Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Analysis of FY 2011 Budget Request

by Laicie Olson [contact information]

Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Overview

For Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, which begins on October 1, 2010, the Obama Administration has requested a base budget of $548.9 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD). This is $18 billion, or 3.4 percent, above the appropriated Fiscal Year 2010 base budget of $531 billion.

In addition, the Administration has requested $159.3 billion for “Overseas Contingency Operations,” to fight the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

This brings the Fiscal Year 2011 defense budget request to a total of $708.3 billion.

Further, the Administration has requested an additional $33 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010. Including this $33 billion, total appropriated Pentagon spending for Fiscal Year 2010 will equal approximately $693.4 billion, a 4.1 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2009. This total brings us to a 2.1 percent increase in Fiscal Year 2011.

In real terms, this amounts to a $9 billion, or 1.3 percent, increase over Fiscal Year 2010.

These numbers do not include nuclear weapons related spending in the Department of Energy (DoE) or other defense related funding.

In addition to an initial $708 billion, the Administration has requested $18 billion for nuclear weapons activities at Department of Energy and $7 billion for additional non-Pentagon defense related activities. This brings total non-Pentagon defense related spending (053/054) to $25 billion, a $2 billion increase over Fiscal Year 2010.

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