Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1961-FY2018

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1 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Nese F. DeBruyne Senior Research Librarian Barbara Salazar Torreon Senior Research Librarian April 19, 2018 Congressional Research Service

2 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Summary The passage of the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills through Congress often does not follow the course laid out in textbooks on legislative procedure. Tracking DOD authorization or appropriation bills can be confusing and time-consuming. This has been particularly true in recent years, when continuing resolutions (CRs) containing the DOD and other appropriation bills have been enacted in lieu of the 12 regular appropriations bills for the entire U.S. government. This report is a research aid that lists the DOD authorization bills (Table 1 and Table 2) and appropriations bills (Table 3 and Table 4) for This report includes all the pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of passage of the reports with their numbers and votes, vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers. Significant definitions are also included. This report will be updated as legislative activity warrants. For information on current defense authorization and appropriations see the CRS Appropriations Status Table: 2018 and the following reports: CRS Report R44917, In Brief: Highlights of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, by Lynn M. Williams and Pat Towell, and CRS Report R44908, In Brief: Highlights of 2018 Defense Appropriations Actions, by Lynn M. Williams and Pat Towell. Congressional Research Service

3 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Contents The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process... 1 Methods of Voting... 2 Tables Table 1. Authorization s, Table 2. Authorization s, Table 3. Appropriation s, Table 4. Appropriation s, Table A-1. National Defense Authorization Act. Discretionary Authorizations Within the Jurisdiction of the Armed Services Committee Table A-2. DOD Appropriations Amounts Appendixes Appendix. Defense Spending Contacts Author Contact Information Congressional Research Service

4 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process Before 1961 no prior authorization was required for defense appropriations, except for construction funds. In 1959, the Armed Services Committees attached a rider to the construction authorization (P.L ) to require prior authorization of appropriations to procure planes, missiles and ships, beginning in The committees hoped thereby to recapture a share of the control over defense programs exercised by the Appropriations Committees alone. 1 Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills: the defense authorization and defense appropriations bills. Table 2 and Table 4 present the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills from 1970 to The authorization bill establishes and organizes the agencies responsible for national defense, sets policies for the department, and authorizes the appropriations of funds in accordance with 10 U.S.C The appropriations bill provides budget authority for military departments and defense agencies to draw funds from the Treasury. Authorization and Appropriation The congressional budget process distinguishes between authorizations, which establish or define the activities of the federal government, and appropriations, which finance those activities. In itself an authorization does not provide funding for government activities. An authorization generally provides legal authority for the government to act, usually by establishing, continuing, or restricting a federal agency, program, policy, project, or activity. It may also, explicitly or implicitly, authorize subsequent congressional action to provide appropriations for those purposes. An appropriation generally provides both the legal authority to obligate future payments from the Treasury, and the ability to make subsequent payments to satisfy those obligations. Ideally, the authorization-appropriations process would proceed in an orderly sequence with each step of the process generating a part of the information trail. All of these steps would be documented in the Congressional as well as in many other official documents of Congress, in private publications, such as Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report and United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN), and Congress.gov. Data in Table 1 and Table 3 are mostly from the Congressional Quarterly Almanac. These tables reflect an earlier authorization-appropriations process from In the simplest case, the process begins with the President submitting his budget proposal (initially formulated by DOD and formally submitted by the President through the Office of Management and Budget) to the defense authorizing and appropriations committees. Then, for example, for the defense authorization bill, hearings are held by the appropriate committees and subcommittees. The bill is marked up and an authorization bill is reported out, usually with a written, numbered report. This bill is debated in the, amended or not as the case may be, and passed by the with the vote noted in the Congressional. This bill would then be sent to the, debated, and passed. However, the can amend the bill or report out its own bill, debate, amend, and pass it. 1 Extra Funds Approved For Planes, Missiles, and Ships, CQ Almanac 1961, 17th ed., pp Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, Appropriations for military construction are authorized in the defense authorization act but are enacted through a separate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Other defense-related activities are funded through other appropriations bills. Congressional Research Service 1

5 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: If the and versions differ, the stage is set for reconciling differences. This may be by a committee appointed by the leadership of each chamber. This committee then negotiates a compromise bill that is reported to both houses. Votes on the agreement are then taken in both chambers. If passed it is sent to the President for his consideration and signature. Ideally, after the authorization bill is passed, the appropriations bill goes through this same process. Although conceptually a sequential process, authorization and appropriations bills can be considered at the same time or even passed in reverse order. Legislative text and the associated bill number come together for consideration on the floor in a variety of ways. For instance, the can report out a bill, and then substitute the text of the bill for the text of the bill passed by the while retaining the bill number. 3 The can also use this procedure. A or bill can also have part of the other chamber s bill inserted into it, or can be so heavily amended that it is unclear whether the underlying text originated in the or bill. Other events can occur, to render the tracking of a bill and its contents difficult. s are sometimes reported out without an accompanying committee reports to provide context for the legislative language. Voice votes or unanimous consent agreements may be granted instead of recorded votes, rendering it impossible to determine which Member voted for or against the bill or amendments offered during floor consideration. In addition, there may be times when a fiscal year ends without the enactment of some appropriations bills. Under those circumstances, Congress usually passes a continuing resolution (CR), which grants a temporary extension of budget authority for a specified period of time and purpose. CRs also typically specify that the funds provided may be used only for activities funded in the previous fiscal year. For more information on the components of a CR and the defense budget, see CRS Report, 2017 Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution (CR): In Brief, and CRS Report R42647, Continuing Resolutions: Overview of Components and Recent Practices, by James V. Saturno and Jessica Tollestrup. Methods of Voting There are several types of votes: voice votes, teller votes, division votes, and unanimous consent votes, but only when there is a recorded vote will there be a vote number and vote tally in the Congressional. The section below is based on Methods of Voting in the and : Putting Members Positions on the, from the Congressional Quarterly s Guide to Congress, 6th ed. (2008), pp Division vote those in favor or opposed stand, and the chair takes a head count: only vote totals are announced and there is no record of how individual Members voted. ed vote Members vote electronically, each recorded vote is given a sequential number, and vote totals plus how each Member voted are recorded in the Congressional. 3 Article I, Section 7, of the Constitution requires that all s for raising Revenue shall originate in the of Representatives, but the may propose or concur with Amendments as on other s. Congressional Research Service 2

6 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Teller vote an older method in which Members were counted as they passed between chair-appointed tellers for the ayes and noes ; only vote totals are announced and there is no record of how individual Members voted. Unanimous consent vote usually reserved for non-controversial legislation. Voice vote the presiding officer calls for the ayes and then the noes, Members shout in chorus on one side or the other, and the chair decides the result. For more information on the process, see CRS In Focus IF10515, Defense Primer: The NDAA Process, by Valerie Heitshusen and Lynn M. Williams; CRS In Focus IF10514, Defense Primer: Defense Appropriations Process, by James V. Saturno and Lynn M. Williams; CRS Report RS20371, Overview of the Authorization-Appropriations Process, by Heniff Jr.; and CRS Report R42388, The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction, coordinated by James V. Saturno. Table 1. Authorization s, Authorization Authorization s 1962 H.R /10/61 S a 5/24/61 # 32 (y402-n0) /12/61 S /11/61 5/15/ /12/61 P.L /21/ b H.R /28/61 S c 8/2/61 #64 (y406-n0) d S /27/61 7/28/61 # 106 (y81-n0) d P.L /3/ H.R /7/62 3/21/62 #16 (y404-n0) e /2/62 H f 4/11/62 #31 (y85-n0) e P.L /27/ H.R /6/63 3/13/63 #10 (y374-n33) /14/ /9/63 H g 4/11/ /13/63 P.L /23/ H.R /13/64 2/20/64 #11 (y336-n0) /9/ /25/64 H h 2/27/64 #41 (y80-n0) /5/64 P.L /20/ H.R /29/65 S i 5/5/65 #48 (y396-n0) /26/65 S /2/65 4/6/65 #36 (y85-n0) /27/65 P.L /11/65 Congressional Research Service 3

7 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Authorization Authorization s /16/66 S j 6/14/66 #74 (y356-n2) /12/66 #82 (y359- n2) S /25/66 4/28/ /12/66 #87 (y81-n1) P.L /13/ H.R k /2/67 S k 5/9/ /23/67 S /20/67 3/21/67 # 66 (y86-n2) /23/67 P.L /5/ /5/68 S l 7/11/68 #130 (y363-n15) /10/68 #173 (y322- n15) S /10/68 4/19/68 #87 (y54-n3) /11/68 P.L /20/68 Abbreviations and Symbols: H indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number S indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number ( ) dashes indicate no original bill; bill number used vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote tes: a. On May 24, 1961, the considered the legislation and amended it by substituting the language of the bill [H.R.6151], then passed S b. The Congress, in addition to the funds authorized to be appropriated under 87-53, authorized to be appropriated during the fiscal year 1962 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels. c. reported H.R.8353 and then passed S.2311 without amendment. d. was held. e. The April 12 accepted the amendments to H.R by voice vote. was held. f. passed H.R.9751 amended. g. The April 11 passed H.R.2440, amended by voice vote. h. The February 27 passed H.R.9627 by an 80-0 roll call vote and sent to the with the. changes were made in the version reported by the Committee. The rejected the only floor amendment offered. i. The by voice vote substituted the text of H.R.7657 for that of S.800, the version of the authorization bill, and sent S.800 to. j. The passed S amended and sent to with the. k. The May 9, passed H.R.9240, amended. Following passage, the by voice vote substituted the provisions of H.R.9240 to those of the s bill (S. 666), passed the amended S. 666 and sent it to. l. The passed S.3293 amended and sent to. Congressional Research Service 4

8 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Table 2. Authorization s, Authorization Authorization s 1970 H.R /26/69 S a 10/3/69 # 200 (y311-n44) /5/69 S /3/69 9/18/69 # 95 (y81-n5) /6/69 # 141 (y58-n9) P.L /19/ H.R /24/70 5/6/70 # 104 (y326-n69) # 320 9/29/70 (y341-n11) /14/70 9/1/70 # 282 (y84-n5) /1/70 P.L /7/ H.R /26/71 6/17/71 # 146 (y332-n58) /10/ /7/71 10/6/71 # 257 (y82-n4) /11/71 # 309 (y65-n19) P.L /17/ H.R /19/72 6/27/72 # 235 (y334-n59) /13/72 # 361 (y336-n43) b 6/29/72 S 8/2/72 # 341 (y92-n5) /15/72 # 433 (y73-n5) P.L /26/ H.R /18/73 7/31/73 # 411 (y367-n37) /31/ /6/73 10/1/73 # 448 (y91-n7) /5/73 # 476 (y69-n12) P.L /16/ H.R /10/74 5/22/74 # 242 (y358-n37) /29/74 # 412 (y305-n38) S /29/74 H c 6/11/74 # 248 (y84-n6) /30/74 # 333 (y88-n8) P.L /5/ H.R /10/75 5/20/75 # 235 (y332-n64) /30/75 # 454 (y348- n60) S /19/75 H d 6/6/75 # 214 (y77-n6) /1/75 # 374 (y42-n48) /24/ /26/75 # 424 (y63-n7) P.L /7/ H.R /26/76 4/9/76 # 187 (y298-n52) /30/76 # 493 (y339-n66) /14/76 5/26/76 # 200 (y76-n2) /1/76 # 375 (y78-n12) P.L /14/ H.R /7/77 4/25/77 # 151 (y347-n43) /13/77 # 409 (y350-n40) /21/77 5/17/77 # 144 (y90-n3) /14/77 P.L /30/ H.R /6/78 5/24/78 # 372 (y319-n67) /4/78 S /15/78 H e 7/11/78 # 203 (y87-n2) /4/78 VETO 8/17/78 Congressional Research Service 5

9 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Authorization Authorization s H.R /15/78 S f 10/4/78 # 872 (y367-n22) g S /15/78 S 9/26/78 # 406 (y89-n3) g P.L /20/ H.R /15/79 S h 9/14/79 # 472 (y282-n46) /26/79 # 610 (y300-n26) S /31/79 S 6/13/79 # 127 (y89-n7) /24/79 P.L /9/ H.R /30/80 5/21/80 # 250 (y338-n62) /26/80 # 489 (y360-n49) /20/80 7/2/80 # 295 (y84-n3) /26/80 # 384 (y78-n2) P.L /8/ H.R , pt. 1 i 5/19/81 S j 7/16/81 # 140 (y354-n63) /17/81 # 309 (y335-n61) S /6/81 5/14/81 # 119 (y92-n1) /5/81 P.L /1/ H.R /13/82 S k 7/29/82 # 232 (y290-n73) /18/82 # 297 (y251- n148) S /13/82 5/13/82 # 120 (y84-n8) /17/82 # 331 (y77-n21) P.L /8/ H.R /11/83 S l 7/29/83 # 275 (y305- n114) /15/83 # 339 (y266- n152) S /5/83 7/26/83 # 221 (y83-n15) /13/83 # 244 (y83-n8) P.L /24/ H.R /19/84 5/31/84 # 204 (y298-n98) /26/84 S /31/84 H m 6/20/84 # 152 (y82-n6) /27/84 P.L /19/ H.R /10/85 S n 6/27/ /29/85 S Report 5/16/85 6/5/85 # 106 (y92-n3) /30/85 # 167 (y94-n5) P.L /8/ H.R /25/86 S o 9/18/86 # 358 (y255- n152) /15/86 # 467 (y283- n128) S /8/86 8/9/86 #207 (y86-n3) /15/86 P.L /14/ H.R /15/87 5/20/87 # 141 (y239- n177) /18/87 # 440 (y264- n158) S S /8/87 S p 10/2/87 # 300 (y56-n42) /19/87 # 384 (y86-n9) P.L /4/87 Congressional Research Service 6

10 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Authorization Authorization s 1989 H.R /5/88 5/11/88 # 126 (y252- n172) /14/88 # 233 (y229-n83) S /4/88 H q 5/27/ /14/88 # 252 (y64-n30) VETO 8/3/88 H.R r s 6/28/88 7/12/ /28/88 # 359 (y369-n48) S /11/88 H 9/15/ /28/88 # 340 (y91-n4) P.L /29/ H.R /1/89 7/27/89 # 185 (y261- n162) /9/89 # 343 (y236- n172) S /19/89 H t 8/2/89 # 161 (y95-n4) /15/89 # 299 (y91-n8) P.L /29/ H.R /3/90 9/19/90 # 352 (y56-n155) /24/90 # 517 (y271- n156) S /20/90 H u 8/4/90 # 227 (y79-n16) /26/90 # 320 (y80-n17) P.L /5/ H.R /13/91 5/22/91 # 110 (y268- n161) /18/91 # 400 (y329-n82) S /19/91 H v 8/2/ /22/91 # 265 (y79-n15) P.L /5/ H.R /19/92 6/5/92 # 172 (y198- n168) /3/92 # 461 (y304- n100) S /31/92 H w 9/19/ /5/92 P.L /23/ H.R /30/93 9/29/93 # 474 (y268- n162) /15/93 # 565 (y273- n135) S /27/93 H x 9/4/93 # 265 (y92-n7) /17/93 # 380 (y77-n22) P.L /30/ H.R /10/94 6/9/94 # 226 (y260- n158) S y /17/94 # 404 (y280- n137) S /14/94 7/1/94 z /13/94 # 297 (y80-n18) P.L /5/ H.R /1/95 6/15/95 # 385 (y300- n126) /15/95 # 865 (y267- n149) S /12/95 H 9/6/95 # 399 (y64-n34) /19/95 # 608 (y51-n43) VETO 12/28/95 Congressional Research Service 7

11 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Authorization Authorization s S 1/5/ /24/96 # 16 (y287- n129) S aa Report 8/7/95 9/6/95 bb /26/96 # 5 (y56-n34) P.L /10/ H.R /7/96 5/15/96 # 174 (y272- n153) /1/96 # 397 (y285- n132) S /13/96 H cc 7/10/96 # 187 (y68-n31) /10/96 # 279 (y73-n26) P.L /23/ H.R /16/97 6/25/97 # 236 (y304- n120) /28/97 # 534 (y268- n123) S. 936 Report 6/18/97 H dd 7/11/97 # 173 (y94-n4) /6/97 # 296 (y90-n10) P.L /18/ H.R /12/98 5/21/98 # 183 (y357-n60) /24/98 # 458 (y373-n50) S Report 5/11/98 H ee 6/25/98 # 181 (y88-n4) /1/98 # 293 (y96-n2) P.L /17/ H.R /24/99 S ff 6/14/99 (uc) /15/99 # 424 (y375-n45) S /17/99 5/27/99 # 154 (y92-n3) /22/99 # 284 (y93-n5) P.L /5/ H.R /12/00 5/18/00 # 208 (y353-n63) /11/00 # 522 (y382-n31) S /12/00 H gg 7/13/00 # 179 (y97-n3) /12/00 # 275 (y90-n3) P.L /30/ H.R /4/01 S hh 10/17/01 (uc) /13/01 # 496 (y382-n40) S Report 9/19/01 10/2/01 # 290 (y99-n0) /13/01 # 369 (y96-n2) P.L /28/ H.R /3/02 5/10/02 # 158 (y359-n58) /12/02 S /15/02 H ii 6/27/02 (uc) /13/03 P.L /2/ H.R /16/03 5/22/03 #221 (y361-n68) /7/03 # 617 (y362-n40, 2 present) S /13/03 H jj 6/4/ /12/03 #447 (y95-n3) P.L /24/ H.R /14/04 5/20/04 #206 (y391-n34) /9/04 # 528 (y359-n14) S /11/04 H kk 6/23/04 (uc) /9/04 uc P.L /28/04 Congressional Research Service 8

12 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Authorization Authorization s 2006 H.R /20/05 5/25/05 #222 (y390-n39) /19/05 #665 S /17/05 H ll 11/15/05 #326 (y98-n0) /21/05 P.L /6/ H.R /5/06 5/11/06 #145 (y396-n31) /29/06 #510 (y398-n23) S /9/06 H mm 6/22/06 #186 (y96-n0) /30/06 (uc) P.L /17/ H.R nn (Pt. I) 5/11/ (Pt. II) 5/14/07 5/17/07 #373 (y397-n27) /12/07 #1151 (y370-n49) S oo 6/5/ oo 6/29/07 10/1/07 #359 (y92-n3) /12/07 #433 (y90-n3) VETO 12/28/07 H.R /16/08 #11 (y369-n46) 1/22/08 #1 (y91-n3) P.L /28/ H.R /16/ (Pt. II) 5/20/08 5/22/08 #365 (y384-n23) Official Rept. pp S /12/08 9/17/08 #201 (y88-n8) Official Rept pp P.L /14/ H.R /18/ (Pt. II) 6/23/09 6/25/09 #460 (y389-n22, 1 present) /8/2009 #770 (y281- n146) S /2/09 7/23/09 #242 (y87-n7) /22/09 #327 (y68-n29) P.L /28/ H.R (Pt.1) 5/21/ (Pt. II) 5/26/10 5/28/10 #336 (y229- n186) S /4/10 12/9/10 #270 (y57-n40) (motion rejected) H.R /17/10 #650 (y341-n48) HASC Committee Print /2010 qq 12/22/10 (uc) HASC Committee Print /2010 qq P.L /7/ H.R (Pt. 1) 5/17/ (Pt. II) 5/23/11 5/26/11 #375 (y322-n96) /14/11 #932 (y283- n136) S Written Report rr H ss 12/1/11 (uc) /15/11 #230 (86y-13n) P.L /31/11 Congressional Research Service 9

13 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Authorization Authorization s 2013 H.R /11/ (Pt. II) 5/15/12 5/18/12 #291 (y299- n120) /20/2012 #645 (y315- n107) S /4/12 H tt 12/4/12 #221 (y98-n0) /21/12 #229 (y81-n14) P.L /2/ H.R uu /7/13 6/14/13 #244 ( ) S uu /20/13 H.R /12/13 # vv HASC Committee Print /2013 ww 12/19/13 # HASC Committee Print /2013 ww P.L /26/ H.R xx /13/ (Pt. II) 5/19/2014 5/22/2014 #240 (y324-n98) S xx /2/ H.R /4/2014 3/11/2014 yy #116 (y410-n0) 12/4/2014 zz #551 (y300- n119) Rules Committee Print /2/201 4/7/2014 aaa #551 (y300- n119) 12/12/2014 bbb #325 (y89-n11) Rules Committee Print /2/201 P.L /19/ H.R ccc /5/ (Pt. II) 5/12/2015 5/15/2015 #239 (y269- n151) 10/01/2015 #532 (y270- n156) /29/2015 ccc 6/18/2014 #215 (y71-n25) /29/2015 VETO 10/22/ S ddd report S 11/5/2015 #618 (y370-n58) HASC Committee Print /2015 ddd report 5/14/2015 (uc) 11/10/2015 #301 (y91-n3) HASC Committee Print /2015 eee P.L /25/2015 Congressional Research Service 10

14 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Authorization Authorization s 2017 H.R /4/ (Pt. II) 5/12/2016 5/18/2016 #216 (y277- n147) /02/2016 #600 (y375-n34) S fff /18/2016 6/14/2016 #98 (y85-n13) /08/2016 #159 (y92-n7) P.L /23/ H.R ggg (Pt.1) 7/6/2017 (Pt. II) 7/11/2017 7/14/2017 #378 (y344-n81) /14/2017 #631 (y356-n70) S ggg /10/2-17 9/18/2017 #199 (y89-n8) hhh /16/2017 P.L /12/2017 Abbreviations and Symbols: H indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number S indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number ( ) dashes indicate no original bill; bill number used vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote tes: a. After passing H.R by recorded vote # 200, the passed S by voice vote and laid H.R on the table. b. reported out a substitute bill for H.R as passed the. c. substituted text of S. 3000, and then passed H.R in lieu. d. passed H.R in lieu of S e. passed H.R in lieu of S f. passed S amended in lieu of H.R g. agreed to amendments. was held. h. passed H.R. 4040, laid it on the table by voice vote, then passed S. 428 in lieu by voice vote. i. H.R had a three-part report; this date is for the earliest report. j. passed S. 815 in lieu of H.R k. laid H.R on the table and passed S in lieu. l. inserted text of H.R into S. 675, then passed it by voice vote. m. substituted text of S. 2723, and then passed H.R n. passed S. 1160, amended, in lieu of H.R o. inserted text of H.R. 4428, then passed S p. inserted text of S. 1174, and then passed H.R q. folded text of S into H.R. 4264, and then passed it. r. After the initial bill was vetoed, an amended version was added to an existing bill on military base closures H.R s. H.R had a four-part report; the date is that of the earliest report. t. inserted text of S. 1352, and then passed H.R u. inserted text of S. 2884, and then passed H.R Congressional Research Service 11

15 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: v. inserted text of S. 1507, and then passed H.R w. inserted text of S. 3114, and then passed H.R x. inserted text of S. 1298, and then passed H.R y. passed S by voice vote on 7/25/94 after substituting the text of H.R as passed the. z. inserted text of S. 2182, and then passed H.R aa. After veto of H.R and failure to override, an amended report on S was passed. The President signed P.L on 2/10/96. bb. struck all but the enacting clause and substituted division A of S cc. substituted text of S. 1745, and then passed H.R dd. passed S. 936, inserted text of S. 936 into H.R. 1119, then passed H.R by voice vote. ee. passed S by roll call vote # 181 on 6/25/98, then struck all but the enacting clause of H.R. 3616, inserted the text of S. 2057, then passed H.R on 6/25/98 by unanimous consent. ff. passed H.R on 6/10/99 by vote of y365-n58 (# 191), and then the bill was laid on the table. Subsequently, on 6/14/00 the struck all but the enacting clause of S. 1059, substituted the text of H.R. 1401, and passed S without objection. gg. struck all after the enacting clause and substituted the language of S amended, then passed H.R in lieu of S with an amendment. H.R enacted into law the text of H.R as introduced on 10/6/00. hh. struck all after the enacting clause, substituted the text of H.R which had passed the on 9/28 by a vote of y398-n17 (# 359) and passed S (which replaced S. 1416, which had been reported out with Report on 9/12) without objection. ii. jj. struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S as amended and passed by the on 6/27 by a vote of y97-n2 (# 165), and passed H.R struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S which had passed the on 5/22 by a vote of y98-n1 (# 194), and passed H.R kk. struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S which had passed the on 6/23/04 by a vote of y 97-n0 (# 146), and passed H.R ll. struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S which had passed the on 11/15/05 by a vote of y 98-n0 (# 326), and passed H.R mm. incorporated S in H.R as an amendment. nn. H.R. 1585/S passed both the and the and was presented to the President on December 19, However, the President vetoed the bill on December 28, The National Defense Authorization Act for 2008 passed under a new bill, H.R. 4986, which became P.L on January 28, oo. 1 st Report issued by the Committee on Armed Services; 2 nd Report issued by the Select Committee on Intelligence. pp. In lieu of a report, took up S as passed by the and approved it with amendment on 9/24/08 by a vote of (under suspension of the rules with a 2/3 vote required). agreed to amendment to the bill on September 27, 2008, by unanimous consent, clearing the measure for the President. Though there was no official report the released a report on its amended version of S as a committee print labeled HASC ( Armed Services Committee). 10 dated September qq. In lieu of a report, the and Armed Services Committees issued a joint explanatory statement regarding H.R U.S. Congress, Committee on Armed Services, Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, committee print, 111 th Cong., 2 nd sess., HASC-5. rr. However, the Armed Services Committee provided a report (S. Rept ) with an earlier version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1253). ss. passed H.R in lieu of S incorporated S in H.R as an amendment. tt. incorporated this measure in H.R as an amendment. Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 829, papers were returned to the on 12/12/12. uu. For further action, see H.R. 3304, which became P.L on December 26, vv. On December 12, 2013, the, by a vote of 350 to 69, passed H. Res. 441, which adopted H.R. 3304, effectively a version of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. Congressional Research Service 12

16 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: ww. In lieu of a formal committee to reconcile and versions of the 2014 NDAA, Members of the and Armed Services Committees, meeting informally, negotiated a compromise version of the bill. An explanatory statement on the compromise bill, functionally equivalent to a report, was printed as Joint Explanatory Statement to Accompany the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 in the Congressional, on December 12, 2013 (pages H7894- H8037). The text of the joint explanatory statement is included in this committee print. xx. For further action, see H.R. 3979, which became P.L on December 19, yy. /agreed to in : On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Agreed to by the yeas and nays: (2/3 required); (Roll no. 116). (Text: CR H2278.) zz. Resolving differences actions: On motion that the agree with an amendment to the amendment Agreed to by the yeas and nays: (Roll no. 551). (Text as agreed to amendment with an amendment: CR H ) aaa. /agreed to in : with an amendment by yea-nay vote vote no: 101. (Text: CR S ) bbb. Resolving differences actions: agreed to amendment to amendment to H.R. 3979, under the order of December 11, 2014, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, by yea-nay vote vote no (Consideration: CR S ) ccc. For further action, see S. 1356, which became P.L on vember 25, ddd. The text of the first version of the NDAA [H.R. 1735] was modified to accommodate the President s objections. The text of the revised NDAA was substituted for the original text of S. 1356, an unrelated bill previously passed by the. The amended version of S then was passed on vember 5, 2015, by the, and on vember 10, 2015, by the. It was signed by the President on vember 25, For more information, please see CRS Report R44019, Fact Sheet: Selected Highlights of the 2016 Defense Budget Debate and the National Defense Authorization Acts (H.R and S. 1356), by Pat Towell. eee. Resolving differences actions: agreed to the amendment to the bill (S. 1356) by yea-nay vote vote no (Text as agrees to the amendment: CR S7875.) fff. Became P.L ggg. H.R became P.L on December 12, hhh. On passage of the (H.R as Amended) Congressional Research Service 13

17 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Table 3. Appropriation s, Appropriation Appropriation s 1961 H.R /29/60 5/5/60 #37 (y377- n3) /30/60 #74 (y402-n5) /10/60 6/16/60 #124 (y85-n0) /30/60 #165 (y83-n3) P.L /7/ H.R /23/61 6/28/61 #50 (y412- n0) /10/61 #74 (y383-n0) /1/61 8/4/61 #125 (y85-n0) /10/61 P.L /17/ H.R /13/62 4/18/62 #31 (y388- n0) /26/ /8/62 6/13/62 #75 (y88-n0) /1/62 P.L /9/ H.R /21/63 6/26/63 #44 (y410- n1) /8/63 #73 (y336-n3) /17/63 9/24/63 #137 (y77-n0) /8/63 P.L /17/ H.R /17/64 4/22/64 #37 (y365- n0) /4/64 #76 (y359-n0) /24/64 7/29/64 #239 (y76-n0) /4/64 P.L /19/ H.R /17/65 6/23/65 #76 (y407- n0) /17/65 #157 (y382-n0) /18/65 8/25/65 #204 (y89-n0) /21/65 P.L /29/ H.R /24/66 7/20/66 #85 (y393- n1) /11/66 #164 (y305-n42) /12/66 8/18/66 #160 (y86-n0) /11/66 P.L /15/ H.R /9/67 6/13/67 #74 (407-n1) /12/67 #126 (y365-n4) /4/67 8/22/67 #172 (y84-n3) /13/67 #185 (y74-n3) P.L /29/ H.R /18/68 9/12/68 #177 (y333- n7) /11/68 #233 (y213-n6) /19/68 10/3/68 #266 (y55-n2) /11/68 P.L /17/68 Abbreviations and Symbols: H indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number S indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number ( ) dashes indicate no original bill; bill number used vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote Congressional Research Service 14

18 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Table 4. Appropriation s, Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # 1970 H.R /3/69 12/8/69 # 306 (y330-n33) /18/ /12/69 12/15/69 # 241 (y85-n4) /18/69 P.L /29/ H.R /6/70 10/8/70 # 338 (y274-n31) a 12/29/70 # 452 (y234-n18) /3/70 12/8/70 # 417 (y89-n0) /29/70 # 457 (y70-n2) P.L /11/ H.R /11/71 11/17/71 # 402 (y343-n51) /15/71 # 466 (y293-n39) /18/71 11/23/71 # 396 (y80-n5) /15/71 P.L /18/ H.R /11/72 9/14/72 # 368 (y322-n41) /12/72 # 434 (y316-n42) /29/72 10/2/72 # 496 (y70-n5) /13/72 P.L /26/ H.R /26/73 11/30/73 # 610 (y336-n23) /20/73 # 712 (y336-n32) /12/73 12/13/73 # 581 (y89-n2) /20/73 P.L /2/ H.R /1/74 8/6/74 # 455 (y350-n43) /23/74 # 534 (y293-n59) /16/74 8/21/74 # 376 (y86-n5) /24/74 P.L /8/ H.R /25/75 10/2/75 # 575 (y353-n61) /12/75 # 777 (y314-n57) /6/75 11/18/75 # 505 (y87-n7) /17/75 # 602 (y87-n9) /27/76 b # 21 (y323-n99) P.L /9/ H.R /8/76 6/17/76 # 401 (y331-n53) /9/76 # 702 (y323-n45) /22/76 8/9/76 # 511 (y82-n6) /13/76 P.L /22/ H.R /21/77 6/30/77 # 402 (y333-n54) /8/77 # 516 (y361-n36) /1/77 7/19/77 # 308 (y91-n2) /9/77 P.L /21/ H.R /27/78 8/9/78 # 665 (y339-n60) /12/ /2/78 10/5/78 # 445 (y86-n3) /12/78 # 487 (y77-n3) P.L /13/78 Congressional Research Service 15

19 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # 1980 H.R /20/79 9/28/79 # 522 (y305-n49) /12/ /1/79 11/9/79 # 401 (y73-n3) /13/79 P.L /21/ H.R /11/80 9/16/80 # 549 (y351-n42) /4/80 # 673 (y321-n36) /19/80 11/21/80 # 483 (y73-n1) /5/80 # 510 (y73-n1) P.L /15/ H.R /16/81 11/18/81 # 320 (y335-n61) /15/81 # 363 (y334-n84) S /17/81 H 12/4/81 # 456 (y84-n5) /15/81 # 489 (y93-n4) P.L /29/ H.R /2/82 12/8/82 # 425 (y346-n68) S /23/82 H.J.Res. 631 c /10/82 12/14/82 # 451 (y204-n200) /20/82 (y232-n54) (dv) Report 12/15/82 12/19/82 # 455 (y63-n31) /20/82 # 459 (y55-n41) P.L /21/ H.R /20/83 11/2/83 # 443 (y328-n97) /18/83 # 531 (y311-n99) S /1/83 H d 11/8/83 # 344 (y86-n6) /18/83 # 380 (y75-n6) P.L /8/ H.R /26/84 S /26/84 H.J.Res. 648 e /17/84 9/25/84 # 421 (y316-n91) /10/84 (y252-n60) (dv) /27/84 10/4/ /11/84 # 287 (y78-n11) P.L /12/ H.R /24/8 10/30/85 # 379 (y359-n67) /6/85 H.J.Res. 465 c /21/85 12/4/85 # 427 (y212-n208) /19/85 # 476 (y261-n137) Report 12/5/85 12/10/ /19/95 P.L /19/ H.R /14/86 S /17/86 H.J.Res. 738 c 9/25/86 # 417 (y201-n200) /15/86 # 472 (y235-n172) /29/86 10/3/86 # 330 (y82-n13) /17/86 P.L f 10/30/ H.R /28/87 S /4/87 Congressional Research Service 16

20 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # H.J.Res. 395 b /29/87 12/3/87 # 458 (y248-n170) /22/87 # 510 (y209-n208) /8/87 12/11/87 # 414 (y72-n21) /22/87 # 420 (y59-n30) P.L /22/ H.R /10/88 6/21/88 # 193 (y360-n53) /30/88 # 372 (y327-n77) /24/88 H 8/11/88 # 308 (y90-n4) /30/88 P.L /1/ H.R /1/89 8/4/89 # 218 (y312-n105) /15/ /14/89 9/29/89 # 217 (y96-n2) /17/89 P.L /21/ H.R /10/90 10/12/90 # 455 (y322-n97) /25/90 S /11/90 H g 10/16/90 # 273 (y79-n16) /26/90 # 319 (y80-n17) P.L /5/ H.R /4/91 6/7/91 # 145 (y273-n105) /20/ /20/91 9/26/ /23/91 # 272 (y66-n29) P.L /26/ H.R /29/92 7/2/92 # 266 (y328-n94) /5/ /17/92 9/23/92 # 229 (y86-n10) /5/92 P.L /6/ H.R /22/93 9/30/93 # 480 (y325-n102) /10/ /4/93 10/21/ /10/93 # 368 (y88-n9) P.L /11/ H.R /27/94 6/29/94 # 313 (y330-n91) /29/94 # 446 (y327-n86) /29/94 8/11/94 # 282 (y86-n14) /29/94 P.L /30/ H.R /27/95 9/7/95 # 646 (y294-n125) /29/95 # 700 (y151-n267) S /28/95 H h 9/5/95 # 397 (y62-n35) /16/95 # 806 (y270-n158) /16/95 # 579 (y59-n39) P.L i 12/1/ H.R /11/96 6/13/96 # 247 (y278-n126) /28/96 # 455 (y370-n37) S /20/96 H j 7/18/96 # 200 (y72-n27) /30/96 P.L /30/ H.R /25/97 7/29/97 # 338 (y322-n105) /25/97 # 442 (y356-n65) S /10/97 H k 7/15/97 # 176 (y94-n4) /25/97 # 258 (y93-n5) P.L l 10/8/97 Congressional Research Service 17

21 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # 1999 H.R /22/98 6/24/98 # 266 (y358-n61) /28/98 # 471 (y369-n43) S /4/98 H m 7/30/98 # 252 (y97-n2) /29/98 # 291 (y94-n2) P.L /17/ H.R /20/99 7/22/99 # 334 (y379-n45) /13/99 # 494 (y372-n55) S /25/99 H n 7/28/99 (uc) /14/99 # 326 (y87-n11) P.L /25/ H.R /1/00 6/7/00 # 241 (y367-n58) /19/00 # 413 (y367-n58) S /18/00 H o 6/13/00 # 127 (y95-n3) /27/00 # 230 (y91-n9) P.L /9/ H.R /19/01 11/28/01 # 458 (y406-n20) /20/01 # 510 (y408-n6) H p /4/01 12/7/ /20/01 #380 (y94-n2) P.L /10/ H.R /25/02 6/27/02 #270 (y413-n18) /10/02 #457 (y409-n14) /18/03 H q 8/1/02 #204 (y95-n3) /16/02 #239 (y93-n1) P.L /23/ H.R /2/03 7/8/03 #335 (y399-n19) /24/03 #513 (y407-n15) S /9/03 H r 7/17/03 #290 (y95-n0) /25/03 #364 (y95-n0) P.L /30/ H.R /18/04 6/22/04 #284 (y403-n17) /22/04 #418 (y410-n12) S /22/04 H s 6/24/04 #149 (y98-n0) /22/04 #163 (y96-n0) P.L /5/ H.R /10/05 6/20/05 #287 (y398-n19) /19/05 #669 (y308-n106) /29/05 10/7/05 #254 (y97-n0) /21/2005 #366 (y93-n0) P.L /30/ H.R /16/06 6/20/06 #305 (y407-n19) /26/06 #486 (y394-n22) /25/06 9/7/06 #239 (y98-n0) /29/06 #261 (y100-n0) P.L /29/ H.R /30/07 8/5/07 #846 (y395-n13) /8/07 #1064 (y400-n15) /14/07 10/3/ /8/07 P.L /13/ H.R /8/07 6/15/07 #491 (y268-n150) ( Rept t ) 9/24/08 #632 (y370-n58) Report 7/26/07 #282 (y89-n4) ( Rept t ) 9/27/08 #208 (y78-n12) P.L /30/08 Congressional Research Service 18

22 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # 2010 H.R /24/09 7/30/09 #675 (y400-n30) ( Rept u ) 12/16/09 #985 (y395-n34) /10/09 10/6/09 #315 (y93-n7) ( Rept u ) 12/19/09 #384 (y88-n10) P.L /19/ H.R v 4/14/2011 #268 (y260-n167) printing in Congressional 4/14/2011 #61 (y81-n19) printing in Congressional P.L /15/ H.R w /31/2011 6/14/2011 #418 (y411-n5) x 12/15/2011 #941 (y296-n121) /30/2011 7/20/2011 #115 (y97-n2) x 12/15/2011 #235 (y67-n32) P.L /23/ H.R /25/2012 7/19/2012 #498 (y326-n90) y 8/2/2012 H.R. 933 z 3/6/2013 aa 3/6/2013 #62 (y267-n151) ( Rept) bb 3/21/2013 #89 (y318-n109) 3/11/2013 aa ( Rept) cc 3/20/2013 #44 (y73-n26) P.L /26/ H.R dd /17/2013 6/24/2013 #414 (y315-n109) S dd /1/2013 H.R ee P.L /17/ H.R. 870 ff gg 6/13/2014 6/20/2014 #338 (y340-n73) hh 7/17/ H.R. 83 ii Rules Committee Print /9/2014 9/15/2014 jj vv 12/11/2014 kk #563 (y219-n206) explanatory statement printed in the Congressional 12/11/2014 Rules Committee Print /9/2014 9/18/2014 ll uc 12/13/2014 mm #354 (y56-n40) explanatory statement printed in the Congressional 12/11/2014 P.L /16/ H.R nn /5/2015 6/11/2015 #358 (y278-n149) S nn /11/2015 Congressional Research Service 19

23 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # 2016 H.R oo /30/2015 4/30/2015 #193 (y255-n163) 12/17/2015 pp #703 (y ) 12/18/2015 qq #705 (y316-n113) /21/ /10/2015 #302 (y93-n0) 12/18/2015 rr #339 (y65-n33) P.L /18/ H.R ss /19/2016 6/16/2016 #332 (y282-n138) printing in Congressional S /26/2016 printing in Congressional 2017 H.R ss /24/2015 5/1/2015 #215 (y240-n177) 12/8/2016 tt #620 (y326-n96) printing in Congressional /21/2015 5/12/2016 #71 (y90-n8) 12/9/2016 uu #161 (y63-n36) printing in Congressional P.L /10/ H.R. 244 ss 2/13/2017 #86 (y409-n1) 5/3/2017 #249 (y309-n118) 3/21/2017 (uc) 5/4/2017 #121 (y79-n18) P.L /5/ H.R. 601 vv 1/24/2017 vv 9/8/2017 #480 (y316-n90) printing in Congressional 8/1/2017 vv 9/7/2017 #192 (y80-n17) printing in Congressional P.L /8/ H.J.Res 123 ww 12/7/2017 #670 (y235-n193) printing in Congressional 12/7/2017 #311 (y81-n14) printing in Congressional P.L /8/2017 Congressional Research Service 20

24 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # 2018 H.R xx 5/23/2017 vv 12/21/2017 #708 (y231-n188) printing in Congressional 11/6/2017 uc 12/21/2017 #325 (y66-n32) printing in Congressional P.L /22/ H.R. 195 yy 5/17/2017 vv 1/18/2018 #33 (y230-n197) #44 (y266-n150) printing in Congressional 12/21/2017 uc 1/22/2018 #17 (y81-n18) printing in Congressional P.L /22/ H.R vv /15/2017 5/18/2017 #266 (y411-n1) 2/6/2018 #60 (y245-n182) 2/9/2018 #69 (y240-n186) printing in Congressional 11/28/2017 uc 2/9/2018 #31 (y71-n28) printing in Congressional P.L /9/ H.R zz 3/3/2017 #136 (y371-48) 2/9/2018 (On motion that the agree to the amendment Agreed to without objection) printing in Congressional 2/9/2018 (uc) printing in Congressional P.L /9/2018 Congressional Research Service 21

25 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: Appropriations Appropriations s Rept. # Rept. # 2018 H.R aaa 3/22/2018 #127 (y256-n167) aaa 3/23/2018 #63 (y65-n32) aaa P.L /23/2018 Abbreviations and Symbols: H indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number S indicates that the passed a bill with a resolution number ( ) dashes indicate no original bill; bill number used vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote tes: a. Vote on second report. First report ( ) passed by the but tabled in the. b. agreed to Tunney amendment banning any funding for activities in Angola, thus clearing this bill to be sent to the President. c. A continuing resolution, which was passed instead of the normal DOD appropriations bill. d. incorporated text of S into H.R. 4185, then passed it. e. Both and bills were incorporated into this continuing resolution, which was passed instead of the normal DOD appropriations bill. f. H.J.Res. 738 became P.L on October 18, 1986, and was subsequently updated as P.L on 10/30/1986. g. passed S on October 15, 1990, then vitiated this action on October 16, 1990, and passed H.R in lieu. h. passed S. 1087, amended by recorded vote # 397 on September 5, 1995, then passed H.R in lieu on September 8, 1995, by voice vote. i. The President allowed H.R to become law without his signature. j. substituted the text of S. 1894, then passed H.R k. passed S. 1005, amended by vote # 176 on July 15, 1997, then inserted text of S into H.R. 2266, and passed it in lieu on July 29, 1997, by voice vote. l. President Clinton used his line item veto power to veto several items in this law. m. passed H.R in lieu of S n. On July 28, 1999, the vitiated previous passage of its own defense appropriations bill (S. 1122, June 8, 1999, vote # 158, 93-4), and passed H.R after striking all but the enacting clause and inserting the text of S o. On June 18, 2000, the struck all but the enacting clause of H.R and substituted the language of S. 2593, and on June 13, 2000 the passed H.R amended. p. out with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. q. On July 18, 2002, the Committee on Appropriations reported an amendment in the nature of a substitute with written Report , which was passed as amended by unanimous consent on August 1, 2002, then substituted for the text of H.R which was then passed on August 1, 2002, by a vote of y95-n3 (#204). r. passed H.R as amended. s. struck all but the enacting clause and substituted the text of S. 2559, then passed H.R t. In lieu of a report, the took up the -passed version of the bill on September 24, 2008, and agreed to the bill with amendment by a vote of with 1 present. The took up the amended version of the bill and agreed to it on September 27, 2008, by a vote of 78-12, clearing the measure for the President. u. In lieu of a report on the 2010 defense appropriations bill, and negotiators agreed on an amendment to the -passed version of H.R that would appropriate $497.7 billion Congressional Research Service 22

26 Defense Authorization and Appropriations s: for the DOD base budget and $128.2 billion for war costs. The passed that compromise version of the bill December 16, 2009 (395-34); the passed it December 19, 2009 (88-10). v. Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, appropriates funds for 2011 to the Department of Defense (DOD) and appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in 2010 and for which appropriations, funds or other authority were made available in: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; (2) the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; (3) the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010; (4) the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; (5) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010; (6) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; and (7) that part of chapter 1 of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 that addresses guaranteed loans in the rural housing insurance fund. w. Consolidated Appropriations Act, The measure was the vehicle for making appropriations for most federal government operations for the remainder of x. The Conference Report to accompany H.R is H.Rept , Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, See Division A-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, y. On August 2, 2012, the Committee on Appropriations reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of substitute with written report S. Rept Placed on Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar z. Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, Division C-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes. aa. A explanatory statement was printed in the March 6, 2013, Congressional, beginning on page H1029. A explanatory statement was printed in the March 11, 2013, Congressional, beginning on page S1287. bb. On March 21, 2013, the agreed to the amendments. Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (Roll no. 89). cc. On March 20, 2013, the passed H.R. 933 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea- Nay Vote vote number: 44. dd. For further action, see H.R. 3547, which became P.L on January 17, ee. Consolidated Appropriations Act, Division C-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, ff. For further action, see H.R. 83, which became P.L on December 16, gg. The Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept hh. Committee on Appropriations. with an amendment in the nature of a substitute with written report no ii. Consolidated Appropriations Act, Division C-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, The agreement on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 incorporates some of the provisions of both the -passes and the -reported versions of the bill. Rules Committee Print , and the explanatory statement printed in the December 11, 2014, Congressional provide additional details related to the bill as agreed to by the 12/11/2014. jj. /agreed to in : On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7462) kk. Resolving differences actions: On motion that the agree with an amendment to the Amendment Agreed by the yeas and nays: (Roll no. 563). (Text as agreed to amendment with and amendment: CR H ) ll. /agreed to in : with an amendment by unanimous consent. mm. Resolving differences actions: agreed to the amendment to the amendment to H.R. 83 by yea-nay vote vote no: 354. (consideration: CR S ) nn. For further action, see H.R which became P.L on December 18, oo. Consolidated Appropriations Act, Division C- Department of Defense Appropriations Act, pp. Resolving differences actions: On motion to concur in the amendment with an amendment specified in Section 3(b) of H.Res qq. Resolving differences actions: On motion to concur in the amendment with an amendment specified in Section 3(a) of H.Res Congressional Research Service 23