multiple appropriations acts known as a minibus which included the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (Division F). Division F of P.L. 116-94 provides $18.2 billion in discretionary budget authority for Department of Defense (DOD) military construction (MILCON) projects including for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and natural disaster relief and family housing, an increase of $5.4 billion (42%) from the FY2019 enacted level and $2.9 billion (14%) less than the President's budget request. See Table 1 and, for a historical funding perspective, Figure 1. The total includes the following: * $11.3 billion in DOD funding for MILCON and family housing programs in Title I as part of the department's regular, or base, budget i.e., the portion of the budget generally used to man, train, and equip the force; * $644.5 million in DOD funding designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (OCO/GWOT) in Title IV. Most of this funding ($544.7 million) is for MILCON projects related to the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), an effort DOD began in 2014 to support NATO allies in Central and Eastern Europe after the Russian military intervention in Ukraine; and $6.2 billion in DOD funding designated as emergency requirements in Title V for natural disaster relief. This funding is for MILCON projects intended to replace or rebuild infrastructure damaged by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, flooding and earthquakes. The act did not include any of the $7.2 billion in U.S. Army MILCON emergency funding requested by the Trump Administration to build barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico. The Administration requested $3.6 billion to build new border barriers in FY2020 and $3.6 billion to replenish, or backfill, funding reallocated for such purposes in FY2019. The act also did not include language from the House version of the bill (Division D of H.R. 3055) that would have prohibited the Administration's use of FY2020 or prior-year MILCON funding to design, construct, or carry out projects along the border. In a June 18, 2019, Statement of Administration Policy, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) referenced the House language as potential grounds for a presidential veto. Table I. FY2020 Military Construction and Family Housing Appropriations (in billions of dollars) FY2019 FY2020 House-reported Senate-reported P.L. 116-94 Appropriation Title Enacted Request (H.R. 2745a) (see table notes) (Division F) Military Construction (Title I) 8.7 9.9 9.1 n/a 9.9 Family Housing (Title I) 1.6 1.3 1.5 n/a 1.5 Subtotal 10.3 11.2 10.5 n/a 11.3 OCO/GWOT (Title IV) 0.9 9.8b 0.9 n/a 0.6 Natural Disaster Relief (Title V) 1.6c 0.0b 2.3 n/a 6.2 Total 12.8 21.1 13.8 n/a 18.2 Sources: Table prepared by CRS based on the Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) accompanying P.L. 116-94 and H.Rept. 1 16-63, the House Appropriations Committee report accompanying H.R. 2745, which was incorporated into H.R. 3055. Notes: Figures rounded to the nearest tenth. Totals may not sum due to rounding. The Senate Appropriations Committee did not report a version of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2020. a. Figures in this column are based on the Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority in H.Rept. 116-63. b. Amount reflects figure in JES accompanying P.L. 116-94. Title IV included $644.5 million for OCO military construction projects and $9.2 billion for emergency military construction projects. In DOD budget documentation, the Administration requested $9.2 billion in emergency funding to build border barriers, backfill funding reallocated in FY2019 to build border barriers, and rebuild facilities damaged by Hurricanes Florence and Michael. ~fl:O~ gognpo 'popmm- , goo g , q 'S a X 11LULANJILiN,

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