§2424 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can let a part of the Department of Defense make a noncompetitive contract with an exchange store run by a military department overseas to buy supplies or services for U.S. forces abroad. Each contract can be for no more than $100,000. Supplies must come from the store’s on-hand stock on the contract date. The contract cannot buy services the store does not normally offer. The $100,000 limit and the stock rule do not apply to contracts for soft drinks made in the United States. The Secretary of Defense must write rules saying what counts as a soft drink and how to tell if it was made in the United States.

Title 10, §2424

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(a)The Secretary of Defense may authorize an element of the Department of Defense to enter into a contract (through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures) with an exchange store operated under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department outside the United States to procure supplies or services for use by the armed forces outside the United States.

(b)(1)A contract may not be entered into under subsection (a) in an amount in excess of $100,000.

(2)Supplies provided under a contract entered into under subsection (a) shall be provided from the stocks of the exchange store on hand as of the date the contract is entered into with that exchange store.

(3)A contract entered into with an exchange store under subsection (a) may not provide for the procurement of services not regularly provided by that exchange store.

(c)Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) do not apply to contracts for the procurement of soft drinks that are manufactured in the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations the standards and procedures for determining whether a particular beverage is a soft drink and whether the beverage was manufactured in the United States.

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2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “$100,000” for “$50,000”. 1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–106 inserted heading and substituted “particular beverage” for “particular drink” and “beverage was” for “drink was”. 1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–355 added subsec. (c).

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of 1996 AmendmentFor

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and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 104–106, see section 4401 of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 2220 of this title. Operation of Stars and Stripes Bookstores Overseas by Military Exchanges Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 353, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1627, provided that: “(a) Requirement.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the commencement, not later than October 1, 1994, of the operation of Stars and Stripes bookstores outside of the United States by the military exchanges. “(b)

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.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe

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to carry out subsection (a).”

§2424 Procurement of supplies and services from exchange stores outside the United States

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Title 10, §2424

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