Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the submission of an annual budget submission display for operation and maintenance accounts of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in support materials for the President's budget the projected total amount for each individual subactivity group under the future years defense program. DOD must also include a budget display in the operation and maintenance justification documents.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5197 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5197

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the submission of an 
annual budget submission display for operation and maintenance accounts 
         of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2021

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the submission of an 
annual budget submission display for operation and maintenance accounts 
         of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.

    (a) Subactivity Group by Future Years.--Section 233 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection (c):
    ``(c) Subactivity Groups.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretary of each of the military departments, 
shall include in the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary 
of Defense in support of the President's budget, in an unclassified 
format, the total amount projected for each individual subactivity 
group, as detailed in the future years defense program pursuant to 
section 221 of this title.''.
    (b) Budget Submission Display.--Section 233 of title 10, United 
States Code, is further amended by inserting after subsection (c), as 
added by subsection (a), the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Budget Display.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of each of the military departments, shall include 
in the O&M justification documents a budget display to provide for 
discussion and evaluation of the resources required to meet material 
readiness objectives, as identified in the metrics required by section 
118 of this title, together with any associated risks to the supply 
chain. For each major weapon system, by designated mission design 
series, variant, or class, the budget display required under this 
subsection for the budget year shall include each of the following:
            ``(1) The material availability objective established in 
        accordance with the requirements of section 118 of this title.
            ``(2) The funds obligated by subactivity group within the 
        operation and maintenance accounts for the second fiscal year 
        preceding the budget year for the purpose of achieving the 
        material readiness objectives identified in accordance with 
        section 118 of this title.
            ``(3) The funds estimated to be obligated by subactivity 
        group within the operation and maintenance accounts for the 
        fiscal year preceding the budget year for the purpose of 
        achieving the material readiness objectives identified in 
        accordance with section 118 of this title.
            ``(4) The funds budgeted and programmed across the future 
        years defense program within the operation and maintenance 
        accounts by subactivity group for the purpose of achieving the 
        material readiness objectives identified in accordance with 
        section 118 of this title.
            ``(5) A narrative discussing the performance of the 
        Department against established material readiness objectives 
        for each major weapon system by mission design series, variant, 
        or class.''.
    (c) Implementation Deadline.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the budget display requirements required under the amendments made 
by this section are included in the budget request for fiscal year 2023 
and all fiscal years thereafter.
    (d) Conforming Repeal.--Section 357 of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 
U.S.C. 221 note) is repealed.
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