# § 233a. Annual report on force structure changes exhibit for the defense budget
**(a)** **Annual Report.—** Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on any major weapon systems proposed to be divested, re-prioritized, or retired in such budget.
**(b)** **Contents.—** Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
**(1)** Identification of each major weapon system the Secretary of Defense proposes to divest, re-prioritize, or retire in the period of five fiscal years following the date of the report.
**(2)** Budget line-item details related to each major weapon system identified under paragraph (1).
**(3)** For each proposed divestment, re-prioritization, or retirement, an explanation of—
**(A)** the timeline for the divestment, re-prioritization, or retirement, including any factors that may affect such timelines positively or negatively;
**(B)** any cost savings associated with the divestment, re-prioritization, or retirement;
**(C)** the rationale for the divestment, re-prioritization, or retirement, including a qualitative description of the risk associated with the divestment, re-prioritization, or retirement based on the most recent National Defense Strategy (as of the date of the report);
**(D)** any critical dependencies with other program efforts that might affect the timeline for such divestment, reprioritization, or retirement;
**(E)** the expected disposition of the weapon system after divestment, re-prioritization or retirement; and
**(F)** identification of the system or systems that are expected to satisfy the military requirements that were fulfilled by the weapon system once the divestment, re-prioritization, or retirement of that weapon system is completed.
**(c)** **Relationship to Other Reports.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the report required under subsection (a) is deconflicted with the report required under section 222e of this title.
**(d)** **Major Weapon System Defined.—** In this section, the term “major weapon system” has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of this title.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title I, § 151, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 179; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VIII, § 811(c)(2)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 950.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2025—Subsec. (d). substituted “section 101(a)” for “section 3455(f)”.