Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§3773 Domestic business concerns: programs for replenishment parts
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Summary
Secretary of Defense must create program letting U.S. firms get U.S. parts to copy or alter designs for future offers. Agencies can restrict it for security, stock needs, rare buys, or law.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §3773
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The Secretary of Defense shall by regulation establish programs which provide domestic business concerns an opportunity to purchase or borrow replenishment parts from the United States for the purpose of design replication or modification, to be used by such concerns in the submission of subsequent offers to sell the same or like parts to the United States. Nothing in this section limits the authority of the head of an agency to impose restrictions on such a program related to national security considerations, inventory needs of the United States, the improbability of future purchases of the same or like parts, or any additional restriction otherwise required by law.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The text of subsec. (d) of section 2320 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1833(d), was based on Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, § 1216(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2597.
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1833(d), transferred subsec. (d) of section 2320 of this title to this section, struck out subsec. (d) designation at beginning, and substituted “this section” for “this subsection”.
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
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 3773
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73