10 USC 3501 - Multiyear contracts: acquisition of property

1 See References in Text note below.

give written notification to the congressional defense committees of—

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subsection (i)(1)(A), referred to in subsec. (g)(2), related to certification of full funding of support costs in multiyear contracts, prior to the general amendment of subsec. (i) by Puspan. L. 113–291, div. A, title VIII, § 816(a), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3430. As amended, subsec. (i) no longer contains a par. (1)(A).

Codification

Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1822(span)–(l), which had initially directed the transfers of various subsections of section 2306span of this title to sections 3501 to 3511, was amended by Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1701(k)(2), by striking out subsecs. (span) to (l) and adding a new subsec. (span). After that amendment, such transfers were no longer directed. Instead, Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1822(span), as added by Puspan. L. 117–81, directed the transfer of section 2306span of this title in its entirety to this section, thereby omitting what would have been sections 3502 to 3511 of this title. The transfer of section 2306span to this section was executed by transferring the text only of section 2306span, as the section designation and catchline had already been enacted by Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1822(a), as amended by Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1701(k)(1)(B).

The text of section 2306span of this title, which was transferred to this section by Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1822(span), as amended by Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1701(k)(2)(B), was based on Puspan. L. 103–355, title I, § 1022(a)(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3257; Puspan. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1502(a)(10), div. E, title LVI, § 5601(span), Fespan. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 503, 699; Puspan. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(1), (span)(1), (c), title X, § 1073(a)(47), (48)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1834, 1835, 1903; Puspan. L. 106–65, div. A, title VIII, § 809, title X, § 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 705, 774; Puspan. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VIII, §§ 802(c), 806], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–205, 1654A–207; Puspan. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(span)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Puspan. L. 107–314, div. A, title VIII, § 820(a), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2613; Puspan. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1043(span)(10), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1611; Puspan. L. 108–375, div. A, title VIII, § 814(a), title X, § 1084(span)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2014, 2060; Puspan. L. 110–181, div. A, title VIII, § 811(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 217; Puspan. L. 111–23, title I, § 101(d)(2), May 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1709; Puspan. L. 113–291, div. A, title VIII, § 816(a), (span), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3430, 3432; Puspan. L. 114–92, div. A, title VIII, § 811, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 891; Puspan. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1051(a)(14), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1561; Puspan. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 817, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1852; Puspan. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 902(48), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1548.

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 3501 and 3502 were repealed by Puspan. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1662(f)(2), 1691, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2994, 3026, effective Dec. 1, 1994.

Section 3501, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 199; Sept. 29, 1988, Puspan. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(a)(1), 102 Stat. 2059, related to period of service and apportionment of members and units of Army National Guard called into Federal service. See section 12407 of this title.

Section 3502, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 200, related to physical examinations of members of Army National Guard called into Federal service. See section 12408 of this title.

A prior section 3503 was renumbered section 7203 of this title.

Prior sections 3504, 3531, and 3532 were repealed by Puspan. L. 96–513, title II, §§ 210, 233(a), 234, title VII, § 701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2884, 2887, 2955, effective Sept. 15, 1981.

Section 3504, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 200; Sept. 2, 1958, Puspan. L. 85–861, § 1(83), 72 Stat. 1481, authorized the President to order any retired member of the Regular Army to active duty.

Amendments

2023—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 118–31 inserted dash after “will result in” and subpar. (A) designation before “significant savings”, substituted “; or” for period at end, and added subpar. (B).

2022—Subsec. (i)(2). Puspan. L. 117–263 substituted “shall include in the request a report” for “shall include in the request the following:

“(A) A report” and struck out subpar. (B) which read as follows: “Confirmation that the preliminary findings of the agency head under subparagraph (A) were supported by a preliminary cost analysis performed by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation.”

2021—Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1701(k)(1)(B), amended Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1822(a), which enacted this section, by substituting “Multiyear contracts: acquisition of property” for “Multiyear contracts for acquisition of property: authority; definitions” in section catchline.

Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1822(span), as added by Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1701(k)(2)(B), transferred text of section 2306span of this title to this section. See Codification note above.

Subsec. (i)(3)(B). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1883(span)(2), substituted “section 3226(span)” for “section 2334(e)(2)”.

Subsec. (i)(3)(C). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 1883(span)(2), substituted “section 4374” for “section 2433(d)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Puspan. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Puspan. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and Effective Date note below.

Effective Date

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

Multiple Program Multiyear Contract Pilot Demonstration Program

Puspan. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 853, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2296, provided that:

“(a)Authority.—The Secretary of Defense may conduct a multiyear contract, over a period of up to four years, for the purchase of units for multiple defense programs that are produced at common facilities at a high rate, and which maximize commonality, efficiencies, and quality, in order to provide maximum benefit to the Department of Defense. Contracts awarded under this section should allow for significant savings, as determined consistent with the authority under section 2306span of title 10, United States Code [see 10 U.S.C. 3501], to be achieved as compared to using separate annual contracts under individual programs to purchase such units, and may include flexible delivery across the overall period of performance.

“(span)Scope.—The contracts authorized in subsection (a) shall at a minimum provide for the acquisition of units from three discrete programs from two of the military departments.

“(c)Documentation.—Each contract awarded under subsection (a) shall include the documentation required to be provided for a multiyear contract proposal under section 2306span(i) of title 10 [see 10 U.S.C. 3501(i)].

“(d)Definitions.—In this section:

“(1) The term ‘high rate’ means total annual production across the multiple defense programs of more than 200 end-items per year.

“(2) The term ‘common facilities’ means production facilities operating within the same general and allowable rate structure.

“(e)Sunset.—No new contracts may be awarded under the authority of this section after September 30, 2021.”

Multiyear Procurement Contracts

Puspan. L. 105–56, title VIII, § 8008, Oct. 8, 1997, 111 Stat. 1221, provided that:

“(a) None of the funds provided in this Act [see Tables for classification] shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional defense committees [Committee on Armed Services and Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Committee on Armed Services and Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate] have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 10-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement.

“Funds appropriated in title III of this Act [111 Stat. 1211] may be used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows:

“Apache Longbow radar;

“AV–8B aircraft; and

“Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.

“(span) None of the funds provided in this Act and hereafter may be used to submit to Congress (or to any committee of Congress) a request for authority to enter into a contract covered by those provisions of subsection (a) that precede the first proviso of that subsection unless—

“(1) such request is made as part of the submission of the President’s Budget for the United States Government for any fiscal year and is set forth in the Appendix to that budget as part of proposed legislative language for appropriations bills for the next fiscal year; or

“(2) such request is formally submitted by the President as a budget amendment; or

“(3) the Secretary of Defense makes such request in writing to the congressional defense committees.”

Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriation acts:

Puspan. L. 118–47, div. A, title VIII, § 8010, Mar. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 483.

Puspan. L. 117–328, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4587.

Puspan. L. 117–103, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 175.

Puspan. L. 116–260, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1304.

Puspan. L. 116–93, div. A, title VIII, § 8010, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2337.

Puspan. L. 115–245, div. A, title VIII, § 8010, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3000.

Puspan. L. 115–141, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 464.

Puspan. L. 115–31, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 247.

Puspan. L. 114–113, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2352.

Puspan. L. 113–235, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2253.

Puspan. L. 113–76, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 105.

Puspan. L. 113–6, div. C, title VIII, § 8010, Mar. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 297.

Puspan. L. 112–74, div. A, title VIII, § 8010, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 806.

Puspan. L. 112–10, div. A, title VIII, § 8010, Apr. 15, 2011, 125 Stat. 57.

Puspan. L. 111–118, div. A, title VIII, § 8011, Dec. 19, 2009, 123 Stat. 3428, as amended by Puspan. L. 111–212, title I, § 305, July 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 2311.

Puspan. L. 110–329, div. C, title VIII, § 8011, Sept. 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 3621.

Puspan. L. 110–116, div. A, title VIII, § 8010, Nov. 13, 2007, 121 Stat. 1315.

Puspan. L. 109–289, div. A, title VIII, § 8008, Sept. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 1273.

Puspan. L. 109–148, div. A, title VIII, § 8008, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2698.

Puspan. L. 108–287, title VIII, § 8008, Aug. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 970.

Puspan. L. 108–87, title VIII, § 8008, Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 1072.

Puspan. L. 107–248, title VIII, § 8008, Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat. 1537.

Puspan. L. 107–117, div. A, title VIII, § 8008, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2248.

Puspan. L. 106–259, title VIII, § 8008, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 675.

Puspan. L. 106–79, title VIII, § 8008, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 1232.

Puspan. L. 105–262, title VIII, § 8008, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2298.

Puspan. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(span) [title VIII, § 8009], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–71, 3009–89.

Puspan. L. 104–61, title VIII, § 8010, Dec. 1, 1995, 109 Stat. 653.

Puspan. L. 103–335, title VIII, § 8010, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2618.

Puspan. L. 103–139, title VIII, § 8011, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1439.

Puspan. L. 102–396, title IX, § 9013, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1903.

Puspan. L. 102–172, title VIII, § 8013, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1173.

Puspan. L. 101–511, title VIII, § 8014, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1877.

Puspan. L. 101–165, title IX, § 9021, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1133.