§3227 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Requires the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, working with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to create rules and a method to gather reliable acquisition cost data so program costs can be estimated and compared. Program managers and contracting officers for programs costing more than the amount in section 3041(c)(1) of this title must, with their department or agency cost-estimating unit, collect data under those rules. Only the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation can waive the requirement.

Title 10, §3227

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(a)The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, develop policies, procedures, guidance, and a collection method to ensure that quality acquisition cost data are collected to facilitate cost estimation and comparison across acquisition programs.

(b)The program manager and contracting officer for each acquisition program in an amount greater than an amount described in section 3041(c)(1) of this title, in consultation with the cost estimating component of the relevant military department or Defense Agency, shall ensure that cost data are collected in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a).

(c)The requirement under subsection (a) may be waived only by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The text of subsec. (g) of section 2334 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1812(h), was based on Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 842(a)(7), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2289; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 902(53), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1549.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3230, added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(69)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1464, provided that members of Army who are detailed for duty with agencies of United States outside Department of Defense on a reimbursable basis not be counted in computing strengths under any law, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 202, title VII, § 701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2878, 2955, effective Sept. 15, 1981.

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “an amount described in section 3041(c)(1) of this title” for “$100,000,000”. 2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1812(h)(1), (2)(A), redesignated subsec. (g) of section 2334 of this title as subsec. (a) of this section, substituted “Director of Cape to Develop Guidelines and Collection Method” for “Guidelines and Collection of Cost Data” in heading, and struck out par. (1) designation before “The Director”. Amendment striking heading was executed to reflect the probable intent of Congress notwithstanding error in formatting of text. Pars. (2) and (3) of subsec. (a) redesignated subsecs. (b) and (c), respectively. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1812(h)(2)(B), redesignated subsec. (a)(2) as (b), inserted heading, and substituted “subsection (a)” for “paragraph (1)”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1812(h)(2)(C), redesignated subsec. (a)(3) as (c), inserted heading, and substituted “subsection (a)” for “paragraph (1)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.

§3227 Guidelines and collection method for acquisition of cost data

Summary

Title 10, §3227

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