10 U.S.C. § 1706 — Government performance of certain acquisition functions
submitted 13 years ago by Pub. L. 112-239 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 204 words · no verdicts yet
The Department of Defense and military departments should have qualified military or full-time civilian employees perform specified leadership and technical roles in covered acquisition programs. The Secretary of Defense must create a recruiting, training, and career-development plan to meet that goal.
(a) Goal. For each major defense acquisition program, each program expected by the Secretary to cost more than the amount in section 4201(a)(2), and any other program the Secretary identifies, the goal is for a properly qualified armed-forces member or full-time Department employee to perform each of these positions: (1) portfolio acquisition executive; (2) deputy portfolio acquisition executive; (3) program manager; (4) deputy program manager; (5) senior contracting official; (6) chief developmental tester; (7) program lead product support manager; (8) program lead systems engineer; (9) program lead cost estimator; (10) program lead contracting officer*; (11) program lead business financial manager; (12) program lead for production, quality, and manufacturing; (13) program lead information technology; and (14) program lead software. (b) Action plan. The Secretary must develop and carry out a plan to recruit, train, and provide appropriate career development for military and civilian personnel to achieve subsection (a)’s goal.
It shall be the goal of the Department of Defense and each of the military departments* to ensure that, for each major defense acquisition program (as defined in section 4201 of this title), each acquisition program that is estimated by the Secretary of Defense to require an eventual total expenditure greater than the amount described in section 4201(a)(2) of this title, and any other acquisition program identified by the Secretary, each of the following positions is performed by a properly qualified member of the armed forces* or full-time employee of the Department of Defense:
Portfolio acquisition executive.
Deputy portfolio acquisition executive.
Program manager.
Deputy program manager.
Senior contracting official.
Chief developmental tester.
Program lead product support manager.
Program lead systems engineer.
Program lead cost estimator.
Program lead contracting officer*.
Program lead business financial manager.
Program lead production, quality, and manufacturing.
Program lead information technology.
Program lead software.
The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan of action for recruiting, training, and ensuring appropriate career development of military and civilian personnel to achieve the objective established in subsection (a).
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title VIII, § 824(a)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VIII, § 812, title XVIII, § 1846(i)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3749, 4252; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1846(j), as added Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(15)(C), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2134; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(15)(B), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2134; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802(b)(1)(A), (B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1227.)
- 2013Enacted · Pub. L. 112-239 · 126 Stat. 1832
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3749, 4252
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 135 Stat. 2134
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 2134
- 2025Amended · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1227
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 112-239 on 2013-01-02.
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