§ 222a.
(b)
Officers.—
The officers specified in this subsection are the following:
(1)
The Chief of Staff of the Army.
(2)
The Chief of Naval Operations.
(3)
The Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
(4)
The Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(5)
The Chief of Space Operations.
(e)
Definitions.—
In this section:
(1)
The term “unfunded priority”, in the case of a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement, including a covered military construction project, that—
(A)
is not funded in the budget of the President for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress pursuant to
section 1105 of title 31;
(B)
is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with an operational or contingency plan of a combatant command or other validated requirement; and
(C)
would have been recommended for funding through the budget referred to in subparagraph (1) by the officer submitting the report required by subsection (a) in connection with the budget if—
(i)
additional resources had been available for the budget to fund the program, activity, or mission requirement; or
(ii)
the program, activity, or mission requirement has emerged since the budget was formulated.
(2)
The term “covered military construction project”, in connection with a fiscal year, means a military construction project that—
(A)
is included in any fiscal year of the future-years defense program under
section 221 of this title that is submitted in connection with the budget of the President for the fiscal year, and is executable in the fiscal year; or
(B)
is considered by the commander of a combatant command referred to in subsection (b)(5) to be an urgent need, and is executable in the fiscal year.
(Added [Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, § 1064(a)(1)], Dec. 23, 2016, [130 Stat. 2408]; amended [Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title X, § 1005], title XVII, § 1731(a)(12), Dec. 20, 2019, [133 Stat. 1573], 1813; [Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(b)(10)], title X, §§ 1006, 1081(a)(12), Jan. 1, 2021, [134 Stat. 3823], 3838, 3871; [Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 384(b)], title X, § 1051, Dec. 23, 2022, [136 Stat. 2544], 2775; [Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title X, § 1003], Dec. 22, 2023, [137 Stat. 379]; [Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(5)], Dec. 23, 2024, [138 Stat. 2203].)