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§2472 Prohibition on management of depot employees by end strength

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 146— - CONTRACTING FOR PERFORMANCE OF CIVILIAN COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL TYPE FUNCTIONS › § 2472

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Department of Defense civilian employees, including those in the military departments and Defense Agencies, who do depot-level maintenance and repair cannot be limited by caps like man‑years, end strength, full‑time equivalent slots, or a set maximum number of employees. They must be staffed only based on the amount of maintenance work and the money available to do that work.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2472

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The civilian employees of the Department of Defense, including the civilian employees of the military departments and the Defense Agencies, who perform, or are involved in the performance of, depot-level maintenance and repair workloads may not be managed on the basis of any constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees. Such employees shall be managed solely on the basis of the available workload and the funds made available for such depot-level maintenance and repair.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The text of section 2466(b) of this title, which was transferred to this section and redesignated subsec. (a) by Pub. L. 104–106, § 312(b), was based on Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title III, § 314(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 332(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2715.

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “Prohibition on management of depot employees by end strength” for “Management of depot employees” in section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “The civilian”, and struck out heading and text of subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “Not later than December 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the number of employees employed and expected to be employed by the Department of Defense during that fiscal year to perform depot-level maintenance and repair of materiel. The report shall indicate whether that number is sufficient to perform the depot-level maintenance and repair functions for which funds are expected to be provided for that fiscal year for performance by Department of Defense employees.” 1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “and the Committee on Armed Services” for “and the Committee on National Security”. 1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85 inserted first sentence and struck out former first sentence which read as follows: “The civilian employees of the Department of Defense involved in the depot-level maintenance and repair of materiel may not be managed on the basis of any end-strength constraint or limitation on the number of such employees who may be employed on the last day of a fiscal year.” 1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106, § 312(b), renumbered section 2466(b) of this title as subsec. (a) of this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Submission of Initial Report Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, § 312(c), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 250, required the report under subsec. (b) of this section for fiscal year 1996 to be submitted not later than Mar. 15, 1996.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2472

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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