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FY2020 Defense Reprogrammings for Wall


Funding: Backgrounder




March 24, 2020

On February 13, 2020, the Department of Defense (DOD) transferred $3.8 billion from defense
procurement programs to the Army Operation and Maintenance account for use by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) for the construction of 31 additional barrier projects along the southern border of
the United States.


  Table I. Summary of FY2020 DOD Reprogramming Action to Support the BorderWall
                                        ($ in thousands)

 Base or OCO / Appropriation                   Amount                    Percentage

 Base                                          $2,202,000                57.48%

    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force              $532,000                   24.16%

    Aircraft Procurement, Navy                   $558,000                   25.34%

    Other Procurement, Army                      $201,000                    9.13%

    Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy            $911,000                   41.37%

 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)         $1,629,000                42.52%

    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force              $329,000                   20.20%

    National Guard and Reserve Equipment        $1,300,000                  79.80%
 Total                                         $3,831,000                 100.00%

    Source: Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Budget Execution, 20-OlRASupportfor DHS Counter Drug-Activity,
    February 13, 2020. Available at https:/icornp.rorder.eirse.goviBudget-ExecutioniReprogramm.ingFY2020.
    Notes: Percentages shown as proportion of parent row total.

The transfers repeated, in part, a process the Department undertook twice in 2019 in conjunction with
additional emergency construction transfers detailed below.





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