10 U.S.C. § 234 — POW/MIA activities: display of budget in-

Page 323 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES [§ 235 (3) The term ‘‘current year’’ means the fiscal year during which the President’s budget is submitted in any year. (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1003(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2035.) § 233a. Annual report on force structure changes exhibit for the defense budget (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the Presi- dent for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Sec- retary of Defense shall submit to the congres- sional defense committees a report on any major weapon systems proposed to be divested, re- prioritized, or retired in such budget. (b) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Identification of each major weapon sys- tem the Secretary of Defense proposes to di- vest, re-prioritize, or retire in the period of five fiscal years following the date of the re- port. (2) Budget line-item details related to each major weapon system identified under para- graph (1). (3) For each proposed divestment, re- prioritization, or retirement, an explanation of— (A) the timeline for the divestment, re- prioritization, or retirement, including any factors that may affect such timelines posi- tively or negatively; (B) any cost savings associated with the divestment, re-prioritization, or retirement; (C) the rationale for the divestment, re- prioritization, or retirement, including a qualitative description of the risk associated with the divestment, re-prioritization, or re- tirement based on the most recent National Defense Strategy (as of the date of the re- port); (D) any critical dependencies with other program efforts that might affect the timeline for such divestment, reprioritization, or retirement; (E) the expected disposition of the weapon system after divestment, re-prioritization or retirement; and (F) identification of the system or systems that are expected to satisfy the military re- quirements that were fulfilled by the weapon system once the divestment, re- prioritization, or retirement of that weapon system is completed. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the re- port required under subsection (a) is deconflicted with the report required under sec- tion 222e of this title. (d) MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘major weapon system’’ has the meaning given that term in section 3455(f) of this title. (Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title I, § 151, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 179.) § 234. POW/MIA activities: display of budget in- formation (a) SUBMISSION WITH ANNUAL BUDGET JUS- TIFICATION DOCUMENTS.—The Secretary of De- fense shall submit to Congress, as a part of the defense budget materials for a fiscal year, a con- solidated budget justification display, in classi- fied and unclassified form, that covers all pro- grams and activities of Department of Defense POW/MIA accounting and recovery organiza- tions. (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR BUDGET DISPLAY.—The budget display under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall include for each such organization the following: (1) A statement of what percentage of the re- quirements originally requested by the organi- zation in the budget review process that the budget requests funds for. (2) A summary of actual or estimated ex- penditures by that organization for the fiscal year during which the budget is submitted and for the fiscal year preceding that year. (3) The amount in the budget for that orga- nization. (4) A detailed explanation of the shortfalls, if any, in the funding of any requirement shown pursuant to paragraph (1), when com- pared to the amount shown pursuant to para- graph (3). (5) The budget estimate for that organiza- tion for the five fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. (c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POW/MIA AC- COUNTING AND RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Department of Defense POW/MIA accounting and recovery organiza- tion’’ means any of the following (and any suc- cessor organization): (1) The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Per- sonnel Office (DPMO). (2) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Com- mand (JPAC). (3) The Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL). (4) The Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory (LSEL) of the Air Force. (5) Any other element of the Department of Defense the mission of which (as designated by the Secretary of Defense) involves the ac- counting for and recovery of members of the armed forces who are missing in action or prisoners of war or who are unaccounted for. (d) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The term ‘‘defense budget materials’’, with respect to a fiscal year, means the mate- rials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that fiscal year. (2) The term ‘‘budget’’, with respect to a fis- cal year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31. (Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 563(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2221.) [§ 235. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VIII, § 815(b)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1825] Section, added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title VIII, § 803(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2401, related to the specification of amounts requested in the Department of Defense budget with respect to the procurement of contract services submitted to Congress in the budget justification materials.