§239c — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Require the Secretary of Defense to put a proposal in the budget justification the Department sends to Congress with the President’s budget for fiscal year 2023 and every year after. The proposal is needed when the Department plans during that fiscal year to cancel a multiyear contract or to make a change that will cut the number of items bought. Each proposal must say why the contract is being canceled or changed, estimate any termination costs, give updated savings estimates, explain how already approved funds would be used for advance or planned purchases before the change, and describe expected effects on the defense industry like workload, loss of skilled workers, and reduced efficiency. Covered modification: a change that reduces the number of items to be bought. Head of an agency: the Secretaries of Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Title 10, §239c

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(a)In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of Defense shall include a proposal for any multiyear contract of the Department entered into under section 3501 of this title that—

(1)the head of an agency intends to cancel during the fiscal year; or

(2)with respect to which the head of an agency intends to effect a covered modification during the fiscal year.

(b)Each proposal required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1)A detailed explanation of the rationale for the proposed cancellation or covered modification of the multiyear contract.

(2)A detailed assessment of any expected termination costs associated with the proposed cancellation or covered modification of the multiyear contract.

(3)An updated assessment of estimated savings of such cancellation or carrying out the multiyear contract as modified by such covered modification.

(4)An explanation of the proposed use of previously appropriated funds for advance procurement or procurement of property planned under the multiyear contract before such cancellation or covered modification.

(5)An assessment of expected impacts of the proposed cancellation or covered modification on the defense industrial base, including workload stability, loss of skilled labor, and reduced efficiencies.

(c)In this section:

(1)The term “covered modification” means a modification that will result in a reduction in the quantity of end items to be procured.

(2)The term “head of an agency” means—

(A)the Secretary of Defense;

(B)the Secretary of the Army;

(C)the Secretary of the Navy; or

(D)the Secretary of the Air Force.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–263 added par. (1) and redesignated former pars. (1) to (4) as (2) to (5), respectively. 2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, which directed that each reference in the text of title 10 to a section that was redesignated by title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283, as such section was in effect before the redesignation, be amended by striking such reference and inserting a reference to the appropriate redesignated section, was executed by substituting “section 3501” for “section 2306b”. section 1822(b) of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 directed the redesignation of section 2306b of this title as section 3501, but such redesignation was executed by transferring the text of section 2306b to section 3501, as the section designation and catchline had already been enacted.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment 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.

§239c Certain Multiyear Contracts for Acquisition of Property: Budget Justification Materials