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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 2 — Department of Defense

§ 113a. Transmission of annual defense authorization request

Statutory text

(a)

Time for Transmittal.—

The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress the annual defense authorization request for a fiscal year during the first 30 days after the date on which the President transmits to Congress the budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31.

(b)

Defense Authorization Request Defined.—

In this section, the term “defense authorization request”, with respect to a fiscal year, means a legislative proposal submitted to Congress for the enactment of the following:

(1)

Authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year, as required by section 114 of this title.

(2)

Personnel strengths for that fiscal year, as required by section 115 of this title.

(3)

Authority to carry out military construction projects, as required by section 2802 of this title.

(4)

Any other matter that is proposed by the Secretary of Defense to be enacted as part of the annual defense authorization bill for that fiscal year.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 107–314 div. A title X § 1061(a) · 116 Stat. 2458

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 113a

    Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1061(a), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2649

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1061(a), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2649

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 113 the following new section: “§ 113a. Transmission of annual defense authorization request “(a) Time for Transmittal.— The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress the annual defense authorization request for a fiscal year during the first 30 days after the date on which the President transmits to Congress the budget for that fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31. “(b) Defense Authorization Request Defined.— In this section, the term ‘defense authorization request’, with respect to a fiscal year, means a legislative proposal submitted to Congress for the enactment of the following: “(1) Authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year, as required by section 114 of this title. “(2) Personnel strengths for that fiscal year, as required by section 115 of this title. “(3) Any other matter that is proposed by the Secretary of Defense to be enacted as part of the annual defense authorization bill for that fiscal year.”.

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

    Pub. L. 108–136 div. A title X § 1044(a) · 117 Stat. 1392

    1. Added · 10 U.S.C. § 113a(b)(3); 10 U.S.C. § 113a(b)(4)

      Pub. L. 108–136 added par. (3)

    2. Redesignated · 10 U.S.C. § 113a(b)(3); 10 U.S.C. § 113a(b)(4)

      Pub. L. 108–136 redesignated former par. (3) as (4)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 108–136 added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Inclusion of Military Construction Request.— Section 113a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3): “(3) Authority to carry out military construction projects, as required by section 2802 of this title.” .

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 108–136 added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).

Credits

2002–2003 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1061(a), , 116 Stat. 2649
  2. 2003amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1044(a), , 117 Stat. 1612.
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(Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1061(a), , 116 Stat. 2649; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1044(a), , 117 Stat. 1612.)

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