National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Long 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.
Enacted by	the 114th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 114–92 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	129 Stat. 726 through 129 Stat. 1309
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 1356 by Sen. Ron Johnson (R, WI) on May 14, 2015; Passed the Senate on May 14, 2015 ; Passed the House on November 5, 2015 (Yeas: 370; Nays: 58) with amendment; Senate agreed to House amendment on November 10, 2015 (Yeas: 91; Nays: 3); Signed into law by President Barack Obama on November 25, 2015;

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (S. 1356; 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.

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.^[1]

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 H.R. 1735 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]