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[CITE: 10USC183]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
               CHAPTER 7--BOARDS, COUNCILS, AND COMMITTEES
 
Sec. 183. Advisory committees: annual justification required

    (a) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall include in the 
annual report of the Secretary under section 113(c) of this title a 
report on advisory committees of the Department of Defense. In each such 
report, the Secretary shall--
        (1) identify each advisory committee that the Secretary proposes 
    to support, or that the Secretary is required by law or direction 
    from the President to support, during the next fiscal year; and
        (2) for each committee identified under paragraph (1), set 
    forth--
            (A) the justification or requirement for that committee; and
            (B) the projected cost to the Department of Defense to 
        support that committee during the next fiscal year.

    (b) Advisory Committee Defined.--In this section, the term 
``advisory committee'' means an entity that is subject to the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

(Added Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title IX, Sec. 904(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 
Stat. 1854.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
