§4815 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Within 10 days after the President sends the budget to Congress, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment must send a report to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the congressional defense committees. The report must list unfunded priorities that address gaps or weaknesses in the national technology and industrial base. For each item it must give a short description and the goals, the extra money needed, and account identifiers (like LIN, PE, or SAG) when relevant. The items must be shown in order of urgency. Unfunded priority — a program, activity, or mission need not in the President’s budget that is needed to fix a gap or weakness and would have been recommended if more money had been available or if it had appeared before the budget was made.

Title 10, §4815

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(a)Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the congressional defense committees a report on the unfunded priorities to address gaps or vulnerabilities in the national technology and industrial base.

(b)(1)Each report under subsection (a) shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by such report, the following:

(A)A summary description of such priority, including the objectives to be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part).

(B)The additional amount of funds recommended in connection with the objectives under subparagraph (A).

(C)Account information with respect to such priority, including the following (as applicable):

(i)Line Item Number (LIN) for applicable procurement accounts.

(ii)Program Element (PE) number for applicable research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.

(iii)Sub-activity group (SAG) for applicable operation and maintenance accounts.

(2)Each report shall present the unfunded priorities covered by such report in order of urgency of priority.

(c)In this section, the term “unfunded priority”, in the case of a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement of the national technology and industrial base that—

(1)is not funded in the budget of the President for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31;

(2)is necessary to address gaps or vulnerabilities in the national technology and industrial base; and

(3)would have been recommended for funding through the budget referred to in paragraph (1) if—

(A)additional resources had been available for the budget to fund the program, activity, or mission requirement; or

(B)the program, activity, or mission requirement had emerged before the budget was formulated.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2504a of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by 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.

§4815 Unfunded Priorities of the National Technology and Industrial Base: Annual Report