Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§113a Transmission of Annual Defense Authorization Request

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › CHAPTER 2 — DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE › § 113a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must send Congress the annual defense authorization request within the first 30 days after the President sends the federal budget to Congress. The request is a bill proposal that covers four things: permission to spend money for that year, the allowed military personnel levels, approval for military construction projects, and any other items the Secretary wants included in the annual defense authorization bill.

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Title 10, §113a

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(a)Time for Transmittal.—

The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress the annual defense authorization request for a fiscal year during the first 30 days after the date on which the President transmits to Congress the budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31.

(b)Defense Authorization Request Defined.—

In this section, the term “defense authorization request”, with respect to a fiscal year, means a legislative proposal submitted to Congress for the enactment of the following:

(1)Authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year, as required by section 114 of this title.

(2)Personnel strengths for that fiscal year, as required by section 115 of this title.

(3)Authority to carry out military construction projects, as required by section 2802 of this title.

(4)Any other matter that is proposed by the Secretary of Defense to be enacted as part of the annual defense authorization bill for that fiscal year.

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2003—Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 108–136 added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).

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10 U.S.C. § 113a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110