Sec. 1041. Matters relating to the submittal of future-years defense programs
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(a)of section 221 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking at or about the same time and inserting not later than five days after the date on which . Such section is further amended— in subsection
(a)by inserting make available to United States Government entities and before submit to Congress ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense shall make available to United States Government entities and submit to Congress each future-years defense program under this section as follows: By making such program available on an Internet website of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) available to United States Government in the form of an unclassified electronic database. By delivering printed copies of such program to the congressional defense committee. In the event inclusion of classified material in a future-years defense program would otherwise render the totality of the program classified for purposes of this subsection— such program shall be made available to United States Government entities and submitted to Congress in unclassified form, with such material attached as a classified annex; and such annex shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees, the Congressional Budget Office, the Comptroller General of the United States, and the Congressional Research Service. . Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Each future-years defense program under this subsection shall be accompanied by a certification by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), in the case of the Department of Defense, and the comptroller of each military department, in the case of such military department, that any information entered into the Standard Data Collection System of the Department of Defense, the Comptroller Information System, or any other data system, as applicable, for purposes of assembling such future-years defense program was accurate. . The heading of section 221 of such title is amended to read as follows: . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 9 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 221 and inserting the following new item: 221. Future-years defense program: consistency in budgeting; availability to United States Government entities and submittal to Congress. . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to future-years defense programs submitted at the time of budgets of the President for fiscal years beginning after fiscal year 2018. The Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), update Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, and any other appropriate instructions and guidance, to ensure that the Department of Defense takes appropriate actions to comply with the amendments made by this section in the submittal of future-years defense programs in calendar years after calendar year 2017.