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Title: Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution: In Brief
Authors: Lynn M. Williams
Jennifer M. Roscoe
Keywords: Continuing Resolution
Cr
Budget
Appropriations
New Starts
Financial Management
Resource Allocation
Congress
Issue Date: 26-Nov-2017
Publisher: Congressional Research Service
Citation: Unlimited Distribution
Series/Report no.: Congressional Research Service Report
SEC809-RL-17-0306
Abstract: This report provides a basic overview of interim continuing resolutions (CRs) and highlights some specific issues pertaining to operations of the Department of Defense (DOD) under a CR. As with regular appropriations bills, Congress can draft a CR to provide funding in many different ways. Under current practice, a CR is an appropriation that provides either interim or full-year funding by referencing a set of established funding levels for the projects and activities that it funds (or covers). Such funding may be provided for a period of days, weeks, or months and may be extended through further continuing appropriations until regular appropriations are enacted, or until the fiscal year ends. In recent fiscal years, the referenced funding level on which interim or full-year continuing appropriations has been based was the amount of budget authority that was available under specified appropriations acts from the previous fiscal year. The lack of a full-year appropriation and the uncertainty associated with the temporary nature of a CR can create management challenges for federal agencies. DOD faces unique challenges operating under a CR while providing the military forces needed to deter war and defend the country. For example, an interim CR may prohibit an agency from initiating or resuming any project or activity for which funds were not available in the previous fiscal year (i.e., prohibit new starts).
URI: https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/2981
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