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Cost Estimate
September 23, 2016
As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on September 22, 2016
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Report
July 29, 2016
The U.S. military’s capabilities and budget are determined primarily by its forces. This report describes each type of major combat unit’s structure, function, strengths and limitations, past usage, size, and cost.
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Presentation
May 3, 2016
Presentation by Matthew Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Director for CBO’s National Security Division, to the Manpower Roundtable.
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Report
April 27, 2016
In 2013, the Navy raised by $3.4 billion the cap, set in 2006, on the amount it could spend on a Ford class carrier. Most of that increase resulted from increases in the prices of labor and materials, which averaged 3.96 percent since 2006.
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Presentation
February 22, 2016
Presentation by Matthew Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Director for CBO’s National Security Division, at the Vision Strategic Planning Forum.
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Report
January 14, 2016
The Department of Defense’s five-year plan calls for budgets averaging $534 billion (in 2016 dollars) from 2016 through 2020, but they would average $565 billion per year from 2021 through 2030 under the department’s cost assumptions.
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Presentation
January 6, 2016
Presentation by Erics Labs, CBO’s Senior Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons, at the 2016 Defense Outlook Forum.
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Report
December 2, 2015
The Defense Department could cut federal costs by replacing some military personnel in support positions with civilian employees. If DoD replaced 80,000 military personnel, it could eventually save $3.1 billion to $5.7 billion annually.
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Report
December 1, 2015
Testimony by Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons, before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives
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Report
October 29, 2015
CBO estimates that the cost of the Navy’s 2016 shipbuilding plan—an average of about $20 billion per year (adjusted for inflation) over 30 years—would be $4 billion higher than the funding that the Navy has received in recent decades.
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Cost Estimate
October 28, 2015
As reported by the House Committee on Rules on October 27, 2015. (See House Report 114-315.)
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Cost Estimate
October 14, 2015
As cleared by the Congress on October 7, 2015
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Presentation
July 1, 2015
Presentation by Carla Tighe Murray, a senior analyst with CBO’s National Security Division, to the Western Economic Association.
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Presentation
July 1, 2015
Presentation by Carla Tighe Murray, a senior analyst with CBO’s National Security Division, to the Western Economic Association.
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Cost Estimate
May 11, 2015
As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 5, 2015
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Report
March 13, 2015
The Navy can sustain its forward presence under smaller shipbuilding budgets by using longer deployments, more overseas basing, and more rotating crews. But those methods would offset some of the savings and have other disadvantages.
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Report
March 11, 2015
Federal agencies spent over $500 billion for contracted products and services in 2012, according to federal data. Between 2000 and 2012, such spending grew more quickly than inflation and also grew as a percentage of total federal spending.
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Presentation
February 19, 2015
Presentation by Michael Bennett, an analyst with CBO’s National Security Division.
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Report
January 22, 2015
CBO estimates the Administration’s plans for nuclear forces would cost $348 billion over the next decade, close to last year’s estimate. However, projected costs for both the Departments of Defense and Energy have changed somewhat.
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Report
December 15, 2014
CBO estimates that the cost of the Navy’s 2015 shipbuilding plan—an average of about $21 billion per year (adjusted for inflation) over 30 years—would be one-third higher than the funding that the Navy has received in recent decades.
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Report
November 20, 2014
The Department of Defense’s base budget increased by 31 percent (adjusted for inflation) between 2000 and 2014, mainly because of higher costs for military personnel and operation and maintenance.
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Report
November 20, 2014
CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents 79—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit. The report has both interactive and printable formats.
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Report
November 6, 2014
CBO projects that the Department of Defense’s plans would cost an average of $47 billion per year more from 2015 through 2021 than would be provided under the limits established by the Budget Control Act.
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Cost Estimate
October 21, 2014
As reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on June 2, 2014
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Cost Estimate
September 16, 2014
Including the Amendment in Part A of H. Rept. 113-600, as Approved by the House Committee on Rules on September 15, 2014
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Cost Estimate
August 7, 2014
As cleared by the Congress on August 1, 2014
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Cost Estimate
July 24, 2014
As introduced in the Senate on July 23, 2014
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Report
July 22, 2014
Letter to the Honorable Jeff Sessions
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Presentation
June 30, 2014
Presentation by Carla Tighe Murray, CBO Analyst, to the Western Economic Association 89th Annual Conference
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Cost Estimate
May 16, 2014
As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 13, 2014