Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024

# Summary of Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 This document is the full text of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024, containing numerous provisions governing the allocation, restriction, and transfer of defense funding. Key elements include: 1. **Funding allocations**: The act appropriates billions of dollars for various defense programs including: - $3.3 billion for military readiness improvements - $1.5 billion for revised economic assumptions - $2 billion for addressing unfunded priorities of armed forces - $1 billion for defense industrial base capacity - $1.1 billion to support Taiwan's defense 2. **Restrictions on funding use**: - Prohibits funds for certain activities (e.g., construction of facilities for Guantanamo Bay detainees) - Restricts funding for specific entities (e.g., Rosoboronexport, EcoHealth Alliance in China) - Prohibits funds for certain equipment (e.g., C-40 aircraft retirement, specific components for TAO and FFG(X) programs) - Bans funding for activities related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology 3. **Specific program funding**: - $300 million for Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative - $1.316 billion for International Security Cooperation Programs - $370 million for border security support to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman - $5 million for reimbursement to key cooperating nations for support to counter-ISIL operations 4. **Transfer authorities**: - Numerous provisions allowing transfers between accounts with requirements for congressional notification - Specific restrictions on transfers for certain programs - Emergency designation for several funding amounts 5. **Compliance requirements**: - Notification requirements for fund transfers - Reporting requirements to Congress - Specific prohibitions related to national security interests The act contains numerous specific restrictions on how funds may be used, with many provisions designed to ensure funds are spent in ways that align with U.S. national security interests and foreign policy objectives.