§234 Pow/mia Activities: Display of Budget Information

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must send Congress, as part of the defense budget materials for a fiscal year, one combined budget explanation (both classified and unclassified) that covers all Department of Defense POW/MIA accounting and recovery organizations. For each organization the explanation must say what percent of its requested needs are funded, show spending for the fiscal year the budget is submitted and the year before, give the budgeted amount, explain any funding shortfalls, and provide budget estimates for the five fiscal years after that year. The listed organizations include the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL), the Air Force Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory (LSEL), and any other DoD element the Secretary designates that works on accounting for and recovering missing or captured service members. “Defense budget materials” means the materials the Secretary of Defense gives Congress to support the budget. “Budget” means the President’s budget sent to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31.