The
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 is a law in the
United States signed by President
George W. Bush on January 28, 2008. As a bill it was H.R. 4986 in the 110th 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. In a controversial
signing statement, President Bush instructs the
executive branch to construe Sections 841, 846, 1079, and 1222 "in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President."