§222f Unfunded Priorities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering: Annual Report

Summary

Within 10 days after the President’s budget is sent to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of Defense must send the congressional defense committees a report on unfunded priorities that fall under the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. The Secretary must work with the military department secretaries before sending the report. Each report must list the unfunded priorities in order of urgency. For each item it must give a short description and the goals if funded, the extra money needed, and account information (like a Line Item Number or Program Element number). The report must be classified but may include an unclassified summary. It must not repeat items already covered in reports required under sections 222a, 222b, or section 2806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. An “unfunded priority” is a program, activity, or mission need not in the President’s budget that would have been funded if money had been available or that arose after the budget was made; for military construction, the project must be at 35 percent design.