	Introduction

The military missions of Department of Defense (DOD) units and organizations drive the need for facilities and the supporting infrastructure on any given military installation. When adding the time required for congressional authorization and appropriations, implementation of the federal contracting process, and the physical construction of the project, the end-to-end military construction process―beginning with the realization of the need for a facility to the opening of its doors for occupancy―may span seven years or more. Planning and Design . Military construction necessary to support the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Once approved by the Assistant Secretary, the Army's proposed construction projects are ready to be sent to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for consolidation with those of the other services and defense agencies into a prioritized DOD master list. Execution: From Paper to Bricks and Mortar

With congressional authorization and an appropriation, the responsibility for managing military construction projects typically falls to either Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) for Navy and Marine Corps projects, or the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) for Army and Air Force projects. Appendix A. The final, consolidated list of projects for which appropriations and authorizations are enacted can be found in the conference reports submitted by the relevant conference committees. The FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act ( P.L. 103-337 , Section 2856) as a sense of the Senate:
Appropriations for any military construction project not included in the DOD annual budget request should be considered for authorization only if the project is–
1.essential to the DOD's national security mission,
2. not inconsistent with past actions with the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC),
3. in the services' Future Years Defense Program,
4. executable in the year they are authorized and appropriated, and
5. offset by reductions in other defense accounts, through advice from the Secretary of Defense. What is the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)? During the programming and budgeting phase, the highest-priority construction projects that will fit within the budgetary guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be included in the President's request. The center was created through the military construction process.
Congress appropriates several billion dollars annually to support and sustain a broad footprint of military bases, reflecting both a federal investment in local communities and a local investment in national defense. Specific military construction project authorizations―provided through the annual National Defense Authorization Act―enable the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Army, Air Force, and Navy to plan, program, design, and build the runways, piers, warehouses, barracks, schools, hospitals, child development centers, and other facilities needed to support U.S. military forces at home and overseas. This report describes and explains the end-to-end military construction process by which DOD and Congress act together to build that footprint, beginning with the requirement for a facility and ending with the opening of its doors for occupancy. The process encompasses several steps:
determination of need by the local installation commander and engineering office, vetting and prioritization of construction projects within the military chain of command and the military department, consolidation and budgeting within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to create the infrastructure construction portion of the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), inclusion of the final budget year list of projects in the annual President's Budget Request to Congress, review and adjustment of the list by the congressional defense committees, consideration and passage of the necessary authorization and appropriation bills and their enactment by the President, and execution of the approved construction program by the military services' executive agents—Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and Army Corps of Engineers (ACE).