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 1997-12-08 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-98-33 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33 P0b002ee180399b82 f:ns98033 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33 NSIAD-98-33 Military appropriations Congressional oversight Construction costs Reporting requirements Construction (process) Military budgets Environmental policies Repair costs Agency reports Letter Report NSIAD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the Department of Defense's (DOD) environmental compliance projects funded as construction or repair; (2) DOD's criteria for determining which appropriation account is used for programming funds; (3) the process for programming funds; and (4) reporting on future funding requirements.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the basis for determining which funding source should be used for funding environmental compliance construction and repair projects is set forth in laws and regulations; (2) the law requires military construction appropriations to be used for all construction projects costing over $500,000; (3) the law defines construction as the creation of complete and usable new facilities or complete and usable improvements to existing facilities on military installations; (4) in general, operation and maintenance appropriations are available to fund construction projects costing less than $500,000 and repairs of any value; (5) other appropriations such as research, development, test, and evaluation, may also be used in appropriate circumstances; (6) the programming process for environmental compliance construction or repair activities varies according to the project funding source; (7) under the process, the level of project justification detail that DOD provides to Congress is greater for military construction projects than for projects funded under other appropriations; (8) in general, any military construction project, including environmental compliance projects, is programmed, reviewed, budgeted, and funded individually; (9) projects to be funded from operation and maintenance appropriations are rolled up into a single amount for budgeting and funding purposes; (10) the law permits some smaller value military construction projects to be carried out as unspecified minor construction; (11) these are budgeted as a single amount; (12) DOD has made some improvements to its annual compliance reporting by identifying specific projects that will cost over $300,000; (13) DOD has improved the detailed budget information provided to Congress by identifying recurring and nonrecurring compliance costs by appropriation; and (14) however, information provided to Congress in this report does not identify proposed construction and repair projects costing over $300,000 and their funding sources. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33.pdf GAO/NSIAD-98-33 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-33 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-98-33; Environmental Compliance: Reporting on DOD Military Construction and Repair Projects Can Be Improved; Military appropriations Congressional oversight Construction costs Reporting requirements Construction (process) Military budgets Environmental policies Repair costs Agency reports Title 10 Section 2706(b) Title 10 Section 2801-2813 10 U.S.C. 2706(b) 10 U.S.C. 2801-2813 Public Law 105-85