§ 4421.
Weapon system component or technology prototype projects: display of budget information
(a)
Requirements for Budget Display.—
In the defense budget materials for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall, with respect to advanced component development and prototype activities (within the research, development, test, and evaluation budget), set forth the amounts requested for each of the following:
(1)
Acquisition programs of record.
(2)
Development, prototyping, and experimentation of weapon system components or other technologies, including those based on commercial products and technologies, separate from acquisition programs of record.
(3)
Other budget line items as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(b)
Additional Requirements.—
For purposes of subsection (a)(2), the amounts requested for development, prototyping, and experimentation of weapon system components or other technologies shall be—
(1)
structured into either capability, weapon system component, or technology portfolios that reflect the priority areas for prototype projects; and
(2)
justified with general descriptions of the types of capability areas and technologies being funded or expected to be funded during the fiscal year concerned.
(Added [Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(1)], Dec. 23, 2016, [130 Stat. 2256], § 2447a; amended [Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(e)(8)], Aug. 13, 2018, [132 Stat. 1870]; [Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(51)], Dec. 20, 2019, [133 Stat. 1815]; renumbered § 4421, [Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1851(c)(1)], Jan. 1, 2021, [134 Stat. 4272].)