1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-823 FUpdated March 29, 1999Military Contingency Funding for Bosnia, Southwest Asia, and Other Operations: Questions and Answers(name redacted)Specialist in International Security AffairsForeig
2、n Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryFor several years, Members of Congress have been concerned by the strains thatmilitary contingency operations have placed on the U.S. armed services and the Departmentof Defense budget. Because the costs of such missions rarely are funded in advance,probl
3、ems arise when funds must be shifted from training, maintenance, or weaponsmodernization to cover their costs. The Administration has proposed mechanisms thatwould ease the strain, but Congress has rejected them as an unacceptable curtailment ofCongress influence over such operations. Congress unpre
4、cedented funding in the annualbudget of one or both of the current large scale on-going operations - the NATOoperation in Bosnia and the coalition operation in Southwest Asia - since FY1996 hasnot resolved the problem because changes in the plans for those operations have requiredthe Administration
