§2162 Preparation of Budget Requests for Operation of Professional Military Education Schools

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must set up one uniform cost-accounting system, with help from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for the military departments to use when they prepare budget requests for operating professional military education (PME) schools. Each PME school’s operating money must be shown as a separate budget request when the Secretary of Defense sends the Department of Defense budget to Congress. As the lead for funding professional development at the National Defense University, including the Joint Forces Staff College, the Secretary of Defense, with the Chairman’s advice, must prepare the annual NDU professional development budget and list it separately when sent to Congress. Nothing here changes budgeting policies in effect on December 28, 2001, about funding base and logistics support for NDU parts through the military departments. When a military department makes a budget request for a PME school, its Secretary must carefully consider the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s views, especially about amounts for National Defense University schools and joint PME programs. Budget support materials must say whether the amount asked for a school is similar to amounts asked for other PME schools, taking size and activities into account. This rule covers: the National Defense University; the Army War College; the College of Naval Warfare; the Air War College; the United States Army Command and General Staff College; the College of Naval Command and Staff; the Air Command and Staff College; the Marine Corps University; the Space Force Senior Level Education Program; and the Space Force Intermediate Level Education Program.