{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s3135","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3135.","heading":"Comparable budgeting for common procurement weapon systems","text":"\u00a7\u202f3135.\nComparable budgeting for common procurement weapon systems\n(a)\nMatters To Be Included in Annual Defense Budgets.\u2014\nIn preparing the defense budget for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall\u2014\n(1) specifically identify each common procurement weapon system included in the budget;\n(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\n(3) identify and justify in the budget all such variations in procurement unit costs for common procurement weapon systems.\n(b)\nComptroller.\u2014\nThe Secretary shall carry out this section through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).\n(c)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1) The term \u201cdefense budget\u201d means the budget of the Department of Defense included in the President\u2019s budget submitted to Congress under\nsection 1105 of title 31\n(2) The term \u201ccommon procurement weapon system\u201d 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s3135.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3135."},{"t":"heading","text":"Comparable budgeting for common procurement weapon systems"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Matters To Be Included in Annual Defense Budgets.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In preparing the defense budget for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" specifically identify each common procurement weapon system included in the budget;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" identify and justify in the budget all such variations in procurement unit costs for common procurement weapon systems.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Comptroller.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary shall carry out this section through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cdefense budget\u201d means the budget of the Department of Defense included in the President\u2019s budget submitted to Congress under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1105 of title 31","href":"/us/usc/t31/s1105","tail":" for a fiscal year."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3135/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccommon procurement weapon system\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}