1、 September 3,2009 ANALYSIS OF THE FY 2010 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILLS By Todd Harrison On June 25,2009,the full House passed its version of the fiscal year(FY)2010 national defense authorization act.The Senate passed its version of the bill on July 23,2009.This Update provides a brief assessment of
2、how these two bills compare,both to each other and to the administrations request,and what issues remain to be resolved during conference.The administrations defense budget request is still working its way through the House and Senate appropriations process.1 The House and Senate defense authorizati
3、on bills would provide a total of$663.3 billion and$663.9 billion in discretionary budget authority,respectively,for the Department of Defense(DoD),similar to the$663.8 billion requested by the administration.2 Although consistent with the Obama Administrations request at the topline level,the defen
4、se authorization bills differ from each other and from the administrations request in several important details.3 Military Personnel Both the House and the Senate bills provide for an across-the-board pay increase of 3.4 percent for military personnel,more than the 2.9 percent increase requested by
