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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Enacted bythe 114th United States Congress
Citations
Public lawPub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 114–92 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large129 Stat. 726 through 129 Stat. 1309
Legislative history

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (S. 1356; NDAA 2016, Pub.L. 114-92) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2016.

Role of the bill

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.[1]

Bill vetoed

On September 30, 2015, President Barack Obama threatened to veto the NDAA 2016. The reason for the veto threat by the Obama administration was that the bill H.R. 1735 bypassed the Budget Control Act of 2011 spending caps by allocating nearly $90 billion to the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account, designating routine spending as emergency war expenses exempted from the caps.[2][3] On October 22, 2015, Obama vetoed the bill.[4]

However, after changes it became S. 1356 (114th) which was signed by the President on November 25, 2015.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senate HR1735" (PDF). Armed-servies.senate.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016". Gop.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Clark, Colin (September 30, 2015). "President Obama Will Veto Defense Policy Bill". Breakingdefense.com. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Mufson, Steven. "Obama uses veto for only fifth time, rejecting defense authorization bill". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  5. ^ "S. 1356 (114th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016". Govtrack.us. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

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