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DOCUMENT RESUMr,
03527 - [A2453622]
Appropriated Fund Suppcrt for Nonappropriated Fund and Related
Activities in the Depaitment of Defense. FPCD-77-58; B-160813.
August 31, 1977. 44 pp. + 8 appendices (39 pp.).
Report to Sen. John L. NcClellan, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Apprcpriations; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Personnel Management and Compensation (300);
Personnel Management and Compensation: Compensation (305).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: Rational Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement 8 contracts) (051).
Organization Concerned: Department of the Navy; Departmpnt of
the Air Force; Department of the Army; Dcpartment of
Defense.
Congressional Relevance: House Ccmmitteo on Armed Services;
Senate Ccmmittee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on
Appropriations.
Authority: 10 U.S.C. 4779. 10 U.S.C. 9779. 10 U.S.C. 3012. 10
U.S.C. 5031. 10 U.S.C. 8112. DOD Directive 1330.2.
The Government spends ovev $600 million each year to
subsidize Department of Defense (DOD) activities such as
exchanges, clubs, recreation facilities, and gas stations.
Findings/Ccnclusions: Morale, welfare, and recreation programs
(excluding ccrnissaries) do over $5 billion in business each
year and receive over $600 tillion in appropriated fund support.
Commissaries, considered as appropriated fund activities by the
military, do an additional $3 billion in business and receive
about $300 illion in appropriated fund support. All programs
receive appropriated fund support in the form of personnel,
supplies, utilities, and/or transportation. In addition to
direct appropriations, there are other large subsidies, such as
exemption from taxes and free use of real estate. One of the
most costly forms of appropriated fund support is the large
number of military personnel assigned to or used in morale,
welfare, and recreation activities. Recommendations:
Appropriated funds for the extensive support facilities for
military Ferscnnel should be used in one of two ways: (1) for
public activities in nonurban areas and in urban areas whe_-e
available ccmmunity facilities are inadequate; or (2) for
community activities at all installations. Under either
alternative, tle Congress should continue appropriated fund
suppcrt for common base services and prohibit the use of funds
for military staffing unless civilian employees are not
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