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handle is hein.crs/govecjy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C o geIo a R eia rl S e r viI 0 February 26, 2021 FY2021 Military Construction Appropriations: An Overview of Division J of P.L. 116-260 Overview On December 27, 2020, then-President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260), which included as Division J the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021. Division J provided funding to support the Department of Defense's (DOD) military installations and housing portfolio. (For more on Veterans Affairs appropriations, see CRS Report R46459, Department of Veterans Affairs FY2021 Appropriations, by Sidath Viranga Panangala, Jared S. Sussman, and Heather M. Salazar.) Division J provided $8.41 billion in discretionary budget authority for DOD military construction (MILCON) projects, family housing programs, and other activities. That figure includes funding for the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). Excluding one- time natural disaster relief provided in FY2020 for projects to replace or rebuild infrastructure damaged by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, flooding and earthquakes, the FY2021 enacted level reflects a decrease of $3.55 billion (30%) from the FY2020 enacted level. The FY2021 enacted level is $0.25 billion (3%) more than the President's budget request (see Table 1 below; for a historical funding perspective, see Figure 1 on the next page). Legislative Activity On February 10, 2020, then-President Trump submitted an FY2021 budget request that included $8.16 billion for DOD MILCON and family housing activities. On July 9, 2020, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2021. On July 13, the panel reported H.Rept. 116-445 to accompany the legislation, introduced as H.R. 7609. On July 24, the House approved the measure as part of H.R. 7608, which included three other appropriations bills. The Senate Appropriations Committee did not mark up a version of the legislation. On November 10, 2020, Senator Richard Shelby, chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, released drafts of all 12 annual appropriations bills and accompanying explanatory statements intended to further negotiation on annual appropriations between the House and the Senate. Table 1. FY2021 Military Construction and Family Housing Appropriations (in billions of dollars of budget authority) Appropriation FY2020 Enacted FY2021 Requested FY2021 FY2021 FY2021 Enacted Category (Title) House-passed Senate draft Military Construction 8.80 6.46 6.37 6.15 6.25 (Title 1) Family Housing (Title I) 1.32 1.35 1.35 1.32 1.34 Administrative 1.19 0.00 2.36 0.59 0.47 Provisions (Title I) OCO/GWOT (Title 0.64 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 IV) Subtotal 11.96 8.16 10.44 8.41 8.41 Natural Disaster Relief 6.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (Title V) Total 18.19 8.16 10.44 8.41 8.41 Source: CRS analysis of funding tables in explanatory statement accompanying Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division J of P.L. 116-260), in the House, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 166 (December 21, 2020), pp. H8747-H8765; Comparative Statement of New Budget (Obligational) Authority for 2020 and Budget Requests and Amounts Recommended in the Bill for 2021 in H.Rept. 116-445, pp. 128-147; and Senate Appropriations Committee majority draft explanatory statement accompanying Senate Appropriations Committee majority draft bill, pp. 98-108. Notes: The Senate Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee did not mark up a version of the FY2021 defense appropriations act. On November 10, 2020, the Committee released drafts of all 12 annual appropriations bills and accompanying explanatory statements. Totals may not sum due to rounding. https://crsreport

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