Defense (051) Discretionary Spending
Billions of Dollars of Budget Authority
1
(Excluding Supplementals)
450 400 350 300 250
In the last five years, defense discretionary spending growth has averaged 6.3 percent.
400 365 377
411
328 302
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Fiscal Year
Source: CBO and OMB. Prepared by the House Budget Committee