Military Construction: Authorities and Processes (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Sept. 5, 2024 |
| Report Number |
R44710 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Daniel H. Else, Specialist in National Defense |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
Congress appropriates several billion dollars annually to support the Department of Defense's (DOD's) worldwide military installations portfolio. Authorization for specific military construction (MILCON) projects provided through the annual National Defense Authorization Actenables the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Army, Air Force, and Navy to plan, program, design, and build the runways, piers, warehouses, barracks, schools, hospitals, child development centers, and other facilities needed to support U.S. military forces at home and abroad. The end-to-end MILCON process by which DOD and Congress act together to build military facilities, beginning with the requirement for a facility, and ending with a completed structure, is lengthy and complex. Summarized, the MILCON process encompasses several steps, to include:
determination of a facility need by the local installation commander and public works organization;
vetting and prioritization of construction projects within the military chain of command and the associated Military Department (MILDEP) or other DOD component;
consolidation and budgeting within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to create the infrastructure construction portion of the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP);
inclusion of the final budget year list of projects in the annual President's Budget Request to Congress;
review and adjustment of the budget year list by the congressional defense committees;
consideration and passage of the necessary authorization and appropriation acts and their enactment by the President of the United States; and
design and execution of the approved construction projects by the MILDEP's designated Construction Agent or Design Manager/Construction ManagerâNaval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) for the Navy and Marine Corps, Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for the Army, and either NAVFAC, USACE, or the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) for the Air Forceâand their support contractors.
