---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 5513"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "5513"
heading: "Unfunded priorities of the Missile Defense Agency: annual report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/5513"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part VI — Elements of Department of Defense and Other Matters"
  - "Subpart A — Elements"
  - "Chapter 551 — Missile Defense"
  - "Subchapter II — Budget and Acquisition Matters"
---

# §5513. Unfunded priorities of the Missile Defense Agency: annual report

- (a) **Reports.—** Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md), the Director of the Missile [Defense Agency](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-11) shall submit to the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to the [congressional defense committees](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-16), a report on the unfunded priorities of the Missile [Defense Agency](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-11).
- (b) **Elements.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** Each report under [subsection (a)](#a) shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by such report, the following:
    - (A) A summary description of such priority, including the objectives to be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part).
    - (B) The additional amount of funds recommended in connection with the objectives under [subparagraph (A)](#b-1-A).
    - (C) Account information with respect to such priority, including the following (as applicable):
      - (i) Line Item Number (LIN) for applicable [procurement](/usc/10/3011.md?p=1) accounts.
      - (ii) [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) Element (PE) number for applicable research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.
      - (iii) Sub-activity group (SAG) for applicable operation and maintenance accounts.
  - (2) **Prioritization of priorities.—** Each report under [subsection (a)](#a) shall present the unfunded priorities covered by such report in order of urgency of priority.
- (c) **Unfunded Priority Defined.—** In this section, the term “unfunded priority”, in the case of a fiscal year, means a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1), activity, or mission requirement of the Missile [Defense Agency](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-11) that—
  - (1) is not funded in the budget of the President for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md), United States Code;
  - (2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with an operational or contingency plan of a combatant command or other validated requirement; and
  - (3) would have been recommended for funding through the budget referred to in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) by the Director of the Missile [Defense Agency](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-11) in connection with the budget if additional resources had been available for the budget to fund the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1), activity, or mission requirement.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2190; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(33), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1209.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 222b of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2199.

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “Missile Defense Agency” for “missile defense agency” in section catchline.