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Congressional Research Services Publications

• CRS report on cost of war, prepared for US Congress (Oct 2005)

  This report published by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) concluded that $251 billion had been assigned to spending on the Iraq War. The research uses Congressional appropriations and Department of Defense (DOD) DFAS monthly obligations reports. The report claims that due to the anticipated nature of the war, the DOD transferred money from peacetime funds and also from funds appropriated for Afghanistan or general war. Transferral of monies from peacetime funds is permitted under certain circumstances as outlined in appropriations legislation.

  [As of Oct 2005] The US's National Priorities Project "Cost of War" information and counter is now based upon this latest estimate of congressional appropriations totalling $251billion by 31 March 2006.