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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · May 26, 2016 · Lineage

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017”.

Sec. 2 Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents

(a)
Divisions— This Act is organized into five divisions as follows:
(1)
Division A—Department of Defense Authorizations.
(2)
Division B—Military Construction Authorizations.
(3)
Division C—Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
(4)
Division D—Funding Tables.
(5)
Division E—Military Justice.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 3 Congressional defense committees

In this Act, the term “congressional defense committees” has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.