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Military Base Closures: Potential to Offset Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Request

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 23, 1999
Report No. NSIAD-99-149
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Summary:

To fund the four rounds of military base closures and realignments carried out between 1988 and 1995, Congress established two accounts: the first to fund actions resulting from the first round in 1988 and the second, known as the 1990 account, to fund actions resulting from the next three rounds. The Defense Department's (DOD) authority to use funds from the first account has expired, but funds in the second account are available indefinitely. GAO is required to annually review DOD's base closure accounts and its budget request for base closure efforts. This report discusses opportunities to offset the fiscal year budget request and raises questions about some base closure and realignment funding practices that could make it difficult for Congress to understand DOD's actual funding requirements and priorities.

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