Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, or sustainment of major weapon systems

U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART V - ACQUISITION Subpart F - Major Systems, Major Defense Acquisition Programs, and Weapon Systems Development CHAPTER 322 - MAJOR SYSTEMS AND MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS GENERALLY SUBCHAPTER II - CONTRACTING Sec. 4236 - Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, or sustainment of major weapon systems From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§4236. Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, or sustainment of major weapon systems

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the Department of Defense, before selecting a contractor for the engineering and manufacturing development of a major weapon system, production of a major weapon system, or sustainment of a major weapon system, negotiates a price for technical data to be delivered under a contract for such development, production, or sustainment.

(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, §835(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1471, §2439; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §867, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1901; renumbered §4236, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1847(c)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4254.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2439 of this title as this section. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, §867(4), substituted ", production, or sustainment" for "or production" in section catchline. Pub. L. 115–232, §867(1)–(3), inserted ", to the maximum extent practicable," after "shall ensure" and substituted "production of a major weapon system, or sustainment of a major weapon system" for "or for the production of a major weapon system" and ", production, or sustainment" for "or production".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, §835(a)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1471, provided that: "Section 2439 of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 4236], as added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to any contract for engineering and manufacturing development of a major weapon system, or for the production of a major weapon system, for which the contract solicitation is issued on or after the date occurring one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 2017]."