Acronym NDAA 2016 Number of co-sponsors 1 | Introduced on April 13, 2015 | |
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Full title An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Introduced in 114th United States Congress Sponsored by Rep. William McClellan Thornberry (R, TX-13) | ||
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (H
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Role of the bill
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Bill vetoed
On September 30, 2015, President Barack Obama threatened to veto the NDAA 2016. The reason for the veto threat by the Obama administration was that the bill bypassed the Budget Control Act of 2011 spending caps by allocating nearly $90 billion to the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account, designating routine spending as an emergency war expenses exempted from the caps. On October 22, 2015, Obama vetoed the bill.