Defense Base Realignment and Closure Budget Data for U.S. Army Research Laboratory Scale Model Facility

We are providing this report for your information and use. Public Law 102-190, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 December 5, 1991, directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the amount of the authorization that DoD requested for each military construction (MILCON) project associated with Defense base realignment and closure (BRAC) does not exceed the original estimated cost provided to the Commission on Defense Base Closure and Realignment (the Commission). If the requested budget amounts exceed the original projeet cost estimates provided to the Commission, the Secretary of Defense is required to explain to Congress the reasons for the differences. The Inspector General, DoD, is required to review each BRAC MILCON project for which a significant difference exists from the original cost estimate and to provide the results of the review to the congressional Defense committees. This report is one in a series of reports about FY 1996 BRAC MILCON costs.