National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (,, 123 Stat. 2190.) is a law in the United States signed by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009. As a bill it was H.R. 2647 in the 111th Congress. The overall purpose of the law is to authorize funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad, for military construction, and for national security-related energy programs.





Division A
3.4% basic military pay raise

Title I

 * Subtitle D, Sections 132 & 133 repealed the FY 2009 F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft funding and re-directed it to preserving the maintenance and tooling of the existing program.

Title V

 * Subtitle H - Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act

Title XII

 * Subtitle B - Success in Countering Al Qaeda Reporting Requirements Act of 2009


 * Subtitle D - Victims of Iranian Censorship Act (or the VOICE Act)
 * Authorizes the Secretary of State to continue efforts in support of Iranian dissidents

Title XVIII

 * Military Commissions Act of 2009 - completely amended the existing statutes.

Title XIX

 * Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009

Division B

 * Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

Division E
Expanded federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
 * Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act