Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted "fixed-price incentive contracts" for "fixed-price incentive fee contracts".

2021—Pub. L. 117–81, §803(b)(1), renumbered section 2380c of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–81, §803(b)(3)(A), substituted "chapter 221" for "chapter 137".

Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 117–81, §803(b)(3)(B), substituted "section 3451(1)" for "section 2376(1)".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VIII, §803(b)(4), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1816, provided that: "The transfer, redesignation, and amendments made by this subsection [amending this section and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 2302 of this title] shall take [sic] as if included in title XVIII of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283)."

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Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VIII, §813, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 325, provided that:

"(a) Requirement.—During each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 2023], the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the service acquisition executives of each military department, shall exercise the authority under section 3458 of title 10, United States Code, not less than four times to acquire goods or services addressing the mission needs of a geographic combatant command.

"(b) Execution.—With respect to acquisition carried out under section 3458 of title 10, United States Code, pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall—

"(1) assign the responsibility for carrying out such acquisition to a program executive officer and a head of a science and technology reinvention laboratory from the same military department, who shall co-lead such acquisition; and

"(2) ensure that the program executive officer and the head of a science and technology reinvention laboratory assigned as co-leads under paragraph (1) have similar existing requirements and funding for transitioning technologies to acquisition programs within the area of focus for such acquisition.

"(c) Sunset.—Subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2027.

"(d) Definitions.—In this section:

"(1) The terms 'military department' and 'services acquisition executive' have the meanings given such terms in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.

"(2) The term 'program executive officer' has the meaning given such term in section 1737(a) of title 10, United States Code.

"(3) The term 'science and technology reinvention laboratory' means a science and technology reinvention laboratory designated under section 4121(b) of title 10, United States Code."

Data Collection

Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VIII, §803(a)(3), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1815, provided that:

"(A) In general.—The Secretary of Defense and each Secretary of a military department shall collect and analyze data on the use of the authority under section 2380c of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 3458], as added by paragraph (1), for the purposes of—

"(i) developing and sharing best practices for achieving the objectives of the authority;

"(ii) gathering information on the implementation of the authority and related policy issues; and

"(iii) informing the congressional defense committees on the use of the authority.

"(B) Plan required.—The authority under section 2380c [now 3458] of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), may not be exercised by the Secretary of Defense or any Secretary of a military department during the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a completed plan for carrying out the data collection required under paragraph (1).

"(C) Congressional defense committees; military department defined.—In this paragraph, the terms 'congressional defense committees' and 'military department' have the meanings given such terms in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code."

References; Savings Provision; Rule of Construction

Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VIII, §803(b)(5), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1816, provided that: "Sections 1883 through 1885 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) [set out as notes preceding section 3001 of this title] shall apply with respect to the transfers, redesignations, and amendments made under this subsection [amending this section and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 2302 of this title] as if such transfers, redesignations, and amendments were made under title XVIII of such Act."