10 U.S.C. § 2217
Section 2217 · Comparable budgeting for common procurement weapon systems
Current version, with additions and removals from the July 19, 1988 version.
(a) Matters To Be Included in Annual Defense Budgets.—In preparing the defense budget for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall—
(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;
(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
(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.
(3) identify and justify in the budget all such variations in procurement unit costs for common procurement weapon systems.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(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.
(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.