Despite the Shutdown, Pentagon Has Billions from the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'

"The [Defense] Department [DoD] will continue to defend the nation and conduct ongoing military operations. It will continue activities funded with any available budgetary resources that have not lapsed (e.g., funds made available in Pub. L. 119-21), as well as excepted activities such as those necessary for the safety of human life and the protection of property. Significant activities that will continue during a lapse are summarized in this planning guidance document."

"This document, it states, "provides guidance for identifying those missions and functions of the Department of War (DoW) that may continue to be carried out in the absence of available appropriations." I must point out, because it's the reason I'm writing this column, that the Public Law referred to above, , is none other than the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by Congress July 3, and signed by President Trump into law on July 4."

The Department of Defense will continue to defend the nation and conduct ongoing military operations, and will carry out activities funded with any available budgetary resources that have not lapsed, including funds made available in Pub. L. 119-21. Excepted activities necessary for the safety of human life and protection of property will also continue. Activities not excepted and unable to be performed by military personnel will be suspended when appropriated funds are unavailable. The Secretary of War may designate additional excepted activities. The referenced Public Law is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed July 3 and signed July 4, and the CBO projected that the OBBBA would decrease direct spending by $1.1 trillion, decrease revenues by $4.5 trillion, and increase the deficit by $3.4 trillion over 2025–2034.

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