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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 9 — Defense Budget Matters

§ 223a. Ballistic missile defense programs: procurement

Statutory text

(a)

Budget Justification Materials.—

In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of Defense shall specify, for each ballistic missile defense system element for which the Missile Defense Agency is engaged in planning for production and initial fielding, the following information:

(1)

The production rate capabilities of the production facilities planned to be used for production of that element.

(2)

The potential date of availability of that element for initial fielding.

(3)

The estimated date on which the administration of the acquisition of that element is to be transferred from the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to the Secretary of a military department.

(b)

Future-Years Defense Program.—

The Secretary of Defense shall include in the future-years defense program submitted to Congress each year under section 221 of this title an estimate of the amount necessary for procurement for each ballistic missile defense system element, together with a discussion of the underlying factors and reasoning justifying the estimate.

(c)

Performance Criteria.—

The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall include in the performance criteria prescribed for planned development phases of the ballistic missile defense system and its elements a description of the intended effectiveness of each such phase against foreign adversary capabilities.

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. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

    Pub. L. 108–136 div. A title II § 223(a)(1) · 117 Stat. 1392

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 223a

    Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title II, § 223(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1420

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title II, § 223(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1420

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 223 the following new section: “§ 223a. Ballistic missile defense programs: procurement “(a) Budget Justification Materials.— In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of Defense shall specify, for each ballistic missile defense system element for which the Missile Defense Agency is engaged in planning for production and initial fielding, the following information: “(1) The production rate capabilities of the production facilities planned to be used for production of that element. “(2) The potential date of availability of that element for initial fielding. “(3) The estimated date on which the administration of the acquisition of that element is to be transferred from the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to the Secretary of a military department. “(b) Future-Years Defense Program.— The Secretary of Defense shall include in the future-years defense program submitted to Congress each year under section 221 of this title an estimate of the amount necessary for procurement for each ballistic missile defense system element, together with a discussion of the underlying factors and reasoning justifying the estimate. “(c) Performance Criteria.— The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall include in the performance criteria prescribed for planned development phases of the ballistic missile defense system and its elements a description of the intended effectiveness of each such phase against foreign adversary capabilities. “(d) Testing Progress.— The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall make available for review by the congressional defense committees the developmental and operational test plans established to assess the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system and its elements with respect to the performance criteria described in subsection (c).” .

  2. Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

    Pub. L. 113–291 div. A title X § 1060(a)(1) · 128 Stat. 3292

    Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 223a(d)

    Pub. L. 113–291 struck out subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall make available for review by the congressional defense committees the developmental and operational test plans established to assess the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system and its elements with respect to the performance criteria described in subsection (c).”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–291 struck out subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall make available for review by the congressional defense committees the developmental and operational test plans established to assess the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system and its elements with respect to the performance criteria described in subsection (c).”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Oversight of procurement, test, and operational plans for ballistic missile defense programs.— Section 223a is amended by striking subsection (d).

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–291 struck out subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall make available for review by the congressional defense committees the developmental and operational test plans established to assess the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system and its elements with respect to the performance criteria described in subsection (c).”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in subsec. (a) of this section requiring submittal of annual report to Congress, see section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.

Implementation of Requirement for Availability of Test Plans

Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title II, § 223(b), , 117 Stat. 1420, directed that subsec. (d) of this section was to be implemented not later than .

Credits

2003–2014 · 2 acts
  1. 2003Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title II, § 223(a)(1), , 117 Stat. 1420
  2. 2014amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1060(a)(1), , 128 Stat. 3502.
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(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title II, § 223(a)(1), , 117 Stat. 1420; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1060(a)(1), , 128 Stat. 3502.)

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