Number: RL32141
Title: Funding for Military and Peacekeeping Operations: Recent History and Precedents
Authors: Jeffrey Chamberlin, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report examines 46 cases since FY1990 in which Congress approved funding for combat or peacekeeping operations using regular appropriations, supplemental appropriations, or a combination of the two. The report shows that since 1990, Congress generally has funded combat operations with supplemental appropriations. In initial stages of post-combat peacekeeping operations, however, Congress has tended to rely on a combination of supplemental and regular appropriations. As peacekeeping operations have become ongoing, congress has switched to using regular appropriations.
Pages: 8
Date: Updated November 7, 2003