United States General Accounting Office

GAO Report to Congressional Requesters

February 1995 DOD BUDGET

Selected Categories of

Planned Funding for

Fiscal Years 1995-99

GAO/NSIAD-95-92

GAO United States

General Accounting Office

Washington, D.C. 20548

National Security and

International Affairs Division

B-260307 

February 17, 1995

The Honorable John Kasich

Chairman, Committee on the Budget

House of Representatives

The Honorable Charles E. Grassley

United States Senate

At your request, we identified programs in the Department of Defense’s

(DOD) future funding plans for fiscal years 1995-99 for the 13 broad

categories you selected. The categories are

• environmental (includes environmental cleanup, compliance, and

restoration);

• defense conversion (includes funding to advance manufacturing and other

technologies, to encourage the development of dual-use technologies, and

for other programs;

• DOD dependents schools and Junior ROTC;

• basic research (includes programs to advance basic and applied research

in universities and DOD laboratories);

• counter-drug programs;

• humanitarian and foreign assistance programs;

• civilian separation pay and military temporary early retirement authority;

• grants to universities and colleges;

• operation of the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base;

• medical education and noncombat-related medical research;

• support for foreign military sales;

• antiterrorism activities; and

• pay and allowances to incarcerated military personnel.

Results in Brief DOD planned funding of about $13 billion to $15 billion annually for

programs in these 13 categories when the President submitted his fiscal

year 1995 budget in February 1994. Program estimates may have changed

as a result of congressional action and subsequent adjustments to the

Future Years Defense Program.1

 We list the programs included in these

categories in appendix I and describe the programs in appendix II.

1

DOD was unable to provide us the fiscal years 1996-2001 Future Years Defense Program in time to

include more current estimates in this report.

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Over half of the planned funds for these programs are in the operations

and maintenance account, which traditionally has funded combat training

and other readiness-related items. The largest part of the remaining funds

are in the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) account.

Planned Funding for

the Categories

The planned funding estimates for 12 of the 13 categories for fiscal years

1995-99 are shown in table 1. DOD was unable to provide planned funding

estimates for pay and allowances to incarcerated military personnel, so we

discuss this category separately. We also present data reported by the

Congressional Research Service on programs that were earmarked by

Congress.

Table 1: DOD’s Planned Funding for 12 Categories (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Category 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Environmental $5,666 $5,331 $4,854 $4,527 $4,582 $24,960

Defense conversion 3,312 3,410 3,270 3,328 3,310 16,630

DOD dependents schools and Junior ROTC 1,253 1,308 1,246 1,313 1,386 6,506

Basic research 991 1,036 1,076 1,114 1,148 5,365

Counter-drug programs 966 954 966 978 1,003 4,866

Humanitarian and foreign assistance programs 849 699 700 702 705 3,656

Civilian separation pay and military temporary

early retirement authority 1,188 780 474 393 370 3,205

Grants to universities and colleges 311 321 330 332 343 1,637

89th Military Airlift Wing 287 292 296 303 310 1,488

Medical education and noncombat-related

medical research 305 281 254 232 235 1,305

Support for foreign military sales 71 73 75 76 78 373

Antiterrorism 15 20 15 13 12 74

Total $15,214 $14,505 $13,555 $13,311 $13,483 $70,068

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.

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As table 2 shows, the planned funding would come primarily from two

appropriation accounts—(1) operations and maintenance and (2) RDT&E.

Table 2: Appropriation Accounts Covering DOD’s Planned Funding for Selected Program Categories (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Appropriation account 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Operations and Maintenance $8,537 $8,112 $7,402 $7,304 $7,171 $38,526

RDT&E 4,287 4,386 4,381 4,466 4,484 22,004

Othera 2,390 2,007 1,772 1,541 1,828 9,538

Total $15,214 $14,505 $13,555 $13,311 $13,483 $70,068

aMilitary pay, construction, and procurement.

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.

Pay and Allowances to

Incarcerated Military

Personnel

DOD could not provide future funding estimates for its pay and allowances

to incarcerated military personnel. However, the Defense Finance and

Accounting Service estimates that DOD currently pays about $1 million

monthly to over 750 prisoners.

Most military personnel in confinement continue to receive pay and

allowances while awaiting trial or other disposition. Some incarcerated

military personnel continue to receive pay and allowances after a sentence

has been rendered. Any forfeiture of pay is determined by court members

or military judges within prescribed guidelines. Under Section 857 of Title

10 of the United States Code, forfeiture may not be applied to any pay or

allowances accrued before a convening authority approves the sentence.

Funding for Programs

Earmarked by Congress in

the Fiscal Year 1995

Budget

In October 1994, the Congressional Research Service reported on

programs in the fiscal year 1995 defense legislation that were not

requested by DOD but were earmarked by Congress.2

 While they may not be

programmed in DOD’s future funding plans, some of these programs would

qualify for inclusion in the environmental and medical research categories.

For example,

• Congress earmarked $103 million for environmental cleanup,

conservation, or compliance at a number of military activities.

2

“Items in FY 1995 defense legislation that may not be directly related to traditional military

capabilities” (Oct. 31, 1994).

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• Congress earmarked $307 million for medical research. This included

$150 million for breast cancer research, $50 million for cooperative DOD

and Veterans Administration medical research, $40 million for women’s

health research, and $34 million for bone marrow research.

Scope and

Methodology

Funding projections through fiscal year 1999 were drawn primarily from

the 1995 Future Years Defense Program published in February 1994.3

Program descriptions were taken primarily from the DOD Future Years

Defense Program Structure Handbook. We verified our data with the

Office of the Comptroller, DOD. In addition to our work at DOD, we

interviewed officials and reviewed pertinent reports from the

Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service.

Data on payments to incarcerated military personnel were obtained from

the military services and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in

Crystal City, Virginia. We did not obtain written agency comments.

However, we discussed a draft of this report with responsible agency

officials and have included their comments as appropriate.

We conducted our review in January and February 1995 in accordance

with generally accepted government auditing standards.

We are providing copies of this report to appropriate House and Senate

Committees; the Secretaries of Defense, the Air Force, the Army, and the

Navy; and the Director, Office of Management and Budget. We will also

provide copies to other interested parties upon request.

3

Program estimates in DOD’s Future Years Defense Program are expressed in total obligational

authority. Total obligational authority is the sum of (a) new budget authority provided for a given fiscal

year; (b) any balances brought forward from prior years that may remain available for obligation; and

(c) any other amounts authorized to be credited to a specific fund or account during that year,

including transfers between funds or accounts.

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If you or your staff have any questions concerning this report, please call

me on (202) 512-3504. The information for this report was developed by

Robert L. Pelletier, Assistant Director; William W. Crocker III,

Evaluator-in-Charge; Shawn M. Bates, Evaluator; and Donald Campbell,

Evaluator.

Richard Davis

Director, National Security

 Analysis

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Appendix I 

Detailed Estimates for Selected Categories

of Defense Funding (Fiscal Years 1995-99)

Tables I.1 through I.10 provide more detailed program estimates for 10

categories. The support for foreign military sales and the cost of operating

the 89th Military Airlift Wing categories are single program categories and

are therefore not broken down in more detail in this appendix. Table totals

may not add due to rounding.

Table I.1: DOD’s Planned Funding for Environmental Programs (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Environmental programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Compliance $2,978 $2,931 $2,820 $2,575 $2,676 $13,980

Restoration 2,180 2,148 1,904 1,952 1,906 10,090

BRAC cleanup costsa 508 252 130 0 0 890

Total $5,666 $5,331 $4,854 $4,527 $4,582 $24,960

aBRAC—Base Realignment and Closure.

Table I.2: DOD’s Planned Funding for Defense Conversion Programs (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Defense conversion programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Defense reinvestment $732 $696 $699 $724 $739 $3,590

Experimental evaluation of major innovative

technologies 609 647 641 620 585 3,102

Computing systems and communications

technology 420 414 464 501 526 2,325

Manufacturing technology 443 500 427 457 382 2,209

End-item industrial preparedness activities 351 431 334 340 372 1,828

Materials and electronics technology 225 236 253 271 294 1,279

Civilian training, education, and development 193 183 179 175 175 905

Semiconductor manufacturing technology 90 90 90 90 90 450

Industrial preparedness 95 103 80 77 71 426

Office of Economic Adjustment 39 41 42 43 44 209

Productivity investments 33 35 32 16 17 133

Advanced simulation 21 21 15 0 0 57

Civil and environmental engineering technology 10 10 12 12 11 55

Navy reinvestment program 50 0 0 0 0 50

Small business innovative research/small business

technology transfer 1 2 2 2 2 9

Total $3,312 $3,410 $3,270 $3,328 $3,310 $16,630

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Appendix I 

Detailed Estimates for Selected Categories

of Defense Funding (Fiscal Years 1995-99)

Table I.3: DOD’s Planned Funding for DOD Dependents Schools and Junior ROTC (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

School programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

DOD overseas dependents schools $846 $854 $799 $841 $886 $4,226

DOD dependents Section VI schools 262 293 283 306 330 1,474

Junior ROTC 144 162 163 166 169 804

Total $1,253 $1,308 $1,246 $1,313 $1,386 $6,506

Table I.4: DOD’s Planned Funding for Basic Research Programs (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Basic research programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Defense research sciences $931 $949 $972 $994 $1,016 $4,862

In-house laboratory independent research 35 38 43 49 55 220

Focused research initiatives 20 21 21 22 23 107

Electric vehicles 0 14 24 33 36 107

Electromechanics and hypervelocity physics 5 8 10 11 12 46

Technical assistance 0 5 5 5 5 20

Total $991 $1,036 $1,076 $1,114 $1,148 $5,365

Table I.5: DOD’s Planned Funding for Counter-Drug Programs (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Counter-drug programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Counter-drug support $715 $722 $735 $749 $773 $3,694

Counter-drug operational tempo 223 205 205 203 204 1,040

Counter-drug Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar 13 9 7 6 7 42

Military drug dogs counter-narcotics support 6 6 6 6 6 30

U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Air Force Reserve

support to Commander-in-Chief counter-narcotics

activities 5 5 6 6 6 28

Special Operations Forces counter-drug activities 2 5 6 6 6 25

Counter-drug demand reduction activities 1 1 1 1 1 5

Total $966 $954 $966 $978 $1,003 $4,866

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Appendix I 

Detailed Estimates for Selected Categories

of Defense Funding (Fiscal Years 1995-99)

Table I.6: DOD’s Planned Funding for Humanitarian and Foreign Assistance Programs (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Humanitarian and foreign assistance programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Former Soviet Union threat reduction $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $2,000

Contribution to international peacekeepinga 300 150 150 150 150 900

Miscellaneous support to other nations 77 77 78 80 82 393

Humanitarian assistance 72 72 73 73 74 364

Total $849 $699 $700 $702 $705 $3,656

aCongress did not approve funds for this program for fiscal year 1995.

Table I.7: DOD’s Planned Funding for Civilian Separation Pay and Military Temporary Early Retirement Authority Programs

(Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Civilian separation pay and military temporary

early retirement authority programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Civilian separation pay and health benefits $582 $489 $368 $370 $370 $2,179

Military temporary early retirement authority 606 291 106 23 0 1,026

Total $1,188 $780 $474 $393 $370 $3,205

Table I.8: DOD’s Planned Funding for Grants to Universities and Colleges (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Grants to universities and colleges 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

University research initiatives $232 $244 $253 $254 $263 $1,246

Other college commissioning programs 63 61 61 63 65 313

Historically Black colleges and universities

science and engineering education 15 15 15 16 16 77

Total $311 $321 $330 $332 $343 $1,637

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Appendix I 

Detailed Estimates for Selected Categories

of Defense Funding (Fiscal Years 1995-99)

Table I.9: DOD’s Planned Funding for Medical Education and Noncombat-Related Medical Research Programs

(Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Medical education and noncombat-related

medical research programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship

Program $128 $144 $163 $183 $203 $821

Uniformed Services University of the Health

Sciences 148 107 63 22 5 345

Medical free electron laser 26 27 25 22 23 123

AIDS research 3 3 3 3 3 15

Total $305 $281 $254 $232 $235 $1,305

Table I.10: DOD’s Planned Funding for Antiterrorism Programs (Fiscal Years 1995-99) 

In millions of current dollars

Antiterrorism programs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total

Antiterrorism $8 $8 $9 $9 $8 $42

Counter-terror technical support 6 12 6 4 4 32

Total $15 $20 $15 $13 $12 $74

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Appendix II 

Program Descriptions

The following are descriptions of the programs in the 12 categories for

which we were able to obtain future funding estimates. Next to the

program titles are the corresponding program element numbers that

appear in the Future Years Defense Program.

Environmental

Environmental Compliance

(0101856, 0202056,

0702856, and Numerous

Other Program Elements)

This program includes activities relating to environmental compliance,

conservation, pollution prevention, and the development of environmental

technology. Costs required to comply with applicable environmental laws,

regulations, criteria, and standards include: workforce, training, travel,

supplies, permits, fees, support equipment, and service and construction

contracts.

Environmental Restoration

(0708008)

This program covers active and formerly used DOD lands. It includes

identification, investigation, and cleanup of contamination from hazardous

substances and waste; correction of other environmental damage at

formerly owned or used sites, such as unexploded ordnance detection and

disposal; demolition and removal of unsafe buildings and structures;

debris removal; and reductions in DOD’s hazardous waste generation. The

program includes workforce, equipment, facilities, and the associated

costs specifically identified and measurable to the Defense Environmental

Restoration Program.

BRAC Cleanup Costs

(Included in Overall BRAC

Funding 0208004)

This program comprises environmental cleanup activities at DOD bases

selected to be closed under the base realignment and closure plan. Under

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, the U.S. government cannot transfer land outside federal ownership

until it warrants that all remedial action necessary to protect human health

and the environment has been taken.

Defense Conversion

Defense Reinvestment

(0603570)

This program includes RDT&E funds to support advanced, pre-competitive

undertakings that enhance U.S. technologies identified in the DOD Critical

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Program Descriptions

Technologies Plan. The program’s goal is to enhance the industrial

manufacturing capabilities of U.S. industry and promote the development

of critical dual-use technologies and advanced manufacturing processes.

Experimental Evaluation

of Major Innovative

Technologies (0603226)

This program includes RDT&E funds to demonstrate technology aimed at

providing radically new options for major increases in the effectiveness of

strategic, tactical, command and control, and communications mission

areas. The program focuses only on projects requiring significant funding

commitments to reduce the risks and prove the practicality of evolving

technologies so that transfer to the services will be orderly. The program

focuses on carrying the research and development to a logical point that

falls short of development necessary for specific technology application,

so that the risk factors are fully considered.

Computing Systems and

Communications

Technology (0602301)

Under this program, RDT&E funds are provided to industry and university

contractors for computing and communications technology. DOD and other

government agencies’ in-house labs are also used extensively.

Manufacturing Technology

(0603739 and 0603705)

This program includes RDT&E funds to (1) consolidate four major

manufacturing technology programs within the Advanced Research

Projects Agency and (2) establish new information or refine existing

information that defines industrial processes, techniques, or equipment

used specifically to produce material or components of material used by

DOD. These four programs within the Advanced Research Projects Agency

are the SEMATECH program, which is developing advanced

manufacturing capabilities and methods for semiconductors used in

weapon systems; the Microwave/millimeter Monolithic Integrated Circuits

program, which is to accelerate development of affordable microwave and

millimeter wave analog integrated circuits; the Infrared Focal Plane Array

program, which is to develop and establish a manufacturing base for

advanced infrared sensor arrays; and a program for the development of

improved manufacturing of tools, processes, computer-aided engineering,

modeling, computer-integrated manufacturing, and concurrent engineering

to improve the productivity of the U.S. industrial manufacturing base.

End-Item Industrial

Preparedness Activities

(0708045)

Included in this program are workforce, equipment, facilities, and

associated costs specifically identifiable to the management of end-item

industrial preparedness activities.

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Program Descriptions

Materials and Electronics

Technology (0602712)

This program includes funds for research on the ceramic turbine,

integrated circuits, and reliability and materials manufacturing methods,

that is, programs using new materials, materials demonstrations, materials

processing, and manufacturing methods.

Civilian Training,

Education, and

Development (0808751)

This program comprises all costs and workforce authorizations for

centrally managed programs for the training, education, and development

of DOD civilian executives, management officials, supervisors, and

employees (as identified under the Government Employees Training Act

and Titles IV and V of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978). Also included

are the training and development of all interns in civilian career

management programs, prescribed pursuant to DOD directives.

Semiconductor

Manufacturing Technology

(0603745)

This program includes resources to develop (1) advanced manufacturing

methods for semiconductors used in weapon systems and (2) projects to

develop computer manufacturing software, tools, and methodologies to

meet defense needs.

Industrial Preparedness

(0708011)

This program includes resources required for all plans and measures

necessary to establish and maintain an industrial base, both

government-owned and privately owned, that is required to support

current wartime or other contingency military requirements. The program

provides for industrial preparedness measures, such as modernization and

preservation of the production facilities, and contributory activities and

services for planning with industry. The program includes workforce,

equipment, facilities, and associated costs.

Office of Economic

Adjustment (0901525)

This program includes workforce, equipment, facilities, and associated

costs specifically identified with the Office of Economic Adjustment.

Productivity Investments

(0901215)

This program includes resources to finance productivity-enhancing capital

investments, including DOD component-sponsored investments.

Advanced Simulation

(0603744)

Under this program, simulation technology is developed to enhance the

training of National Guard brigades.

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Program Descriptions

Civil and Environmental

Engineering Technology

(0603723)

In this program, RDT&E funds are used to advance civil engineering,

environmental quality, and facilities energy technology essential to meet

current and future Air Force requirements and enhance the survivability of

tactical and strategic forces.

Navy Reinvestment

Program (0603572,

0601572, and 0602572)

This program promotes the creation of new cost-effective technologies to

meet future Navy requirements; helps translate new military technology

into practical economic use; and encourages Navy applications of lower

cost commercial technology.

Small Business Innovative

Research/Small Business

Technology Transfer

(0602790)

This program includes funds to promote technology transfer for innovative

research in small businesses. DOD is required by law to set aside a

percentage of its external research and development funds for small

businesses.

DOD Dependents

Schools and Junior

ROTC

DOD Overseas Dependents

Schools (0808715)

This program includes funds for facilities, operations, and personnel costs

related to the supervision and conduct of DOD’s dependent education

programs overseas.

DOD Dependents

Section VI Schools

(0808717)

When appropriate free public education is unavailable in the nearby

community, some dependents of federal employees residing on federal

property are eligible for alternative free education (Section VI schools).

This program includes funds for facilities, operations, and personnel costs

related to the planning, supervision, and conduct of this education

program.

Junior ROTC (0809721) In this program, students at selected civilian secondary schools are trained

in military subjects. This program includes workforce associated costs.

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Program Descriptions

Basic Research

Defense Research Sciences

(0601101, 0601102, and

0601153)

This program includes RDT&E funds for universities and organizations to

support basic and applied research in the physical, engineering,

environmental, biological-medical, and behavioral-social sciences related

to long-term national security needs.

In-House Laboratory

Independent Research

(0601101, 0601152, and

0603250)

This program includes RDT&E funds necessary for individual scientists and

engineers to maintain and increase their professional competence by

doing original work in areas suited to their research talents. The program

is one vehicle DOD utilizes to strengthen scientific and engineering

competence, improve morale, aid scientific and technical personnel

recruitment and retention within research and development laboratories,

and facilitate communication and interaction in the scientific community.

Focused Research

Initiatives (0601110)

This program funds DOD-wide research projects that directly support the

major emphasis areas in DOD’s science and technology strategy. Each

project’s work will be performed by teams of research groups in industry,

universities, and federal laboratories.

Electric Vehicles (0603747) This program provides for the development of component hybrid electric

drive technologies into a range of vehicles, including lightweight pickup

trucks, medium-size buses, four-wheeled tactical vehicles, and a variety of

combat vehicles.

Electromechanics and

Hypervelocity Physics

(0601104)

This program includes funds for the Federally Funded Research and

Development Center in electromechanics and hypervelocity physics that

supports the Army’s tactical programs. This supports research for

electromechanical systems used in electric guns and their subsystems and

components.

Technical Assistance

(0601113)

This program includes resources to increase the number of small

disadvantaged businesses, historically Black colleges and universities, and

other minority institutions competing for DOD-funded programs.

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Program Descriptions

Counter-Drug

Programs

Counter-Drug Support

(0207575 and 0208889)

This program funds command, control, communication, and

non-intelligence assets dedicated to the detection of illegal drugs;

equipment required for drug interdiction and eradication; and

procurement, construction, and RDT&E for operational systems in support

of counter-drug activities.

Counter-Drug Operational

Tempo (0201189)

This program includes personnel and operational costs for the services in

support of DOD’s counter-narcotics activities.

Counter-Drug Relocatable

Over-the-Horizon Radar

(0204577)

Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar systems support the Atlantic and

Southern Commands’ tactical surveillance requirements. This program

includes the funds necessary to acquire, staff, operate, and maintain these

systems.

Military Drug Dogs

Counter-Narcotics Support

(0901223)

This program includes activities funded by the DOD drug interdiction and

counter-drug activities account that pertain to DOD’s military working dog

counter-drug support.

U.S. Army Reserve and Air

Force Reserve Support to

Commanders-in-Chief

Counter-Narcotics

Activities (0502989)

This program includes workforce and related costs that support the

Commanders-in-Chief counter-narcotics activities.

Special Operations Forces

Counter-Drug Activities

(1120438)

This program includes civilian workforce and applicable costs for Army

and Air Force Special Operations Forces counter-drug activities.

Counter-Drug Demand

Reduction Activities

(0808789)

This program includes civilian workforce and applicable costs for DOD’s

drug demand reduction activities.

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Program Descriptions

Humanitarian and

Foreign Assistance

Programs

Former Soviet Union

Threat Reduction

(0901515)

This program includes resources to assist former Soviet Union countries in

destroying nuclear, chemical, and other weapons; transporting, storing,

and safeguarding weapons in connection with their destruction; and

establishing verifiable safeguards against proliferation.

Contribution to

International Peacekeeping

(0901515)

This program includes funds for international peacekeeping and U.S.

peace enforcement activities. The $300 million programmed by DOD for

fiscal year 1995 was not approved by Congress.

Miscellaneous Support to

Other Nations (1001010)

This program includes funds for nonsecurity assistance activities. Included

are DOD military and civilian workforce, equipment, facilities, and

associated costs.

Humanitarian Assistance

(1001016)

This program includes funds for humanitarian purposes. The funds are for

non-lethal DOD excess property and supplies provided to foreign

governments and recipients.

Civilian Separation

Pay and Military

Temporary Early

Retirement Authority

Programs

Civilian Separation Pay

and Health Benefits

(Funded Under Several

Program Elements)

This program includes operations and maintenance funding to cover the

costs associated with the reduction-in-force of DOD civilian employees.

These costs include separation pay and bonuses, payment for unused

annual leave, the costs of health coverage for these employees for 18

months following their separation, and other costs.

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Program Descriptions

Military Temporary Early

Retirement Authority

(Funded Under Several

Program Elements)

This program includes temporary authority to cover the costs associated

with payments to military personnel with 15 years or more of service who

may retire at a reduced annuity commensurate with their years of service.

89th Military Airlift

Wing (Funded Under

Several Program

Elements)

The Air Force’s 89th Military Airlift Wing provides worldwide airlift for the

President, the Vice President, and other high-ranking dignitaries of the

United States and foreign governments. When not used for higher priority

purposes, 20 of the 22 aircraft in the 89th Wing’s inventory are available for

many executive and legislative branch officials and their parties. The

wing’s other two aircraft are for the President’s exclusive use. This

program includes funding for workforce and operations and maintenance

costs.

Grants to Universities

and Colleges

University Research

Initiatives (0601103)

This program provides funds to universities and colleges to conduct

instrumentation research, fund graduate fellowships, and conduct faculty

development and potentially high-payoff research projects in emerging

technologies such as materials and structures, biotechnology, computer

sciences, and microelectronics.

Other College

Commissioning Programs

(0804724)

This program includes workforce, equipment, facilities, and other costs

associated with training; tuition; and pay and allowances for participants

in college commissioning programs.

Historically Black Colleges

and Universities Science

and Engineering Education

(0602228)

This program provides funds for science and engineering education at

colleges and universities that have historically been Black (or other

minority) institutions.

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Program Descriptions

Medical Education

and

Noncombat-Related

Medical Research

Armed Forces Health

Professions Scholarship

Program (0806722)

This program includes costs specifically identified to the Armed Forces

Health Professions Scholarship Program.

Uniformed Services

University of the Health

Sciences (0806721)

This program includes workforce, equipment, facilities, and associated

costs (including instructional support) for the establishment, operation,

and maintenance of the Uniformed Services University of the Health

Sciences.

Medical Free Electron

Laser (0602227)

This program includes costs associated with the exploitation of unique

features of free electron lasers in medical and materials science research.

AIDS Research (0603105) This congressionally directed program funds research to protect military

populations against Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Support for Foreign

Military Sales

(Funded Under

Several Program

Elements)

The foreign military sales program is the government-to-government

channel for selling U.S. defense equipment, services, and training to allied

and friendly foreign governments. The Defense Security Assistance

Agency is the DOD component responsible for foreign military sales. The

funding represents the unreimbursed costs of military personnel assigned

to foreign military sales activities.

In addition, DOD participates in international military air shows and trade

exhibitions. In fiscal year 1994, the unreimbursed costs of DOD’s

participation at these activities was about $1 million.

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Program Descriptions

Antiterrorism

Activities

Antiterrorism (0208047) This program includes workforce, antiterrorism equipment, construction,

procurement, and training costs associated with the Air Force’s

antiterrorism program.

Counter-Terror Technical

Support (0602222)

This program funds the development of technology and initial prototype

equipment with direct operational application in counter-terrorism

activities.

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