10 U.S.C. § 116

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 116 - Annual operations and maintenance report

(a)

(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a written report, not later than February 15 of each fiscal year, with respect to the operations and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force for the next fiscal year. The Secretary shall include in each such report recommendations for-

(A) the number of aircraft flying hours for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps for the next fiscal year, the number of ship steaming hours for the Navy for the next fiscal year, and the number of field training days for the combat arms battalions of the Army and Marine Corps for the next fiscal year;

(B) the number of ships over 3,000 tons (full load displacement) in each Navy ship classification on which major repair work should be performed during the next fiscal year; and

(C) the number of airframe reworks, aircraft engine reworks, and vehicle overhauls which should be performed by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during the next fiscal year.

(2) The Secretary shall also include in each such report the justification for and an explanation of the level of funding recommended in the Budget of the President for the next fiscal year for aircraft flying hours, ship steaming hours, field training days for the combat arms battalions, major repair work to be performed on ships of the Navy, airframe reworks, aircraft engine reworks, and vehicle overhauls.

(b) The Secretary may submit the report required by subsection (a) by including the materials required in the report as an exhibit to the defense authorization request submitted pursuant to section 113a of this title in the fiscal year concerned.

(c) In this section:

(1) The term "combat arms battalions" means armor, infantry, mechanized infantry, air assault infantry, airborne infantry, ranger, artillery, and combat engineer battalions and armored cavalry and air cavalry squadrons.

(2) The term "major repair work" means, in the case of any ship to which subsection (a) is applicable, any overhaul, modification, alteration, or conversion work which will result in a total cost to the United States of more than $10,000,000.

10 U.S.C. § 116

Added Pub. L. 96-342, title X, §1001(b)(3), (c)(2), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1118, 1119, §138(e), (f)(2); amended Pub. L. 96-513, title V, §511(4)(B), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2920; Pub. L. 97-86, title III, §302, Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1104; renumbered §116 and amended Pub. L. 99-433, title I, §§101(a)(2), 110(b)(6), (7), (9), (10), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 994, 1002; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, §1073(a)(3), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1900; Pub. L. 112-81, div. A, title X, §1064(2), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1586; Pub. L. 116-283, div. A, title IX, §924(b)(1)(A), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3820.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2021-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116-283 substituted "Marine Corps, and Space Force" for "and Marine Corps" in introductory provisions.2011-Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 112-81 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c). 1997-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted "subsection (a)" for "such subsection". 1986-Pub. L. 99-433 successively redesignated subsecs. (e) and (f)(2) of section 138 of this title as subsecs. (e) and (f)(2) of section 114 of this title and then as subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, of this section, added section catchline, and made minor conforming changes in text.1981-Subsec. (a)(3), (4), formerly §138(e)(3), (4). Pub. L. 97-86 struck out pars. (3) and (4) which required the Secretary to include in each report a projection of the combat readiness of specified military units proposed to be maintained during the next fiscal year.1980-Subsec. (b), formerly §138(f)(2). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted "In subsection (e)" for "In subsection (f)".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513.

TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of provisions in this section requiring submittal of reports to Congress, see section 1051(x) of Pub. L. 115-91, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.