How Long Can the Defense Department Finance FY2008 Operations in Advance of Supplemental Appropriations?

Considers how long funding for Operation Enduring Freedom in FY2008 Omnibus Appropriations would extend availability of funding for Iraq war. Assesses how long regular FY2008 defense appropriations will last. Examines alternatives for extending operations, including service objections to budget mane...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States) War, Cost of. Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Considers how long funding for Operation Enduring Freedom in FY2008 Omnibus Appropriations would extend availability of funding for Iraq war. Assesses how long regular FY2008 defense appropriations will last. Examines alternatives for extending operations, including service objections to budget maneuvers; transferal of additional funds to Army and USMC; slowing the pace of combat operations in Iraq; invoking the Feed and Forage Act, which permits obligations of funds in advance of appropriations; and using unprecedented U.S. Code 165 Title 10 authorities to assign support operations to other services.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.