10 U.S.C. § 7022 — Financial management

Page 2977 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 7023 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro- vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. § 7022. Financial management (a) The Secretary of the Army shall provide that the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Fi- nancial Management shall direct and manage fi- nancial management activities and operations of the Department of the Army, including ensur- ing that financial management systems of the Department of the Army comply with sub- section (b). The authority of the Assistant Sec- retary for such direction and management shall include the authority to— (1) supervise and direct the preparation of budget estimates of the Department of the Army and otherwise carry out, with respect to the Department of the Army, the functions specified for the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) in section 135(c) of this title; (2) approve and supervise any project to de- sign or enhance a financial management sys- tem for the Department of the Army; and (3) approve the establishment and supervise the operation of any asset management sys- tem of the Department of the Army, includ- ing— (A) systems for cash management, credit management, and debt collection; and (B) systems for the accounting for the quantity, location, and cost of property and inventory. (b)(1) Financial management systems of the Department of the Army (including accounting systems, internal control systems, and financial reporting systems) shall be established and maintained in conformance with— (A) the accounting and financial reporting principles, standards, and requirements estab- lished by the Comptroller General under sec- tion 3511 of title 31; and (B) the internal control standards estab- lished by the Comptroller General under sec- tion 3512 of title 31. (2) Such systems shall provide for— (A) complete, reliable, consistent, and time- ly information which is prepared on a uniform basis and which is responsive to the financial information needs of department manage- ment; (B) the development and reporting of cost in- formation; (C) the integration of accounting and budg- eting information; and (D) the systematic measurement of perform- ance. (c) The Assistant Secretary shall maintain a five-year plan describing the activities the De- partment of the Army proposes to conduct over the next five fiscal years to improve financial management. Such plan shall be revised annu- ally. (d) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management shall transmit to the Secretary of the Army a report each year on the activities of the Assistant Secretary during the preceding year. Each such report shall include a description and analysis of the status of Depart- ment of the Army financial management. (Added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VII, § 702(a)(2), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1993, § 3022; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1070(a)(15), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2856; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 512; renumbered § 7022, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3022 of this title as this section. 1996—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–106 substituted ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)’’ for ‘‘Comp- troller of the Department of Defense’’. 1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–337 substituted ‘‘sec- tion 135(c)’’ for ‘‘section 137(c)’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Jan. 20, 1989, see section 702(e)(1) of Pub. L. 100–456, set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under section 7016 of this title. § 7023. Chief of Legislative Liaison (a) There is a Chief of Legislative Liaison in the Department of the Army. (b) The Chief of Legislative Liaison shall per- form legislative affairs functions as specified for the Office of the Secretary of the Army by sec- tion 7014(c)(1)(F) of this title. (Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 504(c)(1)(A), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2531, § 3023; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(j), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2103; renumbered § 7023 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(a), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, 1840.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 808(a), renumbered section 3023 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted ‘‘sec- tion 7014(c)(1)(F)’’ for ‘‘section 3014(c)(1)(F)’’. 2016—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–328 struck out second sentence which read as follows: ‘‘An officer assigned to that position shall be an officer in the grade of major general.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and