| National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 | |
| Fullname: | 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. |
| Enacted By: | 114th |
| Cite Statutes At Large: | through |
| Introducedin: | Senate |
| Introducedby: | Sen. Ron Johnson (R, WI) |
| Introduceddate: | May 14, 2015 |
| Passedbody1: | Senate |
| Passeddate1: | May 14, 2015 |
| Passedbody2: | House |
| Passeddate2: | November 5, 2015 |
| Passedvote2: | Yeas: 370; Nays: 58 |
| Agreedbody3: | Senate |
| Agreeddate3: | November 10, 2015 |
| Agreedvote3: | Yeas: 91; Nays: 3 |
| Signedpresident: | Barack Obama |
| Signeddate: | November 25, 2015 |
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (; NDAA 2016, Pub.L. 114-92) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2016.
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.[1]
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 emergency war expenses exempted from the caps.[2] [3] On October 22, 2015, Obama vetoed the bill.[4]
However, after changes it became S. 1356 (114th) which was signed by the President on November 25, 2015.[5]