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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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Cost Estimate
July 27, 2016
As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on June 9, 2016
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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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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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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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Cost Estimate
October 14, 2015
As cleared by the Congress on October 7, 2015
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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
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 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
August 20, 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 30, 2014
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Report
August 7, 2014
From 2000 to 2013, the number of veterans receiving VA disability payments rose by nearly 55 percent, and spending for those benefits almost tripled. How might changes in VA’s disability compensation program affect the federal budget?
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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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Presentation
February 7, 2014
Presentation by David E. Mosher, CBO’s Assistant Director for National Security, to the TechAmerica Procurement Policy Meeting
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Report
January 16, 2014
Between 2000 and 2012, the cost of providing health care to service members, retirees, and their families increased by 130 percent (after adjusting for inflation). What approaches might curtail the growth in those costs?
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Presentation
January 7, 2014
Presentation by Carla Tighe Murray, CBO Analyst, to the Manpower Roundtable
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Blog Post
December 12, 2013
CBO examined 28 options that encompass a broad range of discretionary programs. About a third of the options would affect defense programs; the rest are for nondefense programs.
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Blog Post
December 9, 2013
To comply with the Budget Control Act, the DoD budget would have to be as much as 20 percent below the cost of its current plans. Such a reduction could be achieved through different approaches, some involving cutbacks in combat units.
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Report
November 21, 2013
CBO projects that DoD’s plans will cost 3.5 percent more to execute through 2018 than DoD estimates. Moreover, the costs of DoD’s plans for 2014 through 2021 would greatly exceed the limits established by the Budget Control Act.
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Blog Post
November 21, 2013
CBO estimates that the costs of DoD’s base-budget plans for 2014 through 2021 would average about $90 billion a year more than the funding that would be provided to DoD under the limits set by the Budget Control Act.
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Report
November 13, 2013
CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents more than 100—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit.
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Presentation
July 1, 2013
Presentation by Carla Tighe Murray, CBO Analyst, at the Western Economic Association Conference
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Report
March 18, 2013
The costs of the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) budget plans through 2021 would be much higher than the funding permitted under the Budget Control Act’s statutory caps. CBO examined four options to cut back on DoD’s forces and activities.
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Report
November 14, 2012
For fiscal year 2013, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the military. That amount is more than one-quarter of DoD’s total base budget request.
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Blog Post
November 14, 2012
In its fiscal year 2013 budget request, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the military. That amount is more than one-quarter of DoD’s total base budget request (the request for all funding other than for military operations in Afghanistan and related activities).
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Cost Estimate
August 23, 2012
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on August 1, 2012 CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1775 would have no significant cost to the federal government. Enacting the bill could affect direct spending and revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that any effects would be insignificant for each year.
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Report
July 11, 2012
CBO projects that DoD’s plans will cost $123 billion, or 5 percent, more to execute through 2017 than DoD estimates. CBO also projects that the cost of DoD’s plans will exceed the limits established in the Budget Control Act.
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Report
February 9, 2012
Through September 2011, about 740,000 veterans from overseas contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan had been treated by the VHA. That number is slightly more than half of all recent veterans eligible for care by VHA.
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Cost Estimate
December 2, 2011
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 3, 2011