Fy2005 Defense Budget : Frequently Asked Questions

By Chamberlin, Jeffrey

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Title:	Fy2005 Defense Budget : Frequently Asked Questions
Author:	Chamberlin, Jeffrey
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt
Introduction: This report is designed to answer Congress’s most frequently asked questions and provide essential facts and figures about the defense budget. It includes figures from the president’s fiscal year (FY) 2005 budget request and provides brief analyses of recent and historical trends in the defense budget. Each frequently asked question about the defense budget falls within one of the following four sections in this report...

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Key Budget Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Budget Authority, Obligations, and Outlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The “050” vs. the “051” Budget Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Current and Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Discretionary and Mandatory Spending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Part I: Trends in Defense Spending Over Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Question 1: What Are the Recent, Historic, and Projected Trends in Budget Authority and Outlays for National Defense? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Question 2: What Are the Recent Trends in Budget Authority for Each Defense Appropriations Title? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Question 3: What Are the Historical Trends in Defense’s Share of Total Federal Outlays? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Question 4: What Are the Historical Trends in Defense’s Share of Total Federal Discretionary Outlays? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Part II: The Impact of Defense on the Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Question 5: What Are the Historical Trends in U.S. Defense Outlays as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Question 6: What Are the Historical Trends in Different Categories of Federal Spending as a Percentage of GDP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Question 7: How Do U.S. Defense Outlays Compare to Those of Other Countries, Both in Dollars and as a Percentage of GDP? . . . . . 16 Part III: Costs of Wars and Defense Supplementals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Question 8: How Much Has Congress Enacted in Defense Supplemental Appropriations since September 11, 2001? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Question 9: How Much Has Each Major War in the History of the United States Cost? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Part IV: Trends in Force Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Question 10: What Have Been the Recent Trends in U.S. Military Personnel Levels? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Question 11: What Are the Recent Trends in U.S. Military Force Structure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Question 12: How Much Budget Authority Has Been Provided to Each Service in Recent Years? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24