Drug Control: DOD Operated Aerostat Ship Although Conferees Denied Funds

Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed: (1) the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to combine Sea-Based Aerostat (SBA) and Small Aerostat Surveillance System (SASS) missions in the Caribbean; and (2) DOD use of fiscal year 1992 appropriatied funds for the maintenance of SBA ships for purposes not authorized by Congress.