National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (; NDAA 2020, Pub.L. 116-120) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal year 2020.  Analogous NDAAs have been passed in previous and subsequent years. The NDAA passed the Democratic-controlled House by a vote of 377-48 and the Senate by a vote of 86-8.

The bill amounted to $738 billion allocations to the United States military. The Trump administration has reportedly used the Act and the creation of the Space Force for promotion of the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign. 

European businesses involved in Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to European Union have been sanctioned by the United States, which has been seeking to sell more of its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) to European states, with the passing of the NDAA 2020 on December 20, 2019. German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz called the sanctions "a severe intervention in German and European internal affairs", and the EU spokesman criticized "the imposition of sanctions against EU companies conducting legitimate business." Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also criticized sanctions, saying that U.S. Congress "is literally overwhelmed with the desire to do everything to destroy" the U.S.–Russia relations.

The bill includes a provision ordering Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire to send the unclassified report identifying those responsible for the 2018 assassination of Jamal Khashoggi to four congressional committees: the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which had a deadline for the report at 30 days, but Maguire failed to do.

See also 
 National Defense Authorization Act
 Military budget of the United States

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Category:Military–industrial complex