The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is the name for each of a series of

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s specifying the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense. The first NDAA was passed in 1961. The U.S. Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills: the National Defense Authorization Act and defense appropriations bills. The

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is the jurisdiction of the

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and

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and determines the agencies responsible for defense, establishes recommended funding levels, and sets the policies under which money will be spent. The

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provides funds. The passage of a Defense Authorization Act is often used by Congress to honour a senior congress member or other individual. For example, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 is known as the "Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001" in honour of Representative Floyd D. Spence of

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Legislation from 2007 onwards

* John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, , this NDAA is formally named after John Warner, a U.S. war veteran, long-term Senator,

chairman, and

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from Virginia. * National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, * Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009: "expresses the sense of Congress that the Honorable Duncan Hunter, Representative from California, has discharged his official duties with integrity and distinction, has served the House of Representatives and the American people selflessly, and deserves the sincere gratitude of Congress and the Nation".Congress.gov
Summary: S.3001 — 110th Congress (2007-2008)
, accessed 8 February 2021 Title 8, Subtitle G: Governmentwide Acquisition Improvements, is known as the "Clean Contracting Act", and focused on improvements to

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such as limiting the term of non-competitive contracts to one year (section 862) and prohibiting excessive use by contractors of

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s or "tiers of sub-contractors" (section 866). * National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, , this NDAA contains important

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s legislation. * Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, , this NDAA is formally named after Ike Skelton, a long-term Congressman and Chairman of the

from Missouri. * National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, , this NDAA contains several controversial sections, the chief being §§ 1021–1022, which affirm provisions authorizing the indefinite military detention of civilians, including U.S. citizens, without habeas corpus or

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, contained in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), . * National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 *The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (; NDAA 2014) was a

that specified the budget and expenditures of the

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(DOD) for Fiscal Year 2014. The law authorized the DOD to spend $607 billion in Fiscal Year 2014. On December 26, 2013, President

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signed the bill into law. This was the 53rd consecutive year that a National Defense Authorization Act has been passed. *The Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 was one of the proposed NDAA bills for fiscal year 2015. On May 8, 2014, the House Armed Services Committee ordered the bill reported (amended) by a vote of 61-0. The Committee spent 12 hours debating the bill and voting on hundreds of different amendments before voting to pass it. * National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 *

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (; NDAA 2017Pub.L. 114-328 is a United States federal law specifying the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2017. History ''Nation ...

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (; NDAA 2018Pub.L. 115–91 is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2018. Analogo ...

* John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, this NDAA is formally named after John S. McCain III, a U.S. war veteran, prisoner of war, long-term Senator, Chairman of the

, and 2008 Republican Presidential Nominee. *

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (; NDAA 2020Pub.L. 116-92 is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal year 2020. Analogous ...

, this NDAA formally established the

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as an independent branch of the

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. *

William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 () is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal year 2021. Analo ...

, this NDAA is formally named after William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry, a long-term Congressman, and ranking member of the

. * National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 * James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, named after James M. Inhofe, a long-term Senator, and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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