A prior section 2390, added Puspan. L. 95–79, title VIII, § 815(a), July 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 337; amended Puspan. L. 96–470, title I, § 104(a), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2238; Puspan. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(80), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2927, directed Secretary of Defense to request each commissioned officer, and each civilian employee above grade GS–12, who was scheduled for retirement and who was or had been at any time within one year prior to such scheduled retirement, assigned to, or employed in, military procurement to submit suggestions for methods to improve procurement policies, prior to repeal by Puspan. L. 98–94, title XII, § 1259(a), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 703.

1989—Puspan. L. 101–189 renumbered section 975 of this title as this section.

1987—Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 100–26 inserted “the term” after “In this section,”.