10 U.S.C. § 3135: Comparable budgeting for…

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must, when preparing the defense budget for a fiscal year, do three things: name every common procurement weapon system in the budget; make all reasonable efforts to keep the procurement unit costs for those systems similar across the services; and show and explain any cost differences in the budget. The Secretary must carry out these duties through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Defense budget means the Department of Defense budget in the President’s budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31. A common procurement weapon system is one for which two or more of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force ask for procurement funds.

Title 10, §3135

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(a)Matters To Be Included in Annual Defense Budgets.—

In preparing the defense budget for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall—

(1)specifically identify each common procurement weapon system included in the budget;

(2)take all feasible steps to minimize variations in procurement unit costs for any such system as shown in the budget requests of the different armed forces requesting procurement funds for the system; and

(3)identify and justify in the budget all such variations in procurement unit costs for common procurement weapon systems.

(b)Comptroller.—

The Secretary shall carry out this section through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).

(c)Definitions.—

In this section: (1)

(2)The term “common procurement weapon system” means a weapon system for which two or more of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force request procurement funds in a defense budget.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Section is based on Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 955], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–173, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 955], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–173; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, § 955, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3953, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1809(f)(1), renumbered section 2217 of this title as this section. Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 116–283, § 924(b)(1)(N), substituted “Marine Corps, and Space Force” for “and Marine Corps”. 1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)” for “Comptroller of the Department of Defense”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by section 1809(f)(1) of Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

§3135 Comparable Budgeting for Common Procurement Weapon Systems