# Transportation Audit Contracts and Contract Administration

**Agency:** GSA  
**Account:** GSA Mandatory Budget Authority  
**Source document:** General Services Administration · p. 15  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/gsa/transportation-audit-contracts-and-contract-administration  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 8.1 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 11.5 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## GSA discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $400.0M, FY2026 $-300.0M. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Transportation Audit Contracts and Contract Administration This permanent, indefinite appropriation provides for the detection and recovery of overpayments to carriers for Government moves under rate and service agreements established by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) or other Federal agency transportation managers. Program expenses are financed from overcharges collected from Transportation Service Providers as a result of post payment audits examining the validity, propriety, and conformity of charges with the proper rate authority. Funds recovered in excess of expenses are returned to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury). The Expenses of Transportation Audit Contracts and Contract Administration appropriation is Expenses of transportation audit post payment contracts and contract administration, and the expenses of all other transportation audit and audit-related functions conferred upon the Administrator of General Services, shall be financed from overpayments collected from carriers on transportation bills paid by the Government and other similar type refunds, not to exceed collections. Payment to any contractor for audit services shall not exceed 50 percent of the FY 2026 Operating Plan and FY 2027 Budget Request The Transportation Audits program is managed by the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) in the Travel, Transportation and Logistics Portfolio. In March 2025, the Administrator of General Services delegated the authority to all Federal agencies to adjudicate transportation claims between the agency procuring the transportation services and the carrier or freight- forwarder presenting the bill. As a result, GSA has begun the process to close the The Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 costs of the program include severance and leave payments to separated employees, claims against contract work already performed on behalf of the program, and other costs associated with sunsetting the program. GSA will sunset the program once all of the close-out costs and claims have been paid out. The remaining balances in the fund may be returned to the General Fund of the Treasury upon the


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › GSA › General Services Administration › GSA Mandatory Budget Authority › Transportation Audit Contracts and Contract Administration


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*