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c. Constant figures are deflated using the Total Department of Defense index. Table 5-I, "Department of
Defense and Selected Economy-Wide Indices," National Defense Budget Estimates for FY20 19 (Green Book),
at http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy20 19/FYI 9_GreenBook.pdf, provides
a Total Department of Defense price index with 2019 as the base year.
d. MIP numbers include base budget and OCO dollars.
e. National defense spending (using topline numbers associated with Function 050 National Defense) is included
for comparative purposes. See Office of Management and Budget, Historical Tables, Table 5.1, Budget
Authority by Function and Sub function: 1976-2020. See CRS In Focus IF I 061 8, Defense Primer: The National
Defense Budget Function (050), by Christopher T. Mann for more information on national defense spending
under Function 050.
The nominal dollars in Table 1 suggest that the NIP topline steadily increased from FY2007 to
FY2012. The MIP topline steadily increased from FY2007 to FY2010, then decreased from
FY2011 to FY2015 before showing steady, yet small increases from FY2016 to the requested
figures for FY2019. These NIP and MIP trends have changed the relative sizes of the NIP and
MIP budgets. For example, of the $63.5 billion appropriated in FY2007, the NIP portion ($43.5
billion) was roughly twice the size of the MIP portion ($20 billion). In contrast, by FY2015 (and
subsequently) the NIP was approximately three times larger than the MIP.
The constant dollars in Table 1 suggest that the NIP dollars appropriated in FY2017 ($56.7
billion) were roughly equal to the NIP dollars appropriated in FY2008 ($56.8 billion). The highest
level of NIP spending, in constant dollars, was in FY2011 ($61.7 billion). In contrast, the MIP
dollars appropriated in FY2017 ($19.1 billion) were significantly less than the MIP dollars
appropriated in FY2007 ($24.6 billion). The highest level of MIP spending, in constant dollars,
was in FY2009-FY2010 ($31.1 billion).
Figure 2 uses the data in Table 1 to provide an overview of total intelligence spending as a
percentage of overall national defense spending. The almost flat percentage line suggests that
annual intelligence spending has remained relatively constant over the past decade, consistently
representing approximately 11% of annual national defense spending.Congressional Research Service 9
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DeVine, Michael E. Intelligence Community Spending: Trends and Issues, report, June 18, 2018; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1213093/m1/12/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.