§10543 National Guard and Reserve Component Equipment Procurement and Military Construction Funding: Inclusion in Future-years Defense Program

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must put into each future‑years defense program sent to Congress the estimated and requested dollar amounts, for every year covered, for buying equipment and for building projects for each reserve component. The program’s annexes must list, at the same level of detail used for active forces, the dollar request for each piece of equipment and for each construction project, and show where each project would be located. If the total dollar amount shown for a year is less than 90 percent of the “average authorized amount,” the Secretary must send Congress a report showing what extra equipment and construction would be funded if the total equaled that average. The “average authorized amount” is the average of the amounts authorized for the two prior fiscal years for reserve procurement and construction. That report must have the same level of detail as the annexes and must be sent within 90 days after the President files the budget for that year.