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GAO-23-105914 1 (2022-10-04)

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SFUNDS:
Specific Fiscal Year 2022 Provisions for

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GAO-23-1 05914  October 2022
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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $1.29 billion to the Department of Defense (DOD) for 87 projects
at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a
particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions
are called Congressionally Directed Spending in the U.S. Senate and Community Project Funding in the House of
Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have
their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify
that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support
for requests.
This report examines how DOD intends to identify the provisions, distribute the funds made available through these
provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and
others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds.

What are the intended
uses of these funds?

The $1.29 billion is intended to support the construction of military facilities and
research on topics including weapons-related technology, cybersecurity, facility
resilience, and personnel health and fitness. Of the 87 provisions directed to DOD, 72
(83 percent) provide funding for military construction projects. The remaining 15
provisions (17 percent) provide funding for research projects.

Department of Defense: Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
Spending Provisions

Source: GAO analysis of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and accompanying joint explanatory statement; and information provided by the Department of Defense. I GAO-23-105914
Based on total amount appropriated for each budget account for fiscal year 2022.
Note: The Navy budget accounts include funding for Marine Corps projects because it is part of the Department of the Navy.

GAO-23-105914 Tracking the Funds: Department of Defense

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