§2162 Preparation of budget requests for operation of professional military education schools

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must make one standard cost accounting system, with help from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for use by the military departments when they prepare budget requests to run professional military education schools. Money asked for each school must be shown as its own separate budget request in the Department of Defense papers sent to Congress. The Secretary of Defense must also prepare the annual budget for professional education at the National Defense University (including the Joint Forces Staff College) as a separate request. That requirement does not change policies in effect on December 28, 2001 about budgeting logistical and base support for parts of the National Defense University through the military departments. When a military department makes a budget request for one of these schools, the department head must carefully consider the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s views, especially about funding for National Defense University schools and joint curricula. Budget documents must say whether each school’s requested amount is similar to amounts for other schools, taking size and activities into account. The rule applies to the National Defense University and these schools: Army War College; College of Naval Warfare; Air War College; United States Army Command and General Staff College; College of Naval Command and Staff; Air Command and Staff College; Marine Corps University; Space Force Senior Level Education Program; and Space Force Intermediate Level Education Program.