BUDGET JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.

SEC. 1003. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.(a) In General.—(1) Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 232, as added by section 214(a), the following new section:“§ 233. Operation and maintenance budget presentation“(a) Identification of Baseline Amounts in O&M Justification Documents.—In any case in which the amount requested in the President’s budget for a fiscal year for a Department of Defense operation and maintenance program, project, or activity is different from the amount appropriated for that program, project, or activity for the current year, the O&M justification documents supporting that budget shall identify that appropriated amount and the difference between that amount and the amount requested in the budget, stated as an amount and as a percentage.“(b) Navy for Ship Depot Maintenance and for Intermediate Ship Maintenance.—In the O&M justification documents for the Navy for any fiscal year, amounts requested for ship depot maintenance and amounts requested for intermediate ship maintenance shall be identified and distinguished.“(c) Definitions.—In this section:“(1) The term ‘O&M justification documents’ means Department of Defense budget justification documents with respect to accounts for operation and maintenance submitted to the congressional defense committees in support of the Department of Defense component of the President’s budget for any fiscal year.“(2) The term ‘President’s budget’ means the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 for any fiscal year.“(3) The term ‘current year’ means the fiscal year during which the President’s budget is submitted in any year.” .(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 232, as added by section 214(b), the following new item: “233. Operation and maintenance budget presentation.”. (b) Components of Line Items for Other Costs and Other Contracts.—Not later than March 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the component elements of the line items identified as “Other Costs” and “Other Contracts” in the exhibit identified as “Summary of Price and Program Changes” in the budget justification materials submitted to those committees in support of the budget for fiscal year 2006.