06/07/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"Secretary Westphal, the Army proposes to save $1.5 billion on MILCON costs by sustaining existing facilities, but does not propose a corresponding increase to the facility sustainment account."
"does the long-term underfunding facility maintenance and repairs have a detrimental impact on readiness?"
"since maintenance of DOD facilities requires a minimally adequate level of annual funding, why does DOD consider cuts to those accounts as an efficiency savings?"
"Given the recent tragic events in Japan, is DOD currently reassessing the terms of the agreement?"