SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MODERNIZATION NOT REQUESTED IN PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.

SEC. 1010. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MODERNIZATION NOT REQUESTED IN PRESIDENT’S BUDGET. (a) Criteria.—It is the sense of Congress that, to the maximum extent practicable, Congress should authorize appropriations for procurement of reserve component modernization equipment for a fiscal year for equipment that is not included in the budget of the President for that fiscal year only if— (1) there is a requirement for that equipment that has been validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council; (2) procurement of that equipment is included for reserve component modernization in the modernization plan of the military department concerned and is incorporated into the current future-years defense program; (3) procurement of that equipment is consistent with planned use of reserve component forces under Department of Defense war plans; and (4) funds tor that procurement, if authorized and appropriated for that fiscal year, could be obligated during that fiscal year. (b) Consideration of Views of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.—It is further the sense of Congress that, in applying the criteria set forth in subsection (a) with respect to procurement of reserve component modernization equipment, Congress should obtain the views of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on whether, under Department of Defense war plans, that equipment is appropriate for procurement for, and assignment to, reserve component forces.