National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Summary
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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.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Long title
An 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.
Passed the House on November 5, 2015 (Yeas: 370; Nays: 58) with amendment
Senate agreed to House amendment on November 10, 2015 (Yeas: 91; Nays: 3)
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on November 25, 2015
Role of the billedit
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 vetoededit
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]