Security Assistance: Need for Improved Reporting on Excess Defense
Article Transfers (Chapter Report, 01/18/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-27).

Each year, the United States supplements congressional appropriations
for foreign military assistance by furnishing its allies with
significant quantity of excess defense articles, including tanks,
fighter and cargo aircraft, ammunition, trucks, spare parts, military
rations, and clothing.  Although most transfers of these excess defense
articles are provided free of charge to eligible countries, some are
sold at discounted prices. As U.S. forces downsize, more defense
articles are becoming excess and available for transfer.  This report
reviews the implementation of the excess defense article program,
including its scope and growth and the type of items transferred; the
process used to report transfers to Congress; the accuracy of
pricing/valuing procedures; and aspects of program management, including
the identification of excess articles.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-27
     TITLE:  Security Assistance: Need for Improved Reporting on Excess 
             Defense Article Transfers
      DATE:  01/18/94
   SUBJECT:  Military materiel
             Foreign military sales costs
             Foreign military sales
             Price regulation
             Accounting procedures
             International relations
             Surplus federal property
             Property disposal
             Foreign military assistance
             Reporting requirements
IDENTIFIER:  NATO
             DOD Excess Defense Articles Program
             Portugal
             Turkey
             Israel
             Egypt
             Morocco
             Senegal
             Oman
             Latin America
             Thailand
             Korea
             Mexico
             CH-53 Helicopter
             C-130B Aircraft
             F-15A/B Aircraft
             A-7E Aircraft
             Philippines
             Chile
             Ecuador
             Colombia
             UH-1H Helicopter
             M60A1 Tank
             
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