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§166 Combatant commands: budget proposals

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - COMBATANT COMMANDS › § 166

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must put a separate budget request in the Department of Defense’s annual budget for each unified and specified combatant command. After talking with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary decides which command activities to include. Those requests can cover things like joint exercises, force training, contingencies, and selected operations. A force training request may include training expense payments allowed under section 322 of this title.

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Title 10, §166

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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall include in the annual budget of the Department of Defense submitted to Congress a separate budget proposal for such activities of each of the unified and specified combatant commands as may be determined under subsection (b).
(b)A budget proposal under subsection (a) for funding of activities of a combatant command shall include funding proposals for such activities of the combatant command as the Secretary (after consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) determines to be appropriate for inclusion. Activities of a combatant command for which funding may be requested in such a proposal include the following:
(1)Joint exercises.
(2)Force training.
(3)Contingencies.
(4)Selected operations.
(c)A funding proposal for force training under subsection (b)(2) may include amounts for training expense payments authorized in section 322 of this title.

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Amendments

2017—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted “section 322” for “section 2011”. 1991—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–190 added subsec. (c).

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Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–433, title II, § 214(d), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1019, provided that: “Section 166 of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 211 of this Act), shall take effect with budget proposals for fiscal year 1989.”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 166

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73