10 U.S.C. § 222c — Armed forces: Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirements; Out-Year inventory numbers

This section requires each military branch to report its munitions needs and stockpiles every year. (a) Annual Reports. Each year, at the same time the President's budget goes to Congress, the chief of staff of every armed force (except the Coast Guard) must send the congressional defense committees a report. The report must give, for that fiscal year: (1) the "Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement," and (2) the "Out-Year inventory numbers." Both must be broken down as described in subsection (c). (b) Prohibition on Delegation. The chief of staff cannot hand off the job of submitting this report to someone outside that armed force. (c) Presentation. The munitions requirement and inventory numbers must include specific goals for each munition type, broken down by: (1) Combat needs, sorted by operation plan, including plans involving China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. (2) Current operations and forward presence needs. (3) Strategic readiness needs. (4) Homeland defense. (5) Air and missile defense. (6) Training and testing needs. (7) The total combined requirement, calculated using the guidance described in subsection (d). (8) Worldwide inventory for that year. (9) An estimate for a "protracted warfare" scenario, made by doubling the length of each relevant operation plan. (9) [numbered again in the original law] The estimated total demand from U.S. allies and partners. (d) Implementation Guidance Used. When submitting this information, each chief of staff must explain the specific guidance — created by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment — that their branch used to calculate munitions requirements that year. (e) Additional Requirements. Each report must also include: (1) the yearly production level needed to meet the total requirement by the end of the future years defense program, and (2) how much funding each of those years would need to reach that production level. (f) Inclusion in Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution. The Secretary of Defense must make sure these production levels get built into the Department's planning and budgeting process, so munitions purchases line up with the requirement. (g) Methodology. The estimate of allied and partner demand must be based, at minimum, on relevant information from foreign military sales paperwork issued under the Arms Export Control Act. It may also be informed by (A) talks with allies and partners about future sales or transfers, and (B) U.S. government analysis of which munitions would most benefit U.S. interests if sold or transferred. (h) Definitions. (1) "Chief of staff," for the Marine Corps, means the Commandant of the Marine Corps. (2) "Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement" has the meaning given in Department of Defense Instruction 3000.04, or whatever instruction replaces it.