Comments on Use of Shipbuilding Appropriated Funds for Channel Project

GAO commented on the Navy's request to use shipbuilding and conversion appropriation funds to dredge a deeper channel in the Singing River near Pascagoula, Mississippi, to allow submarines under construction to be operated from the shipyard to deep water upon completion. GAO held that the appropriated funds were not legally available for expenditures incident to enlarging the Pascagoula Harbor and Channel, in the absence of specific statutory authority.