§ 236. Personal protection equipment procurement: display of budget information

• (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, as a part of the defense budget materials for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2014, a consolidated budget justification display that covers all programs and activities associated with the procurement of personal protection equipment during the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted in that fiscal year under section 221.
• (b) The consolidated budget justification display under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall include the following:
  • (1) The amount for personal protection equipment included in both the base budget of the President and any overseas contingency operations budget of the President.
  • (2) A brief description of each category of personal protection equipment for each military department planned to be procured and developed.
  • (3) For each category planned to be procured using funds made available for operation and maintenance (whether under the base budget or any overseas contingency operations budget)—
    • (A) the relevant appropriations account, budget activity, and subactivity group for the category; and
    • (B) the funding profile for the fiscal year as requested, including cost and quantities, and an estimate of projected investments or procurements for each of the subsequent five fiscal years.
  • (4) For each category planned to be developed using funds made available for research, development, test, and evaluation (whether under the base budget or any overseas contingency operations budget)—
    • (A) the relevant appropriations account, program, project or activity; program element number, and line number; and
    • (B) the funding profile for the fiscal year as requested and an estimate of projected investments for each of the subsequent five fiscal years.
• (c) In this section:
  • (1) The terms “budget” and “defense budget materials” have the meaning given those terms in section 234 of this title .
  • (2) The term “category of personal protection equipment” means the following:
    • (A) Body armor components.
    • (B) Combat helmets.
    • (C) Combat protective eyewear.
    • (D) Other items as determined appropriate by the Secretary.