Extent of Cost Growths and Delays in Construction Programs of the Department of Defense
Abstract
The military construction programs are submitted yearly by the military departments to the Congress for approval and for appropriation of funds. The House and Senate Committees on Armed Services prepare the legislation which authorizes construction in stated amounts for stated purposes at specified military installations. The legislation for family housing does not state dollar amounts by location but authorizes construction of a stated number of housing units at specified installations, and the dollar amounts are controlled by statutory unit price limitations, The Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of the Congress prepare legislation which appropriates the moneys to carry out the authorized construction. The funds appropriated are made available to each military department until expended. In determining the amounts to be appropriated, the Congress considers such factors as balances remaining unobligated from previous years' appropriations and the probability that certain authorized projects may not need funding in the fiscal year under consideration. For both the authorization act and the appropriation act, the Committees may approve, reject, or revise the proposed construction and the proposed dollar amount of any individual project. Upon final enactment of these laws, the nature of construction and the amounts approved for each project, including any limitations or restrictions which may have been placed thereon in the Committees' reports, become the basis for the military construction programs to be implemented by the military departments for that year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 14, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD1150190
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office