§236 Personal Protection Equipment Procurement: Display of Budget Information

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must give Congress, with each defense budget after fiscal year 2014, one consolidated budget justification that shows all programs and activities that buy personal protection equipment for the years covered by the Department’s future-years defense program under section 221. The report must show amounts in the President’s base budget and any overseas contingency operations budget; a short description of each equipment category each military department plans to buy or develop; for items bought with operation and maintenance funds, the appropriation account, budget activity and subactivity group and the requested cost and quantities for the year plus projected investments or purchases for each of the next five fiscal years; and for items developed with research, development, test, and evaluation funds, the appropriation account and program/project identifiers (including program element number and line number) and the requested funding for the year plus projected investments for each of the next five fiscal years. Definitions: “budget” and “defense budget materials” are defined in section 234. “Category of personal protection equipment” includes body armor components, combat helmets, combat protective eyewear, and other items the Secretary decides.