ANNUAL DEFENSE CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES PLAN

SEC. 821. ANNUAL DEFENSE CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES PLAN (a) Increased Information Relating to Funding.— Section 2508(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (1); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by inserting at the end the following new paragraphs: “(3) identify each program element (contained in the budget information submitted to Congress by the Department of Defense in support of the budget submitted by the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31 for the first fiscal year covered by the plan) for which funds are budgeted for the support of the development of any critical technology identified in the plan; and “(4) for each such program element— “(A) specify the amount included for each critical technology covered by the program element; and “(B) include a comparison of that amount with the amount, if any, available to the Department of Defense for104 STAT. 1598 development of such critical technology for the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year covered by the plan.”. (b) Applicability.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to annual defense critical technologies plans submitted after March 1, 1991.