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10 U.S.C. § 222a — Unfunded priorities of the armed forces and combatant commands: annual report

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10 U.S.C. § 222a — Unfunded priorities of the armed forces and combatant commands: annual report

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**(a) Annual Report.—** Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim), each officer specified in subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to the congressional defense committees, a report on the unfunded priorities of the armed force or forces or combatant command under the jurisdiction or command of such officer. **(b) Officers.—** The officers specified in this subsection are the following: (1) The Chief of Staff of the Army. (2) The Chief of Naval Operations. (3) The Chief of Staff of the Air Force. (4) The Commandant of the Marine Corps. (5) The Chief of Space Operations. (6) The commanders of the combatant commands established under [section 161 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section161&num=0&edition=prelim). (7) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau in the role assigned to that position in [section 10502(c)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section10502/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Elements.—** (1) **In general.—** — Each report under this subsection shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by such report, the following: (A) A summary description of such priority, including the objectives outlined in the national defense strategy required under [section 113(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g&num=0&edition=prelim) and the National Military Strategy required under [section 139(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section139/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to be advanced if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part). (B) The additional amount of funds recommended in connection with the objectives under subparagraph (A). (C) Account information with respect to such priority, including the following (as applicable): (i) Line Item Number (LIN) for applicable procurement accounts. (ii) Program Element (PE) number for applicable research, development, test, and evaluation accounts. (iii) Sub-activity group (SAG) for applicable operation and maintenance accounts. (D) A detailed assessment of each specific risk that would be reduced in executing the national defense strategy required under [section 113(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g&num=0&edition=prelim) and the National Military Strategy required under [section 139(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section139/b&num=0&edition=prelim) if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part). (E) The requirement to be addressed by the unfunded priority. (F) The reason why funding for the priority was not included in the budget of the President. (G) A description of any funding provided for the requirement for the current and preceding fiscal year. (H) An assessment of the effect that providing funding for the priority would have on the future-years defense plan. (2) **Prioritization of priorities.—** — Each report shall present the unfunded priorities covered by such report as follows: (A) In overall order of urgency of priority according to the amount of risk reduced. (B) In overall order of urgency of priority among unfunded priorities (other than covered military construction projects). (C) In overall order of urgency of priority among covered military construction projects. (3) **National guard unfunded priorities.—** (A) *In general.—* — The officer specified under subsection (b)(7) shall only include in a report submitted under subsection (a) such priorities that— (i) relate to equipping requirements in support of non-federalized National Guard responsibilities for the homeland defense or civil support missions; and (ii) except as provided in subparagraph (B), were not included in a report under this section submitted by an officer specified in subsection (b)(1) or (3) for any of five fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the report is submitted, on behalf of National Guard forces to address a warfighting requirement. (B) *Exception.—* — The officer specified under subsection (b)(7) may include in a report submitted under subsection (a) an unfunded priority covered by subparagraph (A)(ii) if the Secretary of Defense— (i) determines that the inclusion such unfunded priority reasonably supports the priorities of the Department under the national defense strategy under [section 113(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g&num=0&edition=prelim); and (ii) submits to the congressional defense committees written notice of such determination. **(d) Prioritization.—** Not later than 10 days after the receipt of all of the reports referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that prioritizes each specific unfunded priority across all unfunded priorities submitted by officers specified in (b) according to the risk reduced in executing the national defense strategy required under [section 113(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g&num=0&edition=prelim) and the National Military Strategy required under [section 139(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section139/b&num=0&edition=prelim). **(e) Definitions.—** In this section: (1) The term “unfunded priority”, in the case of a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement, including a covered military construction project, that— (A) is not funded in the budget of the President for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with an operational or contingency plan of a combatant command or other validated requirement; and (C) would have been recommended for funding through the budget referred to in subparagraph (1) by the officer submitting the report required by subsection (a) in connection with the budget if— (i) additional resources had been available for the budget to fund the program, activity, or mission requirement; or (ii) the program, activity, or mission requirement has emerged since the budget was formulated. (2) The term “covered military construction project”, in connection with a fiscal year, means a military construction project that— (A) is included in any fiscal year of the future-years defense program under [section 221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section221&num=0&edition=prelim) that is submitted in connection with the budget of the President for the fiscal year, and is executable in the fiscal year; or (B) is considered by the commander of a combatant command referred to in subsection (b)(5) to be an urgent need, and is executable in the fiscal year.

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10 U.S.C. § 221 — Future-years defense program: submission to Congress; consistency in budgeting

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each year, not later than five days after the date on which the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim), a future-years defense program (including associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such future-years defense program shall cover the fiscal year with respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the four succeeding fiscal years. **(b)** (1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that amounts described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) for any fiscal year are consistent with amounts described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) for that fiscal year. (2) Amounts referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) The amounts specified in program and budget information submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of expenditure estimates and proposed appropriations in the budget submitted to Congress by the President under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for any fiscal year, as shown in the future-years defense program submitted pursuant to subsection (a). (B) The total amounts of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense included pursuant to paragraph (5) of [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) in the budget submitted to Congress under that section for any fiscal year.

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10 U.S.C. § 161 — Combatant commands: establishment

**(a) Unified and Specified Combatant Commands.—** With the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, shall— (1) establish unified combatant commands and specified combatant commands to perform military missions; and (2) prescribe the force structure of those commands. **(b) Periodic Review.—** (1) The Chairman periodically (and not less often than every two years) shall— (A) review the missions, responsibilities (including geographic boundaries), and force structure of each combatant command; and (B) recommend to the President, through the Secretary of Defense, any changes to such missions, responsibilities, and force structures as may be necessary. (2) Except during time of hostilities or imminent threat of hostilities, the President shall— (A) not more than 60 days after establishing a new combatant command— (i) notify Congress of the establishment of such command; and (ii) provide to Congress a briefing on the establishment of such command; and (B) not more than 60 days after significantly revising the missions, responsibilities, or force structure of an existing combatant command— (i) notify Congress of such revisions; and (ii) provide to Congress a briefing on such revisions. **(c) Definitions.—** In this chapter: (1) The term “unified combatant command” means a military command which has broad, continuing missions and which is composed of forces from two or more military departments. (2) The term “specified combatant command” means a military command which has broad, continuing missions and which is normally composed of forces from a single military department. (3) The term “combatant command” means a unified combatant command or a specified combata

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31 U.S.C. § 1105 — Budget contents and submission to Congress

**(a)** On or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the President shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the following fiscal year. Each budget shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget the following: (1) information on activities and functions of the Government. (2) when practicable, information on costs and achievements of Government programs. (3) other desirable classifications of information. (4) a reconciliation of the summary information on expenditures with proposed appropriations. (5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations the President decides are necessary to support the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year. (6) estimated receipts of the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year under— (A) laws in effect when the budget is submitted; and (B) proposals in the budget to increase revenues. (7) appropriations, expenditures, and receipts of the Government in the prior fiscal year. (8) estimated expenditures and receipts, and appropriations and proposed appropriations, of the Government for the current fiscal year. (9) balanced statements of the— (A) condition of the Treasury at the end of the prior fiscal year; (B) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; and (C) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted if financial proposals in the budget are adopted. (10) essential information about the debt of the Government.

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10 U.S.C. § 101 — Definitions

**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title: (1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia. (2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.] (3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth. (4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. (5) The term “uniformed services” means— (A) the armed forces; (B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. (6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments. (7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government. (8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. (9) The term

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10 U.S.C. § 222f — Unfunded priorities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering: annual report

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10 U.S.C. § 222a — Unfunded priorities of the armed forces

Page 310 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 222 § 222. Future-years mission budget (a) FUTURE-YEARS MISSION BUDGET.—The Sec- retary of Defense shall submit to Congress for each fiscal year a future-years mission budget for the military programs of the Department of Defense. That budget shall be submitted for any fiscal year with the future-years defense pro- gram submitted under section 221 of this title. (b) CONSISTENCY WITH FUTURE-YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM.—The future-years mission budget shall be consistent with the future-years defense program required under section 221 of this title. In the future-years mission budget, the military programs of the Department of Defense shall be organized on the basis of major force programs. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DEFENSE BUDGET FORMATS.—The requirement in subsection (a) is in addition to the requirements in any other provision of law regarding the format for the presentation regarding military programs of the Department of Defense in the budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 for any fiscal year. (Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1002(a)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2480; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1004, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2834; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 944(a), (b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 289, 290; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(16), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1595.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1404, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1675, which was set out as a note under section 114a [now 221] of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–484, § 1002(b). AMENDMENTS 2017—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted ‘‘major force programs.

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