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GAO-02-903R 1 (2002-07-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamah0001 and id is 1 raw text is: £ ,Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 July 19, 2002 Congressional Committees Subject: Department of Defense's Compliance with Statutory Requirements for Funding Military Operations Where Funds Were Not Provided in Advance Section 127a of title 10, United States Code, provides the Department of Defense (DOD) with two options for funding nontraining deployments and operations when Congress has not provided funds for these operations in advance. These options involve waiving reimbursements for support services and transferring amounts from other DOD accounts. Section 127a prescribes specific procedures to be followed by DOD when these funding options are used; requires DOD to notify Congress of and report to Congress on certain new contingency operations; and states that the Comptroller General of the United States shall from time to time, and when requested by a committee of Congress, conduct a review to determine whether the Department of Defense is complying with the requirements and limitations of this section. This report responds to that provision. Our objectives were to assess (1) whether DOD complied with the notification and reporting requirements contained in 10 U.S.C. 127a and (2) DOD's use of its funding options. Results in Brief DOD has complied with the requirements contained in 10 U.S.C. 127a. Since the current notification and reporting requirements of section 127a were enacted in 1996, DOD has provided congressional notification for four operations, involving Bosnia, Kosovo, hurricane relief in Central America, and East Timor. In each instance, DOD complied with 10 U.S.C. 127a notification and reporting requirements. DOD has rarely used the funding options provided in section 127a. It used the section 127a funding option allowing waiver of reimbursement for units providing support once, for Bosnia operations in fiscal year 1996, and has never used the option allowing transfer of funds. DOD officials told us the Secretary appreciates having section 127a available to fund future contingency operations, if needed. However, for the most part, DOD has used other options to fund contingency operations such as using funds that were planned to be spent later in a fiscal year and seeking supplemental appropriations. GAO-02-903R Funding for Military Operations

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