10 U.S.C. § 236 — Personal protection equipment procurement: display of budget information

(a) Budget Justification Display: Starting with fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Defense must send Congress, as part of the defense budget materials, one combined display covering every program and activity involved in buying personal protection equipment during the coming five-year defense plan. (b) Requirements for Budget Display: That display must include: (1) the amount for personal protection equipment in both the regular budget and any overseas contingency operations budget; (2) a short description of each category of equipment each military department plans to buy or develop; (3) for equipment bought with operation-and-maintenance money - the relevant budget account and activity, the funding requested, costs, quantities, and projected spending for the next five years; and (4) for equipment developed with research-and-development money - the relevant account, program number, and line number, the funding requested, and projected spending for the next five years. (c) Definitions: "Budget" and "defense budget materials" mean the same as in section 234 of this title. "Category of personal protection equipment" means body armor components, combat helmets, combat protective eyewear, and anything else the Secretary decides fits.