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Defense Bill Budget Timeline What will happen when?
FY 2017 Defense Bill Timeline at a Glance
Feb. 9 The president submits his annual budget proposal to Congress.
on the FY 2017 National Defense Autho- rization Bill process. The following outlines MOAA’s esti- mated timeline of the defense bill process for this year: Feb 9: President
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March Congressional committees submit their “views and esti- mates” of spending and revenues to the House and Senate Budget committees.
April-May The House and Senate Armed Services committees begin work on the FY 2017 defense bill.
May-June Both chambers pass their respec- tive versions of the defense bill.
July-October House and Senate negotiators resolve differences between their respective versions.
October-December House and Senate lawmakers pass a finalized defense bill and send to the president for signature.
Barack Obama sub- mits his annual budget proposal to Congress. This column was writ- ten before that date, but MOAA anticipated additional military pay-raise and basic al- lowance for housing caps and proposals to significantly overhaul military health care. Upon receipt of the budget, MOAA will begin analyzing the im- pact of the proposals on currently serving and retired military person- nel and their families and begin preparing fact sheets and brochures to articulate MOAA’s posi- tions to Congress and the public. March: After the
president delivers his budget to Congress, congressional com- mittees are required
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he president’s budget re- quest was delivered to Congress Feb. 9, which got the ball rolling
to submit their “views and estimates” of spending and revenues within their respective jurisdictions to the House and Senate Budget committees. In essence, these represent requests for the budget levels needed to provide for the nation’s defense.
April 11-13: In the middle of the de- fense bill process, MOAA council and chapter leaders from across the country will come to Washington, D.C., to “storm the Hill” and meet with their elected of- ficials to discuss military personnel and benefits issues. April-May: The House and Senate Armed Services committees are expected to begin work drafting their respective versions of the FY 2017 defense bill. May-June: Full House and Senate pass
their respective versions of the defense bill. July-October: House and Senate ne- gotiators work to resolve differences be- tween their respective versions. July-August: MOAA provides associa- tion members detailed information to use when visiting their elected officials who have returned home to do district work during the August recess. October-December: The final defense bill is passed by the House and Senate and becomes law. MOAA periodically will send you ac- tion alerts urging you to send your elect- ed officials MOAA-suggested messages. Please start helping with that process by signing, stamping, and mailing the preaddressed postcards on the cover of this magazine. MO
— Contributors are Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF (Ret), director; Col. Mike Barron, USA (Ret); Col. Bob Norton, USA (Ret); Capt. Kathy Beasley, USN (Ret); Col. Phil Odom, USAF (Ret); Cmdr. René Campos, USN (Ret); Brooke Goldberg; Jamie Naughton; and Trina Fitzgerald, MOAA’s Govern- ment Relations Department. Visit
www.moaa.org/ email to subscribe to MOAA’s Legislative Update.
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