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Summary

With enactment of the FY2007 supplemental on May 25, 2007, Congress has approved a total of about $610 billion for military operations, base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans' health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and other counter terror operations; Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases; and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The $610 billion total covers all war-related appropriations from FY2001 through the May 25, 2007 enactment of the FY2007 Supplemental (H.R. 2206/P.L.110-28) including funds in both supplementals and regular appropriations acts for DOD, State Department/AID, and VA Medical costs. For FY2007, funds for Iraq and Afghanistan were appropriated in the FY2007 Supplemental, DOD's FY2007 Appropriations (H.R. 5631/P.L.109-289), and the Year-Long Continuing Resolution (H.J.Res 20/P.L.110-5). Of the $610 billion appropriated thus far, CRS estimates that Iraq will receive about $450 billion (74%), OEF about $127 billion (21%), and enhanced base security about $28 billion (5%), with about $5 billion that CRS cannot allocate (1%). Of this total funding, 93% of the funds is for DOD, 7% for foreign aid programs and embassy operations, and less than 1% for medical care for veterans. In February 2007, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that war costs for the next 10 years might total about $472 billion if troop levels fell to 30,000 by 2010, or $919 billion if troop levels fell to 75,000 by about 2013. Under such assumptions and adjusting for the FY2007 Supplemental, total funding for Iraq, Afghanistan and the GWOT could reach from about $1 trillion to $1.45 trillion by 2017. For DOD, war appropriations rose steeply in FY2007. DOD received $165.8 billion for war costs in FY2007 -- about 40% more than the previous year. In FY2007, the State Department will receive about $6.3. billion for Iraq and Afghanistan for foreign and diplomatic operations, and VA medical costs for OIF/OEF veterans will be about $1 billion, according to CRS estimates. For FY2008, the Administration has requested $141.7 billion for DOD's war costs, $4.6 billion for foreign and diplomatic operations, and about $800 million for VA medical costs. If Congress approves these requests, total funding for Iraq and the Global War on Terror would reach about $758 billion, including about $567 billion for Iraq, $157 billion for Afghanistan, $29 billion for enhanced security, and $5 billion unallocated. For the first half of FY2007, CRS estimates that DOD's average monthly obligations for contracts and pay are running about $12 billion per month, well above the estimated $8.7 billion in FY2006. For FY2007, obligations are about $10 billion in Iraq, $1.9 billion in Afghanistan, and less than $100 million for enhanced security. This report will be updated as warranted.

Related Legislation:
• H.R.2206
• H.R.5631
• H.J.RES.20

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