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Comparison of OMB's and CBO's Technical Assumptions Used in Estimating Defense Spending [i] (April 2011)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo8025 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Budget Office                                      Executive Office of the President
U.S. Congress                                                   Office of Management and Budget
APR 2 9 2011
The Honorable John Boehner
Speaker of the House
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Speaker:
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 226, we hereby submit our joint report on the fiscal year 2012 outlay rates and
prior-year outlays for accounts in Function 050 (National Defense). The enclosed tables present our
areas of agreement and disagreement.
*  Table 1: Estimated Outlay Rates in Agreement (for regular appropriations);
* Table 2: Estimates of Outlays in Agreement, from Enacted Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2011 and Prior Years;
*  Table 3: Estimated Outlay Rates in Disagreement (for regular appropriations);
*  Table 4: Estimates of Outlays in Disagreement, from Enacted Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2011 and Prior Years; and,
*  Table 5: Estimated Outlay Rates in Disagreement (for appropriations for overseas
contingency operations).
If you would like further information about this report, we would be pleased to provide it. The staff
contacts are Kent Christensen (226-2840) at CBO and Farouk Ophaso (395-3853) at OMB.
Respectfully submitted,
Douglas    El mendorf                             Jacob J. Lew
Director                                           Director
Congressional Budget Office                        Office of Management and Budget
Enclosures
Identical letter sent to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, The Honorable Carl Levin,
The Honorable John McCain, The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, The Honorable Thad Cochran,
The Honorable Kent Conrad, and The Honorable Jeff Sessions