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Pentagon reports $148.5 billion in OBBBA obligations
The department’s early closeout estimate puts obligations at 97.5% of the law’s funding before fiscal 2026 ended.
The Department of War reported obligating $148.5 billion of the $152.4 billion authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) before fiscal 2026 ended. The figures are an early closeout estimate based on internal financial records and may adjust slightly during reconciliation. The department expects final data by the end of the year.1
Other Pentagon components report a lower OBBBA obligation rate
Share of One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocations obligated before fiscal 2026 ended. All four reported component groups.
Early closeout estimates based on internal financial records; figures may adjust slightly during reconciliation.
Source: Department of War. As of Oct. 28, 2026.
Some funding was reserved following communications with Congress, Under Secretary of War (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Jules Wilson Hurst III said. Those reserves cover portions of funding provided to the Office of Strategic Capital, the Defense Innovation Unit and the Economic Defense Unit. Hurst said the reserves were intended to preserve investment options into fiscal 2027 and maximize use of the money.1
The announcement did not disclose the reserve amount, a program or portfolio breakdown of obligations, or contractors receiving the funds.1
The Departments of the Navy and Air Force each reported obligating 99.2% of their allocations; the Army reported 98.1%, and Other Department of War Components reported 94.9%. That last group accounted for about $2.9 billion of the roughly $3.9 billion left unobligated overall, based on the rounded figures. The component balance does not establish the size of the reserves, whose amount was undisclosed.1
Sources (1)
- Department of War, “Department of War Achieves 97.5% Obligation Goal of FY 2026 OBBBA Funding” www.war.gov