10 USC § 222 - Future-years mission budget

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title: "10 USC § 222 - Future-years mission budget"
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section_number: "222"
section_name: "Future-years mission budget"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "DEFENSE BUDGET MATTERS"
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part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1002(a)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2480; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1004, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2834; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 944(a), (b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 289, 290; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(16), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1595.)"
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# § 222. Future-years mission budget

**(a)** **Future-Years Mission Budget.—** The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress for each fiscal year a future-years mission budget for the military programs of the Department of Defense. That budget shall be submitted for any fiscal year with the future-years defense program submitted under section 221 of this title.

**(b)** **Consistency With Future-Years Defense Program.—** The future-years mission budget shall be consistent with the future-years defense program required under section 221 of this title. In the future-years mission budget, the military programs of the Department of Defense shall be organized on the basis of major force programs.

**(c)** **Relationship to Other Defense Budget Formats.—** The requirement in subsection (a) is in addition to the requirements in any other provision of law regarding the format for the presentation regarding military programs of the Department of Defense in the budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 for any fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1002(a)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2480; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1004, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2834; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 944(a), (b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 289, 290; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(16), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1595.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , , , which was set out as a note under section 114a [now 221] of this title, prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2017—Subsec. (b).  substituted “major force programs.” for “both major force programs and the core mission areas identified under the most recent quadrennial roles and missions review pursuant to .”

2008—Subsec. (a). , amended last sentence generally. Prior to amendment, last sentence read as follows: “That budget shall be submitted for any fiscal year not later than 60 days after the date on which the President’s budget for that fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to .”

Subsec. (b). , substituted “on the basis of both major force programs and the core mission areas identified under the most recent quadrennial roles and missions review pursuant to .” for “on the basis of major roles, missions, or forces of the Department of Defense.”

1994—Subsec. (a).  substituted “not later than 60 days after the date on which” for “at the same time that”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

> “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to the future-years mission budget for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter.”

, , , provided that: