10 U.S.C. § 222e — Programs, projects, and activities that were internally changed in the submission of the President’s budget: annual report

This section requires a yearly report on defense programs whose funding changed unexpectedly. (a) In General. Each year, within 30 days after the President's budget is submitted, the Secretary of Defense — acting through the military department secretaries and the heads of Department of Defense agencies not under a department secretary — must send the congressional defense committees a report. The report must organize, in tables, every research, procurement, or military construction program whose total funding changed between last year's projection for the current year and this year's actual proposal. (b) Elements. For each changed program, the tables must show: (1) Whether the program was added, cut, or reduced, and in which fiscal year. (2) The appropriations sub-account it falls under. (3) Its program element, line item number, or sub-activity group. (4) The program's name. (5) The amount Congress actually approved for it last year. (6) What last year's plan projected for this year. (7) What is actually being requested this year. (8) If cut or reduced, how much money that saves over the future years defense plan. (9) The reason for the change: whether it's a routine "fact-of-life" change, a shift in priorities, a programmatic change, or a change caused by Congress. (c) Form. This report must be submitted in a machine-readable, electronic format.