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  ARMY PROCUREMENT
  2-94. Purpose. While OMA funds day-to-day operations, Procurement is typically used for centrally
  managed items or systems that are considered investment items requiring the use of Procurement funds
  regardless of cost (or the cost of individual components), large pieces of equipment, or systems that exceed
  the expense\investment threshold or is the purpose of some other major procurement account, such as
  aircraft or shipbuilding. Generally speaking, Procurement funding is used to provide Mission Table of
  Organization and Equipment (MTOE) equipment for operational capabilities in Army units. Procurement
  funds major end-item investments and/or table of authorization equipment to provide core capabilities to
  Army units.
  2-95. General Guidance. Due to the nature of this appropriation, Procurement funding generally requires
  more planning lead-time than OMA. Units in theater do not normally receive any Procurement funding and
  must coordinate with their ASCC G-8 for any requirements entailing Procurement funding. The ASCC will
  seek Procurement funding from the Army Budget Office (ABO) for all validated and approved
  Procurement requirements. Army Commands (ACOMs)/ASCCs usually prescribe procedures to their
  subordinate units/activities detailing the acquisition and execution of Procurement funding for mission
  requirements. Procurement funding is available for three years.
  Examples: Tactical vehicles, communications equipment, computer networks & systems and any
  piece of equipment or system with a cost in excess of $250,000.
  RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION (RDT&E)
  2-96. Purpose. Provides for the development, engineering, design, purchase, fabrication or modification of
  end items, weapons, equipment or materials.
  2-97. General Guidance. Not an appropriation normally used in theater by Army deployed units unless
  involved in the research, development, acquisition and testing process. RDT&E funding is available for two
  years.
  MILITARY CONSTRUCTION (MILCON)
  2-98. Purpose. Provides for the acquisition of land and construction of buildings for which authorizing
  legislation is required.
  2-99. General Guidance. Congressional oversight of MILCON is extensive. Specific approval is required
  for any project above an established dollar threshold. Funds for these large construction projects require
  specific congressional approval and are provided in the annual Specified Military Construction Program.
  MILCON appropriations also fund part of the Unspecified Minor Military Construction Program. The
  Secretary concerned, under the authority of 10 USC 2805a, may use minor MILCON funds for minor
  projects not specifically approved by Congress. Statutory authority contained in 10 USC 2803 and 2804
  addresses this issue. This authority is limited to projects within prescribed dollar threshold limits. OMA
  funds may be used for unspecified minor construction under $750,000. Maintenance and repair are not
  considered construction, and expenditure of OMA for these purposes is not subject to the construction
  expenditure limitation. Maintenance and Repair, up to $3 million, is authorized for OMA. Maintenance is
  recurrent work to prevent deterioration and to maintain the facility in usable condition. Repair is the
  restoration of a facility in order that it may be used for its original purpose. When construction and
  maintenance or repair are performed together as an integrated project, each type of work is funded
  separately, unless the work is so integrated that separation of construction from maintenance or repair is not
  possible. In such cases, all work is funded as construction. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to
  undertake emergency construction projects not otherwise authorized by law that are necessary to support
  the Armed Forces. Such projects are funded with any unobligated MILCON and family housing
  appropriations. MILCON is available for five years. Active Army projects are funded with the Military
  Construction, Army appropriation.