众院和参院武装部队委员会(SASC)已分别完成2000财年防务授权,两个委员会在预算授权中都把经费提高至预算允许的最高值:2888亿美元,超出政府申请金额83亿美元.参院为战备增加了12亿美元,为导弹防御增加了5.093亿美元,为采购增加了8.55亿美元,研究、发展、试验和评估的经费提高了11亿美元.众院的授权金额与这些金额很接近:为战备增加了20亿美元,为采购增加了26亿美元,研究与发展经费增加了15亿美元. The Senate and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) have each completed defensive authority for fiscal year 2000, with both commissions raising their budgets to their highest budget allowance of $ 288.8 billion, exceeding the government petition of $ 8.3 billion. An additional $ 1.2 billion for combat readiness, an increase of $ 505.3 million for missile defense and a gain of $ 855 million for procurement, and $ 1.1 billion for research, development, testing and evaluation, which are very close to these amounts : $ 2 billion for war preparedness, $ 2.6 billion for procurement and $ 1.5 billion for research and development.