The Defense Department has said that total appropriations for the Military Intelligence Program for fiscal year 2016 reached $17.7 billion.DoD said Friday the total budget for MIP includes the base budget and funds for overseas contingency operations.
The FY 2016 appropriated figure is approximately $1 billion higher than the $16.8 billion budget that DoD requested for the program for FY 2017.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a separate release that Congress allocated $53 billion in total funds to the National Intelligence Program during FY 2016.
