National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

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National Defense Authorization Act United States federal law

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and set military policies and programs for the 2016 fiscal year.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 canonical	4
NDAA FY2016	2
NDAA for Fiscal Year 2016	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1732991 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Context triple: [National Defense Authorization Acts, hasPart, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016]

A. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and implemented significant military policy and legal reforms for that fiscal year.
B. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and set military policies and programs for the 2015 fiscal year.
C. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is a U.S. federal law that set defense policy and funding for 2020 and notably established the United States Space Force as a new branch of the armed forces.
D. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and set military policies and programs for the 2014 fiscal year.
E. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 is a major U.S. federal law that authorizes defense spending and includes wide-ranging policy provisions, including significant reforms to anti-money laundering regulations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Target entity description: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and set military policies and programs for the 2016 fiscal year.

A. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and implemented significant military policy and legal reforms for that fiscal year.
B. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and set military policies and programs for the 2015 fiscal year.
C. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is a U.S. federal law that set defense policy and funding for 2020 and notably established the United States Space Force as a new branch of the armed forces.
D. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 is a U.S. federal law that authorized defense spending and set military policies and programs for the 2014 fiscal year.
E. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 is a major U.S. federal law that authorizes defense spending and includes wide-ranging policy provisions, including significant reforms to anti-money laundering regulations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Defense Authorization Act ⓘ United States federal law ⓘ
affects	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Coast Guard (when operating as a service in the Navy or assigned to DoD joint activities) ⓘ surface form: United States Coast Guard (when operating as a service in the Navy) United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ surface form: United States Special Operations Command
alsoKnownAs	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ surface form: NDAA for Fiscal Year 2016
appliesTo	Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ
authorizesBudgetFor	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense national security programs of the Department of Energy ⓘ
chamberInvolved	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasPart	Department of Energy national security authorizations ⓘ authorization of appropriations for military activities ⓘ general provisions relating to the armed forces ⓘ military construction authorizations ⓘ military personnel authorizations ⓘ
includes	acquisition reform provisions ⓘ cyber operations authorities ⓘ military compensation and benefits provisions ⓘ military health care provisions ⓘ overseas contingency operations authorizations ⓘ readiness and training provisions ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
legalForm	public law ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
policyArea	armed forces and national defense ⓘ national security ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment	Barack Obama ⓘ
primarySubject	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense United States national defense ⓘ
regulates	defense research and development programs ⓘ defense spending ⓘ military construction ⓘ military personnel policy ⓘ military procurement ⓘ
relatedTo	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ⓘ
scope	worldwide activities of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
sets	end strength levels for active duty forces ⓘ end strength levels for reserve components ⓘ
shortName	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NDAA FY2016
signedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
temporalCoverage	1 October 2015 – 30 September 2016 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Defense Authorization Acts → hasPart → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 → precededBy → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 → successor → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 → shortName → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NDAA FY2016

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 → alsoKnownAs → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ

this entity surface form: NDAA for Fiscal Year 2016

Public Law 114-92 → title → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ

Public Law 114-92 → shortTitle → National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ