10 U.S.C. § 191 — Secretary of Defense: authority to provide for common performance of supply or service activities

submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-433 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 116 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of Defense can assign one shared job to a single agency. This applies when doing so is more effective, cheaper, or more efficient. That agency is then called a Defense Agency or a Department of Defense Field Activity.

(a) Authority: Whenever the Secretary of Defense decides it would work better, cost less, or run more efficiently, the Secretary can have one single Defense Department agency perform a supply or service job that's shared by more than one military department. (b) Designation of Common Supply or Service Agency: Any agency set up under (a) — or under the second sentence of section 125(d) of this title as it read before October 1, 1986 — to do that kind of shared supply or service work must be designated as either a Defense Agency or a Department of Defense Field Activity.

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(a)Authority.—

Whenever the Secretary of Defense determines such action would be more effective, economical, or efficient, the Secretary may provide for the performance of a supply or service activity that is common to more than one military department by a single agency of the Department of Defense.

(b)Designation of Common Supply or Service Agency.—

Any agency of the Department of Defense established under subsection (a) (or under the second sentence of section 125(d) of this title (as in effect before October 1, 1986)) for the performance of a supply or service activity referred to in such subsection shall be designated as a Defense Agency or a Department of Defense Field Activity.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 99–433, title III, § 301(a)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1019; amended Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(i)(1), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 282.)

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1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-433 · 100 Stat. 1019
1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-26 · 101 Stat. 282

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