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handle is hein.crs/govybe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Informi ig the legislative debate since 1914 S Updated December 13, 2018 Defense Primer: Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) Background The primary mechanism for the Secretary of Defense to request, allocate, track, and expend DOD funds is known as the Planning, Programing, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process. The Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) is an annually compiled summary of the forces, resources, and programs associated with DOD operations. The FYDP is typically completed during the programming phase of the PPBE process, and is generally updated during the budgeting phase to reflect DOD's final funding decisions presented in the annual Presidential Budget Request (PBR). PPBE Process For more information, see CRS In Focus IF10429, Defense Primer Planning Programming Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Process, by Brendan W. McGarry and Heidi M. Peters. The FYDP captures resource management decisions related to projected activities associated with normal, peacetime operations of the Department of Defense (DOD). By grouping funding into programs-rather than activities as depicted in the annual budget justification documents-the FYDP reflects the allocation of DOD resources to major strategic efforts over a multiyear period. Formally approved by the Secretary of Defense, the FYDP projects DOD funding, manpower, and force structure needs over a 5-year period. The FYDP depicts the allocation of defense resources in the two previous fiscal years and the current fiscal year and it provides force structure estimates for eight years. For example, the FY2019 FYDP reflected FY2017 and FY2018 appropriations, the current budget year estimate (FY2019) as part of the 5-year program (FY2019-FY2023), and the estimated force structure through FY2026 (Figure 1). Figure I. FY2019 FYDP Current 5-Year Bud6et Year Program FYDP Previous Appropriation Years Force Structure Plan Source: DOD Directive 7045.14. Figure created by CRS. Note: A full FYDP was not provided with the DOD's FY2018 budget request. Section 221 of Title 10, United States Code, requires the Secretary of Defense to submit the FYDP to Congress in conjunction with the President's annual budget request. The FYDP is generally submitted to the congressional committees with jurisdiction over defense matters. Note that while the data structure of the FYDP is unclassified, the actual FYDP data is classified. FYDP Organization and Content The FYDP is structured as a database which links DOD resources (or inputs) to programs (or outputs). As such, the FYDP can serve to compare or crosswalk the Department's output-focused internal review structure with the input- focused congressional review structure. The FYDP tracks the three broad categories of resources available to the DOD as its inputs: Total Obligatory Authority (TOA) - Appropriated funding, in thousands of dollars; Manpower - Military endstrength and civilian full-time equivalent work years; and Forces - Identified as either items of equipment or combat units. FYDP outputs are currently grouped under twelve Major Force Programs (MFPs). An MFP is an aggregation of the resources (TOA, Manpower, and Forces) necessary to achieve DOD's objective or plans. Currently, six of the MFPs are considered combat force programs and six are considered support programs. MFP 01* - Strategic Forces MFP 02* - General Purpose Forces MFP 03* - Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, and Space MFP 04* - Mobility Forces MFP 05* - Guard and Reserve Forces MFP 06 - Research and Development MFP 07 - Central Supply and Maintenance MFP 08 - Training, Medical, & Other Personnel Activities MFP 09 - Administration and Associated Activities MFP 10 - Support of Other Nations MFP 11* - Special Operations Forces MFP 12 - National Security Space *Combat force programs FYDP Structure The FYDP database allows a user to identify, sort, and display DOD plans and programs in three dimensions: component (military service or defense agency), MFP, and appropriation title (e.g., military personnel, procurement, military construction). See Figure 2. https:/crsreports.congress go

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