§ 233a. Annual report on force structure changes exhibit for the defense budget

• (a) 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) 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) 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) In this section, the term “major weapon system” has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of this title .