United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-04-18 monographic deposited born digital 38 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-119BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR P0b002ee18037dd15 f:ns95119b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR NSIAD-95-119BR Military operations Military appropriations Reimbursements to government Foreign military assistance United Nations Fiscal year International relations Cost analysis Funds management Military intervention Somalia Defense Emergency Response Fund Bosnia Haiti Briefing Report NSIAD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the incremental costs of the Department of Defense's (DOD) peace operations during fiscal year (FY) 1994, focusing on: (1) whether supplemental appropriations fully covered DOD incremental costs; (2) the impacts on the services from funding shortages and overages; and (3) how DOD spent the reimbursements received from the United Nations.<p/>GAO found that: (1) DOD reported about $1.9 billion in incremental costs for peace operations during FY 1994; (2) Congress provided an emergency supplemental appropriation which covered almost two-thirds of these costs and DOD covered another $233 million by invoking its Feed and Forage Act authority, using the balance of the Defense Emergency Response Fund account, and using authorized reprogramming funds; (3) DOD absorbed the remaining $476 million mainly by reducing operation and maintenance funding; (4) the FY 1995 supplemental appropriation provided about $299 million to DOD for peace operations that occurred in FY 1994, leaving DOD with a total funding shortfall of about $177 million; (5) reductions in operation and maintenance accounts adversely affected most units that did not participate in peace operations; (6) although participating units were not affected by funding shortages, they experienced operational impacts, such as missed training opportunities; and (7) although DOD received about $98 million from the United Nations for the operation in Somalia during FY 1993, these funds were deposited into FY 1994 appropriation accounts and could not be traced to specific expenditures. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-119BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-119BR Briefing Report GAO/NSIAD-95-119BR; Peace Operations: DOD's Incremental Costs and Funding for Fiscal Year 1994; Military operations Military appropriations Reimbursements to government Foreign military assistance United Nations Fiscal year International relations Cost analysis Funds management Military intervention Somalia Defense Emergency Response Fund Bosnia Haiti Title 41 Section 11 41 U.S.C. 11 Public Law 101-508 Public Law 103-211