Sec. 317. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Defense Program
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Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 851, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to be known as the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Defense Program (in this section referred to as the Program ) under which the Secretary shall ensure close and continuous coordination between military departments on matters relating to explosive ordnance disposal support for commanders of geographic and functional combatant commands. The plan under subsection
(a)shall include provisions under which— the Secretary of Defense shall— assign the responsibility for the direction, coordination, integration of the explosive ordnance disposal defense program within the Department of Defense; designate the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Defense Programs as the key individual for the explosive ordnance disposal defense program that develops and oversees policy, plans, programs and budgets, and issues guidance and provides direction on Department of Defense explosive ordnance disposal activities; designate the Secretary of the Navy, or a designee of the Secretary’s choice, as the executive agent for the Department of Defense that provides oversight of the joint program executive officer whom coordinates and integrates joint requirements for explosive ordnance disposal and carries out joint research, development, test and evaluation and procurement activities on behalf of the military departments and combatant commands with respect to explosive ordnance disposal; designate the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency as the responsible combat support agency that will exercise fund management responsibility of the Department of Defense-Wide Program Element for explosive ordnance disposal research, development, test and evaluation, transactions other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants related to section 2371 of title 10 during research projects including rapid prototyping and limited procurement urgent activities, and acquisition; designate an Army explosive ordnance disposal-qualified general officer as the responsible senior leader of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization that serves as the Chairman of the Department of Defense explosive ordnance disposal defense program board; the Secretary of each military department shall assess the needs of the military department concerned with respect to explosive ordnance disposal and may carry out research, development, test and evaluation activities, including other transactions and procurement activities to address military department unique needs such as weapon systems, manned and unmanned vehicles and platforms, cyber and communication equipment and the integration of explosive ordnance disposal sets, kits and outfits and department’s developed explosive ordnance disposal tools, equipment, sets, kits and outfits. For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress with the defense budget materials a consolidated budget justification display, in classified and unclassified form, that includes all of activities of the Department of Defense relating to the Program. The budget display under paragraph
(1)for a fiscal year shall include a single program element for each of the following: Civilian and military pay. Research, development, test, and evaluation. Procurement. Other transaction agreements. Military construction. The budget display shall include funding data for each of the military department’s respective activities related to explosive ordnance disposal, including— operations and maintenance; and overseas contingency operations. In this section: The term explosive ordnance means any munitions containing explosives, nuclear fission or fusion materials, or biological or chemical agents, including— bombs and warheads; guided and ballistic missiles; artillery, mortar, rocket, and small arms munitions; mines, torpedoes, and depth charges; demolition charges; pyrotechnics; clusters and dispensers; cartridge and propellant actuated devices; electro-explosives devices; clandestine and improvised explosive devices, including improvised nuclear, chemical and biological devices; and similar or related items or components explosive in nature. The term disposal means, with respect to explosive ordnance, the assessment, sampling, detection, identification, verification, field evaluation, defeat, disablement, neutralization, or rendering-safe, war-head packaging, recovery, exploitation, and final disposition of ordnance. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 851, is further amended by adding at end the following new section: 2284. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Defense Program. .