National Defense Authorization Acts

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United States federal legislation annual authorization act

The National Defense Authorization Acts are annual U.S. federal laws that authorize and set policies and budgets for the Department of Defense and national security programs.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act)	1
National Defense Authorization Act	1
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal legislation ⓘ annual authorization act ⓘ
affects	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ United States Space Force ⓘ
appliesTo	Department of Defense ⓘ national security programs ⓘ
budgetaryNature	authorization rather than appropriation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasPart	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ⓘ John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ⓘ surface form: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ⓘ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 ⓘ
includesProvisionType	acquisition reform measures ⓘ cybersecurity policy ⓘ end-strength authorizations for military personnel ⓘ intelligence-related authorities ⓘ nuclear weapons complex management ⓘ pay and benefits for service members ⓘ space policy provisions ⓘ
legalForm	public law ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
predecessor	earlier ad hoc defense authorization statutes ⓘ
primaryPurpose	authorize defense spending levels ⓘ authorize national security programs of the Department of Energy ⓘ provide budget authority for the Department of Defense ⓘ set defense policy ⓘ
regulates	military construction ⓘ military personnel policy ⓘ military procurement ⓘ military research and development ⓘ operation and maintenance of the armed forces ⓘ
requires	separate appropriations acts for actual funding ⓘ
signedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
startTime	1960s ⓘ
usedFor	oversight of defense and national security policy by Congress ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

S.1790 → billType → National Defense Authorization Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act)

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act → partOf → National Defense Authorization Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

National Defense Strategy of the United States → relatedDocument → National Defense Authorization Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Defense Authorization Act

Title 10 of the United States Code → relatedTo → National Defense Authorization Acts ⓘ