DOD Budget: Analysis of Options for Funding Contingency Operations
(Briefing Report, 04/26/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-152BR).

In paying for contingency operations, Congress should first consider
whether funding should come from existing or supplemental
appropriations.  If the funds come from existing appropriations,
spending plans are disrupted because funding for other planned
requirements has to be cut. Additional resources received through
supplemental legislation would not have this same impact, but such
legislation could be subject to the discretionary spending limits of the
Budget Enforcement Act unless designated as "emergency" funding.  Once
this decision is made, Congress can focus on the mechanisms for using
the funds.  Several mechanisms exist that are readily available to both
the Defense Department and Congress. Congress also has the option to
amend existing mechanisms or create new mechanisms specifically for
contingency operations.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-152BR
     TITLE:  DOD Budget: Analysis of Options for Funding Contingency 
             Operations
      DATE:  04/26/94
   SUBJECT:  Defense contingency planning
             Combat readiness
             Defense capabilities
             Budget authority
             Revolving funds
             Transfer appropriation accounts
             Appropriated funds
             Supplemental appropriations
             Military operations
             Reprogramming of appropriated funds
IDENTIFIER:  Desert Shield
             Desert Storm
             DOD Operation Restore Hope
             Defense Business Operations Fund
             Defense Emergency Response Fund
             Defense Cooperation Account
             
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