(UNTITLED) [C. FUNDING OPTIONS]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-01019R000200140008-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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C. Funding Options
1. Public Law 92-313
Under PL 92-313, a "Federal Building Fund (FBF) had
been established in the Treasury into which are deposited
the standard level-user charges provided under the act, and
from which construction of public buildings is-financed,]
A Federal Agency identifying a need for construction of
a public building is required to prepare-.its requirements
of the proposed facility and submit them to GSA which.,
in its project liaison and implementation role, approves
.the project and prepares a prospectus (statement of the
proposed project). The prospectus is submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (0MB) for approval and then tc
the committee on Public Works of the Senate and the
House of Representatives for their respective approvals.
When approved by these Committees, the project is placed
as a line item in the GSA budget for the next fiscal
year. Priority of projects is determined by the
Administrator of GSA on the basis of equality of
geographic distribution and comparative urgency of need.
The GSA budget with the assigned priorities for construction
is submitted to the Appropriations Committees of the House
of Representatives and the Senate for approval and then
approval of appropriation by final enactment as Public
Law by the Congress.
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In view of the limited funds available in the FBF,
GSA assigned project priority preogatives, minimal Con-
gressional project appropriations in descending-priority
order, the. disadvantages of competing for priority con-
struction position with lesser dollar value projects of other.
agencies, and the extensive uncontrollable timeframe required
for the multifaceted standard approval and appropriations
process realistic timeframe implementation of a new
building program could become more increasingly
difficult to predict and result in almost 'certain
abnormally lengthier timeframes than possibly available
throug.1i other- approaches available to the Agency.
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2. Direct Congressional Approval
To obtain construction funding via direct Congressional
approval vice Public Law 92-313 is basically a lessening
of the role of GSA involvement with the Agency,a.cting more.
on its own behalf before Congress in obtaining a separate
public law for the necessary funds.
A similar prospectus package with supporting documents, as
required by Public Law 92-313, is prepared by the Agency
and submitted as proposed legislation to 0MB for coordina-
tion and clearance. With appropriate 0MB approval the
proposed legislation is submitted to the CIA subcommittee
in the House and Senate for hearings and presentation of
the Agency position and testimony. If approved the bill
would go before Congress for enactment into public law,
normally attached to some other bill, e.g., for the Head-
quarters Building it was the Military Construction Act of
1955.
The timeframe fequired for this method should be considerably
less than via GSA and the Public Law 92-313 route. The
primary timesaver is the fact that the Agency would perform
much of the work which GSA would normally be responsible for
thus reducing the amount of GSA interface and, bureaucratic
endeavor prior to, during, and after action by Congress on
the appropriation.
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