Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§2422 Bakery and dairy products: procurement outside the United States
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 143— - PRODUCTION BY MILITARY AGENCIES › § 2422
Summary
The Secretary of Defense can allow any part of the Department of Defense that buys bakery and dairy for U.S. forces stationed outside the United States to buy certain items without using the normal competitive bidding rules. Those items are bakery or dairy goods made by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service at an overseas plant that began operating before July 1, 1986.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §2422
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)The Secretary of Defense may authorize any element of the Department of Defense that procures bakery and dairy products for use by the armed forces outside the United States to procure any products described in subsection (b) through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures.
(b)The products referred to in subsection (a) are bakery or dairy products produced by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service in a facility outside the United States that began operating before July 1, 1986.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 2422
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73