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FY2025 Department of Defense

Appropriations: Status of Legislative Activity



Updated May 12, 2025

Congress enacted FY2025 appropriations for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) through two short-
term continuing resolutions (CRs; P.L. 118-83; P.L. 118-158) and one full-year CR (Title IV of the Full-
Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025; H.R. 1969; P.L. 119-4 ). This product
summarizes legislative activity under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittees on Defense of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations related to FY2025 DOD appropriations (see Table 1).

Legislative   History

On March 11, 2024, the Biden Administration released an FY2025 budget request, initiating the annual
congressional appropriations cycle.

House-Passed   H.R. 8774
Between March and June 2024, the House Committee on Appropriations (HAC) Subcommittee on
Defense (HAC-D) held five open hearings and 10 classified sessions to receive testimony on defense-
related portions of the President's FY2025 budget request, along with a Member Day for Members to
share their defense priorities with the subcommittee. Topics for the open sessions included assessments of
Air Force and Space Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps budgets, including reserve and National
Guard requests.
In compliance with statutory provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA; P.L. 118-5) and Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA; P.L. 99-177), along with congressional
procedures established in consequence of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), the House
Appropriations Committee on May 23, 2024, voted on initial allocations of budget authority across all 12
appropriations measures.
On June 4, 2024, the HAC released a draft measure and a summary of a Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2025. On June 5, the subcommittee held a closed session and approved by voice vote
its version of an FY2025 defense appropriations bill. On June 13, HAC convened a full committee
markup of the legislation and voted on amendments, including roll call votes on amendments not
contained in the subcommittees' marks. The committee voted 34-25 to report the bill as amended to the

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