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F«cUitie«' Fandiag Needs And Miaaioiu 



using operations and maintenance funds from $300,000 to $1 million and 

 (2) unspecified minor construction projects using military construction 

 funds from $1.5 million to $3 million without obtaiiung specific 

 congressional authorization. 



DOE has proposed to increase its General Plant Projects threshold for 

 minor construction from $1.2 million to $2.5 million without obtaining 

 specific congressional authorization, doe officials noted that the 

 $1.2 million threshold has not been increased since it was established in 

 1983. In contrast, they stated that construction costs have increased to the 

 point where $1.2 million, which would pay for a 20,000-square-foot module 

 in 1983, would pay for only an 8,300-square-foot module using inexpensive 

 building materials in 1993. 



