Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§3676 Guidelines
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART V— - ACQUISITION › Subpart Subpart C— - Contracting Methods and Contract Types › Chapter CHAPTER 257— - CONTRACTS FOR LONG-TERM LEASE OR CHARTER OF VESSELS, AIRCRAFT, AND COMBAT VEHICLES › § 3676
Summary
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury must together create guidelines. The guidelines must say when the Department of Defense can lease or charter aircraft, naval vessels, and combat vehicles instead of buying them directly.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §3676
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The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly issue guidelines for determining under what circumstances the Department of Defense may use lease or charter arrangements for aircraft, naval vessels, and combat vehicles rather than directly procuring such aircraft, vessels, and combat vehicles.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The text of subsec. (g) of section 2401 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1825(h), was based on Pub. L. 98–94, title XII, § 1202(a)(1), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 679; Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, § 1232(a)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2600; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VIII, § 815(c)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3382.
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1825(h), transferred subsec. (g) of section 2401 of this title to this section and struck out subsec. (g) designation at beginning.
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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 3676
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73