PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988
102 STAT. 1993
"(4) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management. The Assistant Secretary shall have as his principal responsibility the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Army, including hnancial management functions. The Assistant Secretary shall be responsible for all financial management activities and operations of the Department of the Army and shall advise the Secretary of the Army on financial management.". (2) Chapter 303 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 3022. Financial management 10 USC 3022 "(a) The Secretary of the Army shall provide that the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management shall direct and manage financial management activities and operations of the Department of the Army, including ensuring that financial management systems of the Department of the Army comply with subsection (b). The authority of the Assistant Secretary for such direction and memagement shall include the authority to— "(1) supervise and direct the preparation of budget estimates of the Department of the Army and otherwise carry out, with respect to the Department of the Army, the functions specified for the Comptroller of the Department of Defense in section 137(c) of this title; "(2) approve and supervise any project to design or enhance a financial maneigement system for the Department of the Army; and "(3) approve the establishment and supervise the operation of any asset management system of the Department of the Army, including— "(A) systems for cash management, credit management, and debt collection; and "(B) systems for the accounting for the quantity, location, and cost of property and inventory. "(b)(1) Financial management systems of the Department of the Army (including accounting systems, internal control systems, and financial reporting systems) shall be established and maintained in conformance with— "(A) the accounting and financial reporting principles, standards, and requirements established by the Comptroller General under section 3511 of title 31; and "(B) the internal control standards established by the Comptroller General under section 3512 of title 31. "(2) Such systems shall provide for— "(A) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information which is prepared on a uniform basis and which is responsive to the financial information needs of department management; "(B) the development and reporting of cost information; "(C) the integration of accounting and budgeting information; and "(D) the systematic measurement of performance. "(c) The Assistant Secretary shall maintain a five-year plan describing the activities the Department of the Army proposes to conduct over the next five fiscal years to improve financial management. Such plan shall be revised annually. "(d) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Manage- Reports. ment shall transmit to the Secretary of the Army a report each year
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