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[CITE: 10USC2217]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                 CHAPTER 131--PLANNING AND COORDINATION
 
Sec. 2217. Comparable budgeting for common procurement weapon 
        systems
        
    (a) Matters To Be Included in Annual Defense Budgets.--In preparing 
the defense budget for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall--
        (1) specifically identify each common procurement weapon system 
    included in the budget;
        (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
        (3) identify and justify in the budget all such variations in 
    procurement unit costs for common procurement weapon systems.

    (b) Comptroller.--The Secretary shall carry out this section through 
the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) The term ``defense budget'' means the budget of the 
    Department of Defense included in the President's budget submitted 
    to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 for a fiscal year.
        (2) The term ``common procurement weapon system'' means a weapon 
    system for which two or more of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
    Marine Corps request procurement funds in a defense budget.

(Added Pub. L. 100-370, Sec. 1(d)(3)(A), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 843; 
amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1503(a)(20), Feb. 10, 
1996, 110 Stat. 512.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Section is based on Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(c) [title X, Sec. 955], 
Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-82, 1783-173, and Pub. L. 99-591, 
Sec. 101(c) [title X, Sec. 955], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-82, 3341-
173; Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, Sec. 955, Nov. 
14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3953, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100-26, 
Sec. 3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``Under Secretary of 
Defense (Comptroller)'' for ``Comptroller of the Department of 
Defense''.
