Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Abstract

The Administration appreciates the bill's provisions that enable implementation of the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy, both of which focus on a return to principled realism in an era of great power competition. The bill's overall authorizations of base national defense funding and Overseas Contingency Operations funding are consistent with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and the FY 2019 President's Budget request.