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[CITE: 10USC2223]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                 CHAPTER 131--PLANNING AND COORDINATION
 
Sec. 2223. Information technology: additional responsibilities 
        of Chief Information Officers
        
    (a) Additional Responsibilities of Chief Information Officer of 
Department of Defense.--In addition to the responsibilities provided for 
in chapter 35 of title 44 and in section 5125 of the Clinger-Cohen Act 
of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1425), the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Defense shall--
        (1) review and provide recommendations to the Secretary of 
    Defense on Department of Defense budget requests for information 
    technology and national security systems;
        (2) ensure the interoperability of information technology and 
    national security systems throughout the Department of Defense;
        (3) ensure that information technology and national security 
    systems standards that will apply throughout the Department of 
    Defense are prescribed;
        (4) provide for the elimination of duplicate information 
    technology and national security systems within and between the 
    military departments and Defense Agencies; and
        (5) maintain a consolidated inventory of Department of Defense 
    mission critical and mission essential information systems, identify 
    interfaces between those systems and other information systems, and 
    develop and maintain contingency plans for responding to a 
    disruption in the operation of any of those information systems.

    (b) Additional Responsibilities of Chief Information Officer of 
Military Departments.--In addition to the responsibilities provided for 
in chapter 35 of title 44 and in section 5125 of the Clinger-Cohen Act 
of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1425), the Chief Information Officer of a military 
department, with respect to the military department concerned, shall--
        (1) review budget requests for all information technology and 
    national security systems;
        (2) ensure that information technology and national security 
    systems are in compliance with standards of the Government and the 
    Department of Defense;
        (3) ensure that information technology and national security 
    systems are interoperable with other relevant information technology 
    and national security systems of the Government and the Department 
    of Defense; and
        (4) coordinate with the Joint Staff with respect to information 
    technology and national security systems.

    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) The term ``Chief Information Officer'' means the senior 
    official designated by the Secretary of Defense or a Secretary of a 
    military department pursuant to section 3506 of title 44.
        (2) The term ``information technology'' has the meaning given 
    that term by section 5002 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 
    U.S.C. 1401).
        (3) The term ``national security system'' has the meaning given 
    that term by section 5142 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 
    U.S.C. 1452).

(Added Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title III, Sec. 331(a)(1), Oct. 17, 
1998, 112 Stat. 1967; amended Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title 
VIII, Sec. 811(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-210.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 106-398 added par. (5).


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title III, Sec. 331(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 1968, provided that: ``Section 2223 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 
1998.''
