§181 Joint Requirements Oversight Council

2025—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(a), which directed amendment of subsec. (b) “by amending paragraphs (1) through (7)”, was executed by generally amending pars. (1) to (7) and adding pars. (8) and (9), to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, pars. (1) to (7) listed tasks in which the Joint Requirements Oversight Council was to assist the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(b), struck out “or joint performance requirements” before period at end. Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(c)(1), inserted “strongly” before “consider” and struck out “paragraphs (1) and (2)” before “of subsection (b)”. Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(c)(2), substituted “Input from service chiefs” for “Input from chiefs of staff” in heading and “and consider the views of the service chiefs in their roles as end users of capabilities delivered by the defense acquisition system” for “, and strongly consider, the views of the Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces, in their roles as customers of the acquisition system,” in text, and struck out “under subsection (b)(2) and joint performance requirements pursuant to subsection (b)(3)” before period at end. Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(c)(3), substituted “and consider” for “, and strongly consider,”. Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(c)(4), added par. (5). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(d), amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (e) read as follows: “The Chief of Staff of an armed force is responsible for all performance requirements for that armed force and, except for performance requirements specified in subsections (b)(4) and (b)(5), such performance requirements do not need to be validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.” Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(e), inserted “and Engineering” after “Analytic” in heading and “and mission engineering activities” after “Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation” in text, and struck out “in operations research, systems analysis, and cost estimation” after “resources and expertise”. Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1811(f), added par. (1), redesignated former par. (1) as (2), added pars. (1), (3), and (5), and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which read as follows: “(2) The term ‘performance requirement’ means a performance attribute of a particular system considered critical or essential to the development of an effective military capability. “(3) The term ‘joint performance requirement’ means a performance requirement that is critical or essential to ensure interoperability or fulfill a capability gap of more than one armed force, Defense Agency, or other entity of the Department of Defense, or impacts the joint force in other ways such as logistics.” 2024—Subsec. (c)(1)(F). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “in the grade of general” for “in the grade equivalent to the grade of general in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or admiral in the Navy”. 2021—Subsec. (b)(2) to (5). Pub. L. 117–81, § 903(a)(1), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) to (4) as (3) to (5), respectively. Former par. (5) redesignated (6). Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 117–81, § 903(a)(1)(A), redesignated par. (5) as (6). Former par. (6) redesignated (7). Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 117–81, § 1702(a)(2), which directed amendment of par. (6) by substituting “section 4251(b), 4252(a)(4),” for “section 2366a(b), 2366b(a)(4),”, was executed by making the substitution in par. (7) to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of par. (6) as (7) by Pub. L. 117–81, § 903(a)(1)(A). See below. Pub. L. 117–81, § 903(a)(1)(A), redesignated par. (6) as (7). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(m), which directed amendment of par. (6) by substituting “4375(b)” for “2433(e)(2)” effective Jan. 1, 2022, was executed by making the substitution in par. (7) to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of par. (6) as (7) by Pub. L. 117–81, § 903(a)(1)(A), effective Dec. 27, 2021. See above. Subsec. (c)(1)(F). Pub. L. 116–283, § 924(b)(9), added subpar. (F). Subsec. (d)(1)(D). Pub. L. 117–81, § 903(a)(2), substituted “Engineering who shall serve as the Chief Technical Advisor to the Council and—” and cls. (i) and (ii) for “Engineering.” Pub. L. 116–283, § 906(b), substituted “The” for “the”. Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 116–283, § 906(a), added par. (4). 2019—Subsec. (d)(1)(B). Pub. L. 116–92, § 1621(e)(1)(A)(v), substituted “Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security” for “Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence”. Subsec. (d)(1)(C). Pub. L. 116–92, § 902(7)(A), substituted “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment” for “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics”. Subsec. (d)(1)(D) to (H). Pub. L. 116–92, § 902(7)(B), (C), added subpar. (D) and redesignated former subpars. (D) to (G) as (E) to (H), respectively. 2018—Subsec. (b)(3) to (7). Pub. L. 115–232 redesignated pars. (4) to (7) as (3) to (6), respectively, and struck out former par. (3) which related to development of recommendations for program cost and fielding targets pursuant to section 2448a of this title. 2017—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted “section 113(g)” for “section 118”. 2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to Joint Requirements Oversight Council and consisted of its establishment, mission, composition, advisors, organization, availability of oversight information to Congressional defense committees, and definitions. 2015—Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 114–92 added par. (3). 2013—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 112–239, § 951(b)(1), substituted “in ensuring that appropriate trade-offs are made among life-cycle cost, schedule, and performance objectives, and procurement quantity objectives, in the establishment and approval of military requirements” for “in ensuring the consideration of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives for joint military requirements”. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 112–239, § 951(b)(2), substituted “the total cost of such resources” for “such resource level”. 2011—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(d), substituted “There is” for “The Secretary of Defense shall establish”. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 111–383, § 1075(b)(8), which directed substitution of “Program Evaluation” for “Performance Evaluation”, could not be executed because of the amendment by Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(c)(2). See below. Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(c)(2), substituted “advisors to the Council under subsection (d)” for “Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and the Director of Cost Assessment and Performance Evaluation”. Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(a)(1), inserted “Vice” before “Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff”. Subsec. (c)(1)(F). Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(b), added subpar. (F). Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(a)(2), substituted “under subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1)” for “, other than the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,”. Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(a)(3), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “The functions of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as chairman of the Council may only be delegated to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 111–383, § 841(c)(1), substituted “The following officials of the Department of Defense shall serve as advisors to the Council on matters within their authority and expertise:” for “The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), and the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall serve as advisors to the Council on matters within their authority and expertise.” and added subpars. (A) to (F). 2009—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 111–23, § 201(b)(1), added subpar. (C). Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 111–23, § 201(b)(2)(A), inserted “, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and the Director of Cost Assessment and Performance Evaluation,” after “assist the Chairman”. Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 111–23, § 201(b)(2)(B)–(4), added par. (5). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–23, § 105(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). Pub. L. 111–23, § 101(d)(1), substituted “Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation” for “Director of the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation”. 2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–181, § 942(a), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to mission of Joint Requirements Oversight Council. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 110–417 substituted “section 2366a(b), section 2366b(a)(4),” for “section 2366a(a)(4), section 2366b(b),”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–181, § 942(b)(2), added subsec. (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (f). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–181, § 942(c), added subsec. (e). Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–181, § 942(b)(1), redesignated subsec. (d) as (f). Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 110–181, § 942(d), added subsec. (g). 2003—Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted “subsection, the term ‘oversight” for “subsection:”, struck out “(A) The term ‘oversight” before “information’ means”, and struck out subpar. (B) which read as follows: “The term ‘congressional defense committees’ means— “(i) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and “(ii) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.” 1999—Subsec. (d)(2)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “Committee on Armed Services” for “Committee on National Security”. 1996—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–201 added subsec. (d).

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, § 905(b), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 404, provided that: “The