§3551 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§3551 Multiyear procurement authority: purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART V— - ACQUISITION › Subpart Subpart C— - Contracting Methods and Contract Types › Chapter CHAPTER 249— - MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - OTHER AUTHORITIES RELATING TO MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS › § 3551

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can sign a contract up to 10 years long to buy dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and related hydrazine products for a U.S. national security or U.S. space program. If the contract runs longer than one year, it may include options to extend it, but the total time under the contract cannot exceed 10 years.

Title 10, §3551

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Defense may enter into a contract for a period of up to 10 years for the purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products for the support of a United States national security program or a United States space program.

(b)A contract entered into for more than one year under the authority of subsection (a) may be extended for a total of not more than 10 years pursuant to any option or options set forth in the contract.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2410o of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and note below. 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 a note preceding section 3001 of this title.