§236 Personal protection equipment procurement: display of budget information

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must send Congress each year, starting after fiscal year 2014, a single, combined budget justification that shows all programs and activities for buying personal protection equipment for the years covered by the future-years defense plan submitted that year. That report must show amounts in both the President’s base budget and any overseas contingency budget, and give a short description of each equipment category planned by each military department. For items bought with operation and maintenance funds, it must name the appropriations account and budget activity and show the cost, quantities for the year requested, and estimates for the next five fiscal years. For items developed with research, development, test, and evaluation funds, it must name the appropriations account and program/project details (including program element and line numbers) and show funding for the year and estimates for the next five fiscal years. The equipment categories covered are body armor components, combat helmets, combat protective eyewear, and other items the Secretary finds appropriate. The words “budget” and “defense budget materials” are used as defined elsewhere in the law.