§9531 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can run a program called the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve. Under the program, defense contracts can include terms that make a qualifying contractor promise to provide extra space products or services to the Department when needed and under conditions the Secretary sets. Contractors and their contracts must follow required security rules, including the National Industrial Security Program, and the Secretary can add more security measures. When deciding how much business to give a contractor, the Secretary can consider how much the contractor agreed to keep available for the program. Citizen of the United States — a U.S. citizen; a partnership made only of U.S. citizen partners; or a company formed under U.S., state, DC, or territory law. Qualified contractor — a contractor that meets that citizenship rule. Secretary — the Secretary of Defense. Space products or services — commercial (and commercial-offered noncommercial) goods and services that operate to, through, or from space, including needed ground, support, and network systems that can support military missions.

Title 10, §9531

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(a)The Secretary may carry out a program to be known as the “Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve” program. Under the program, the Secretary may include in a contract for the procurement of space products or services one or more provisions under which a qualified contractor agrees to provide additional space products or services to the Department of Defense on an as-needed basis under circumstances determined by the Secretary.

(b)In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary—

(1)shall ensure that each contract under, and qualified contractor participating in, the program complies with applicable security measures, including any security measures required under the National Industrial Security program (or any successor to such program); and

(2)may establish and implement such additional security measures as the Secretary determines appropriate to protect the national security interests of the United States.

(c)In determining the quantity of business to be received under a space product or services contract pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may use as a factor the relative amount of space product or service committed to the program under subsection (a) by the qualified contractor involved.

(d)In this section:

(1)The term “citizen of the United States” means—

(A)an individual who is a citizen of the United States;

(B)a partnership each of whose partners is an individual who is a citizen of the United States; or

(C)a corporation or association organized under the laws of the United States or a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States.

(2)The term “qualified contractor” means a contractor that is a citizen of the United States.

(3)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Defense.

(4)The term “space products or services” means commercial products and commercial services (as those terms are defined in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation) and noncommercial products and noncommercial services offered by commercial companies that operate to, through, or from space, including any required terrestrial ground, support, and network systems and associated services that can be used to support military functions and missions.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 9531, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 575, authorized Secretary of the Air Force to procure aircraft and equipment and facilities necessary for the maintenance and operation of the Air Force, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 823(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1707.

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 struck out period after “Reserve” in section catchline.

§9531 Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve