DOD Budget: Department of Defense Support for Domestic Civil Activities
(Letter Report, 11/26/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-41).

The Pentagon received at least $10.4 billion during the last four years
for civil activities, with 96 percent going to programs expressly
requested by Congress, such as counter-narcotics operations, defense
conversion, and medical and environmental research.  The rest went for
unplanned activities, such as responding to natural disasters and civil
unrest, and planned activities budgeted by the Defense Department (DOD),
such as support for the Boy Scout Jamboree.  GAO notes that annual
funding for congressionally-directed activities has increased
dramatically of late--from 0.5 percent of the overall defense budget in
fiscal year 1990 to 1.8 percent in fiscal year 1993.  Military officials
are concerned that readiness and capability could be harmed if DOD's
role in these activities continues to grow significantly.  DOD has begun
to study the issue and develop military doctrine to govern these
activities.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-41
     TITLE:  DOD Budget: Department of Defense Support for Domestic 
             Civil Activities
      DATE:  11/26/93
   SUBJECT:  Defense contingency planning
             Combat readiness
             Defense budgets
             Domestic assistance
             Appropriated funds
             Disaster relief aid
             Interagency relations
             Medical research
             Human resources utilization
             Counterintelligence operations
IDENTIFIER:  Hurricane Iniki
             Los Angeles (CA)
             Airborne Warning and Control System
             Somalia
             AWACS
             
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