U.S. military construction spending in 2014 exceeded the budgets of several major federal agencies.

Evidence

For fiscal year 2014, overseas MilCon expenditures amounted to around 1.5 billion, with another 2.8 billion at unspecified worldwide locations. Globally, the total reached $10.2 billion. While this pales compared to funding for military pay, weapons procurement, and research and development, more money went to military construction around the world in 2014 than to each of the Department of Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, the Small Business Administration, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 814

Categorization

• CANDY: Single-statement comparison — MilCon budget outspends the EPA, NSF, Commerce Dept — usable in any conversation about military budget priorities.
• SHARE: The specific agency-by-agency comparison would land well with someone who tracks federal budget allocations.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 814